On Heaven and Earth: Pope Francis on Faith, Family, and the Church in the Twenty-First Century

The Power of Myth

Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers · 231 pages

*The Power of Myth* launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, *The Power of Myt

Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue

Sam Harris, Maajid Nawaz · 144 pages

In this short book, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz invite you to join an urgently needed conversation: Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem drawn to extremism? What do words like Islamism, jihadism, and fundamentalism mean in today's world? Remarkable for the breadth and depth of its analysis, this dialogue between a famous atheist and a former ra

How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee

Bart D. Ehrman · 416 pages

New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus’s divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early church. The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed during Jesus’s lifetime—and it is not what Jesus claimed about himself. How Jesus Became God tells th

A Little History of Religion

Richard Holloway · 244 pages

In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Richard Holloway retells the entire history of religionfrom the dawn of religious belief to the twenty-first centurywith deepest respect and a keen commitment to accuracy. Writing for those with faith and those without, and especially for young readers, he encourages curiosity and tole

Speaking of Faith: Why Religion Matters--and How to Talk About It

Krista Tippett · 256 pages

An intimate, thought-provoking, and original appraisal of the meaning of religion in our time—from the creator and host of public radio's Speaking of FaithKrista Tippett, widely becoming known as the Bill Moyers of radio, is one of the country's mostintelligent and insightful commentators on religion, ethics, and the human spirit. With this book,she draws on her own life story and her intimate con

Letters & Papers from Prison

Dietrich Bonhoeffer · 437 pages

This new, greatly expanded version, while omitting nothing found in the earlier edition, shifts the emphasis of earlier editions on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theological reflections to the private sphere of his life. His letters now appear in far greater detail, and show his daily concerns and the enormous warmth and humanity of the young German pastor who was executed by the Nazis in 1945 for his par

Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 3

Neale Donald Walsch · 412 pages

Neale Donald Walsch shares the lessons he learned during his conversations with God and explains what God's messages mean and how they can be applied to everyday life.

What Christians Believe

C.S. Lewis

The Essentials ExplainedMaster storyteller and essayist C. S. Lewis here tackles the central questions of the Christian faith: Who was Jesus? What did he accomplish? What does it mean for me?In these classic essays, which began as talks on the BBC during World War II, Lewis creatively and simply explains the basic tenets of Christianity. Taken from the core section of Mere Christianity, the select

God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter

Stephen R. Prothero · 388 pages

Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale

Frederick Buechner · 97 pages

Gift of Union Presby. Church Sustain Trust Fund.

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Eckhart Tolle · 216 pages

Eckhart Tolle has emerged as one of today's most inspiring teachers. In The Power of Now, already a worldwide bestseller, the author describes his transition from despair to self-realization soon after his 29th birthday. Tolle took another ten years to understand this transformation, during which time he evolved a philosophy that has parallels in Buddhism, relaxation techniques, and meditation the

The Pursuit of Holiness

Jerry Bridges, Foster W. Cline, Jim Fay · 161 pages

Holiness : the Christian's joint venture with God. God's command is, "Be holy, for I am holy." But as victims of sin's "guerilla warfare," Christians are often prone to give up the fight, or at least to compromise with sin in its more difficult forms. Why do we so rarely experience holy living? The central issue confronting us, says Jerry Bridges in The Pursuit of Holiness, is that Christians fail

The Qur'an

Anonymous · 464 pages

Living Buddha, Living Christ

Thich Nhat Hanh · 218 pages

Buddha and Christ, perhaps the two most pivotal figures in the history of humankind, each left behind a legacy of teachings and practices that have shaped the lives of billions of people over the course of two millennia. If they were to meet on the road today, what would each think of the other's spiritual views and practices? Thich Nhat Hanh has been part of a decades-long dialogue between th

Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

Wayne A. Grudem · 1,264 pages

Chosen By God: Know God's Perfect Plan for His Glory and His Children

R.C. Sproul · 213 pages

The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict: Evidence I & II: Fully Updated in One Volume To Answer Questions Challenging Christians in the 21st Century

Josh McDowell · 760 pages

Is the Bible historically reliable? Is there credible evidence of Chrst's claim to be God? Will Christianity stand up before 21st century critics? Christians today face growing challenges to show that their faith is both relevant and credible. Josh McDowell's New Evidence That Demands a Verdict combines the two original best-selling volumes into one, maintaining their classic defense of the faith,

What We Talk about When We Talk about God

Rob Bell · 240 pages

For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy

Alexander Schmemann · 151 pages

This book was originally written to serve as an outline for students in a discussion of the Christian "worldview." It suggests an approach to the world and to man's life in it that stems from the liturgical experience of the Orthodox Church. Alexander Schmemann understands issues such as secularism and Christian culture from the perspective of the unbroken experience of the Church, as revealed and

Introduction to Christianity

Pope Benedict XVI · 300 pages

One of Cardinal Ratzinger's most important and widely read books, this volume is a revised second edition with an improved translation and an in-depth 20 page preface by the Cardinal. As he states in the preface, since this book was first published over 30 years ago, many changes and significant events have occurred in the world, and in the Church. But even so, he says he is firmly convinced that

God of the Oppressed

James H. Cone · 280 pages

God of the Oppressed remains a landmark in the development of Black Theology - the first effort to present a systematic theology drawing fully on the resources of African-American religion and culture. Responding to the criticism that his previous books drew too heavily on Euro-American definitions of theology, James Cone went back to his experience of the black church in Bearden, Arkansas, the t

Letter to a Christian Nation

Sam Harris · 96 pages

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and The Natural History of Religion

David Hume · 256 pages

The Imitation of Christ

Thomas a Kempis · 236 pages

With the exception of the Bible, no Christian writing has had so wide a vogue or so sustained a popularity as this. And yet, in one sense, it is hardly an original work at all. Its structure it owes largely to the writings of the medieval mystics, and its ideas and phrases are a mosaic from the Bible and the Fathers of the early Church. But these elements are interwoven with such delicate skill an