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Confession of a Buddhist Atheist
Written by Stephen Batchelor
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $16.00
Does Buddhism require faith? Can an atheist or agnostic follow the Buddha’s teachings without believing in reincarnation or organized religion?
This is one man’s confession.
In his classic Buddhism Without Beliefs, Stephen Batchelor offered a profound, secular approach to the teachings of the Buddha that struck an emotional chord... Read more >
Written by Stephen Batchelor
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $16.00
Does Buddhism require faith? Can an atheist or agnostic follow the Buddha’s teachings without believing in reincarnation or organized religion?
This is one man’s confession.
In his classic Buddhism Without Beliefs, Stephen Batchelor offered a profound, secular approach to the teachings of the Buddha that struck an emotional chord... Read more >
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The Book of Margery Kempe
Written by John Skinner
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2011
Price: $14.99
Though a familiar name, little was known about the English mystic Margery Kempe (c. 1373-c. 1440) for hundreds of years except that she had an association with the great Julian of Norwich. This all changed in 1934 with the discovery of The Book of Margery Kempe in a library where it... Read more >
Written by John Skinner
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2011
Price: $14.99
Though a familiar name, little was known about the English mystic Margery Kempe (c. 1373-c. 1440) for hundreds of years except that she had an association with the great Julian of Norwich. This all changed in 1934 with the discovery of The Book of Margery Kempe in a library where it... Read more >
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trade paperback.
The Rock
A Tale of Seventh-Century Jerusalem
Written by Kanan Makiya
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2010
Price: $14.99
Whose rock is enshrined inside the golden Dome of Jerusalem? The rock of Moses or of Muhammad? Kanan Makiya gathers together the stories, legends, and beliefs that define the Rock—the place where Adam landed in his fall from Paradise and where Abraham attempted to sacrifice his first-born; where Solomon’s Temple stood... Read more >
A Tale of Seventh-Century Jerusalem
Written by Kanan Makiya
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2010
Price: $14.99
Whose rock is enshrined inside the golden Dome of Jerusalem? The rock of Moses or of Muhammad? Kanan Makiya gathers together the stories, legends, and beliefs that define the Rock—the place where Adam landed in his fall from Paradise and where Abraham attempted to sacrifice his first-born; where Solomon’s Temple stood... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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American Veda
From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West
Written by Philip Goldberg
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $26.00
In February 1968 the Beatles went to India for an extended stay with their new guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It may have been the most momentous spiritual retreat since Jesus spent those forty days in the wilderness.
With these words, Philip Goldberg begins his monumental work, American Veda, a fascinating look... Read more >
From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West
Written by Philip Goldberg
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $26.00
In February 1968 the Beatles went to India for an extended stay with their new guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It may have been the most momentous spiritual retreat since Jesus spent those forty days in the wilderness.
With these words, Philip Goldberg begins his monumental work, American Veda, a fascinating look... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
American Veda
From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West
Written by Philip Goldberg
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $11.99
In February 1968 the Beatles went to India for an extended stay with their new guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It may have been the most momentous spiritual retreat since Jesus spent those forty days in the wilderness.
With these words, Philip Goldberg begins his monumental work, American Veda, a fascinating look... Read more >
From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West
Written by Philip Goldberg
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $11.99
In February 1968 the Beatles went to India for an extended stay with their new guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It may have been the most momentous spiritual retreat since Jesus spent those forty days in the wilderness.
With these words, Philip Goldberg begins his monumental work, American Veda, a fascinating look... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Reading Jesus
A Writer's Encounter with the Gospels
Written by Mary Gordon
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $15.00
A Writer's Encounter with the Gospels
Written by Mary Gordon
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $15.00
Reading Jesus is a personal journey through the fundamental Biblical stories. As celebrated author Mary Gordon ponders the intense strangeness of a deity in human form, unresolved moral ambiguities within the text, and the problem posed to her as an enlightened reader by the miracle of the Resurrection. What she rediscovers—and...
Read more >
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eBook.
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The Case for God
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $16.95
A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind... Read more >
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $16.95
A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind... Read more >
Life After Death
A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion
Written by Alan Segal
Format: eBook, 880 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2010
Price: $23.99
A magisterial work of social history, Life After Death illuminates the many different ways ancient civilizations grappled with the question of what exactly happens to us after we die.
In a masterful exploration of how Western civilizations have defined the afterlife, Alan F. Segal weaves together biblical and literary scholarship, sociology, history... Read more >
A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion
Written by Alan Segal
Format: eBook, 880 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2010
Price: $23.99
A magisterial work of social history, Life After Death illuminates the many different ways ancient civilizations grappled with the question of what exactly happens to us after we die.
