Spirituality and religious experience Books

The SCM Studyguide to Christian Spirituality is designed as a lucid and comprehensive introduction to spirituality for students of all religious backgrounds, especially those coming to the subject for the first time.Part One looks at the Christian...

From the author of Mother Wit, the much-loved guide to women's spirituality, come crystalline daily readings that inspire and guide women toward mindfulness, compassion, and centered contemplation. Diane Mariechild's practiced insight leads readers...

WINNER OF THE TRICYCLE PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCEExpertly and lucidly surveying the basic varieties and teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, renowned scholar Robert Thurman makes this authentic spiritual tradition available to contemporary Western audiences

A Jewish Book Award FinalistIn the tradition of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Last Lecture, New York Times bestselling author Sara Davidson met every Friday with 89-year-old Rabbi Zalman Shachter-Shalomi, the iconic founder of the Jewish Renewal movment,...

How can we have an authentic faith when we no longer have well-defined, codified beliefs? Where do we turn to better understand our relationship with God when the messages of the Church seem simplistic? This book is for all those who are asking the tough...

Womanspirit RisingThe classic anthology on feminist spirituality -- Now with an update preface in which the editors discuss its initial reception and continuing impact.

Julian of Norwich (ca. 1343–ca. 1416), a contemporary of Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland, and John Wyclif, is the earliest woman writer of English we know about. Although she described herself as “a simple creature unlettered,”...

This book presents a spirituality arising from the experience of an unusal and innovative ministry in the centre of Liverpool. Barbara Glasson cherishes 'the bread church' an inclusive faith community where people gather to bake bread and worship God...

We set great store by activity and busy-ness. We want to be 'in control'. We value what we 'do' more than who we are. So when we become ill, or retire from work, or suffer an enforced period of inactivity, our self-esteem is threatened. This classic of...

For many understanding of the Carmelites is limited to the lives and times of the sixteenth-century Spanish mystics. Wilfred McGreal shows that if we want a way into Carmelite spirituality we need to go back to the origins of the 'family'. In telling the...

This true story is a must-read for believers and non-believers alike. It is about one man's spiritual journey to be with the Lord. In Floating Between Hospice and Heaven, Kate Benson gives readers a true, eyewitness account of her father's passing. With...

In The Vessel of ONE, Craig Lefebvre has brought through a very timely message for humanities awakening. It addresses the question that we silently ask ourselves each and every day. What is it all about and why am I here? The book you hold in your hands...

In 1938 the German Reich inflicted a wave of violent, all night attacks on several Jewish communities (Kristallnacht). Far away in Australia, William Cooper, a distinguished Elder of the Yorta Yorta Nation, led a little-known march to the German...

In You Are Loved, artist Alex Cook intimately relates his creative and spiritual adventures in his quest to create beauty and know God. Anyone longing to bring their own precious vision into reality will find solace and inspiration in these very human...

The Magnificent Bridge is a poetic portrayal of a young woman's identity-shattering illumination. In turmoil over the post 9/11 state of the world, the protagonist gazes at her reflection in the mirror and, in a moment of radiance, realizes she is not...

Fans of Luci Shaw, Mary Oliver, Thomas Moore, Joyce Rupp, and Richard Rohr will delight in this latest volume of poetry and prose reflections from eco-spirituality luminary, Jim Conlon.Filled with dozens of new poems with such titles as “A Sabbath...

Drawing on her upbringing in a long-standing family tradition of winemakers and her degrees in biblical studies and spiritual theology, Gisela Kreglinger shows Christians that wine is a gift from God that we are to receive with gratitude and enjoy in...

A book for Christians who want to learn how to meditate and so draw closer to God. Christian meditation is a deep form of prayer that can lead to direct communion with God, not focused on experiences or requests, but on surrender.

Known in Pennsylvania Dutch as Brauche or Braucherei, the folk-healing practice of powwowing was thought to draw the power of God to heal all manner of physical and spiritual ills. Based on seven years of fieldwork and interviews, David Kriebel’s...

