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2) Strange fire
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Clive and Clover Hamill, sons of a well-respected Descendant minister, discover a community intent on rediscovering the blasphemous technologies of the past, setting into motion a holy war that will endanger their relationship and humanity itself.
3) Slow burn
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"After their devastating journey from the Anchor to Sophia, Clive and Clover Hamill, Gemma Poplin, and Paz Dedios ... will be compelled to question everything they thought they believed--and the conclusions they reach could determine the fate of an entirecivilization"--
4) T.D. Jakes
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A biography of the dynamic African-American religious leader and author of best-selling inspirational books.
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As a preacher's daughter, Monique is expected to be an example at church although she hates its restrictive rules. When she discovers she physically cannot have sex, and after her boyfriend breaks up with her for that reason, two unexpected teens from church become her main supports as she desperately tries to break the rules against all the odds.
7) Reverend Run
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Reverend Run tells the story of the hip-hop musician and minister. His star quickly rose, and almost as quickly fell. He abused drugs, turned away from his family, and got caught up in the bling that sometimes goes along with success. But then Run decided to take a different path and became a minister, although he still sings.
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"Joshua Wynn is definitely what you would call a good guy. He's a preacher's son who chooses abstinence and religious retreats over crazy nights and wild parties...One Sunday, Joshua's mind drifts from his father's sermon to a beautiful girl in the fifth row. She's gorgeous, wearing a dress cut down to there, and she looks like the little girl he crushed on as a kid. It turns out that Maddie Smith is back in town, but instead of throwing her a welcome-back...
9) Al Sharpton
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The life and achievements of Al Sharpton, minister, civil rights activist, and politician.
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In an extraordinary jam session between two very distinctive storytelling traditions, African American writer, griot and blues singer Arthur Flowers and Indian scroll painter Manu Chitrakar have created I See the Promised Land, a stunning biography of Martin Luther King Jr. This powerful graphic narrative tells King's story through the major events that occurred in the apartheid South during his lifetime. It includes descriptions of the Montgomery...
15) Black & white: the confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor
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"In the nineteen fifties and early sixties, Birmingham, Alabama, became known as Bombingham. At the center of this violent time in the fight for civil rights, and standing at opposite ends, were Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull' Connor. From his pulpit, Shuttlesworth agitated for racial equality, while Commissioner Connor fought for the status quo. Relying on court documents, police and FBI reports, newspapers, interviews, and photographs,...