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HIGHLIGHTS THE THIRD JESUS The Christ We Cannot Ignore By Deepak Chopra “Chopra proposes a Copernican revolution in our understanding of Christianity by replacing the theological version of the holy trinity with the triptych of Jesus as possessing a human, an institutional and a mystical dimension.... He invites Christianity to perform yet another miracle in his name—that of transforming the world once again.” —Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor of Comparative Religion, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University p. 8
AUGUSTINE AND THE JEWS A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism By Paula Fredriksen
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In Augustine and the Jews, Fredriksen draws us into the life of Augustine of Hippo. Focusing on his great classic The Confessions, she shows how Augustine’s struggle to read the Bible led him to a new theological vision, one that countered the anti-Judaism of his own church.This book opens a path toward better understanding between two of the world’s great religions. p. 1
THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS, CRITICAL EDITION Together with the Letter of Peter to Philip, James, and a Book of Allogenes from Codex Tchacos By Rodolphe Kasser and Gregor Wurst This single volume contains the entire lost book Codex Tchacos.The Letter of Peter to Philip provides a Gnostic picture of Jesus; the text entitled James presents Jesus discussing the meaning of life and death with his brother James; the Gospel of Judas casts a new light on Judas’ betrayal; and the previously unknown book of Allogenes portrays Jesus as a stranger who brings light to a world of darkness. p. 3
THE WISE HEART A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology By Jack Kornfield In The Wise Heart, one of the leading spiritual teachers of our time offers the most accessible and illuminating guide to Buddhism’s transformational psychology ever published in the West. Filled with stories from Kornfield’s Buddhist psychotherapy practice and portraits of remarkable teachers, it also includes a moving account of his own recovery from a violence-filled childhood. p. 4
THE CHRISTIAN WORLD A Global History By Martin Marty The Christian World is a chronicle of one of the great belief systems and its many followers. Above all, it’s a remarkable testament to the teachings of Christ and how his message spreads around the globe to touch human experience everywhere. p. 6
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his provocative book traces the social and intellectual forces that led to the development of Christian antiJudaism and shows how and why Augustine challenged this toxic tradition.
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In Augustine and the Jews, Paula Fredriksen draws us into the life, times, and thought of Augustine of Hippo Coming (396–430). Focusing on the period of astounding December creativity that led to his new understanding of Paul and 2008 to his great classic The Confessions, Fredriksen shows how Augustine’s struggle to read the Bible led him to a new theological vision, one that countered the anti-Judaism not only of his Manichaean opponents but also of his own church.The Christian empire, Augustine held, was right to ban paganism and to coerce heretics. But the source of ancient Jewish scripture and current Jewish practice, he argued, was the very same as that of the New Testament and of the church—namely, God himself. Accordingly, he urged, the Jews were to be left alone. Conceived as a vividly original way to defend Christian ideas about Jesus and about the Old Testament, Augustine’s theological innovation survived the demise of the western Roman Empire, and it ultimately served to protect Jewish lives Coming December 2008. against the brutality of the medieval crusades. Do not order before 12/2/2008. Doubleday • HC Augustine and the Jews sheds new light on the origins of 978-0-385-50270-2 • 528pp. anti-Semitism and, through Augustine, opens a path $35.00/$40.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $17.50 toward better understanding between two of the world’s great religions. About the Author Paula Fredriksen is the Aurelio Professor of Scripture in the Department of Religion at Boston University. Besides Augustine on Romans, her translation of Augustine’s early works on Paul, she has authored From Jesus to Christ, which was the basis of a popular Frontline documentary, and Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, which won a 1999 National Jewish Book Award. She and her husband live in Boston and Jerusalem.
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Two fascinating biographies on Maimonides—rabbi, physician, and preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher
MAIMONIDES The Life and World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds By Joel L. Kraemer his is the authoritative biography of Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential minds in all of human history. As author of the Mishneh Torah, the basis of all subsequent Jewish legal codes, and the Guide of the Perplexed, a masterful interweaving of religious tradition, scientific, and philosophic thought, he influenced generations of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish thinkers.
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Praise for Maimonides “…[T]he 75-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Chicago has produced his magnum opus, a definitive biography of medieval Judaism’s chief intellectual sage.To prepare himself, Kraemer mastered many languages, traveled throughout the world and studied innumerable documents, including those found in the Genizah, the storeroom of Cairo’s Ben Ezra synagogue.The impressive results of Kraemer’s diligent research are set forth in this learned book, supported by 90 pages of footnotes.”—Publishers Weekly Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-51199-5 • 848pp. $39.95/$45.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $20.00
THE WISDOM OF MAIMONIDES The Life and Writings of the Jewish Sage By Edward Hoffman critical study of the life and work of the renowned Jewish rabbi, philosopher, and physician offers an accessible introduction to Maimonides’s writings that includes a biographical profile, a thematically organized compilation of teachings from his major philosophical works, anecdotes about his colorful life, and commentary on his influential works.
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Praise for The Wisdom of Maimonides “For many Jews today, Maimonides is known by reputation but little else. In this splendid and lucid book, his life and teachings are made accessible to the contemporary reader. I strongly recommend it for all interested in Jewish history, philosophy, ethics, and inspirational psychology.”—Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi, author of Jewish with Feeling and Credo of a Modern Kabbalist Trumpeter • TR 978-1-59030-517-1 • 224pp. $15.95/$18.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00 2 www.randomhouse.com/academic
THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS Second Edition Edited by Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, and Gregor Wurst Contribution by François Gaudard or 1,600 years its message lay hidden.When the bound papyrus pages of this lost gospel finally reached scholars who could unlock its meaning, they were astounded. Here was a gospel that had not been seen since the early days of Christianity, and which few experts had even thought existed—a gospel told from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, history’s ultimate traitor. And far from being a villain, the Judas that emerges in its pages is a hero.
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In this radical reinterpretation, Jesus asks Judas to betray him. In contrast to the New Testament Gospels, Judas Iscariot is presented as a role model for all those who wish to be disciples of Jesus and is the one apostle who truly understands Jesus. Discovered by farmers in the 1970s in Middle Egypt, the codex containing the gospel was bought and sold by antiquities traders, secreted away, and carried across three continents, all the while suffering damage that reduced much of it to fragments. In 2001, it finally found its way into the hands of a team of experts who would painstakingly reassemble and restore it. The Gospel of Judas has been translated from its original Coptic to clear prose, and is accompanied by commentary that explains its fascinating history in the context of the early Church, offering a whole new way of understanding the message of Jesus Christ.
National Geographic • TR 978-1-4262-0048-9 • 224pp. $12.95/$14.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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THE WISE HEART A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology By Jack Kornfield
n The Wise Heart, one of the leading spiritual teachers of our time offers the most accessible and illuminating guide to Buddhism’s transformational psychology ever published in the West.
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Trained as a monk in Thailand, Burma, and India, Jack Kornfield experienced at first hand the life-changing power of Buddhist teachings: the emphasis on the nobility and sacredness of the human spirit, the fine-grained analysis of emotion and thought, the precise techniques for healing, training, and transforming the mind and heart. In contrast to the medical orientation of most Western psychology and psychiatry, here is a vision of radiant human dignity, and a practical path for realizing it in our own lives.
Bantam • HC 978-0-553-80347-1 • 448pp. $28.00/$33.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $14.00 Paperback coming May 2009. About the Author Jack Kornfield was trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma, and India and has taught around the world since 1974. He also holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. He is a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society and of the Spirit Rock Center. He lives in northern California with his wife and daughter. His previous books include A Path with Heart, Seeking the Heart of Wisdom (with Joseph Goldstein), and Teachings of the Buddha (available on pp. 17).
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The Wise Heart is the fruit of a life’s work that includes such classics as A Path with Heart and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry. Filled with stories from Kornfield’s Buddhist psychotherapy practice and portraits of remarkable teachers, it also includes a moving account of his own recovery from a violence-filled childhood. The Wise Heart ultimately offers an extraordinary journey from the roots of consciousness to the highest expression of human possibility. Praise for The Wise Heart “The Wise Heart is Jack Kornfield at his most wonderful and illuminating. He brings to life a way to understand and cultivate mindfulness, compassion, lovingkindness and true wisdom that penetrates to the core of what liberation is all about.”—Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Coming to Our Senses and Arriving at Your Own Door
THE ART OF BUDDHISM An Introduction to Its History and Meaning By Denise Patry Leidy
ore than two hundred photographs—most in stunning full color—provide the visual context for this tour of the world of Buddhist art. From early secondcentury B.C.E. to the nineteenth century, this book showcases the marvelous variety of Buddhist art through the ages, from every country and region where Buddhism has influenced the culture in a significant way, including: India, Afghanistan, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan,Tibet, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and all the regions of Southeast Asia. Included in the rich variety of forms are architecture and monumental art, statuary, paintings, calligraphy, fresco, brushwork, and textile arts.
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Praise for The Art of Buddhism “A lucid pilgrimage through the art of Buddhist enlightenment, from the vivacious, dawn-fresh sculptural traditions of ancient India up to the threshold of the globalist twentieth century.The language is clear; the information dense and rich; the art beyond compare.” —Holland Cotter, Art Critic, New York Times “A sumptuous survey of Buddhist art from all over Asia. Denise Leidy deploys her encyclopedic knowledge to bring the art vividly to life, and her choices of objects are utterly superb.This volume is a must for any lover of the classical Asian art of enlightenment.”—Robert Thurman, Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Columbia University; founder of Tibet House, NYC; and author of Infinite Life “A work of sustained scholarship from a distinguished art historian whose command of Buddhist art, coupled with her keen eye for its iconographic and aesthetic traditions, has made accessible to readers—for the first time in decades—a body of knowledge that will form the core of any informed understanding of Buddhist culture and traditions from a global perspective.This book is destined to become a classic.”—Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan, Professor of History of Art,Yale University
Shambhala • HC 978-1-59030-594-2 • 320pp. $45.00/$52.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $22.50 About the Author Denise Patry Leidy is curator of the Department of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. She is the author of numerous articles, and coauthor, with Robert A. F. Thurman, of Mandala:The Architecture of Enlightenment.
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THE CHRISTIAN WORLD A Global History By Martin Marty
n this cogent volume, renowned Christian historian Martin Marty delivers a brief yet sweeping account of Christianity and how it spread from a few believers two thousand years ago to become the world’s largest religion.
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Modern Library • HC 978-0-679-64349-4 • 288pp. $25.00/$28.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.50 Paperback coming January 2009. Do not order before 1/09/2009. Modern Library • TR 978-0-8129-7677-9 • 288pp. $15.00/$17.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00 About the Author Martin Marty is one of the world’s leading scholars of the Christian Church. He has written a number of seminal works on Christianity, and has received some 75 honorary doctorates including from Yale and Northwestern. His other awards include the National Book Award, the National Humanities Medal, and the Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He lives in Chicago with his wife.
