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The Gospel of Thomas: the hidden sayings of Jesus
By Harold Bloom, Marvin W Meyer. 1992
An English translation of 114 wise sayings attributed to Jesus as collected in the Coptic text found near Nag Hammadi…
in Upper Egypt. Discusses the history of the writings. Explanatory notes follow. Includes an interpretive essay by Harold Bloom. c1992.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/a27/small/2423980.jpg)
The end of elsewhere: travels among the tourists
By Taras Grescoe. 2003
Taras Grescoe plunges into the ruts where the tourists are thickest, starting at the tip of Spain's Land's End and…
finishing, nine months later, on the soldier-patrolled beaches of China's End of the Earth. Along the way, he crosses the entire Eurasian landmass, experiencing all sorts of travel such as all-inclusive resorts, pilgrimages, and bus tours. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2003.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/193/small/2425254.jpg)
The Greek for love: a memoir of Corfu
By James Chatto. 2005
They arrived as tourists in Corfu, Wendy from Canada and James from England. They enjoyed the sun, an idyllic beach,…
olives, fresh apricots and marinated lamb, and long evenings of storytelling at the local taverna. But what captivated James and Wendy was the way the islanders embraced them, and how their deep connection to Corfu and its people sustained them through tragedy just as it had carried them into love. Some strong language. 2005.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/6a9/small/2421246.jpg)
The bloody red hand: a journey through truth, myth and terror in Northern Ireland
By Derek Lundy. 2006
Author Derek Lundy, bearing in mind that the name "Lundy" is synonymous with traitor in Ulster, delves into the lives…
of ancestors Robert Lundy, Protestant governor of Derry in 1688, William Steel Dickson, a Protestant preacher of the early 19th century who advocated resisting the English, and Billy Lundy, born in 1890 and the embodiment of what the Ulster Protestants became - a tribe united in their hostility to Catholics and to the prospect of an independent Ireland. 2006.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/513/small/2416002.jpg)
Saints preserve us!: everything you need to know about every saint you'll ever need
By Rosemary Rogers, Sean Kelly. 1993
Designed to help you determine your patron saints, this book provides a biographical listing of saints arranged alphabetically, a calendar…
of saints by day of the year, and a list of patron saints for such categories as ethnicity, occupation, illness, and lifestyle. 1993.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/81c/small/2407256.jpg)
Milarepa
By Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. 1997
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Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665 (McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion)
By Patricia Simpson. 1997
Marguerite Bourgeoys is one of the most important figures in Quebec's religious and social history. In 1658 she founded the…
first school in the city of Montreal. From there she went on to establish a community of uncloistered women to assist in the education of women and children in New France. Bourgeoys was beatified in 1950 and canonized in 1982. She is still revered by many today. 1997.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/ad7/small/2403288.jpg)
La vie est plus forte que la mort
By Marie-Paul Ross. 2013
Comment une petite fille fragile et condamnée par les médecins a-t-elle pu mener une vie de sœur missionnaire aux quatre…
coins du monde ? Comment une religieuse en est-elle arrivée à faire un doctorat de sexologie pour lutter contre les abus dont sont victimes les jeunes garçons et filles un peu partout sur la planète ? Comment a-t-elle affronté la misère, la souffrance et le terrorisme sans jamais perdre la foi ? La vie de Marie-Paul Ross est un pari gagné contre l’adversité. 2013.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/7db/small/2401646.jpg)
Berezina ((Démarches).)
By Sylvain Tesson. 2015
" S. Tesson décrit son voyage en side-car de Moscou à Paris, sur les traces de Napoléon, 200 ans, presque…
jour pour jour, après la retraite de Russie. La débâcle tragique de l'armée française, les tourments des soldats, les étapes du parcours (Smolensk, Minsk, la Berezina, Vilnius, etc.) sont relatés. " -- 4e de couv.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/a90/small/2395353.jpg)
Italian days
By Barbara Grizzuti Harrison. 1989
An in-depth travel guide to Italy, which provides a mixture of history, politics, folklore, food, architecture, arts, literature, and local…
anecdotes. From modern, fashionable Milan to historic Rome and primitive Calabria, the author reflects on the country of her origins, where the keys to her past are held by those who never left. 1989.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/793/small/2448556.jpg)
Saints and angels
By Claire Llewellyn. 2003
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Leaving the Saints: one child's story of survival and hope
By Martha Nibley Beck. 2005
As "Mormon royalty" within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented…
by the Church's high elders in an existence framed by the strictest code of conduct. As an adult, she moved to the east coast, outside of her Mormon enclave for the first time in her life. When her son was born with Down syndrome, Martha and her husband left their graduate programs at Harvard to return to Utah, where they knew the supportive Mormon community would embrace them. But when she was hired to teach at Brigham Young University, Martha was troubled by the way the Church's elders silenced dissidents and masked truths that contradicted its published beliefs. Most troubling of all, she was forced to face her history of sexual abuse by one of the Church's most prominent authorities. 2005.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/3ef/small/2447011.jpg)
