History of religion Books
St. Augustine's Press The Catholic Citizen: Debating the Issues of
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St. Augustine's Press de Anima, or about the Soul
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St Augustine's Press The Seven Last Words of Our Lord Upon the Cross
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Smithsonian Books Objects of Devotion: Religion in Early America
Book SynopsisObjects of Devotion: Religion in Early America tells the story of religion in the United States through the material culture of diverse spiritual pursuits in the nation's colonial period and the early republic. The beautiful, full-color companion volume to a Smithsonian National Museum of American History exhibition, the book explores the wide range of religious traditions vying for adherents, acceptance, and a prominent place in the public square from the 1630s to the 1840s. The original thirteen states were home to approximately three thousand churches and more than a dozen Christian denominations, including Anglicans, Baptists, Catholics, Congregationalists, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Quakers. A variety of other faiths also could be found, including Judaism, Islam, traditional African practices, and Native American beliefs. As a result, America became known throughout the world as a place where, in theory, if not always in practice, all are free to believe and worship as they choose. The featured objects include an 1814 Revere and Sons church bell from Salem, the Jefferson Bible, wampum beads, a 1654 Torah scroll brought to the New World, the only known religious text written by an enslaved African Muslim, and other revelatory artifacts. Together these treasures illustrate how religious ideas have shaped the country and how the treatment and practice of religion have changed over time. Objects of Devotion emphasizes how religion can be understood through the objects, both rare and everyday, around which Americans of every generation have organized their communities and built this nation.
£23.40
University of Scranton Press Personal Faith and Institutional Commitments:
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University of Scranton Press,U.S. The Penitents' Treasury: Indulgences in Latin
Book SynopsisThe granting of indulgences by the Catholic Church has long been infamous as one of the grounds for Martin Luther's revolt from the church in the sixteenth century. Modern scholars have usually characterized the medieval practice as a defective one. But in "The Penitents' Treasury", historian Robert W. Shaffern debunks this argument through a reexamination of indulgences that shows how their alleged evils have been exaggerated throughout history. This provocative volume, a necessary read for anyone interested in medieval history and the history of religion, calls for much rethinking about the state of the church on the eve of the Reformation.
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University of Scranton Press,U.S. The Sacred Cosmos: Theological, Philosophical,
Book SynopsisThe School of Chartres was a bold intellectual movement of the twelfth century that introduced the World Soul and the Chartrian cosmology to Christendom. In his controversial book, "The Sacred Cosmos", theologian Peter Ellard analyzes the most radical aspects of Chartrian thought and traces their relation to classical and late-antique philosophers such as Boethius and Plato. In addition, Ellard investigates the Cathedral of Chartres as an important proof and example of Chartrian theology in this essential volume for anyone interested in the intersection of spirituality and philosophy.
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University of Scranton Press,U.S. Regulars and the Secular Realm: The Benedictines
Book SynopsisIn the late eighteenth century, the French Republic evicted religious orders from their monasteries and forced them back into secular life. "Regulars and the Secular Realm" is a detailed account of the monks' plight, chronicling the injustices perpetrated by government officials as well as the general antagonism towards the Catholic Church. As Mary Kathryn Robinson reveals, this fraught period of history offered a promise of 'liberty for all' - except Catholics. This vivid recounting of Benedictines and the French Revolution will interest scholars and history buffs alike.
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University of Scranton Press,U.S. Regulars and the Secular Realm: The Benedictines
Book SynopsisIn the late eighteenth century, the French Republic evicted religious orders from their monasteries and forced them back into secular life. "Regulars and the Secular Realm" is a detailed account of the monks' plight, chronicling the injustices perpetrated by government officials as well as the general antagonism towards the Catholic Church. As Mary Kathryn Robinson reveals, this fraught period of history offered a promise of 'liberty for all' - except Catholics. This vivid recounting of Benedictines and the French Revolution will interest scholars and history buffs alike.
