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
The Baltimore Catechism
A catechism is a summary of the principles of Christian religion and articles of the faith. The Baltimore Catechism specifically was the de …
The Crook in the Lot
A meditation on Ecclesiastes 7:3, "Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight which he hath made crooked?," The Cro…
The Dhammapada
- A Collection of Verses Being One of the Canonical Books of the BuddhistsDhammapada means "The path of Dharma." The Pali word Dha…
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the es…
1 Maccabees
1 Maccabees is an apocryphal/deuterocanonical book written by a Jewish author after the restoration of an independent Jewish kingdom, probab…
Practical Religion
The present volume contains a series of papers about "practical religion," and treats of the daily duties, dangers, experience, an…
The Story of 'Mormonism'
A few years before James E. Talmage was called to serve as an apostle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the…
The Life of Jesus Critically Examined
Strauss was an early pioneer in the ongoing 'Quest of the Historical Jesus' movement, and his Life of Jesus is one of the few landmarks in t…
The Story of a Soul
Marie Francoise Therese Martin, affectionately known as 'The Little Flower', was born on January 2, 1873, in Alencon, France to Louis Martin…
Paul the Dauntless
“We shall in this book try to go in the footsteps of Paul. It will not be all easy traveling for any of us, to journey with this daring expl…
The Dhammapada
The Dhammapada collects sayings of the Buddha, offering advice on how to live a full and thoughtful life. The translation used for this reco…
Colossians
Colossians is a profound letter from the Apostle Paul, addressing the early Christian community in Colossae. In this epistle, Paul emphasize…
Additions to Daniel
The Additions to Daniel comprise three chapters not found in the Hebrew/Aramaic text of Daniel. The text of these chapters is found in the G…
1 Maccabees
The First Book of the Machabees is a history of the struggle of the Jewish people for religious and political liberty under the leadership o…
Philippians
Philippians is a profound letter from the Apostle Paul, addressed to the early Christian community in Philippi. Written during his imprisonm…
The Wonders of the Invisible World
Here are first hand accounts, published in 1692, of the infamous "Salem Witch Trials". In addition to Mather's interpretation of t…
From The Temple
George Herbert was a country minister and a protégé of the great metaphysical poet John Donne. In From The Temple, Herbert com…
Kindness
Father Frederick William Faber was a beloved spiritual writer, preacher, and superior of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in London. An Oxford…
Katha Upanishad
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…
The Legends of the Jews
Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …