The Politics of Ritual
By: Molly Farneth
3.73
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
An illuminating look at the transformative role that rituals play in our political lives The Polit…
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By: Viet Thanh Nguyen
3.83
Format: 28 pages, Hardcover
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2. Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels
By: Pheme Perkins
3.48
Format: 93 pages, Hardcover
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By: Saul D. Alinsky
3.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
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By: James Baldwin
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
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By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
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6. Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject
By: Saba Mahmood
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Politics of Piety" is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnogra… read more
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7. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)
By: Travis Baldree
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we nee… read more
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8. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
By: David W. Blight
4.15
Format: 888 pages, Hardcover
As a young man, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was … read more
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"Douglass told white northern voters that 'The blood of the slave is on your garments. You have said that slavery is better than freedom. That war is better than peace. And that cruelty is better than…"-David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
9. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
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10. My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
By: Resmaa Menakem
4.40
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trau… read more
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3.86
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12. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions
By: Catherine Bell
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
From handshakes and toasts to chant and genuflection, ritual pervades our social interactions and r… read more
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13. The Politics of Ritual
By: Molly Farneth
3.73
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
An illuminating look at the transformative role that rituals play in our political lives The Polit… read more
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14. Fragile Finitude: A Jewish Hermeneutical Theology
By: Michael Fishbane
4.17
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The world we engage with is a vibrant collage brought to consciousness by language and our creative… read more
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15. Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism: History, Semiology, and Transgression in the Indian Traditions
By: Christian K. Wedemeyer
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
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16. Who Owns Religion?: Scholars and Their Publics in the Late Twentieth Century
By: Laurie L. Patton
3.27
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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