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The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey
RRP: £10.99£7.51In The Darkening Age, Catherine Nixey tells the little-known - and deeply shocking - story of how a militant religion deliberately tried to extinguish the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in unquestioning adherence to the 'one true faith'.The... -
When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone 9780156961585
RRP: £16.99£12.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156961585Author Merlin StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 265Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 340g -
The Jews and Their Lies by Martin Luther
£9.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593640248Author Martin LutherFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Liberty Bell PublicationsPublisher Liberty Bell PublicationsWeight(grams)... -
The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku
RRP: £26.99£17.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250207142Author Brian C. MurareskuFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 750gDimensions(mm) 243mm... -
The Anglo-Florentines: The British in Tuscany, 1814-1860 by Diana Webb
RRP: £24.99£22.18This book gives a fuller picture than has hitherto been attempted of the variety of Britons who became residents of Florence between the end of the Napoleonic wars and the absorption of Tuscany into the kingdom of Italy. Many of them were leisured, and... -
God: An Anatomy - As heard on Radio 4 by Francesca Stavrakopoulou
RRP: £14.99£10.59Winner of The PEN Hessell-Tiltman PrizeShortlisted for The Wolfson History PrizeA The Times Books of the YearA fascinating, surprising and often controversial examination of the real God of the Bible, in all his bodily, uncensored, scandalous forms.'One... -
Heaven on Earth: The Lives and Legacies of the World's Greatest Cathedrals by Emma J. Wells 9781788541954
RRP: £14.99£10.95A glorious illustrated history of sixteen of the world's greatest cathedrals, interwoven with the extraordinary stories of the people who built them. 'An impeccable guide to the golden age of ecclesiastical architecture' The Times 'Vivid, colourful... -
A History of the Sikhs Vol 1 (SECOND EDITION): Volume 1 1469-1838 by Khushwant Singh 9780195673081
RRP: £12.99£12.17The new second edition volume one 1469-1839 is updated to the present recounts the return of the community to the mainstream of national life. Written in Khushwant Singh's trademark style to be accessible to a general, non-scholarly audience, the book is... -
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History by Nur Masalha 9780755649426
RRP: £10.99£8.55This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history. Starting with the earliest references in... -
A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult by DK
RRP: £20.00£15.89Discover the beguiling history of witchcraft, magic, and superstition through the centuries in this stunningly illustrated title. A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult charts the extraordinary narrative of one of the most interesting and often... -
God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
RRP: £10.99£7.32The bestselling cult classicgod Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the ways in which religion is man-made, dangerously sexually repressive and... -
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
RRP: £14.99£10.95WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE AND THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION'Endlessly fascinating and enjoyable' Neil MacGregor'A marvellous book' David Attenborough'Full of delights' Tom StoppardAn extraordinary exploration of the medieval world - the... -
The Religions Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
RRP: £19.99£14.20Learn about the primal beliefs to the world's great faiths in The Religions Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Religions in this overview guide to... -
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English (7th Edition) by Geza Vermes
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Probably the most important archaeological find in history ... Vermes' translations are a standard in the field' Los Angeles TimesThe discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judaean desert between 1947 and 1956 was one of the greatest finds of all time... -
Julian of Norwich: A Very Brief History by Janina Ramirez
RRP: £10.99£7.77Over six hundred years ago a woman known as Julian of Norwich wrote what is now regarded as one of the greatest works of literature in English. Based on a sequence of mystical visions she received in 1373, her book is called Revelations of Divine Love. ... -
Sacred Nature: How we can recover our bond with the natural world by Karen Armstrong 9781529114799
RRP: £10.99£7.12'A rich and subtle exploration of the sacredness of nature, filled with a timeless wisdom and deep humanity' Guardian In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that it isn't enough to change our behaviour to avert environmental catastrophe -... -
Judas: The troubling history of the renegade apostle by Peter Stanford
RRP: £10.99£7.05In this fascinating historical and cultural biography, writer and broadcaster Peter Stanford deconstructs that most vilified of Bible characters: Judas Iscariot, who famously betrayed Jesus with a kiss. Beginning with the gospel accounts, Peter explores... -
A History of Religious Ideas: v. 1: From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries by Mircea Eliade
RRP: £20.50£18.59"No one has done so much as Mr. Eliade to inform literature students in the West about 'primitive' and Oriental religions...Everyone who cares about the human adventure will find new information and new angles of vision."--Martin E. Marty, "New York... -
Pilate by Ann Wroe
RRP: £14.99£10.95Although very little is known for certain about Pontius Pilate, the man who crucified Christ, this has not stopped writers in every age from imagining his life. In this extraordinary book, Ann Wroe recounts the lives of all our Pilates; among them the... -
A History Of God by Karen Armstrong
RRP: £12.99£9.09The idea of a single devine being - God, Yahweh, Allah - has existed for over 4,000 years. But the history of God is also the history of human struggle. While Judaism, Islam and Christianity proclaim the goodness of God, organised religion has too often... -