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Comprising nearly one third of the world’s population— more than two billion followers—Christianity is distinctive among major faiths in that it derives both its character and its authority from the divinity of its central figure, Jesus Christ. Examining this facet of Christianity from historical and sociological viewpoints, Marty lays bare the roots of this faith, in turn chronicling its success throughout the world. Writing with great style, and providing impeccable interpretations of historical, canonical, and liturgical documents, Marty gives readers of all faiths and levels of familiarity with Christian practices and history a highly useful and supremely accessible primer. He depicts the life of Christ and his teachings and explains how the apostles set out to spread the Gospel.With a special emphasis on global Christianity, he shows how the religion emerged from its ancestral homelands in Africa, the Levant, and Asia Minor, was imported to Europe, and then spread from there to the rest of the world, most often via trade and conquest.While giving a broad overview, Marty also focuses on specific issues, such as how Christianity struggles with the polar tensions inherent to many of the faith’s denominations, and how it attempts to reconcile some of its stances on armed conflict, justice, and dominion with the teachings of Christ. The Christian World is ultimately a chronicle of one of the great belief systems and its many followers and a remarkable testament to the teachings of Christ and how his message spreads around the globe to touch human experience everywhere.
FOUNDING FAITH Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America By Steven Waldman he culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Many activists on the right maintain that the United States was founded as a “Christian nation.” Many on the left contend that the Founders were secular or Deist and that the First Amendment was designed to boldly separate church and state throughout the land. None of these claims are true, argues Beliefnet.com editor-in-chief Steven Waldman. With refreshing objectivity,Waldman narrates the real story of how America’s Founders forged a new approach to religious liberty, a revolutionary formula that promoted faith... by leaving it alone.
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Founding Faith begins with earlier settlers’ stunningly unsuccessful efforts to create a Christian paradise, and concludes with the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison, during which the men who had devised lofty principles regarding the proper relationship between church and state struggled to practice what they’d preached.We see how religion helped cause, and fuel, the Revolutionary War, and how the surprising alliance between Enlightenment philosophers such as Jefferson and Madison and evangelical Christians resulted in separation of church and state. The spiritual custody battle over the Founding Fathers and the role of religion in America continues today. Waldman provocatively argues that neither side in the culture war has accurately depicted the true origins of the First Amendment. He sets the record straight, revealing the real history of religious freedom to be dramatic, unexpected, paradoxical, and inspiring. Visit www.beliefnet.com/foundingfaith. Praise for Founding Faith “Founding Faith is an excellent book about an important subject: the inescapable—but manageable—intersection of religious belief and public life.With a grasp of history and an understanding of the exigencies of the moment, Waldman finds a middle ground between those who think of the Founders as apostles in powdered wigs and those who assert, equally inaccurately, that the Founders believed religion had no place in politics.”—Newsweek
Random House • HC 978-1-4000-6437-3 • 304pp. $26.00/$30.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $13.00 Paperback coming March 2009. About the Author Steven Waldman is co-founder, CEO, and editor in chief of Beliefnet.com, the largest faith and spirituality website. Previously, Waldman was the national editor of U.S. News & World Report and a national correspondent for Newsweek.Waldman lives in New York with his wife and children.
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SPECIAL AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT.... DEEPAK CHOPRA
THE THIRD JESUS
NEW
The Christ We Cannot Ignore
“Chopra proposes a Copernican revolution in our understanding of Christianity by replacing the theological version of the holy trinity with the triptych of Jesus as possessing a human, an institutional and a mystical dimension.... He invites Christianity to perform yet another miracle in his name—that of transforming the world once again.” —Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor of Comparative Religion, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University Harmony • HC • 978-0-307-33831-0 • 256pp. $24.00/$28.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.00 Paperback coming May 2009.
THE ESSENTIAL HOW TO KNOW GOD The Essence of the Soul’s Journey Into the Mystery of Mysteries According to Deepak Chopra, the brain is hardwired to know God.The human nervous system has seven biological responses that correspond to seven levels of divine experience.These are shaped not by any one religion, but by the brain’s need to take an infinite, chaotic universe and find meaning in it. Harmony • HC • 978-0-307-40774-0 • 144pp. $16.95/$21.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $8.50
LIFE AFTER DEATH The Burden of Proof What happens to the spirit after the body dies? In Life After Death, Deepak Chopra draws on cutting-edge scientific discoveries and the great wisdom traditions to provide a map of the afterlife. He tells us there is abundant evidence that “the world beyond” is not separated from this world by an impassable wall; in fact, a single reality embraces all worlds, all times and places. “By marrying science and wisdom in Life After Death, Chopra builds his case for an afterlife in which our most essential self, the seer that observes our experiences in this temporary home that we call the self, uses the end of this lifetime to pass over into the next.This is an intellectual and spiritual tour de force.” —Professor Robert Thurman, Columbia University, author of Infinite Life and The Tibetan Book of the Dead Three Rivers Press • TR • 978-1-4000-5235-6 • 304pp. $14.95/$16.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
WHY IS GOD LAUGHING? The Path to Joy and Spiritual Optimism Foreword by Mike Myers
After his father’s death, comedian Mickey meets a mysterious stranger named Francisco.The two begin a discussion about the true nature of being. Eventually Mickey realizes that authentic humor opens him up to the power of spirit. In this parable, Deepak Chopra shows us a path back to hope, joy, and even enlightenment—with a lot of laughter along the way. Harmony • HC • 978-0-307-40888-4 • 192pp. $21.95/$25.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $11.00
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Deepak Chopra is the author of more than fifty books translated into more than thirty-five languages— including numerous New York Times bestsellers in both the fiction and nonfiction categories. Author Website: http://deepakchopra.com/
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SPECIAL AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT.... MASTER SHENG-YEN
ATTAINING THE WAY
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW
A Guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism
The Autobiography of a Chinese Buddhist Monk
This is a guide to the practice of Chan (Chinese Zen) in the words of four great masters of that tradition. It includes teachings from contemporary masters Xuyun and Sheng-Yen, and from Jiexian and Boshan of the Ming Dynasty. All the main points of spiritual practice are covered: philosophical foundations, methods, and approaches to problems and obstacles.
Master Sheng-Yen has devoted much of his life to spreading the teachings of Chinese Buddhism throughout the world. From descriptions of the private world of Buddhist masters to first-hand accounts of Chinese history, is both an important look at China’s past and a compelling spiritual journey across a lifetime.
Shambhala • TR • 978-1-59030-372-6 • 192pp. $16.95/$22.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Doubleday • HC • 978-0-385-51330-2 • 224pp. $24.95/$27.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.50
DHARMA DRUM
THE INFINITE MIRROR
The Life and Heart of Chan Practice
Commentaries on Two Chan Classics
This guide to the practice of Chan Buddhism presents Master Sheng-Yen’s lively, anecdotal account of the history and main principles of the Chan tradition, along with his careful instructions for meditation. It also includes 180 of his aphorisms that serve as inspirations to spiritual practice.
The inimitable Master Sheng-Yen illuminates the ancient texts of the Chinese Zen tradition to show how wonderfully practical they really are, even for us today.The texts, written by two of the founders of the Ts’ao-tung sect of Chan Buddhism, are works of Buddhist philosophy that can serve as guides to spiritual practice for anyone.
Shambhala • TR • 978-1-59030-396-2 • 320pp. $17.95/$23.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
THE POETRY OF ENLIGHTENMENT
Shambhala • TR • 978-1-59030-398-6 • 136pp. $14.95/$21.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Poems by Ancient Chan Masters
ORTHODOX CHINESE BUDDHISM
For the masters of the Chan tradition, poetry was a form of creative expression, but even more than that, it was a primary vehicle for teaching. Here a modern master presents ten teaching poems from the ancient masters, with illuminating commentary.
A Contemporary Chan Master’s Answers to Common Questions
Shambhala • TR • 978-1-59030-399-3 • 112pp. $14.95/$21.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
FAITH IN MIND A Commentary on Seng Ts’an’s Classic Master Sheng-Yen’s approach is unique among commentaries on the famed Zen text Hsin Hsin Ming: he views it as a supremely useful and practical guide to meditation practice, presented here for readers.
Translated by Otto Chang and Douglas Gildow
As a well-known scholar and meditation master, Sheng-Yen is uniquely qualified to guide Western seekers into the world of contemporary Chinese Buddhism. Orthodox Chinese Buddhism provides a wealth of theory and simple, clear guidelines for practicing this increasingly popular form of spirituality. North Atlantic Books • TR • 978-1-55643-657-4 • 280pp. $16.95/$21.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Shambhala • TR • 978-1-59030-397-9 • 144pp. $14.95/$21.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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THE FUTURE CHURCH How Ten Trends are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church By John L. Allen, Jr. In The Future Church, John L. Allen puts forth the ten trends he believes will transform the Church into the twenty-second century. From the influence of Catholics in Africa, Asia, and Latin America on doctrine and practices to the impact of multinational organizations on local and ethical standards, Allen delves into the impact of globalization on the Roman Catholic Church and argues for its change.
THE RISE OF BENEDICT XVI
WINDOWS OF THE SOUL My Journeys in the Muslim World By Alexandra Avakian Alexandria Avakian has captured countless indelible photographs—the famine in Sudan, the violence in Gaza and Somalia, the daily life of Hezbollah. Avakian’s remarkable experiences will draw readers into the Muslim world to meet friends and terrorists, leaders and thieves and everyday people. Avakian’s fascinating photographs and rich personal story will captivate and linger with us forever.
Do not order before 1/6/2009.
The Inside Story of How the Pope was Elected and Where He Will Take the Catholic Church By John L. Allen, Jr. From the author of Conclave and All the Pope’s Men comes the story of Pope John Paul II’s last days and the selection of his successor. John Allen examines the behind-thescenes dynamics that led to the choice of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI. Allen’s riveting new book is the definitive work on this turning point in history.
Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-52038-6 • 416 pp. $27.50/$32.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $13.75
Image • TR 978-0-385-51321-0 • 272pp. $12.95/$16.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
ENCOUNTERING THE MYSTERY
THE SECRET OF ISLAM
SOUL PROVIDER
Love and Law in the Religion of Ethics By Henry Bayman Although the Islamic religion is well known, many people are less familiar with Sufism—the esoteric component of Islam. The Secret of Islam explores the mystical path of Sufism, which focuses on love and compassion. Sections proceed through the levels of Sufism: Journey of the Disciple, Actions, Spiritual Journey of the Seeker, and Flowering of the Perfect Human.
