Biography: religious and spiritual

Collects of the Word is a new collection of Collects for the Church of Ireland, and acts as a supplement to the Collects of the Day.

The Way of the Bodhisattva, composed by the monk and scholar ntideva in eighth-century India, is a Buddhist treatise in verse that beautifully and succinctly lays out the theory and practice of the Mahayana path of a bodhisattva.

As Barbara Brown Taylor reminds us, the Israelites received the bread of angels- manna-as they made their way through the wilderness.

In the classic bestseller, Introduction to Tantra, Lama Yeshe offered a profound and wonderfully clear glimpse into the sophisticated practices of Tibetan Buddhist tantra.

For as long as she can remember, Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross's life has been measured in seconds.

The Queen, when she was 21, declared that her whole life whether it was long or short would be devoted to service.

Using the traditional Buddhist allegorical image of the Wheel of Life and the teaching of the twelve links of dependent origination, the Dalai Lama deftly illustrates how our existence, though fleeting and often full of woes, brims with the potential for peace and happiness.

While this one-volume guide is especially useful for Christian educators, showing them how to teach week by week according to the ethos and tradition of the Episcopal Church, it also provides a valuable and useful reference tool for all church leaders and members in connecting Christian faith to daily life.

As a child, Gina Cascone would hide under her bed, in the closet, and run away from her parents, hoping somehow to escape her worst fear.

Looking at a decade's worth of chronic pain, a promise from God helped Joanne stand firm until He ultimately heals her.

Journey of Adulthood by Barbara R.

David in Love and War is a reworking of the dissertation that Bailey worked on while at Emory College in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Greater Glory is a candid memoir about a way of life that, after fifteen hundred years, is disappearing.

Leonard Woolf: Bloomsbury Socialist is an invaluable biography of an important if somewhat neglected figure in British cultural and political life,whose significance has been overshadowed by that of his wife, Virginia Woolf.

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Saint Augustine -- the celebrated theologian who served as Bishop of Hippo from 396 C.

Wall Street Journal's Five Best Books About CultsFor five days in December 1908 the body of Cyrus Teed lay in a bathtub at a beach house just south of Fort Myers, Florida.

The lives of Christian churches are shaped by doctrinal theology.

The Church of England still seemed an essential part of Englishness, and even of the British state, when Mrs Thatcher was elected in 1979.

The Buddha Party tells the story of how the People's Republic of China employs propaganda to define Tibetan Buddhist belief and sway opinion within the country and abroad.

This 30th anniversary edition presents the unique approach of Listening Hearts to the spiritual practice of discernment for a new generation.

Kirti Tsenshap Rinpoche was a renowned teacher of Tibetan Buddhism with students worldwide.

In this sequel to the enormously successful Seven Men, #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas offers more captivating stories of some of the most inspiring men in history.

If you are a Quaker, you will naturally want to read this portrayal of the remarkable womanteacher, minister, writerwhose life was synonymous with the Philadelphia Race Street Yearly Meeting and the Friends General Conference.

In 1994, as his country descended into the madness of genocide, Anglican Bishop John Rucyahana underwent the mind-numbing pain of having members of his church and family butchered.

Spiritual trailblazer Huston Smith has written comprehensive books about religion and a memoir of his own life, but nowhere has he merged the two elements of seeking and experience with such storytelling flair as he has in these pages.

Ranging from the medieval period to the present day, this is a brief history of church music as it has developed through the English tradition.

Explores the life and thought of Rabbi Max Lilienthal, who created a new model for the American rabbinate.

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This book seeks to explain the ways in which Anglicans have sought to practise theology in their various contexts.

The Oxford History of Anglicanism is a major new and unprecedented international study of the identity and historical influence of one of the world's largest versions of Christianity.

In Seven Men, New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted short portraits of widely knownbut not well understoodChristian men, each of whom uniquely showcases a commitment to live by certain virtues in the truth of the gospel.

The Church of England is on its knees.

This "e;everything-you-need-to-know"e; guide for newcomers to the Episcopal Church is written and designed to provide accessible and user-friendly reading, with an easy-going look and style that's packed full of substance.

Following the success of John of the Cross (Continuum 2010) and Return to the Mystical (Continuum 2011), Dr Peter Tyler completes his 'mystical trilogy' with a penetrating analysis of the life, work and context of St Teresa of Avila this most popular and influential of all saints.

If prophets are called to unveil and expose the illegitimacy of those principalities masquerading as "e;the right"e; and purportedly using their powers for "e;the good,"e; then Will D.

Standing Against the Whirlwind is a history of the Evangelical party in the Episcopal Church in nineteenth-century America.

Digital Playgrounds explores the key developments, trends, debates, and controversies that have shaped children's commercial digital play spaces over the past two decades.

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Two stories overlap and interweave in this biography of Gumbuli of Ngukurr.

Ideal growth and development tool for small congregations in all mainline denominationsSimple, clear exercises and techniques to help leaders and members pinpoint problems and claim and identify gifts and values of their shared history, in order to engage in a ministry of renewal, welcome, and growth.

Why are contemporary secular theorists so frequently drawn to saints, martyrs, and questions of religion?

How are justifications for religious violence developed and do they differ from secular justifications for violence?

For centuries, particular readings of the biblical text have shaped the course of Western history.

As people are living longer on average than ever before, the number of those with dementia will increase.

For five decades prior to his death in 1993, Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik was the unchallenged leader of modern Orthodox Judaism in the United States.