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Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Fr. Raoul Plus, one of the most popular Catholic authors of the twentieth century, explains how the practice of everyday virtues-- gratitude, moderation, patience in suffering, pity for the afflicted, making good use of time-- is essential to producing supernatural benefits." [back cover]
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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Most of us live in a constant state of fear--of our past, of illness and aging and death, and of losing the things we treasure most. But it doesn't have to be this way, promises Zen master and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. Drawing on a lifetime of mindfulness in action, Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to use the practice of living in the present to acknowledge and embrace our fears, recognize their origins, and render them powerless. He guides us through...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more complex than the 'thorough' deist who emerges in his autobiography. As Thomas Kidd reveals, deist writers...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
For his show as Britain's representative at the 2001 Venice Biennale, Mark Wallinger brought together a typically eclectic group of sculptures, videos and installations. Like Ecce Homo, his much-loved life-size statue of Christ created for Trafalgar Square, the exhibition provoked and challenged and moved many of those who experienced it. Mark Wallinger's art is often witty and immediately accessible yet at the same time it engages with some of the...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In Rooted, cutting-edge science supports a truth that poets, artists, mystics, and earth-based cultures across the world have proclaimed over millennia: life on this planet is radically interconnected. Our bodies, thoughts, minds, and spirits are affected by the whole of nature, and they affect this whole in return. In this time of crisis, how can we best live upon our imperiled, beloved earth?"--Amazon.com
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