Religion

Post-Olympic Britain looks like a very different country from the brittle, post-riot Britain of 2011. However, despite the successes of 2012, Frances Ward argues that underlying tensions remain in our...

This compelling and exhaustively researched account reveals the truth behind one of the greatest Judeo Christian archaeology of the century-a 1,600-year-old papyrus manuscript, or codex, containing the only known surviving...

The traditional devotion of our people to the Mass and the Blessed Sacrament is under considerable pressure today from various forces. One of these is a simple lack of understanding...

Simple exercises for Zen practice meditation, poetry, brush painting, and martial arts.A concise discussion of themes and practices associated with Zen, including koans, enlightenment and ethics.Other books by Annellen Simpkins...

'It is not enough merely to espouse a noble vision, the Dalai Lama tells us - we need to move toward it. The Dalai Lama's vision beckons us all. Every...

For decades, the Dalai Lama has travelled the world, meeting with people from a wealth of countries who differ greatly in their background, social status and viewpoint, bringing them his...

The Good Book is a book of insight, inspiration, wisdom, solace and commentary on the human condition drawn from the great humanist traditions of thought and literature of the world....

There has been a bad-tempered quarrel between defenders and critics of religion in recent years. Both sides have expressed themselves acerbically because there is a very great deal at stake...

There has been a bad-tempered quarrel between defenders and critics of religion in recent years. Both sides have expressed themselves acerbically because there is a very great deal at stake...

A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing...

John Paul II was the first pope since the early 1600s to view the evil and his minions not only as formidable foes, but as tangible forces which the Catholic...

'Act in such a way that all those who come in contact with you will go away joyful. Sow happiness about you because you have received much from God.' St...

Peace Smiles traces Thomas Merton's fascinating and sometimes troubled life from a disrupted childhood and rather turbulent adolescence, to his conversion to Roman Catholicism, his ordination in 1949 and his...

In his apostolic exhortation Christus Vivit, Pope Francis offers words of hope and consolation to all the faithful but, in particular, he focusses on young people and encourages them in...

In 2015 Pope Francis published Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home, the first papal encyclical devoted exclusively to the subject of the environment. Released to glowing reviews both...

From 1998 to 2009, over eighty papers were presented at the annual Ceifin conferences, focusing on key social issues facing Ireland. Values - Leadership - Change: Messages from Ceifin is...

Pope Francis wants to bring about a quiet revolution within the Catholic Church. He wants a reformed church in which the `sense of the faithful', the instinct of baptised men...

In this follow-up to Incarnational Ministry: Being with the Church, Samuel Wells explores what it means for Christians and churches to engage with the world. Drawing on the Gospels, Acts,...

In Faith Maps a theologian of great flair and originality 'translates' the voices of several leading thinkers into a series of reflections on faith and contemporary life and culture. The...

Following the success of his widely acclaimed The Pope Francis Agenda, renowned theologian Donal Dorr returns with a topical new work that explores the interplay between an ecological spirituality and...

This beautiful devotional book by Stella Durand consists of a series of fascinating biographical accounts of Irish saints for each day of the year and is interspersed with short reflections...

This pocket-sized edition of the world's first self-help guide, venerated for more than 3000 years as a work of philosophy, mysticism and by some, divinatory power, features highlighted passages and...

Some people believe in the theory of miracles. Sister Briege McKenna believes in the reality of miracles because she sees them happen. Since 1970, when she was healed of crippling...

Why do people have near-death experiences? Are there physical explanations for those out-of-body sensations and tunnels of light? And what about moments of spiritual ecstasy? If Buddha had been in...

We are facing one of the greatest crises in the history of religion. Truth is being cast aside in the name of tolerance and cultural relativism, all under the guise...

Hans-Werner Schroeder here turns his considerable experience and wisdom to the issues surrounding the idea of God as three-in-one. He looks in turn at the Father-God, the Son-God and the...

Even Jennifer herself has in the light of severe recent tragedies found herself gaining a new understanding of all she has been through. This book looks back at the traumas...

The quest for the truth about history's most compelling figure.Now a major motion picture, The Case for Christ chronicles Lee Strobel's spiritual journey from atheism and former legal editor of...