£999.99
Soft Skull Press Muhammad: Forty Introductions
Book SynopsisA “scholarly, hip, and digressive” primer on the life and teachings of the great prophet Muhammad—and the stunning diversity of Islam (New Yorker) “Muhammad is perfect . . . a book designed to seduce, educate, and irritate its audience into curiosity about Islam and Muhammad, and on all three fronts it succeeds.” —NPR Books He ranks among the most venerated historical figures in the world, as well as among the most contested. Muhammad: Forty Introductions offers a distinct and nuanced take on the life and teachings of the prophet Muhammad, using a traditional genre of Islamic literature called the forty hadiths collection. Hadiths are the reported sayings and actions of Muhammad that have been collected by the tens of thousands throughout Islamic history. There is a tradition in which Muslim scholars take from this vast textual ocean to compile their own smaller collections of forty hadiths, an act of curation that allows them to present their particular understanding of Muhammad’s legacy and the essential points of Islam. Here, Michael Muhammad Knight offers forty narrations that provide windows into the diverse ways in which Muslims envision Muhammad. He also examines his own relationship to Muslim traditions while exploring such topics as law, mysticism, sectarianism, gender, and sexuality. By revealing the Prophet to be an ongoing construction, he carefully unravels notions about Islam’s center and margins.
£15.26
Ave Maria Press The Church and the Roman Empire (301-490): Constantine, Councils, and the Fall of Rome
£17.05
Arcadia Publishing Johns Island Presbyterian Church Its People and
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£18.69
Rose Publishing Christian History Made Easy Participant Guide
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£10.91
Tughra Books The Messenger: Prophet Muhammad and His Life of
Book SynopsisThis book narrates the life of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, shedding light upon segments of his life that are either neglected or glossed over in conflict-focused biographies. The narrations in this book revolve around the Prophet''s various strategies of diplomacy and reconciliation to avoid conflicts. In narrating these events, the book helps the readers broaden their perspective on the life of the Messenger of God and better capture the ethos of his life. Indeed, both Muslims and non-Muslims may benefit from this understanding at a time when violent extremist groups such as ISIS are causing carnage with their brutality while dressing their totalitarian ideologies in Muslim garb. The book exposes the hypocritical and willful deception of these radical groups which cherry-pick incidents and sayings from the Prophet''s life, decontextualize them, and abuse them to serve their perverted ideologies.The extensive evidence presented in this book will not only dispel many myths about the life and message of the Noble Prophet, but also show how through compassionate efforts he conquered the hearts of people around him and turned them from die-hard enemies to devoted faithful friends.
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Hendrickson Publishers Inc The City of God
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Reformation Heritage Books Reformation Heroes
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£24.45
Harrison House Dressed To Kill
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University of Utah Press,U.S. Leonard Arrington and the Writing of Mormon
Book SynopsisLeonard Arrington is considered by many the foremost twentieth-century historian of Mormonism. But Arrington’s career was not without controversy. Gregory Prince takes an in-depth look at this respected historian and, in telling his story, gives readers insight into the workings of the LDS Church in the late twentieth century.In 1972, Arrington was asked to serve as the official church historian, thereby becoming the first—and thus far the only—professional historian to hold that title. While the output of and from that division moved Mormon studies to a new level, the shift of historiography from faith promotion to scholarly research and professional analysis was unacceptable to some powerful senior apostles. In 1980 the History Division was disassembled and moved to Brigham Young University, where Arrington's broad influence on Mormon history remained strong. This biography is the first to draw upon the remarkable Arrington diaries (over 20,000 pages) and it is supplemented by Prince’s interviews of more than 100 people who knew or worked with Arrington. The book provides background to continuing LDS struggles with member scholars, while illuminating the life of one prominent intellectual.Trade Review“This biography breaks your heart a little, stiffens your spine a lot, and makes you fall in love with a man who may be his generation's best human being.” —Lavina Fielding Anderson, editor, Salt Lake City""This is a well-written, exceptionally documented biography of arguably the most important figure in twentieth-century Mormon intellectual history. It provides a captivating, highly readable history of Arrington's personal and professional life, almost unmatched in LDS biography. It made me wish I could go back and talk with Leonard again, and deservedly will long be the definitive work on the subject."" —Lester Bush, coeditor of Neither White Nor Black: Mormon Scholars Confront the Race Issue in a Universal Church
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AMG Publishers Greece: A Biblical Tour of Greek Historical
