Religious category: 31793 books
Gone but Not Forgotten
The Life and Times of William Oscar Austin Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2009
In these tough economical times it has been a popular assessment to try to compare this recession to the Great Depression. The stock market crash of 1929 led the way and by the time dust storms had turned the Farm Belt into the Dust Bowl hundreds of thousands of Americans were hungry, homeless, and...
by Randy Singer
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
In Saudi Arabia, two American missionaries are targeted by the infamous religious police—Muttawa. The man is tortured and killed; his wife arrested on trumped-up charges before being deported to the United States. Compelled by the injustice of her plight, young attorney Brad Carlson files an unprecedented...
Touch the Sky
Country Inspirational and Religious Thoughts
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
This is an collection of numerous poems from Sonja's inspirational and religious thoughts.
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Excerpt
SLOW through the solemn air, in silence sailing,
Borne by mysterious angels, strong and fair,
She sleeps at last, blest dreams her eyelids veiling,
Above this weary world of strife and care.
Lo how she passeth!--dreamy, slow, and calm:
Scarce...
Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Beings
Experiences of an American Diplomat with Maitreya and the Masters of Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2003
All major religions of the world are expecting him. Christians know him as the Christ. Jews are still awaiting the Messiah. Hindus anticipate the coming of Krishna. Muslims are expecting the Imam Mahdi. And Buddhists call him the Fifth (Maitreya) Buddha. The names are all different, but many believe...
Is Critique Secular?
Blasphemy, Injury, and Free Speech
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
This volume interrogates settled ways of thinking about the seemingly interminable conflict between religious and secular values in our world today. What are the assumptions and resources internal to secular conceptions of critique that help or hinder our understanding of one of the most pressing...
I Confess
How a Very Religious Catholic Boy Learned Dirty Words Sex and Celibacy Avoided Suicide Embraced Death Found Love God & Himself Not Necessarily in That Order
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Throughout his remarkable life, Richard Sipe has followed one simple yet demanding dictum: Tell the truth. He has done so as a priest, a mental health clinician, and a writer exploring the trials of celibacy and the tragedy of child sexual abuse. Today, Sipe is best known for his work with clergy who...
The Enchantment of Poetry
A Collection of Drawings and Writings Celebrating the Amazing Fine Art of Kordis
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
The Enchantment of Poetry marks an intriguing collaboration between an artist and a poet. Dr Georgios D. Kordis, a professor, theologian, and important artist of his time, created the fine art drawings. A renowned, world-class iconographer in the Byzantine tradition, Kordis has introduced surrealistic...
Deity and Morality
With Regard to the Naturalistic Fallacy
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
This book describes the "naturalistic fallacy", as attributed to Hume, that non-moral premises cannot logically entail a moral conclusion, and distinguishes it from the similarly named though subtly different fallacy identified by Moore in Principia Ethica by comparing and contrasting its presence...
The Unbelievers
The Awakening, Book 2
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
A child who never should have been born…
Tara Spencer is the new mother of a baby girl—one who, by all accounts, should not exist.
Despite fears about her child’s origins, Tara finds herself settling into the Willow Springs community, away from the prying eyes of The Brotherhood...
The Delight of Being Ordinary
A Road Trip with the Pope and the Dalai Lama
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
What happens when the Pope and the Dalai Lama decide they need a secret vacation?
Roland Merullo’s playful, eloquent, and life-affirming novel finds the world’s two holiest men teaming up for an unsanctioned road trip through the Italian countryside--where they rediscover the everyday joys...
by Gianni Vattimo, John Caputo
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
It has long been assumed that the more modern we become, the less religious we will be. Yet a recent resurrection in faith has challenged the certainty of this belief. In these original essays and interviews, leading hermeneutical philosophers and postmodern theorists John D. Caputo and Gianni Vattimo...
by Vladimir Solovyov
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1996
This book is the seminal work in which Solovyov developed his religious philosophy. In it, he undertakes a stunning critique of positivism, by which he understands the entire philosophy of Western rationalism, which he sees as setting up a conflict between reason and faith, and reason and nature. In...
by Omid Tofighian
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
This book rethinks Plato’s creation and use of myth by drawing on theories and methods from myth studies, religious studies, literary theory and related fields. Individual myths function differently depending on cultural practice, religious context or literary tradition, and this interdisciplinary...