Religion and beliefs Books
Wisdom Publications,U.S. The Illustrated Lotus Sutra
Book SynopsisRenowned and beloved the world over, a peerless contemporary translation of one of Buddhism’s most important texts comes alive with over 110 full-page illustrations by a multiple award-winning artist.The Lotus Sutra is regarded as one of the world’s great religious scriptures and most influential texts. It’s a seminal work in the development of Buddhism throughout East Asia and, by extension, in the development of Mahayana Buddhism throughout the world. Taking place in a vast and fantastical cosmic setting, the Lotus Sutra places emphasis on skillfully doing whatever is needed to serve and compassionately care for others, on breaking down distinctions between the fully enlightened buddha and the bodhisattva who vows to postpone salvation until all beings may share it, and especially on each and every being’s innate capacity to become a buddha. This illustrated edition features more than 110 full-page and two-page illustrations by a world-renowned and award-winning artist, and brings the fantastical and image-filled world of the Lotus Sutra vividly to life. Demi’s illustrations are both classical and contemporary in feel, perfectly complementing Reeves’s masterful and modern translation.
£52.50
Baker Publishing Group Humility The Journey Toward Holiness
Book SynopsisIn twelve brief but powerful chapters, Murray underscores the Christian's need for humility-as opposed to pride-in daily life.
£6.99
Baker Publishing Group A Simple Christianity Rediscover the
Book SynopsisBible teacher John MacArthur invites readers to rediscover the simple basis of their faith: understanding the person of Jesus Christ and the significance of their relationship with him as Almighty God, savior, Lord, and first love.
£10.79
CLC Publications MARCHING ORDERS FOR END BATTLE
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£8.35
Inter-Varsity Press Resurrection and Moral Order An Outline Of
Book SynopsisIn this work, the Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Oxford University illuminates the nature of Christian ethics with thought and learning. By grounding Christian ethics in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, he avoids a revealed ethics that has no contact with the created order and one that is purely naturalistic.
£18.89
Baker Publishing Group The Lost Letters of Pergamum A Story from the
Book SynopsisWritten by a respected New Testament scholar, this fascinating novel of a Roman citizen's spiritual transformation gives a reliable glimpse into the world of the New Testament and the early church.Table of ContentsContentsAuthor's PrefaceEditor's Preface: The DiscoveryLetter Collection 1: As One Nobleman to AnotherLetter Collection 2: A Personal RequestLetter Collection 3: To Honor the EmperorLetter Collection 4: They Proclaim a Different LordLetter Collection 5: The Reputations of Three MenLetter Collection 6: Jesus Seems a Curious FigureLetter Collection 7: Jesus's Naive and Irresponsible ViewsLetter Collection 8: Communities of Support and FellowshipLetter Collection 9: The Contexts Determined the ContentsLetter Collection 10: A Complete Reversal of LifestyleLetter Collection 11: A Conduit of Blessing for ManyLetter Collection 12: The Gods Had Other PlansLetter Collection 13: May His Will Be DoneLetter Collection 14: The Possessions of Our Common CreatorEditor's PostscriptAppendix A: MapsAppendix B: CharactersAppendix C: Historical and Fictional Aspects of the Narrative
£17.09
Crossway Books ESV Large Print Value Thinline Bible
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£999.99
Yale University Press Leviticus 2327
Book SynopsisFeaturing a commentary on Leviticus, this trilogy explains ethical values concealed in Israel's rituals. It brings us to the end of the book and its innovations, among which are the evolution of the festival calendar with its focus on folk traditions, and the jubilee, the priestly answer to the socio-economic problems of their time.
£38.00
Wisdom Publications,U.S. Know Where You're Going: A Complete Buddhist
Book SynopsisExperience a complete meditation course with one of the West’s most renowned Buddhist teachers.Know Where You're Going provides a full course of instruction in Buddhist meditation and reflection, and contains a wealth of exercises and advice to help the reader grow. As we put these teachings into practice over time, we learn to see things as they really are and discover transcendence right here in our everyday lives. Ayya Khema shows us how to live a wholehearted spiritual life, even amid our day to day concerns and responsibilities. Her teachings unfold simply, free of jargon, and are ideal for the contemporary world. Grounding the practice of more advanced meditations in a deeply cultivated sense of mindfulness, love, and altruism, Khema shows us, step by step, how to access to liberation and freedom. Know Where You're Going was previously published under the title When the Iron Eagle Flies.
