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The French Sociologist Émile Durkheim is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science and father of sociology. Principle to the work of Durkheim was his concern with regard to how modernity was effecting traditional social and religious institutions, more specifically with how societies could maintain their integrity and coherence in an era in which new social institutions have come into being. One of his principles works, "The...
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Muslim Women In Western Society is a Book which demonstrates the struggle and challenges that a Muslim woman faces on day to day basis, which feels the need to clarify issues and solutions. Throughout her travels across European countries during holidays or business trips as well as from being a resident in the UK, Khadija has resumed her various interactions (both good and bad) with peoples from different cultures. This book is full of motivational...
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Just as there are rational requirements on thought, there are rational requirements on action. This book defends a conception of ethics, and a related conception of human nature, according to which altruism is included among the basic rational requirements on desire and action. "An extremely tough, polished, and altogether stimulating piece of work." "Nagel's book is not a criticism of anybody else's book, nor a footnote to anybody else's theory....
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It has been my great honor to serve more than thirty years as a trusted counselor, coach, and consultant for a wide socio-economic spectrum of students, staff, administrators, and community members who live and work in multi-cultural settings. A few common threads that have surfaced in my interactions have been that of:
(1) An individual coming to me for assistance in dealing with a complex situation that is discriminatory in nature.
(2) Individuals...
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If, as Kant claimed, we have failed to prove the existence of a material world external to ourselves, how can we possibly prove the existence of an immaterial God? In this brief exposition Dr. Winthrop links and solves both problems, starting with the meaning of existence itself. Arguing from systems theory, he shows that both God and the World are marked by a common testable signature of existence, X. Because X is corroborated empirically, it follows...
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In this 1912 classic, a founder of modern sociology seeks the enduring source of human social identity. Émile Durkheim presents a remarkably accessible examination of animism, naturism, totemism, myth, and ritual. His intriguing views and ultimate conclusion-that the source of religion and morality lies in collective consciousness, rather than in individual minds-remains a topic of debate among sociologists, anthropologists, ethnographers, philosophers,...
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Follow the science is a phrase we often hear these days. All too often it means "listen to anything coming from the scientific community that supports my position but ignore anything which does not." During my lifetime, I have seen a number of changes in many things that were once "known" to be true. For instance, when I was in grade school, it was a commonly believed "fact" that lemmings committed suicide periodically by jumping off a cliff into...
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I wrote this book to explain how easily someone can get trapped in a controlling group or relationship. This book is not about religion, it is about the organizational structure and emotional manipulation. It is about finding yourself after losing yourself. Isabelle was in university when she entered a Christian group called University Bible Fellowship. During the following years, she acquired her experience on cults while spending three years in...
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Intentionally provocative, Alban founder and former president Loren Mead's dynamic work sets out dramatic and compelling challenges for today's churches. Mead chose the word "meltdown"-a strong term, indeed-very carefully and consciously. His clarion call urges congregations to direct attention to their dwindling financial resources and their unreliable fiscal practices, and to take major action now-or face disaster in the future. Mead addresses changing...
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This book describes in detail the bipolartiy of our religions. Each of our religions has a stellar system of morality at one pole, and at the other, recommended violence and torture of those people who do not share that particular mythology. The deleterious influence this religious intolerance then has on our democracy is illuminated.
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The Religious Studies Edition Contains the same Social Science as the Secular edition, but additionally, it associates all 55 Meme Laws with either Historical or Teaching Scriptures from as distant as 1500 B.C. Taken from Christian and Jewish scripture; we also tap Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism. Also throughout the book highlights many ways that Meme Law affects local congregations and denominational ministries and creates clericalism and child abuse....
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What do you do when an entire civilization is crumbling around you?
You do everything. This is a book about how to get started.
The Left's culture war threatens America's foundation and its very civilization, warns Esolen in his brand new book, Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture. They will tell you that babies in the womb are fetuses, that gender is a social construct, and that the backbone of society is government not the community....
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Racial strife is tearing communities apart across the United States, but many of us don't know how to start healing the divide.
NBA Diversity Consultant David Ireland offers an answer.
In One in Christ, Dr. Ireland draws on years of experience pastoring and counseling a congregation of over 9,000 members from more than 70 nations to equip you with practical skills for racial reconciliation.
One in Christ directs you to the great reconciler,...
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Halvard Solness is a successful master builder who has acquired both fame and fortune, yet he's convinced his greatness will fade with the younger generation. He is committed to retaining his success, despite its negative effect on others.
Halvard Solness is an established architect who is well-known throughout his town. Over the years, his professional life has thrived at the expensive of his family. Despite the consequences, his career has become...
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Un libro necesario para entender un conflicto de alcance mundial que dura más de seis décadas y en que el autor ha pretendido: "meter los pies en el barro para que israelíes y palestinos vivan juntos, entremezclados y en paz".
Este nuevo libro no es un libro teórico sobre el conflicto palestino-israelí sino el fruto de numerosos diálogos mantenidos durante años con las personas que se me acercan y buscan respuestas a tantas preguntas, desde...
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"Winner of the 2012 Christianity and Culture Book Award, Christianity Today" Mark Chaves is professor of sociology, religion, and divinity at Duke University. He is the author of Congregations in America and Ordaining Women: Culture and Conflict in Religious Organizations.
The most authoritative resource on religious trends in America-now fully updated
Most Americans say they believe in God, and more than a third say they attend religious services...
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Robert Wuthnow is Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. His books include American Mythos: Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short (Princeton), Acts of Compassion, and Poor Richard's Principle.
On January 29, 2001, President George W. Bush signed an executive order creating the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. This action...
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A classic work on religion and the racial problems of modern America -now brought up to date.
Since the early days of the Republic, Americans' exuberant, unchastened idealism, their commitment to the notion of a perfect society in the New World, has clashed with the reality of ugly American society, and religious groups have all too often accommodated themselves to these injustices.
In Race, Religion, and the Continuing American Dilemma, C. Eric...
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Poverty in a rich country is the result of political decisions and is not a natural phenomenon. Poverty is produced. It is not made by the poor even if responsibility is shifted to them. Income poverty is the end on a scale of income conditions whose other end is formed by wealth. Therefore we cannot speak of poverty and be silent about wealth.
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