Religion

Religion is a cultural system that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to explain the origin of life or the universe. They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature.

The Names They Gave Us
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That Thing We Call a Heart
Seminary Boy: A Memoir
Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father
Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
The Golden Legend
Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice
The Delight of Being Ordinary
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place
Taking My Life Back: My Story of Faith, Determination, and Surviving the Boston Marathon Bombing
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