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general interest
New
2 American Prophets
lives of great religious Seven Religious Radicals and
books Their Struggle for Social and
Political Justice
4 Albert J. Raboteau
jewish studies New
This scholarly yet accessible
primer to the role of faith in the
Village Atheists
How Americas Unbelievers
9 lives of American activists chal-
Made Their Way in a Godly
history of religion & lenges contemporary notions of
Nation
comparative religion the role of religion in politics and
Leigh Eric Schmidt
argues that empathy is a critical
first step in addressing the suffer- This is a fresh, lively, discerning
13 account of popular freethought.
ing of others.
princeton studies in Schmidt shows how resilient
Publishers Weekly
muslim politics and resourceful have been the
The subjects [of American
minority of Americans who
Prophets] knew one another and
15 publicly refuse belief in God. Amid
participated, often shoulder-to-
jews, christians, and vehement efforts by the religious
shoulder, in events like the great
muslims from the majority to suppress them, these
southern civil rights marches and
ancient to the the anti-Vietnam War demonstra-
hated village atheists managed to
modern world tions of the 1960s. As important,
expand gradually the borders of
acceptable spiritual orientations.
they wrote, spoke, and guided the
16 movements. Let the study of them
Schmidts fascinating subjects are
american religion popular writers and cartoonists,
together start with these concise
not the scientists and philoso-
yet weighty appraisals.
phers that dominate our standard
18 Ray Olson, Booklist
secularization narrative.
religion & philosophy A momentous scholarly achieve- David A. Hollinger, University of
ment as well as a moving California, Berkeley
21 testimony to the human spirit,
Village Atheists reveals how the
index | order form American Prophets represents a
secularist vision for the United
major contribution to the history
States proved to be anything but
catalog cover artwork: King of religion in American politics.
triumphant and age-defining
David Playing a Harp, Miscel- This book is essential reading for
lany of biblical and other texts. for a country where faith and
anyone who is concerned about
France, Amiens, 127786. citizenship wereand still are
social justice, or who wants to
London, British Library, MS routinely interwoven.
Add. 11639, f. 117v. Featured on know what prophetic thought and
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American Jesuits and
After One-Hundred-and- Revelatory Events
the World
Twenty How an Embattled Religious
Three Case Studies of the
Reflecting on Death, Mourning, Emergence of New Spiritual
Order Made Modern
and the Afterlife in the Jewish Paths
Catholicism Global
Tradition Ann Taves
John T. McGreevy
Hillel Halkin Unseen presences. Apparitions.
Told through brilliantly rendered
Halkins frankness about his own Hearing voices. Although some
portraits, American Jesuits and the
difficulties in coming to terms people would find such experi-
World describes how European
with his parents deaths and tradi- ences to be distressing and seek
Jesuits, unmoored by revolution
tional Jewish rituals such as sitting clinical help, others perceive them
in their home countries, fled to
shiva helps make this nuanced as transformative. Occasionally,
the United States and from their
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new home contributed to shaping
affecting. rise to new spiritual paths or
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stunning achievement.
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Robert A. Orsi, author of History
of various Jewish ideas about human affairs.
and Presence
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New
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The Star and the Stripes
The Beginning of Politics A History of the Foreign
Power in the Biblical Book of New
Policies of American Jews
Samuel Trouble in the Tribe Michael N. Barnett
Moshe Halbertal & The American Jewish Conflict
Stephen Holmes over Israel An astute study that should pro-
Dov Waxman voke productive conversations.
By treating the author of Samuel
Stephen Darori, Israel Book
as an ancient Machiavelli, Halber- [A] detailed and meticulously bal-
Review
tal and Holmes enable readers to anced account. . . . Both Waxmans
approach the biblical story in a complex picture of American [A]n important book that shows
new way while enhancing their Jewry and the plea for critical how American Jews struggle with
understanding of the workings of engagement emerging from it and express their identities on a
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Steven Weitzman, author of Education Distressing. . . . [The Star and
Solomon: The Lure of Wisdom Trouble in the Tribe explores the the Stripes] deserves attention
The Beginning of Politics mines the increasingly contentious place of because the issues it raises should
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providing a forceful new reading growing numbers of American Council
of what is arguably the first and Jews have become less willing to How do American Jews envision
greatest work of Western political unquestioningly support Israel their role in the world? Are they
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Honorable Mention, 2015 PROSE Award in apart. Trouble in the Tribe explains Derek J. Penslar
Theology & Religious Studies, Association
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Forthcoming in Paperback
Whats Divine about
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Early Perspectives Human Nature & Jewish
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Judaisms Case for Why
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Formation of the Talmud
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Award in Scholarship, Jewish Book Council troubling, and thrilling.
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Daniel Boyarin, University of
writingsin this case, the sources
California, Berkeley
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The Love of God
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Jon D. Levenson Honorable Mention, 2011 PROSE Award Jesus in the Talmud
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New
Mother of Mercy, New
Bane of the Jews A Place at the Altar
Devotion to the Virgin Mary in New Priestesses in Republican
Anglo-Norman England In the Land of a Rome
Kati Ihnat Thousand Gods Meghan J. DiLuzio
A History of Asia Minor in the [A Place at the Altar] makes an
In Mother of Mercy, Bane of the
Ancient World important contribution toward
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Christian Marek a fuller account of the role of
deal, exploring liturgy, miracle
In collaboration with Peter Frei women in Roman religion.
tales, chronicles, and images with Translated by Steven Rendall Lora Holland, University of
equal authority and insight.
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of scholarship that should prove A Place at the Altar illuminates
God: A History of the Virgin Mary
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and the Jews, in consolidating her
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as the most popular saint of the
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Shahab Ahmed
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