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God Is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu . . . God Dwells with Is, in Us, Around Us, as Us

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Book Number: 
440
Date Fred Read: 
January 2012
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Carlton Pearson
Total Pages: 
272
Publisher: 
Atria Books
Year: 
2010

Carlton Pearson is an independent spiritual leader, New Thought teacher, and two-time Stellar Award winning gospel recording artist. He was consecrated Bishop of Azusa Interdenominational Fellowship of Christian Churches and Ministries in 1996. This book was a very welcome Christmas gift.  Read more

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Indic Visions in an Age of Science

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Book Number: 
439
Date Fred Read: 
January 2012
Fred's Rating: 
5
Total Pages: 
240
Publisher: 
Xlibris
Year: 
2011

Varadaraja V. Raman is an emeritus professor of physics and humanities at Rochester Institute of Technology. He attended the University of Calcutta before completing his doctoral work on the foundations of quantum mechanics at the University of Paris under Louis de Broglie. This book was a gift signed by the author, V.V. Raman. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.)  Read more

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Disturbing the Universe (Sloan Foundation Science Series)

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Book Number: 
438
Date Fred Read: 
December 2011
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Freeman Dyson
Total Pages: 
261
Publisher: 
Basic Books
Year: 
1981

Freeman Dyson is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the world-renowned Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is the author of several books and the recipient of numerous awards, including a National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2000 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. (For his books I've read, click on his name.)  Read more

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What is God?

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Book Number: 
437
Date Fred Read: 
December 2011
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Jacob Needleman
Total Pages: 
226
Publisher: 
Tarcher
Year: 
2009

Jacob Needleman, educated at Harvard, Yale and Freiburg, Germany, is professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and former director of the Center for the Study of New Religions at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. He has written over 30 books as of 2009. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.) This book was a gift.  Read more

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Who’s in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain

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Book Number: 
436
Date Fred Read: 
December 2011
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Michael Gazzaniga
Total Pages: 
220
Publisher: 
Harper Collins
Year: 
2011

Michael Gazzaniga is director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at UC Santa Barbara, president of the Cognitive Neuroscience Institute, founding director of the MacArthur Foundation’s Law and Neuroscience Project and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences.  Read more

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Why Can’t We Be Good?

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Book Number: 
435
Date Fred Read: 
December 2011
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Jacob Needleman
Total Pages: 
264
Publisher: 
Tarcher
Year: 
2007

Jacob Needleman, educated at Harvard, Yale and Freiburg, Germany, is professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and former director of the Center for the Study of New Religions at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. He has written over 30 books as of 2009. (For his books I've read, click on his name.)  Read more

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Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don’t Like Religion (or Atheism)

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Book Number: 
434
Date Fred Read: 
December 2011
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Frank Schaeffer
Total Pages: 
228
Publisher: 
Da Capo Press
Year: 
2009

Frank Schaeffer is the author of the NY Times bestseller Keeping Faith and his memoir Crazy for God. An author of fiction and non-fiction, he has appeared on numerous television and radio shows. This gift book is “a spirited, witty, and provocative challenge to atheists and fundamentalists alike.”  Read more

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Information and the Nature of Reality: from Physics to Metaphysics

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Book Number: 
433
Date Fred Read: 
November 2011
Fred's Rating: 
5
Total Pages: 
364
Publisher: 
Cambridge University Press
Year: 
2010

The editors, Paul Davies and Niels Henrik Gregersen are among the fifteen authors of this collection. Many scientists regard mass and energy as the primary currency of nature. In recent years, however, the concept of information has gained importance.  Read more

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Everything Must Change: When the World’s Biggest Problems and Jesus’ Good News Collide

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Book Number: 
432
Date Fred Read: 
November 2011
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Brian McLaren
Total Pages: 
301
Publisher: 
Thomas Nelson
Year: 
2007

Brian McLaren is an internationally known speaker and author of many books on contemporary Christianity, including The Secret Message of Jesus (Book 170) in 2007 and A New Kind of Christianity (Book 383) in 2010. (For his books I've read, click on his name.) I bought this book because it was very highly recommended by Philip Clayton in his book 415.  Read more

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