Religious

Polarized debates about 'Islam' and 'the West' are now so ubiquitous that it is easy to forget how damaging they can be. The vast majority of Muslims do not wish to see Islam used as a divisive force within the largely secular societies in which they...

The classic account of crisis and conversion.Aurelius Augustine (AD 354-430), one of the most important figures in the development of western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a pagan, Patricius of Tagaste, and his Christian wife, Monnica...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806472Author James AppleFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

'A rare, highly detailed insider account of a "family" designed to be shut off from the world. And of Morgan, a ferocious young girl who railed hard against it.' Sunday Times'This is an unflinching and courageous memoir, exposing one of the world's most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781586171902Author Peter SeewaldFormat HardbackPage Count 260Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius Press

'Through the lens of neuroscience, McHargue makes his case for valuing religion not for its factual explanatory power but rather for its ability to give meaning to human existence . . . For those who fear science will rob them of both God and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939681881Author Andrew M. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Monkfish Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Monkfish Book Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621645412Author Didier-Marie GolayFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius PressWeight(grams) 1293gDimensions(mm) 264mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546012672Author Yvonne OrjiFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Worthy BooksPublisher Worthy BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 152mm * 25mm

The life and miracles of a pagan holy man.Philostratus' colorful biography of Apollonius of Tyana, recounting the sayings and miracles of a Pythagorean sage, incidentally provoked a long-lasting debate between pagans and Christians. This volume, which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621643739Author Michael HesemannFormat PaperbackPage Count 459Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius Press

Exploring the life of a slave trader turned hymn writer, this book looks to the pastoral legacy of John Newton, whose hundreds of extant letters offer modern Christians valuable insights into the Christian life."Through Newton's words and Tony's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735440439Author James K HannaFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Serif PressPublisher Serif PressWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802422842Author Ray Rhodes Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Moody PublishersPublisher Moody Publishers

Little known in America but venerated as a martyr in Iran, Howard Baskerville was a twenty-two-year-old Christian missionary from South Dakota who traveled to Persia (modern-day Iran) in 1907 for a two-year stint teaching English and preaching the gospel...

For centuries readers have comfortably accepted Julian of Norwich as simply a mystic. In this astute book, Denys Turner offers a new interpretation of Julian and the significance of her work. Turner argues that this fourteenth-century thinker's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781414380643Author Charles R. SwindollFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House Publishers

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Growing up in the suburbs of Dublin, Aidan Storey was the youngest of seven, a much-loved, happy child who enjoyed family life and all the usual rough-and-tumble games he played with friends in his garden. The only difference was, when the friends left...

What place does 'sacrifice' have in the modern world? The Bible says it is central - and that sacrifice is not only a vital key to the future, it is the essence of a Christian's life, today. Helen Roseveare skilfully weaves stories of sacrifice together...

"The quiet, consistent lives of Christian students drew me and began to convince me. The teaching in their Bible study groups and the assurance in their daily prayer meetings brought a sense of sober reality. They talked of faith as an objective...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143036487Author Marshall FradyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 171gDimensions(mm) 179mm * 129mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060576523Author BonaventureFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 192g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626983120Author Ruth BurrowsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA)

'Balances detailed research with powerful storytelling to create a well-written and heart-wrenching account' - Nicole Gemine, Press and Journal Jane Haining was undoubtedly one of Scotland's heroines. A farmer's daughter from Galloway in south-west...

In this book, John Piper celebrates the lives and ministries of 27 leaders from church history, offering a close look at their perseverance amidst opposition, weakness, and suffering-inspiring readers toward a life of Christ-exalting courage, passion,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681922256Author Catherine OdellFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Our Sunday Visitor Inc.,U.S.Publisher Our Sunday Visitor Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Long overlooked by scholars, this seventh-century Life of the Virgin, attributed to Maximus the Confessor, is the earliest complete Marian biography. Originally written in Greek and now surviving only in Old Georgian, it is now translated for the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385363037Author Mary C. NealFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

When Paula D'Arcy lost her husband and baby in a car crash, she began an inner search for a faith that was stronger than fear. She tells her story of spiritual exhaustion, her journey alone into the wilderness for three days, and the renewal she was...

These spiritual journals will give readers insight into the heart and mind of one of Britain's leading abolitionists. William Wilberforce (1759-1833) is best remembered as a leading figure in the movement to have the slave trade abolished...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966662313Author Glenda GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint Spiritis Church PublishingPublisher Spiritis Church Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611043303Author J Hudson TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Readaclassic.comPublisher Readaclassic.comWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641238014Author Larry MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Whitaker HousePublisher Whitaker HouseWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061171062Author Billy GrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 832Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 907g

The Best of Both Worlds is the true story of how childhood misery and trauma helped Gordon Smith discover a gift that has helped many people throughout the world. He has helped those who are in mourning come to terms with death and bereavement by working...

From the Wolfson History Prize-winning author of The Man on Devil's Island, the definitive biography of Vivekananda, the Indian monk who shaped the intellectual and spiritual history of both East and West.Few thinkers have had so enduring an impact on...

The story of the notorious Jewish gangster who ascended from impoverished beginnings to the glittering Las Vegas strip "[A] brisk-reading chronicle of Siegel's life and crimes."-Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal"Fast-paced and absorbing. . . . With a keen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781887752657Author Mostafa al-BadawiFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Fons Vitae,USPublisher Fons Vitae,USWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

In the immediate aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, the local parish church became a focal point of the relief effort, and a gathering place for a traumatised community. In the months that followed, it worked closely with other community and faith...