Summary: 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
McLaren, Brian D.
Summary: "Brian McLaren, one of the established leaders of the emerging church movement, invites interfaith dialogue, suggesting tolerance and respect between religions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jericho Books 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE VICHouellebecq, Michel.
Summary: "Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s'engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu motivé par l'enseignement, il s'attend à une vie ennuyeuse mais calme, protégée des grands drames historiques. Cependant les forces en jeu dans le pays ont fissuré le système politique jusqu'à provoquer son effondrement. Cette implosion sans soubresauts, sans vraie révolution, se développe comme un...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 HOU FRENCHSummary: This remarkable story from the past is especially timely today. Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this film retraces the 800 years in medieval Spain when Muslims, Christians, and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences, revealing what made this rare and fruitful collaboration possible, and what ultimately tore it apart.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ORNLanzetta, Beverly
Summary: The Monk Within is written for the person seeking a deeper, contemplative orientation to daily life. Yearning for inner realization of divine wisdom, this "new monk" draws on four interlocking themes: embodied spirituality grounded in the sacred web of life; the mystical path of the feminine, inspired by women's monastic communities; the archetype of the monk that is the deep truth of every...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sapphire Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204 LANSiljander, Mark D.
Contents: Hostage -- Paradigm crash -- The secret language of the Bible -- The other Holy Book -- Miracle in the Sahara -- To love thine enemies -- The path of Ananias -- My apology -- Full circle -- Pillars and bridges -- A hug from His Holiness -- Jesus, the Ruhallah -- To walk in another man's sandals -- Jihad -- Scrutiny -- On the green line again -- Path of peace in a time of war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.2 SILMenocal, Maria Rosa.
Summary: Undoing the familiar notion of the Middle Ages as a period of religious persecution and intellectual stagnation, Menocal brings us a portrait of a medieval culture where literature, science, and tolerance flourished for 500 years. The story begins as a young prince in exile--the last heir to an Islamic dynasty--founds a new kingdom on the Iberian peninsula: al-Andalus. Combining the best of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 946.02 MENWeatherford, J. McIver
Summary: "Reveals how Genghis Khan harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known. By the New York Times best-selling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 950 WEAKarabell, Zachary.
Summary: Includes information on Abbasid caliphate, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Alexandria, Andalusia, Antioch, Arabic language, Armenians, Baghdad, Balkans, Beirut, Berbers, Byzantine Empire, Cairo, Christianity, Christians, Constantinople, Cordoba, Crusades, Damascus, Egypt, England, Europe, Fatimid dynasty, France, Franks, Greek Orthodox Church, ancient Greeks, Habsburgs, Caliph Harun al-Rashid, Hebrew...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 201 KARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 201.5 KARPatel, Eboo
Summary: The author, a young American Muslim of Indian background, juxtaposes his college years as an angry young radical with a description of how he came to see the possibilities of religious pluralism and founded the Interfaith Youth Core.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.6 PATNiebuhr, Gustav.
Summary: Examines the nature of community and religion in the United States, traces the origins of religious freedom along with its advances and setbacks, and surveys the diverse range of religious faith throughout the nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 201.5 NIEHouellebecq, Michel
Summary: In a near-future France, François, a middle-aged academic, is watching his life slowly dwindle to nothing. His sex drive is diminished, his parents are dead, and his lifelong obsession--the ideas and works of the novelist Joris-Karl Huysmans--has led him nowhere. In a late-capitalist society where consumerism has become the new religion, François is spiritually barren, but seeking to fill the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOUWright, Robert
Summary: In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archaeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright's findings overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure to cause controversy. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 200.9 WRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: 200.9 WRINhất Hạnh
Summary: Buddha and Christ, perhaps the two most pivotal figures in the history of humankind, each left behind a legacy of teachings and practices that have shaped the lives of billions of people over the course of two millennia. If they were to meet on the road today, what would each think of the other's spiritual views and practices? Thich Nhat Hanh has been part of a decades-long dialogue between the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 1995
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Place a hold to request this item.Akyol, Mustafa
Summary: Looks at the Islamic view of Jesus, exploring its origins in the seventh century and how it relates to the views of the Jews and Christians of the day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martins Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 AKYRhodes, Ron.
Contents: Dialoguing with Muslims -- Muhammad and the emergence of Islam -- A Christian critique of Muhammad -- The Quran: the scriptures of Islam -- A Christian critique of the Quran -- Allah: the God of Islam -- The biblical view of God -- Jesus: a prophet of Islam -- The biblical view of Jesus -- The Muslim view of the Bible -- A defense of the Bible -- Sin and salvation in Islam -- The Muslim view of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 266.0088 RHOHabib, Samaa.
Summary: "The thrilling and heart-wrenching true story of a former Muslim woman's journey to heaven and back when she was victim of a terrorist bombing"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Rel HabibNhat Hanh
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 1996
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 294.337 NHAGompertz, Ron.
Contents: Introduction: celebrating the holidays together -- The Chrismukkah timeline -- Tradition, tradition! -- Santa Claus vs. Hanukkah Harry -- Decorating the hybrid home -- Menorahments and more -- Plethora of Menorahs -- Kris Kringle Kippas and Yarmulclaus hats -- Spin the dreidel under the mistletoe -- Secular harassment in the workplace, or, the office party -- Happy hour -- Musikkah -- Twas the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 263.915 GOMLeloup, Jean-Yves.
Contents: Pt. 1. The way of meditation. Zen and Hesychasm -- Transmission : the Samaritan woman -- The practice of Hesychast meditation : posture, orientation, breathing, invocation, centered in the heart -- Pt. 2. The way of compassion. What is a bodhisattva? -- The Dhammapada and the Gospels -- The vow of compassion -- The practice of compassion -- Impurities of the mind -- The five motivations : the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inner Traditions 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.2 LELHagee, John.
Contents: It's 1938 again -- My lifelong love for Israel -- Sins of the fathers -- "One single night" becomes many -- The peoples of the Middle East -- The religions of the Middle East -- Revolution and radical Islam -- Our debt to the Jewish people -- Honoring Israel brings God's blessing -- Answering Christian critics -- Answering secular critics -- "Israel lives!".
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Publisher / Publication Date: FrontLine 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 231.76 HAGSummary: Filmed over the course of three years, this documentary offers viewers unprecedented access to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his inner circle as they work together to convince the Chinese government of the need for a negotiated settlement on the future of Tibet. The result is a truly unique portrait of a widely revered world leader as he struggles to strike a balance between his spiritual...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Adams, Scott
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Pub. 2004