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America has a God-shaped hole in its heart, argues New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro, and we shouldn't fill it with politics and hate. In 2016, Ben Shapiro spoke at UC Berkeley. Hundreds of police officers were required from 10 UC campuses across the state to protect his speech...

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Saving Truth: Audio Lectures includes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points...

How can Christians defend truth and clarity to a world that rejects both? Increasingly, Western culture embraces confusion as a virtue and decries certainty as a sin. Those who are confused about sexuality and identity are viewed as heroes. Those who are confused about morality are progressive...

It's time to stop asking the old questions about how to do church better and instead ask how churches can more effectively participate in and grow God's kingdom. AND helps Christian leaders recognize the best in different church models and see how to incorporate these values into a cohesive...

The Lord did not come as a political deliverer or social reformer. He did not rally supporters in a grandiose attempt to "capture the culture" for morality or greater political and religious freedom. Rather, His divine calling was to rescue the lost souls of individual men and women from sin and...

This audiobook includes an exclusive, crowdsourced Q&A with Phil! Win the War for Your Own Integrity After Phil Robertson quoted Scripture in an interview with a national magazine, his hit show, Duck Dynasty, put him on “indefinite hiatus.” Phil immediately knew what had happened: he had...

Uncover the ten lies that are destroying America and discover how to replace them with timeless, biblical truths so you can see real change in your life and your country. It's time to take back what the devil has stolen and bring God back into our culture. Phil Robertson, patriarch of A&E's Duck...

Forces are rapidly reshaping America's morals, social policies, and culture—but how do we stop it? Learn how to make your voice heard and reclaim America’s faith and values by reshaping our country’s current trajectory. Cultural elites in the media, academia, and politics are daily...

Discover the new collection of original writings by Rachel Held Evans, whose reflections on faith and life continue to encourage, challenge, and influence, lovingly performed by Daniel Jonce Evans, Jeff Chu, Jamie Wright, Sarah Bessey, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Kristen Howerton, Kaitlin Curtice, Amanda...

In Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus (1904/05) untersucht Max Weber den Einfluss religiöser Überzeugungen – insbesondere des Calvinismus und Puritanismus – auf die Entstehung der modernen kapitalistischen Wirtschaftsordnung. Mit scharfer Analyse verbindet Weber Theologie, Wirtschaftsgeschichte und Soziologie zu einem der bedeutendsten Klassiker der Sozialwissenschaften. Ein wegweisendes Werk über die Verbindung von Glaube, Arbeit, Rationalisierung und kapitalistischer Entwicklung – bis heute hochaktuell und kontrovers diskutiert.

In a world where young people are increasingly disconnected from traditional religious institutions and influenced by social media, Faithful Futures offers church leaders a lifeline: practical, research-based tools to engage Gen Z and Gen Alpha in meaningful conversations about faith. This book provides actionable strategies that build trust and foster belonging in today's rapidly changing cultural landscape.

Traditional religion in the United States has suffered huge losses in recent decades. The number of Americans identifying as "not religious" has increased remarkably. Religious affiliation, service attendance, and belief in God have declined. More and more people claim to be "spiritual but not religious." Religious organizations have been reeling from revelations of sexual and financial scandals and cover-ups. Public trust in "organized religion" has declined significantly. Crucially, these religious losses are concentrated among younger generations.

Brought to you by Penguin. For most of history, antisemitism has been understood as a menace from Europe’s political Right, the province of blood-and-soil ethno-nativists who built on Christendom’s long-standing suspicion of its Jewish population and infused it with racist pseudo-science...

Los grupos evangélicos tuvieron en los últimos años un crecimiento exponencial en todo el continente americano y lograron consolidarse como una nueva fuerza política y social. Entre sus miembros hay presidentes, ministros y ministras, diputados y diputadas, asesores y asesoras que ocupan...

A smart, irreverent, and accessible guide to thinking more deeply about how religion permeates and shapes the world around us –and why you need to understand the work it's doing Religion lurks in the floorboards of our daily lives, whether we want it to or not. A departure from more...

स्वतंत्रता आंदोलनात संघाचा सहभाग होता परंतु संघानी त्याचे श्रेय घेतले नाही. संघसंस्थापक डॉ. हेडगेवार यांनी...

माधव सदाशिव गोळवलकर तथा श्री गुरुजी ह्या संघाच्या द्वितीय सरसंघचालकांच्याबद्दलचे चरित्र सांगणारेे हे पुस्तक...

या पुस्तकात तामिळनाडू प्रांतात निष्ठेने सेवा कार्य...

समता आणि समरसता, महापुरुषांनी, संतमहात्म्यांनी केलेले समतेचे प्रयत्न, संविधानातून लिहिलेली समता या गोष्टी...

All tales of religion start with a good miracle story—“a narrative involving a report of supposed special divine action,” as defined by theologians Wendy Cotter and Graham H. Twelftree. For the Looi family, their embracing of Tibetan Buddhism came about when their father, the late Alvin...