Philosophy + Religion
MINDFUL THOUGHTS FOR SURFERS: TUNING IN TO THE TIDES
Written by Bleakley, Sam
Mindful Thoughts for Surfers explores how meditative a life on the surfboard can be. These 25 insightful musings will inspire beginners and experts alike.
SAGE'S TAO TE CHING 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Written by Martin, William
Now in a 20th anniversary edition, this modern-day classic captures the perennial wisdom of the Tao Te Ching for the sages among us
PASSOVER HAGGADAH: AN ANCIENT STORY FOR MODERN TIMES
Written by Tablet
Each generation is called to perform a Passover Seder, a ritual designed to help us imagine personally experiencing the exodus from Egypt. But how can we do this together, when today our tables include people of different backgrounds, knowledge, and beliefs? Let this Passover Haggadah be your guide.
REAL HAPPINESS, 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Written by Salzberg, Sharon
A New York Times best seller--now revised and updated with new exercises and guided meditations."An inviting gateway to the interior territory of profound well-being and wisdom."--Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Wherever You Go, There You Are
LITTLE BIT OF ZEN: AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM
Written by O'Hara, Roshi Pat Enkyo
This entry in the popular Little Bit of series introduces the ancient practice of Zen Buddhism.
ALLAH: GOD IN THE QUR'AN
Written by Reynolds, Gabriel Said
A concise and illuminating portrait of Allah from one of the world's leading Qur'anic scholars The central figure of the Qur'an is not Muhammad but Allah. The Qur'an, Islam's sacred scripture, is marked above all by its call to worship Allah, and Allah alone. Yet who is the God of the Qur'an? What distinguishes the qur'anic presentation of God from that of the Bible?
AMERICAN CATHOLICS: A HISTORY
Written by Tentler, Leslie Woodcock
A sweeping history of American Catholicism from the arrival of the first Spanish missionaries to the present
ART OF SOLITUDE
Written by Batchelor, Stephen
A moving and wide-ranging meditation on being alone with others in this world
LACAN: ANTI-PHILOSOPHY 3
Written by Badiou, Alain
Alain Badiou is arguably the most significant philosopher in Europe today. Badiou's seminars, given annually on major conceptual and historical topics, constitute an enormously important part of his work. They served as laboratories for his thought and public illuminations of his complex ideas yet remain little known.
DOWNSIZING: CONFRONTING OUR POSSESSIONS IN LATER LIFE
Written by Ekerdt, David
As life unfolds, things tend to accumulate. When older adults undergo health, residential, and marital changes, they will face a reckoning with their lifelong store of possessions--special, ordinary, and forgotten. Such a predicament now confronts tens of millions of Americans as the Baby Boom cohort passes into retirement and beyond.
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