History

Discover the beguiling history of witchcraft, magic, and superstition through the centuries and across the world in this stunning audiobook....

How did the shift from matriarchy to patriarchy come about? In fascinating detail, Merlin Stone tells us the story of the Goddess who reigned supreme in the Near and Middle East.

The Middle Ages was a time of major historical shifts and transformations. This amazing era reverberates with discoveries, events, and processes integral to the world we know now. In these 24 lectures, Professor Salisbury leads you on a sumptuous tour of this incredible historical epoch....

Paula Fredriksen traces the evolution of early Christianity—or rather, of early Christianities—through five centuries of Empire, mapping its pathways from the hills of Judea to the halls of Rome and Constantinople.

This extraordinary document represents a new form of historical research and straightens out many open questions and misinterpretations. It takes the form of direct dialogues between a modern researcher and a member of the Qumran Essene community....

The most accessible and informative version of the Buddhist classic available in English, with instruction in meditation, illuminating commentary, and guidance in the practical use of the prayers....

A major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Templars....

This amazing analysis of family and religious life among the ancient Greeks and Romans is the key to understanding ancient Mediterranean civilizations....

Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life....

Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today’s clash of civilizations....

At last, the world will discover what happens to the greatest salesman when he finally emerges from his lonely retirement to commence a new career. At first, he finds failure - until he receives a special gift from someone he has not seen in half a century....

Jesus declared war on an ancient enemy at the very beginning of His ministry. He hinted at the identity of this entity through the locations of His baptism, the Transfiguration, and the Olivet Discourse. This enemy was cast down from the mountain of God.

Tim Reiterman's Raven provides the seminal history of the Rev. Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and the murderous ordeal at Jonestown in 1978....

In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote....

The Essential Talmud is a masterful introduction by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz to the great repository of Jewish wisdom, the Talmud....

From a brilliant, young, Harvard-trained anthropologist and contributor to The New Yorker comes a fascinating investigation into the spiritual practice of shamanism, from its beginnings to the present moment.

Legal scholar and columnist Noah Feldman draws on a lifelong engagement with his religion to offer a wide-ranging interpretation of Judaism in its current varieties....

Sounds True is proud to present the first widely available audio recording of Elaine Pagels as she explores the text that has changed the way many of us think about the message of Christ....

Vengeance Is Mine documents southern Utah leaders’ attempts to cover up their crime by silencing witnesses and spreading lies....

The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript in the form of a scroll with cursive hieroglyphs and color illustrations that was created c.1250 BCE during the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt....

Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao....

Taught by acclaimed Professor Robert Garland of Colgate University, these 12 thought-provoking lectures introduce you to the world of comparative religion, giving you insights into a variety of religious expressions and human cultures.

Historians know virtually nothing about the two decades following the crucifixion of Jesus, when his followers regrouped and began to spread his message....

Reza Aslan explores humanity's quest to make sense of the divine and sounds a call to embrace a deeper, more expansive understanding of God....

A Short History of Ethics is a significant contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers....

THE RAMAYANAM, an itihasa of the highest order, is considered adi kavya, the first poem to have been composed. Written by Valm ki during Rama’s time, and ratified by him, this timeless epic has been treated with utmost care by all acaryas in their famed commentaries. Since the advent of human civilization, it has inspired many poets and dramatists across the subcontinent and has been transcreated in almost all Bharat ya languages. Multiple layers of philosophy and theology are an embellishment to this classic. Its influence on Bharat ya music, dance, sculpture and textiles is unfathomable.

In an age of fractured theology and invented truth, The Covenant Way calls the faithful back to what was written. This book is not a trendy commentary or a reimagining of faith—it is a prophetic exhortation to return to the foundation YHWH laid through covenant. With boldness and clarity, it confronts false teachings, speculative gospels, emotional distortions, and the creeping influence of Greek philosophy that has obscured the Hebrew origins of our faith. It exposes the dangers of doctrines unrooted in covenant, of worship untethered from obedience, and of revelations not confirmed by ...

Islamica Latina es una obra reveladora que rescata del olvido una historia rica, compleja y profundamente espiritual: la presencia del Islam en América Latina. A través de una narrativa envolvente y rigurosamente documentada, Muhammad Abdelwahid traza el recorrido de esta fe desde sus raíces invisibilizadas en la época colonial hasta su renacimiento moderno y su vibrante proyección hacia el futuro. El libro explora las primeras huellas de musulmanes africanos esclavizados que practicaron su religión en secreto, los esfuerzos de inmigrantes árabes por reconstruir su vida espiritual en...

一五二五年，宗教改革の渦中，幼児洗礼を拒むキリスト教の一派が誕生した．異端として迫害されながらも聖書の教えを守り，非暴力を貫いた彼らの信仰は，戦争の止まない現代に生きる私たちに何を語りかけるのか．

本书广泛吸收了近几十年来中国各种传统宗教史研究的成果应用新的思路和方法对整个中国宗教史进行了更深入的探讨和大规模的综合构建了一个规模宏大结构严整层次分明脉络清晰的中国宗教通史学术体系上迄史前时代的原始宗教下至20世纪各种现存宗教各种曾经出现于中国历史舞台上的宗教都在本书卷页中得到历史的展现一卷在手读者可从本书得到有关中国各种传统宗教的完备知识