<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Secularism."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Secularism."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/mymcpl/rss/search?query=%22Secularism.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:40:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The Sacredness of Secular Work]]></title><description><![CDATA["From a leading voice in the faith and work movement and author of Redeeming Your Time comes the revolutionary message that God sees our daily work-in whatever form it takes-with far more value than we ever imagined"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4473435</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4473435</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raynor, Jordan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4473435110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>4 Ways your Job Matters for Eternity (even When You&apos;re Not Sharing the Gospel)</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593193099/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=o1401056197</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond Religion]]></title><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C2407628</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C2407628</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bstan-Êơdzin-rgya-mtsho]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2407628110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Ethics for A Whole World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780547636351/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's Best Idea]]></title><description><![CDATA[A historian and ordained Episcopal priest offers everything you need to know for shaping and defending your own beliefs on the role of religion in American life. Filled with stories from America's struggle for religious freedom most readers have never heard before and perfect for fans of Jesus and John Wayne and On Tyranny. The 1st Amendment to the US Constitution codified the principle that government should play no role in favoring or supporting any religion, while allowing free exercise of all religions (including unbelief). More than 200 years later, the results from this experiment are overwhelming: The separation of church and state has shielded the government from religious factionalism, and the United States boasts a diverse religious culture unmatched in the world. But changes have been taking place at an accelerating pace in recent years. The current Supreme Court has shifted away from excluding the influence and practice of religion at public institutions and in our laws and policies, and moved dramatically toward protecting the inclusion and promotion of religion in publicly funded undertakings. Moreover, adherents to a Christian Nationalism ideology have grown more vocal and emboldened, and are increasingly moving into positions of power. Randall Balmer, one of the premier historians of religion in America, reviews both the history of the separation of church and state and various attempts to undermine that wall. Despite the fact that the 1st Amendment and the separation of church and state has served the nation remarkably well, he argues, its future is by no means assured.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4652164</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4652164</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Balmer, Randall Herbert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4652164110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Separation of Church and State</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781586424145/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1482060336</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Eclipse of God]]></title><description><![CDATA["Erwin Lutzer exposes the ways mankind has sought to replace God and exhorts the church to stay true to Him. This timely and practical book will deepen your dependence on God and empower you to proclaim the light of truth in a culture of darkness"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4623960</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4623960</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lutzer, Erwin W.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4623960110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780736989664/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1424723290</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crafting Meaningful Wedding Rituals]]></title><description><![CDATA[The trend towards a more secular culture in Western society means that there can be greater flexibility in a wedding ceremony, but couples are often faced with the challenge of preparing a meaningful celebration outside the traditional religious framework. This hands-on, practical guide demonstrates how to approach and prepare a secular wedding ceremony that honours a couple's relationship with honest vows and rituals true to their shared values. In addition, it provides guidance on structuring a ceremony for couples that come from very different cultural or spiritual backgrounds. Includes the tools necessary for the creation of a ceremony, such as a Ritual Identity Questionnaire, checklists, and many other resources.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3812496</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3812496</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon-Lennox, Jeltje]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3812496110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Practical Guide</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781785923906/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confessions of A Secular Jesus Follower]]></title><description><![CDATA[What gives a life meaning? What constitutes a life well led? Krattenmaker believes inspiration might best be found in the figure of Jesus-- not only as a good example and teacher, but Jesus as the primary guide for one's life. He shows that in Jesus, nonreligious people like himself can find unique and compelling wisdom on how to honor the humanity in ourselves and others, how to build more peaceful lives, how generosity can help people and communities create more abundance, how to break free from self-defeating behaviors, and how to tip the scales toward justice.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3442387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3442387</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Krattenmaker, Tom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3442387110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Finding Answers in Jesus for Those Who Don&apos;t Believe</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101906422/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living the Secular Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[A sociology professor examines the demographic shift that has led more Americans than ever before to embrace a nonreligious life and highlights the inspirational stories and beliefs that empower modern-day secular culture.