A Little History of Religion

DescriptionOriginally published in 1994, Jewish Views of the Afterlife is a classic study of ideas of afterlife and postmortem survival in Jewish t...

Reducere. Inspirational Stories Behind Your Favorite Hymns This classic book, written a century ago by the country's leading hymnologist, offers a collection...

Reducere. As one of the most influential thinkers in Christian history, St. Augustine (354-430) had a flair for teaching and meditated deeply on the mysterie...

The Bible continues to be the world's runaway best-seller. But very few people could say just how its seemingly disparate jumble of writings -- sto...

Reducere. At a time when America debates its values and the world braces for religious war, Bruce Feiler, author of the New York Times bestsellers Walking th...

Reducere. The poems of My Little Book of Exiles sift through layers of diaspora and return, wrestling with the twin experiences of exile and separation. The ...

Reducere. While Adolf Hitler's National Socialist government was persecuting Jews and Jehovah's Witnesses and driving forty-two small German religious sects ...

Reducere. In this powerful book, the renowned exorcist of Rome tells of his many experiences in his ministry as an exorcist doing battle with Satan to reliev...

Reducere. Gold Winner of the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Award and the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Award!This is a definitive book on the Sufi way of blame th...

Jainism evokes images of monks wearing face-masks to protect insects and mico-organisms from being inhaled. Or of Jains sweeping the ground in fron...

Reducere. Have you ever wondered why there aren't more stories about women in the Bible? Or why there aren't more details about the women who are included? F...

A book that challenges our most basic assumptions about Judeo-Christian monotheismContrary to popular belief, Judaism was not always strictly monot...

Reducere. Winner of the R.B.Y. Scott Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies Even in antiquity, writers were intrigued by the origins of the peop...

Reducere. Does consciousness inevitably arise in any sufficiently complex brain? Although widely accepted, this view inherited from Darwin's theory of evolut...

DescriptionCan the seeker after Truth wholly depend on the guidance found in books on Sufism or are the oral teachings of a spiritual master necess...

Reducere. The author, Madame Guyon, was born in south-central France in the mid-1600's. Her writings and her ministry knew a brief period of popularity, maki...

Ultimate Catholic Trivia reveals 1001 fun facts and tantalizing trivia that are sure to entertain, educate, and inspire. Along with little known tr...

Reducere. Avicenna (Ibn Sina) is the most famous scientist . . . and of the most famous of all races, places, and times. George Sarton Introduction to the Hi...

Reducere. Carmel of Buffalo's story reveals a beautiful pattern-from the world into the cloister as a woman seeks her vocation, and then back from the cloist...

DescriptionRaymond T. Richey was an important figure in the history of the Pentecostal-charismatic renewal movement. He can be credited with being ...

Reducere. The interfaith movement, which began with the 1893 Worlds Parliament of Religions in Chicago, has grown worldwide. Although this movement has been ...

Reducere. Buddhism has seen a resurgence from time to time during our history. This is because its beliefs and spiritual practices seem to resonate with peop...

Reducere. DescriptionREVIEWING 2013 New World Translation of Jehovah's Witnesses is going to challenge your objectivity. Being objective means that personal ...

Reducere. Many white Americans do not understand or accept the reality of systemic racism. They do not want to admit that their community, their schools, the...

Reducere. DescriptionNever before in mankind's history has it been more important to understand the story of the birth of Jesus, and yet, even though it has ...

Reducere. In this book, you will find the foundations of a hard and true story of a humble emigrant family in search of their destiny. Around the backbone of...

Reducere. Among the most enduring themes in American history is the idea that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. A pervasive narrative in e...

Reducere. Among the most enduring themes in American history is the idea that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. A pervasive narrative in e...

Reducere. AT THE time of his death in 1859, over 100, 000 people a year visited the little village of Ars, northwest of Lyons, France, and its beloved Cur , ...

Reducere. Description"Magical Crows, Ravens and the Celebration of Death" takes us on the inevitable journey many of us dread most. It takes us past the sorr...

Reducere. "Deacons and the Church is a comprehensive overview of the permanent diaconate that provides a unique combination of theological reflection, histor...

Reducere. Mimi told Tante Conette all of the family news as they walked into the house that was warm with the smell of spicy jambalaya. When they had finishe...

Reducere. It was one of the great encounters of world history: highly educated European priests confronting Chinese culture for the first time in the modern ...

Reducere. THE ROPEWORM PROTOCOL BIBLE - HUMAN ASCENSION MANUAL unveils the truth of how Satan has genetically sabotaged every human body in order to deceive ...

Reducere. The Answers in an Hour series is a collection of short, easily digestible books written with the inquirer in mind. Covering a range of introductory...