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£22.49
Bahai Publishing Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and His
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£18.00
Saint Benedict Press 101 Surprising Facts About Church History
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£21.36
Inner Traditions Bear and Company Shiva: Stories and Teachings from the Shiva
Book SynopsisShiva, the most ancient and complex deity of the Hindu pantheon, has been portrayed in many contrasting lights: destroyer and benefactor, ascetic and householder, wild demon slayer and calm yogi atop Mount Kailash. Drawing from the Hindu sacred text the Shiva Mahapurana--said to be written by Shiva himself--Vanamali selects the essential stories of Shiva, both those from his dark wild side and those from his benevolent peaceful side. Vanamali discusses Shiva’s many avatars such as Shambunatha and Bhola, as well as Dakshinamurti who taught the shastras and tantras to the rishis. She explores Shiva’s relationships with Durga, Shakti, Sati, and Parvati and with his sons Ganesha and Kartikeya. Examining Shiva’s acceptance of outsiders, Vanamali explains why ghosts and ghouls are his attendants and why his greatest devotees are demon kings, like Ravana. She includes famous Shiva stories such as the Descent of the River Ganga and Churning the Milky Ocean as well as those that reveal the origin of the festival of lights, Diwali; his creation of the cosmic couple, or hierogamos; and how Shiva and Parvati taught the world the secrets of Kundalini Shakti. The author also draws upon Shaivite teachings to illustrate the differences between Western science and Vedic science and their explanations for the origins of consciousness. Integrating Shiva’s two sides, the fierce and the peaceful, Vanamali reveals that Shiva’s form depends on the needs of the devotee. Understanding his teachings allows one to see through the illusions at the root of all grief and alienation in human life, for Shiva is the wielder of mayawho does not fall under its spell. While Ganesha is known as the remover of obstacles, Shiva is the remover of tears.Trade Review"Vanamali’s passionate writing blends a grandmother’s loving wisdom with a lifetime of devotion to the Sanatana Dharma. Like an ancient vedic chant, Vanamali’s spellbinding prose elevates the reader to sublime Himalayan peaks of Transcendental Consciousness. Mataji’s erudition and devotion is a portal to a legendary realm of the Gods." * Bruce Burger, founder of Heartwood Institute and author of Esoteric Anatomy: The Body as Consciousne *“Shiva is a complex Hindu deity. Both destroyer and creator, he is always energetically involved in the world, bringing his special wisdom to us in whatever form we might recognize. Vanamali has gathered together the sacred tales of Shiva’s adventures for this book, recounting them with reverence and insight. Customers will begin to see their lives and their potential with greater clarity as they read her carefully crafted words.” * Retailing Insight, October 2013 *“Vanamali’s book is seductive, full of the charm of myth retold with sincerity and with a minimum of intellectualization; it should appeal to many school and college collections.” * Library Journal, November 2013 *Table of ContentsForeword by Swami Dayananda Introduction Part One The Divine Aspects of Shiva 1 The Great Universal God 2 Creation 3 Sandhya, the Evening Star 4 Durga’s Promise 5 The Courtship of Sati 6 Sati and Shiva 7 Daksha’s Yajna 8 The Wrath of Shiva 9 Parvati Seeks Her Lord 10 The Defeat of Kama 11 Parvati’s Penance 12 The Cosmic Wedding 13 The Cosmic Couple 14 Kartikeya Defeats the Demon 15 Ganesha, Remover of Obstacles 16 The Three Demonic Cities 17 Downfall of the Demons 18 Churning the Milky Ocean 19 The Descent of the River Ganga 20 Destroyed by His Own Hand 21 Markandeya and Agniswara 22 The Manifestations of Shiva 23 Shiva, the Beloved 24 The Jyotirlingas Part Two Those Who Worship Shiva 25 Devotees of Shiva 26 The Great Four 27 The Violent Votaries 28 Women Devotees Epilogue Appendix One. Method of Worshipping Lord Shiva Appendix Two. Names of Shiva Appendix Three. Names of Other Characters in the Hindu Pantheon Appendix Four. Alphabetical List of Mantras Appendix Five. Vedic Invocations for World Peace Glossary of Sanskrit Terms Index
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Ignatius Press Three Kings, Ten Mysteries: The Secrets of
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Ignatius Press Book of All Saints
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Magnificat George Washington: His Legacy of Faith,
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£15.19
Ignatius Press Four More Witnesses: Further Testimony from
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Ignatius Press Faith of Our Fathers: A History of True England
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£18.95
Ignatius Press The True Europe
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£18.95
Ignatius Press Church Fathers and Teachers: From Leo the Great
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Ignatius Press From Sinai to Rome
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Sophia Institute Press The Apostles and Their Times: Archeology, History, and Scripture Unveil What Life Was Really Like During the Apostolic Age
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Sophia Institute Press 33 Years in the Holy Land: What Jesus Saw from
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Sophia Institute Press How Christianioty Saved Civilization
