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Author
Pub. Date
2010, ©2007.
Description
"Acts of Faith is a remarkable account of growing up Muslim in America and coming to believe in religious pluralism, from one of the most prominent faith leaders in the United States. Eboo Patel's story is a hopeful and moving testament to the power and passion of young people, and of the world-changing potential of an interfaith youth movement."--Publisher
43) Greece
Author
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes how the culture of Greece is reflected in its many festivals, including Independence Day, Carnival, and Pascha.
46) The unlikely peace at Cuchumaquic: the parallel lives of people as plants : keeping the seeds alive
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"A memoir, spiritual adventure story, and ecological fable, this book shares the message that plants and humanity are interconnected, and that the survival of one depends upon the other"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology. In Springfield, Massachusetts in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails, property vanishes, and people suffer convulsions as if possessed by demons. A woman is seen wading through the swamp like a lost soul. Disturbing dreams and visions proliferate....
48) Fiesta U.S.A
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Captures the spirit of four fiestas, Day of the Dead, Las Posadas, journey of Mary and Joseph and the dances of the Matachines
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
"This profoundly influential book re-examines events leading up to the Reformation and enriches our understanding of the period. It recreates lay people's experience of religion in the pre-Reformation church showing that late medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but was a strong and vigorous tradition, and that the Reformation represented a violent rupture from a popular and theologically respectable religious system. For this edition,...
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Documentary containing remarkable footage of the rites and liturgies surrounding and following the death of a Ladakhi elder. The Dalai Lama explains his own feelings about death, while other scenes within a palliative care hospice in San Francisco depict the use of the texts to counsel dying patients.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Myanmar (Burma): triumph of the spirit: Faith and quiet devotion is a way of life in this reclusive nation, once known as Burma, shackled by military dictatorship and repression. More than 85 percent of the population practice Buddhism. On the path to enlightenment, they make daily visits to such historic religious sites as the stunning Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
Bhutan: land of the thunder dragon: The image of Bhutan as a mythical Shangri-La still...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Myanmar (Burma): triumph of the spirit: Faith and quiet devotion is a way of life in this reclusive nation, once known as Burma, shackled by military dictatorship and repression. More than 85 percent of the population practice Buddhism. On the path to enlightenment, they make daily visits to such historic religious sites as the stunning Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
Bhutan: land of the thunder dragon: The image of Bhutan as a mythical Shangri-La still...
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
The film centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers (Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes) who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant. DVD format.
Pub. Date
2009
Description
New excavations are revealing more than we've ever known about what the Egyptians knew they'd encounter on their afterlife journey. Today, Dr. Zahi Hawass is excavating a mysterious tunnel at the very bottom of Seti's tomb, a perilous tunnel dug far below the surface of the Earth. On a true Indiana Jones-style quest, Dr. Hawass will put his own life in jeopardy for the sake of discovery