£11.69
SPCK Publishing The Extra Special Baby
Book SynopsisShows how history has biased our reading of the nativity story as it appears in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. This book explores the beginning of the life of Christ, peeling away the sentimentalism that has build up over two thousand years around this most well known of all stories to reveal the truth of what the Gospels actually say.Trade Review"The Last Week: 'One of the most careful and insightful readings of the Bible I've ever come across... [an] important, fascinating and well-written book.' Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christian"
£9.49
Faber & Faber Swing Low
Book SynopsisOne morning Mel Toews put on his coat and hat and walked out of town, prepared to die. A loving husband and father, faithful member of the Mennonite church, and immensely popular schoolteacher, he was a pillar of his close-knit community. Yet after a lifetime of struggle, he could no longer face the darkness of manic depression. With razor-sharp precision,Swing Low tells his story in his own voice, taking us deep inside the experience of despair. But it is also a funny, winsome evocation of country life: growing up on farm, courting a wife, becoming a teacher, and rearing a happy, strong family in the midst of private torment. A humane, inspiring story of a remarkable man, father, and teacher.
£10.44
Baker Publishing Group The Biblical Canon Its Origin Transmission and
Book SynopsisThis thoroughly updated and expanded third edition of The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon represents a fresh attempt to understand some of the perplexing questions related to the origins and canonicity of the Bible.
£28.89
Fleming H. Revell Company Gods Psychiatry Healing for Your Troubled Heart
Book SynopsisWith more than a million and a half copies sold, God''s Psychiatry shows readers how ancient teachings of the Bible offer timeless wisdom for a happier and healthier life today. Readers will acquire confidence, banish fear and worry, root out hate and suspicion, bring out the best in themselves, and face life with enthusiasm and inward peace.
£7.44
Baker Publishing Group The Mandie Collection
Book SynopsisA collection of the bestselling Mandie books, her holiday adventures, and two bonus drama scripts telling of life at the turn-of-the-century; for ages 8-12.
£11.39
Crossway Books ESV Scripture Journal Mark Paperback
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£6.23
Crossway Books ESV Scripture Journal Ephesians Paperback
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£6.23
Baker Publishing Group Glory Carriers
Book SynopsisWe were created to reflect something or Someone. What we behold, we reflect. The more we behold the Lord, the more we look like him--and the more we see his glory released into our lives and the lives of those around us.The glory of God is irresistible. Yet seeking to sense his presence or experience his glory for its own sake misses the point. His glory is the natural outpouring of a deep relationship with the Holy Spirit. In these pages, author and speaker Jennifer Eivaz shows how you can enter into more intimate fellowship with the Spirit of God, experience miraculous encounters, and begin to see more miracles, more deliverances, and more lives dramatically changed. Here is the inspiration you need to step into the supernatural and follow God''s leading--and carry his glory to the darkest places and see his kingdom come.
£10.79
Crossway Books The New City Catechism
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£6.99
Crossway Books ESV Study Bible Personal Size
Book SynopsisThe ESV Study Bible, Personal Size compresses the features of the award-winning ESV Study Bible into a smaller size for easier carrying.
£29.59
Crossway Books ESV Study Bible Personal Size
Book SynopsisThe ESV Study Bible, Personal Size compresses nearly all the features of the award-winning ESV Study Bible into a smaller size for easier carrying.
£50.24
Crossway Books Charity and Its Fruits
Book SynopsisA classic, unabridged work by Jonathan Edwards on 1 Corinthians 13--made accessible via annotations, definitions, and callouts written by Edwards scholar Kyle Strobel.
