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The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution by Carl R. Trueman, Rod Dreher
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsModern culture is obsessed with identity.Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in 2015, sexual identity has dominated both public discourse and cultural trends--and yet, no historical phenomenon is its own cause. From Augustine to Marx, various views and perspectives have contributed to the modern understanding of self...Categorized as:
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![Islam Between East and West by Alija Izetbegović]()
Islam Between East and West by Alija Izetbegović
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIslam between east and west is not a book of theology, it deal with dogmas, institutions and teachings of Islam with the aim of establishing the place of Islam in the general spectrum of ideas... -
![The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake by Steven Novella]()
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake by Steven Novella
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking in the popular "The Skeptics Guide to the Universe" podcast's dryly humorous, accessible style.It's intimidating to realize that we live in a world overflowing with misinformation, bias, myths, deception, and flawed knowledge...Categorized as:
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![The Essential Alan Watts by Alan W. Watts, Mark Watts]()
The Essential Alan Watts by Alan W. Watts, Mark Watts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"For more than twenty years [circa 1977] Alan Watts earned a reputation as one of the foremost interpreters of Eastern philosophies to the West. Beginning at the age of 20, when he wrote The Spirit of Zen, he developed an audience of millions who were enriched by his book, tape recordings, radio, television, and public lectures.Just before his death he completed the project most dear to his heart...Categorized as:
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![One Day at a Time in Al-Anon by Al-Anon Family Groups]()
One Day at a Time in Al-Anon by Al-Anon Family Groups
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne Day at a Time in Al-AnonAl-Anon Family Group... -
![The Great Partnership: Science, Religion, and the Search for Meaning by Jonathan Sacks]()
The Great Partnership: Science, Religion, and the Search for Meaning by Jonathan Sacks
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn impassioned, erudite, thoroughly researched, and beautifully reasoned book from one of the most admired religious thinkers of our time that argues not only that science and religion are compatible, but that they complement each other—and that the world needs both...Categorized as:
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![Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality by Nancy R. Pearcey]()
Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality by Nancy R. Pearcey
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAre transgender people discovering their authentic self? Is the hookup culture really liberating? Does abortion lead to equality for women? Does homosexuality contradict our biological sex?In Love Thy Body, bestselling and award-winning author Nancy Pearcey takes on the hard questions about life and sexuality...Categorized as:
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![The Joyous Science by Friedrich Nietzsche]()
The Joyous Science by Friedrich Nietzsche
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Joyous Science is a liberating voyage of discovery as Nietzsche's realization that 'God is dead' and his critique of morality, the arts and modernity give way to an exhilarating doctrine of self-emancipation and the concept of eternal recurrence. Here is Nietzsche at his most personal and affirmative; in his words, this is a book of 'exuberance, restlessness, contrariety and April showers'... -
![Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success by Napoleon Hill, Mark Victor Hansen]()
Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success by Napoleon Hill, Mark Victor Hansen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNapoleon Hill wrote this book in 1938, just after publication of his all-time bestseller, Think and Grow Rich. This powerful tale has never been published, considered too controversial by his family and friends... -
![The Betrayal Bind: How to Heal When the Person You Love the Most Hurts You the Worst by Michelle Mays]()
The Betrayal Bind: How to Heal When the Person You Love the Most Hurts You the Worst by Michelle Mays
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when your partner, your primary person, in an instant, becomes a source of danger and pain?The Betrayal Bind introduces new language, concepts, and imagery to explore the crucial relational dilemma that betrayed partners face when their significant other is unsafe to connect to, yet connection is the key to healing... -
![Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy by Francis Fukuyama]()
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy by Francis Fukuyama
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern stateWriting in The Wall Street Journal, David Gress called Francis Fukuyama's Origins of Political Order "magisterial in its learning and admirably immodest in its ambition...Categorized as:
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![Tactics, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl]()
Tactics, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn a world indifferent or even opposed to Christian truth, followers of Christ must be better equipped to communicate the timeless of the Christian faith...Categorized as:
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![Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe]()
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUnited Nations Champion of the Earth, climate scientist, and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe changes the debate on how we can save our future in this nationally bestselling “optimistic view on why collective action is still possible—and how it can be realized” (The New York Times)... -
![Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology by Marie-Louise von Franz]()
Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology by Marie-Louise von Franz
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was the genius of C.G. Jung to discover in the "holy technique" of alchemy a parallel to the psychological individuation process. This book, by Jung's long-time friend and coworker, completely demystifies the subject...Categorized as:
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![Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth: 12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social Justice by Thaddeus Williams, John M. Perkins]()
Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth: 12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social Justice by Thaddeus Williams, John M. Perkins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGod does not suggest, he commands that we do justice. Social justice is not optional for the Christian. All injustice affects others, so talking about justice that isn't social is like talking about water that isn't wet or a square with no right angles. But the Bible's call to seek justice is not a call to superficial, kneejerk activism...Categorized as:
