Religion

This engaging volume examines Buddha's core teachings, explores the ways and means of enlightenment and elucidates the mystical aspects of Buddhism. From the four noble truths and the eightfold path...

Wm Paul Young's 2008 novel THE SHACK was a worldwide publishing phenomenon. Millions found their spiritual hunger satisfied by the New York Times bestseller - the story of a man...

"[A] lucid and thoughtful book... In a spirit of reconciliation, Crane proposes to paint a more accurate picture of religion for his fellow unbelievers." -James Ryerson, New York Times Book...

How To Practise is a major inspirational work, by one of the world's greatest spiritual teachers. It is broken down into the basic steps to enlightenment: how to practise morality,...

My Door is Always Open is the complete and definitive set of interviews between Pope Francis and Jesuit priest Antonio Spadaro.In the summer of 2013, Pope Francis gave three extended...

In middle age, people are overwhelmed by a yearning to abandon the trivial, to create a better self, and to begin living in relation to life's ultimate questions. Wilkie Au...

This book explains key Franciscan values and a hope-filled vision of peace, justice, and sustainability for all of creation. Dawn M. Nothwehr engages with a wide variety of topics such...

For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all - 'If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?' And what of...

Despite its many crises, especially in Western Europe, there are 1.3 billion Catholics in the world today. The Church remains a powerful but controversial institution.In Losing a Kingdom, Gaining the...

A Quiet Space tells the story of the Sanctuary, a meditation centre for social change in the heart of Dublin.The Sanctuary aims to answer a hunger in people for spirituality,...

Jesus was surrounded by hatred and violence, injustice and oppression. Some people discovered who he was, others made him a scapegoat and inflicted an agonising death on him. Discovering Jesus...

Jesus was surrounded by hatred and violence, injustice and oppression. Some people discovered who he was, others made him a scapegoat and inflicted an agonising death on him. Discovering Jesus...

Lively & topical overview of the issues involved when the authority of scripture is cited or called into question An account of how the church does, and should, understand the...

Lively & topical overview of the issues involved when the authority of scripture is cited or called into question An account of how the church does, and should, understand the...

Calling all heroes of the 21st century! Your time has come! Develop your hero qualities and use them to acquire fame and fortune in a spiritually sound fashion. In the...

Calling all heroes of the 21st century! Your time has come! Develop your hero qualities and use them to acquire fame and fortune in a spiritually sound fashion. In the...

The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller'The Immortalists is about as good as it gets' Karen Joy Fowler'Like literary nectar' Hannah Beckerman'I couldn't put it down' Carys BrayIf you knew...

The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller'The Immortalists is about as good as it gets' Karen Joy Fowler'Like literary nectar' Hannah Beckerman'I couldn't put it down' Carys BrayIf you knew...

Following the remarkable success of "The Art of Happiness", Nobel Peace Prize winner His Holiness the Dalai Lama examines the nature of the human mind and the need for transformation...

Short steps for humans, a giant leap forhumankind. For more than four decades the spiritual-artistic community ofDamanhur has grown from humble beginnings to become a prime mover in terms ofspiritual...

One of the most prosperous and influential dynasties of the Muslim world, the Fatimids (909-1171) were distinguished by their Imam-caliphs, who asserted religious as well as political authority in direct...

There is only one Life, eternal, indestructible, a Life that cannot die. Each one of us is a part of that life, an individualization of the One Eternal Life. Once...

2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalists - Body, Mind and Spirit I choose to breathe in the wonder of God's eternal love, And dance to the rhythm...

Hans Kung describes the history of the Roman Catholic Church from its origins in St Paul's Rome, through the disputes of the medieval era to the modern world. He examines...

Drawing on a wide range of material - ranging from the spiritual character of the world religions to the findings of contemporary neuroscience - Karen Armstrong argues that compassion is...

Building on the success of Stereotyping Religion: Critiquing Cliches, this follow up volume dismantles a further 10 widespread stereotypes and cliches about religion, focusing on cliches that a new generation...

This book introduces students to the so-called classics of the field from the 19th and 20th centuries, whilst challenging readers to apply a critical lens. Instead of representing scholars and...

Lisa D. Powell strengthens and amplifies the claim that God is disabled, made by Nancy Eiesland in her ground breaking book The Disabled God (1994). She offers an alternative understanding...

This is a book about awareness - it's about being 'awake' and in touch with what is going on here and now. Practical and down-to-earth, it deals exclusively with the...

This wide-ranging book explores the diversity of esoteric and occult beliefs.Neo-Paganism is one of the fastest-growing new religions in the western world where witchcraft or Wicca, Druidry, and Urban Shamanism...

In this collection of prayers from around the world, mystical scholar Andrew Harvey shares the illuminating and soul-awakening power of the written word. In this deeply inspirational book, he offers...

'Striking' ELLE France'Brave' iNews'Powerful' TLS'Urgent' Evening Standard'Original' CosmopolitanThe first work of non-fiction in English from the prize-winning and internationally bestselling author of Lullaby and Adele, translated by Sophie Lewis.In these...

'Rivetingly fresh and stunning' Sunday Times'A tour de force, a triumph' Catholic Herald'One of the most remarkable historians and communicators working today' Dan SnowThree thousand years ago, in the Southwest...