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Author:Philip Jenkins
A Global History of the Cold War, 1945-1991
1. IntroductionPart One: Between Wars? 1945-19672. Origins: The World In 19463. The Struggle For Europe4. Nuclear Perils5. Asian Theaters6. Decolonization and Third World Struggles7. Khrushchev and KennedyPart Two: Living in the Cold War8. National Security and Repression9. Spies, Saboteurs, and Defectors10. Cold War CulturesPart...- $32.99
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A History of the United States
This textbook offers an insightful, introductory overview of the history of American society from its inception right up to present day. With coverage starting at the European Settlement in 1492 right through to the 2016 Presidential Election, this fully revised new edition succinctly depicts...- $32.95
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A History of the United States
This textbook offers an insightful, introductory overview of the history of American society from its inception right up to present day. With coverage starting at the European Settlement in 1492 right through to the 2016 Presidential Election, this fully revised new edition succinctly depicts...- $100.00
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A Storm of Images: Iconoclasm and Religious Reformation in the Byzantine World
In the eighth century, the Byzantine Empire began a campaign to remove or suppress sacred images that depicted Christ, the Virgin, or other holy figures, whether in paintings, mosaics, murals, or other media. In some cases, the campaign extended to breaking or wrecking images...- $42.99
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Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the Internet
The first book on the abhorrent business of child pornography Perhaps nothing evokes more universal disgust as child pornography. The world of its makers and users is so abhorrent that it is rarely discussed much less studied. Child pornographers have taken advantage of this...- $30.00
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Climate, Catastrophe, and Faith: How Changes in Climate Drive Religious Upheaval
One of the world's leading scholars of religious trends shows how climate change has driven dramatic religious upheavals. Long before the current era of man-made climate change, the world has suffered repeated, severe climate-driven shocks. These shocks have resulted in famine, disease, violence, social...- $29.95
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Cold War at Home
One of the most significant industrial states in the country, with a powerful radical tradition, Pennsylvania was, by the early 1950s, the scene of some of the fiercest anti-Communist activism in the United States. Philip Jenkins examines the political and social impact of the...- $42.50
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Crucible of Faith: The Ancient Revolution That Made Our Modern Religious World
One of America's foremost scholars of religion examines the tumultuous era that gave birth to the modern Judeo-Christian tradition In The Crucible of Faith, Philip Jenkins argues that much of the Judeo-Christian tradition we know today was born between 250-50 BCE, during a turbulent...- $30.00
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Decade of Nightmares: The End of the Sixties and the Making of Eighties America
Why did the youthful optimism and openness of the sixties give way to Ronald Reagan and the spirit of conservative reaction--a spirit that remains ascendant today? Drawing on a wide array of sources--including tabloid journalism, popular fiction, movies, and television shows--Philip Jenkins argues that...- $28.95
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Dream Catchers: How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality
In books such as Mystics and Messiahs, Hidden Gospels, and The Next Christendom, Philip Jenkins has established himself as a leading commentator on religion and society. Now, in Dream Catchers, Jenkins offers a brilliant account of the changing mainstream attitudes towards Native American spirituality,...- $29.99
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Fertility and Faith: The Demographic Revolution and the Transformation of World Religions
Demography drives religious change. High-fertility societies, like most of contemporary Africa, tend to be fervent and devout. The lower a population's fertility rates, the greater the tendency for people to detach from organized or institutional religion. Thus, fertility rates supply an effective gauge of...- $34.99
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God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis
Is the Christian church in Europe doomed to collapse under the weight of globalization, Western secularism, and a flood of Muslim immigrants? Is Europe on the brink of becoming "Eurabia"? Though many pundits are predicting just such a scenario, God's Continent reveals the flaws...- $16.95
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He Will Save You from the Deadly Pestilence: The Many Lives of Psalm 91
Jews and Christians alike have made Psalm 91 one of the most commonly used and cited parts of the Bible. For over two thousand years, the psalm has played a pivotal role in discussions of theology and politics, of medicine and mysticism. In He...- $35.00
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Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way
This incisive critique thoroughly and convincingly debunks the claims that recently discovered texts such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and even the Dead Sea Scrolls undermine the historical validity of the New Testament. Jenkins places the recent controversies surrounding the...- $19.99