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![Human, All Too Human by Friedrich Nietzsche]()
Human, All Too Human by Friedrich Nietzsche
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHuman, All Too Human (1878) is often considered the start of Friedrich Nietzsche’s mature period. A complex work that explores many themes to which Nietzsche later returned, it marks a significant departure from his previous thinking. Here Nietzsche breaks with his early allegiance to Schopenhauer and Wagner, and establishes the overall framework of his later philosophy...Categorized as:
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![The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist]()
The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhy is the brain divided? The difference between right & left hemispheres has been puzzled over for centuries. In a book of unprecedented scope, McGilchrist draws on a vast body of recent brain research, illustrated with case histories, to reveal that the difference is profound—not just this or that function, but two whole, coherent, but incompatible ways of experiencing the world...Categorized as:
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![Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties by Paul Johnson]()
Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties by Paul Johnson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCovers a seventy year span in chronological essays. Includes end notes and master index...Categorized as:
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![A Short History of Decay by Emil M. Cioran]()
A Short History of Decay by Emil M. Cioran
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"In the fact of being born there is such an absence of necessity that when you think about it a little more than usual you are left... with a foolish grin" -E.M. CioranE.M. Cioran confronts the place of today's world in the context of human history. He focuses on such major issues of the twentieth century as human progress, fanaticism, and science... -
![You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love by Allie Beth Stuckey]()
You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love by Allie Beth Stuckey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIs the pressure to "lean in," "wash your face," and believe you are a "badass" actually making you miserable? Well, there's good news: you don't have to give in. When faced with disappointment, self-doubt, and failure, we rely on positivity mantras and upbeat Bible verses to relieve our anxiety...Categorized as:
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![Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist by Walter Kaufmann]()
Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist by Walter Kaufmann
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis classic is the benchmark against which all modern books about Nietzsche are measured. When Walter Kaufmann wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany viewed Nietzsche as part madman, part proto-Nazi, and almost wholly unphilosophical...Categorized as:
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![At Home in the World: Stories and Essential Teachings from a Monk's Life by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis]()
At Home in the World: Stories and Essential Teachings from a Monk's Life by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis collection of autobiographical and teaching stories from peace activist and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is thought provoking, inspiring, and enjoyable to read. Collected here for the first time, these stories span the author’s life. There are stories from Thich Nhat Hanh’s childhood and the traditions of rural Vietnam...Categorized as:
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![سیطره کمیت و علائم آخرالزمان by René Guénon]()
سیطره کمیت و علائم آخرالزمان by René Guénon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Reign of Quantity gives a concise but comprehensive view of the present state of affairs in the world, as it appears from the point of view of the 'ancient wisdom', formerly common both to the East and to the West, but now almost entirely lost sight of...Categorized as:
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![To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche by Erich Fromm]()
To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche by Erich Fromm
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTo Have Or to Be? is one of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century. Nothing less than a manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet, this book is a summary of the penetrating thought of Eric Fromm...Categorized as:
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![The Lonely Man of Faith by Joseph B. Soloveitchik]()
The Lonely Man of Faith by Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJoseph B. Soloveitchik, the rabbi known as “The Rav” by his followers worldwide, was a leading authority on the meaning of Jewish law and prominent force in building bridges between traditional Orthodox Judaism and the modern world...Categorized as:
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![Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments, Volume 1 by Søren Kierkegaard]()
Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments, Volume 1 by Søren Kierkegaard
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Philosophical Fragments the pseudonymous author Johannes Climacus explored the question: What is required in order to go beyond Socratic recollection of eternal ideas already possessed by the learner? Written as an afterword to this work, Concluding Unscientific Postscript is on one level a philosophical jest, yet on another it is Climacus's characterization of the subjective thinker's... -
![The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century by Peter Watson]()
The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century by Peter Watson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom Freud to Babbitt, from Animal Farm to Sartre to the Great Society, from the Theory of Relativity to counterculture to Kosovo, The Modern Mind is encyclopedic, covering the major writers, artists, scientists, and philosophers who produced the ideas by which we live...Categorized as:
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![The Authoritarians by Bob Altemeyer]()
The Authoritarians by Bob Altemeyer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBob Altemeyer—author of Atheists and The Authoritarian Specter —gives a readable analysis of the nature of authoritarianism and its current impact on American politics.Full text available at theauthoritarians.org...Categorized as:
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Aquinas by Edward Feser
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCharting the life and thought of this hugely influential medieval thinker.One of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the history of Western thought, St Thomas Aquinas established the foundations for much of modern philosophy of religion, and is infamous for his arguments for the existence of God... -
![Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein]()
Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth...Categorized as:
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