£20.39
Crossway Books ESV Pew and Worship Bible Large Print Hardcover
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£16.19
Shambhala Publications Inc Tantra of the Yoga Sutras: Essential Wisdom for
Book Synopsis"The Yoga Sutras are Patanjali''s classic on how to experience oneness (Samadhi) within yoga practice. Many serious yoga students want to bring the wisdom of the Sutras to their practice, but often find the text impenetrable and difficult to relate to. The Tantra of the Yoga Sutras remedies this by offering an interpretation that is uniquely relatable, teachable, and accessible. Yogi and tantric master Alan Finger shows contemporary practitioners and students that Samadhi is not something that we strive for in the future, but something that we can experience now. Many interpreters of the Yoga Sutras describe Samadhi as an unreachable goal for the ordinary yogi. Finger''s interpretation delivers yoga practices that are doable, with attainable and transformative results"--
£13.29
Shambhala Publications Inc The Art of Worldly Wisdom
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£9.49
Shambhala Publications Inc Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience: Conversations
Book SynopsisDesigned as a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Western neuroscientists, this book takes readers on a journey through opposing fields of thought—showing that they may not be so opposing after all Is the mind an ephemeral side effect of the brain’s physical processes? Are there forms of consciousness so subtle that science has not yet identified them? How does consciousness happen? Organized by the Mind and Life Institute, this discussion addresses some of the most troublesome questions that have driven a wedge between Western science and religion. Edited by Zara Houshmand, Robert B. Livingston, and B. Alan Wallace, Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience is the culmination of meetings between the Dalai Lama and a group of eminent neuroscientists and psychiatrists. The Dalai Lama’s incisive, open-minded approach both challenges and offers inspiration to Western scientists. This book was previously published under the title Consciousness at the Crossroads.
£16.14
Crossway Books Reformed Systematic Theology Volume 1
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£37.39
Shambhala Publications Inc Talking Zen: Reflections on Mind, Myth, and the
Book SynopsisInsightful and entertaining essays spanning 40 years of lectures by Alan Watts on Zen, Taoism, psychedelics, and comparative philosophy.Alan Watts''s essays and talks range widely through psychology, art, religion, and politics, but always come home to the Zen core. For those familiar with Alan Watts’s style of presentation, the wonderful, memorable, and prophetic style of his voice is captured in this volume. Talking Zen puts on display Watts’s ability to explore the very subtle philosophies, those common across traditions and those unique to Zen, in ordinary and accessible language. These lectures paved the way for the rise of Zen in the West.
£16.19
Crossway Books ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal Revelation
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£6.23
Shambhala Publications Inc The Power of Mind: A Tibetan Monk's Guide to
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£16.14
Holy Trinity Publications A Gathering of Spiritual Riches
Book SynopsisAs a merchant gathers various goods from different countries and carries them home and stores them up, so the Christian may gather edifying thoughts and lay them up in the storeroom of his heart, and enrich his soul with them.Drawing upon numerous examples from daily life and human relationships, St Tikhon weaves together wisdom on how to live a life pleasing to God. His words are frequently embellished by scripture and together these call the reader to repentance and a fuller embrace of godly living. In a world that typically only values material goods his writing constantly reminds the reader of that which is of true value - the knowledge and love of God. As the reader progresses deeper into this work his soul will find refreshment, purpose and meaning for his life. His message is clear: True riches are not of this world, but of the age to come. These riches both can and should be acquired now.
£999.99
Crossway Books What the Bible Says about Divorce and Remarriage
Book SynopsisBiblical scholar Wayne Grudem offers thought-provoking analysis of what the Bible saysand doesn't sayabout divorce, bringing much needed clarity to the discussion and guidance to those stuck at a crossroads.
£6.99
Crossway Books ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal Esther
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£6.23
Shambhala Publications Inc The Light That Shines through Infinity: Zen and
Book SynopsisA Zen Buddhist perspective on the universal flow of cosmic energy and how to incorporate that energy into one''s life and spiritual practice The universe is alive with a dynamic energy that creates and sustains our lives. It surrounds us, flows through us, and is available to us in every moment. Spiritual practice, according to revered American Zen teacher Dainin Katagiri Roshi, is about aligning ourselves with this ever-present life force—sometimes referred to as chi, qi, or ki. This collection, edited from Roshi’s talks, focuses on cosmic energy as it relates to all aspects of Zen practice. With references to classic texts and personal stories that bring the teachings to life, The Light That Shines through Infinity is also a powerful antidote to the notion that practice is in some way about transcending the world around us. It is in fact about nothing other than relating to it compassionately and whole-heartedly.
£16.14
Crossway Books Light in a Dark Place
Book SynopsisIn the latest volume of the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series, theology professor John S. Feinberg has written a robust treatment of the doctrine of Scripturethe foundation of all theology.
