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TITLE: I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
AUTHOR: Austin Channing Brown WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 305.8 Bro SUMMARY: An eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female in middle-class white America. |
TITLE: Once Was Lost
AUTHOR: Sara Zarr WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Zar - NOVELS SUMMARY: As the tragedy of a missing girl enfolds in her small town, fifteen-year-old Samara, who feels emotionally abandoned by her parents, begins to question her faith. |
TITLE: Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America
AUTHOR: R. Eric Thomas WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 814 Tho SUMMARY: R. Eric Thomas didn't know he was different until the world told him so. Everywhere he went--whether it was his rich, mostly white, suburban high school, his conservative Black church, or his Ivy League college in a big city--he found himself on the outside looking in. In essays by turns hysterical and heartfelt, Eric redefines what it means to be an "other" through the lens of his own life experience. |
TITLE: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
AUTHOR: Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with Douglas Abrams WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 294.34 Dal SUMMARY: Two leading spiritual masters share their hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity, sharing personal stories and teachings about the science of profound happiness and the daily practices that anchor their emotional and spiritual lives. |
TITLE: The Poet X
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Acevedo WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Ace - NOVELS SUMMARY: The daughter of devout immigrants discovers the power of slam poetry and begins participating in a school club as part of her effort to understand her mother's strict religious beliefs and her own developing relationship to the world. |
TITLE: The Year of Living Biblically : One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
AUTHOR: A. J. Jacobs WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 220 Jac SUMMARY: The author describes his experiences after an increasing interest in the relevance of faith in the modern world led him to spend a year following the Bible as closely as possible, honoring not only the Ten Commandments, but also little-known rules such as playing a ten-stringed harp and growing a beard. |
TITLE: Does My Head Look Big in This?
AUTHOR: Randa Abdel-Fattah WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Abd - NOVELS SUMMARY: Year eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith-without losing her identity or sense of style. |
TITLE: Annexed
AUTHOR: Sharon Dogar WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Dog - HISTORICAL SUMMARY: A fictional account of life with Anne Frank hidden in the secret annex from Peter's point-of-view, following as he becomes closer with Anne, begins to question his own religion, and is forced to suppress his own desires to join the fight. |
TITLE: Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
AUTHOR: Jon Krakauer WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 289.3 Kra SUMMARY: Traces the events that surrounded the 1984 murder of a woman and her child by fundamentalist Mormons Ron and Dan Lafferty, exploring the belief systems and traditions that mark the faith's most extreme factions. |
TITLE: The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently
AUTHOR: Tony Dungy WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 158.4 Dun SUMMARY: Draws on biblical principles to offer insights into the key concepts of mentor leadership, focusing on the importance of building meaningful relationships with others to significantly impact team performance. |
TITLE: The Screwtape Letters
AUTHOR: C. S. Lewis WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 248.4 Lew SUMMARY: A series of congenial letters from Screwtape, an elderly devil, advising his nephew Wormwood, an apprentice devil, how to corrupt his earthly "patient." |
TITLE: World Religions
AUTHOR: John Bowker WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 200 Bow SUMMARY: Presents illustrated explorations of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Chinese and Japanese religions, native religions, and ancient religions, covering their origins, deities, sacred texts, and major concepts and beliefs. |
TITLE: Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet
AUTHOR: Joanne Proulx WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Pro - NOVELS SUMMARY: Luke, a seventeen-year-old from a small Michigan town, embarks on a personal struggle with spirituality, love, and responsibility after foretelling a friend's death. |
TITLE: Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life
AUTHOR: Ezra Bayda WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 294.3 Bay SUMMARY: Shows how to apply Zen Buddhist principles to everyday life and includes techniques on the practice of Zen meditation. |
TITLE: The Essential Gandhi : An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas
AUTHOR: Mahatma Gandhi WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 954.03 Gah SUMMARY: Gandhi's most intimate thoughts about life are revealed in these excerpts from his great body of writings, which includes the author's ideas and beliefs on politics, spirituality, poverty, suffering, love, nonviolence, civil disobedience, and his own life. |
TITLE: God Is Red: A Native View of Religion
AUTHOR: Vine Deloria, Jr. WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 299 Del SUMMARY: Presents a comprehensive study of Native American religious views and argues that contemporary Christianity has failed in modern society. |
TITLE: The History of God : The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
AUTHOR: Karen Armstrong WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 291.2 Arm SUMMARY: Explores the evolution of the idea and experience of God, from Abraham to the present day. |
TITLE: The Battle for God
AUTHOR: Karen Armstrong WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 200 Arm SUMMARY: Reveals how the fundamentalist movements in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam were born out of a dread of modernity. |