Reducere. Bay View is a jewel box of a Northern Michigan Chautauqua community along the shores of Little Traverse Bay, southwest of the Mackinac Bridge. Foun...

Despite an ever-growing scholarly interest in the work of Edmund Husserl and in the history of the phenomenological movement, much of the contempor...

Reducere. Theologians working in theological anthropology often claim that Jesus reveals what it means to be truly human, but this often has little impact in...

Reducere. The book begins with an extensive survey of the history of logic diagrams, including looking at possible diagrams from Aristotle, the development o...

Reducere. An acolyte resource for the 21st-century Episcopal Church Despite the changing landscape of the Episcopal Church, one ministry that continues but g...

Reducere. Where was Jesus and what was he doing during the many centuries of Old Testament history? If Jesus had personal contact with people only after bein...

Reducere. Separating the occasional high points of the formal sessions of Vatican II were long stretches of procedural tedium and usually ponderous Latin spe...

DescriptionIn The Glance of the Medusa, L sz F. F ld nyi offers a mesmerizing examination of the rich history of European culture through the lens ...

Drawing on a wealth of archeological evidence, author Jon Manchip White presents a remarkably accurate picture of Egyptian life throughout dynastic...

Reducere. After years of searching for meaning through drugs, Buddhism, sex, and Eastern philosophy, a long-haired hippie musician walked his bare feet into ...

Reducere. Despite the importance of St. Benedict of Nursia in the history of the Church and of the world, we know precious little about his life. He left no ...

Reducere. Despite the importance of St. Benedict of Nursia in the history of the Church and of the world, we know precious little about his life. He left no ...

Reducere. Sacred Playgrounds explores the wisdom of camping ministry for Christian education and faith formation, examining its rich history and fundamental ...

Reducere. In this collage of critical reflections, written in the tradition of the short essay running through Francis Bacon and Roland Barthes, the novelist...

Reducere. The principal doctrines defining Mormonism today often bear little resemblance to those it started out with in the early 1830s. This book shows tha...

In The Lost Apostle award-winning journalist Rena Pederson investigates a little known subject in early Christian history--the life and times of th...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Samuel D. Rocha""Sam Rocha's primer reminds me of a French adage: la philo descends dans la rue-- philosophy comes to the s...

This unique book by Stewart Shapiro looks at a range of philosophical issues and positions concerning mathematics in four comprehensive sections. P...

Reducere. In Performing Masculinity, the eminent Bulgarian literary critic Milena Kirova turns her attention to the Hebrew Bible, offering a reworking and co...

Hippocrates of Cos II or Hippokrates of Kos (ca. 460 BC - ca. 370 BC) was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles, and was considered one...

The unlikely heroes of the Spanish picaresque novels make their way - by whatever means they can - through a colourful and seamy underworld populat...

The philosopher and physician Ab 'Al al-Husayn ibn 'Abdall h ibn S n (d. 1037 c.e.), known in the West by his Latinized name Avicenna, was one of t...

Reducere. After two thousand years of Christianity, one might assume obedience to the Sermon on the Mount would be foundational for the Christian life and th...

Reducere. The author has published many books, articles and essays that take a metaphysical approach to interpreting ancient texts such as the Vedas, the Dha...

A survey of recent history reveals the gloomy picture of an ongoing series of conflicts, wars, and general turmoil. Consequently, the human emotion...

Reducere. "Instructive ... Insightful ... Inspiring." Prepare to Die-Living with Purpose, Dying in Peace is a thought-provoking look at life and death that w...

Reducere. Women across the globe are being dramatically affected by war as currently waged by the USA. But there has been little public space for dialogue ab...

You never know what treasures a visitor might discover in a new place-perhaps even a lost world. In the Deadwood of 1959, echoes of the Black Hills...

Reducere. YUNUS EMRE: LIFE & POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Yunus Emre (d. 1320) is considered one of the most important Turkish poets having a ...

Reducere. The dissemination of Dom Simon Jubani's testimony of faith, who was a priest in our Archdiocese during his lifetime, offers everyone with good will...

Reducere. Fragmentation and Redemption is first of all about bodies and the relationship of part to whole in the high Middle Ages, a period in which the over...

Reducere. The dissemination of Dom Simon Jubani's testimony of faith, who was a priest in our Archdiocese during his lifetime, offers everyone with good will...

Reducere. Reconstructing the activity of the "Tribunal of the Faith" in Italy during the period 1400-1600, this compelling book analyzes the ideology of its ...

Reducere. Centuries before his birth in Bethlehem, God announced through many prophets that he would send the Savior of the world. After he came and purchase...

Reducere. Historical Jesus asks two primary questions: What does "historical" mean? and How should we apply this to Jesus? Anthony Le Donne begins with the u...