Spiritual Steps to Limitless Love By Edward L. Beck “Soul Provider explains the steps of a classic spiritual guidebook in a way that is apt for the modern world and attractive and useful to readers interested in making their lives meaningful.... Here is clear evidence of the role religion can play in promoting basic human good qualities such as love, compassion, tolerance, and forgiveness in the world today.” —His Holiness the Dalai Lama
North Atlantic Books • TR 978-1-55643-432-7 • 350pp. $18.95/$23.50 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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Understanding Orthodox Christianity Today By His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew The spiritual leader of all Orthodox Christians, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, is well-known for dialogue with other Christians and also greatly respected for his openness to other religions. With Encountering the Mystery, the Patriarch presents an engrossing work on the culture of Orthodox Christianity. Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-51813-0 • 304pp. $21.95/$25.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $11.00
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Focal Point • HC 978-1-4262-0320-6 • 208pp. $40.00/$45.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $20.00
IN THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD The Life, Faith, and Teachings of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI By Marco Bardazzi This essential biography covers the Pope’s life—from a childhood in Bavaria during WWII to a meteoric rise in academia with professorships at Germany’s most prestigious national universities; from his emergence as a brilliant young theologian at Vatican II to his position as Pope John Paul II’s closest advisors and friends. Rizzoli • TR 978-0-8478-2801-2 • 128pp. $16.95/$23.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
SISTER WENDY ON PRAYER By Sister Wendy Beckett For the first time, in this thoughtful examination of the nature of prayer, renowned art historian Sister Wendy Beckett reveals her deeply held beliefs about her religion and her intimate understanding of God. Accompanying her wisdom are thirteen beautiful reproductions of paintings that she has selected because of the spiritual connection she has with each. Harmony • HC 978-0-307-39381-4 • 144pp. $21.95/$27.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $11.00
THE ESSENTIAL ZOHAR
THE DEVIL’S DELUSION
ZEN FOR BEGINNERS
THE WISDOM JESUS
The Source of Kabbalistic Wisdom By Rav P. S. Berg Berg, director of the Kabbalah Centre, provides a practical understanding and interpretation of the Zohar, the central kabbalistic text, examining its central teachings on evil, redemption, human relationships, wealth and poverty, death and the afterlife, and other fundamental concerns. In a clear manner, he explains how to use the principles of Kabbalah to live in harmony with the divine.
Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions By David Berlinski An acclaimed author who has spent his career writing about mathematics and the sciences, David Berlinski delivers a biting defense of religious thought in The Devil’s Delusion. While he does not dismiss the achievements of science, he contends that they fail to offer a coherent description of the cosmos or the methods by which it might be investigated.
By Judith Blackstone and Zoran Josipovic
Crown Forum • HC 978-0-307-39626-6 • 256pp. $23.95/$27.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.00
For Beginners • TR 978-1-934389-06-5 • 176pp. $14.95/$21.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Transforming Heart and Mind—A New Perspective on Christ and His Message By Cynthia Bourgeault In Cynthia Bourgeault’s impressive book, readers can explore the Gospels as though for the first time, and Jesus emerges as a teacher of the transformation of consciousness. The Wisdom Jesus is a masterful guide to Jesus’s vision and to the traditional contemplative practices readers can use to experience the heart of his teachings.
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Uncovering the Catholic Church’s Betrayal of American Nuns By Kenneth Briggs The Roman Catholic Church in America has lost nearly 100,000 religious sisters in the last forty years, a much greater loss than the priesthood. Kenneth Briggs contends that this loss can be traced to the Church’s betrayal of the promises of reform made by the Second Vatican Council. Double Crossed offers both a groundbreaking exposé and a polemic on nuns in the Catholic Church.
A Novel By James Cannon “A provincial Jewish intellectual sets out in life to kill Christians and ends by making Christianity the triumphant faith of the Western world. Cannon’s novel makes this passionate and baffling mystic totally and plausibly human.”—Russell Baker
Serving the Nation by Living our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life By Charles J. Chaput “Archbishop Chaput urges Catholics to live our faith without compromise and to use our faith as the foundation for renewing American society in the twenty-first century.... A unique and significant contribution to the Church and the nation.”—Very Reverend David M. O’Connell, C.M., President, The Catholic University of America
Harmony/Bell Tower • TR 978-0-609-80731-6 • 288pp. $14.95/$21.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
A STRANGER IN THE LAND Jewish Identity Beyond Nationalism By Daniel Cil Brecher A critical appraisal of the politics of Jewish identity after the Holocaust and a passionate memoir by an Israeli dissenter. “...[H]is critique... that most Israelis do not empathize with nor even think about Palestinian suffering, is worth considering... a thoughtful autobiography.” —Publishers Weekly Other Press • TR 978-1-59051-211-1 • 400pp. $15.95/$18.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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Illustrated by Naomi Rosenblatt
Since its foundation in China during the 6th century AD, Zen has always been more than a religion. This book uses an engaging mix of clear, informative writing and delightful illustrations to document the story of Zen from its impact on Chinese and Japanese culture to its influence on American writers such as Ginsberg and Kerouac.
Zoland Books • TR 978-1-58195-220-9 • 448pp. $16.95/$22.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-580-5 • 224pp. $14.95/$16.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-52228-1 • 272pp. $21.95/$25.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $11.00
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DALAI LAMA: MAN, MONK, MYSTIC An Authorized Biography By Mayank Chhaya Written with the full cooperation of the Dalai Lama, this balanced, informative biography is both a compelling profile of a spiritual leader and his mission, and an engaging look at how the current unrest in his country will affect its future. In Dalai Lama: Man, Monk, Mystic Chhaya ultimately presents an in-depth, insightful portrait of a figure of perennial interest to people all over the world.
ABRAHAM’S CURSE
NO TIME TO LOSE
The Roots of Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam By Bruce Chilton In Abraham’s Curse, Bruce Chilton brilliantly traces the story of Isaac’s near-sacrifice on the development of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and explores the story’s continuing impact on our world today.
A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva by Pema Chödrön Drawing on examples from everyday life, the author’s fresh and accessible commentary shows how this timeless spiritual path is open and available to all. “Chödrön provides consistently clear expositions of Shantideva’s sometimes convoluted verses and lines of argument, keeping her eye firmly on the question of how his discussion is relevant to the lives of ordinary people living in modern societies. A superlative presentation of the text.”—Buddhadharma
Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-52027-0 • 272pp. $24.95/$27.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.50
Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-51945-8 • 352pp. $23.95/$29.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.00
PRACTICING PEACE IN TIMES OF WAR By Pema Chödrön Buddhist author Pema Chödrön draws on Buddhist teachings to explore the origins of aggression, hatred, and war, explaining that they lie nowhere but within our own hearts and minds. She explains that the way we as individuals respond to challenges in our everyday lives can either perpetuate a culture of violence or create a new culture of compassion. Shambhala • HC 978-1-59030-401-3 • 128pp. $12.95/$16.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $6.50
Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-424-2 • 128pp. $12.95/$16.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
FROM EDEN TO EXILE
SEMINARY BOY
BEYOND DOGMA
ESSENTIAL TEACHINGS
Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible By Eric H. Cline Eric H. Cline places Biblical stories in solid archaeological and historical context to examine some of the most puzzling mysteries from the Hebrew Bible. Employing his academic and accessible style that has made him a favorite with readers and students alike, Cline lays out each mystery, evaluates all available evidence and proposes an explanation that reconciles Scripture, science, and history.
A Memoir By John Cornwell For five years John Cornwell lived under an austere regime at a seminary. Amidst this atmosphere, he strove to find stable friendships among his fellows and fatherly support from the priests, one of whom proved to be a sexual predator. Seminary Boy is an unforgettable memoir and a penetrating glimpse into the hidden world of seminary life.
Dialogues and Discourses By The Dalai Lama
By The Dalai Lama Essential Teachings presents the first English translation of a series of talks given in 1974 by the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya, India—the site of the Buddha’s enlightenment—to a gathering of Tibetan refugees and Western Buddhists. His eloquent commentary on the “Path of the Bodhisattva” offers a step-by-step guide to thirtyseven practices designed to help cultivate the spirit of Buddhism.
National Geographic • TR 978-1-4262-0208-7 • 256pp. $16.95/$20.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Image • TR 978-0-385-51487-3 • 336pp. $14.95/$21.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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Beyond Dogma presents a record of a 1993 visit to France by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. During a series of public lectures and question-andanswer sessions with political activists, religious leaders, students, scientists, and others, His Holiness responded to a wide range of contemporary issues, including: Buddhism in the West; nonviolence, human rights, and the Tibetan crisis; ecumenical approaches to spirituality; and more. North Atlantic Books • TR 978-1-55643-218-7 • 250pp. $14.95/$18.50 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
North Atlantic Books • TR 978-1-55643-192-0 • 129pp. $15.95/$19.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
THE UNIVERSE IN A SINGLE ATOM The Convergence of Science and Spirituality By The Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama presents a brilliant analysis of why both science and spirituality must be pursued in order to arrive at a complete picture of the truth. Through an examination of Darwinism and karma, quantum mechanics and philosophical insight into the nature of reality, and neurobiology and the study of consciousness, he draws significant parallels between contemplative and scientific examination of reality.
ZEN ENLIGHTENMENT
THE MESSIAH
SALVE REGINA
Origins and Meaning By Heinrich Dumoulin Enlightenment, the cosmic experience of universal unity, is a notoriously elusive concept in Zen. Here, the renowned scholar Heinrich Dumoulin traces the development of Zen and the concept of enlightenment from its origins in India through its development in China to its fruition in Japan.
An Illustrated Biography of Jesus Christ By Jacques Duquesne This attractive and insightful book, replete with images from throughout the history of art, retraces the life of the Nazarene as it has been handed down to us, elaborating the major episodes of his life through excerpts from the Gospels, pictorial representations, and explanations of significant themes and symbols.
The Story of Mary By Jacques Duquesne In this fully illustrated, chronological account of the life of Mary, the author retraces her steps throughout the biblical narrative, pairing biblical and literary references with artistic representations by such masters as Raphaël, Fra Angelico, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-529-4 • 192pp. $16.95/$21.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Flammarion • HC 978-2-08-030017-1 • 192pp. $40.00/$50.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $20.00
Flammarion • HC 978-2-08-030526-8 • 160pp. $40.00/$54.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $20.00
Broadway • TR 978-0-7679-2081-0 • 224pp. $14.00/$18.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
THE SCIENTIST AS REBEL
DANGEROUS WORDS
THE 19TH WIFE
EVE
By Freeman Dyson According to physicist Freeman J. Dyson, science is characterized by its rebellion against the restrictions of local cultures. The scientist is thus by nature a rebel, loyal not to social demands but only to reason and the imagination. Dyson offers fresh perspectives on informative and accessible ways of thinking about current debates on the relations between science, religion, literature, and society.
Talking About God in the Age of Fundamentalism By Gary Eberle “Many of us are frustrated when we speak of religion because our religious words are defined by fundamentalism. Instead of a cosmetic ‘reframing,’ Gary Eberle provides a clear and deep rethinking of religious vocabulary that is liberating and, well, enlightening. If you care about rescuing religion from fundamentalism—both religious and atheist—Dangerous Words is essential reading.”—Barbara O’Brien, author of Blogging America
A Novel By David Ebershoff “Ebershoff (The Danish Girl) brilliantly blends a haunting fictional narrative by Ann Eliza Young, the real-life 19th ‘rebel’ wife of Mormon leader Brigham Young, with the equally compelling contemporary narrative of fictional Jordan Scott, a 20-year-old gay man.... Essential reading.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
A Novel of the First Woman By Elissa Elliott At the end of her life, reunited with her eldest daughter, the widow Eve looks back on everything that brought her family to a fatal season, from her very first moments in His Garden, to her meetings there with a beguiling stranger named Lucifer. Eve transforms cultural research into a mesmerizing novel.
Random House • HC 978-1-4000-6397-0 • 528pp. $26.00/$30.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $13.00
Coming January 2009. Do not order before 1/27/2009.
