Langley, Myrtle.
Summary: Offers a revealing and enlightening look at the religions of the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 200 LANWillocks, Tim.
Summary: Carla, a French countess, enlists the aid of a German sword-for-hire when she travels from her home to Malta in search of the boy she gave up at birth twelve years ago, but they arrive just as the city is invaded by the Turks.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILBullard, Lisa
Summary: "Lots of people practice a religion. What is similar about people's religious beliefs? How are people's religions different? A curious kid explores these questions within his/her family and among neighbors and friends"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 200 BULSummary: What, exactly, is religion? Why does one religious tradition often differ so markedly from another? Why--despite their common source--are the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam so different? What kinds of factors separate the beliefs of a Hindu or Buddhist from the 'people of the book' and from other sects of Hindus or Buddhists? Religion affects everyone's life, whether...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291 COMCall number: DVD 291 COM
BAD RELIGION
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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Contents: Overture -- Sinister rouge -- Social suicide -- Atheist peace -- All there is -- Los Angeles is burning -- Let them eat war -- God's love -- To another abyss -- The quickening -- The empire strikes first -- Beyond electric dreams -- Boot stamping on a human face forever -- Live again (The fall of man).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Epitaph 2004
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Contents: Chaos from within -- My sanity -- Do the paranoid style -- The approach -- Lose your head -- End of history -- Age of unreason -- Candidate -- Faces of grief -- Old regime -- Big black dog -- Downfall -- Since now -- What tomorrow brings -- The profane rights of man.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Contents: The causes of violence -- The corruptibility of all things human -- Religion and war -- Faith and reason -- Life after death -- Morality and the Bible -- Morality and faith -- The enlightenment, liberal thought and religion -- Does religion do more harm than good in personal life? -- What good has religion done?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William B. Eerdmans Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200 WARDarling, David
Contents: Soft light -- Clouds -- Sweet river -- Minor blue -- Only one wish -- 8 string religion -- Sojourn -- Remember.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hearts of Space 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE DARSummary: This program explores three major areas of philosophical inquiry into religion: religious epistemology, or the exploration of the rational grounds for religious beliefs and, in particular, the existence of God; the metaphysics of religion, which inquires into the nature of God; and theodicy, which examines the philosophical implications of the presence of evil in the world. Commentary by Alvin...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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New Reformation Band (Musical group)
Contents: Roll Jordan ; Everytime I feel the spirit (3:46) -- What a friend we have in Jesus (4:52) -- Just a little while to stay here (4:10) -- I shall not be moved (3:42) -- Holding my savior's hand (4:25) -- Wade in the water (2:33) -- Swing low, sweet chariot (3:19) -- Precious lord, take my hand (3:04) -- Just a closer walk with thee (5:00) -- God bless the child that's got his own (4:41) -- When...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: [New Reformation Band] 1998
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL NEWPrincipe, Lawrence.
Summary: Twelve 30-minute lectures by Professor Lawrence M. Principe on the relation between science and religion from early times to the present.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 201.65 Principe 2006Summary: The history of the three religions of the Book is a convoluted story of deep-seated hostilities relieved by all-too-brief periods of coexistence and cooperation. Filmed from a Christian perspective, this program looks at the sectarian and interdenominational clashes that have bloodied the centuries while pointing out efforts to achieve a lasting, mutually supportive peace. As the world enters...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Adams, Scott
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Pub. 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ADASummary: From ritual ablutions to ceremonial cremation, the religious life of a Hindu is intimately associated with the spiritual properties of water and fire. This program steps off the beaten path for a journey with two sadhus as they visit holy locales, witness religious rites, and, in general, immerse themselves in Hindu culture as it is exists in the religion's motherland, India. The Festival of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Maestro, Betsy.
Summary: This book is an introduction to the history of religious belief and the practice of religion in the world today. We live in a world of great diversity, but most people are familiar only with their own way of life. Understanding the beliefs of others builds appreciation and respect for religious groups whose practices are unlike our own.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 291 MAEBad Religion (Musical group)
Contents: Change of ideas -- Big bang -- No control -- Sometimes I feels like -- Automatic man -- I want to conquer the world -- Sanity -- Henchman -- It must look pretty appealing -- You -- Progress -- I want something more -- Anxiety -- Billy -- The world won't stop.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Epitaph 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BADPrincipe, Lawrence
Summary: Twelve 30-minute lectures by Johns Hopkins University Professor Lawrence M. Principe on the relation between science and religion from early times to the present.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 201.65 PRISummary: Israel was founded by Zionists, who viewed Israel as the Promised Land, the patrimony of the Jewish people. Today, many Israelis define themselves as a nation, not as a religion. Does being an Israeli mean embracing a religion, or is it a national identity? This program examines this divisive question that has pitted Israeli against Jew. Beginning with the forefathers who founded Israel on...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Romero, Pharis
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY ROMO'Brien, Joanne
Summary: Maps the current nature, extent, and influence of each of the major religions and shows, country by country, how religions are spread through broadcasting, missionary work, schooling, and banking; how they relate to government, laws, and world hunger; and the role they play in wars. It traces the emergence of new religious movements, the survival of traditional beliefs, and the presence of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200.223 OBRSummary: In animism, good and bad spirits exercise an influence on humans. The shaman communes with the spirits in order to heal his tribal constituency. These and other less traditional beliefs, practices, and rituals are the topics of this program. Millenarianism is discussed as a nostalgic belief in a 1,000-year reign of the saints either before, or immediately after, the return of Christ. Astrology...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Many of us find ourselves in the odd situation of not believing in religion - but nevertheless being interested in it, moved by it and sympathetic to some of its aims. We may enjoy religious art and architecture, music and community, and even some of the rituals - while being unable to believe in divine commandments or the existence of a higher being. This book is about those feelings and what...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The School of Life Press 2019