W. W. Norton & Company, September 1997. Trade Paperback. In Robert Alter's brilliant translation, these stories cohere in a powerful narrative of the tortuous relations between fathers and sons, husbands and wives, eldest and younger brothers, God and his chosen people, the people of Israel and their neighbors. Alter's translation..... More

Scholars Pr, June 1977. Trade Paperback. Covers a little rubbed; otherwise, very good condition. More

Vanderbilt University Press, February 2002. First Edition. Cloth. The Vanderbilt Divinity School is one of only four university-based interdenominational institutions in the United States, and the only one in the South. As such, its history provides a distinct vantage point for viewing what has occurred in theological education since the..... More

DeVorss & Co., (no date). Pamphlet. 16 mo. More

Knopf, September 2009. Hardcover. A nuanced exploration of the part religion plays in human life, past and present, from one of the foremost commentators on religion at work today. Moving from the Paleolithic Age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order..... More

Crown Publishing Group (NY), October 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. From the author of the widely acclaimed A Place at the Table, this is a major work, passionately outspoken and cogently reasoned, that exposes the great danger posed to Christianity today by fundamentalism. The time is past, says Bruce Bawer, when..... More

Ultra, 2004. Trade Paperback. Clean, sound, gently read. No markings. More

Cascade Books, December 2007. Trade Paperback. Description: This is a work of Christian theology that Karl Barth might call an ad hoc or secondary apologetic. Relying on a paraphrase of Anselm--""faith seeking the ethical""--Boesel engages modern and postmodern theologians and philosophers--from Kierkegaard to Barth, Ruether, Hegel, Derrida, and Levinas--to analyze..... More

Gateway Editions, January 1956. Mass Market PaperBack. More

Random House, March 2021. Hardcover. "Courageous and inspiring."--Karen Armstrong, author of The Case for God "James Carroll takes us to the heart of one of the great crises of our times."--Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve An eloquent memoir by a former priest and National Book Award-winning writer who traces..... More

See Sharp Press, January 2003. Pamphlet. 28 page stapled, folded, photo-copied pamphlet. More

Houghton Mifflin, September 2006. Hardcover. More

Oxford University Press, June 2001. Trade Paperback. Missionary, theologian, and religious genius, Paul is one of the most powerful human personalities in the history of the Church. E.P. Sanders, an influential Pauline scholar, analyzes the fundamental beliefs and vigorous contradictions in Paul's thought, discovering a philosophy that is less of..... More

Black International Iyahbinghi Press, January 1988. Trade Paperback. More

Anthroposophic Press, 1970. Pamphlet. 12mo. More

W. W. Norton, October 2005. Trade Paperback. In ?The End of Faith?, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid, historical tour of our willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs even when these beliefs..... More

Doubleday Anchor, January 1958. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mild toning to front & back cover with slight darkening to spine. Previous owner's name in red ballpoint top edge half title page. Unmarked interior text. (312 pages.). More

Oxford University Press, USA, May 2009. Trade Paperback. In shaping the modern academy and in setting the agenda of modern Christian theology, few institutions have been as influential as the German universities of the nineteenth century. This book examines the rise of the modern German university from the standpoint of..... More

La Salette Publications, January 1991. Trade Paperback. More

Rutgers University Press, January 2002. Trade Paperback. Human bodily existence is at the core of the Torah and the rest of the Hebrew Scriptures--from birth to death. From God's creation of Adam out of clay, to the narratives of priests and kings whose regulations governed bodily practices, the Hebrew Bible..... More

See Sharp Press, 1998. Pamphlet. 28 page stapled, folded, photo-copied pamphlet. More

Ballantine Books, February 2001. Trade Paperback. In our supposedly secular age governed by reason and technology, fundamentalism has emerged as an overwhelming force in every major world religion. Why? This is the fascinating, disturbing question that bestselling author Karen Armstrong addresses in her brilliant new book The Battle for God..... More

Houghton Mifflin, November 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. We think of Italy as an ancient nation, but in fact the unified Italian state was born only in the nineteenth century -- and only against the adamant refusal of the pope to relinquish his rule of Rome. In this riveting chronicle of..... More

Columbia University Press, September 2009. Hardcover. "Unlike Freud, I do not claim that religion is just an illusion and a source of neurosis. The time has come to recognize, without being afraid of 'frightening' either the faithful or the agnostics, that the history of Christianity prepared the world for humanism."..... More

