Religious category: 31793 books
Pastrix
The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Now a New York Times bestseller, Nadia Bolz-Weber takes no prisoners as she reclaims the term "pastrix"(pronounced "pas-triks," a term used by some Christians who refuse to recognize female pastors) in her messy, beautiful, prayer-and-profanity laden narrative about an unconventional...
Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light
The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
This historic work reveals the inner spiritual life of one of the most beloved and important religious figures in history--Mother Teresa.
During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions; her extraordinary contributions...
My Bright Abyss
Meditation of a Modern Believer
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Seven years ago, Christian Wiman, a well-known poet and the editor of Poetry magazine, wrote a now-famous essay about having faith in the face of death. My Bright Abyss, composed in the difficult years since and completed in the wake of a bone marrow transplant, is a moving meditation on what a viable...
Property
The True Story of a Polygamous Church Wife
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013
In the early 1970s an innocent teenager who had led a sheltered life was forced to leave her family and enter into a polygamous, abusive, and deviant relationship with a man called the Prophet. In 2008, nearly 40 years later, she fled his religious sect.
Property is not a misnomer. It accurately...
by Anne Rice
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Anne Rice’s first work of nonfiction—a powerful and haunting memoir that explores her continuing spiritual transformation.
Anne Rice was raised in New Orleans as the devout child in a deeply religious Irish Catholic family. Here, she describes how, as she grew up, she lost her belief in God,...
Rebbe
The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
“One of the greatest religious biographies ever written.” – Dennis Prager
In this enlightening biography, Joseph Telushkin offers a captivating portrait of the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a towering figure who saw beyond conventional boundaries to turn his movement, Chabad-Lubavitch,...
fathermothergod
My Journey Out of Christian Science
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
Lucia Ewing had what looked like an all-American childhood. She lived with her mother, father, sister, and brother in an affluent suburb of Minneapolis, where they enjoyed private schools, sleep-away camps, a country club membership, and skiing vacations. Surrounded by a tight-knit extended family,...
Mother Angelica
The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The extraordinary saga of Mother Angelica--who passed away on Easter, 2016--founder of the multimillion-dollar Eternal Word Television Network and “the most influential Catholic woman in America” according to Time magazine
In 1981, the year after Ted Turner founded...
Following Francis
The Franciscan Way for Everyone
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
Discover the story of a man who lived in the Italian town of Assisi nearly 800 years ago—and still offers inspiration to millions today.
In a small town in Italy, in the late twelfth century, a wealthy silk merchant and his wife welcomed a baby boy. Their son lived a life of wealth and worldly...
I Fired God
My Life Inside---and Escape from---the Secret World of the Independent Fundamental Baptist Cult
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
A compelling memoir and account of the Independent Fundamental Baptist church and its shocking history of religious abuse.
Jocelyn Zichterman was born, raised, married into, and finally, with her family, fled the Independent Fundamental Baptist church. Founded by the fiery preacher Bob Jones,...
Miracles Every Day
The Story of One Physician's Inspiring Faith and the Healing Power of Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
God's Spirit is everywhere.
Miracles Every Day is the story of Dr. Issam Nemeh, a Cleveland-based physician and devout Catholic who has prayed over tens of thousands of people from all faiths and all walks of life in the past two decades. The result? Miracles. Injuries healed, cancers cured,...
by Mitch Stokes
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. But all, through their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires, uniquely illuminate our shared...
by Matthew E. Bunson, D.Min.
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
"Make me an instrument of your peace." St. Francis of Assisi
When the curtains were drawn and our new Holy Father stepped out into view of the 150,000 people waiting in St. Peter's Square, it was a humble and gentle man from Argentina who greeted them, not in triumph, but with a gentle...
The Autobiography of Saint Therese
The Story of a Soul
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
Few spiritual figures have touched as many readers in the past century as Saint Therese of Lisieux, the saint popularly known as the Little Flower. Though she was only twenty-four years old when she died, her writings have had tremendous impact, making her one of the most popular spiritual writers...