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1) Act of faith
Publisher
New Kingdom Pictures
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Mr. Brady struggles to maintain a neighborhood diner in Atlanta after the death of his beloved wife. Though his faithful waitresses have been simultaneously hit with their own personal misfortunes, they remain employees of Mr. Brady through his hardship, as he has become their respected father figure. When life challenges this little family on many fronts, they persevere and believe in the promise of a higher power.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Academia Biblica volume no. 22
Publisher
Society of Biblical Literature
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
10) Acts of faith
Author
Language
English
Description
A disparate group of men and women confronts their own indivudual moral crises, fears, and physical dangers as they work to alleviate the hardships and suffering caused by civil war and famine in contemporary Sudan.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Many Latinos in the American Southwest wear amulets and perform certain practices different from their fellow Latino Catholics--and are discovering only now, to their amazement, that they are descended from Jews who chose conversion rather than death at the time of the great expulsion from Spain in 1492. This program looks at remnants of what was once the great Jewish civilization in Spain: the artifacts, which were Christianized or destroyed; and...
Publisher
The Pluralism Project
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A documentary film that offers an intimate look at the lives and work of three American women - one Buddhist, one Hindu, and one Muslim - for whom faith, activism, and identity are deeply intertwined. The film shows these women at work, with their families, and at play. We hear them reflect on their experiences, and tell us in their own voices what kinds of identities they seek to build ? for themselves and for their communities. Their stories help...
15) The Hidden Flame
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A sweeping drama of the spread of the early church through the eyes of a young woman who has suffered much but found hope in the Messiah.
Author
Series
Acts of faith volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Leah, a young Jewess of mixed heritage, is secretly commissioned to discover the truth behind the death of an obscure rabbi in the Roman backwater of first-century Palestine while also being engulfed in her own turmoil--facing the prospect of an arranged marriage to a Roman soldier, Alban, who seems to care for nothing but his own ambitions as leader of the Roman garrison near Galilee.
17) The hidden flame
Author
Series
Acts of faith volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In first-century Judea, Abigail together with her fellow followers of the Way face a gathering storm of persecution they never could have foreseen but find a glimmer of hope through their faith and courage to survive.
18) The Damascus way
Author
Series
Acts of faith volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In this riveting drama of the early church, Jacob, a young caravan guard, delivers messages among the new followers as he learns what it means to be a Christian--and to love and trust the young Greek girl who is neither accepted by the Jews or the Gentiles.
Julia has everything money can buy...except for acceptance by either the Gentiles or the Jews. Her Greek father already has a wife and family, leaving Julia and her Hebrew mother second-class...
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The short stories in More human than human demonstrate the depth and breadth of artificial humanity in contemporary science fiction. Issues of passing, of what it is to be human, of autonomy and slavery and oppression, and yes, the hubris of creation; these ideas have fascinated us for at least two hundred years, and this selection of stories demonstrates why it is such an alluring and recurring conceit.
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