HarperOne, October 2020. Hardcover. The editors of The Jewish Annotated New Testament show how and why Jews and Christians read many of the same Biblical texts - including passages from the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Psalms - differently. Exploring and explaining these diverse perspectives, they reveal more clearly Scripture's..... More

Macmillan Company, November 1977. Reprint. Cloth. 2nd printing (early) printing in dustjacket with darkened, curled edges. Not clipped. Heavy tanning of jacket verso, especially heavy at spine. Tight binding. Heavy foxing & dust stains top textblock edge & fore-edge. Clean internally. Probable review copy. Black & white promotional copy of..... More

Arcade Publishing, November 2004. Trade Paperback. In 1982, Henry Lincoln, with colleagues Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, published Holy Blood, Holy Grail (Dell), which became an immediate international bestseller. It investigated Rennes-le-Chateau, a small town in France where, in the late 19th century, the discovery of a series of parchments..... More

Fordham University Press, November 2012. Trade Paperback. Theology usually appears to us to be dogmatic, judgmental, condescending, maybe therapeutic, or perhaps downright fantastical--but seldom enticing. Divine Enticement takes as its starting point that the meanings of theological concepts are not so much logical, truth-valued propositions--affirmative or negative--as they are provocations..... More

Harper, June 1969. Trade Paperback. In a modern translation by Raymond B. Blakney, here are the essential writings of Meister Eckhart, the celebrated 14th Century German-born Dominican philosopher, mystic, and spiritual master, including his famous, brilliantly reasoned defense against charges of heresy during a local Franciscan-led Inquisition. Perhaps the most..... More

Harper Perennial, May 1993. Book Club. Trade Paperback. A magnificent compilation of sacred writings from all traditions and the perfect companion to Stephen Mitchell's poetry collection, "The Enlightened Heart," and the bestselling "Tao Te Ching." More

NOK Publishers, January 1978. Trade Paperback. More

World Bible Publishers, January 1963. Trade Paperback. Though apocryphal in nature, these books--suppressed by the Church Fathers--are fascinating and beautifully written. Here you can read for yourself many of the manuscripts which were excluded form the Cannon of Scripture, and discover new appreciation for those which were chosen. Now in..... More

Verso, March 2004. Cloth. God, who has changed the lives - and deaths - of men and women, has in turn changed His face and His meaning several times over since His birth three thousand years ago. He may have kept the same name throughout, but God has been addressed..... More

[Available from] First Presbyterian Church, January 1997. Hardcover. More

Vintage, October 1991. Trade Paperback. This controversial national bestseller is an audacious work of literary restoration revealing one of the great narratives of all time and unveiling its mysterious author. The Book of J is an innovative look at the text that runs through the first five books of the..... More

The Franklin Library. Leather. Half Leather with raised bands, gold lettering and designs. Gilt edged print block and bound in silk bookmark. More

George Ronald, June 1961. Mass Market PaperBack. More

N/A, June 2001. Hardcover. We must reduce our volume to the simple evangelists, select, even from them, the very words only of Jesus. There will be remaining the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man.--Thomas Jefferson Featuring an introduction by Forrest Church, this..... More

Viking Adult, March 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. From the creator and host of public radios Speaking of Faith, this book offers the story of the conversational journey of discourse among theologians, scientists, ethicists, and seekers who explore such complex subjects as justice, evil, and love--all within the concept of spirituality..... More

Fordham University Press, January 1964. Cloth. Rubbing to dust jacket with edgewear. Orange paper end pages. Grey tinted top edge. Foxing to textblock edges & end pages. More

Arcade Publishing, January 2000. Hardcover. They stand on opposite ends of the spectrum: one is the world-famous author of The Name of the Rose and a self-declared secularist; the other is a senior member of the Catholic Church (often mentioned as a possible successor to the pope). In this amicable..... More

Continuum Intl Pub Group (Sd), February 1994. Hardcover. A personable, congenial survey of the many approaches artists and intellectuals have made of the Jesus story these last two centuries. -- The Reader's Review. In dust jacket. Review materials. More

Vintage, November 2013. Trade Paperback. The Basis for the HBO Documentary. A National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. Scientology presents itself as a scientific approach to spiritual enlightenment, but its practices have long been shrouded in mystery. Now Lawrence Wright--armed with his investigative talents, years of..... More