Augustine of Hippo's 'Confessions' recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle to become instead a staunch advocate of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers.
This is the starting point for an extraordinary meditation upon good and evil, grace and judgment. Lewis's revolutionary idea is the discovery that the gates of Hell are locked from the inside.
Both astonishing and prophetic, The Abolition of Man is one of the most debated of Lewis’s extraordinary works. Both astonishing and prophetic, The Abolition of Man remains one of C. S. Lewis's most controversial works.
This book presents approximately 450 illustrations of mythic art from Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, European, and Olmec cultures as a basis for an exploration into the relation of dreams to myth.
In seinem epischen Werk "Masnavi" entführt uns der renommierte persische Dichter Dschalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi in eine Welt der spirituellen Poesie und mystischen Lehren.
"This is not everyone's favorite, but its on everyone's list. This is the most widely published and read book on spirituality in our tradition. It is amazing how well its medieval monkishness carries over into the modern world.
In this modern classic, Soloveitchik uses the story of Adam and Eve as a springboard, interweaving insights from such important Western philosophers as Kierkegaard and Kant with innovative readings of Genesis to provide guidance for the ...