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    The Books Briefing: As the Good Book Says

    Your weekly guide to the best in books
    by Rosa Inocencio Smith Mar 29, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: New York Public Library

    Faith, for many people, is a deeply personal thing: a set of spiritual beliefs that are inseparable from one’s identity. At the same time, especially in the context of organized religion, faith is defined by social customs—and this combination of private passion and public practice can sometimes be fraught. In one recent book, Jemar Tisby confronts racial divisions within his own evangelical Christian community. The artist Sandow Birk addresses anti-Muslim prejudice in the United States by

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