Author: Zoe Heller
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: novel, believers
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2010-03-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0061430218
ISBN-13: 9780061430213
When a stroke fells radical New York lawyer Joel Litvinoff, a secret is revealed that forces Audrey, his wife, to reexamine everything she believed about their forty-year marriage. In the meantime Joel’s children are struggling with their own dilemmas and doubts. Disillusioned revolutionary Rosa has been drawn into the world of Orthodox Judaism. Karla, a devoted—and married—social worker hoping to adopt a child, is falling in love with the owner of a newspaper stand. Lenny, the ne’er-do-well, faces yet another relapse into heroin addiction. In the course of battling their own d
Author: Nancy T. Ammerman
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Keywords: believers, bible
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 1987-10-01
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 081351231X
ISBN-13: 9780813512310
Author: John Polis
Publisher: Xulon Press
Keywords: believers, recycled
Number of Pages: 108
Published: 2002-06-01
List price: $10.99
ISBN-10: 1591600340
ISBN-13: 9781591600343
Author: Jeffery L. Sheler
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: america, evangelical, journey, believers
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2007-12-18
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0143112678
ISBN-13: 9780143112679
"A compelling and important" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) look at the world of evangelical Christianity With panoramic sweep and intimate narrative detail, award-winning religion journalist and former fundamentalist Jeffery L. Sheler takes readers into the world of today’s evangelicals-where they live, work, and worship-to discover how their unique brand of Christian faith shapes their lives and how they, in turn, are shaping the wider culture around them. A book that anyone who wants to understand the Religious Right must read, Believers paints an in-depth portrait of a people of fa
Author: Kamran Pasha
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Keywords: islam, birth, novel, believers, mother
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 2009-04-14
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 1416579915
ISBN-13: 9781416579915
Deep in the heart of seventh-century Arabia, a new prophet named Muhammad has arisen. As his message of enlightenment sweeps through Arabia and unifies the warring tribes, his young wife Aisha recounts Muhammad’s astonishing transformation from prophet to warrior to statesman. But just after the moment of her husband’s greatest triumph -- the conquest of the holy city of Mecca -- Muhammad falls ill and dies in Aisha’s arms. A young widow, Aisha finds herself at the center of the new Muslim empire and becomes by turns a teacher, political leader, and warrior. Written in beau
Author: Robert L. Snow
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: believers, true, crimes, cults, deadly
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2003-11-30
List price: $62.95
ISBN-10: 0275980529
ISBN-13: 9780275980528
How do seemingly "normal" or "ordinary" citizens suddenly find themselves committed to a group whose leader promotes criminal activities and isolation from families and friends? What should you do if a loved one becomes indoctrinated by a potentially dangerous cult? By providing specific accounts of dangerous cults and their destructive acts, Snow illustrates how seemingly innocent groups can turn pernicious when under the sway of a charismatic leader with an agenda, or when members take things too far. He offers advice on how to identify cults, how to protect yourself and your family, and wha
Author: Janja A. Lalich
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: charismatic, cults, believers, true, choice, bounded
Number of Pages: 353
Published: 2004-09-15
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 0520240189
ISBN-13: 9780520240186
Heaven’s Gate, a secretive group of celibate "monks" awaiting pickup by a UFO, captured intense public attention in 1997 when its members committed collective suicide. As a way of understanding such perplexing events, many have seen those who join cults as needy, lost souls, unable to think for themselves. This book, a compelling look at the cult phenomenon written for a wide audience, dispels such simple formulations by explaining how normal, intelligent people can give up years of their lives--and sometimes their very lives--to groups and beliefs that appear bizarre and irrational. Loo
