Religious and spiritual Books

The biography covers Spurgeon’s rapid rise to fame, the horror of the Surrey Gardens tragedy, his romance, his struggles, his controversies and how he impacted his generation as well as our own age. In this biography, both the man and his ministry are...

During the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I it was high treason, and therefore meant death, to be a Catholic priest in England. It was consequently vital that there be somewhere to hide when the pursuivants came battering at the door. One name is...

Struggling to stay alive with a gaping wound across my back, I desperately wondered how I got to this point. My knife-wielding opponent was not the attacker... He'd been defending himself against an ego-driven, menacing thug who was intent on hurting...

Hollywood to the Himalayas is the enlightening memoir of a reluctant spiritual seeker who finds much more than she bargained for when she travels to India.As a Stanford grad in the midst of getting a PhD in psychology, Sadhvi Saraswati was...

Like most Christians, Mary Blye Howe was uninformed about Jewish ritual and tradition. To satisfy her curiosity she joined a Jewish study group held in the home of a Hasidic rabbi. A Baptist Among the Jews is Howe's first-person account of her...

Paul Wilkes has been a writer/journalist, a TV producer, a monastic, a hedonist, a friend of the famous, a family man, and ultimately a true prodigal son. With In Due Season, Wilkes, one of America's most respected writers on religious belief and...

Deeply poignant and astonishingly personal, this "moving story of a death in Tennessee" (Bill Moyers) shows hope can endure, grace can redeem, and humanity can exist-even in the darkest of placesIt was a clash of race, privilege, and circumstance when...

A wonderful resource to guide admirers of the humblest of saints what it means to live out the Christian life with a Franciscan accent.In a little town in Italy, nearly 800 years ago, Francis of Assisi renounced everything he owned to follow Christ with...

An exploration of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as a model disciple and a Lenten devotional on faith. But in Blessed Is She, Timothy Perry presents a Mary who belongs in Lent as much as in Advent, who shows what it means to die and live with the crucified...

In these inspiring monologues, women of the Bible speak in their own voices: the Virgin Mary, Miriam, Mary Magdalene, Elizabeth, Lydia, and others. There are many powerful women in the Bible, but their descriptions are almost always tantalizingly brief...

I REMEMBER REGGIE WHITE presents the recollections and favorite stories of this dynamic minister and pro football's Minister of Defense as captured in the more than two dozen interviews with teammates, friends, coaches, acquaintances, and members of the...

Jonathan Edwards was one of the leading religious leaders of his time. The senior pastor of the most influential church in New England at the age of twenty-six and a powerful preacher in his own right, he helped launch the revival of 173425 and...

A Heart Promptly Offeredpresents the basic story of Calvin's life, along with numerous excerpts from his own pen-writings from his letters, commentaries, and sermons. In addition to summarizing the main topics of Calvin's "Institutes," it lays out his...

Luther: A Giant Among LeadersWhen called to account for himself in front of the emperor and representatives of the people-a single assembly embodying the greatest political and religious powers of the day-Luther defended his writings and pronouncements...

Thomas Jonathan Jackson, dubbed "Stonewall" following the battle of First Manassas in July 1861, was born in 1824 in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia). This extremely complex, often misunderstood man was orphaned at a young age, graduated from...

As one of the most brilliant and creative minds of the twentieth century, C. S. Lewis crosses over all literary, philosophical, and religious boundaries. A world-renowned scholar of medieval literature at Oxford University, he was able to write and...

Diver's journey from respected foundation executive to spiritual healer includes forays with healing ministries, spiritual guides, and esoteric experiences.When Spirit Calls is at once an adventure story and meditation on the healing journey that traces...

A brilliant anthology of early Hasidic teachings which encompasses teachings from Sufism, Buddhism and depth psychology.This intimate guided tour of early Hasidism and Hasidic storytelling gives readers an opportunity to immerse themselves in the world...

The Burden Is Light!is the author's soul-searching account of her discovery of Jesus Christ.Told in the vibrant, honest prose that has made Eugenia Price a classic religious writer and bestselling novelist,The Burden Is Light!offers an intimate account...

Emmy Arnold was born in 1883 in Riva, Latvia, to a prominent family of academics. As an adult she turned her back on the middle-class milieu of her upbringing and married Eberhard Arnold, a revolutionary public speaker. In 1920 the couple left their...

