RELIGION -- Devotional

Holy tears: weeping in the religious imagination

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What religion does not serve as a theater of tears? Holy Tears addresses this all but universal phenomenon with passion and precision, ranging from Mycenaean Greece up through the tragedy of 9/11. Sixteen authors, including many leading voices in the study of religion, offer ess…

The Marble Room: How I Lost God and Found Myself in Africa

by Hatcher, Bill

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At 27, Bill Hatcher was at a crossroads. Brought up in an evangelical household in the Bible Belt, his religion had provided no answers to his parents' broken marriage, or, indeed, his own divorce. The key to his salvation would come from a most unlikely source: a flyer calling …

Integral meditation: mindfulness as a way to grow up, wake up, and sho…

by Wilber, Ken

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"With practical teachings and detailed instructions, Ken Wilber introduces Integral Mindfulness, a new way of practicing the widely popular meditation. Beginning with as little as fifteen to thirty minutes of daily sessions, the meditator can gradually expand from there by slowl…

The awakened ones: phenomenology of visionary experience

by Obeyesekere, Gananath

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"Throughout his career, Obeyesekere has combined psychoanalysis and anthropology to illuminate the relationship between personal symbolism and religious experience. In this book, he begins with Buddha's visionary trances wherein, over the course of four hours, he witnesses hundr…

KJV beautiful word Bible: 500 full-color illustrated verses

by Zondervan Bible Publishers (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

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Be drawn into God's Word through a fresh, creative expression of the beautiful words of God. The KJV Beautiful Word Bible will encourage a deeper and more authentic quiet time. With 500 verses illustrated to help you see the rich diversity of stories, characters, prophecies, rew…

This extraordinary moment: moving beyond the mind to embrace the miracle of …

by Astin, John

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Anyone attempting to describe the indescribable nature of reality faces the same challenge--how does one use words to explain something that transcends language? Many writers fall into the trap of using more words, but author, spiritual teacher, and health psychologist John Asti…

Life from the up side: seeing God at work in the world

by Kalas, J. Ellsworth

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""I confess that I am an unreconstructed optimist. Not a naive one; I've lived too long for that, long enough to have experienced a resounding case for pessimism. I have vivid memories of the Great Depression, and I've lived through several wars and those international anomalies…

The Not-So-Intelligent Designer: Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Intelli…

by Hafer, Abby

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Why do men's testicles hang outside the body? Why does our appendix sometimes explode and kill us? And who does the Designer like better, anyway--us or squid? These and other questions are addressed in The Not-So-Intelligent Designer: Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and In…

Living the Christian year: time to inhabit the story of God : an introductio…

by Gross, Bobby

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Bobby Gross presents chapters on each season of the liturgical year, accompanied by weekly devotions based on the Sunday readings of the lectionary cycle. His book offers a flexible weekly format, designed to let you break the devotions down any way you want to.

Entheogens, myth & human consciousness

by Ruck, Carl A. P., Hoffman, Mark A., Estren, Mark J.

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ENTHEOGENS, MYTH AND HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS is a much needed accessible exploration into the role of psychoactive sacraments - entheogens - in religion, mythology, and history, and also includes most treatments of the subject focus on modern scientific research, psychotherapy, are …

Field exercises: how veterans are healing themselves through farmi…

by Westlund, Stephanie

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How connecting with nature is helping veterans reintegrate into civilian life and recover from PTSD.