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Action & Adventure
When the world is ending, 18 year-old Quinn York's tourist shuttle to Mars unexpectedly crashes back to earth. He wakes up only remembering one name: Celeste. Knowing he has to find her at any cost, he sets off into the... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Passing the Plate shows that few American Christians donate generously to religious and charitable causes. This eye-opening book explores the reasons behind such ungenerous giving, the potential world-changing benefits of... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
A study of what motivates humans and the activity that gives rise to human social life and social structures. In his 2010 book What Is a Person?, Christian Smith argued that sociology had for too long neglected this... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Life for emerging adults is vastly different today than it was for their counterparts even a generation ago. Young people are waiting longer to marry, to have children, and to choose a career direction. As a result, they... See More
Religion & Spirituality
"An excellent study of evangelicalism" from the award-winning sociologist and author of Souls in Transition and Soul Searching (Library Journal). Evangelicalism is one of the strongest religious traditions in America... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Counter to popular perceptions, contemporary American sociology is and promotes a profoundly sacred project at heart. Sociology today is in fact animated by sacred impulses, driven by sacred commitments, and serves a sacred... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
How parents approach the task of passing on religious faith and practice to their children How do American parents pass their religion on to their children? At a time of overall decline of traditional religion and an... See More
Religion & Spirituality
What kind of animals are human beings? And how do our visions of the human shape our theories of social action and institutions? In Moral, Believing Animals, Christian Smith advances a creative theory of human persons and... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
What is a person? This fundamental question is a perennial concern of philosophers and theologians. But, Christian Smith here argues, it also lies at the center of the social scientist's quest to interpret and explain social... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Best Review at the Catholic Press Association Convention Studies of young American Catholics over the last three decades suggest a growing crisis in the Catholic Church: compared to their elders, young Catholics are looking... See More
Religion & Spirituality
What kind of animals are human beings? And how do our visions of the human shape our theories of social action and institutions? In Moral, Believing Animals, Christian Smith advances a creative theory of human persons and... See More
History
A comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Central America peace movement, Resisting Reagan explains why more than one hundred thousand U.S. citizens marched in the streets, illegally housed refugees, traveled to Central American... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
A groundbreaking new theory of religion Religion remains an important influence in the world today, yet the social sciences are still not adequately equipped to understand and explain it. This book builds on recent... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Through a nationwide telephone survey of 2,000 people and an additional 200 face-to-face interviews, Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith probed the grassroots of white evangelical America. They found that despite recent... See More
Religion & Spirituality
American Catholic universities and colleges are wrestling today with how to develop in ways that faithfully serve their mission in Catholic higher education without either secularizing or becoming sectarian. Major challenges... See More
Religion & Spirituality
In recent years atheism has become ever more visible, acceptable, and influential. Atheist apologists have become increasingly vociferous and confident in their claims: that a morality requiring benevolence towards all and... See More
Religion & Spirituality
In recent decades Protestant evangelicalism has become a conspicuous and--to many Americans, worrisome--part of this country's cultural and political landscape. But just how unified is the supposed constituency of the... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Determining why, when, and to whom people feel compelled to be generous affords invaluable insight into positive and problematic ways of life. Organ donation, volunteering, and the funding of charities can all be illuminated... See More
Weaving together the story of his fractured relationship to his mother with research into her paranormal abilities, Dr. Christian Smith has created, in The Scientist and the Psychic, a captivating, one-of-a-kind memoir of... See More
Religion & Spirituality
American evangelicalism has recently experienced a new openness to Roman Catholicism, and many evangelicals, both famous and ordinary, have joined the Catholic Church or are considering the possibility. This book helps... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Biblicism, an approach to the Bible common among some American evangelicals, emphasizes together the Bible's exclusive authority, infallibility, clarity, self-sufficiency, internal consistency, self-evident meaning, and... See More
Religion & Spirituality
How important is religion for young people in America today? What are the major influences on their developing spiritual lives? How do their religious beliefs and practices change as young people enter into... See More
Parenting & Relationships
In innumerable discussions and activities dedicated to better understanding and helping teenagers, one aspect of teenage life is curiously overlooked. Very few such efforts pay serious attention to the role of religion and... See More
Literature & FictionLittle Chris is a daydreamer. Through his big imagination, he has fun-filled adventures. This time, his ever vivid imaginations shows us an exciting day at the White House! See More
Children's eBooksLittle Chris is a big daydreamer. Through his vivid imagination, he enjoys an exciting adventure at the beach. See More
Politics & Social SciencesAre you tired of the poor management of power in our American government? Do you feel like their is nothing that can be done to fight against the corruption and greed that plagues our government? Well, their is! In this... See More
Science Fiction & FantasyJunior is a man who loves many things, but the one thing that he truly desires is to go on an globe trotting adventure. Unfortunately he never gets to go on any adventures, due to them all being taken by the cool guy... See More
Religion & Spirituality
A new examination of how and why American religious parents seek to pass on religion to their children The most important influence shaping the religious and spiritual lives of children, youth, and teenagers is their... See More