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Religion & Spirituality.

From Dante’s cosmic vision to the hidden wisdom of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, our Religion & Spirituality shelves invite deep contemplation. Delve into sacred texts, mystical traditions, and historical inquiries that examine belief, ritual, and the divine across cultures and centuries. Whether you seek poetic allegory or scholarly debate, these works illuminate the many paths to understanding the sacred.

40 books

Non-fiction

Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries

by Annie Besant

Annie Besant's Theosophical reading of Christianity as a repository of hidden, mystical truths, arguing that behind the familiar faith lies an ancient wisdom meant for the spiritua

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A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory

by Albert Taylor Bledsoe

Albert Taylor Bledsoe's searching work of theology and philosophy, which confronts the ancient problem of evil and seeks to defend the justice, goodness and glory of God against it

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History

Christmas: Its Origin and Associations: Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Cen

A wide-ranging Victorian-era survey of Christmas across many centuries: its origins, customs, historical episodes, and the songs, feasts, and festivities that gathered around the m

$8.00

Non-fiction

The Ordinance of Covenanting

A work of Reformed theology examining the biblical practice of covenanting, the solemn binding of a people to God.

$8.00

Biography & Memoir

The Life of Trust

A stirring nineteenth-century narrative of faith put into practice, recounting a life and ministry sustained, its author held, entirely through prayer.

$8.00

Non-fiction

The Faith of Our Fathers

Cardinal Gibbons's enduring explanation and defense of Catholic belief, written in plain, generous prose for believers, seekers, and the simply curious alike.

$8.00

Non-fiction

The Varieties of Religious Experience

by William James

William James's landmark study of religion as lived personal experience, examining conversion, mysticism, saintliness, and the inner life of faith with the eye of a pioneering psyc

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History

Pagan and Christian Rome

A vivid archaeological journey through the Eternal City as it passed from pagan antiquity to Christianity, tracing the temples, tombs, and monuments where two worlds met and merged

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Non-fiction

Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber : $b or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge

A nineteenth-century polemical travel narrative journeying from the Alps to Rome, arguing a critical case about the influence of the Roman Catholic Church on commerce, law and lear

$8.00

History

A Class-Book of New Testament History

by G. F. Maclear

A Victorian teaching text by G.

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Expositions of Holy Scripture: Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters; I to End. Colossians, Thessaloni

A volume of careful, warm-hearted biblical exposition covering Second Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, Colossians, and the letters that follow: scripture opened passage by pass

$8.00

Non-fiction

The Expositor's Bible

A volume from the celebrated series of scholarly yet accessible commentaries on the books of the Bible.

$9.00

Children

Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions

by T. W. Doane

A wide-ranging comparative study arguing that many biblical stories echo the myths of older and other religions.

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History

An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church

by Henry C. Lea

Henry Charles Lea's landmark history of clerical celibacy, tracing the long and contested development of the Church's discipline of the unmarried priesthood.

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History

Fox's Book of Martyrs: Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant; Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs

John Foxe's famous Book of Martyrs recounts the lives, sufferings and deaths of Christian martyrs, above all the Protestants of the Reformation, a work that shaped English religiou

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Children

The magic of jewels and charms

A richly detailed exploration of the lore, legend, and supposed powers of precious stones and amulets.

$8.50

Non-fiction

A Dictionary of Islam

by Thomas Patrick Hughes

A comprehensive nineteenth-century reference work on the religion, doctrines, rites, and terminology of Islam, arranged for ready consultation.

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History

Antiquities of the Jews

by Flavius Josephus

Josephus's monumental history of the Jewish people, from the creation of the world through the biblical narrative to the eve of revolt against Rome.

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Non-fiction

The Parables of Our Lord

A thoughtful study of the parables Jesus told, drawing out the meaning and imagery of these short, enduring stories.

$9.00

Classics

Paradise Lost

by John Milton

John Milton's towering epic of the fall of humankind, telling of Satan's rebellion, the loss of Eden, and the temptation of Adam and Eve.

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Children

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

A clear, orderly retelling of the classical myths, from the gods of Olympus to the heroes and their labours, gathering the ancient stories into one accessible volume.

$8.50

Biography & Memoir

Apologia pro vita sua : $b being a history of his religious opinions

John Henry Newman's celebrated spiritual autobiography, tracing with candour and eloquence the long development of his religious opinions and his path toward Rome.

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Children

Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion

A scholarly study tracing the threads between the customs, songs and superstitions of modern rural Greece and the beliefs of the ancient world.

$8.50

Art & Design

The Doré Bible Gallery, Complete: Containing One Hundred Superb Illustrations, and a Page of Explanatory Letter-press Fa

A complete gallery of Gustave Doré's magnificent Bible illustrations, one hundred dramatic engravings with explanatory text.

$9.00

Children

The Egyptian Book of the dead

The ancient Egyptian funerary texts guiding the soul through the perils of the afterlife.

$8.50

Fiction

On the Cross

A novel that carries the weight of its title into a story of faith, sacrifice and the reckonings people make when they believe something larger is watching.

$9.50

Biography & Memoir

Autobiography of a Yogi

by Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda's celebrated spiritual autobiography, a luminous account of a life devoted to yoga, meditation, and the search for God, and the book that introduced millions

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Non-fiction

The King James Version of the Bible

The King James Version of the Bible is the landmark 1611 English translation whose language, cadence, and imagery shaped centuries of literature, worship, and public speech.

$9.00

Non-fiction

Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ

A collection of biographical accounts of Jewish people who converted to Christianity, gathering the lives and testimonies of many such figures from across the centuries in one devo

$9.00

Poetry

The Story of Genesis and Exodus

by Various

An early Middle English verse retelling of the opening books of the Bible, rendering the great stories of creation, the patriarchs, and the deliverance from Egypt in the poetry of

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History

A Source Book for Ancient Church History

A curated collection of primary documents tracing the early Christian church from the apostolic age through the great councils.

$9.00

Biography & Memoir

Jesus the Christ

A substantial devotional study of the life and mission of Jesus, drawing on scripture to present his ministry, teaching and significance.

$9.00

Children

The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

One of the great epics of India, the story of Rama's exile, the abduction of Sita, and the war to reclaim her, rendered into English verse.

$8.50

Non-fiction

The lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia, the book of evil spirits : $b contains two hundred diagrams and seals for invocation

A classic edition of the Goetia, first book of the Lesser Key of Solomon, the notorious grimoire cataloguing seventy-two spirits with their seals, offices and the rites of their co

$9.00

Non-fiction

On the Duties of the Clergy

Saint Ambrose of Milan's early Christian guide to moral conduct, reworking the classical ideal of duty into a pastoral handbook for those who serve the Church.

$9.00

Non-fiction

The Works of Mr. George Gillespie

The collected writings of a formidable seventeenth-century Scottish divine, a leading voice at the Westminster Assembly.

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Biography & Memoir

The Confessions of St. Augustine

by St. Augustine

Augustine of Hippo turns his life into a prayer, tracing a restless soul from youthful appetite to faith.

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Classics

The Divine Comedy

by Dante Alighieri

Dante’s epic pilgrimage through the afterlife remains a staggering work of imagination, where every sin and virtue takes vivid, often terrifying form.

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