Religious Studies

Forty years ago, on Nov. 18, 1978, 914 members of a ‘utopian’ society deep in the Guyana jungle, known as Jonestown, drank a lethal elixir of Flavor-Aid and cyanide....

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Here, you will meet the fascinating, ancient polytheistic peoples of the Mediterranean and beyond, their many gods and goddesses, and their public and private worship practices, as you come to appreciate the foundational role religion played in their lives....

In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding....

Known as the ‘four horsemen’ of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the 21st century met only once. Their electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-ranging....  

The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and teachings of some of the most creative minds known to humanity....

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A History of the Bible by John Barton, read by Ralph Lister....

It was an upbringing in many ways normal. A loving home, shared with squabbling siblings, overseen by devoted parents. Yet in other ways it was the precise opposite.... 

When Misty was six years old, her family started to live and dress like the Amish. Misty and her sister were kept as slaves on a mountain ranch where they were subjected to almost complete isolation, sexual abuse, and extreme physical violence....

A Course in Miracles is profound, deeply moving, and as boring to read as a bookshelf assembly manual. Pam Grout to the rescue! Her new audiobook is for all those still struggling with the Course....

A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality.....

This long-awaited second book by renowned spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle goes deeper into the teachings so eloquently and clearly expressed in his first book...

First published in 1905, The Varieties of Religious Experience is a collection of lectures given at the University of Edinburgh in 1901 and 1902....

In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote....

In 2084, scientist and philosopher John Lennox will introduce you to a kaleidoscope of ideas: the key developments in technological enhancement, bioengineering, and, in particular, artificial intelligence....

In today's world of cultural climate change, argues Jonathan Sacks, we have outsourced morality to the markets on the one hand, and to government on the other.... 

The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead is a compendium of classic texts by one of the greatest translators and historians of ancient Egypt, as well as one of the most renowned Egyptologists of all time, E.A. Wallis Budge....

Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale defend the absolute claims of Christ against modern belief in the "secular gods" of atheism, scientism, relativism, and more....

This extraordinary document represents a new form of historical research and straightens out many open questions and misinterpretations. It takes the form of direct dialogues between a modern researcher and a member of the Qumran Essene community....

In The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis looks at the curriculum of the English "prep school" and begins to wonder if this subliminal teaching....

In 2009, at the age of 23, Deborah Feldman packed up her young son and their few possessions and walked away from her insular Hasidic roots....

In this provocative book, Starbird draws her conclusions from an extensive study of history, heraldry, symbolism, medieval art, mythology, and psychology....

O dinheiro pode ser usado tanto que é uma das coisas mais desejadas neste mundo. Mas enquanto algumas pessoas trabalham, são pagas ou administram um negócio honesto, outras roubam e trapaceiam para conseguir mais. E uma vez que eles têm mais, não é suficiente....

La envidia es a menudo algo que señalamos en los demás, pero si nos enfrentamos a los hechos y admitimos que somos imperfectos, encontrarlos en nosotros mismos puede mejorar nuestras vidas, nuestra actitud y nuestra felicidad....

Preguiça , ou preguiça, não é algo que fazemos; pelo contrário, nao está fazendo algo que deveríamos que o torna tão pecaminoso. As palavras latinas " tristitia " ou "acedia" significam "sem cuidado"....

Despite predictions of continuing secularisation, the 21st century has witnessed a surge of religious extremism and violence in the name of God....

A inveja costuma ser algo que apontamos nos outros, mas se encararmos os fatos e admitirmos ser imperfeitos, encontrá-los em nós mesmos pode realmente melhorar nossas vidas, nossa atitude e nossa felicidade....