New York Review Books • TR 978-1-59017-294-0 • 400pp. $17.95/$19.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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Trumpeter • HC 978-1-59030-432-7 • 240pp. $21.95/$27.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $11.00
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KING OF THE JEWS
THE BOOK OF EXODUS
PARALLEL EMPIRES
THE DHAMMAPADA
A Novel By Leslie Epstein This 1979 classic tells the darkly humorous story of I.C. Trumpelman, a man whose fancy determines the fate of others. Chosen as the head of a Judenrat, Trumpelman thrives on the power granted him and creates an authoritarian regime of his own within the ghetto. By turns a con man, charismatic leader and merciless dictator, Trumpelman reveals himself as an extraordinarily complex protagonist.
Inscribed and Illustrated by Sam Fink
The Vatican and the United States—Two Centuries of Alliance and Conflict By Massimo Franco
A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations
The Book of Exodus details the Jews’ enslavement in Egypt, their journey out of Egypt, and the formation of the new laws by their God. With forty-five original watercolor paintings illustrating the hand-lettered text, Sam Fink’s art brings one of history’s most meaningful documents to life. Welcome Books • HC 978-1-59962-035-0 • 88pp. $40.00/$50.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $20.00
Translated by Roland Flamini
Delving into the mutual interests that united the U.S. and the Vatican, as well as the issues that divided them, Franco describes their shared history, from tensions before WWI, to the War in Iraq. Coming January 2009. Do not order before 1/20/2009. Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-51893-2 • 240pp. $26.00/$30.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $13.00
Translated by Gil Fronsdal Foreword by Jack Kornfield
This classic text of teaching verses from the earliest period of Buddhism in India conveys the philosophical and practical foundations of the Buddhist tradition. With extensive explanatory notes, this fresh translation is the first truly accurate and highly readable version of this text to be published in English. Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-380-1 • 192pp. $9.95/$12.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Handsel Books • TR 978-1-59051-079-7 • 352pp. $15.00/$17.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
THE DHAMMAPADA
THE DHAMMAPADA
BUDDHA OR BUST
...isms
Teachings of the Buddha
Verses on the Way
Translated by Gil Fronsdal
Translated by Glenn Wallis
The Dhammapada is the most revered sacred text in the Buddhist world. Attributed to the Buddha himself, the inspirational verses that comprise it convey the fundamental Buddhist teachings with great power and simplicity, and with an appeal that extends far beyond Buddhism.
In this elegant translation of The Dhammapada, Sanskrit scholar Glenn Wallis has exclusively referred to and quoted from the canonical suttas—the presumed earliest discourses of the Buddha—to bring us the heartwood of Buddhism, words as compelling today as when the Buddha first spoke them.
In Search of Truth, Meaning, Happiness, and the Man Who Found Them All By Perry Garfinkel In this original, entertaining book, Garfinkel separates Buddhist fact from fiction, sharing his humorous insights and keen perceptions about everything from spiritual tourism to Asian traffic jams to the endless road to enlightenment. “A compelling read... Garfinkel brings a reporter’s sharp eyes to an elusive topic.”—Tony Horwitz, author of Blue Latitudes and Confederates in the Attic
Understanding Religion By Theodore Gabriel and Ronald Geaves This book offers concise synopses of many world religions and highlights their artistic and architectural manifestations. Each religion is broken down into their branches, or “isms.” The basic tenets of each creed, how it differs from other religions, and important historical figures associated with the ism are explained in each section.
Shambhala • HC 978-1-59030-606-2 • 176pp. $18.95/$22.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $9.50
Modern Library • TR 978-0-8129-7727-1 • 224pp. $11.95/$14.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Three Rivers Press • TR 978-1-4000-8218-6 • 336pp. $13.95/$17.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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Universe • TR 978-0-7893-1530-4 • 160pp. $16.95/$21.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
AMERICAN PRIESTESS The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem By Jane Fletcher Geniesse “The folly, tyranny, and heartbreak attendant on religious fanaticism is at the center of this fascinating account of the American Colony in Jerusalem.... In Anna Spafford, Geniesse has created a charismatic, complex, and commanding figure as compelling as any fictive heroine.”—Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab’s Wife
MY STRUGGLE WITH FAITH
BY FAITH ALONE
EMBRYOGENESIS
By Joseph F. Girzone The author of the bestselling Joshua series and other popular inspirational books, Joseph Girzone recounts the long, complicated, and often painful process he went though as he sought to find peace with his beliefs. Here he chronicles his own spiritual journey and describes with stunning honesty the difficult decisions he made along the way.
One Family’s Epic Journey Through 400 Years of American Protestantism By Bill Griffeth By Faith Alone is a rich history of our country’s Protestant heritage. It is also one man’s journey of more than ten thousand miles and four centuries, and it captures his desire to understand the faith of his distant family members and to better appreciate how religion and the context of history shape his own life even today.
Species, Gender, and Identity By Richard Grossinger Embryogenesis completes an ethnographer’s 22-year study of the origins and boundaries of the universe. Echoing Sheldon Nuland’s How We Die, Sogyal Rinpoche’s Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, and many other sources, this book makes the vital link between science and religion as it discusses the evolution of the species.
Image • TR 978-0-385-51713-3 • 256pp. $12.95/$16.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Harmony • HC 978-0-307-33728-3 • 304pp. $24.00/$30.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.00
North Atlantic Books • HC 978-1-55643-359-7 • 950pp. $75.00/$93.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $37.50
Paperback coming December 2008. Do not order before 12/23/2008.
Nan A. Talese • HC 978-0-385-51926-7 • 400pp. $26.00/$30.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $13.00
Three Rivers Press • TR 978-0-307-33729-0 • 304pp. $13.95/$15.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
FIRST COMES LOVE
HAIL, HOLY QUEEN
Finding Your Family in the Church and the Trinity By Scott Hahn In First Comes Love, scholar Scott Hahn examines the sense of belonging, revealing the intimate connection between the families men and women create on earth and the divine family, the Holy Trinity. Through real-life examples and quotations drawn from the Scriptures, Hahn makes it clear that no matter what sort of family readers come from, they can find a family in the Church.
The Mother of God in the Word of God By Scott Hahn A fresh and enlightening new perspective on Mary, Mother of God, and her central importance in the Christian faith. Building on these scriptural and historical foundations, Hahn presents a new look at the Marian doctrines: Her Immaculate Conception, Perpetual Virginity, Assumption, and Coronation.
Image • TR 978-0-385-49662-9 • 224pp. $11.95/$15.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Image • TR 978-0-385-50169-9 • 208pp. $12.95/$16.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
ORDINARY WORK, EXTRAORDINARY GRACE My Spiritual Journey in Opus Dei By Scott Hahn To conspiracy theorists, Opus Dei is a highly secretive and powerful international organization. To its members, Opus Dei is a way of incorporating the teachings of Jesus into everyday life. Scott Hahn, a member, describes the organization’s founding, its mission, and its profound influence on his life, expounding on the place of prayer and sacrifice in Christianity today. Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-51924-3 • 176pp. $19.95/$26.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $10.00
REASONS TO BELIEVE How to Understand, Explain, and Defend the Catholic Faith By Scott Hahn In Reasons to Believe, Scott Hahn explains the “how and why” of the Catholic faith— drawing from Scripture, his own struggles and those of other converts, as well as from everyday life and even natural science. Hahn shows that reason and revelation, nature and the supernatural, are not opposed to one another. Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-50935-0 • 240pp. $21.95/$27.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $11.00
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THE POETRY OF ZEN
GEOGRAPHY OF RELIGION
THE BIBLICAL WORLD
BENEDICT XVI
Translated and Edited by Sam Hamill and J.P. Seaton A Zen poem is an expression of the enlightened mind. Here, two of America’s most renowned poets and translators provide an overview of the works of Lao Tzu, Li Po, Dogen Kigen, Saigyo, and many others. Hamill and Seaton also provide illuminating introductions to the poets.
Where God Lives, Where Pilgrims Walk By Susan Tyler Hitchcock with John Esposito
An Illustrated Atlas By Jean-Pierre Isbouts
The Dawn of a New Papacy By Jeff Israely
Foreword by Bruce Chilton
Photos by Gianni Giansanti
The Biblical World reveals how three great religions emerged from the same cradle. Author Jean-Pierre Isbouts employs a non-denominational perspective and a wide range of sources to place Bible stories in the framework of history. Chronologically arranged chapters detail battles, conquests, natural calamities, and more, supporting the stories with intriguing archaeological evidence. Fifty maps help to locate sites and events.
Photojournalist Gianni Giansanti documents the transformation of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger into the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Granted unprecedented access to the Vatican, Giansanti has captured major public highlights and meaningful private moments to provide fresh insight into the events and personal experiences of Benedict XVI’s first year as pope.
Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-425-9 • 208pp. $12.95/$16.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Revered Mpho Tutu Epilogue by The Dalai Lama
Geography of Religion encourages new understanding of the world’s great religions. Chapters on each of the five major religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—explore the cultures where they took hold and flourished. Each chapter closes with a photo-essay on pilgrims and their devotional journeys. National Geographic • TR 978-0-7922-5910-7 • 416pp. $24.00/$34.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
THE MIRROR OF ZEN The Classic Guide to Buddhist Practice by Zen Master So Sahn By Boep Joeng Zen Master So Sahn (1520–1604) is a towering figure in the history of Korean Zen. In this treasure-text, he presents in simple yet beautiful language the core principles and teachings of Zen. Each section opens with a quotation—drawn from classical scriptures, teachings, and anecdotes—followed by the author’s commentary and verse. Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-384-9 • 144pp. $14.95/$21.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
THE ESSENTIAL WRITINGS OF JAMES WELDON JOHNSON By James Weldon Johnson Edited and with an Introduction by Rudolph P. Byrd Foreword by Charles Johnson
This comprehensive volume showcases the oeuvre of one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance, James Weldon Johnson. Works includes the seminal novel Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, poems from God’s Trombones, essays, two previously unpublished short plays, and much more. Modern Library • TR 978-0-8129-7532-1 • 352pp. $15.00/$17.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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National Geographic • HC 978-1-4262-0138-7 • 368pp. $40.00/$50.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $20.00
CONTEMPLATING REALITY A Practitioner’s Guide to the View in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism By Andy Karr Foreword by Dzogchen Ponlop
This book introduces the reader to contemplations that investigate a series of views of reality as they evolved in the Buddhist tradition. These views are explained in plain English, with contemporary metaphors and examples to bring out their meaning for modern Buddhists. Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-429-7 • 240pp. $16.95/$21.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
White Star • HC 978-88-544-0162-4 • 176pp. $35.00/$47.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $17.50
EACH MOMENT IS THE UNIVERSE Zen and the Way of Being Time By Dainin Katagiri The Zen view of time, as explained by Dainin Katagiri, is as a creative, dynamic process that continuously produces the world and everything in it. Understanding this—that there literally is no time to “lose”—is the door to freedom. Shambhala • HC 978-1-59030-408-2 • 240pp. $21.95/$27.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $11.00
MINDFULLY GREEN A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking By Stephanie Kaza Influenced by her background in Buddhism, Stephanie Kaza offers a simple philosophy for engaging in environmental action in real, practical, and effective ways. Readers will find new methods to evaluate their own relationship to the environment, think more deeply about their impact on the natural world, and make living green a personal practice. Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-583-6 • 144pp. $14.00/$16.50 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
MEISTER ECKHART ON DIVINE KNOWLEDGE By C.F. Kelley An accessible study of the famed Christian mystic Meister Eckhart whose non-dual teachings parallel Eastern philosophies, this work by scholar and monk C.F. Kelley provides a way to understanding of the breadth of Eckhart’s achievement. Eckhart insisted that we think principally in divinis—that is, from within the mind of the Godhead itself. Frog Books • TR 978-1-58394-252-9 • 305pp. $19.95/$22.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
BEING CATHOLIC NOW Prominent Americans Talk About Change in the Church and the Quest for Meaning By Kerry Kennedy Kerry Kennedy asked thirtyseven American Catholics to speak candidly about their feelings regarding the way the Catholic Church hierarchy is moving forward. In addition to her own piece on how faith helped her through her famous family tragedies, journalist Andrew Sullivan, TV newswoman Cokie Roberts, comedian Bill Maher and many more contribute illuminating insights.
By Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse With wit and irony, Khyentse urges readers to move beyond the superficial trappings of Buddhism—beyond the romance with beads, incense, or exotic robes—straight to the heart of what the Buddha taught. And after he explains what makes you not a Buddhist, he kindly explains what a Buddhist is. Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-570-6 • 128pp. $14.00/$16.50 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Crown • HC 978-0-307-34684-1 • 288pp. $24.95/$27.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.50
EVOLVING GOD
SHATTERED TABLETS
LIGHT COMES THROUGH
A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion By Barbara J. King Evolving God explores one of the greatest mysteries in human history—the question of whether humankind is innately religious—and provides evidence that will have a tremendous impact on current debates about evolution, creationism, and intelligent design.
Why We Ignore the Ten Commandments at Our Peril By David Klinghoffer In this highly original critique of American social mores and popular culture, David Klinghoffer argues that the Ten Commandments are essential to maintaining a morally healthy society. He argues that by shrugging off the Bible as a guide and turning toward secularism, America will create a crude, cruel, and dishonest national life.
Buddhist Teachings on Awakening to Our Natural Intelligence By Dzigar Kongtrül Dzigar Kongtrül engages us in a playful, and challenging, investigation of disturbing emotions, our relationships with others, the trap of self-centeredness, and the practicalities of working with a Buddhist teacher. Most important, he shows us the subtlest use of our own natural intelligence—its ability to recognize the nature of reality itself.
Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-51104-9 • 272pp. $26.00/$30.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $13.00
WHAT MAKES YOU NOT A BUDDHIST
Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-51567-2 • 256pp. $24.95/$32 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.50
Shambhala • HC 978-1-59030-567-6 • 144pp. $21.95/$25.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $11.00
TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA Edited by Jack Kornfield This treasury of essential Buddhist writings draws from the most popular Indian, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese sources. Among the selections are some of the earliest recorded sayings of the Buddha on the practice of freedom, passages from later Indian scriptures on wisdom, and songs in praise of meditation by Zen teachers. Shambhala • MM 978-1-59030-508-9 • 240pp. $6.99/$8.99 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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THE LOST GOSPEL
SUNDAY
JEZEBEL
THE POLITICS OF JESUS
The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot By Herbert Krosney
A History of the First Day from Babylonia to the Super Bowl By Craig Harline The mere mention of “Sunday” will immediately conjure up a rich mix of memories, associations, and ideas for most anyone of any age. Historian Craig Harline examines Sunday from its ancient beginnings to recent America in a fascinating blend of facts and anecdotes.
The Untold Story of the Bible’s Harlot Queen By Lesley Hazleton In this remarkable new biography, Lesley Hazleton argues that the proud and courageous queen of Israel was vilified and made into the very embodiment of wanton wickedness by her political and religious enemies.
Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted By Obery M. Hendricks, Jr. In The Politics of Jesus, Obery Hendricks—a biblical scholar, activist, and minister—brilliantly recreates the life and mind of Jesus of Nazareth, while examining just how truly faithful to the vision of Jesus are the many politicians who claim to be Christian.
Foreword by Bart D. Ehrman
This exhaustively researched account reveals the truth behind one of the greatest Judeo Christian discoveries—a 1,600year-old papyrus codex, containing the only known surviving Gospel of Judas. The story of The Gospel of Judas’s amazing trek from the cavern near the Nile River is a fascinating mystery and finally leads the reader to decide if Judas Iscariot really was Christ’s betrayer.
Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-51039-4 • 464pp. $26.00/$34.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $13.00
Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-51614-3 • 272pp. $24.95/$32.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.50
Paperback coming March 2009.
Three Leaves • TR 978-0-385-51665-5 • 384pp. $14.95/$19.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
National Geographic • TR 978-1-4262-0047-2 • 352pp. $14.95/$19.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
SIDDHARTHA By Hermann Hesse Translated by Susan Bernofsky Introduction by Tom Robbins
Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life—the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace, and, finally, wisdom. Modern Library • TR 978-0-8129-7478-2 • 160pp. $11.95/$14.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE WRONG FOR ME TO BE RIGHT Finding Faith Without Fanaticism By Brad Hirschfield Grounded in biblical scholarship and interwoven with personal stories, You Don’t Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right provides a pragmatic path to peace, understanding, and hope that appeals to the common wisdom of all religions. Harmony • HC 978-0-307-38297-9 • 288pp. $24.95/$32.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.50
Paperback coming March 2009. Do not order before 3/10/2009. Three Rivers Press • TR 978-0-307-38298-6 • 288pp. $13.95/$15.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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LITTLE FLOWERS OF FRANCIS OF ASSISI A New Translation By Robert H. Hopcke and Paul Schwartz This is the newest translation in four decades of collected folk tales, legends, and narratives about the life of Francis of Assisi and his followers. These stories originally appeared about seventy-five years after the saint’s death, in the early fourteenth century. They include the accounts of his preaching to the birds and of his receiving of the stigmata. New Seeds • TR 978-1-59030-375-7 • 208pp. $12.00/$16.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
THE AL QAEDA READER Edited and Translated by Raymond Ibrahim Foreword by Victor Davis Hanson
For the first time,The Al Qaeda Reader gathers together the essential texts that trace the origin, history, and evolution of the ideas of al-Qaeda founders Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden. Readers across the political spectrum will be fascinated by the insights into the nature of Islamic texts and the ways in which al-Qaeda has used these texts to manufacture hatred against the Western way of life. Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-51655-6 • 352pp. $26.00/NCR • Exam Copy: $13.00
THE MODERN CHRISTIAN MYSTIC Finding the Unitive Presence of God By Albert J. LaChance The Modern Christian Mystic presents a complete reframing of Christianity as an experiential rather than dogmatic approach to the presence of Christ. It emphasizes the idea of Christ as the source and sustainer of the cosmos, the Earth, the life community, and global culture. The book posits a nurturing new world based on commonality rather than conflict in the world of spirit.
AFRICAN GODS Contemporary Rituals and Beliefs Photographs by Daniel Laine
Daniel Laine presents a vivid photographic portrayal of the men and women who serve as guardians of tradition in African society, as they perform rituals of mysticism. This spiritual journey explores twelve African countries (Nigeria, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Guinea, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Congo, Gabon and Uganda). Flammarion • HC 978-2-08-030019-5 • 192pp. $50.00/$62.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $25.00
Cosmic Evolution and the Principles of Immortality By Dai Léon This book is the first to unveil the full range of the ancient streams of wisdom from which tarot emerged. Author Dai Léon explores a confluence of philosophical schools from East and West as they relate to tarot. He traces the origins of the tarot’s names and hierarchy and makes a thoughtful analysis of the tarot trumps and their interwoven symbolism. Coming December 2008. Do not order before 12/16/2008. Frog Books • TR 978-1-58394-261-1 • 416pp. $22.95/$25.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Edited by Aliza Lavie A Jewish Woman’s Prayer Book is an inspiring volume of prayers written for and by Jewish women. Included are special prayers for the Sabbath and holidays and important dates of the Jewish year; and prayers for comfort and understanding in times of tragedy and loss. Each prayer is presented in Hebrew and in an English translation, along with commentary on its origins and allusions. Coming December 2008. Do not order before 12/2/2008.
North Atlantic Books • TR 978-1-55643-669-7 • 184pp. $16.95/$21.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
ORIGINS OF THE TAROT
A JEWISH WOMAN’S PRAYER BOOK
Spiegel & Grau • HC 978-0-385-52274-8 • 320pp. $27.50/$32.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $13.75
FINDING THE STILL POINT (BOOK AND CD) A Beginner’s Guide to Zen Meditation By John Daido Loori John Daido Loori, one of America’s leading Zen teachers, offers everything needed to begin a meditation practice. He covers the basics of where to sit (on a cushion, bench, or chair), how to posture the body (complete with instructional photographs), and how to practice Zen meditation to discover the freedom of a peaceful mind. Includes instructional CD.
INVOKING REALITY Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen By John Daido Loori Daido Loori provides a modern interpretation of the Zen precepts and discusses the ethical significance of these vows as guidelines for living. In his view, the Buddhist precepts form one of the most vital areas of spiritual practice. Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-459-4 • 112pp. $12.95/$16.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
THE GREATEST GIFT The Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy Stang By Binka Le Breton In 1982, Sister Dorothy Stang moved to a small town in the Amazon to work with an organization to protect poor farmers and their land from loggers and landdevelopers. Inspired by deep religious conviction, Sister Dorothy gave of herself generously. The Greatest Gift presents not only the story of her tragic death, but the powerful and beautiful lessons of her life. Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-52218-2 • 256pp. $21.95/$25.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $11.00
TEACHINGS OF THE EARTH Zen and the Environment By John Daido Loori According to Zen teaching, everything in the universe exists interdependently. This concept can empower us to care passionately about the earth and its future. John Daido Loori reveals the environmental ethic animating these teachings and shows how it can be a wellspring for appreciation of the earth. Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-490-7 • 112pp. $12.95/$16.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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HAKUIN ON KENSHO
PIETY & POLITICS
ON GOD
THE RABBI’S DAUGHTER
The Four Ways of Knowing Edited with Commentary by Albert Low Kensho is the Zen experience of waking up to one’s own true nature—of understanding oneself to be not different from the Buddha—nature that pervades all existence. Hakuin’s short text on kensho, “Four Ways of Knowing of an Awakened Person,” is a little-known Zen classic. Albert Low has provided careful, line-by-line commentary for the text that illuminates its profound wisdom and makes it an inspiration for deeper spiritual practice.
The Right-Wing Assault on Religious Freedom By The Reverend Barry W. Lynn “Lynn brings passion and a broad perspective to the national debate swirling around this issue. Providing a historical overview, Lynn points out that in the nation’s early history, separation of church and state was supported by both religious leaders and politicians as a means of protecting institutions of faith from government intrusion.”—Booklist
An Uncommon Conversation By Norman Mailer with Michael Lennon In this collection of moving and probing dialogues conducted over three years before his death, Mailer establishes his own system of belief, one that rejects both organized religion and atheism. In this inspiring verbal journey, Mailer, in short, is himself—original and unpredictable.