£30.39
Wisdom Publications,U.S. What Makes You So Busy?
Book SynopsisA Tibetan Buddhist lama gives advice on the issues facing people in the modern world.In this book, Khenpo Sodargye, a world-famous Tibetan Buddhist lama and scholar, offers guidance on an issue that troubles so many of us in the modern world: What is true happiness, and how do we achieve it? Bombarded with information, endlessly pursuing possessions—we look for happiness in all the wrong places. Khenpo Sodargye, one of the busiest Buddhist teachers in the world, shows us how to redirect our attention away from such distractions and instead calm our minds and find true contentment. His wide-ranging advice covers careers and conventional notions of material success, romantic relationships, and the environment. Erudite and compassionate, he points the reader to inspiration from sutras, Zen masters, Confucius, and the daily news, offering warm, heartfelt encouragement for these troubled times.
£999.99
Shambhala Publications Inc Teachings of the Christian Mystics
Book SynopsisAn anthology of excerpts and scriptures from a diverse selection of Christian mystics such as Francis of Assisi, Meister Eckhart, Julian of Norwich, Teresa of Avila, Thomas Merton, Bede Griffiths, and many others.The Christian mystics are a treasure of Western civilization, yet they remain little known. Andrew Harvey’s anthology confronts us with the mystics in their own words to show us how well they serve, even now, as guides for the spiritual life—and to challenge preconceived ideas about the path of Christianity. The selections here represent all eras of the Christian tradition as well as an amazing range of people who have embodied it.This book is part of the Shambhala Pocket Library series. The Shambhala Pocket Library is a collection of short, portable teachings from notable figures across religious traditions and classic texts. The covers in this series are rendered by Colorado artist Robert Spellman. The books in this collection distill the wisdom and heart of the work Shambhala Publications has published over 50 years into a compact format that is collectible, reader-friendly, and applicable to everyday life.
£11.73
Crossway Books In the Lord I Take Refuge
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£21.59
Crossway Books The Prince and the Blight The Dream Keeper Saga
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£10.44
Crossway Books Personality and Worldview
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£20.39
Crossway Books All That Jesus Commanded The Christian Life
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£23.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Religion and Nature in North America
Book SynopsisFeaturing a range of scholars in the field of religion and ecology, over 95 images, and a glossary of key terms, this book provides a survey of the key topics and religious traditions in the study of religion and nature in the North American context. Students are introduced to the ways in which religions have shaped our thinking about the many dimensions of nature and affected the socio-political and ecological landscapes of North America.This overview explores the impacts of European colonialism on indigenous peoples, and the enslaving of black peoples, that still reverberate in contemporary issues of environmental justice and climate change, and the breadth of intersectional environmentalisms that include race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, and place. Contributing authors also explore the range of religious and spiritual values and sentiments that shape human engagement with the more-than-human natural worlds.With guidance for further reading accompa
£20.89
SPCK Notes on Feminism
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£11.69
Wisdom Publications,U.S. Being Human and a Buddha Too: Longchenpa's Seven
Book SynopsisIn writing that sparkles and inspires, Anne Klein (Lama Rigzin Drolma) shows us how to liberate our buddha nature to be both human and a buddha too.This first volume in the House of Adzom series centers on Longchenpa’s seven trainings in bodhicitta, our awakened mind, the ultimate purpose of our practice and training. Anne Klein’s original composition masterfully weaves in Adzom Paylo Rinpoche’s commentary and Jigme Lingpa’s five pith practices and commentary on the trainings, in keeping with Longchenpa’s skillful integration of sutra, tantra, and Dzogchen, to resolve our most challenging questions about what awakening involves and how it relates to the truth of our human situation right now. As foundational teachings for Dzogchen practitioners, the seven trainings are framed as contemplations on impermanence, the adventitiousness of happiness and its short duration, the multiple causes of death, the meaninglessness of our worldly activities, reliance on the Buddha’s good qualities, the teacher’s pith instructions, and, ultimately, nonconceptual meditation on bliss and emptiness, clarity and emptiness, and reality itself.
