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    Book Reviews

    Got Religion?

    Got Religion?

    Author: Naomi Schaefer Riley
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion & Society
    The analysis in this book arises partly from changes in family formation where people in their 20s are now in a stage of emerging adult…… Read More »
    Hardwired to Heaven

    Hardwired to Heaven

    Author: Joan Cerio
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Science
    This interesting book written by a trained scientist has a very wide range of reference, but focuses mainly on the power of the heart as…… Read More »
    Magic In Christianity

    Magic In Christianity

    Author: Robert Conner
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religious Studies / History Of Christianity
    Dedicated to the memory of Morton Smith, who did so much scholarly work in this field, this is a very considerable work of scholarship giving…… Read More »
    Philosophy, Literature, Mysticism

    Philosophy, Literature, Mysticism

    Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy, Literature, Mysticism
    I first became aware of Swedenborg 40 years ago when reading the poem Correspondances by Baudelaire. I found that Swedenborg was referred to in the…… Read More »
    The Meaning and Practice of Faith

    The Meaning and Practice of Faith

    Author: Diarmuid O'Murchu
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion & Spirituality
    Diarmuid O'Murchu has written a perceptive analysis of the issues surrounding adult faith, following his earlier work on the same topic. It takes a mature…… Read More »
    God in the Machine

    God in the Machine

    Author: Liel Leibovitz
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion & Spirituality
    With the unlikely subtitle of 'videogames as spiritual pursuit', this book will open up a completely new field for most readers. The author has been…… Read More »
    Freedom through Love

    Freedom through Love

    Author: Nick Thomas
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    Here Nick Thomas ask some very basic questions about what it means to be human, the nature of knowledge and freedom. He writes practically from…… Read More »
    God's Fingerprints

    God's Fingerprints

    Author: Jody Long
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Near Death Experiences
    Subtitled 'impressions of near death experiences', this book is a compilation of some of the most significant experiences collected by the Near Death Experiencer Research…… Read More »
    Reclaiming Francis

    Reclaiming Francis

    Author: Charles M. Murphy
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion / Christianity
    This is an inspiring book about how the Saint and the Pope are renewing the Church. The author had completed a manuscript about St Francis…… Read More »
    The Francis Factor

    The Francis Factor

    Authors: Eamon Maher, John Littleton
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion / Catholic Church
    There is no doubt that the Francis Factor referred to in the title of this collection of essays has been a phenomenon since the papal…… Read More »
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