Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes
10 best books like Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes (Mitri Raheb): Politics, Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics, Permanent Record, Shameless: A Sexual Reformation, The Cross and the Lynching Tree, Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days, The Sacred Depths of Nature, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World, The Works of Josephus, Grief: Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry
| Author | Aristotle |
| ISBN | 0486414248 |
What is the relationship of the individual to the state? What is the ideal state, and how can it bring about the most desirable life for its citizens? What sort of education should it provide? What is the purpose of amassing wealth? These are some of the questions Aristotle attempts to answer in one of the...
Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
| Author | bell hooks |
| ISBN | 0896086283 |
Acclaimed cultural critic bell hooks offers an open-hearted and welcoming vision of gender, sexuality, and society in this inspiring and accessible volume. In engaging and provocative style, bell hooks introduces a popular theory of feminism rooted in common sense and the wisdom of experience....
| Author | Edward Snowden |
| ISBN | 1250237238 |
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.
In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden...
Shameless: A Sexual Reformation
Raw, intimate, and timely, Nadia Bolz-Weber’s latest book offers a full-blown overhaul of our harmful and antiquated ideas about sex, gender, and our bodies.
Christians are obsessed with sex. But not in a good way. For generations countless people have suffered pain, guilt, and judgment...
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
| Author | James H. Cone |
| ISBN | 1570759375 |
A landmark in the conversation about race and religion in America.
"They put him to death by hanging him on a tree." Acts 10:39
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful new work, theologian...
| Author | Ken Jennings |
| ISBN | 0345499972 |
Ken Jennings’s Trivia Almanac is the ingeniously organized book where, for a change, the all-time Jeopardy! champ gets to ask the questions–and where every day of the year will give you the chance to test your trivia mettle.
For example–February 21: In 1912, on this...
| Author | Ursula Goodenough |
| ISBN | 0195136292 |
This volume reconciles the modern scientific understanding of reality with our timeless spiritual yearnings for reverence and continuity. Looking at topics such as evolution, emotions, sexuality, and death, Goodenough writes with rich, uncluttered detail about the workings of nature in general...
Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
| Author | Timothy J. Keller |
| ISBN | 0525952705 |
New York Times bestselling author of The Songs of Jesus Timothy Keller shows how God calls each of us to express meaning and purpose through our work and careers.
In a work world that is increasingly competitive and insecure, people often have nagging questions: Why am I doing this work? Why...
| Author | Flavius Josephus |
| ISBN | 0913573868 |
Encounter the world and traditions that Jesus knew.
Illuminate your understanding of the New Testament.
In The Complete Works you will discover what the New Testament writers knew about Abraham, Moses, Samuel, David, and Solomon and examine an in-depth history of Herod and his...
Grief: Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry
| Author | Melissa M. Kelley |
| ISBN | 0800696611 |
The experience of grief has been a source of intrigue and curiosity throughout history, and it continues to stimulate thought and theory in various fields of study. Unfortunately, these fields tend to function in isolation from each other. The result is a substantial disconnect between grief research,...
An Introduction to Systematic Theology
| Author | Wolfhart Pannenberg |
| ISBN | 0802805469 |
A fantastic read, but ended in a let down. Pannenberg rightly suggests that a lot of our categories for doing systematic theology are not only outdated, but a few are contradictory and wildly at odds with the Hebrew narrative. Our understanding of God, for example, owes more to the quasi-heretic Origen's...
In the Shadow of Empire: Reclaiming the Bible as a History of Faithful Resistance
| Author | Richard A. Horsley |
| ISBN | 0664232329 |
The Bible tells the stories of many empires, and many are still considered some of the largest of the ancient and classical world: the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians, the Greeks, and finally the Romans. In this provocative book, nine experts bring a critical analysis of these world empires...
Operational Organic Chemistry: A Problem-Solving Approach to the Laboratory Course
| Author | John W. Lehman |
| ISBN | 0136000924 |
This comprehensive laboratory text provides a thorough introduction to all of the significant operations used in the organic lab and includes a large selection of traditional-scale experiments and minilabs. Its unique problem-solving approach encourages students to think in the laboratory...
The Basic Political Writings
| Author | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| ISBN | 0872200477 |
The basic political writings of Rousseau , including
* Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts
* Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
* Discourse on Political Economy
* On the Social Contract
'The publication of these excellent translations is a happy occasion for teachers...
Kontakte: A Communicative Approach
| Author | Tracy D. Terrell |
| ISBN | 0070646430 |
Now in its third edition Kontakte: A Communicative Approach is the successful beginning German text based on the Natural Approach. The Natural Approach, widely associated with Tracy Terrell, introduces students to language inductively, by exposing them to vocabulary and structures in the context...
Problems and Solutions to Accompany McQuarrie and Simon's Physical Chemistry
| Author | Heather Cox |
| ISBN | 0935702431 |
Every physical chemistry student knows that McQuarrie and Simon’s big fat red book is the bible of undergrad physical chemistry. However, what not many of them might know is how great of a study aid Cox’s solution manual is. All throughout the McQuarrie and Simon book, several key concepts are left...
Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires
In the midst of the dramatic seventh-century war between two empires, Muhammad was a spiritual seeker in search of community and sanctuary.
Many observers stereotype Islam and its scripture as inherently extreme or violent-a narrative that has overshadowed the truth of its roots. In this...
Jesus and Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings
| Author | Martin Aronson |
| ISBN | 1569753199 |
Comparing the New Testament with the Tao Te Ching, Taoism’s most sacred book, Jesus and Lao Tzu reveals a surprising set of examples in which these two spiritual masters point their followers in the same direction. With over 90 parallel sayings, readers find fresh understanding and new perspectives...
