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Cover of Speaking of Siva
by Penguin Books Ltd
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014

Speaking of Siva is a selection of vacanas or free-verse sayings from the Virasaiva religious movement, dedicated to Siva as the supreme god. Written by four major saints, the greatest exponents of this poetic form, between the tenth and twelfth centuries, they are passionate lyrical expressions of...
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Philosophy of Religion

An Introduction with Readings

by Stuart Brown
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

With the entry-level student in mind, Stuart Brown guides the reader through three main topics: whether or not there is life after death; whether or not there is a powerful, beneficent intelligence controlling the universe; and the nature and appropriate defence of religious belief or faith. Each...
Cover of The Everlasting Check
by Alexander George
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016

Alexander George’s lucid interpretation of Hume’s “Of Miracles” provides fresh insights into this provocative text, explaining the concepts and claims involved. He also shows why Hume’s argument fails to engage with committed religious thought and why philosophical argumentation so often proves ineffective in shaking people’s deeply held beliefs.
Cover of The Concept of Prayer (Routledge Revivals)
by D. Z. Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014

Many contemporary philosophers assume that, before one can discuss prayer, the question of whether there is a God or not must be settled. In this title, first published in 1965, D. Z. Phillips argues that to understand prayer is to understand what is meant by the reality of God. Beginning by placing...
Cover of Nathan the Wise
by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015

A Jewish merchant, a Muslim sultan, and a young Templar knight transcend the differences in their faiths in this play's moving plea for religious tolerance and cooperation amongst Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, the Enlightenment-era drama explores timeless...
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On Whom the Axe Falls

A psychological thriller

by Graham Hamer
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016

When he left his cottage to pick a few vegetables from his garden, Reverend Aloicius Quayle hadn't intended lying face down on the cold earth with the morning sun on the back of his head and a vine of runner beans crushed under his chest. He also hadn't intended to have a twenty centimetre bone handled...
Cover of La Leyenda de Artabano, el Cuarto Rey
by Claudio Valerio Gaetani
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 29, 2016

La leyenda del cuarto Rey Mago, cuenta la historia de Artabano, un Rey que junto a Melchor, Gaspar y Baltazar partió, siguiendo la estrella cometa en busca de niño Jesús.Durante el viaje le suceden muchas cosas, que lo llevan a acumular un enorme retraso en su viaje, tanto de perder las huellas...
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John

A Novel

by Niall Williams
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2008

At a time when Americans remain skeptical about religion but still thirst for spiritual fulfillment, Niall Williams's extraordinary and masterful new novel reveals a universally appealing message of hope and love. In the years following the death of Jesus Christ, John the Apostle, now a frail, blind...
Cover of Inversion
by Anastasia Volnaya
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017

The art project – poetic illustrations of the poet Anastasia Volnaya to pictures of the modern artist of T. Travnik
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Wounds

A Novel

by Alton Gansky
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013

 A man’s lifeless body is found in the fresh soil of San Diego’s botanical garden. Cause of death is asphyxiation, an easy call for the medical examiner. More mysterious, however, are the tiny drops of blood on the victim’s skin, resulting from hundreds of punctures. A rabbi leaving...
Cover of Dark Horse Spirit: Beyond Redemption
by Margaret E. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014

Injured while working with her young quarter horse, Jeannie is thrust precipitously into a fantastic world of spirit and light. No longer bound by the dictates of the physical world, she finds herself navigating a landscape both astoundingly beautiful - and fraught with excruciatingly painful challenges....
Cover of The Fisherman's Testament
by César Vidal
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009

It is the year AD 62. The notorious Roman emperor Nero orders Marco Junio Vitalis, a seasoned military general, to assist him in a most peculiar legal proceeding. Vitalis interrogates an elderly Jewish fisherman called Peter, who many years earlier had been a close friend of a man known as Jesus—the...
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Antiochus

A Novel

by John Gillies, Walter Price
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 1982

He was one of the most notorious persecutors of the Jews who ever lived. He defiled the Temple of God, killed religious zealots, and became the archetype of the Antichrist. The Greek monarch, King Antiochus IV Epiphanes, ruled the ancient Seleucid Empire 2200 years ago. The authors have written...
Cover of Riding Out the Turbulence: Companion Short Story to The Jack Harper Trilogy
by Hilary Walker
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017

In this short story, Timothy Shepherd is annoyed at having to visit his parents over Thanksgiving. It means exchanging his fast-paced life as a successful financial adviser in New York for a sleepy rural farm and his annoyingly religious mother and father.But instead of a boring country break,...
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