A Memoir By Reva Mann Reva Mann, daughter of a London rabbi, spiraled into a whirlwind of sex and drugs by the time she reached adolescence. Later however, Reva had an epiphany that led her to a women’s yeshivah in Israel, and eventually to marriage to a Torah scholar. For those of any faith who have grappled with their own spiritual longings, Reva Mann’s chronicle of a journey toward redemption is an unforgettable read.
Three Rivers Press • TR 978-0-307-34749-7 • 288pp. $13.95/$17.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Random House • TR 978-0-8129-7940-4 • 240pp. $16.00/$19.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Dial Press • TR 978-0-385-34143-1 • 368pp. $14.00/NCR • Exam Copy: $3.00
Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-377-1 • 128pp. $14.95/$21.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
ISLAM FOR BEGINNERS By M.I. Matar Starting with the life of Prophet Mohammad, Islam For Beginners details the historic beginnings of Islam and its spread throughout the Middle East and Africa as well as the European and American continents. It describes the major achievements of the Muslim community worldwide and examines the influence Islam has had on other cultures. For Beginners • TR 978-1-934389-01-0 • 216pp. $14.95/$21.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
EXTRAORDINARY KNOWING Science, Skepticism, and the Inexplicable Powers of the Human Mind By Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer, Ph.D. Forewords by Freeman Dyson and Carol Gilligan
“An enthralling account, amazing and convincing. Mayer’s work holds the promise of enabling a new level of dialogue between realms of science and spirit.”—Huston Smith, Ph.D., author of The World’s Religions Bantam • TR 978-0-553-38223-5 • 320pp. $15.00/$20.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
GRAND THEFT JESUS The Hijacking of Religion in America By Robert S. McElvaine Jesus’ message of love and peace has been drowned out by the hate and selfishness that often passes for Christianity in America, according to historian Robert McElvaine. This book exposes the televangelists and the leaders of megachurches as the people Jesus warned us about. Crown • HC 978-0-307-39578-8 • 336pp. $23.95/$27.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.00
Paperback coming March 2009. Do not order before 3/10/2009. Three Rivers Press • TR 978-0-307-39580-1 • 336pp. $13.95/$15.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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THE ESSENTIAL WRITINGS OF CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM Edited and with an Introduction by Bernard McGinn “This accessible anthology by the scholarly world’s leading historian of the Western Christian mystical tradition easily outstrips all others in its comprehensiveness, the aptness of its selection of texts, and in the intelligent manner of its organization.”—Denys Turner, Horace Tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology, Yale Divinity School Modern Library • TR 978-0-8129-7421-8 • 592pp. $19.95/$26.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
THE BEST BUDDHIST WRITING 2008
ECHOING SILENCE
Thomas Merton on the Edited by Melvin McLeod and the Vocation of Writing By Thomas Merton Editors of the Shambhala Sun The Best Buddhist Writing 2008 Edited by Robert Inchausti is the fifth volume in this annual Monk and author of the series that brings together the international best-seller The year’s most notable literature, Seven Storey Mountain, Thomas Merton wrote on a whole inspired by Buddhist philosophy spectrum of literary topics, and practice. The collection including writing as a spiritual includes writings by the Dalai calling, the role of the Christian Lama, Pema Chödrön, Sylvia writer in a secular society, and Boorstein, Norman Fischer, thoughts on other writers. This among others. Shambhala • TR is the first collection of his work 978-1-59030-615-4 • 336pp. in a single volume. $16.95/$20.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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New Seeds • TR 978-1-59030-348-1 • 224pp. $14.00/$18.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
THE MUCH TOO PROMISED LAND America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace By Aaron David Miller “Aaron David Miller shines a floodlight on the workings of America’s Middle East policy... This is a book peopled by large, historic figures—Arabs, Israelis, and Americans, and Aaron Miller renders them with artistry.”—Fouad Ajami, Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Coming December 2008. Do not order before 12/30/2008. Bantam • TR 978-0-553-38414-7 • 416pp. $16.00/$19.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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THE JOY OF LIVING Unlocking the Secret & Science of Happiness By Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Foreword by Daniel Goleman
In The Joy of Living, worldrenowned Buddhist teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche invites us to join him in unlocking the secrets to finding joy and contentment in the everyday. Using the basic meditation practices he provides, we can discover paths through our problems, transforming obstacles into opportunities to recognize the unlimited potential of our own minds. Harmony • HC 978-0-307-34625-4 • 288pp. $24.00/$30.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.00
COME BE MY LIGHT
PRAYER IN AMERICA
LOST HISTORY
EVERYDAY HOLINESS
The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta By Mother Teresa Edited and with Commentary by Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C. Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions. Compiled by Fr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C., her friend and the director of the Mother Teresa Center, Mother Theresa is a collection of letters to her spiritual advisors over decades. It is ultimately a moving chronicle of her spiritual journey.
A Spiritual History of Our Nation By James P. Moore, Jr. A stirring chronicle of the spiritual life of a nation, Prayer in America shows how the faith of Americans—from the founding fathers to corporate tycoons, from composers to social reformers, from generals to slaves—was an essential ingredient in the formation of American culture, character, commerce, and creed.
The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists By Michael Hamilton Morgan Morgan reveals how early Muslim advancements in science and culture laid the cornerstones of the European Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and modern Western society. He writes about scholars like Ibn Al-Haytham, Ibn Sina, Al-Tusi, Al-Khwarizmi, and Omar Khayyam, towering figures who revolutionized the mathematics, astronomy, and medicine of their time and paved the way for Newton and many others.
The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar By Alan Morinis Here is an accessible and inspiring introduction to the Jewish spiritual tradition known as Mussar. Mussar is an illuminating, approachable, and highly practical set of teachings for cultivating personal growth and spiritual realization in the midst of day-to-day life. The ultimate goal of Mussar is to become a more whole and holy person.
Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-52037-9 • 416pp. $22.95/$29.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $11.50
Image • TR 978-0-385-50404-1 • 544pp. $16.95/$21.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Trumpeter • TR 978-1-59030-609-3 • 352pp. $16.95/$20.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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CLIMBING JACOB’S LADDER
WELCOME TO DOOMSDAY
One Man’s Journey to Rediscover a Jewish Spiritual Tradition By Alan Morinis Though he explored Buddhism and Hinduism as a young man, Alan Morinis turned to his Jewish heritage for guidance later in a personal crisis. This book tells the story of Morinis’s journey to meet his Mussar teacher, revealing the central teachings and practices that are the spiritual treasury and legacy of Mussar.
Preface by Bill McKibben
Trumpeter • TR 978-1-59030-366-5 • 240pp. $14.95/$19.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
ESSENTIAL VISUAL HISTORY OF THE BIBLE By National Geographic Encompassing both the Old and New Testaments in more than 200 sections of self-contained, interactive spreads, this book offers a wide array of text elements and vivid imagery. The book covers Old Testament eras from the patriarchs to the Babylonian captivity, and New Testament history from the Twelve apostles to the epistles of Paul. National Geographic • HC 978-1-4262-0217-9 • 512pp. $15.95/$19.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $8.00
By Bill Moyers
LET GOD’S LIGHT SHINE FORTH
DRAGON THUNDER My Life with Chögyam Trungpa By Diana J. Mukpo with Carolyn Rose Gimian At the age of sixteen, Diana Mukpo left school and broke with her upper-class English family to marry Chögyam Trungpa, a young Tibetan lama who became a major figure in the transmission of Buddhism to the West. In this stirring memoir, Mukpo takes us into her intimate life with one of the most influential Buddhist teachers of our time.
This is essential reading for anyone interested in the current state of environmental policy and the growing power of the evangelical movement in the United States. “Welcome to Doomsday... brings in all the numbers and data into a beautifully articulate essay on the state of the American religious landscape.” —The San Francisco Chronicle
The Spiritual Vision of Pope Benedict XVI Edited by Robert Moynihan Though he was a familiar Church leader for many years before becoming pope, there has been little awareness of the spiritual side of Benedict XVI. Now for the first time readers are given a brilliant overview of the Pope’s most inspirational teachings in Let God’s Light Shine Forth.
New York Review Books • TR 978-1-59017-209-4 • 56pp. $7.95/$10.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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IN GOD’S NAME
THE FAMILY MASHBER
NO ONE SEES GOD
Wisdom From the World’s Great Spiritual Leaders By Jules Naudet and Gédéon Naudet
By Der Nister
Who is God? What is death? What is worth dying for? How do you explain fanaticism and violence waged in the name of God? Candid responses and profound comments by the world’s great holy leaders such as the Dalai Lama, Pope Benedict XVI, and Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, are accompanied by never-before-published images of the spiritual men and women.
The Family Mashber is a protean work: a tale of a divided family and divided souls, a panoramic picture of an Eastern European town, a social satire, a kabbalistic allegory, an innovative fusion of modernist art and traditional storytelling. Above all, the book is an account of a world in crisis (in Hebrew, mashber means crisis), torn between the competing claims of family, community, business, politics, the individual conscience, and an elusive God.
The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers By Michael Novak Religious scholar Michael Novak recasts the exhausted debate pitting faith against reason. Both the atheist and the believer experience the same “dark night” in which God’s presence seems absent, and the conflict between faith and doubt stems from divergent attitudes toward the unknown. Novak argues that faith is a challenge at times, but it offers the only coherent response to the human experience.
National Geographic • HC 978-1-4262-0371-8 • 272pp. $28.00/$33.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $14.00
NYRB Classics • TR 978-1-59017-279-7 • 704pp. $22.95/$25.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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Interviews by Virginie Luc
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Introduction by David Malouf
Shambhala • TR 978-1-590-30534-8 • 384pp. $19.95/$22.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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SOULFULLY GAY
STARS OF DAVID
JESUS OF NAZARETH
How Harvard, Sex, Drugs, and Integral Philosophy Drove Me Crazy and Brought Me Back to God By Joe Perez Soulfully Gay is a personal memoir of an intellectually rigorous gay man wrestling with fundamental issues of meaning and self-acceptance. Joe Perez finds himself on a quest to understand what it means to be gay at the intersection of conflicts between homosexuality and Christianity, faith and skepticism, mysticism and madness.
Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish By Abigail Pogrebin Intimate and news-making interviews with personalities ranging from Dustin Hoffman to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Neil Simon to Ed Koch, Mike Wallace to Sarah Jessica Parker, and dozens more reveal the role that Judaism and Jewish identity play in the private lives of many of America’s most public figures.
By Pope Benedict XVI Joseph Ratzinger In this bold, momentous work, Pope Benedict XVI seeks to salvage the person of Jesus from recent “popular” depictions and to restore Jesus’ true identity as discovered in the Gospels. The pope shares a rich, compelling, flesh-andblood portrait of Jesus and incites us to encounter, face-toface, the central figure of the Christian faith.
