Essential Gnostic Scriptures
Written by Marvin Meyer and Willis Barnstone
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $18.95
The people we’ve come to call gnostics were passionate advocates of the view that salvation comes through knowledge and personal experience, and their passion shines through in the remarkable body of writings they produced over a period of more than a millennium and a half. Willis Barnstone and Marvin Meyer have...
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Saints Preserved
An Encyclopedia of Relics
Written by Thomas J. Craughwell
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $16.00
A finger, a lock of hair, a crucifix, a chalice—if such items belonged to a saint, they are considered to be relics and as such are venerated by the Catholic Church. Anyone who thinks that relics are remnants of the Middle Ages should log on to eBay. On any day of...
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Saints Preserved
Written by Thomas J. Craughwell
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $11.99
A finger, a lock of hair, a crucifix, a chalice—if such items belonged to a saint, they are considered to be relics and as such are venerated by the Catholic Church. Anyone who thinks that relics are remnants of the Middle Ages should log on to eBay. On any day of...
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The Forge of Christendom
The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West
Written by Tom Holland
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $19.95
At the approach of the first millennium, the Christians of Europe did not seem likely candidates for future greatness. Weak, fractured, and hemmed in by hostile nations, they saw no future beyond the widely anticipated Second Coming of Christ. But when the world did not end, the peoples of Western Europe...
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The Gnostic Bible
Revised and Expanded Edition
Edited by Willis Barnstone and Marvin Meyer
Format: Trade Paperback, 896 pages
On Sale: June 30, 2009
Price: $29.95
Gnosticism was a wide-ranging religious movement of the first millennium CE—with earlier antecedents and later flourishings—whose adherents sought salvation through knowledge and personal religious experience. Gnostic writings offer striking perspectives on both early Christian and non-Christian thought. For example, some gnostic texts suggest that god should be celebrated as both mother...
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The Forge of Christendom
The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West
Written by Tom Holland
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $15.99
At the approach of the first millennium, the Christians of Europe did not seem likely candidates for future greatness. Weak, fractured, and hemmed in by hostile nations, they saw no future beyond the widely anticipated Second Coming of Christ. But when the world did not end, the peoples of Western Europe...
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Infidels
A History of the Conflict Between Christendom and Islam
Written by Andrew Wheatcroft
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: May 3, 2005
Price: $15.95
Here is the first panoptic history of the long struggle between the Christian West and Islam.
In this dazzlingly written, acutely nuanced account, Andrew Wheatcroft tracks a deep fault line of animosity between civilizations. He begins with a stunning account of the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, then turns to the main...
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Infidels
A History of the Conflict Between Christendom and Islam
Written by Andrew Wheatcroft
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 15, 2004
Price: $11.99
Here is the first panoptic history of the long struggle between the Christian West and Islam.
In this dazzlingly written, acutely nuanced account, Andrew Wheatcroft tracks a deep fault line of animosity between civilizations. He begins with a stunning account of the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, then turns to the main...
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