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Elaine Pagels Is Famous for Asking Hard Questions. Her Latest: ‘Why Religion?’

2018

“You know, people have sometimes called me ‘Elaine Pagan’,” the Princeton University professor says during an interview with the Monitor, smiling as she reflects on the trajectory of her life’s work, her many orthodox critics, and her new book, “Why Religion? A Personal Story.”

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The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts Complete in One Volume

The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance.

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Marvin Meyer (editor), Wolf-Peter Funk, Paul-Hubert Poirier, James M. Robinson, Elaine H. Pagels (introduction)
2024
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The Bizarre True Story of the 1917 Prophecies of Fatima

In 1917 in the Portuguese town of Fatima, one of the most important events in Catholic Church history took place. Three children — Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta — were allegedly visited by the Virgin Mary, who came back to visit them once a month for six months.

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2021
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James Cone: The Cross and the Lynching Tree

Watch leading theologian James Cone give a talk called “The Cross and the Lynching Tree” at Vanderbilt Divinity School April 3, 2013.

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James H. Cone
2013
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For My People

Looks at the history of Black theology, discusses its relationship to white and liberation theology, and identifies new directions for Black churches to take in the eighties.

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James H. Cone
1984
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Black Theology and Black Power

The classic work of Black Theology—still relevant and challenging after 50 years—with a new introduction by Cornel West First published in 1969, Black Theology and Black Power provided the first systematic presentation of Black Theology, while also introducing the voice of an African American...

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James H. Cone
2019
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A Black Theology of Liberation: 50th Anniversary Edition

With the publication of his two early works, Black Theology & Black Power (1969) and A Black Theology of Liberation (1970), James Cone emerged as one of the most creative and provocative theological voices in North America.

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James H. Cone
2020
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The Mystics of the Church

This little book only hints at the richness and variety of the material with which anyone who tries to tell the spiritual history of the Christian Church will have to muddle through.

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Evelyn Underhill
1988
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New Revised Standard Version Bible: Popular Text Edition

Since its first publication in the United Kingdom in 1990, the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible has established itself as one of the finest modern translations of the biblical text ever produced.

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Cambridge University Press
1995
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Howard Thurman: Essential Writings

Howard Thurman, minister, philosopher, civil rights activist, has been called ‘one of the greatest spiritual resources of this nation.’ His encounters with Gandhi in India helped instill his commitment to nonviolence. This book features some of his writings.

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Howard Thurman
2006
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Disciplines of the Spirit

Dr. Howard Thurman (1900-1981)--minister, educator, philosopher, and poet--explores five major dimensions of the spiritual life: commitment, growing in wisdom and stature, prayer, and reconciliation.

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Howard Thurman
1963
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