Religion, June 2018 | Best Sellers

by LJ Reviews
Jun 21, 2018 | Filed in Reviews+
August 2017 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
August 2017 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
  1. Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress Bucar, Elizabeth M. Harvard University Press 2017. ISBN 9780674976160. $29.95
  2. The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present Hutton, Ronald Yale University Press 2017. ISBN 9780300229042. $30
  3. Breaking White Supremacy: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel Dorrien, Gary Yale University Press 2018. ISBN 9780300205619. $45
  4. The Dawn of Christianity: People and Gods in a Time of Magic and Miracles Knapp, Robert C. Harvard University Press 2017. ISBN 9780674976467. $29.95
  5. The Meaning of Belief: Religion from an Atheist’s Point of View Crane, Tim Harvard University Press 2017. ISBN 9780674088832. $24.95
  6. Langston’s Salvation: American Religion and the Bard of Harlem Best, Wallace D. New York University Press 2017. ISBN 9781479834891. $35
  7. Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment Wright, Robert Simon & Schuster 2017. ISBN 9781439195451. $27
  8. A History of Judaism Goodman, Martin Princeton University Press 2018. ISBN 9780691181271. $39.95
  9. The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve Greenblatt, Stephen W.W. Norton 2017. ISBN 9780393240801. $27.95
  10. Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby Moss, Candida R. Princeton University Press 2017. ISBN 9780691177359. $29.95
  11. What the Qur’an Meant: And Why It Matters Wills, Garry Viking 2017. ISBN 9781101981023. $25
  12. The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World Ehrman, Bart D. Simon & Schuster 2018. ISBN 9781501136702. $28
  13. Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World Metaxas, Eric Viking 2017. ISBN 9781101980019. $30
  14. 1517: Martin Luther and the Invention of the Reformation Marshall, Peter Oxford University Press 2017. ISBN 9780199682010. $24.95
  15. On Faith and Science Larson, Edward J. Yale University Press 2017. ISBN 9780300216172. $30
  16. Religion: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters Smith, Christian Princeton University Press 2017. ISBN 9780691175416. $35
  17. Hasidism: A New History Biale, David Princeton University Press 2018. ISBN 9780691175157. $45
  18. Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War Between the Muslim World and the Global North Polk, William R. Yale University Press 2018. ISBN 9780300222906. $37.50
  19. God: A Human History Aslan, Reza Random House 2017. ISBN 9780553394726. $28
  20. The Practice of Islam in America: An Introduction Curtis, Edward E., IV New York University Press 2017. ISBN 9781479882670. $89
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