God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn God, Reza Aslan sheds new light on mankind's relationship with the divine and challenges our perspective on the history of faith and the birth of religion. From the origins of spiritual thought to the concept of an active,... -
Bede the Scholar by Peter Darby
RRP: £60.00£42.79Distilling a decade of research by leading experts on the Venerable Bede, Bede the scholar investigates the Northumbrian monk's place within the wider intellectual developments of the early medieval world. Demonstrating the centrality of the Bible to his... -
Jesus by A. N. Wilson
RRP: £18.99£13.61The Jesus of Faith and the Jesus of History are two different beings, with two different stories. In this brilliant and bestselling biography, A. N. Wilson reappraises our readings of the Gospels and, with extraordinary insight and clarity, reinterprets... -
Veritas: a Harvard professor, a con man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife by Ariel Sabar
RRP: £18.99£12.83From award-winning author Ariel Sabar comes the gripping, true story of a sensational religious forgery and the scandal that engulfed Harvard University. In 2012, Dr Karen King, a star professor at Harvard Divinity School, announced a blockbuster... -
The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club by Christopher de Hamel 9780241304372
RRP: £40.00£27.55The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and literature. We are dazzled by them and recognize their crucial role in the transmission of knowledge. But we generally think much less about the countless men... -
The Poetic Edda by Carolyne Larrington
RRP: £9.99£7.36'She sees, coming up a second time, Earth from the ocean, eternally green; the waterfalls plunge, an eagle soars above them, over the mountain hunting fish.' After the terrible conflagration of Ragnarok, the earth rises serenely again from the... -
The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution by Christopher Hill
RRP: £12.99£9.09'His finest work and one that was both symptom and engine of the concept of "history from below" ... Here Levellers, Diggers, Ranters, Muggletonians, the early Quakers and others taking advantage of the collapse of censorship to bid for new kinds of... -
Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology by Corey O'Brien
RRP: £11.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399160400Author Corey O'BrienFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
A Nearly Infallible History of Christianity by Nick Page
RRP: £14.99£9.72From Abelard to Zwingli, via a multitude of saints and sinners, Nick Page guides us through the creeds, the councils, the buildings and the background of the Christian church in an illuminating, and perhaps ever so slightly irreverent way.Well-known as a... -
The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ronald Hutton 9780192854490
RRP: £14.99£11.62Ronald Hutton is known for his colourful and provocative writings on original subjects. This work is no exception: for the first full-scale scholarly study of the only religion England has ever given the world; that of modern pagan witchcraft, which has... -
The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss by David Bentley Hart
RRP: £13.99£12.81From one of the most revered scholars of religion, an incisive explanation of how the word "God" functions in the world's great faiths Despite the recent ferocious public debate about belief, the concept most central to the... -
Love Sex Fear Death: The Inside Story of the Process Church of the Final Judgment - Expanded Edition by Timothy Wyllie
RRP: £28.99£18.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627311267Author Timothy WyllieFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S. -
The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia by Neil Price 9781842172605
RRP: £35.00£30.42Magic, sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themes of the great medieval Icelandic sagas and poems, the problematic yet vital sources that provide our primary textual evidence for the Viking Age that they claim to describe. Yet despite the... -
Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World by Tim Whitmarsh
RRP: £10.99£7.32How new is atheism?Long before the Enlightenment sowed seeds of disbelief in a deeply Christian Europe, atheism was a matter of serious public debate in the Greek world. But history is written by those who prevail, so the lively free-thinking voices of... -
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Fifth Edition Revised by David Farmer
RRP: £14.99£10.95Far more than a dry hagiographical account of the lives of saints, this entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. First published in 1978, the Oxford Dictionary of Saints... -
The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction by Timothy H. Lim
RRP: £8.99£6.45Since their discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have become an icon in popular culture that transcends their status as ancient Jewish manuscripts. Everyone has heard of the Scrolls, but amidst the conspiracies, the politics, and the sensational... -
The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent by Nelson H. Minnich
RRP: £29.99£25.94The Council of Trent was a major event in the history of Christianity. It shaped Roman Catholicism's doctrine and practice for the next four hundred years and continues to do so today. The literature on the Council is vast and in numerous languages. This... -
The Living Wells of Wales: New photographs and old tales of our sacred springs, holy wells and spas by Phil Cope 9781781724965
RRP: £20.00£15.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781724965Author Phil CopeFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales Press -
Religion's Sudden Decline: What's Causing It, and What Comes Next? by Ronald F Inglehart
RRP: £24.49£20.78Mass attachment to religion is rapidly declining in most of the world; Why, and What comes next? The world is becoming less religious. Since 2007, there has been a pervasive decline in religious belief and most of the world's people now say that God... -
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England by Keith Thomas
RRP: £18.99£14.01Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover...