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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Letters and Papers from Prison by MARTY MARTIN E
Category: Spirituality | Series: Lives of Great Religious Books
For fascination, influence, inspiration, and controversy, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison is unmatched by any other book of Christian reflection written in the twentieth century. A Lutheran pastor and theologian, Bonhoeffer spent two years in Nazi prisons before being executed at ag ...Show more
The "Bhagavad Gita": A Biography by Richard H. Davis
Category: Culture | Series: Lives of Great Religious Books
The Bhagavad Gita, perhaps the most famous of all Indian scriptures, is universally regarded as one of the world's spiritual and literary masterpieces. Richard Davis tells the story of this venerable and enduring book, from its origins in ancient India to its reception today as a spiritual classic that ...Show more
The Book of "Genesis": A Biography by Ronald S. Hendel
Category: Biography | Series: Lives of Great Religious Books
During its 2,500-year life, the book of Genesis has been the keystone to almost every important claim about reality, humanity, and God in Judaism and Christianity. And it continues to play a central role in debates about science, politics, and human rights. With clarity and skill, acclaimed biblical sch ...Show more
The Book of Job: A Biography by Mark Larrimore
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: Lives of Great Religious Books
The Book of Job raises stark questions about the nature and meaning of innocent suffering and the relationship of the human to the divine, yet it is also one of the Bible's most obscure and paradoxical books, one that defies interpretation even today. Mark Larrimore provides a panoramic history of this ...Show more
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