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See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
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The Covenant Names of God
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Richard Sones (Goodreads Author)
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Braiding Sweetgrass
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Speaking of Faith
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The World's Religions: Understanding the Living Faiths
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Peter B. Clarke (Editor)
3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Art of Happiness
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The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions
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Peter Occhiogrosso (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 74 ratings
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The Covenant Names of God
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The People in the Room: Rabbis, Nuns, Pastors, Popes, and Presidents
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Israel and Humanity: Study on the Problem of Universal Religion and its Solution: Part Two: Man
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One Common Faith
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The Prophetess of Dharma : Long Lost Journeys of Divine Justice, Healing and Peace (The Guardians of the Lore Book 3)
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Dipa Sanatani (Goodreads Author)
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The Designed World of Information: Unveiling the Incredible Realm Beyond
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Sergei V. Chekanov (Goodreads Author)
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Simple Guide to Shinto, The Religion of Japan
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The Varieties of Religious Experience
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Israel and Humanity: Study on the Problem of Universal Religion and its Solution: Part One: God
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Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith
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Stress Test: The Israel-Hamas War and Christian-Jewish Relations
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Carol Rittner (Editor And Contributor)
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We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
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Jüdische Riten und Symbole
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The World's Religions
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Divine Diversity
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The Kitáb-i-Íqán: The Book of Certitude
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Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
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Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 38,605 ratings
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The Taoist Body
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The Religions Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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Shulamit Ambalu (Contributor)
4.05 avg rating — 1,376 ratings
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Paris Talks: Addresses Given by 'Abdu'l-Baha in 1911
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Spiritual Friendship after Religion: Walking with People while the Rules Are Changing
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4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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De Koran : zijn ontstaan en inhoud
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Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels
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Buddhism
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African Religions: A Very Short Introduction
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3.81 avg rating — 113 ratings
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Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
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Laila Lalami (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 4,216 ratings
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Atlas van de Bijbel
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The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
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Here If You Need Me
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Primitive Religion: Its Nature and Origin
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3.32 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
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Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 6,278 ratings
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Jesus for the Non-Religious
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Dare We Speak of Hope?: Searching for a Language of Life in Faith and Politics
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Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World
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Down in the Chapel: Religious Life in an American Prison
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3.81 avg rating — 59 ratings
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The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
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Erosion: Essays of Undoing
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Welcome to the Wisdom of the World and Its Meaning for You: Universal Spiritual Insights Distilled from Five Religious Traditions
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Jesus: A Pilgrimage
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James Martin (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 3,902 ratings
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A History of Religion in 5½ Objects: Bringing the Spiritual to Its Senses
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
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4.38 avg rating — 72,700 ratings
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Teachings from the American Earth: Indian Religion and Philosophy
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Dennis Tedlock (Editor)
4.05 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
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Ibram X. Kendi (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 38,139 ratings
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Relax, It's Just God: How and Why to Talk to Your Kids About Religion When You're Not Religious
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Wendy Thomas Russell (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 396 ratings
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The Body and the Book: Writing from a Mennonite Life (Center Books in Anabaptist Studies)
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Talking to God: Prayers for Children from the World's Religions
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Appropriately Subversive: Modern Mothers in Traditional Religions
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World Religions
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Voices Of The Religious Left
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Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
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Faithiest: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious
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Chris Stedman (Goodreads Author)
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Always A Guest: Speaking of Faith Far From Home
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No Longer Invisible: Religion in University Education
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Monumental Jesus: Landscapes of Faith and Doubt in Modern America
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Teaching Religious Literacy: A Guide to Religious and Spiritual Diversity in Higher Education
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The Church of Us vs. Them: Freedom from a Faith That Feeds on Making Enemies
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Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice
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Maurianne Adams (Editor)
4.25 avg rating — 296 ratings
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Not By Might: Channeling the Power of Faith to End Gun Violence
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Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Faith, Reason & Doubt, Interviews on Religion
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Educating About Religious Diversity and Interfaith Engagement: A Handbook for Student Affairs
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Kathleen M. Goodman (Editor)
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Faith: A Journey for All
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