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3091625</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3091625</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zuckerman, Phil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3091625110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>New Answers to Old Questions</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781594205088/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Secular Age]]></title><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C1267038</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C1267038</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taylor, Charles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1267038110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780674986916/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living in Wonder]]></title><description><![CDATA["Join the bestselling author of The Benedict Option and Live Not by Lies on an exploration of the mystery and meaning of the supernatural world and discover that the universe is not what we think it is: it is far more strange, exciting, connected, and adventurous.The West has become "disenchanted"--closed to the idea that the universe contains the supernatural, the metaphysical, or the non-material. Christianity is in crisis. People today are leaving the Church because faith has become dry and lifeless. But people aren't leaving faith for atheism. They are still searching for the divine, and it might just be right under their noses.In Living in Wonder, thought leader, cultural critic, and New York Times bestselling author Rod Dreher shows you how to encounter and embrace wonder in the world. In his trademark mixture of analysis, reporting, and personal story, Dreher brings together history, cultural anthropology, neuroscience, and the ancient Church to show you--no matter your religious affiliation--how to reconnect with the natural world and the Great Tradition of Christianity so you can relate to the world with more depth and connection.He shares stories of miracles, rumors of angels, and outbreaks of awe to offer hope, as well as a guide for discerning and defending the truth in a confusing and spiritually dark culture, full of contemporary spiritual deceptions and tempting counterfeit spiritualities.The world is not what we think it is. It is far more mysterious, exciting, connected, and adventurous. As you learn practical ways to regain a sense of wonder and awaken your sense of God's presence--through prayer, attention, and living by spiritual disciplines--your eyes will be opened, and you will find the very thing every one of us searches for: our ultimate meaning"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4609886</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4609886</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dreher, Rod]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4609886110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Finding Mystery and Meaning in A Secular Age</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780310369127/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=o1443490034</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into the Headwinds]]></title><description><![CDATA["An inquiry into faith in a society of declining religious affiliation, in which the authors engage with prevailing cultural myths inimical to faith-most notably rationalism and scientism"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4387478</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4387478</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Givens, Terryl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4387478110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Why Belief Has Always Been Hard-and Still Is</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780802882431/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=o1294288945</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Church of Saint Thomas Paine]]></title><description><![CDATA["The forgotten story of the nineteenth-century freethinkers and twentieth-century humanists who tried to build their own secular religionIn The Church of Saint Thomas Paine, Leigh Eric Schmidt tells the surprising story of how freethinking liberals in nineteenth-century America promoted a secular religion of humanity centered on the deistic revolutionary Thomas Paine (1737-1809) and how their descendants eventually became embroiled in the culture wars of the late twentieth century.After Paine's remains were stolen from his grave in New Rochelle, New York, and shipped to England in 1819, the reverence of his American disciples took a material turn in a long search for his relics. Paine's birthday was always a red-letter day for these believers in democratic cosmopolitanism and philanthropic benevolence, but they expanded their program to include a broader array of rites and ceremonies, particularly funerals free of Christian supervision. They also worked to establish their own churches and congregations inwhich to practice their religion of secularism.All of these activities raised serious questions about the very definition of religion and whether it included nontheistic fellowships and humanistic associations-a dispute that erupted again in the second half of the twentieth century. As right-wing Christians came to see secular humanism as the most dangerous religion imaginable, small communities of religious humanists, the heirs of Paine's followers, were swept up in new battles about religion's public contours and secularism's moral perils.An engrossing account of an important but little-known chapter in American history, The Church of Saint Thomas Paine reveals why the lines between religion and secularism are often much blurrier than we imagine"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4193425</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4193425</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Schmidt, Leigh Eric]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4193425110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Religious History of American Secularism</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780691217253/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1240576067</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secularism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Secularism, the belief that religion should not be part of the affairs of the state, is an increasingly divisive topic. More than ever before, it is debated and criticized, as secular republics such as India and France face challenges from the resurgence of religious identity politics; while religious states like those of the Arab world enter into conflict with insurgent secularists. Andrew Copson tells the story of secularism from its origins in Europe and Asia to today. Throughout, he considers secularism's role in some of the most contentious political and legal issues of our time: blasphemy, apostasy, religious persecution, religious schools, and freedom of belief and thought.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3851393</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3851393</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Copson, Andrew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3851393110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780198747222/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1077788633</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[The philosopher and critic Martin Ha̿gglund believes that we need a new way of thinking about faith. In contrast to the traditional religious faith in eternity, he proposes a secular faith in the value of living in time. He argues that the concept of an eternal heaven actually renders our mortal life meaningless since it assumes that our ultimate aims should be to escape it. Engaging writers and thinkers as diverse as C. S. Lewis, Kierkegaard, St. Augustine, Nietzsche, Martin Luther, and even Karl Ove Knausgaard, Ha̿gglund provides not only a critique of religious ideals, but also a positive, alternative understanding of the beliefs and values that can motivate us to live lives of meaning in the here and now.