 | Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Buy new: $11.25 / Used from: $0.19 The first Taoist classic--concise, mysterious sayings and a portal to understanding the ineffable Tao.
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 | Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
Buy new: $22.05 / Used from: $3.15 The second most important Taoist classic--anecdotes, sayings. A great read with a real sense of humor and a surprisingly radical view on traditional value systems.
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 | A River Sutra by Gita Mehta
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.45 Awesome, readable fiction that portrays multireligious India--from Jains to Saivas to Muslims. A great intro to a nation with a wealth of religious history.
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 | The Talmud and the Internet: A Journey between Worlds by Jonathan Rosen
Buy new: $9.60 / Used from: $0.71 Great metaphorical introduction to the Talmud, the most historically important text in Judaism, comparing it to the internet.
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 | Holy Days: The World Of The Hasidic Family by Lis Harris
Buy new: $12.60 / Used from: $3.70 Great reporter's look into the lives of Lubavitcher Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn. Harris paints a sympathetic but realistic picture of an oft-parodied movement of Judaism.
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 | Soldiers Of God: White Supremacists and Their Holy War for America by Buscart
Buy used from: $0.25 Objective look at white supremacist Christianity using a wealth of interviews. Frightening and fascinating.
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 | Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories (African Writers Series No. 271) by Alifa Rifaat
Buy new: $10.75 / Used from: $3.00 Excellent short stories by an Egyptian Muslim woman portraying life and spirituality from a Muslim's point of view for a change. A break from media representation to the experiential side of Islam.
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 | Confucius: The Secular As Sacred (Religious Traditions of the World) by Herbert Fingarette
Buy new: $12.69 / Used from: $7.44 Great introduction/interpretation of the philosophy of Confucius, focusing on social ritual.
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 | Liquid Life by William R. LaFleur
Buy new: $25.15 / Used from: $9.25 Fascinating take on abortion in Japan using Buddhist, Shintoist, and neo-Confucianist viewpoints to illustrate a complex modern-day phenomenon and the arguments surrounding it.
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 | The Rhinoceros Horn and Other Early Buddhist Poems: The Group of Discourses (Sutta-Nipata, Vol 1)
Buy used from: $7.94 Excellent primary introduction to Buddhist sermons focusing on monastic life.
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 | Black Elk Speaks, New Edition by John G. Neihardt
Buy used from: $8.65 Interesting account of Lakota Sioux religion circa 1900. Just be sure to accompany the book with some historical context--Neihardt fails to mention certain facts about Black Elk's conversion to Christianity that help paint a more robust picture of his personal religion.
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