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By Dale Evans Rogers. 1977
By Anne Lamott. 1999
Lamott first relates her childhood and her vacillation with Christianity, and describes the night of her conversion following an abortion…
and a week of drugs and alcohol. She then explains how she continues to struggle with the faith that now sustains her. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1999.By Corrie Ten Boom, Jamie Buckingham. 1975
Members who met Corrie Ten Boom through her book "The hiding place" (DC31641) will need no introduction to this indomitable…
80 year old, as she travels the world giving the good news of the Lord. 1975.By Paul Powers. 1998
At the age of seven, Paul Powers lost his mother, and was beaten by his father for crying over her…
death. Vowing never to cry again, he kept his promise for the next 13 years, despite poverty, abuse, and violence that culminated in his murdering a woman. It was only through religion that he was able to find love and turn his life around. Includes a foreword by his wife, Margaret Fishback Powers, author of the poem "Footprints". 1998.By Karen Armstrong. 1981
Karen Armstrong entered the strict confines of an English convent at the age of seventeen when most other teenagers were…
embarking on the social revolution of the 1960s. She became Christ's bride in a ceremony of mystical splendour but the way forward was unbearably hard. She struggled on in a battle with her health, mind and spirit until she could go no further. 1981.Jacobs tried for a year to observe the Bible's 700-odd rules for righteous behaviour - he let his beard grow,…
wore only garments made of unmixed fibres, prayed regularly, ate some things but not others. He also queried members of such strict sects as the Amish, the Samaritans, and snake-handling Pentecostals. Jacobs experienced a spiritual awakening of sorts, and revealed the scriptural selectiveness practiced by even the most zealous fundamentalists. Some descriptions of sex. 2008, c2007.By Jean Markale. 1986
The mysterious Knights Templar originated in the Middle Ages, when pilgrims needed armed supporters to assure them safe passage to…
the Holy Land. Within 100 years the Templars had become a significant power by themselves, reporting directly to the pope and, it was rumoured, in control of vast wealth - until 1307, when the French king terminated the order, dispersed its knights, and claimed its property. 2003, c1986. Uniform title: Gisors et l'énigme des Templiers.By Hugh W McKervill. 1993
The author first set foot in sparsely populated northern Saskatchewan in 1955, having little idea of the adventures ahead. He…
also did not imagine the strong bonds he would forge with this land of mud, mosquitoes and pioneers. McKervill offers a vivid and heartwarming glimpse into a way of life on the northern prairies that has all but disappeared. 1993.By Karen Armstrong. 2004
Author/journalist recounts her spiritual journey and medical nightmare upon returning to secular life at twenty-four after seven years as a…
young Roman Catholic nun. Describes her lapses of faith, academic disappointments, and misdiagnosed epilepsy as steps to gradual enlightenment. Some strong language. Sequel to "Through the Narrow Gate". Bestseller. 2004.By Michael Mott. 1984
The biography of one of the most controversial American Catholic figures of the 20th century. Tells of Merton's life as…
an activist and reformer, and as a Trappist monk. Bestseller 1984.By Michael John Walsh. 1989
Michael Walsh, a Catholic historian and former Jesuit, looks into the secret world of Opus Dei, an organization which has…
set itself up to preserve the status quo in the face of change within the Catholic Church, and dedicated to preserving Catholic orthodoxy in the face of liberal assaults. Drawing upon interviews and previously unavailable documents, the author paints an often chilling portrait of the movement's authoritarian founder and uncovers some new facts on the running of Opus Dei. 1989.By David Gibson. 2006
Gibson, a journalist and Catholic convert, considers himself part of "the silent majority of Catholics" who were hoping Benedict would…
herald a new chapter in the history of the church. Instead he feels the current Pope is a man known for his heavy hand with liberation theologians and others deemed to veer toward heterodoxy. Gibson describes how Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI, and why he may not bode well for efforts to reform the church in areas such as governance and opening the priesthood to women or married men. 2006.By Anna LeBaron, Leslie Wilson. 2017
"My father had more than fifty children." So begins the haunting memoir of Anna LeBaron, daughter of the notorious polygamist…
and murderer Ervil LeBaron. With her father wanted by the FBI for killing anyone who tried to leave his cult--a radical branch of Mormonism--Anna and her siblings were constantly on the run with the other sister-wives. Often starving and always desperate, the children lived in terror. Even though there were dozens of them together, Anna always felt alone. She escaped when she was thirteen--but the nightmare was far from over. 2017.Account of the life of Sir John Kirk, who accompanied explorer David Livingstone on his second expedition to Africa in…
1858. Kirk, a physician and naturalist, sought to bring Christianity to the continent. Appalled by the slave trade, he later returned to Zanzibar to work towards its elimination. Some violence. 1999.By David Hugh Farmer. 2003
This book features concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of over 1,400 saints, from the famous to…
the obscure, the rich to the poor, and the academic to the uneducated. From all walks of life and from all periods of history, the wide varieties of personalities and achievements of the canonized are reflected. Featuring maps of pilgrimage sights in Europe and fully updated appendices. Recently-added saints include the Martyrs of Korea, Vietnam, and the Spanish Civil War, Andrew of Crete, and Emily Rodat, a female hermit of the 7th century. There are also more Scottish and Irish saints, and ancient Welsh saints; more European saints from all centuries, as well as more saints from Eastern Europe; more recently canonized saints, and female saints from the USA. 2003. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.By Richard Rex. 2017
The Making of Martin Luther takes a provocative look at the intellectual emergence of one of the most original and…
influential minds of the sixteenth century. Richard Rex traces how, in a concentrated burst of creative energy in the few years surrounding his excommunication by Pope Leo X in 1521, this lecturer at an obscure German university developed a startling new interpretation of the Christian faith that brought to an end the dominance of the Catholic Church in Europe. Luther's personal psychology and cultural context played their parts in the whirlwind of change he unleashed. But for the man himself, it was always about the ideas, the truth, and the Gospel. Focusing on the most intensely important years of Luther's career, Rex teases out the threads of his often paradoxical and counterintuitive ideas from the tangled thickets of his writings, explaining their significance, their interconnections, and the astonishing appeal they so rapidly developed. Yet Rex also sets these ideas firmly in the context of Luther's personal life, the cultural landscape that shaped him, and the traditions of medieval Catholic thought from which his ideas burst forth. 2017.By Nick Page. 2010
By Peter Ackroyd. 1998
This account of More's life concentrates upon the essence of the man, who gave his life in the service of…
the old faith. The paradox which emerges between the successful and ambitious careerist Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII's Court, and the private personality of the man who remained guarded and silent about his spirituality and deep piety, explains why More, regarded as the most brilliant Englishman of his age, has remained an enigma for 500 years. 1998.By Ernest Renan. 1991
In this text, Renan describes Jesus as a popular religious leader and self-proclaimed Messiah who increasingly advocated the overthrow of…
Roman rule and the establishment of a theocracy. 1991. Uniform title: Vie de Jésus.By Dana Greene. 1997
Traces the development of a major figure in twentieth-century Catholicism. Describes Ward's upbringing in England, activities in the Catholic Evidence…
Guild, publication of works by authors of the Church, translations of writings of European theologians, and the foundation of the Catholic Housing Aid Society. 1997.