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The Holy Vote by Ray Suarez
mobi |eng | 2012-01-11 | Author:Ray Suarez

AFTER A LOUD and vicious demonstration outside a clinic providing abortions in Chicago in 1989 (the clinic provided many services, including contraceptive advice, pelvic exams, and prenatal care, in addition ...
( Category: Elections March 25,2014 )
Talking to the Enemy by Scott Atran
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-10-19 | Author:Scott Atran

BRAVERY AND HEROISM (PAROCHIAL ALTRUISM) Altruism is the sacrifice of one’s own interests for the sake of others, as in giving to charity, lending a helping hand, or just taking ...
( Category: Religion, Politics & State March 25,2014 )
Indivisible: Restoring Faith, Family, and Freedom Before It's Too Late by Jay W. Richards & James Robison
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-02-20 | Author:Jay W. Richards & James Robison

Property Protects Our Other Rights The Founders insisted that if you don’t enjoy a right to property, you won’t enjoy the other ones, either. They understood that our right to ...
( Category: Religion, Politics & State March 25,2014 )
Naming the Witch: Magic, Ideology, and Stereotype in the Ancient World (Gender, Theory, and Religion) by Kimberly B. Stratton
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-03-27 | Author:Kimberly B. Stratton

I suggest that Christianity's marginal status in the first and second centuries contributed to shaping its use of magic discourse. Drawing on the work of Virginia Burrus and Daniel Boyarin, ...
( Category: World March 25,2014 )
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam by Spencer Robert
mobi, epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2005-11-02 | Author:Spencer Robert

Muhammad was more specific when Asma, daughter of one of his leading companions (and first successor) Abu Bakr, came to see him while "wearing thin clothes." "O Asma," exclaimed the ...
( Category: Islam March 25,2014 )
Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
mobi, pdf |eng | 2001-01-02 | Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr

The Meaning of Exertion in the Path of God: Jihd In the West, Islam is often associated with holy war, despite the fact that the Crusades were ordered by the ...
( Category: Islam March 25,2014 )
Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2000-01-01 | Author:Karen Armstrong

4 ISLAM TRIUMPHANT IMPERIAL ISLAM (1500-1700) The discovery and exploitation of gunpowder led to the development of a military technology that gave rulers more power over their subjects than before. ...
( Category: Islam March 25,2014 )
The Hindus by Wendy Doniger
mobi, azw3, epub, pdf |eng | 2009-03-24 | Author:Wendy Doniger

The ambivalent moral status of the sages in this version of the myth is evident from Vishnu’s statement: The sages are evil and doomed to hell, but the gods must ...
( Category: Hinduism March 25,2014 )
No god but God by Reza Aslan
mobi, epub |eng | 2005-03-14 | Author:Reza Aslan

These four rituals—communal prayer, the paying of alms, the fast of Ramadan, and the Hajj pilgrimage—provide meaning to the Muslim faith and unity to the Muslim community. Yet one could ...
( Category: Islam March 25,2014 )
No God but God by Reza Aslan
mobi |eng | 2005-07-15 | Author:Reza Aslan

These four rituals—communal prayer, the paying of alms, the fast of Ramadan, and the Hajj pilgrimage—provide meaning to the Muslim faith and unity to the Muslim community. Yet one could ...
( Category: Islam March 25,2014 )
Jerusalem: Where Empires Die by Lester Sumrall
mobi, epub |eng | 1984-01-01 | Author:Lester Sumrall

Document Outline Jerusalem: Where Empires Die Contents Introduction 1 Jerusalem: The Mystic City The Beloved City The Chosen City God’s Dwelling Place The Blessed City The Exalted City 2 Jerusalem: ...
( Category: General March 25,2014 )
A Discourse Concerning Meekness and Quietness of Spirit by Matthew Henry
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-05-14 | Author:Matthew Henry

the wilderness;" but as if all the mutinies of murmuring Israel were too little to try the meekness of Moses, his own brother and sister, and those of no less ...
( Category: World March 25,2014 )
A Church in the House. A Sermon Concerning Family-Religion. by Matthew Henry
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-06-23 | Author:Matthew Henry

This book made available by the Internet Archive. Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Pages Back Cover
( Category: World March 25,2014 )
Infidels: A History of the Conflict Between Christendom and Islam by Andrew Wheatcroft
mobi, pdf |eng | 2003-09-15 | Author:Andrew Wheatcroft

THIS MULTIPLICITY UNDERMINED ONE OF THE STRONGEST “PRESUPPOSITIONS” among Westerners about the Balkans.24 They assumed that for all purposes Muslims formed one community and non-Muslims another. It was a logical ...
( Category: Islam March 25,2014 )
Scotch Wit and Humor, Classified Under Appropriate Subject Headings, With, in Many Cases, a Reference to a Table of Authors by Walter Henry [howe
mobi |eng | 2010-09-12 | Author:Walter Henry [howe

A Castle Stor(e)y A Glasgow antiquary recently visited an old castle, and asked one of the villagers if he knew anything of an old story about the building. "Ay," said ...
( Category: Reference & Collections March 25,2014 )

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