The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible by A. N. Wilson; Lauren Finger (Editor); Margaret Stead (Editor)
$26.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
A. N. Wilson has been thinking about the Bible, and reading it, since he read theology for a year at university. Martin Luther King was 'reading the Bible' when he started the Civil Rights movement. When Michelangelo painted the fresco cycles in the Sistine Chapel, he was 'reading the Bible'. In The Boo ...Show more
An Appeal to the World - Dalai Lama by Dalai Lama XIV; Franz Alt (Editor)
$22.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
In An Appeal to the World, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet illuminates the way to peace in our time, arguing for a form of universal ethics that goes beyond religion - values we all share as humans that can help us create unity and peace to heal our world. THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'I see w ...Show more
The Four Horsemen: Dawkins, Harris, Dennett & Hitchens by Richard Dawkins; Daniel C. Dennett; Sam Harris; Christopher Hitchens
$27.00 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
Known as the 'four horsemen' of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the twenty-first century met only once. Their electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-ranging. Everything that was said as they agreed and disagreed with one another, interrogated ideas an ...Show more
The Book of the People by A. N. Wilson
$36.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
A. N. Wilson has been thinking about the Bible, and reading it, since he read theology for a year at university. Martin Luther King was 'reading the Bible' when he started the Civil Rights movement. When Michelangelo painted the fresco cycles in the Sistine Chapel, he was 'reading the Bible'. In The Boo ...Show more
Into the Heart of Life by Tenzin Palmo
$29.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
Hidden from the rest of the world, high in the Himalayan mountains, the people of Tibet developed a science of the mind over the centuries it took the West to build cars and planes. Forty years ago, Tenzin Palmo was one of the early Western women to meet the lamas coming out of Tibet and to study the Ti ...Show more
Key Words of Pope Francis by Joshua J. McElwee
$26.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
Key Words of Pope Francis is a collection of over 50 essays by an impressive set of insightful contributors from around the globe, each writing on a specific word that has become important in the ministry of Pope Francis. Writers such as Fr Timothy Radcliffe, Archbishop Justin Welby, Sr Simone Campbell ...Show more
St Francis of Assisi - His Life Teachings & Practice by Jon M. Sweeney; Richard Rohr (Foreword by)
$27.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion | Series: The Essential Wisdom Library
An introduction to St. Francis's life and his most profound teachings of faith St. Francis of Assisi is one of the most venerated Christian figures, and his profound teachings, deep love of nature, and commitment to simplicity have resonated with generations of followers. St. Francis of Assisi, the lat ...Show more
Outspoken: The Life & Work of the Man Behind Those Signs by Rod Bower
$40.00 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
On 24 July 2013, Anglican priest Rod Bower put up these words on the roadside sign of his Gosford parish church. Next he posted them on Facebook, sparking a social media revolution. The post was shared thousands of times - suddenly the one-time butcher was on the public stage. Today Fr Rod has close to ...Show more
The Last Days: A Memoir of Faith, Desire and Freedom by Ali Millar
$35.00 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
A lyrical and powerful memoir of leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses, from an exciting new literary talent. It is 1982 and in the Kingdom Hall we are Jehovah's Witnesses. The state of the world shows us the end is close, and Satan is like a roaring lion, seeking to devour us. Ali Millar is waiting for Arm ...Show more
Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-scenes Look at the Power, Personalities and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church by John Thavis
$30.00 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion | Reading Level: very good
The Vatican Diaries is an inside look at one of the world's most powerful and mysterious institutions, by John Thavis. "A humane and realistic and (yes) humorous picture of a mortal institution. To an old Prot like me, it's a tour of alien terrain and a bridge to old and dear friends". (Garrison Keillor ...Show more
Heaven on Earth - How Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo Discovered the Modern World by J. S. Fauber
$37.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
A vivid narrative that connects the lives off our great astronomers as they discovered, refined, and popularized the first major scientific discovery of the modern era: that the earth moves around the sun Today we take for granted that a telescope allows us to see galaxies millions of light years away. ...Show more
Cardinal - The Rise and Fall of George Pell by Louise Milligan
$39.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion | Reading Level: good-very good
George Pell is the most recognisable face of the Australian Catholic Church. He was the Ballarat boy with the film-star looks who studied at Oxford and rose through the ranks to become the Vatican's indispensable 'Treasurer'. As an outspoken defender of church orthodoxy, 'Big George's' ascendancy within ...Show more