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  • Tornado God

    American Religion and Violent Weather

    One of the earliest sources of humanity's religious impulse was severe weather, which ancient peoples attributed to the wrath of storm gods. Enlightenment thinkers derided such beliefs as superstition and predicted they would pass away as humans became more scientifically and theologically sophisticated. But in America, scientific and theological hubris came face-to-face with the tornado, nature's ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Predestination

    The American Career of a Contentious Doctrine

    Winner of the Christianity Today 2010 Book Award for History/Biography, and praised in Christian Century as "witty...erudite...masterful," this groundbreaking history, the first of its kind, shows that far from being only about the age-old riddle of divine sovereignty versus human free will, the debate over predestination is inseparable from other central Christian beliefs and practices--the ... Read more

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  • Predestination

    The American Career of a Contentious Doctrine

    Winner of the Christianity Today 2010 Book Award for History/Biography, and praised in Christian Century as "witty...erudite...masterful," this groundbreaking history, the first of its kind, shows that far from being only about the age-old riddle of divine sovereignty versus human free will, the debate over predestination is inseparable from other central Christian beliefs and practices--the ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Bible in American Life

    There is a paradox in American Christianity. According to Gallup, nearly eight in ten Americans regard the Bible as either the literal word of God or inspired by God. At the same time, surveys have revealed gaps in these same Americans' biblical literacy. These discrepancies reveal the complex relationship between American Christians and Holy Writ, a subject that is widely acknowledged but rarely ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • American Tricksters

    Thoughts on the Shadow Side of a Culture's Psyche

    Tricksters are known by their deeds. Obviously not all the examples in American Tricksters are full-blown mythological tricksters like Coyote, Raven, or the Two Brothers found in Native American stories, or superhuman figures like the larger-than-life Davy Crockett of nineteenth-century tales. Newer expressions of trickiness do share some qualities with the Trickster archetype seen in myths. Rock ... Read more

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  • Christianity and Wokeness

    How the Social Justice Movement Is Hijacking the Gospel - and the Way to Stop It

    by Owen Strachan ...
    In a world that is "woke," how many Christians are actually awake? This short, theologically sound primer is a resource for pastors, ministry leaders, community leaders, and other thinking Christians that explains carefully and clearly what Critical Race Theory and wokeness truly are, what the Bible teaches about race and ethnicity, why wokeness is distinct from Christianity and should be rejected ... Read more

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  • Unitarian Universalism

    Series series Zondervan Guide to Cults and Religious Movements
    Fast, informed answers to the challenges of false religions -- This is an age when countless groups and movements, new and old, mark the religious landscape in our culture. As a result, many people are confused or uncertain in their search for spiritual truth and meaning. Because few people have the time or opportunity to research these movements fully, the Zondervan Guide to Cults and Religious ... Read more

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  • Full Gospel, Fractured Minds?

    A Call to Use God's Gift of the Intellect

    Do you sometimes feel you have to check your intellect at the church door, leaving reason behind to embrace the Christian faith? Do you hunger for a “full gospel” that includes the mind as well as heart and Spirit? Full Gospel, Fractured Minds? challenges charismatic and Pentecostal believers to discover the power of a well-maintained mind—a mind on fire—to match a heart on fire and to create a ... Read more

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  • Christ and Culture Revisited

    by D.A. Carson ...
    Called to live in the world, but not to be of it, Christians must maintain a balancing act that becomes more precarious the further our culture departs from its Judeo-Christian roots. How should members of the church interact with such a culture, especially as deeply enmeshed as most of us have become?D. A. Carson applies his masterful touch to this problem. He begins by exploring the classic ... Read more

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  • Fundamentalism And American Culture

    Many American's today are taking note of the surprisingly strong political force that is the religious right. Controversial decisions by the government are met with hundreds of lobbyists, millions of dollars of advertising spending, and a powerful grassroots response. How has the fundamentalist movement managed to resist the pressures of the scientific community and the draw of modern popular ... Read more

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  • The Toxic War on Masculinity

    How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes

    by Nancy Pearcey ...
    Is masculinity "toxic"?That's become today's catchall charge against men. Books have appeared with titles like I Hate Men and Are Men Necessary?How did the idea arise that masculinity is dangerous and destructive? Bestselling author Nancy Pearcey answers this question by exploring● the history of masculinity in America● God's original blueprint for what it means to be human● how the secularization ... Read more

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  • Apostles of Reason

    The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism

    by Molly Worthen ...
    Evangelical Christianity is a paradox. Evangelicals are radically individualist, but devoted to community and family. They believe in the transformative power of a personal relationship with God, but are wary of religious enthusiasm. They are deeply skeptical of secular reason, but eager to find scientific proof that the Bible is true. In this groundbreaking history of modern American ... Read more

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