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Sub-Categories of Philosophy & Religion
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Re-claiming the Bible for a Non-religious World
John Shelby Spong
Religion & beliefs
Hardback
For over 200 years, scholars have been debating, analyzing, and exploring one of the most important books ever written - The... [more]
A Short History of Christianity
Geoffrey Blainey
Religion & beliefs; History of religion; Christianity
Hardback
Geoffrey Blainey, one of Australia's most accomplished and popular historians, takes us on a journey from the very beginnings... [more]
$45.00 $40.50
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Preposterous Proverbs: Why Fine Words Butter No Parsnips
Max Cryer
Language: reference & general; Dictionaries; Reference; Popular philosophy
Paperback
In 'Preposterous Proverbs', Max Cryer looks at a vast array of proverbs from around the world. Proverbs on birth, food, women... [more]
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Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy...
Michael Bruce, Steven Barbone
Philosophy; History of Western philosophy
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Philosophy starts with questions, but attempts at answers are just as important, and these answers require reasoned argument.... [more]
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The Book of Common Prayer: The Texts of 1549, 1559, and 1662
Brian Cummings
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Religion & beliefs; Church history; Christian prayerbooks
Hardback
This unique edition of the Book of Common Prayer includes the texts of three different versions, 1549, 1559, and 1662, to... [more]
Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World
James Carroll
History; Middle Eastern history; Religion: general; Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict; History of religion
Paperback
Carroll's urgent, masterly Jerusalem, Jerusalem uncovers the ways in which the ancient city became, unlike any other in... [more]
$35.00 $31.50
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The Bible Now
Richard Elliott Friedman, Shawna Dolansky
Religion & beliefs; Religious issues & debates; Christian theology; Christian life & practice
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The Bible has been a positive force but also has been misread, mistranslated, and misused. Friedman and Dolansky address what... [more]
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Islam: Its Law and Society
Jamila Hussain
Religion & beliefs; Society & Social Sciences; Islamic studies; Jurisprudence & general issues; Islamic law; Children's & Educational
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Provides an introduction to Islamic law for western readers. This title explains the origin and development of the Shariah... [more]
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You Kant Make it Up!: Strange Ideas from History's Greatest Philosophers...
Gary Hayden
Philosophy; Popular philosophy
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Could you be convinced that you don't exist? [more]
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The Good Book: A Secular Bible
A. C. Grayling
Philosophy; Popular philosophy; Religion: general
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Drawing on the wisdom of 2,500 years of contemplative non-religious writing on all that it means to be human - from the origins... [more]
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In the Shadow of the Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of...
Tom Holland
History; Middle Eastern history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; History of religion; Islam
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* Tom Holland, author of RUBICON and PERSIAN FIRE, gives a thrilling panoramic account of the rise of Islam [more]
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The Serpent's Promise: The Bible as Science
Steve Jones
Religion & science; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science
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The Bible was the first scientific textbook of all; and it got some things right (and plenty more wrong). Steve Jones' new... [more]
$32.99 $29.70
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Waging Peace: Reflections on Peace and War from an Unconventional Woman...
Anne Deveson
Biography; Popular philosophy
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In her lifetime Anne Deveson has seen massive resources deployed in waging war. Funds, strategies, materials and lives with... [more]
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The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and for Humanism
A. C. Grayling
Religion & beliefs; Philosophy of religion; Humanist & secular alternatives to religion
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A number of books in recent years--notably those by Christopher Hitchens, Richards Dawkins and Sam Harris--have taken issue... [more]
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The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities...
John Thavis
Religion & beliefs; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
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Describes the politics surrounding the election of a new pope and the beatification of an old one, the angst of dealing with... [more]
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Running with the Pack: Thoughts from the Road on Meaning and Mortality
Mark Rowlands
Philosophy; Marathon & cross-country running
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Mark Rowlands explores the intimate relationship between running and thinking, especially thoughts about the meaning of life,... [more]
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The Throne of Adulis: Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam
G. W. Bowersock
History; Middle Eastern history; African history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; History of religion
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Leading historian G.W. Bowersock provides a narrative account of a fascinating but overlooked chapter in pre-Islamic Arabian... [more]
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The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths
John Gray, Pulteney Enterprises
Philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Popular philosophy
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What happens to us when we starve, when we fight, when we are imprisoned? And how do our imaginations leap into worlds way... [more]
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Philosophy in the Garden
Damon Young
Philosophy; Popular philosophy
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Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing in Chawton, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich... [more]
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Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives
Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI
Religion & beliefs; Christianity; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Christian theology; Religious & spiritual leaders
Hardback
Translation of: Jesus von Nazareth. Prolog. Die Kindheitsgeschichten. [more]
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The Trial of the Templars
Malcolm Barber
History; Christian communities & monasticism
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An updated discussion of the 1307-1314 trial of the military religious Order of the Temple. [more]
$42.95 $18.00
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Religions of the Ancient Greeks
Simon Price
History; General & world history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Ancient religions & mythologies
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This 1999 book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods. [more]
$44.95 $20.00
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De Rerum Natura
Titus Lucretius Carus
Poetry by individual poets; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: poetry & poets; History; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Ancient religions & mythologies
Paperback
This edition incorporates a new text and prose translation of the third part of Lucretius poem De Rerum Natura ; setting... [more]
$65.00 $25.00
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The Crimes of Elagabalus: The Life and Legacy of Rome's Decadent Boy Emperor...
Martijn Icks
Biography: historical, political & military; History; European history; Classical history & classical civilisation; Ancient religions & mythologies
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Elagabalus was one of the most notorious of Rome's 'bad emperors': a sexually-depraved and eccentric hedonist who in his short... [more]
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