Alan Jacobs: 18 books
How to Think
A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
"Absolutely splendid . . . essential for understanding why there is so much bad thinking in political life right now." **—David Brooks, New York Times
How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we’re not as good at thinking as we assume—but how recovering this lost art can rescue our...
by Alan Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America....
The "Book of Common Prayer"
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
While many of us are familiar with such famous words as, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . ." or "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," we may not know that they originated with The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible...
Original Sin
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Essayist and biographer Alan Jacobs introduces us to the world of original sin, which he describes as not only a profound idea but a necessary one. As G. K. Chesterton explains, "Only with original sin can we at once pity the beggar and distrust the king."
Do we arrive in this world...
The Narnian
The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil -- all these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia. Over the past half century, children everywhere have escaped into this world and...
by 亞倫．傑考布斯(Alan Jacobs)
Language: Chinese
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Language: Chinese
Release Date: May 29, 2018
＃這世界太莫名我用思考求生
＃思考不是一個人的事
˙《巴黎評論》（Paris Review）編輯選書
˙《紐約時報》、《華爾街日報》、《大西洋月刊》、《出版者週刊》、《旗幟週刊》（The Weekly Standard）一致好評
《文化戰爭：為美國下定義的一場奮鬥》（Culture...
The Year of Our Lord 1943
Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
By early 1943, it had become increasingly clear that the Allies would win the Second World War. Around the same time, it also became increasingly clear to many Christian intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic that the soon-to-be-victorious nations were not culturally or morally prepared for their...
When Jesus Lived in India
The Quest for the Aquarian Gospel The Mystery of the Missing Years
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
There have been many opinions about what happened during the eighteen 'missing' years of Jesus' life. Alan Jacobs presents and evaluates all the material, rendering it accessible for a modern readership, and weaving it into a compelling narrative.
108 Sonnets for Awakening
and Selected Poems
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
Alan Jacobs is a well known Mystical Poet and the subject of this long sonnet sequence is Awakening From The Dream of Life.This beautiful book also contains a selection from his most important poems. He is President of the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK.
A Theology Of Reading
The Hermeneutics Of Love
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
If the whole of the Christian life is to be governed by the "law of love"—the twofold love of God and one's neighbor—what might it mean to read lovingly? That is the question that drives this unique book. Through theological reflection interspersed with readings of literary texts (Shakespeare...
by Alan Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
SOCRATES WITHOUT TEARS is a beautifully written Novella which reveals the exciting discovery of the long lost Dialogues of Socrates by his devoted pupil Aeschines. They give us a totally different picture of Socrates' great wisdom told with amusement and irony. It shows Socrates connection with Eastern...
by Michael Wilder, Sharon Coolidge, Leland Ryken
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Comprehensive in scope, this substantial volume was compiled in honor of Leland Ryken and champions the importance of an approach to faith and learning grounded in the Christian liberal arts.
The Gnostic Gospels
Including the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary Magdalene
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The selections made in this volume shed light on these esoteric doctrines revealing intimate conversations between Jesus and his Disciples. The Gospel of Mary Magdalene throws new light on his relationship with this favourite disciple. The Gospel of Thomas contains concentrated mini-parables, containing...
The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ
The Missing Years
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
What happened to Jesus between the ages of 12 and 30? Where did he go, whom did he meet? How did Jesus increase 'in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man'? The Aquarian Gospel reveals the truth of Jesus' journey to the East and how this shaped the boy into the man.
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