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After the 9/11 attacks three American women--one Jewish, one Christian, and one Muslim--decided to collaborate on an interfaith children's book…
to show the similarities among their religions. They discovered that their own misunderstandings had to be addressed first, leading to candid dialogue as their faith club sought common ground. 2006
Second edition of guidebook suggests strategies to compensate for declining vision. Provides tips for organizing one's home; dealing with financial,…
personal, and legal affairs; and maximizing one's independence. Lists technological devices available and organizations and businesses that offer assistance. 2011
Fiftieth anniversary edition of Smith's work originally titled The Religions of Man (RD 06327). Offers explanations of the basic tenets…
of seven major historical religions--Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity--revealing the spirit of each faith. Also discusses primal, or tribal, religions. 1958
A journalist recounts the efforts of a small group of librarians and archivists in Mali to rescue thousands of rare…
manuscripts before they fell into the hands of the jihadists attacking the city of Timbuktu. Some strong language. 2016
Harris, author of The End of Faith (DB 62053), and Nawaz, chair of a think tank focusing on religious freedom,…
extremism, and citizenship, examine the role of the Islamic religion in extremist violence in the twenty-first century. Presented as the authors speaking back and forth. 2015
Journalist relates her educational journey learning about the Quran. Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi, a scholar of women in Islam, serves…
as her mentor. Power discusses her personal history in Arabic and Islamic countries, the Sheikh's educational journey, and the importance of cross-cultural education. 2015
Islamic scholar discusses the development of Islamic law, from the days of Muhammad to the twenty-first century. Examines source scripture,…
the influence of different traditions, and the impact of changing social mores due to interaction with western cultures. 2014
Kear, diagnosed at age nineteen with retinitis pigmentosa, shares her struggles with acceptance of the condition and the risks and…
adventures she engaged in during her twenties. Describes falling in love and having children, and how she focused on them before admitting to having RP. Strong language. 2014
Comparative-religion scholar traces the development of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the sixth century BCE to the middle ages. Considers…
the scriptures, spiritual promises, communities, laws, ways of worshipping, and other topics of each religion. Discusses their confluences and divergences. 2004
Sociologist examines the history of female leaders of Islamic states, from the founding of Islam in AD 622 until 1988,…
when Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) was elected president of Pakistan. Examines the role of religion in the political sphere. Translated from the original 1990 French edition. 1993
Clinical psychologist shares her family's story of leaving Iran after the 1979 revolution and eventually immigrating to America. Discusses her…
father being recruited into avenging a rape prior to their leaving, and her brother later standing trial for murder. Discusses the stresses of immigration and keeping secrets. Some violence. 2015
Bremer relates her life growing up in a secular family in California, moving to North Carolina and meeting her eventual…
husband--a devout Libyan immigrant, and their decision to get married after Bremer discovers she is pregnant. Discusses challenges faced due to their differing cultures and religions. 2014
Retina specialists and authors of Macular Degeneration (DB 74495) describe diabetic retinopathy, a potential problem for people with diabetes. Discuss…
its development, treatment options and ways to slow its progress, and lifestyle changes that lead to better glucose control. Offer advice on coping with visual impairment. 2014
Middle-aged essayist describes the two years from 2009 to 2011 that she spent in the "land of the sick," searching…
for a diagnosis and treatment for her inflamed optic nerve. Also describes her spiritual disorientation in this companion to Things Seen and Unseen (DB 49806). 2013
Afghan writer offers a world history from an Islamic perspective, chronicling the Middle East from before Islam, through the time…
of Mohammed, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the crisis of Modernity, and the Islamist reaction. Investigates intersections of Islamic and Western cultures and tensions caused by their divergence. 2009
Author's memoir of her conversion to Islam and her romantic relationship with an Egyptian man after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.…
Details her spiritual search as a college student, her move to Cairo at age twenty-one, and the culture clash she experienced as an American living in Egypt. 2010
Novelist and journalist raised by his Sikh mother in India details his travels to Pakistan to learn more about his…
Muslim father. Examines the connections between nationality and religion. Some violence. 2009
The late coauthor of Three Cups of Tea (DB 64285) describes following ophthalmologists Geoffrey Tabin and Sanduk Ruit as they…
performed eye surgeries in rural Nepal. Discusses the 1995 founding of the Himalayan Cataract Project to prevent blindness in the Third World. 2013
Memoir of Scottish novelist McWilliam, who became functionally blind in 2006 because of the involuntary closing of her eyelids from…
a condition known as blepharospasm. McWilliam reviews her life, describes undergoing a two-part operation to restore her vision, and explores a possible psychological basis for her sightlessness. Strong language. 2010
Author recounts founding the Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core, a movement to bring young people of different faiths together for community…
service and to share their common values. Discusses his own religious and cultural identity issues while growing up as a Muslim. For senior high readers. 2007