The Mahabharata 5 parts in 3 Volumes by J A B van Buitenen (ed.)
$120.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
"The Mahabharata," an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule o ...Show more
The Christian Century in Japan 1549-1650 by C R Boxer
$60.00 NZD
Category: Asia | Series: Aspects of Portugal | Reading Level: very good
Four hundred and fifty years ago, on 23September 1543, three Portuguese merchants travelling on a Chinese junk were blown by a storm onto the south-western tip of Japan. So at last was discovered to the West that fabled country which Marco Polo reported and Columbus sought. The chief Japanese trade link ...Show more
Prince of the Church - Patrick Francis Moran 1830-1911 by Philip Ayres
$25.00 NZD
Category: Australia | Reading Level: very good
A biography of Patrick Francis Moran (1830-1911), cardinal archbishop of Sydney, based on research in Australia, Italy and Ireland. It places Moran within the historical contexts of his life's work: Rome of the 1848 revolution, Italy of the risorgimento, Ireland in the age of rebellion, and Australia in ...Show more
The Trial of the Templars by Malcolm C Barber
$12.00 NZD
Category: Europe | Series: Canto Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In 1307, the Templars in France were arrested by King Philip IV's officials in the name of the Inquisition, their property seized and the men charged with serious heresies, including the denial of Christ, homosexuality, and idol worship. Confessions, extracted under torture, were brought before royal an ...Show more
The Sign - The Shroud of Turin and the Secret of the Resurrection by Thomas de Wesselow
$16.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
The birth of Christianity, nearly 2000 years ago, has shaped the whole course of human history. Yet historians still cannot explain how it all really began. What made Jesus's followers claim to have seen him alive again, three days after his crucifixion? Why did Christianity take off so quickly? It is o ...Show more
John Calvin, Student of Church Fathe by Anthony N S Lane
$18.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
A fine study of John Calvin and his relationships with the fathers and medieval scholars, by one of the leading present-day experts in Calvin studies. Specific themes explored include, for example, Calvin's knowledge of the Greek fathers, his use and sources of Bernard of Clairvaux, his use of the fathe ...Show more
The Year of Living Biblically - One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A J Jacobs
$12.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling author of "The Know-It-All" comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible. A.J. Jacobs chronicles his hilarious and thoughtful year spent obeyingâas literally as possibleâthe tenets of the Bible. Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in th ...Show more
Dictionary of Roman Religion by Lesley Adkins; Roy A. Adkins
$12.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: good-very good
Long overshadowed by Greek mythology or treated peripherally in general texts on the ancient Roman world, Roman religion is finally accorded its due and set in its full context as no other reference source has done before. While perhaps most familiar in the context of Greek-influenced gods, Roman religi ...Show more
A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God more particularly in answer to Mr Hobbs, Spinoza and their followers by Samuel Clarke
$500.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
together with Discourse Concerning the Unchangeable Obilgations of Natural Religion and the truth and Certainty of Christian Revelation and also Several Letters to Reverend Clarke from a Gentleman in Gloucester ... with the answers
The Old Service-Books of the English Church by Christopher Wordsworth; Henry Littlehales
$25.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Series: The Antiquary's Books | Reading Level: very good
Tradition and Apocalypse - An Essay on the Future of Christian Belief by David Bentley Hart
$10.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
In the two thousand years that have elapsed since the time of Christ, Christians have been as much divided by their faith as united, as much at odds as in communion. And the contents of Christian confession have developed with astonishing energy. How can believers claim a faith that has been passed down ...Show more