Religion
- Explorations in Spiritual Mysticism
- Radical Voices on Faith and Power
- Philosophical Explorations of Faith
- Foundations of Christian Thought
- Puritan Reflections on Faith
- Foundational Texts of the Bible
Hurlbut’s Bible Lessons
Hurlbut’s Bible Lessons offers a structured approach to understanding the Bible, designed for young adults and children. This comprehensive …
Lives of the Saints
Lives of the Saints offers a rich tapestry of short biographies celebrating the lives of saints, one for each day of the year. Compiled from…
The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying
Written by a Church of England clergyman in the time of Cromwell, this work is praised for both its style and content. Taylor's work was muc…
The Diary of a Dead Officer
Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most …
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion
The second volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. The superstition and magical purpose …
Jonah
This short narrative book of the Old Testament contains one of the most famous Bible Stories, of “Jonah and the Whale.” The “great fish” how…
Discovering Buddhism
The wisdom of emptiness is the ultimate teaching in Buddhism; its main tenet is that our suffering is caused by our inability to perceive th…
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-madinah and Meccah
In Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-madinah and Meccah, Sir Richard Francis Burton recounts his remarkable journey to the heart of t…
Nehemiah
Nehemiah is a pivotal book in the Hebrew Bible that chronicles the remarkable journey of Nehemiah, a Jewish leader who returns to Jerusalem …
Religio Medici and Hydriotaphia
Religio Medici (The Religion of a Doctor) sets out Sir Thomas Browne's spiritual testament as well as being an early psychological self-port…
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English theologian and writer John Donne, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Lond…
Ecclesiastes
The Book of Ecclesiastes ( /ɨˌkliːziˈæstiːz/; literally "Book of the Teacher"; Hebrew: קֹהֶלֶת, Qoheleth), commonly referr…
The Dancing Mania
Numerous theories have been proposed for the causes of dancing mania, and it remains unclear whether it was a real illness or a social pheno…
A Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope
The Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope (1537) (Latin, Tractatus de Potestate et Primatu Papae), The Tractate for short, is the se…
Book of Matthew
Spiritual and practical lessons are extracted from every verse of the Book of Matthew, as well as detailed explanation of the text. The Book…
Esther
The book commences with a feast organized by Ahasuerus, initially for his court and dignitaries and afterwards for all inhabitants of Shusha…
Paradise Regained
Paradise Regained is a poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton, published in 1671. It is connected by name to his earlier and more…
Book of Judith
The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for being unwilling to engage their …
Ezra
The history of the first return of exiles, in the first year of Cyrus the Great (536 B.C.), till the completion and dedication of the new Te…
Darwin or Design
Darwin or Design is a collection of interviews with 25 people on both sides of the intelligent design question. There are interviews on what…