Religious list 10

A Dictionary of the Principle Religious Sects in the World

The Book of Religions

by Hayward, John
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015

The Book of Religions Comprising The Views, Creeds, Sentiments, or Opinions, Of All The Principal Religious Sects In The World Particularly Of All Christian Denominations In Europe and America To Which Are Added Church and Missionary Statistics Together With Biographical Sketches.

The Medieval Inquisition. A Study in Religious Persecution

by Charles T. Gorham
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013

With this book, published for the Rationalist Press Association in 1918, Charles T. Gorham made a good structured summary of the Medieval Inquisition action. He dealt in particular with the social aspects of this religious persecution and its consequences on European countries life that were mainly...

Refugee Nuns, the French Revolution, and British Literature and Culture

by Tonya J. Moutray
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016

In eighteenth-century literature, negative representations of Catholic nuns and convents were pervasive. Yet, during the politico-religious crises initiated by the French Revolution, a striking literary shift took place as British writers championed the cause of nuns, lauded their socially relevant...

The Persecution of William Penn

by Carl Reader
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013

The story of William Penn is one of great personal tragedy as well as great ability and courage in the face of religious persecution. In England in the seventeenth century, Penn was jailed six times for his beliefs as a Quaker, yet through his connections at court and his deep understanding, good...

By His Light

Character and Values in the Service of God

by Lichtenstein, Aharon
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2016

In this volume, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein explores the development of the religious personality. He advocates a life centered on the service of God, but recognizes multiple paths to this goal. Acknowledging that both the Jewish value system and human experience are multifaceted, he examines the relevant...

The Sincere Huron (French Classics Series)

Pupil of Nature: Religious satire from the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion

by Voltaire
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Sincere Huron (French Classics Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Huron, or originally called L'Ingénu is a satirical novel and it tells the story of a Huron called "Child of Nature" who,...

Religious and Poetic Experience in the Thought of Michael Oakeshott

by Glenn Worthington
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016

Much of the scholarly attention attracted by Michael Oakeshott’s writings has focused upon his philosophical characterisation of the relations that constitute moral association in the modern world. A less noticed, but equally significant, aspect of Oakeshott’s moral philosophy is his account of...

A Prophet with Honor

The Billy Graham Story (Updated Edition)

by William C. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018

A Prophet with Honor is the biography Billy Graham himself invited and appreciated for its sympathetic but frank approach. Carefully documented, eminently fair, and gracefully written, it raises and answers key questions about Graham's character, contributions, and influence on the world religious...

Simple Gifts

Great Hymns: One Man's Search for Grace

by Bill Henderson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006

If there is one simple phrase that lies at the heart of this moving tribute to the pleasures of singing hymns, it is this: "Only joy." Bill Henderson, a tough man with a gentle vision, found community and religious grace as a middle-aged man while lifting his voice in church. In a book that will inspire...

Leaving Fundamentalism: Personal Stories

Personal Stories

by G. Elijah Dann
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009

In a time when religious conservatives have placed their faith and values at the forefront of the so-called “culture wars,” this book is extremely relevant. The stories in Leaving Fundamentalism provide a personal and intimate look behind sermons, religious services, and church life, and promote...

The A to Z of Sacred Music

by Joseph P. Swain
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010

Nearly all religious traditions have reserved a special place for sacred music. Whether it is music accompanying a ritual or purely for devotional purposes, music composed for entire congregations or for the trained soloist, or music set to holy words or purely instrumental, in some form or another,...

Strongs in the Lord

by Johnathan M. Carter
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2005

Strongs in the Lord is the religious parody that has, too long, been missing from the literary scene. A powerful television evangelist and his television ministry, both ran by a scheming, cheating wife, enjoy untold wealth and power after the tragic events of 911. Using fear, guilt and shame, as every...

Tafsir Al Mizan Vol 1

by Allama Muhammad Husain Tabatabai
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2018

The late Islamic scholar, thinker and philosopher, al-`Allamah as-Sayyid Muhammad Husayn at-Tabataba'i (al-`Allamah at-Tabataba'i) came from the celebrated Tabataba'i family of Tabriz. For the last three centuries, this family has produced generation after generation of renowned religious scholars...

Christian and Religious Poems

by Ken Barker
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015