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The Essential Alan Watts: Seven Things We Thought We Knew about God & the Cosmos but Didn't
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Include books by the same authorWaking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Sam Harris · 256 pages
For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Waking Up is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important truths can be found in the experienc
A Confession
Leo Tolstoy · 95 pages
Leo Tolstoy wrote this short meditation on sadness and the meaning of life when he was middle aged. He had already completed his masterworks, Anna Karenina and War and Peace , reared fourteen children, and gained fame and acclaim in Russia as a man of letters. But despite having attained that success, he still found himself unhappy and always returning to the disturbing idea that all achievement i
The Francis A. Schaeffer Trilogy: The 3 Essential Books in 1 Volume/the God Who Is There/Escape from Reason/He Is There and He Is Not Silent
Francis A. Schaeffer · 367 pages
The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?
David Bentley Hart · 109 pages
As news reports of the horrific December 2004 tsunami in Asia reached the rest of the world, commentators were quick to seize upon the disaster as proof of either God's power or God's nonexistence, asking over and over, How could a good and loving God -- if such exists -- allow such suffering? In The Doors of the Sea David Bentley Hart speaks at once to those skeptical of Christian faith and to th
Hua Hu Ching: The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu, Brian Browne Walker · 117 pages
Freedom of the Will (Great Awakening Writings: 1725-1760)
Jonathan Edwards · 348 pages
Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism
Alvin Plantinga · 359 pages
The Lonely Man of Faith
Joseph B. Soloveitchik · 112 pages
Practice in Christianity
Soren Kierkegaard · 452 pages
For Self-Examination/Judge for Yourself!
Soren Kierkegaard, Edna Hatlestad Hong, Howard Vincent Hong · 320 pages
I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
Rene Girard · 199 pages
Rene Girard holds up the gospels as mirrors that reveal our broken humanity, and shows that they also reflect a new reality that can make us whole. Like Simone Weil, Girard looks at the Bible as a map of human behavior, and sees Jesus Christ as the turning point leading to new life. The title echoes Jesus' words: "I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven". Girard persuades us that even as ou
The I Ching or Book of Changes
Anonymous · 740 pages
A translation of the early document of Chinese philosophy with explanatory notes.
Dynamics of Faith
Paul Tillich · 135 pages
One of the greatest books ever written on the subject, Dynamics of Faithis a primer in the philosophy of religion. Paul Tillich, a leading theologian of the twentieth century, explores the idea of faith in all its dimensions, while defining the concept in the process. This graceful and accessible volume contains a new introduction by Marion Pauck, Tillich's biographer.
Three Philosophies of Life: Ecclesiastes—Life As Vanity, Job—Life As Suffering, Song of Songs—Life As Love
Peter Kreeft · 140 pages
The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
Christopher Hitchens · 499 pages
Presents excerpts on the subject of religion from the writings of such notable non-believers as John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, H. L. Mencken, Albert Einstein, Richard Dawkins, and Salman Rushdie.
Tao of Pooh and Te of Piglet Boxed Set
Benjamin Hoff · 428 pages
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Chogyam Trungpa · 250 pages
The Everlasting Man
G.K. Chesterton · 268 pages
The Everlasting Man is inspired by H. G. Wells’ The Outline of History, which explains the history of mankind and religion as solely a product of natural selection and other material causes. In contrast, G. K. Chesterton presents the case for Christianity throughout history, by illustrating firstly, the uniqueness of man amongst the animals, and secondly, the uniqueness of Christ and the Church am
The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara
Santideva · 224 pages
The Future of an Illusion
Sigmund Freud · 95 pages
In what is considered one of his greatest contributions to psychology, Austrian psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud describes his perspectives on the development and origins of religion - religion as an illusion, wishes that are the "fulfillments of the oldest, strongest, and most urgent wishes of mankind." He goes on to explain and illustrate, "what is characteristic of illusions is that they are derived
The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
Abraham Joshua Heschel · 126 pages