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  • A Short History Of Myth

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    Series series Canons
    As long as we have been human, we have been mythmakers. In A Short History of Myth, Karen Armstrong holds up the mirror of mythology to show us the history of ourselves, and embarks on a journey that begins at a Neanderthal graveside and ends buried in the heart of the modern novel.Surprising, powerful and profound, A Short History of Myth examines the world's most ancient art form - the making ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • The Spiral Staircase

    My Climb Out of Darkness

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The New York Times bestselling author of A History of God delivers the gripping, inspirational story about her own search for God.“A story about becoming human, being recognized, finally recognizing oneself…. It fills the reader with hope.” —**The Washington Post Book WorldIn 1962, at age seventeen, Karen Armstrong entered a convent, eager to meet God. After seven brutally ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Case for God

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A nuanced exploration of the role of religion in our lives, drawing on insights of the past to build a faith for our dangerously polarized age—from the New York Times bestselling author of The History of GodMoving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • A History of God

    The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “brilliantly lucid, splendidly readable book” (The Sunday Times), one of Britain’s foremost commentators on religion explores how people have perceived and experienced God throughout history, from the time of Abraham to the present.“An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers.”—The Washington ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • In the Beginning

    A New Interpretation of Genesis

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    “Karen Armstrong is a genius.”—A. N. WilsonAs the foundation stone of the Jewish and Christian scriptures, The Book of Genesis unfolds some of the most arresting stories of world literature—the Creation; Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; the sacrifice of Isaac. Yet the meaning of Genesis remains enigmatic. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong, author of the highly acclaimed bestseller A History ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Great Transformation

    The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary investigation of a critical moment in the evolution of religious thought—from the New York Times bestselling author of A History of God and The Spiral Staircase“A splendid book.... Lucid, highly readable.... Relevant to a world still embroiled in military conflict and sectarian hatreds.” —The New York Times**In the ninth century BCE, events in four regions ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • In Search of Paul

    How Jesus' Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom

    by John Dominic Crossan, Jonathan L. Reed ...

    $7.99 USD

  • The Power of Myth

    by Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary book that reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war.“Campbell has become the rarest of intellectuals in American life: a serious thinker who has been embraced by the popular culture.”—NewsweekThe Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

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  • The Secrets of Alchemy

    by Lawrence M. Principe ...
    Series series Synthesis
    "This elegant, readable book…covers the history of alchemy from its shadowy origins in Hellenistic Egypt to its scholarly recovery in the 20th century" (Anthony Grafton, Science).In The Secrets of Alchemy, science historian and practicing chemist Lawrence M. Principe dispels commonly held misconceptions about alchemy and sheds light on what it was, how it began, and how it influenced a range of ... Read more

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  • Lost Christianities:The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew

    The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew

    by Bart D. Ehrman ...
    The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant deity. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine, while others said he was divine but not human. In Lost Christianities, Bart D. Ehrman offers a ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • The Changing Face of God

    Edited by Frederick W. Schmidt ...
    In 1999, five scholars presented lectures at Washington National Cathedral about our images of God and what difference they make. This book is ideal for parish study groups and individuals to consider and discuss the viewpoints of Marcus Borg, Karen Armstrong, Jack Miles, James Cone, and Andrew Sung Park."Does the face of God change? Years ago I would have said, 'No.' Countless hymns, passage of ... Read more

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  • The Third Jesus

    The Christ We Cannot Ignore

    by Deepak Chopra M.D. ...
    Who is Jesus Christ?In The Third Jesus, bestselling author and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra provides an answer to this question that is both a challenge to current systems of belief and a fresh perspective on what Jesus can teach us all, regardless of our religious background. There is not one Jesus, Chopra writes, but three.First, there is the historical Jesus, the man who lived more than two ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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