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Jihad in the West

Jihad in the West
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Jihad is back, says Paul Fregosi, but this current incarnation has a long history behind it. From the start, Islamic fundamentalism has intended to expand the Muslim religion to encompass the entire world through conversion, or, in many instances, violence. Yet until now it has lacked a general historical narrative: “The jihad has been the […]

Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 years

Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 years
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Description The Fifth-Century Political Battles That Forever Changed the Church. In this fascinating account of the surprisingly violent fifth-century church, Jenkins describes in bloody detail the battles over “right belief” that had a far greater impact on the future of Christianity than the much-touted Council of Nicea convened by Constantine a century earlier. Jenkins argues […]

Jesus : One Hundred Years Before Christ

Jesus : One Hundred Years Before Christ
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The overwhelming majority of the hundreds of books dealing with the origin of Christianity have been written by theologians presenting interpretations of what the Gospels and Acts tell us about Jesus and the early Church. By contrast,I deal with the subject as a historian, asking, which are our sources? when were they written? how reliable […]

Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them)

Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them)
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Description Picking up where Bible expert Bart Ehrman’s New York Times bestseller Misquoting Jesus left off, Jesus, Interrupted addresses the larger issue of what the New Testament actually teaches–and it’s not what most people think. Here Ehrman reveals what scholars have unearthed: The authors of the New Testament have diverging views about who Jesus was […]

Jesus Christ and Mythology


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Jesus Christ and Mythology is Bultmann’s interpretation of Heidegger’s existentialism as applied to the Christian worldview. He argues that the ancient worldview of the New Testament is incompatible with the modern worldview of science and that we must reinterpret our understanding of the biblical texts if we are to continue to find meaning within them. […]

Jesus Camp (DVD)

Jesus Camp (DVD)
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Description Academy Award nominated for Best Documentary Feature, Jesus Camp, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (directors of the critically acclaimed The Boys of Baraka), follows Levi, Rachael, and Tory, to Pastor Becky Fischer’s “Kids On Fire” summer camp in Devil’s Lake North Dakota where kids as young as six are taught to become […]

Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millenium

Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millenium
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Few biographical subjects spark passions as intensely as do interpretations of the life of Jesus. In this highly accessible book, Bart Ehrman reviews the latest textual and archaeological research into Jesus’s life and the history of first-century Palestine, and draws a fascinating, controversial portrait of the man and his teachings. Jesus, Apocalyptic Prophet of the […]

Jesus After 2000 Years

Jesus After 2000 Years
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It is widely recognized by New Testament scholars that many of the sayings and actions attributed to Jesus in the gospels cannot be factually traced to him. The gospels, written many decades after the death of Jesus, are composites of hearsay, legends, and theological interpolations, reflecting the hopes and beliefs of the early Christian community […]

James the Brother of Jesus

James the Brother of Jesus
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In a profound and provocative work of scholarly detection, Professor Robert Eisenman establishes James–a figure marginalized in the New Testament–as the leader of all opposition groups in the Jerusalem of his day and spiritual heir–rather than Peter–to his famous brother, Jesus.

James Dobson’s War on America

James Dobson’s War on America
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For the first time, a former high-level insider provides a behind-the-scenes look at the private world of James Dobson, one of the most powerful (yet clandestine) figures waging religious war against mainstream America. In James Dobson’s War On America we learn what only an insider could know about James Dobson, who has the power and […]

It Ain’t Necessarily So: Investigating the Truth of the Biblical Past

It Ain’t Necessarily So: Investigating the Truth of the Biblical Past
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It Ain’t Necessarily So is a well-crafted book which recounts recent archaeological investigations in the Holy Land. It attempts to show how much or how little the archaeologists have found that matches the stories of the Old Testament. Bringing in history, archaeology, and new research, the author looks at such subjects as the truth behind […]

Is There Life After Death? An Examination of the Empirical Evidence

Is There Life After Death? An Examination of the Empirical Evidence
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Book Description Is there life after death? Belief in some form of afterlife has persisted nearly universally across cultures for thousands of years. But what of the empirical evidence for survival of bodily death? Has there been rigorous research into phenomena purported to provide evidence for survival after death, such as ‘past life memories,’ near-death […]

Is Christianity Good for the World?

Is Christianity Good for the World?
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Description The gloves come off in this rowdy literary bout (originally hosted by, and published in, Christianity Today) as atheist Christopher Hitchens (“one of the beltway’s most respected public intellectuals,” “an intimidating intellectual Goliath”) and Christian apologist Douglas Wilson (“an ultra-conservative pastor from Idaho who looks like a lumberjack”) go head-to-head on this divisive question. […]

Invisible Man


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First published in 1952, Invisible Man revealed the pain of a black man’s existence in a white world. It was shocking then, but remains important literature today. It is the story of a young man’s journey — through the Deep South to the streets of Harlem, through events and experiences that range from tortured to […]

Inversions (US 2000 Hardcover)

Inversions (US 2000 Hardcover)
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The world of Inversions is a planet with two suns, but otherwise it’s a recognizable fantasyland of knights, princes, sieges, love, and treachery. Two travelers from distant lands reach two different kingdoms and become the close associates of two monarchs. As personal physician to King Quience, Doctor Vosill fights a two-front war: mistrust of her […]

Introduction to Western Philosophy

Introduction to Western Philosophy
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Clearly Antony Flew was on a mission when he wrote his Introduction to Western Philosophy. It is very carefully crafted, providing an unparalleled introduction not only to Western philosophers and their ideas, but also to approaches to philosophical thought. Flew assumes that his readers are willing to try to think like philosophers, and he provides […]

Introduction to Logic

Introduction to Logic
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A book no serious thinker or writer should be without! Introduction to Logic will help you write better research papers and to avoid common mistakes in argumentation.

Introducing the Enlightenment

Introducing the Enlightenment
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The Enlightenment of the 18th century was not only a crucial epoch, a sea-change in human history – it was also a vast moral, scientific and political movement. Intellectuals across Europe and the New World linked up in networks of friendship, projects and debates, and began to free themselves of the authority of the church […]

Intolerance and the Gospel: Selected Texts from the New Testament

Intolerance and the Gospel: Selected Texts from the New Testament
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Book Description Tolerance or intolerance? Which of the two is promoted by the New Testament? And why? Contemporary Christians usually suppose that Christianity is quite congenial to the democratic ideals that are the basis of free, open Western societies. Among these ideals is freedom of religion, which encourages a broad tolerance for different belief systems. […]

Intelligent Design Creationism and Its Critics

Intelligent Design Creationism and Its Critics
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The last decade saw the arrival of a new player in the creation/evolution debate–the intelligent design creationism (IDC) movement, whose strategy is to act as “the wedge” to overturn Darwinism and scientific naturalism. This anthology of writings by prominent creationists and their critics focuses on what is novel about the new movement. It serves as […]

Infidel

Infidel
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Book Description In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of The Caged Virgin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening and activism in the Netherlands, and her current life under armed guard in the West. One […]

In Lieu of Heaven

In Lieu of Heaven
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It was a journey of faith that led to a gift of liberation–from God… In Lieu of Heaven tells of two men’s quests for God. One man’s search takes him through the wilderness, following an inherited faith and the sanction of tradition. The other man has settled simply and comfortably in a secluded garden, having […]