The Marvel of Martyrdom
The Power of Self-Sacrifice in a Selfish World
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The Marvel of Martyrdom is about how self-sacrifice can change lives and how martyrs can change the world.
The book starts large - with famous and influential martyrs such as Jesus and Gandhi - and ends small - with ordinary people whose own experiences of self-sacrifice give martyrdom its political power. Seeking the developmental origins of self-sacrifice, the book explores children's folklore and the success of mega-hits such as The Matrix and Harry Potter. Seeking the everyday rewards of self-sacrifice, the book shows the potential for finding meaning and happiness in helping others.
The Marvel of Martyrdom takes a broad perspective on self-sacrifice and martyrdom, bringing together religion, popular culture, history, psychology, and mythology. Stories of individuals both famous (Gandhi) and obscure (Rodrigo Rosenberg) intertwine with research on altruism, happiness, and radicalization to terrorism. The changing landscape of the book's setting - from The Roman Empire to 19th-century Russia to Nazi Germany to post-World War II India to present day Ukraine - makes the power of self-sacrifice and martyrdom come alive and shows their potential to change people and cultures.
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A provocative and positive response to Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and other New Atheists, Good Without God makes a bold claim for what nonbelievers do share and believe. Epstein's Good Without God provides a constructive, challenging response to these manifestos by getting to the heart of Humanism and its positive belief in tolerance, community, morality, and good without having to rely on the guidance of a higher being.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Speaker sounds too robotic
- De Lisa S. en 08-27-21
De: Greg Epstein
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Everyday Ubuntu
- Living Better Together, the African Way
- De: Mungi Ngomane
- Narrado por: Nontombi Naomi Tutu
- Duración: 6 h
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Ubuntu is a Xhosa word originating from a South African philosophy that encapsulates all our aspirations about how to live life well, together. It is the belief in a universal human bond: I am only because you are. And it means that if you are able to see everyone as fully human, connected to you by their humanity, you will never be able to treat others as disposable or without worth. By embracing the philosophy of ubuntu and living it out in daily life it’s possible to overcome division and be stronger together in a world where the wise build bridges, not walls.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring
- De Jack en 02-22-23
De: Mungi Ngomane
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What It Means to Be Moral
- Why Religion Is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life
- De: Phil Zuckerman
- Narrado por: Paul Brion
- Duración: 11 h y 46 m
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In What It Means to Be Moral: Why Religion Is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life, Phil Zuckerman argues that morality does not come from God. Rather, it comes from us: our brains, our evolutionary past, our ongoing cultural development, our social experiences, and our ability to reason, reflect, and be sensitive to the suffering of others.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Praise for Faith No More
- De Amazon Customer en 12-08-19
De: Phil Zuckerman
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Uncommon Gratitude
- Alleluia for All That Is
- De: Joan Chittister, Rowan Williams
- Narrado por: Joan Chittister O.S.B., Dan Havron O.F.M.
- Duración: 5 h y 4 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 41
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This series of reflections reveals the importance of gratitude in helping us see beyond the immediate to a broader and deeper reality. The discovery of this perpetual alleluia will help you discover what you are, become who you are, and grow with gratitude into the unknown.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Spiritual platform for left-wing ideology
- De John Glemby en 06-29-19
De: Joan Chittister, y otros
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Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart
- 30 True Things You Need to Know Now
- De: Gordon Livingston
- Narrado por: James Jenner
- Duración: 4 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 531
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Full of things we may know but have not articulated to ourselves, Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart is a gentle and generous alternative to the trial-and-error learning that makes wisdom such an expensive commodity. For everyone who feels a sense of urgency that the clock ticks and still we aren't the person we'd like to be, it offers solace, guidance, and hope.
