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Profiled on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, Iranian-born scholar Vali Nasr has become one of America's leading commentators on current events in the Middle East, admired and welcomed by both media and government for his "concise and coherent" analysis (Wall Street Journal). In this "smart, clear and timely" book (Washington Post), Nasr brilliantly dissects the political and theological antagonisms within Islam. He provides a unique and objective understanding of the 1,400-year bitter struggle between Shias and Sunnis, and sheds crucial light on its modern-day consequences—from the nuclear posturing of Iran's President Ahmadinejad to the recent U.S.-enabled shift toward Shia power in Iraq and Hezbollah's continued dominance in Lebanon.

Acclaimed author Karen Swallow Prior examines evangelical history, both good and bad. By analyzing the literature, art, and popular culture that has surrounded evangelicalism, she unpacks some of the movement's most deeply held concepts, ideas, values, and practices to consider what is Christian rather than merely cultural. The result is a clearer path forward for evangelicals amid their current identity crisis—and insight for others who want a deeper understanding of what the term "evangelical" means today.

With dizzying social transformations in everything from gender to social justice, it may seem like there's never been a more tumultuous period in history. But a single year in the late 18th century saw a number of influential transformations—or even revolutions—that changed the social trajectory of the Western world. By understanding how those events influenced today's cultural landscape, Christians can more effectively bear witness to God's truth in a post-Christian age.

Navigate global politics and Islamic law with this objective guide separating religious fact from media fiction. Perfect for a focused media detox, this calm and accessible audiobook dismantles alarmist stereotypes. Instead of romanticized defenses, it delivers a neutral, patient exploration of...

There has never been a nation like the United States of America. Its impact on the world is unprecedented in all of human history. After two and a half centuries of existence, it is difficult to imagine what the world would be like without it. But how did it come into existence? Who has really done justice to this astonishing story? Innumerable books have been written about the American Revolution, but the definitive treatment of the full story simply does not exist—certainly not in our generation.

In this eye-opening book, Matthew Rose introduces us to one of the most controversial intellectual movements of the 20th century, the "radical right", and discusses its adherents' different attempts to imagine political societies after the death or decline of liberalism. Questioning democracy's most basic norms and practices, these critics rejected ideas about human equality, minority rights, religious toleration, and cultural pluralism not out of implicit biases, but out of explicit principle.

From bestselling author and provocateur Christopher Hitchens, the classic guide to the art of principled dissent and disagreement. “Hitchens is, first and last, a writer, an always exciting, often exacting, furious polemicist.” -The Boston Globe In Letters to a Young Contrarian, Christopher...

In little time, Loy has become one of the most powerful advocates of the Buddhist worldview, explaining like no one else its ability to transform the sociopolitical landscape of the modern world. In this, his most accessible work to date, he offers sharp and even shockingly clear presentations of oft-misunderstood Buddhist staples - the working of karma, the nature of self, the causes of trouble on both the individual and societal levels - and the real reasons behind our collective sense of "never enough", whether it's time, money, sex, security...even war.

April 13, 2006. A Jerusalem Post headline reads: "Jericho man murdered over home sale." The 42 year-old father of eight was kidnapped, shot seven times, thrown into his car, and set on fire, because he had sold his Jerusalem apartment to Jews. Radical Islam has long desired to seize Jerusalem and make it off limits to Christian and Jewish believers. In this revealing book, Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, reminds us that the war on terror is also a war on faith.

What does it mean to live as citizens of this world and of the world-to-come? How can we render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s? In recent years, fresh controversy has erupted over these age-old questions, and especially over the meaning and...

As Christianity has been pushed aside, the Progressive Left has developed a new pagan religion. But the radical roots of the new secular religion are ancient. We've seen it all before. In You Shall Be as Gods, Erick Erickson traces the religion's roots from Paganism and Gnosticism through the Age of Enlightenment all the way into the Postmodernism of the twenty-first century. At the heart of the ancient religion is a self-centered culture.

The New York Times opinion writer, media commentator, outspoken Republican and Christian critic of the Trump presidency offers a spirited defense of politics and its virtuous and critical role in maintaining our democracy and what we must do to save it before it is too late. “Any nation that...

Zgłęb konflikt między wiarą a polityką, badając narodziny amerykańskiego porządku konstytucyjnego. To analityczna podróż, idealna do słuchania w skupieniu lub podczas dojazdów, zaspokajająca głód rzetelnej wiedzy historycznej. Przeniesiesz się prosto w sam środek burzliwych...

Beleef de epische geschiedenis van een vervolgde sekte die de machtigste religie van het Romeinse Rijk werd. Tijdens je dagelijkse reis of ontspannen wandeling word je direct meegesleept in een sfeervol, waargebeurd verhaal over absolute macht, meedogenloze strijd en miraculeuze overleving in de...

当怀疑神明成为一种跨越千年的思想异端，不信神的选择便注定要面对无休止的审查、排斥与生存危机。沿着这条危机四伏的哲学与历史脉络，我们见证了一种边缘观点如何冲破中世纪的信仰禁锢，在启蒙时代的争论中艰难立...

从罗马帝国边缘的受压迫小众社群，逆袭为重塑全球政治权力与日常生活法则的历史巨轮，一场跨越两千年的制度演变在此展开。无论你是在早晚通勤时渴望拓展思维边界的终身学习者，还是在安静角落里试图理清现代社会逻...

De turbulente geschiedenis van het atheïsme bewijst hoe filosofische twijfel en religiekritiek levensgevaarlijk waren. Terwijl je reist of zoekt naar diepe focus, neemt dit audiopanorama je mee van de oudheid tot nu. Je hoort precies hoe machthebbers intellectuele scepsis meedogenloos...

Reis door de fascinerende cultuurgeschiedenis van een kleine beweging die uitgroeide tot een dominante wereldreligie. Perfect voor een gefocuste luistersessie of je dagelijkse woon-werkverkeer, biedt dit meeslepende historische overzicht een sfeervolle en leerzame blik op de fundamenten van onze...

边缘化的少数宗教如何在血腥打压下逆袭，最终颠覆古代地中海世界的权力秩序与信仰版图？带着对权力更迭与思想演变的深层求知欲，你将重返那个神明林立、政治角力错综复杂的古典时代。这场看似不可思议的崛起并非注...

当神圣的信仰语言遭遇世俗的权力博弈，现代宪政与宗教自由的妥协之路究竟隐藏着怎样的激烈交锋？对于在喧嚣极化的现代社会中感到困惑、渴望厘清公共理性边界的倾听者而言，这是一场兼具深度与思辨的历史重构。跟随...