Bestsellers

From one of the most respected thinkers and public intellectuals of our day comes a book that is both a cultural critique of the state of our country and a robust summons to resist complicit....

It has become the prevalent view among sociologists, historians, and some theistic scientists that religion and science have never been in serious conflict....

Acts of Faith is a remarkable account of growing up Muslim in America and coming to believe in religious pluralism, from one of the most prominent faith leaders in the United States....

Grounded guides listeners through our contemporary spiritual habitat as it points out the many ways in which people experience a God who animates creation and community....

An essential guide for religious leaders who are trying to grow their congregation of emerging adults, Got Religion? provides a broad, ecumenical view of the problem....

For the modern world, it seems as if sexuality and spirituality have always been at odds. But what if the two are actually deeply connected? From neuroscientist Andrew Newberg, Sex, God, and the Brain argues that our religious and spiritual experiences derive directly from our sexual being.

A probing study of the cultural fragmentation - social, spatial, and racial - that took root in the Western mind, this book shows how Christianity has consistently forged Christian nations rather than encouraging genuine communion between disparate groups and individuals....

In March 1997, 39 people in Rancho Santa Fe, California, ritually terminated their lives. To outsiders, it was a mass suicide. To insiders, it was a graduation....

We don't understand the reactionary mind. As a result, argues Mark Lilla, the ideas and passions that shape today's political dramas are unintelligible to us....

Have you ever wondered why we’re here? Has each of us been created just so some of us can “get saved” and float on a cloud in our retirement home in the sky after we die, or is there some purpose that we are to be about right here and right now?

With a scientific eye and an empathetic heart, the authors turn conventional perceptions about atheism on their head....

Many bemoan the decline of the church. We hear a steady stream of reports about how droves of people, especially younger generations, are abandoning Christianity. But new research shows that unchurched Americans are surprisingly more receptive to Christianity than is commonly assumed....

A Just Mission examines evangelical mission from the perspective of the receiver, highlighting areas of weakness and naming injustices....

A guidebook for living a life without religion, combining sociological insight and personal inspiration. Over the last 25 years, "no religion" has become the fastest growing religion....

Making Catholic America offers a new interpretation of American life in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, demonstrating the surprising success of an often-embattled religious group in securing itself a place in the national community.

The 12th-century Christian mystic Hildegard of Bingen has been described as "...a visionary, scientist, diplomat, and poet."....

From one of the country’s most respected religion reporters, a paradigm-shifting discussion of how the religious left is actually the moral compass that has long steered America’s political debates, including today....

This book is for everyone who has a father. And for all those who know what it's like to long for a father's blessing: his approval, affection, and attention. It's for anyone who's ever longed to hear your dad say, "I love you. I'm so proud of you"....

Politics are being transformed by religion, namely in China - within the next 30 years, one-third of this potential superpower could be Christian....

The ability of the world system to conquer and divide has always been based on its efforts to try to divide groups through skewed narratives and warped beliefs. The ultimate agenda of wicked men in power is to separate people because of social class, race, and status.