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4 out of 5 stars
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This guy is a straight shooter
- De Julia en 11-13-05
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The Spiritual Teachings of Seneca
- Ancient Philosophy for Modern Wisdom
- De: Mark Forstater, Victoria Radin
- Narrado por: David Troughton, Louisa Millwood Haig
- Duración: 1 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 95
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Seneca was dedicated to Stoicism, and in his essays and letters he explained the stoic position on many fundamental issues: pleasure and the problem of desire, happiness, and contentment; anger, fear, living in the present, how to think for yourself, anxiety and tranquillity, goodness, freedom, trusting the universe; courage, opportunity, cruelty and how to deal with it, friendship, love and trust, death and how to live, learning , chance and fate, time, aspirations, wisdom - and more.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Odd presentation style
- De Mark en 08-03-08
De: Mark Forstater, y otros
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50 Self-Help Classics
- De: Tom Butler-Bowdon
- Narrado por: Jack Garrett
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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Discover the books that have already changed the lives of millions. This award-winning, unabridged guide to the "literature of possibility" surveys 50 of the all-time classics, giving you their key ideas, insights, and applications, everything you need to know to start benefiting from these legendary works.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly Interesting
- De Cathy en 10-15-06
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Not in God's Name
- Confronting Religious Violence
- De: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
- Narrado por: Jonathan Sacks
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
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In this powerful and timely book, one of the most admired and authoritative religious leaders of our time tackles the phenomenon of religious extremism and violence committed in the name of God. If religion is perceived as being part of the problem, Rabbi Sacks argues, then it must also form part of the solution. When religion becomes a zero-sum conceit and individuals are motivated by what Rabbi Sacks calls "altruistic evil", violence between peoples of different beliefs appears to be the only natural outcome.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent book
- De Trejac en 07-26-21
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Strangers in a Strange Land
- Living the Catholic Faith in a Post-Christian World
- De: Charles J. Chaput
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
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From Charles J. Chaput, author of Living the Catholic Faith and Render unto Caesar, comes Strangers in a Strange Land, a fresh, urgent, and ultimately hopeful treatise on the state of Catholicism and Christianity in the United States. America today is different in kind, not just in degree, from the past. And this new reality is unlikely to be reversed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must Read
- De CFletcher en 07-04-17
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Why Honor Matters
- De: Tamler Sommers
- Narrado por: Tamler Sommers
- Duración: 6 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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To the modern mind, the idea of honor is outdated, sexist, and barbaric. It evokes Hamilton and Burr and pistols at dawn, not visions of a well-organized society. But for philosopher Tamler Sommers, a sense of honor is essential to living moral lives. In Why Honor Matters, Sommers argues that our collective rejection of honor has come at great cost. Reliant only on Enlightenment liberalism, the United States has become the home of the cowardly, the shameless, the selfish, and the alienated. Properly channeled, honor encourages virtues like courage, integrity, and solidarity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A critical, yet seemingly impossible, topic!
- De Anonymous User en 03-10-20
De: Tamler Sommers
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The Ten Commandments
- The Significance of God's Laws in Everyday Life
- De: Laura Schlessinger Ph.D., Rabbi Stewart Vogel
- Narrado por: Laura Schlessinger Ph.D., Rabbi Stewart Vogel
- Duración: 2 h y 43 m
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The Ten Commandments are the first direct communication between a people and God. Designed to elevate our lives above mere frantic, animal existence to the sublime levels humanity is capable of experiencing, they are the blueprint of God's expectations of us and his plan for a meaningful, just, loving, and holy life. Each commandment asserts a principle, and each principle is a moral focus point for real-life issues relating to God, family, sex, work, charity, property, speech, and thought.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Ten Commandments
- De PineappleGirl en 12-08-06
De: Laura Schlessinger Ph.D., y otros
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The Enneagram
- A Christian Perspective
- De: Richard Rohr, Andreas Ebert
- Narrado por: Rick Adamson
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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This runaway best seller shows both the basic logic of the Enneagram and its harmony with the core truths of Christian thought from the time of the early Church forward. Experience author Richard Rohr's expertise and advanced thought on the subject, easily laid out for all audiences.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not truly a Christian view
- De Ben en 07-27-21
De: Richard Rohr, y otros
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Falling Upward
- A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
- De: Richard Rohr
- Narrado por: Richard Rohr
- Duración: 6 h y 27 m
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In the first half of life, we are naturally preoccupied with establishing ourselves; climbing, achieving, and performing. But as we grow older and encounter challenges and mistakes, we need to see ourselves in a different and more life-giving way. This message of falling down - that is in fact moving upward - is the most resisted and counterintuitive of messages in the world's religions. Falling Upward offers a new paradigm for understanding one of the most profound of life's mysteries: how those who have fallen down are the only ones who understand "up".
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5 out of 5 stars
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I almost gave up on Christianity until I read this
- De J. Mark Wells en 09-03-14
De: Richard Rohr
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Let Go
- Seven Stumbling Blocks to Christian Discipleship
- De: Casey Cole OFM
- Narrado por: Casey Cole OFM
- Duración: 4 h y 18 m
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"What must I do to gain eternal life?” The rich man who asked this of Jesus was told to sell all he had and give to the poor. But, more importantly, he was told, “Come, follow me!” Franciscan Casey Cole challenges us to let go of something more difficult than material wealth: expectations, anxiety, comfort, wounds, enemies, power - and our very selves. Speaking from both personal and pastoral experience, he outlines the stumbling blocks that turn us away from following Jesus as true disciples. The response to “What must I do?” is simple but not easy: Let go. Now.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Truly a good listen
- De Anonymous User en 12-23-22
De: Casey Cole OFM
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The Story Paradox
- How Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears Them Down
- De: Jonathan Gottschall
- Narrado por: Joshua Kane
- Duración: 7 h y 2 m
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Humans are storytelling animals. Stories are what make our societies possible. Countless books celebrate their virtues. But Jonathan Gottschall, an expert on the science of stories, argues that there is a dark side to storytelling we can no longer ignore. Storytelling, the very tradition that built human civilization, may be the thing that destroys it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A bit of a mixed bag with some amazing discussion
- De Justin en 04-27-22
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
- Why Violence Has Declined
- De: Steven Pinker
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 36 h y 39 m
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Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen. Yet as New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species's existence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I'd kill for another book this good
- De Eric en 11-11-11
De: Steven Pinker