Literature & the Arts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514009802Author Bruce HermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802865878Author Calvin R. StapertFormat PaperbackPage Count 173Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

George Herbert is one of the great 17th century poet-priests. His poems embrace every shade of the spiritual life, from love and closeness, to anger and despair, to reconciliation and hope. And his work is always rich with audacious playfulness: he seems...

In this devotional book, Stephen Cottrell reflects on five paintings from Stanley Spencer's Christ in the Wilderness series. These paintings give us startling insight into Jesus' own vocation and self-understanding of his ministry. They show his great...

For over half a century, scholars have laboured to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganised Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly...

Stephen Strehle continues his detailed analysis of the secular forces that shape the modern world in this second and final volume to the study, offering a fresh perspective and solid philosophical, theological, and historical conclusions from his years...

Readers who can quote word for word from C.S. Lewis's theological classic, Mere Christianity, or his science fiction novel, Perelandra, have often never read his work as a professional literary historian. They may not even recognize some of the neglected...

THE WAY OF A PILGRIM is the timeless account of an anonymous wanderer who set out on a journey across nineteenth-century Russia with nothing but a backpack, some bread and a Bible, with a burning desire to learn the true meaning of the words of St. Paul:...

An extraordinary book, which enables us to consider the nature of God in the 21st Century through the lens of Dostoevsky's novels. The current rash of books hostile to religious faith will one day be an interesting subject for some sociological analysis...

'Bring us, Lord our God, at our last awakening, into the house and gate of heaven...' John Donne's prayer speaks of the hope and promise of a life with God that embraces us beyond death as well as during our time on earth. However, people of faith...

Philip Burton explores Augustine's treatment of language in his Confessions - a major work of Western philosophy and literature, with continuing intellectual importance. One of Augustine's key concerns is the story of his own encounters with language:...

A star, a stable, angels, shepherds, kings, and at the heart of it all a mother and her baby. In The Art of Christmas Jane Williams' meditations on the birth of Jesus take you deep into the story of the original Christmas as depicted in some of the...

The Pilgrim's Progress has inspired readers across the centuries to persevere in their faith. For longstanding fans of Bunyan's tale, or for those encountering it for the first time, this illustrated edition offers new beauty and insight with striking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506411880Author Christine H. SchenkFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063276444Author C s LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506433769Author Richard BeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 205Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780963962157Author Professor John MiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint New Arts LibraryPublisher New Arts LibraryWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736034620Author Christ John OttoFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Belonging House MediaPublisher Belonging House MediaWeight(grams)...

Had there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbit, no Lord of the Rings, no Narnia, and perhaps no conversion to Christianity by C. S. Lewis.The First World War laid waste to a continent and brought about the end of innocence-and the end of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956942302Author Owen BarfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Barfield Press UKPublisher Barfield Press UKWeight(grams) 143gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626984752Author Robert EllsbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA)

John Henry Newman, one of the towering figures of the early Victorian Church of England, caused shock and outrage in equal measure when he announced his espousal of Roman Catholicism in 1845. His Apologia, written nearly twenty years later in response to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666777338Author Gregory S AthnosFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint Resource Publications (CA)Publisher Resource Publications (CA)Weight(grams) 435g

Let it be our chief occupation to think upon the life of Jesus Christ.THE IMITATION OF CHRIST is one of the great classics on spiritual devotion. It has been influential since it was first written over five centuries ago, with people such as John Wesley...

In his distinctive work, Christopher Scarf explores the writings of the three most prominent Oxford "Inklings" - Charles Williams (1886-1945), C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), and J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) - to reveal and contrast their conceptions of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922691446Author Meredith GreshamFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint James GreshamPublisher James GreshamWeight(grams) 943gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...

T.S. Eliot - editor, poet, critic and publisher - was the greatest poet of his generation. The winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize for Literature, virtually every English language poet since owes him a debt of gratitude. Voted as Britain's favourite poet in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609422684Author C S LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 60Imprint LitsPublisher LitsWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

This elegant Bible edition honors the beauty and richness of the New King James Version in a convenient portable size with essential study tools and traditional red-letter text for the Words of Christ.The New King James Version in the Sovereign...

A collection of writings by monks from the fourth to fifteenth centuries, the PHILOKALIA more than any other text reflects the Eastern Church's interpretation of the Bible's meaning. Simply translated the title means 'love of the beautiful', which...

In a world of turmoil, art matters more than ever. Art can bring about political action, even social revolution. Art reminds us of the things that really matter. It lifts our eyes to eternity and show us the importance of the here and now. With...

In Preface to Paradise Lost, C. S. Lewis presents an illuminating reflection on John Milton's Paradise Lost, the seminal classic that profoundly influenced Christian thought as well as Lewis's own work. Lewis a revered scholar and professor of...

Our parish churches constitute a living patrimony without precise European parallel. Their cultural riches are astonishing, not only for their quality and quantity, but also their diversity and interest. Fine art and architecture here combine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578697956Author Tanner OlsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Written to Speak, LLCPublisher Written to Speak, LLCWeight(grams) 145g

Austere apologetics.Q. Septimus Florens Tertullianus (ca. AD 150-222) was born a soldier's son at Carthage, educated in Greek and Roman literature, philosophy, and medicine, and later studied law to became a pleader, remaining a clever and often tortuous...

'You can only find out the rights and wrongs by Reasoning - never by being rude about your opponent's psychology.' For C. S. Lewis, reason and logic are the sensible way to approach faith and ethics. Much of the 20th century's ills are caused by...

On First Principles by Origen of Alexandria, written around 220-230 AD, is one of the most important and contentious works of early Christianity. It provoked controversy when written, provoked further debate when translated into Latin by Rufinus in the...

As with French, German or Spanish, learning the basic vocabulary of Christianity is a vital first step in understanding what it means and how it works. We think of words like 'faith', 'forgiveness', 'salvation', 'sin' and 'heaven'. But how can we be sure...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825442520Author Kenneth W OsbeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Kregel PublicationsPublisher Kregel PublicationsWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm)...

Jesus through Medieval Eyes will take you on an exploration of medieval representations of Jesus in theology and literature.Who is Jesus? What is he like? And who am I, encountering Jesus? These questions were just as important to Christians in the...