Baptism of fire
By Frank Collins. 1997
Following a life of gang-led petty crime and poverty in Newcastle, Frank Collins finally joined the SAS. After spending time…
in America and Northern Ireland there was nothing he didn't know about guns and killing. Then, out of the blue, he experienced an extraordinary religious conversion, so powerful that he was compelled to change his life. He is now ordained as a Church of England minister.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/01b/small/2455145.jpg)
François, le pape des pauvres
By Andrea Tornielli, Jean-Pierre Prévost. 2013
" Cet ouvrage montre, à travers les textes, les idées, les mots du pape François, comment ce fils d'immigrés, à…
la fois simple et érudit, fait de l'exigence évangélique et de la non-violence, les piliers de sa pastorale.Une biographie complète, qui donne les clefs pour comprendre cette personnalité plus complexe qu'il n'y paraît et révèle un pasteur qui incarne le renouvellement et la purification de l'Église. " -- 4e de couv.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/965/small/2454803.jpg)
A faith that challenges: the life of Jim McSheffrey (Out of the ordinary)
By Maura Hanrahan. 2002
Written by a friend, who knew firsthand his many strengths as well as his faults, this is a portrait of…
Jim McSheffrey, a complex yet humble man who pursued religious life as a Jesuit brother. Shy and awkward, McSheffrey became passionate about justice in his young adult years. While working in Ontario with the Children's Aid Society and a half-way house, and then with unemployed people in Newfoundland, he developed a profound respect for the poor. Never a mere do-gooder, McSheffrey acquired a strong, lifelong commitment to social reform and community-building in every region of Canada in which he lived and worked. 2002.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/9f0/small/2454800.jpg)
Gem: the life of Sister Mac, Geraldine MacNamara (Out of the ordinary)
By Rosemary Radford Ruether, Eleanor Joyce Stebner. 2001
A petite Winnipeg nun founded a drop-in centre that soon became a beacon of hope for Native youth in the…
city's poorest neighbourhood; 25 years later, Rossbrook House remains a thriving school, training centre and a place for young people to socialize safely. This "social-spiritual" biography explores how MacNamara - a privileged, well-educated religious sister - was changed by the experience of living with and serving the poor, especially Native young people. Her personal journals, her speeches and writings, and interviews with people who knew her reveal both the internal and external person. 2001. (Out of the ordinary ; 1)![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/de1/small/2454555.jpg)
La foi des gens d'ici: en marge du Synode du diocèse de Québec
By Lucien Robitaille. 1994
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La trahison de la foi: le parcours tragique d'un converti autochtone à l'époque coloniale
By Emma Anderson. 2009
Se fondant sur le récit éloquent de la vie d'un homme, Emma Anderson explore le choc entre le christianisme et…
la religon autochtone traditonnelle à l'époque coloniale en Amérique du Nord. Pierre-Anthoine Pastedechouan est né au sein d'une communauté indigène nomade d'Innus le long du fleuve Saint-Laurent dans ce qui est aujourd'hui le Québec. A onze ans, il fut envoyé en France par des missionnaires catholiques pour y être éduqué pendant cinq ans, puis ramené dans son pays afin de prendre part à la christianisation de son peuple. Le contact de Pastedechouan avec le catholicisme français pendant son enfance suscita en lui une ambivalence religieuse fatale. Dépouillé à la fois de son identité religieuse traditionnelle et de ses aptitudes critiques à la survie, il éprouvera de la difficulté à se faire accepter par sa communauté à son retour. Simultanément, ses tentatives de se faire valoir aux yeux des siens amèneront les Jésuites à le considérer avec une suspicion croissante. En suspension entre deux univers, Pastedechouan finira par devenir déconnecté - avec des résultats dramatiques - aussi bien de sa communauté autochtone que de ses mentors missionnaires [...] . -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The betrayal of faith : the tragic journey of a colonial native convert.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/4f7/small/2452671.jpg)
Jeanne d'Arc, vérités et légendes
By Colette Beaune. 2008
" Jeanne, la petite bergère de Domrémy... Une putain doublée d'une sorcière... Fille cachée du roi, elle ne serait pas…
morte sur le bûcher à Rouen en 1431... La médiéviste Colette Beaune est en colère ! Peut-on laisser tout écrire au prétexte que la grande histoire serait parfois trop complexe, ou pas assez folklorique ? Dans un livre court, incisif, et avec beaucoup d'humour, l'historienne bat en brèche les nombreuses légendes qui circulent encore aujourd'hui sur la plus célèbre de nos grandes figures françaises. " -- 4e de couv.![](https://d1lp72kdku3ux1.cloudfront.net/title_instance/8ec/small/2452669.jpg)
Jeanne d'Arc
By Colette Beaune. 2004
Jeanne se proclame chef de guerre pour bouter les Anglais hors de France. Elle rêve d'une nouvelle croisade afin de…
reconquérir Jérusalem et créer un monde nouveau. Ses voix, que le procès identifiera à celles de sainte Catherine, sainte Marguerite et saint Michel, la guident dans sa mission. Dans cette biographie passionnante et originale, Colette Beaune, déjà remarquée il y a quelques années pour sa Naissance de la nation France, a fait un travail magnifique d'érudition en retraçant les mentalités d'une époque qu'on croit révolue. Sa parfaite connaissance du monde médiéval offre un tableau saisissant de la vie de Jeanne, loin de l'icône politique et patriotique habituelle. -- 4e de couv.