Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?: A Historical Introduction
10 best books like Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?: A Historical Introduction (John Fea): American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion, Scaramouche, The Book of Chuang Tzu, A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism, A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870, Catholicism and American Freedom: A History, Culture and Redemption: Religion, the Secular, and American Literature, An Introduction to Daoist Philosophies, Epistemology
| Author | Paul M. Barrett |
| ISBN | 0374104239 |
Vivid, dramatic portraits of Muslims in America in the years after 9/11, as they define themselves in a religious subculture torn between moderation and extremism
There are as many as six million Muslims in the United States today. Islam (together with Christianity and Judaism) is now an American...
| Author | Rafael Sabatini |
| ISBN | 0451527976 |
“Last Wednesday he had been engaged in moving an audience of Rennes to anger; on this Wednesday he was to move an audience of Guichen to mirth...”
Once he was André-Louis Moreau, a lawyer raised by nobility, unconcerned with the growing discontent among France’s lower class—until...
| Author | Zhuangzi |
| ISBN | 0140194886 |
A Chinese classic, the Chuang Tzu was written sometime in the 4th century BC, and consists of original teachings, stories, tales and jokes told by Master Chuang, as well as others which have coalesced round his name. It is considered second only to the Tao Te Ching, but the two books coundn't be more different....
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
| Author | William B. Irvine |
| ISBN | 0195374614 |
One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows...
The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
| Author | Jemar Tisby |
| ISBN | 0310597269 |
In August of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, calling on all Americans to view others not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Yet King included another powerful word, one that is often overlooked. Warning against the "tranquilizing...
| Author | Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
| ISBN | 1681684578 |
From the author of A Midwife's Tale, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize for History, and The Age of Homespun--a revelatory, nuanced, and deeply intimate look at the world of early Mormon women whose seemingly ordinary lives belied an astonishingly revolutionary spirit, drive, and...
Catholicism and American Freedom: A History
Catholicism and American Freedom is a groundbreaking historical account of the tensions (and occasional alliances) between Catholic and American understandings of a healthy society and the individual person, including dramatic conflicts over issues such as slavery, public education, economic...
Culture and Redemption: Religion, the Secular, and American Literature
| Author | Tracy Fessenden |
| ISBN | 0691049637 |
Many Americans wish to believe that the United States, founded in religious tolerance, has gradually and naturally established a secular public sphere that is equally tolerant of all religions--or none. Culture and Redemption suggests otherwise. Tracy Fessenden contends that the uneven separation...
An Introduction to Daoist Philosophies
| Author | Steve Coutinho |
| ISBN | 0231143397 |
Steve Coutinho explores in detail the fundamental concepts of Daoist thought as represented in three early texts: the "Laozi," the "Zhuangzi," and the "Liezi." Readers interested in philosophy yet unfamiliar with Daoism will gain a comprehensive understanding of these works from this analysis,...
| Author | Richard Feldman |
| ISBN | 0133416453 |
Sophisticated yet accessible and easy to read, this introduction to contemporary philosophical questions about knowledge and rationality goes beyond the usual bland survey of the major current views to show that there is argument involved. Throughout, the author provides a fair and balanced blending...
The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters
| Author | Seneca |
| ISBN | 0393004597 |
In The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca, representative selections from Seneca's writings offer the reader an excellent introduction to the range of his work.
The selections are drawn from the essays, or dialogues, and the "Consolations;" from the treatises, of which "On Clemency," addressed...
Them: Why We Hate Each Other - and How to Heal
| Author | Ben Sasse |
| ISBN | 1250193680 |
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing American Adult, an intimate and urgent assessment of the existential crisis facing our nation.
Something is wrong. We all know it.
American life expectancy is declining for a third straight year. Birth rates are dropping....