Broadway • TR 978-0-7679-1613-4 • 400pp. $14.95/$21.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-52341-7 • 400pp. $24.95/$32.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.50
AMERICAN CRESCENT
ECOLOGY, MEANING, & RELIGION
Integral Books • TR 978-1-59030-418-1 • 320pp. $16.95/$21.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
MEMORY AND IDENTITY Conversations at the Dawn of a Millennium By Pope John Paul II In this compelling volume, Pope John Paul II speaks for the first time on global politics. He discusses his views on freedom and democracy and speaks about the twentieth-century totalitarian ideologies of Communism and Nazism. Making an emphatic appeal for mankind to regard freedom “not only as a gift but a task” to be used for the common good, he calls for a dialogue between all the world’s civilizations and religions. Rizzoli • HC 978-0-8478-2761-9 • 192pp. $19.95/$27.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $10.00
CHRISTIAN ZEN: THE ESSENTIAL TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST The Secret Sayings of Jesus as Related in the Gospel of Thomas Compiled and with Commentary by Robert Powell In Christian Zen, noted scholar Robert Powell deciphers the true meaning of the Gospel of Thomas and shows how the statements therein mirror Zen philosophy. North Atlantic Books • TR 978-1-55643-458-7 • 120pp. $12.95/$15.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
A Muslim Cleric on the Power of His Faith, the Struggle Against Prejudice, and the Future of Islam and America By Hassan Qazwini In this inspiring narrative, one of this country’s most important Muslim leaders reveals the story of his life and his faith, and why Islam is good for America. This is a fascinating personal story and a heartfelt plea to integrate Islamic teachings into the tolerant traditions of America. Random House • HC 978-1-4000-6454-0 • 304pp. $26.95/$32.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $13.50
By Roy A. Rappaport “While many anthropologists of various epistemological persuasions would perhaps dismiss such topics as the business of priests rather than of scientists, Rappaport correctly perceives that the problem of man’s religious consciousness is not only a legitimate object of anthropological study, it might well be the most critical test to which any cultural theory can be put.”—Donald F. Tuzin, Ph.D. in American Anthropologist North Atlantic Books • TR 978-0-938190-27-1 • 259pp. $14.95/$18.5 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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CHRIST THE LORD: OUT OF EGYPT
THE KORAN
A Novel By Anne Rice In this courageous novel about the early years of Christ, based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship, Anne Rice summons the voice, the presence, the words of Jesus, who tells the story.
The Koran is considered by the world’s Muslims to be the actual word of God. It is also an immensely important book for anyone interested in studying Islam and the world’s monotheistic religions. Like the Torah and the Bible, the influence of the Koran on world culture and thought is incalculable.
Ballantine Books • TR 978-0-345-49273-9 • 384pp. $15.00/NCR • Exam Copy: $3.00
Translated by John Medows Rodwell
Bantam Classics • MM 978-0-553-58752-4 • 480pp. $6.99/$10.99 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
DEATH, TRUST AND SOCIETY Mapping Religion and Culture By Lionel Rothkrug Death, Trust and Society focuses on how society’s attitudes toward the dead— seen in funerary rites, mortuary practices, and pilgrimage patterns—shape the formation of social structures and contribute to the development of cultural traits. North Atlantic Books • HC 978-1-55643-551-5 • 250pp. $25.00/$31.50 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.50
TEN GATES The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn, Revised and Updated Edition By Seung Sahn Zen is famous for kong-ans, those seemingly unanswerable questions Zen masters pose to their students to check their realization (such as “What is the sound of one hand clapping?”). This book presents the system of ten kong-ans that Zen Master Seung Sahn came to call the “Ten Gates.” These kong-ans represent the basic types one will encounter in any course of study. Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-417-4 • 160pp. $14.95/$19.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
WANTING ENLIGHTENMENT IS A BIG MISTAKE Teachings of Zen Master Seung San By Seung Sahn Edited by Hyon Gak Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Zen Master Seung Sahn was known for his powerful teaching style, which was direct, surprising, and often humorous. This collection of teaching stories, talks, and spontaneous dialogues with students offers readers a fresh and immediate encounter with one of the great Zen masters of the twentieth century. Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-340-5 • 208pp. $15.95/$21.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
THE EXPERIENCE OF SAMADHI
THE WAY OF THE BODHISATTVA
An In-depth Exploration of Buddhist Meditation By Richard Shankman This book offers an in-depth look at the foundational aspect of Buddhist meditation known as samadhi, or concentration: the ability of the mind to remain calm and settled without distraction. Included is a series of interviews with prominent contemporary Buddhist teachers, including Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg that focus on the practical experience of Samadhi.
By Shantideva
Coming December 2008. Do not order before 12/30/2008. Shambhala • TR 978-1-59030-521-8 • 240pp. $16.95/$20.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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Translated by Padmakara Translation Group
This timeless text of IndoTibetan Buddhism has been widely studied for more than a thousand years in all the schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It describes the spiritual path of turning away from selfish concerns and vowing to work for the enlightenment of all beings. Shambhala • HC 978-1-59030-614-7 • 384pp. $18.95/$22.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $9.50
DESCARTES’ BONES A Skeletal History of the Conflict between Faith and Reason By Russell Shorto From bestselling, prize-winning author Russell Shorto, this is the strange history of the 350-year-long debate between religion and sciences—seen through the oddly momentous journey of the skull and bones of the great French philosopher Rene Descartes. Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-51753-9 • 320pp. $26.00/$30.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $13.00
HOW TO BELIEVE
TERESA OF ÁVILA
Teachers and Seekers Show the Way to a Modern, Life-Changing Faith By Jon Spayde Spayde takes a journey across America that introduces him to an array of believers, eminent and obscure, who relate their personal stories of active and living faith—how they balance Jesus’s love and judgment, the church’s dictates, and their own free will—to live and love completely while on Earth.
The Book of My Life
Random House • HC 978-1-4000-6402-1 • 240pp. $25.00/$28.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.50
New Seeds • TR 978-1-59030-573-7 • 384pp. $17.95/$21.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
THE PHYSICS OF CHRISTIANITY
Translated by Mirabai Starr Foreword by Tessa Bielecki
Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) is one of the most beloved of the Catholic saints. Her texts of spiritual instruction, such as The Interior Castle and The Way of Perfection, become undisputed classics, studied by people of many faiths. This classic of spiritual autobiography is enhanced by a new contemporary translation.
THE WOMAN IN THE SHAMAN’S BODY
A CODE OF JEWISH ETHICS: VOLUME 1
Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine By Barbara Tedlock, Ph.D. Shamanism was not only humankind’s first spiritual and healing practice, it was originally the domain of women, claims Barbara Tedlock’s provocative and myth-shattering book. Tedlock offers a dazzling array of evidence—from prehistoric African rock art to modern Mongolian ceremonies—for women’s shamanic powers.
You Shall Be Holy By Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Bantam • TR 978-0-553-37971-6 • 368pp. $17.00/$22.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
Liberation Through By Frank J. Tipler Understanding in the Between Frank Tipler takes a new Translated by Robert A.F. Thurman approach to the dispute about Foreword by The Dalai Lama the relationship between This authoritative translation pre- science and religion. In serves the form and spirit of the reviewing centuries of writings original and was prepared espe- and discussions, Tipler realized cially for Western readers by that there was no serious Robert A. F. Thurman, one of the scientific research into central most prominent Tibetan scholars Christian claims and beliefs. In in America. Its introduction to this book, he argues that the Buddhist beliefs, illuminating essential beliefs of Christianity commentary, and guidance in the are wholly consistent with the practical use of the Tibetan laws of physics. prayers make this the most Doubleday • HC 978-0-385-51424-8 • 336pp. accessible and informative ver$27.50/$34.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $13.75 sion available in English.
Winner—Jewish Book of the Year Award, Everett Family Foundation, Jewish Book Council
“This is an outstanding contribution to understanding Jewish ethics and their relevance for people of all faiths.”—Publishers Weekly Harmony/Bell Tower • HC 978-1-4000-4835-9 • 576pp. $29.95/$42.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $15.00
Coming February 2009: Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 2 Do not order before 2/10/2009. 978-1-4000-4836-6 • 512pp. $32.50/$37.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $16.25
THE NATIVITY
THE RESURRECTION
History and Legend By Geza Vermes The Nativity is the very heart of the Christian tradition. For more than 2,000 years, the story of Jesus’ birth has been told and retold, mythologized and sentimentalized. Geza Vermes untangles centuries of storytelling and places the birth and the events surrounding it within their historical context.
History and Myth By Geza Vermes In this book, world-famous biblical scholar Geza Vermes has studied all the evidence of Christ’s resurrection. Examining the Jewish Bible, the New Testament, and other accounts left to us, as well as contemporary attitudes toward the afterlife, he shines new light on the developing faith in the risen Christ among the first followers of Jesus.
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FAREWELL, SHANGHAI
EMBRACING MIND
A Novel By Angel Wagenstein
The Common Ground of Science & Spirituality By B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel The mind is the place where science and spirituality can meet. Here a renowned scientist who is also a teacher of Buddhist meditation explores the nature of mind from scientific and spiritual perspectives to present a new model that incorporates the truths of contemplative spirituality.
Selected as a runner-up in the 2007 National Jewish Book Award category for fiction.
