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A brilliant new history of the city, told through the lens of its popes. In Rome the echoes of the past resound clearly in its palaces and monuments, and in...

"Prayer is a refuge of God's great mercy to the human race." The refuge is a place of inner stillness and peace where the heart is fully opened to the...

This volume offers a commentary of the Gospel of Thomas, a work which has previously been accessible only to theologians and scholars. It provides translations of the Coptic and Greek...

This is a book for all those who may have wondered what the Borgias did to acquire such infamy, who the Medici were, who were the antipopes, and who was...

Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) caught the popular imagination with his vast and enterprising comparative study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, which in its third edition numbered 12...

Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and history. It goes on to tell of the kings and bishops, monks and nuns...

A life of one of the most known and engaging Saints Founding father of the famous monastery on the island of Iona, a site of pilgrimage ever since his death...

Christianity and monasticism have flourished along the Nile Valley in the Aswan region of Upper Egypt and in what was once Nubia, from as early as the fourth century until...

LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 'Beautifully written, ridiculously erudite, warm and open-hearted' The Times 'Compelling and poignant' Guardian 'This is travel writing at its best' Observer Internationally bestselling William...

First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian emigre-scholar Mircea Eliade. Making reference to an astonishing...

Thomas Izbicki presents a new examination of the relationship between the adoration of the sacrament and canon law from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries. The medieval Church believed Christ's glorified...

This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history. Starting with...

Medieval Christians knew the past primarily through what they saw and heard. History was reenacted every year in ritual observances particular to each place and region and rooted in the...

Secondhand Religion & Spirituality Bargain Book Box SP2847 Eighteen books on faith, God, doubt, and the life of the spirit — from Paul Davies's scientific case for a rational universe...

In Rome the echoes of the past resound clearly in its palaces and monuments, and in the remains of the ancient imperial city. But another presence has dominated Rome for...

The differences and discrepancies in the Gospels constitute the foremost objections to their reliability and the credibility of their message. Some have tried to resolve Gospels contradictions with strained harmonization...

How do you reinvigorate an institution that prides itself on preserving two thousand years of history? That is the challenge Jorge Mario Bergoglio faced when he became Pope Francis in...

Faith in Action: Being a Gospel-Driven Change-Maker Christians are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus in the world. To be proclaimers of good news-agents of reconciliation with...

A revelatory history traversing the ancient roots of Islam in Europe This revelatory history explores the ancient roots of Muslim Europe, tracing their journey through the Mediterranean. Our odyssey begins...

This delightful book recreates the busy, colorful world of a Catholic bishop and his flock from 1590-1620. Based upon the recently discovered daybook of Mathias Hovius, the book focuses not...

A short account of the relations between Islam and Christianity from Muhammad to the Reformation. The author argues that though there were trading and cultural interactions between the two during...

The massive success of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code has readers eagerly awaiting his next novel "The Solomon Key". Using hints and clues left by Brown in interviews, on...

In a work of detection based on a lifetime of research, a co-author of "The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered" identifies the "missing link" between Judaism and early Christianity as James...

On Halloween 1517, when Martin Luther nailed to the door of Wittenberg s Castle Church his 95 Theses in protest at papal indulgences he also nailed , in another sense,...

This is the 2nd volume in the series Studia Antiqua Australiensia, produced within the Ancient History Documentation Research Centre, Macquarie University. This collection of Latin texts, published in a new...

In Hitler, God, and the Bible, international evangelist and best-selling author Ray Comfort exposes Adolf Hitler's theology and abuse of religion as a means to seize political power and ultimately...

Alan Alford is confirmed as a great discoverer. Now, the bestselling author of GODS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM and THE PHOENIX SOLUTION has decoded the sacred secrets of the world's...

This year, as they have for millennia, people will set out on pilgrimages. From Mecca to the Outer Hebrides, each of these journeys will be filled with spiritual and personal...

The book titled Marian Conspiracy by the author Graham Phillips. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A splendid reimagining of key stories from the Bible, from the renowned Italian writer, thinker and publisher A man named Saul is sent to search for some lost donkeys and...

A renowned Buddhist teacher turns to two of the most influential figures in history for guidance on how to face the ethical challenges of our time Although they never met,...

Faith in Action: Being a Gospel-Driven Change-Maker Christians are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus in the world. To be proclaimers of good news-agents of reconciliation with...

The book titled A New History of Christianity by the author Vivian Green. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping, revisionist history of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, revealing how evangelicals have worked to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with...

How we explain the evils of the world - and the darkest parts of ourselves - has preoccupied humans throughout history. In The Devil's Best Trick, Randall Sullivan investigates historical,...

Most people alive today (more than three-quarters of the world's population) belong to one of the great religions. These faiths are built on the foundation-stones of key texts, to which...

A history of Christianity. Looking at the religious life of churches, the sense of the transcendant, the nature of ritual and its use, and the relation to music and art,...

Movement from one community to another can create strife, pain, and social dislocation. In this astute analysis, Stephen Wilson examines the ancient sources for clues to how leaving a religious...

Augustine of Hippo is one of the world's most influential theologians, an early Christian writer whose work shaped the course of Western philosophy. Born in Numidia in 354 CE, Augustine's...

An award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi, uncovering the man behind the myths "Refreshing. . . . Complex, multilayered, and ambitious."-Costica Bradatan, Times Literary Supplement One of...

A rich and inclusive history of belief, from humanity's earliest days to our own times Religion is distinctly human. We can't help wondering about where we come from and why...

From one of the world's leading Buddhist scholars, a deeply researched and unprecedented portrait of the Buddha Like Jesus and Muhammad, the Buddha is one of the most significant figures...

One of the world's leading scholars of Buddhism presents the story of its dramatic journey across the globe, from 2,500 years ago to the present day Over the course of...

A major new history of medieval monasticism, from the fourth to the sixteenth century From the late Roman Empire onwards, monasteries and convents were a common sight throughout Europe. But...

An authoritative and poignant account of the first millennium of Christian history How did a community that was largely invisible in the first two centuries of its existence go on...

A compelling, authoritative history of how women shaped the Reformations and transformed religious life across the globe The Reformations, both Protestant and Catholic, have long been told as stories of...

The extraordinary story of the Popish Plot and how it shaped the political and religious future of Britain In 1678, a handful of perjurers claimed that the Catholics of England...