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Berkley Center Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: The Great Work: Our Way Into the Future, Thomas Berry

The Great Work: Our Way Into the Future

Thomas Berry
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#OnThisDay in 2019, the “Thomas Berry and ‘The Great Work’” conference examined the historian and public intellectual's contributions to the study of religions and cultures, Teilhardian studies, and #religions and #ecology. Watch on our website: https://t.co/9ibIkyqm6Z

Paperback, 2000

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War, Phil Klay

Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War

Phil Klay
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On April 18 join us for a conversation with @PhilKlay, American writer & author of Missionaries (2020) and Uncertain Ground (2022), moderated by Senior Fellow @Paul_R_Elie. Reception & book signing to follow. Details & RSVP: https://t.co/uFU2Epzg5Y

Paperback, Large Print, 2022

$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: We God's People, Jocelyne Cesari

We God's People

Jocelyne Cesari
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Senior Fellow @jocelyne_cesari discussed her book "We God's People" in @isanet's Religion & International Relations book talk series, describing the relevance of a national framework to understand today's role of religion in politics. https://t.co/lt9bRFHtAH

Paperback, 2021

$41.99$21.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis, John T. McGreevy

Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis

John T. McGreevy
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Drawing on his book "Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis," on April 5 @john_t_mcgreevy (@NotreDame) will explore the surprising history of Catholics and democracy in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. RSVP: https://t.co/9BK0UF9Wfk https://t.co/Qt7OZMDICa

Hardcover, 2022

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Kingdom of God Has No Borders: A Global History of American Evangelicals, Melani McAlister

The Kingdom of God Has No Borders: A Global History of American Evangelicals

Melani McAlister
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#OnThisDay in 2018, @MelaniMcA discussed her new book “The Kingdom of God Has No Borders,” offering a new perspective on conservative Christianity by shifting the lens to focus on the world outside U.S. borders. Watch on our website: https://t.co/CsxCblCh77

Paperback, 2022

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Missionaries, Phil Klay

Missionaries

Phil Klay
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On April 18 join us for a conversation with @PhilKlay, American writer & author of Missionaries (2020) and Uncertain Ground (2022), moderated by Senior Fellow @Paul_R_Elie. Reception & book signing to follow. Details & RSVP: https://t.co/uFU2Epzg5Y

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Godless Crusade, Tobias Cremer

The Godless Crusade

Tobias Cremer
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#ICYMI Watch @cremer_tobias and @JuddBirdsall discuss Cremer's new book, “The Godless Crusade,” based on interviews with 116 populist leaders, key policymakers & faith leaders on right-wing identity politics in the West. Video on our website: https://t.co/uds16Oq51G

Hardcover, 2023

$90.00$65.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance, Carolyn Forché

What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance

Carolyn Forché
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#OnThisDay in 2019 poet & activist Carolyn Forché (@GU_ENGL) had a conversation with BC fellows @Paul_R_Elie and Rev. David Hollenbach, S.J., about her memoir "What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance.” Watch on our website: https://t.co/6BcXz4aIg8

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy, Anthony M. Annett

Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy

Anthony M. Annett
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Author Anthony M. Annett discussed his book "Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy" in our March 2022 webinar with @Georgetown_UP. Watch his conversation with @EJDionne, Christine Firer Hinze, @TheKateWard, and Amy Uelmen: https://t.co/btYogEB6qa https://t.co/2g9LbBGkm8

Hardcover, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, Richard Rodriguez

Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez

Richard Rodriguez
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Tomorrow (Sept. 7) Senior Fellow @Paul_R_Elie will moderate a Zoom discussion with Richard Rodriguez, hosted by @americanpurpose, to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Rodriguez's book "Hunger of Memory" (1982). https://t.co/DHKTzHbDMC

Paperback, Mass Market, 1983

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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