This is the unforgettable novel of nearly forgotten refugees who fled Nazi Germany and discovered the glamour and excess of Shanghai. Other Press • TR 978-1-59051-308-8 • 400pp. $13.95/$15.95 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00
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CONNECTING TO GOD Ancient Kabbalah and Modern Psychology By Rabbi Abner Weiss, Ph.D. In Connecting to God, distinguished rabbi Abner Weiss elucidates the teachings of Kabbalah, showing how the Ten Sefirot of the Tree of Life are the transformers of divine energy in our bodies and the building blocks of creation— Weiss calls them “our spiritual genome.” Harmony/Bell Tower • HC 978-1-4000-8334-3 • 336pp. $24.00/$34.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $12.00
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AUTHOR/TITLE INDEX 19TH WIFE, THE ....................................................13 ABRAHAM’S CURSE ............................................12 AFRICAN GODS ....................................................19 AL QAEDA READER, THE ....................................18 Allen, John L. Jr. ..................................................10 AMERICAN CRESCENT ......................................23 AMERICAN PRIESTESS ......................................15 APOSTLE PAUL ....................................................11 ART OF BUDDHISM, THE ......................................5 ATTAINING THE WAY ............................................9 AUGUSTINE AND THE JEWS ..............................1 Avakian, Alexandra ..............................................10 BANQUET AT DELMONICO’S ............................26 Bardazzi, Marco ..................................................10 BASIC TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA ..............26 Bayman, Henry ....................................................10 Beck, Edward L. ..................................................10 Beckett, Wendy ....................................................10 BEING CATHOLIC NOW ......................................17 BENEDICT XVI ......................................................16 Berg, Rav P.S. ......................................................11 Berlinski, David ....................................................11 BEST BUDDHIST WRITING 2007, THE..............21 BEST BUDDHIST WRITING 2008, THE..............21 BEYOND DOGMA ................................................12 BIBLICAL WORLD, THE ......................................16 Blackstone, Judith and Zoran Josipovic..........11 BOOK OF EXODUS, THE ......................................14 Bourgeault, Cynthia ............................................11 Brecher, Daniel Cil ..............................................11 Briggs, Kenneth ....................................................11 BUDDHA OR BUST ..............................................14 Buddha ............................................................14, 26 BY FAITH ALONE ..................................................15 Cannon, James ....................................................11 Chaput, Charles J. ..............................................11 Chhaya, Mayank ..................................................12 Chilton, Bruce ......................................................12 Chodron, Pema ....................................................12 Chopra, Deepak ......................................................8 CHRIST THE LORD: OUT OF EGYPT ..................24 CHRISTIAN WORLD, THE......................................6 CHRISTIAN ZEN....................................................23 CLIMBING JACOB’S LADDER ............................22 Cline, Eric H. ........................................................12 CODE OF JEWISH ETHICS, A, VOLUME 1 & 2 ................................................25 COME BE MY LIGHT ............................................21 CONNECTING TO GOD ........................................26 CONTEMPLATING REALITY ................................16 Cornwell, John ......................................................12 Dalai Lama ......................................................12, 13 DALAI LAMA: MAN, MONK, MYSTIC ..............12 DANGEROUS WORDS ........................................13 DEATH, TRUST AND SOCIETY............................24 DESCARTES’ BONES ..........................................24 DEVIL’S DELUSION, THE......................................11 DHAMMAPADA, THE ..........................................14 DHARMA DRUM ....................................................9 DOUBLE CROSSED ..............................................11 DRAGON THUNDER ............................................22 Dumoulin, Heinrich ..............................................13 Duquesne, Jacques ............................................13 Dyson, Freeman J. ..............................................13 EACH MOMENT IS THE UNIVERSE ..................16 Eberle, Gary ..........................................................13 Ebershoff, David ..................................................13 ECHOING SILENCE ..............................................21 ECOLOGY, MEANING, & RELIGION ..................23 Elliott, Elissa ..........................................................13 EMBRACING MIND..............................................26 EMBRYOGENESIS ................................................15 ENCOUNTERING THE MYSTERY........................10 Epstein, Leslie ......................................................14
Esposito, John ......................................................16 ESSENTIAL HOW TO KNOW GOD, THE..............8 ESSENTIAL TEACHINGS ....................................12 ESSENTIAL WRITINGS OF CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM, THE ..........................................20 ESSENTIAL WRITINGS OF JAMES WELDON JOHNSON, THE ............................16 ESSENTIAL ZOHAR, THE ....................................11 EVE ..........................................................................13 EVERYDAY HOLINESS..........................................21 EVOLUTION FOR EVERYONE ..............................26 EVOLVING GOD ....................................................17 EXPERIENCE OF SAMADHI, THE ......................24 EXTRAORDINARY KNOWING ............................20 FAITH IN MIND ......................................................9 FAMILY MASHBER, THE......................................22 FAREWELL SHANGHAI........................................26 FINDING THE STILL POINT ................................19 Fink, Sam................................................................14 FIRST COMES LOVE ............................................15 FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW ................................9 FOUNDING FAITH ..................................................7 Franco, Massimo ..................................................14 Fredriksen, Paula....................................................1 FROM EDEN TO EXILE ........................................12 Fronsdal, Gil ..........................................................14 FUTURE CHURCH, THE ........................................10 Gabriel, Theodore ................................................14 Garfinkel, Perry ....................................................14 Geniesse, Jane Fletcher ....................................15 GEOGRAPHY OF RELIGION ................................16 Girzone, Joseph F. ..............................................15 GOSPEL OF JUDAS, THE, THE CRITICAL EDITION ............................................................3 GOSPEL OF JUDAS, THE, THE SECOND EDITION ............................................................3 GRAND THEFT JESUS ........................................20 GREATEST GIFT, THE............................................19 Griffeth, Bill............................................................15 Grossinger, Richard..............................................15 Hahn, Scott ............................................................15 HAIL, HOLY QUEEN ..............................................15 HAKUIN ON KENSHO ..........................................20 Hamill, Sam............................................................16 Harline, Craig ........................................................18 Hazleton, Lesley....................................................18 Hendricks, Obery ..................................................18 Hesse, Hermann ..................................................18 Hirschfield, Brad ..................................................18 Hoffman, Edward ....................................................2 Hopcke, Robert H. and Paul Schwartz ............18 HOW TO BELIEVE ................................................25 Ibrahim, Raymond, ed. ........................................18 IN GOD’S NAME ..................................................22 IN THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD ......................10 INFINITE MIRROR, THE ........................................9 INVOKING REALITY..............................................19 Isbouts, Jean-Pierre ............................................16 ISLAM FOR BEGINNERS ....................................20 ISMS: UNDERSTANDING RELIGION ................14 Israely, Jeff and Gianni Giansanti ....................16 JESUS OF NAZARETH ........................................23 JEWISH WOMAN’S PRAYER BOOK, A ............19 JEZEBEL ................................................................18 Joeng, Boep ..........................................................16 Johnson, James Weldon ....................................16 JOY OF LIVING, THE ............................................21 Karr, Andy ..............................................................16 Kasser, Rodolphe, ed. ............................................3 Katagiri, Dainin ....................................................16 Kaza, Stephanie ....................................................17 Kelley, C.F. ............................................................17 Kennedy, Kerry......................................................17 Khyentse, Dzongsar Jamyang............................17
KING OF THE JEWS ............................................14 King, Barbara J. ..................................................17 Klinghoffer, David ................................................17 Kongtrul, Dzigar ....................................................17 KORAN, THE ..........................................................24 Kornfield, Jack ........................................................4 Kornfield, Jack, ed. ..............................................17 Kraemer, Joel L. ......................................................2 Krosney, Herbert ..................................................18 Lachance, Albert ..................................................19 Laine, Daniel..........................................................19 Lavie, Aliza ............................................................19 Le Breton, Binka ..................................................19 Leidy, Denise Patry ................................................5 Leon, Dai ................................................................19 LET GOD’S LIGHT SHINE FORTH ......................22 LIFE AFTER DEATH ................................................8 LIGHT COMES THROUGH....................................17 LITTLE FLOWERS OF FRANCIS OF ASSISI ......18 Loori, John Daido ................................................19 LOST GOSPEL, THE ..............................................18 LOST HISTORY ......................................................21 Low, Albert ............................................................20 LUCIFER EFFECT, THE ..........................................26 Lynn, Barry W. ......................................................20 Mailer, Norman ....................................................20 MAIMONIDES ........................................................2 Mann, Reva ..........................................................20 Marty, Martin ..........................................................6 Matar, M.I. ............................................................20 Mayer, Elizabeth Lloyd ........................................20 McElvaine, Robert S. ..........................................20 McGinn, Bernard ..................................................20 McLeod, Melvin ....................................................21 MEISTER ECKHART ON DIVINE KNOWLEDGE ..................................................17 MEMORY AND IDENTITY....................................23 Merton, Thomas ..................................................21 MESSIAH, THE: AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY OF JESUS CHRIST ..................13 Miller, Aaron David ..............................................21 MINDFULLY GREEN..............................................17 Mingyur, Yongey Rinpoche ................................21 MIRROR OF ZEN, THE ..........................................16 MODERN CHRISTIAN MYSTIC, THE ................19 Moore, James P. Jr. ............................................21 Morgan, Michael H. ............................................21 Morinis, Alan ........................................................22 Mother Teresa ......................................................21 Moyers, Bill............................................................22 Moynihan, Robert PhD ........................................22 MUCH TOO PROMISED LAND, THE ..................21 Mukpo, Diana J. ..................................................22 MY STRUGGLE WITH FAITH ..............................15 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ESSENTIAL VISUAL HISTORY OF THE BIBLE ................22 National Geographic............................................22 NATIVITY, THE ......................................................25 Naudet, Jules ........................................................22 Nister, Der..............................................................22 NO ONE SEES GOD ..............................................22 NO TIME TO LOSE ................................................12 Novak, Michael ....................................................22 ON GOD ..................................................................20 ORDINARY WORK, EXTRAORDINARY GRACE..............................................................15 ORIGINS OF THE TAROT......................................19 ORTHODOX CHINESE BUDDHISM ......................9 PARALLEL EMPIRES ............................................14 Patriarch Bartholomew ......................................10 Perez, Joe ..............................................................23 PHYSICS OF CHRISTIANITY, THE ......................25 PIETY & POLITICS ................................................20 POETRY OF ENLIGHTENMENT, THE....................9
POETRY OF ZEN, THE ..........................................16 Pogrebin, Abigail ..................................................23 POLITICS OF JESUS, THE....................................18 Pope Benedict XVI Joseph Ratzinger ..............23 Pope John Paul II ................................................23 Powell, Robert ......................................................23 PRACTICING PEACE IN TIMES OF WAR..........12 PRAYER IN AMERICA ..........................................21 Qazwini, Hassan ..................................................23 RABBI’S DAUGHTER, THE ..................................20 Rappaport, Roy A. ................................................23 REASONS TO BELIEVE ........................................15 RENDER UNTO CAESAR......................................11 RESURRECTION, THE ..........................................25 Rice, Anne ............................................................24 RISE OF BENEDICT XVI, THE..............................10 ROAD TO ELEUSIS, THE ......................................26 Rodwell, John Medows, trans. by ....................24 Rothkrug, Lionel ....................................................24 Sahn, Seung ..........................................................24 SALVE REGINA......................................................13 SCIENTIST AS REBEL, THE ................................13 SECRET OF ISLAM, THE ......................................10 SEMINARY BOY ....................................................12 Shankman, Richard ..............................................24 Shantideva ............................................................24 SHATTERED TABLETS..........................................17 Sheng-Yen, Master ................................................9 Shorto, Russell ......................................................24 SIDDHARTHA ........................................................18 SISTER WENDY ON PRAYER ..............................10 SOUL PROVIDER ..................................................10 SOULFULLY GAY....................................................23 Spayde, Jon ..........................................................25 Starr, Mirabai ........................................................25 STARS OF DAVID ..................................................23 STRANGER IN THE LAND, A ..............................11 SUNDAY ................................................................18 TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA ..........................17 TEACHINGS OF THE EARTH ..............................19 Tedlock, Barbara PhD..........................................25 Telushkin, Joseph Rabbi ....................................25 TEN GATES ............................................................24 TERESA OF AVILA ................................................25 THIRD JESUS, THE ................................................8 Thurman, Robert ..................................................25 TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, THE..................25 Tipler, Frank J. ......................................................25 UNIVERSE IN A SINGLE ATOM, THE ................13 Vermes, Geza ........................................................25 Wagenstein, Angel ..............................................26 Waldman, Steven ..................................................7 Wallace, B. Alan ..................................................26 WANTING ENLIGHTENMENT IS A BIG MISTAKE ........................................................24 Wasson, R. Gordon ..............................................26 WAY OF THE BODHISATTVA, THE ....................24 Weiss, Abner ........................................................26 WELCOME TO DOOMSDAY ................................22 Werth, Barry..........................................................26 WHAT MAKES YOU NOT A BUDDHIST ............17 WHY IS GOD LAUGHING? ....................................8 Wilson, David Sloan ............................................26 WINDOWS OF THE SOUL....................................10 WISDOM JESUS, THE ........................................11 WISDOM OF MAIMONIDES, THE........................2 WISE HEART, THE ..................................................4 WOMAN IN THE SHAMAN’S BODY, THE ........25 YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE WRONG FOR ME TO BE RIGHT............................................18 ZEN ENLIGHTENMENT........................................13 ZEN FOR BEGINNERS..........................................11 Zimbardo, Philip ....................................................26
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