£14.39
Austin Macauley Publishers Enoch and the Giants: The Book of Enoch and the
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£12.59
John Wiley & Sons Inc Catholicism AllinOne For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Book 1: What Do Catholics Believe? 5 Chapter 1: Catholicism 101 7 Chapter 2: Having Faith in God’s Revealed Word 39 Chapter 3: Alpha to Omega: Catholic Teachings on Creation, Original Sin, and End Times 55 Chapter 4: Believing in Jesus 67 Chapter 5: Who’s Who in Catholic Practice 91 Book 2: Living the Catholic Faith 107 Chapter 1: Worshipping Catholic Style 109 Chapter 2: Receiving the Sacraments 121 Chapter 3: Obeying the Rules — Catholic Law 163 Chapter 4: Loving and Honoring: The Ten Commandments 177 Chapter 5: Being Good When Sinning Is So Easy 193 Chapter 6: Growing Your Relationship with God: Pray without Ceasing 215 Chapter 7: Exploring the Church’s Stance on Some Sticky Issues 241 Book 3: Making Sense of the Catholic Mass 275 Chapter 1: Understanding Mass and Its Foundations 277 Chapter 2: Celebrating Mass 305 Chapter 3: The Tools of the Catholic Mass 333 Chapter 4: The Look and Sound of Mass — Architecture, Art, and Music 361 Chapter 5: The Church Calendar: A Look at the Liturgical Year 377 Book 4: Meeting Saints and Other Important Figures 401 Chapter 1: The Blessed Virgin Mary 403 Chapter 2: Understanding Sainthood and Angels 421 Chapter 3: Starting at the Beginning with Apostles and Evangelists 439 Chapter 4: Incredible Saints 455 Chapter 5: Life-Changing Saints Who Inspire Us 477 Chapter 6: Holy Martyrs 497 Chapter 7: Doctor’s Orders: Founding Religious Orders and Doctors of the Church 517 Chapter 8: Saints In Our Day and Age 535 Chapter 9: Women in the Bible — Eight Impactful Ladies 547 Book 5: All About His Holiness, the Pope 587 Chapter 1: Becoming and Leading as Pope 589 Chapter 2: St John Paul II — A Man for All Seasons 613 Chapter 3: Pope Francis — The People’s Pope 631 Index 643
£22.94
SPCK - Crossway Ancient Wisdom for the Care of Souls
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£16.19
Wisdom Publications,U.S. Dzokchen
Book SynopsisPith Instructions for Realizing the Great Perfection, from One of the Greatest Tibetan Yogis of the Twentieth Century, H. H. Dudjom Rinpoche.In the concise yet comprehensive practice manual entitled The Illumination of Primordial Consciousness, the great twentieth-century Tibetan Nyingma master Dudjom Rinpoche lays out a sequential path to spiritual freedom according to the teachings of the Great Perfection (Dzokchen): First, we refine our awareness by training in meditative quiescence (shamatha) and then proceed to the cultivation of contemplative insight (vipashyana), by which our mind’s basic nature of luminosity and emptiness is revealed. Then, having recognized that the ordinary, deluded mind is actually without any intrinsic essence, we are primed to cut through this conditioned mind into unborn, timeless pristine awareness, which has never been contaminated by mental afflictions or other obscurations. Finally, we realize th
£20.40
Wisdom Publications,U.S. Vasubandhu's 'Three Natures': A Practitioner's
Book SynopsisA plain-English commentary on Vasubandhu''s classic Treatise on the Three Naturesthat shows us an integrative path of personal and social healing and liberation.In this book, Ben Connelly shows the power of integrating early Buddhist psychology with the Mahayana emphasis on collective liberation. You?ll discover how wisdom from fourth-century India can be harnessed to heal and transform systems of harm within ourselves and our communities. The three natures (svabhavas)?the imaginary, dependent, and complete, realized natures?are inherent aspects of all phenomena. The imaginary nature of things is what we think they are. Their dependent nature is that they appear to arise from countless conditions. The complete, realized nature is that they aren?t as we imagine them to be: things that can be grasped or pushed away. The three natures form the backbone of Yogacara philosophy, and by showing us how to see beyond our preconceived notions of ourselves and others, beyond the things that we?re convinced are ?true,? they open up a path to personal and communal healing. Dive into this empowering approach to freedom from suffering, from harmful personal and social patterns, and to finding peace and joyfulness in the present.
£13.49