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£18.00
University of Massachusetts Press Feeling Godly: Religious Affections and Christian
Book SynopsisIn 1746, Jonathan Edwards described his philosophy on the process of Christian conversion in A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections. For Edwards, a strict Congregationalist, true conversion is accompanied by a new heart and yields humility, forgiveness, and love-affections that work a change in the person's nature. But, how did other early American communities understand religious affections and come to recognize their manifestation? Feeling Godly brings together well-known and highly regarded scholars of early American history and literature, Native American studies, African American history, and religious studies to investigate the shape, feel, look, theology, and influence of religious affections in early American sites of contact with and between Christians. While remaining focused on the question of religious affections, these essays span a wide range of early North American cultures, affiliations, practices, and devotions, and enable a comparative approach that draws together a history of emotions with a history of religion. In addition to the volume editors, this collection includes essays from Joanna Brooks, Kathleen Donegan, Melissa Frost, Stephanie Kirk, Jon Sensbach, Scott Manning Stevens, and Mark Valeri, with an afterword by Barbara H. Rosenwein.Trade ReviewFeeling Godly succeeds very well in its arrangement of contributions. Set alongside each other, with the four brilliant responses and an insightful afterword, they call our attention to the wide spectrum of religious feeling, experience, and—yes—affections in early America."—Laura M. Stevens, author of The Poor Indians: British Missionaries, Native Americans, and Colonial Sensibility
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Rose Espanol Los Doce Discípulos: La Vida Y El Ministerio de
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Rose Espanol El Templo: El Templo En La Historia Bíblica
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Rose Espanol La Trinidad: Qué Es La Trinidad Y Qué Creen Los
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Rose Espanol Por Qué Confiar En La Biblia: Respuestas a Los
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Rose Espanol 24 Maneras de Explicar El Evangelio:
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Whitaker House God's Generals: The Martyrs Volume 6
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P & R Publishing Co (Presbyterian & Reformed) History Of Western Philosophy And Theology, A
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WW Norton & Co The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between
Book SynopsisIn this “stylishly written, surprisingly moving chronicle” (Harper’s), Christopher de Bellaigue presents an absorbing account of the political and social reformations that transformed the lands of Islam in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. “The best sort of book for our disordered days” (Pankaj Mishra), The Islamic Enlightenment “is at once new, fascinating and extraordinarily important” (Wall Street Journal) as it challenges ossified perceptions in Western culture that self- righteously condemn the Muslim world as hopelessly benighted. This false perception belies the fact that Islamic civilization has long been undergoing its own anguished transformation, and that the violence of an infinitesimally small minority is the blowback from this process. In reclaiming the stories of the “fascinating . . . individuals who would grapple with reform and modernization” (New York Times Book Review), de Bellaigue’s “eye-opening, well-written, and very timely” (Yuval Harrari) history shows the folly of Westerners demanding modernity from people whose lives are already drenched in it.
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Trine Day Religious Delusions, American Style:
Book SynopsisAmericans would be shocked to understand just how their religious beliefs have been used against them in the political elites' efforts to engineer society and public policy. In this historical overview of key moments in American religious history, Gadsby demonstrates that what we are commonly-taught in our education systems, mass-media and the political world about religions' role in any number of events, is anything but. In the spirit of Lies My Teacher Told Me, Religious Delusions, American Style discusses eight areas in American history ranging from turn-of-the-nineteenth-century eugenics and the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, to the mind-control program known as Jonestown, to the implausible two-planes-three-buildings-straight-down operation called 9/11, we have been deceived in a big way about what has been done in the name of religion.
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America Through Time Indomitable Sacramentans: A Social History of
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£20.79
Whitaker House In the Garden: An Illustrated Guide to the Plants
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Sophia Institute Press Scripture Wars: How Justin Martyr Rescued the Old
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£18.00
Sophia Institute Press The Truth about Purgatory: And the Means to Avoid
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£18.95
Sophia Institute Press War and Peace: A Sheen Anthology
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