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3773428</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3773428</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ha̿gglund, Martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3773428110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101870402/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1052904640</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Good Faith]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part memoir, part cultural exploration, this book covers the author's journey as she grows up in an evangelical Christian home, leaves religion behind as a young adult, and goes on to raise children in a family outside of religious belief. Maria Polonchek weaves a personal story with up-to-date studies and philosophic exploration of what it means to raise secular children in an otherwise religious world. Offering careful and respectful advice for other parents who are raising their children outside of a particular religious belief system, she explores the many other ways of instilling identity, belonging, and meaning into our lives and the lives of children. Honest and irreverent, the author admits to her religious "baggage" and searches for better understanding of such topics as religious education, morality, awe, death, purpose, and meaning, and tradition from secular perspectives. She interviews experts, looks at various studies, and turns to a variety of sources for answers, while maintaining a casual and personal tone. While she ultimately argues for parents to let their children shape their own beliefs, she encourages families to tend to existential and social needs that sometimes go unnoticed or unconsidered in life outside religion.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3545119</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3545119</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Polonchek, Maria]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3545119110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Secular Parenting in A Religious World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781442270664/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=969829352</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonbeliever Nation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today's culture wars are more heated than ever. Education, public policy, and the separation between church and state have become a battlefield, and many are frustrated with the success the Religious Right has had in shaping the national agenda, from putting the brakes on gay marriage in California to stripping textbooks in Texas of references to Thomas Jefferson. But today, a growing nonreligious minority, nearly 20 percent of Americans, are finally organizing and taking explicit political positions. In Nonbeliever Nation, David Niose argues that America was never in fact a Christian nation and shows how the Religious Right successfully took control of the social and political narrative. He takes us across the country to meet the secular groups now forming in opposition to that force--from humanist gatherings to the rise of the New Atheists to the explosion of secular groups on college and even high school campuses. Niose discusses their political goals, including lobbying efforts, legal strategies, and outreach through advertising and education, and what still needs to be done to make the secular voice a gamechanger in American politics.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C2542110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C2542110</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niose, David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2542110110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Rise of Secular Americans</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780230338951/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=760974923</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secularism & Nonreligion]]></title><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4176372</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4176372</guid><category><![CDATA[EJ]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4176372110</comments><format>EJ</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=&amp;issn=20536712/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=ssj0001586572&amp;upc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond Religion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, in his best selling Ethics for a New Millennium, His Holiness the Dalai Lama first proposed an approach to ethics based on universal rather than religious principles. Now, in Beyond Religion, he elaborates and deepens his vision for the nonreligious way. A blueprint for all those who may choose not to identify with a religious tradition, yet still yearn for a life of spiritual fulfillment as they work for a better world.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C2483436</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C2483436</guid><category><![CDATA[BOOK_CD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2483436110</comments><format>BOOK_CD</format><subtitle>Ethics for A Whole World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781455854264/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=757556382</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Inquiry]]></title><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4171278</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4171278</guid><category><![CDATA[EJ]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4171278110</comments><format>EJ</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=ssj0012564&amp;upc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children of the Book]]></title><description><![CDATA[Children of the Book is a reflective memoir in which Ilana Kurshan explores the profound role that reading has played in her life as both a passionate reader and a parent. Living in Jerusalem with her five children, Kurshan grapples with balancing her love of literature with the busy realities of family life. Through sharing sacred and secular texts; she discovers how stories connect her to her children, shape their family rhythms, and guide them through the stages of growing up. Structured around the five books of the Torah, the book draws parallels between biblical narrative and everyday parenthood, celebrating how shared reading becomes a foundation for family bonds and individual growth.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4653856</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4653856</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurshan, Ilana]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4653856110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Reading Together</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250288264/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1452443807</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heretic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ayaan Ali Hirsi makes a powerful case that a religious Reformation is the only way to end the terrorism, sectarian warfare and the repression of women and minorities that each year claim thousands of lives throughout the Muslim world.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3111799</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3111799</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hirsi Ali, Ayaan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3111799110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Why Islam Needs A Reformation Now</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062333933/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heretic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continuing her journey from a deeply religious Islamic upbringing to a post at Harvard, the brilliant, charismatic and controversial New York Times and Globe and Mail #1 bestselling author of Infidel and Nomad makes a powerful plea for a Muslim Reformation as the only way to end the horrors of terrorism, sectarian warfare and the repression of women and minorities.