William Law (1686-1761) was an Anglican priest who specialized in providing spiritual direction. This occupation led his writings to be concrete and specific, yet profound and filled with rich insights. His best known piece, A Serious Call to a Devout...

This HarperCollins Spiritual Classic collects the significant writings of the Pietists, whose influence continues to shape Christianity today. "Perfection is nothing other than faith in the Lord Jesus and is not in us or ours but in Christ or of Christ...

"What Would Jesus Do?" Ask the questions and live the answers, every day of the year This one-of-a-kind collection of devotional readings will help you nourish and deepen your faith through the simple yet powerful daily practice of answering the...

Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, ... and Religion

Using the method of spiritual reading, lectio divina or "divine reading" as it is called in monasteries, John S. Dunne sets out his interpretation of the evangelists, especially John in Reading the Gospel. Reading the Gospels, according to Dunne, means...

"The holy man of our time, it seems, is not a figure like Gotama or Jesus or Mohammed, a man who could found a world religion, but a figure like Gandhi, a man who passes over by sympathetic understanding from his own religion to other religions and comes...

Born of a Fox expresses the intense, painful, blissful, and euphoric experiences of the Divine Feminine cycles of death and rebirth. In 5 distinct sections, its poems honor the power and sacredness of the Divine Mother, and embodied experiences of the...

Have you ever felt lost? Lonely? Unhappy? Depressed? Unloved? Wondered why you are here in this life when nothing seems to go your way?Practicing Love takes the reader beyond the “veil of consciousness” to a place of self-reflection and inner...

Inside the pages of this reflective and insightful memoir, Fear of Failure is laid bare and then overcome by a refusal to accept those fears and insecurities as being true. Being transparent, it addresses dealing with the pain of rejection,...

Is it possible to ask God a question and receive an answer through prayer? The author's response is intertwined throughout a series of engaging personal anecdotes. Some are faith-affirming, some are cautionary, and some are guaranteed to leave the reader...

Follow investigative journalist Bill Crowther as he uncovers a great Western conspiracy to conceal the truth about the origins and early history of human civilisation, that if released to the public, could turn the world as we know it upside down...

Apophatic theology, or negative theology, attempts to describe God, the Divine Good, by negation, to speak only in terms of what may not be said about the perfect goodness that is God. It is a way of coming to an understanding of who God is which has...

In this twelve-lesson workbook, John Eldredge invites men to discover how God can heal their wounded hearts, recover their masculine heart, and put a spirit of adventure back in their lives.

In this six-session Bible study, bestselling author John Eldredge invites men to discover how God can heal their wounded hearts, recover their masculine heart, and put a spirit of adventure back in their lives.

Betsy Orman, M.S., educator, counselor, peacemaker, and health pioneer shares her forty years of unforgettable experiences working in the field of spiritual development, transformative learning, leadership training and family and parenting education. Her...

Originally published in 1978 Spirit Possession and Spirit Mediumship in Africa and Afro-America is an incredibly diverse and comprehensive bibliography on published works containing ethnographic data on, and analysis of, spirit possession and spirit...

This book, based on the 1996 Brampton lectures, offers both a concise introduction to the spiritual vision of French mystic and scientist Teilhard de Chardin and a fascinating survey of contemporary themes in spirituality from that perspective.

Nietzsche dismantled the Christian religion, which he regarded as an obstacle to life, and committed himself with passion to his philosophical faith. This new study gives proper attention to the deeply religious aspects of Nietzsche's life and thought.

Do you want more Joy in your Life? How about more Peace of Mind too? This book unlocks these possibilities in any person by awakening their own Spirituality, just by following simple mind lessons. The unlocking occurs as you learn to let love...

This volume brings together for the first time some of the world's leading authorities on the German mystic Jacob Boehme, to illuminate his thought and its reception over four centuries for the benefit of students and advanced scholars alike. Boehme's...