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24) Luther
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Martin Luther challenges the government and the church in 16th century Germany in what becomes known as the Protestant Reformation.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Of all the peoples who fought for supremacy on the vast eastern European plain, the Slavs have proved the most enduring. They spread out from homelands beyond the Carpathian Mountains, settling territory south into the Balkans and as far west as the Elbe River. Equally impressive is their spiritual journey which began with the worship of ancient pagan gods and matured with the dawn of the Christian age. Tales from this volume include the vampire whose...
27) Saudi Arabia
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes how the culture of Saudi Arabia is reflected in its many festivals, including Eid al-Fit, Eid al-Adha, and the Jinadriyah National Festival.
Author
Pub. Date
2019; reprint 2020
Description
Not by Might, Nor by Power is the only authorized autobiographical series of Lonnie Frisbee, an evangelist, missionary, and the original "hippy preacher" of the late 1960s and early 1970s. In Book One, The Jesus Revolution, Lonnie opens up about the brokenness that marked his early life, his experimentation with drugs and different forms of spirituality, and his radical conversion to Christianity. After beginning his groundbreaking ministry amid...
Author
Pub. Date
2012 reprint 2020
Description
In Book One, The Jesus Revolution, Lonnie opens up about the brokenness that marked his early life, his experimentation with drugs and different forms of spirituality, and his radical conversion to Christianity. After beginning his groundbreaking ministry amid the craziness of the Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, Lonnie heads south to minister alongside Chuck Smith at a small church called Calvary Chapel. A major revival occurs among the youth in...
Pub. Date
©2008.
Description
From the Publisher: Since September 11, 2001, Muslims in the United States have become the subject of genuine curiosity and compassion as well as increased government surveillance and harassment. Who are these Muslims? What is their history, and where do they come from? Do they share a common culture? Do they vary in their beliefs? Bringing together an unusually personal collection of essays and documents from an incredibly diverse group of Americans...
Author
Series
Llewellyn's little books volume 15
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"A pocket-size guide to the history, customs, activities, crafts, and recipes of the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"In his Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln said both North and South "read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other." Lincoln quoted several biblical texts in this address - which, according to Frederick Douglass, "sounded more like a sermon than a state paper." The Bible, as Lincoln's famous speech illustrated, saturated the Civil War. In this book, James Byrd offers the most thorough analysis yet...
37) India
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes how the culture of India is reflected in its festivals.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"It's Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and children throughout the pueblo, or town, are getting ready to celebrate! They decorate with colored streamers, calaveras, or sugar skulls, and pan de muertos, or bread of the dead. There are altars draped in cloth and covered in marigolds and twinkling candles. Music fills the streets. Join the fun and festivities, learn about a different cultural tradition, and brush up on your Spanish vocabulary, as...
40) The church
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"A social history of Elizabethan England, focusing on the role religion played in the lives of the both the powerful and the ordinary people who lived in England during the famous monarch's reign: 1558-1603"--Provided by publisher.