Today, she argues, the world's 1.6 billion Muslims can be divided into a minority of extremists, a majority of observant but peaceable Muslims and a few dissidents who risk their lives by questioning their own religion. But there is only one Islam and, as Hirsi Ali shows, there is no denying that some of its key teachings—not least the duty to wage holy war—are incompatible with the values of a free society. For centuries it has seemed as if Islam is immune to change. But Hirsi Ali has come to believe that a Muslim Reformation—a revision of Islamic doctrine aimed at reconciling the religion with modernity—is now at hand, and may even have begun. The Arab Spring may now seem like a political failure. But its challenge to traditional authority revealed a new readiness—not least by Muslim women—to think freely and to speak out.
Courageously challenging the jihadists, she identifies five key amendments to Islamic doctrine that Muslims have to make to bring their religion out of the seventh century and into the twenty-first. And she calls on the Western world to end its appeasement of the Islamists. "Islam is not a religion of peace," she writes. It is the Muslim reformers who need our backing, not the opponents of free speech.
Interweaving her own experiences, historical analogies and powerful examples from contemporary Muslim societies and cultures, Heretic is not a call to arms, but a passionate plea for peaceful change and a new era of global toleration. In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo murders, with jihadists killing thousands from Nigeria to Syria to Pakistan, this book offers an answer to what is fast becoming the world's number one problem.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C1681683</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C1681683</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hirsi Ali, Ayaan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1681683980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062333957/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waning Crescent]]></title><description><![CDATA["A compelling examination of the rise of Islam as a global historical actor. Until the nineteenth century, Islam was variously understood as a set of beliefs and practices. But after Muslims began to see their faith as an historical actor on the world stage, they needed to narrate Islam's birth anew as well as to imagine its possible death. Faisal Devji argues that this change, sparked by the crisis of Muslim sovereignty in the age of European empire, provided a way of thinking about agency in a global context: an Islam liberated from the authority of kings and clerics had the potential to represent the human race itself as a newly empirical reality. Ordinary Muslims, now recognized as the privileged representatives of Islam, were freed from traditional forms of Islamic authority."--Page [4] of cover.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4653902</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C4653902</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Devji, Faisal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4653902110</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Rise and Fall of Global Islam</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780300276633/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1534029078</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Headscarves]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the outside, Turkey has a thriving democracy, but there is a debate over laws that ban religious displays in government institutions. How much of a role should religion play in government? The hijab - traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women- spans both sides of this debate.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3061109</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3061109</guid><category><![CDATA[DATABASE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3061109110</comments><format>DATABASE</format><subtitle>Mosque and State in Turkey</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=100056290&amp;upc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Wasn't Always Dressed Like This]]></title><description><![CDATA[The veil is an object that tends to instigate profound and diverse feelings. Its practice and meaning have been greatly abused throughout history. Within the context of the West the question one might ask: "In a free country, why are women choosing to veil?" In a very intimate and meditative mode, three Muslim women reflect around issues of cultural memory, identity, self-censorship, feminism, politics and media. By appreciating the personal and experiential quality of veiling, this documentary is able to articulate critically and reflexively while challenging its popular perception.]]></description><link>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3061121</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S110C3061121</guid><category><![CDATA[DATABASE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mymcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3061121110</comments><format>DATABASE</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=/MC.GIF&amp;client=mconpublib&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=100056476&amp;upc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>