Culture and Redemption: Religion, the Secular, and American Literature
By: Tracy Fessenden
3.67
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Many Americans wish to believe that the United States, founded in religious tolerance, has graduall…
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1. Orientalism
By: None , Edward W. Said
4.12
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the W… read more
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"Toda época y toda sociedad recrea sus «otros»."-None, Orientalism
"الإستشرق في جوهره مذهب سياسي فُرِضَ فَرْضاً على الشرق لأن الشرق كان أضعف من الغرب، وإنه تجاهل اختلاف الشرق الراجع إلى ضعفه."-None, Orientalism
"It seems a common human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human."-None, Orientalism
"إن مناقشات الشرق كانت تتسم بالغياب الكامل للشرق، لكن المرء يحس بأن المستشرق ومايقوله حاضران، ومع ذلك فيجب ألا ننسى أن الذي يمكِّن المستشرق من الحضور هو الغياب الفعلي للشرق."-None, Orientalism
2. Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them
By: Robert A. Orsi
3.47
Format: 1 pages, Paperback
Between Heaven and Earthexplores the relationships men, women, and children have formed with the Vi… read more
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3. Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity
By: None
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Opening with the provocative query "what might an anthropology of the secular look like?" this book… read more
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4. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
By: Max Weber , Michael D. Coe , Talcott Parsons , None
3.99
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
The Protestant ethic -- a moral code stressing hard work, rigorous self-discipline, and the organiz… read more
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5. Beloved
By: Toni Morrison
4.24
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a … read more
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6. The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism
By: Lerone A. Martin
3.94
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The shocking untold story of how the FBI partnered with white evangelicals to champion a vision of … read more
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7. The Myth of Colorblind Christians: Evangelicals and White Supremacy in the Civil Rights Era
By: Jesse Curtis
4.47
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Uncovers the hidden roots of white evangelicalism's contemporary racial crisis. The Myth of Colorb… read more
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8. Sincerely Held: American Secularism and Its Believers (Class 200: New Studies in Religion)
By: Charles McCrary
4.42
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
A novel account of the relationship between sincerity, religious freedom, and the secular in the Un… read more
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9. Consuming Religion (Class 200: New Studies in Religion)
By: Kathryn Lofton
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
What are you drawn to like, to watch, or even to binge? What are you free to consume, and what do y… read more
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10. Heathen: Religion and Race in American History
By: Kathryn Gin Lum
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An innovative history that shows how the religious idea of the heathen in need of salvation undergi… read more
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11. Culture and Redemption: Religion, the Secular, and American Literature
By: Tracy Fessenden
3.67
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Many Americans wish to believe that the United States, founded in religious tolerance, has graduall… read more
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