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Hoods and Shirts: The Extreme Right in Pennsylvania, 1925-1950
Extreme right-wing groups have always been a part of the American religious and political landscape. The era between the world wars, especially the 1930s, was a particularly volatile period, and by 1940, racist, nativist, and fascist groups had become so visible as to arouse...- $60.00
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Laying Down the Sword: Why We Can't Ignore the Bible's Violent Verses
Philip Jenkins delivers a fearless examination of the darkand violent verses of the Bible--and a call for us to read them anew in pursuitof a richer, more honest faith. From "one of America's best scholars ofreligion" (The Economist), this daring exploration of the Scripture'smost...- $15.99
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Many Faces of Christ: The Thousand-Year Story of the Survival and Influence of the Lost Gospels
The standard account of early Christianity tells us that the first centuries after Jesus' death witnessed an efflorescence of Christian sects, each with its own gospel. We are taught that these alternative scriptures, which represented intoxicating, daring, and often bizarre ideas, were suppressed in...- $32.00
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Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America
It is commonly acknowledged that sexual abuse of children is a grave and pervasive problem and that child molesters are predators who compulsively repeat their crimes and have little hope of cure. Yet as recently as twenty years ago many experts viewed the problem...- $42.00
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Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History
In Mystics and Messiahs--the first full account of cults and anti-cult scares in American history--Philip Jenkins shows that, contrary to popular belief, cults were by no means an invention of the 1960s. In fact, most of the frightening images and stereotypes surrounding fringe religious...- $19.99
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Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis
This volume takes a close, dispassionate look at the entire history of the issue of sexual abuse among the clergy, and especially among the Roman Catholic clergy. From the first rumblings to today's headlines, Philip Jenkins has written a fascinating, exhaustive, and, above all,...- $39.95
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Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis
If we can believe the six o'clock news, there has been an epidemic of sexual abuse among the clergy, and especially among the Roman Catholic clergy. We have certainly seen many well-publicized cases, with front-page photos of priests led off to jail, and television...- $30.00
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Rethinking a Nation: The United States in the 21st Century
The US continues to be the world's most powerful nation, an enormous driver of culture and technology. The present century has witnessed many momentous (and controversial) developments, the full significance of which may take many years to assess. Rethinking a Nation offers an ambitious,...- $32.95
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The Great and Holy War: How World War I Became a Religious Crusade
The Great and Holy War offers the first look at how religion created and prolonged the First World War. At the one-hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the war, historian Philip Jenkins reveals the powerful religious dimensions of this modern-day crusade, a period that...- $15.99
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The Great and Holy War: How World War I Changed Religion for Ever
Author: Philip JenkinsISBN-10: 0745956734ISBN-13: 9780745956732Publisher: Lion BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/17/2015Pages: 448Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsAbout the AuthorPhilip Jenkins ============== Philip Jenkins is the Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University. He has published articles and op-ed pieces in The Wall Street...- $12.95
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The Lunch Ladies: Cultivating an Actsmosphere
People matter. Souls matter. And when we stop to pay attention, lives are changed forever. "In your hands you hold a written description of an amazing godly solution to transforming apathetic cultures into vibrant, living reflections of Christ." -from the foreword by David Shannon...- $15.00
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The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Anti-Catholicism has a long history in America. And as Philip Jenkins argues in The New Anti-Catholicism, this virulent strain of hatred--once thought dead--is alive and well in our nation, but few people seem to notice, or care. A statement that is seen as racist,...- $19.99
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The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South
Named one of the top religion books of 2002 by USA Today, Philip Jenkins' phenomenally successful The Next Christendom permanently changed the way people think about Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Now, in this brilliant sequel, Jenkins takes a much closer look...- $15.95
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The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
In this new and substantially expanded Third Edition, Philip Jenkins continues to illuminate the remarkable expansion of Christianity in the global South--in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Drawing upon the extensive new scholarship that has appeared on this topic in recent years, he asks...- $23.95
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