Religious

One aim of this series is to dispel the intimidation readers feel when faced with the work of difficult and challenging thinkers. Moses ben Maimon, also known as Maimonides (1138-1204), represents the high point of Jewish rationalism in the middle ages...

'Absorbing, fascinating, arresting' The Observer 'Intensely moving, luminous and rather magnificent' The TimesIt was one of the most startling moments in the history of the City of London. In 2011, the Occupy movement set up camp around St Paul's...

Philosophy of Religion: A Guide and Anthology provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible overview of the philosophy of religion. Under the careful editorship of Brian Davies, the book contains a selection of the best classical and...

Mysticism and esotericism are two intimately related strands of the Western tradition. Despite their close connections, however, scholars tend to treat them separately. Whereas the study of Western mysticism enjoys a long and established history, Western...

An investigation of what it means to have children-morally, philosophically and emotionally"Do you want to have children?" is a question we routinely ask each other. But what does it mean to create a child? Is this decision always justified? Does anyone...

The Indian philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna (c. 150-250 CE) was the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism and arguably the most influential Buddhist thinker after Buddha himself. Indeed, in the Tibetan and East Asian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789657222041Author Rabbi Rabbi Yehudah Lev AshlagFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Nehora PressPublisher Nehora PressWeight(grams) 832gDimensions(mm)...

In this moving and engaging book by one of France’s few female rabbis and leader of the country’s Liberal Jewish Movement, Delphine Horvilleur recounts eleven stories of loss, mourning, and consolation, collected during years spent caring for the dying...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592644636Author Rabbi Joseph B SoloveitchikFormat HardbackPage Count 249Imprint Toby Press LtdPublisher Toby Press LtdWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

The most accessible Kierkegaard reader ever "In a culture awash in religious silliness, Kierkegaard's bracing metaphors expose our mediocrities and energize us with a clarified sense of what it means to follow Jesus." -Eugene Peterson, author,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604595741Author Arthur SchopenhauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint SMK BooksPublisher SMK BooksWeight(grams) 676gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 26mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725292635Author John D CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Green Mass is a meditation on-and with-twelfth-century Christian mystic and polymath Saint Hildegard of Bingen. Attending to Hildegard's vegetal vision, which greens theological tradition and imbues plant life with spirit, philosopher Michael Marder...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062565396Author C S LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805444780Author Henry T. BlackabyFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Broadman & Holman PublishersPublisher Broadman & Holman PublishersDimensions(mm)...

Muslim Enlightened Thought in South Asia is an engaging history of the enlightened liberality of modern Muslim poets, philosophers, educationists, novelists, historians, artists and public intellectuals who drew on a long Muslim intellectual tradition...

The concept of the atonement is one of the defining doctrine of Christianity. Over the course of many centuries, theologians, church forefathers, philosophers and more have proposed a huge expanse of interpretations of Christ's sacrifice for humanity,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684514571Author Catherine PakalukFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Regnery PublishingPublisher Regnery PublishingWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm)...

Faith and Criticism addresses a central problem in the church today - the tension between traditionalists and progressives. Traditionalists want above all to hold fast to traditional foundations in belief and ensure that nothing of value is lost, even at...

This biography provides a versatile insight into the life, work, and thought of Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965). Nils Ole Oermann offers a detailed account of the multifaceted life of Albert Schweitzer who was a theologian, organist, philosopher,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800624750Author Wilfred Cantwell SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Augsburg FortressPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Christianity Today Book Award (Missions/Global Affairs) 2000.Book InformationISBN 9780802846914Author P. BergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 135Imprint William B...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780768471717Author George MacDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 498Imprint Sea Harp PressPublisher Sea Harp PressWeight(grams) 535gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420964110Author G K ChestertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Mulla Sadra (ca. 1572-1640) is one of the most prominent figures of post-Avicennan Islamic philosophy and among the most important philosophers of Safavid Persia. He was a prolific writer whose work advanced the fields of intellectual and religious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617430312Author Austin Osman SpareFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Greenbook Publications, LLCPublisher Greenbook Publications, LLCWeight(grams)...

Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali's philosophical explorations covered nearly the entire spectrum of twelfth-century beliefs. Beginning his career as a skeptic, he ended it as a scholar of mysticism and orthodoxy. The Niche of Lights, written near the end of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592444274Author Enrique DusselFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Richard Swinburne presents a substantially rewritten and updated edition of his most celebrated book. No other work has made a more powerful case for the probability of the existence of God. Swinburne gives a rigorous and penetrating analysis of the most...

The Star of Redemption is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding religion and philosophy. Fusing philosophy and theology, the book assigns both Judaism and Christianity distinct but equally important roles in the spiritual structure of...

John MacArthur's exhaustive study notes provide access to over 50 years of ministry to aid in a better understanding of God's word.Over 4 million readers around the world have had their spiritual lives enriched and their understanding of God's Word...

Notwithstanding their neglect in many histories of ideas in the West, the Cambridge Platonists constitute the most significant and influential group of thinkers in the Platonic tradition between the Florentine Renaissance and the Romantic Age. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781475111576Author Michael JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 502Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 662gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 26mm

The Name of God is Mercy, Pope Francis' exploration on the universal theme of mercy, is a spiritual inspiration to both followers of Christianity and non-Christians around the world.Drawing on his own experience as a priest and shepherd, Pope Francis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156028004Author Merton ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperOne

In this all-embracing Christian church history, E. H. Broadbent details the growth, traditions and teachings of churches and denominations through the ages. Intended as an introduction to organized Christianity, the Pilgrim Church selects examples from...

A Brief History of Secret Societies examines the significant hidden power wielded by clandestine organisations from ancient times right up to the present day. Throughout history, humankind's search for knowledge has revealed strange truths. Barrett...

Pyrrho of Elis went with Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Greek invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC. There he met with early Buddhist masters. Greek Buddha shows how their Early Buddhism shaped the philosophy...

Discourse around Muslims and Islam all too often lapses into a false dichotomy of Orientalist and fundamentalist tropes. A popular reimagining of Islam is urgently needed. Yet it is a perhaps unexpected political philosophical tradition that has the most...

The need for spirituality in the Western world has never been greater. At the same time, churches are losing more and more members. The West is in a deep crisis of faith. How so? Because too often we are content with superficial answers and shallow...