In a masterful exploration of how Western civilizations have defined the afterlife, Alan F. Segal weaves together biblical and literary scholarship, sociology, history... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
Rabbi Paul
An Intellectual Biography
Written by Bruce Chilton
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2010
Price: $12.99
A brilliant new biography of Saint Paul, whose interpretations of the life and teachings of Jesus transformed a loosely organized, grassroots peasant movement into the structured religion we know today
Without Paul, there would be no Christianity. His letters to various churches scattered throughout the Roman Empire articulated, for the first time... Read more >
An Intellectual Biography
Written by Bruce Chilton
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2010
Price: $12.99
A brilliant new biography of Saint Paul, whose interpretations of the life and teachings of Jesus transformed a loosely organized, grassroots peasant movement into the structured religion we know today
Without Paul, there would be no Christianity. His letters to various churches scattered throughout the Roman Empire articulated, for the first time... Read more >
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hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Paul Among the People
The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time
Written by SARAH RUDEN
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: February 16, 2010
Price: $10.99
It is a common—and fundamental—misconception that Paul told people how to live. Apart from forbidding certain abusive practices, he never gives any precise instructions for living. It would have violated his two main social principles: human freedom and dignity, and the need for people to love one another.
Paul was a... Read more >
The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time
Written by SARAH RUDEN
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: February 16, 2010
Price: $10.99
It is a common—and fundamental—misconception that Paul told people how to live. Apart from forbidding certain abusive practices, he never gives any precise instructions for living. It would have violated his two main social principles: human freedom and dignity, and the need for people to love one another.
Paul was a... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Reading Jesus
A Writer's Encounter with the Gospels
Written by Mary Gordon
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $12.99
A Writer's Encounter with the Gospels
Written by Mary Gordon
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $12.99
Reading Jesus is a personal journey through the fundamental Biblical stories. As celebrated author Mary Gordon ponders the intense strangeness of a deity in human form, unresolved moral ambiguities within the text, and the problem posed to her as an enlightened reader by the miracle of the Resurrection. What she rediscovers—and...
Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Saint and the Sultan
The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace
Written by Paul Moses
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $16.99
An intriguing examination of the extraordinary–and little known meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Islamic leader Sultan Malik Al-Kamil that has strong resonance in today's divided world.
For many of us, St. Francis of Assisi is known as a poor monk and a lover of animals. However, these images are sadly... Read more >
The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace
Written by Paul Moses
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $16.99
An intriguing examination of the extraordinary–and little known meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Islamic leader Sultan Malik Al-Kamil that has strong resonance in today's divided world.
For many of us, St. Francis of Assisi is known as a poor monk and a lover of animals. However, these images are sadly... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Saint and the Sultan
The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace
Written by Paul Moses
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $26.00
An intriguing examination of the extraordinary–and little known meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Islamic leader Sultan Malik Al-Kamil that has strong resonance in today's divided world.
For many of us, St. Francis of Assisi is known as a poor monk and a lover of animals. However, these images are sadly... Read more >
The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace
Written by Paul Moses
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $26.00
An intriguing examination of the extraordinary–and little known meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Islamic leader Sultan Malik Al-Kamil that has strong resonance in today's divided world.
For many of us, St. Francis of Assisi is known as a poor monk and a lover of animals. However, these images are sadly... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Case for God
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $27.95
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and... Read more >
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $27.95
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Case for God
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $15.99
A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind... Read more >
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $15.99
A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Case for God
Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $50.00
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and... Read more >
Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $50.00
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and... Read more >
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The Case for God
Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.00
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and... Read more >
Written by Karen Armstrong
Read by Karen Armstrong
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.00
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and... Read more >
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Religion and the Rise of Western Culture
Written by Christopher Dawson
Format: eBook, 242 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2009
Price: $12.99
Written by Christopher Dawson
Format: eBook, 242 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2009
Price: $12.99
In this new edition of his classic work, Religion and the Rise of Western Culture, Christopher Dawson addresses two of the most pressing subjects of our day: the origin of Europe and the religious roots of Western culture. With the magisterial sweep of Toynbee, to whom he is often compared, Dawson...
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No god but God
The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
Written by Reza Aslan
Read by Shishir Kurup
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $25.00
Though it is the fastest growing religion in the world, Islam remains shrouded by ignorance and fear. What is the essence of this ancient faith? Is it a religion of peace or war? How does Allah differ from the God of Jews and Christians? Can an Islamic state be founded on... Read more >
The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
Written by Reza Aslan
Read by Shishir Kurup
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $25.00
Though it is the fastest growing religion in the world, Islam remains shrouded by ignorance and fear. What is the essence of this ancient faith? Is it a religion of peace or war? How does Allah differ from the God of Jews and Christians? Can an Islamic state be founded on... Read more >
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Prayer in America
A Spiritual History of Our Nation
Written by James P. Moore, Jr.
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $21.99
A stirring chronicle of the spiritual life of a nation, Prayer in America shows how the faith of Americans—from the founding fathers to corporate tycoons, from composers to social reformers, from generals to slaves—was an essential ingredient in the formation of American culture, character, commerce, and creed.
Prayer in America brings... Read more >
A Spiritual History of Our Nation
Written by James P. Moore, Jr.
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $21.99
A stirring chronicle of the spiritual life of a nation, Prayer in America shows how the faith of Americans—from the founding fathers to corporate tycoons, from composers to social reformers, from generals to slaves—was an essential ingredient in the formation of American culture, character, commerce, and creed.
Prayer in America brings... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Parallel Empires
The Vatican and the United States--Two Centuries of Alliance and Conflict
Written by Massimo Franco
Translated by Roland Flamini
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: January 20, 2009
Price: $14.99
The fascinating and highly relevant history of the turbulent relationship between the United States and the Holy See, recounted and analyzed by Italian journalist and Vatican insider Massimo Franco
Drawing on unique access to the archives of the Holy See and a range of sources both in Washington, D.C. and Rome, Parallel... Read more >
The Vatican and the United States--Two Centuries of Alliance and Conflict
Written by Massimo Franco
Translated by Roland Flamini
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: January 20, 2009
Price: $14.99
The fascinating and highly relevant history of the turbulent relationship between the United States and the Holy See, recounted and analyzed by Italian journalist and Vatican insider Massimo Franco
Drawing on unique access to the archives of the Holy See and a range of sources both in Washington, D.C. and Rome, Parallel... Read more >
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The Christian World
Written by Martin Marty
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this cogent volume, historian Martin Marty gives readers of all faiths a brief yet sweeping account of Christianity and how it grew from a few believers two thousand years ago to become the world’s largest religion. He depicts the life of Christ and his teachings and explains how the apostles... Read more >
Written by Martin Marty
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this cogent volume, historian Martin Marty gives readers of all faiths a brief yet sweeping account of Christianity and how it grew from a few believers two thousand years ago to become the world’s largest religion. He depicts the life of Christ and his teachings and explains how the apostles... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Inerrant the Wind
The Evangelical Crisis in Biblical Authority
Written by Robert M. Price
Format: Hardcover, 322 pages
On Sale: December 16, 2008
Price: $25.99
Conservative Protestantism in America has always wrestled with doctrinal controversies over issues ranging from predestination to the mode of baptism, from charismatic gifts to biblical prophecy. But probably none has threatened the American evangelical movement as much as the recent "battle for the Bible." The dispute centers on the doctrine of... Read more >
The Evangelical Crisis in Biblical Authority
Written by Robert M. Price
Format: Hardcover, 322 pages
On Sale: December 16, 2008
Price: $25.99
Conservative Protestantism in America has always wrestled with doctrinal controversies over issues ranging from predestination to the mode of baptism, from charismatic gifts to biblical prophecy. But probably none has threatened the American evangelical movement as much as the recent "battle for the Bible." The dispute centers on the doctrine of... Read more >
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In the Beginning
The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture
Written by Alister McGrath
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $11.99
In the sixteenth century, to attempt to translate the Bible into a common tongue wasn't just difficult, it was dangerous. A Bible in English threatened the power of the monarch and the Church. Early translators like Tyndale, whose work greatly influenced the King James, were hunted down and executed, but the... Read more >
The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture
Written by Alister McGrath
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $11.99
In the sixteenth century, to attempt to translate the Bible into a common tongue wasn't just difficult, it was dangerous. A Bible in English threatened the power of the monarch and the Church. Early translators like Tyndale, whose work greatly influenced the King James, were hunted down and executed, but the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Failed God
Fractured Myth in a Fragile World
Written by John A. Rush
Format: Trade Paperback, 472 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $28.95
On a 2001 trip to the cathedrals of Europe, anthropologist John Rush and his wife entered St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice and encountered a mosaic depicting Jesus surrounded by mushrooms with an Amanita muscaria cap in his hand. Examining the space with new eyes, they discovered images of mushrooms and mind-altering... Read more >
Fractured Myth in a Fragile World
Written by John A. Rush
Format: Trade Paperback, 472 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $28.95
On a 2001 trip to the cathedrals of Europe, anthropologist John Rush and his wife entered St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice and encountered a mosaic depicting Jesus surrounded by mushrooms with an Amanita muscaria cap in his hand. Examining the space with new eyes, they discovered images of mushrooms and mind-altering... Read more >
