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[2009]
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Galileo Galilei is a seminal figure in the history of science. His 1633 trial before the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the prime drama in the history of the conflict between science and religion. In Galileo's day, Rome was the capital of a sovereign theocratic power, which in 1600 had executed Giordano Bruno on similar charges and reserved the right to torture Galileo. Galileo was then sixty-nine years old and the most venerated scientist in Italy....
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Pub. Date
c2011
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"For decades, Utah's polygamous families have sought to remain out of sight and out of mind. Men in particular risk prosecution and economic blacklisting when their multiple marriages become known. But now, Joe, Alina, Vickie and Valerie Darger will open up their lives in this personal book-length account of their lives. An attractive, suburban family that look like your average American, they live in the suburbs of Salt Lake City with twenty of their...
2105) Trump aftershock
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Pub. Date
2018
Description
"Explores Trump's effect on American culture from [an evangelical] perspective"--
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Rachel Scott was a typical teenage girl who was incredibly dedicated to following and serving Christ. On April 20, 1999, Rachel was killed at school at Columbine High while affirming that faith. This ed. contains an interview section showing how Rachel's faith has affected othe persons.
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Pub. Date
2015.
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"We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One Nation Under God, historian Kevin M. Kruse reveals that the idea of 'Christian America' is an invention--and a relatively recent one at that. As Kruse argues, the belief that America is fundamentally and formally a Christian nation originated in the 1930s when businessmen enlisted religious activists in their fight against FDR's New Deal. Corporations...
2111) Birds without wings
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Pub. Date
c2004
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During the final days of the Ottoman Empire, the young men of the village are instructed to battle the invading forces during the Great War and destroy the peace.
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Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"A history of religion's role in the American liberal tradition through the eyes of seven transformative thinkers. Today we associate liberal thought and politics with secularism. When we argue over whether the nation's founders meant to keep religion out of politics, the godless side is said to be liberal. But the role of religion in American politics has always been far more nuanced and complex than today's debates would suggest and closer to the...
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Series
Left Behind (Graphic novels). Left Behind volume 1
Left behind graphic novel volume 1, 1
Left Behind. Left Behind volume 1
Left behind graphic novel volume 1, 1
Left Behind. Left Behind volume 1
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Airline captain Rayford Steele, stunned when over one hundred passengers vanish from his plane in the blink of an eye, quickly realizes the Rapture his wife had been telling him about--an event in which Jesus would return to take his followers to Heaven before they die--had happened and he had been left behind.