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NOW UPDATED FOR POPE FRANCIS For at least five centuries scholars have puzzled over a document known as The Papal Prophecies that were ascribed to St Malachy, an Irish cleric who died in 1148. The P……続きを見る

Includes the full texts of 1) ST PAUL THE TRAVELER AND ROMAN CITIZEN,   2) WAS CHRIST BORN AT BETHLEHEM?    3) THE LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA. ** Not a cheap scanned ……続きを見る

What are Christians to make of religious diversity? Are other religions simply wrong? Is this great multiplicity something to appreciate and foster? Is there any way to judge whether one religion is……続きを見る

The Gospel Of Thomas by Thomas O. Lambdin "The Gospel of Thomas is a New Testament-era apocryphon completely preserved in a papyrus Coptic manuscript discovered in 1945 at Nag Hammadi, Egypt. The bo……続きを見る

Christian readers of the New Testament study the great stories about Jesus through the lens of western culture. In this series of books, Gary Burge uses his extensive knowledge of the first century ……続きを見る

A revelatory account of the aspirations and accomplishments of the people who founded the New England colonies, comparing the reforms they enacted with those attempted in England during the period o……続きを見る

For what is it that the All lacked, if not the knowledge of the Father?' - Gnostic text from the Gospel of Truth Long before there was a system of belief called Gnosticism there were those who reach……続きを見る

Justin Martyr on the Law, the Prophets, and the Jews from the series Justin Martyr: The Man and His Theology by Robert Alan King is a booklet with over 5,300 words. This booklet discusses Justin's b……続きを見る

Paul is a big swinging dick. He is the anti-christ. Paul sets the stage for the New Church of Rome. The Empire may have fallen but the Vatican has not. At least not yet. It will. When it is seen for……続きを見る

From the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE to the present, the Chinese have been preoccupied with the notion of ordering their world. Efforts to create and maintain order are expressed not only……続きを見る

Santería represents the first in-depth, scholarly account of a profound way of wisdom that is growing in importance in America today. A professional academic and himself a participant in the Santerí……続きを見る

This book is the first accessible introduction in English to Tertullian's works, providing translations of Adversus Iudaeos (Against the Jews), Scorpiace (Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting) and De V……続きを見る

Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) caught the popular imagination with his vast and enterprising comparative study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, which in its third edition numbered 12……続きを見る

Sayings of the Jewish Fathers (Pirqe Aboth) tr. by Charles Taylor A beautiful extract from the Talmud, which has been used as liturgy. Devoted to ethics with some mystical touches, the Pirqe Aboth i……続きを見る

In this bold and provocative new book, the author of In the Beginning and The Reenchantment of Nature challenges the widely held assumption that the world is becoming more secular and demonstrates w……続きを見る

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Learn about the Egyptian gods, mummification and how the Egyptians built the only wonder of the ancient world still standing – the Pyramids of ……続きを見る

How has a legal tradition determined by men affected the lives of women? What are the traditional Jewish views of marriage, divorce, sexuality, contraception, abortion? Women and Jewish Law gives co……続きを見る

Kabbalah - Sepher Yetzirah W.W. Westcot tr. "This is a scholarly study of the origin and evolution of the Kabbalah. Originally published in French in 1843, with a second French edition in 1889, this……続きを見る

In Wise Men and Their Tales, a master teacher gives us his fascinating insights into the lives of a wide range of biblical figures, Talmudic scholars, and Hasidic rabbis. The matriarch Sarah, fierce……続きを見る

The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Anne Catherine Emmerich "This book of meditations on the torment of Jesus, first published in 1833, was one of the inspirations for Mel Gibson¿s controv……続きを見る

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Over a period of nearly two millennia, the Christian Church has oppressed and brutalized millions of individuals. Meticulously researched and courageously written, "The Dark Side of Christian Histor……続きを見る

The most comprehensive work on labyrinths yet written. Labyrinths have fascinated and enthralled mankind from the beginning of time. This illustrated book examines the phenomena of mazes and labyrin……続きを見る

Whose rock is enshrined inside the golden Dome of Jerusalem? The rock of Moses or of Muhammad? Kanan Makiya gathers together the stories, legends, and beliefs that define the Rockーthe place where A……続きを見る

Augustine of Hippo (354–430) strongly influenced western theology, but he has often been accused of over-emphasizing the unity of God to the detriment of the Trinity. In Augustine and the Trinity, L……続きを見る

Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth in the Sciences by Rene Descartes The Discourse on the Method is a philosophical and mathematical treatise published by Re……続きを見る

A fascinating look into the world of the late-19th century Jewish immigrant community in Britain. 続きを見る

Shinto - A Short History provides an introductory outline of the historical development of Shinto from the ancient period of Japanese history until the present day. Shinto does not offer a readily i……続きを見る

In 1756, Jacob Frank, an Ottoman Jew who had returned to the Poland of his birth, was discovered leading a group of fellow travelers in a suspect religious service. At the request of the local rabbi……続きを見る

Martin Bucer has usually been portrayed as a diplomat who attempted to reconcile divergent theological views, sometimes at any cost, or as a pragmatic pastor who was more concerned with ethics than ……続きを見る