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John Calvin
By T H L Parker. 1977
Calvin's planned life of quiet study ended in 1536 when chance took him to Geneva. Here, apart from a short…
exile, he remained for the rest of his life. His time there was marked by bitter struggles over the independence of church from state and the rules he tried to impose on Geneva as a whole. This biography shows him against the background of the turbulent time in which he lived, putting him and his ideas in their context. 1977.John Henry Newman: a biography (Oxford Lives Ser.)
By Ian Kerr. 1990
This is the first biography to pay equal attention to Newman's achievements as a thinker and writer and his personal…
life-story. Newman is revealed in his complexity, the legendary sadness and sensitivity placed in their proper perspective by being set against his equally striking exuberance, humour and uncompromising toughness in the face of adversity. 1990.Jesus and his times (Reader's digest general books)
By Reader's Digest Editors. 1987
Presents the everyday life of persons living at the time of Jesus, many of the incidents and testimonials of faith…
from the New Testament, and a deeper understanding of Jesus the man. 1987. Uniform title: Reader's digest.Jesus: What Manner Of Man Is This?
By Richard Hanser. 1972
The author explores what is known of Christ's life and attempts to show how and why His teachings appeal so…
strongly to youth today. He also includes an objective treatment of issues which have caused differences among Christian sects. Junior and Senior High. 1972.James G. Endicott: rebel out of China
By Stephen Lyon Endicott. 1980
Jim Endicott was born in China and returned in 1925 as a missionary of the United Church of Canada. This…
book is both a biography and a history of China during its reconstruction. c1980.In the courts of the Lord: a gay minister's story
By James Ferry. 1993
In 1991, Anglican priest Jim Ferry was asked to resign for being "actively homosexual." When he refused, he was tried…
in the Bishop's Court for disobedience and banished from the ministry. Ferry maintains that his real crime was to break the conspiracy of silence surrounding gay clergy in a church that is wrestling with issues of sexuality and human dignity. His book is an account of what it means to be gay, to be honest with oneself and with others, and to suffer as a result. 1993.Insight: case files from the psychic world
By Sylvia Browne, Lindsay Harrison. 2006
Insight is Sylvia Browne's exploration of her experiences during psychic readings over the course of her 50-year-career. Her case files…
cover a wide range of subjects, including: Love/Romance/Relationships; Health/Illness; Family/Children; Finances; Spiritual Issues (past lives); Legal Issues (inheritance, property); Lost Items. 2006.Inner spaces: parapsychological explorations of the mind
By Howard Eisenberg. 1977
Initiation: a woman's spiritual adventure in the heart of the Andes
By Elizabeth B Jenkins. 1997
Memoir of an American woman's mystical odyssey in the Peruvian Andes. Describes her encounters with mountain spirits, her spiritual awakening…
under the guidance of Q'eros priests, and her initiation into the religious tradition of the Incas. 1997.Infidel
By Ayaan Hirsi Ali. 2007
Ali recalls her life, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening and…
activism in the Netherlands, and her current life under armed guard in the West. She recounts the evolution of her beliefs, and her resolve to fight injustice done in the name of religion. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.Another man's war: the true story of one man's battle to save children in the Sudan
By Sam Childers. 2009
This book recounts the rise of Sam Childers from violent, drug-addicted biker to a man willing to risk everything to…
rescue the orphans and child soldiers of Sudan. Today Sam spends his time in the most dangerous parts of Sudan and Uganda rescuing the youngest victims of war, orphans and child-soldiers. Includes violence. c2009.Francis of Assisi: A Revolutionary Life
By Adrian House. 2001
House portrays the life of the medieval Italian saint Francis of Assisi, chronicling his youth, his conversion, and his establishment…
of the Franciscan Order. Discusses Francis's ability to communicate with birds, the appearance of the stigmata on his body, and his relationship with St. Clare. 2001.Carthusians are contemplative monastics who live in community but spend most of their days alone, wearing hair shirts, practicing self-flagellation…
and eating just one meal a day from mid-September to Easter. Maguire followed the lives of five young men who entered St. Hugh's Charterhouse in England between July 1960 and March 1961. As they work, pray and live in solitude, they discover not only God but also themselves. Explicit descriptions of violence. c2006.Divine guidance: how to have a dialogue with God and your guardian angels
By Doreen Virtue. 1998
Virtue, a spiritual counsellor, encourages everyone to communicate directly with God and the angels. The method itself is surprisingly simple:…
breathe deeply and slowly, formulate specific questions, and trust God. The ultimate test seems to be whether guidance provides support and encouragement, or fear and negativity; she believes that the latter indicates false guidance. 1998.And then there were nuns: adventures in a cloistered life
By Jane Christmas. 2013
Bestselling author Jane Christmas decides to enter a convent to discern whether she is, as she puts it, "nun material".…
But just as she convinces herself to take the plunge, her long-term partner surprises her with a marriage proposal. Determined not to let her monastic dreams get sidelined, Christmas puts her engagement aside and embarks on an extraordinary year-plus adventure to four convents—one in Canada and three in the U.K. c2013.Ghosts and the supernatural (Unexplained.)
By Colin Wilson. 1998
Why are some people sensitive to ghosts? Who was the real Dracula, and what is a zombie? Discover accounts of…
the supernatural from all around the world -- haunted buildings, ghosts, poltergeists, vampires, werewolves, and other sinister monsters. Grades 3-6. 1998.Costly grace: an evangelical minister's rediscovery of faith, hope, and love
By Robert L Schenck. 2018
A leading American evangelical minister--whom public figures long turned to for guidance in faith and politics--recounts his three conversions, from…
childhood Jewish roots to Christianity, from a pure faith to a highly politicized one, and from the religious right to the simplicity of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. In this inspiring memoir, he reflects on his path to God, his unconscious abandonment of his principles, and his return to the convictions that guide him. "Costly Grace" is a fascinating and ultimately redemptive account of one man's life in politics and faith. 2018.Bob Dylan: a spiritual life
By Scott M Marshall, Scott Derrickson. 2017
Based on years of research and original interviews, this book sorts through the myths and misunderstandings and reveals Dylan to…
be both traditional and radical in the way he expresses his spiritual quest for purpose and meaning. 2017.Fatal discord: Erasmus, Luther, and the fight for the Western mind
By Michael Massing. 2018
A deeply textured dual biography and intellectual history that examines two of the greatest minds of European history--Desiderius Erasmus and…
Martin Luther--whose heated rivalry gave rise to two enduring, fundamental, and often colliding traditions of philosophical and religious thought. 2018.Breaking free: how I escaped polygamy, the FLDS cult, and my father, Warren Jeffs
By Rachel Jeffs. 2017