Summary: As tensions simmer, and often explode, between the secular and the religious forces in modern life, the big questions about human belief press ever more urgently. Where does belief, or its lack, originate? How can we understand and appreciate religious traditions different from our own? Featuring conversations with twelve skeptics, atheists, agnostics, and believers—including Alvin Plantinga,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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Summary: This is an exploration of every corner of the pot galaxy, from highly scientific botanical analyses and the study of pot’s medicinal benefits to a guide to the wild world of weed paraphernalia. It's also a very personal tribute to a substance Bronson refers to as life changing, horizon-expanding, a conduit for happiness, a connector. Weed is to Action Bronson what the madeleine was to Proust:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Image 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.6 ACTSummary: Bruce Lipton explores epigenetics, the new science of how environment and perception control gene activity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spirit 2000 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Founded in 1230, Scotland's Pluscarden Abbey still pulses with the prayers and spiritual pursuits of Benedictine monks. Abbot Hugh Gilbert describes their work in reassuringly human terms, framing the Christian battle against Satanic evil as an inner struggle within one's own psyche. But, as this program shows, the culture which brought Pluscarden into existence was rigidly institutional-and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Carse, James P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200 CARSummary: "... [A] look inside the controversial religion from Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney. The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, exploring the psychological impact of blind faith, how the church attracts new followers and keeps hold of its A-list celebrity devotees."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GOICollins, Francis S.
Contents: From atheism to belief -- The war of the worldviews -- The origins of the universe -- Life on Earth : of microbes and man -- Deciphering God's instruction book : the lessons of the human genome -- Genesis, Galileo, and Darwin -- Option 1 : atheism and agnosticism (when science trumps faith) -- Option 2 : creationism (when faith trumps science) -- Option 3 : intelligent design (when science...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 215 COLSummary: Belief is at the heart of the world's great religions as well as the sustaining power behind the paranormal, supernatural, and occult events that grace America's tabloids. How can belief be explained, and from what deep well within the human psyche does it spring? In this program, ABC News anchor John Stossel goes to a psychology lab and even walks through fire to investigate the power of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Dashner, James
Summary: In the second book of The Maze Cutter Trilogy ... Sadina and the islanders are up against both man and nature as they navigate their way to Alaska. There, they hope to meet the mysterious Godhead, unsure of what separates myth from truth. But the Godhead, now led by Alexandra, is fractured. Within the cracks of their sacred trinity, secrets are revealed that blur the lines of good and evil...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Media Enterprises 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DASRuiz, Miguel
Summary: Since 1997, "The Four Agreements" has transformed the lives of many around the world with a simple but profound message--eliminating the learned practices of "agreements that go against ourselves and create needless suffering." With this sequel, readers are encouraged to recover the power of their authenticity -- to be who they really are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amber-Allen Pub. 2010
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Summary: "In Bad Faith, acclaimed physician and author Paul Offit gives readers a never-before-seen look into the minds of those who choose to medically martyr themselves, or their children, in the name of religion. Never afraid of controversy, Offit takes a stark and disturbing look at our surprising capacity to risk the health and safety of children in service of our beliefs. He tells the story of two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200 OFFKotler, Steven
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KOTLER, STEVEN KOTKeller, Timothy J.
Summary: Although a vocal minority continues to attack religious faith, for most Americans, faith is a large part of their lives: 86% of Americans refer to themselves as religious, and 75% of all Americans consider themselves Christians. So how should they respond to these passionate, learned, and persuasive books that promote science and secularism over religion and faith? For years, Tim Keller has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 239 KELWright, Lawrence
Summary: Examines the Church of Scientology; discusses the esoteric cosmology, the auditing process for determining an inductee's state of being, and the Bridge for Total Freedom; and details how the church pursues celebrities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.936 WRIShermer, Michael.
Summary: Shermer demonstrates how our brains selectively assess data in an attempt to confirm the conclusions (beliefs) we've already reached. Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, he considers not only supernatural beliefs but political and economic ones as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.4 SHENaipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad)
Summary: Nobel Prize-winning author Naipaul spirals outward from the central African country of Uganda, to Nigeria, Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Gabon, and concluding in South Africa, to unearth in six chapters a sense of African ancestral belief and practice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200.96 NAISummary: Although Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to a church door, his action sparked a political upheaval as well as a religious one. This program examines the rise of the Protestant movement in Europe and its link to revolution, civil war, and modern incarnations of radical and conservative politics. Studying the theology Luther crafted at Wartburg Castle and his confrontations with papal and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Neanderthals begin burying their dead in sepulchers that simulate their huts in an attempt to connect with the spiritual world. When God first speaks to Abraham, he becomes the father of three great religions: Judaism, and subsequently Christianity and Islam. Moses leads the children of Israel out of slavery and into the Promised Land. Buddha, "The Awakened One," teaches humans to transcend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Braden, Gregg.
Summary: Recently, a series of groundbreaking experiments revealed dramatic evidence of a web of energy that connects everything in our lives and our world. Join Braden on this extraordinary journey bridging science, spirituality, and miracles through the language of "The Divine Matrix."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299 BRAHill, Jenna Miscavige.
Summary: Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige, was raised away from her parents at the Ranch, a San Jacinto, California, boarding school for children of Scientology executives. In Beyond Belief, Jenna shares her true story of life inside the upper ranks of the sect, details her experiences as a member of Sea Org, the church's highest ministry, speaks of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 HILL, JENNA MISCAVIGE HILLKugel, James L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.3 KugelMcRaney, David
Summary: "In this lively journey through human psychology, bestselling author and creator of the You Are Not So Smart podcast David McRaney investigates how minds change-and how to change minds. What made a prominent conspiracy-theorist YouTuber finally see that 9/11 was not a hoax? How do voter opinions shift from neutral to resolute? Can widespread social change only take place when a generation dies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2022