It is summer, 1940. As Hitler's armies turn mainland Europe into a mass graveyard, his feared Luftwaffe rain bombs on England. Meanwhile, amid the green hills of the Cotswolds, a nest of "enemy aliens" has been discovered: the Bruderhof, a Christian...

What is the purpose of my life? What is friendship? What is faith? These universal questions, which are especially relevant to young adults, form the heart of this compelling story, told through real letters and diary entries.Anni, who grows from her...

In this true story of finding faith in the midst of destruction, Yacoub Yousif describes the hell he endured in the Iraqi army during the Iran-Iraq War, and his agony of soul when forced to decide between killing or being killed. Refusing to fight in...

On Good Ground was first published in 1951. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.Besides providing a...

Old Brick was first published in 1980. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.Charles Chauncy was a...

When we look to the Bible for role models in our daily discipleship, we tend to think of Noah's obedience and David's bravery. Limping With God: Jacob and the Old Testament Guide to Messy Discipleship posits that we can also look to Jacob.Jacob seems to...

Jesus is the end of all religion. All the sacrifices of priests and people are rendered null and void by Jesus' one-time-for-all-time sacrifice for all people, everywhere, past, present, and future tense. Jesus' death and resurrection save us from our...

Sand Paper Stone is the story of a British man from Liverpool living in London where he works in a decent job, with good friends from different backgrounds, yet as a muslim convert and with a landmark moment in his life approaching he finds himself...

Confessions of a Gypsy Yogini is a tale of experience through mistakes, learning the hard way. It is a guidebook to help find ourselves, offering a fresh approach to traditional teachings in a non-adulterated way, adapted to modern characters. Presented...

Did Chicago's first black female mayor commit egregious misconduct against two Christian businessmen? Based on a true story, this book takes readers through two federal investigations, the U.S. Attorney's Office, the FBI, demons, angels, and spiritual...

The Biblical narrative is usually very terse and cryptic. Over the millennia, Jewish scholars often painted a patriarchal picture with women "in their place." Yes, ancient Middle Eastern society was patriarchal, but matriarchs had power as well. Yes,...

Updated version of spiritual autobiography from an important voice in the church Insights on how parishes have confronted issues of change As a standard in the field of spiritual autobiography, Diana Butler Bass' Strength for the Journey has been a...

The memories, dreams and reflections of a modern lama born in the West who became heir to the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.River of Memory: Dharma Chronicles tells the remarkable story of the scholar and meditation master Lama Jampa Thaye one of the...

Memoir of former Catholic Priest whose life, search for meaning, and unusual death was featured in Sunday edition New York Times.The Priest Who Left His Religion follows the life of an ordained of a Catholic priest, idealistically destined by his...

For anyone drawn to spiritual love and devotion, and how to joyfully align one's life to a soulful calling, All Roads Lead to Ram is a captivating and empowering true tale.For anyone drawn to spiritual love and devotion, and how to joyfully align one's...

In this classic memoir, a gay man living a fast-track life in NYC (working for artist Andy Warhol), escapes to India, confronts his demons, and takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride to realise his dreams and discover the true meaning of life and...

Enlightened Contemporaries is the first book to compare the lives and teachings of three of the world's most admired spiritual masters: Francis of Assisi, the Christian saint; Dogen, the great Zen Buddhist teacher; and Rumi, the Islamic Sufi...

A touching and thought-provoking account of how a woman explored a spectrum of religions--ancient and new--and ended up, unexpectedly, becoming a bona fide witch--plus a celebration of modern Wicca and witchcraft, spell books, broomsticks, holiday...

Leaders of theological and personal transformation share their visions of the divine in light of their own personal journeys.How I Found God in Everyone and Everywhere captures for a general audience the spiritual shift away from a God "up...

This is a guidebook for those who are called to the path of conscious love.This powerful book, written by an Episcopal priest, tells of her intense relationship with Brother Raphael Robin, a seventy-year-old Trappist monk and hermit. Both believed that a...

Sayings of the Companions of the Prophet (PBUH) is a selection of 365 profound and pithy observations made by the Prophet's illustrious Companions. The sayings supplement and complement the life-giving message of the Qur'an and Sunnah that these...

Pitch to pre-publication journals as well as Islamic Horizons, Al Jadid, and Azizah magazine Will approach bloggers with mainstream Islamic interest such as MuslimMatters.org Target major Muslim US associations including Muslim Student Association,...