Search Results: Religion from pacaritambo books

Oxford University Press, 2004. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. No illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD 2004 Oxford Univ. trade paperback, first paperback edition, first printing. Tiny edge wear to cover edges- front cover. Interior clean & tight - perfect. CONTENT: No one can doubt that the Bible has exerted a tremendous influence on Western civilization since the dawn of Christianity. But few of us have considered the precise nature of that influence in particular historical contexts. In this book, David Kling traces the fascinating story of how specific biblical texts have at different times emerged to be the inspiration of movements that have changed the course of history. By examining eight such pivotal texts, Kling elucidates the ways in which sacred texts continue to shape our lives as well as our history. Among the passages he discusses are: * "Upon this rock I will build my church" (Matthew 16:18), which inspired the formation of the papacy and has served as… Read More

California: Hay House, 1996. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Barbara Lambase DJ art. CONDITION: INSCRIBED by Author. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1996 Hay House small hardcover (blue boards with gold foil title on spine) & dust jacket, first edition, 4th printing. Being inscribed makes this book automatically "like new." However, there are a few pale fox flecks on the fore edges. Pale but there. Interior perfect. Barbara Lambase dust jacket art. CONTENT: This little parable, a kind of Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) for angels, traces the exploits of George, an angel in disguise, from his days in the Heavenly Court to his "birth" and life in the body of a prematurely born infant to his "death" and return to full angelhood. For the short time George occupies the infant's suffering body, he delivers his message of God's great and all-embracing love to everyone he encounters in the neonatal nursery.

Rigby, 1983. Revised & Updated 11th Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Ainslie Roberts. CONDITION: For its age, this book is in remarkable condition. UNREAD 1983 (last date given) of the revised edition (1970). The boards are olive green with a white embossed drawing. The pages are not tanned in any area. In short, a very very nice book. Color illustrations by Ainslie Roberts. Welcome to the hazy world of Dreamtime. Questions welcome and answered. Oh - now shrink-wrapped for protection.

St. Martin's Essentials, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2019 St Martin's Esssentials slim hardcover (gold boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: Our modern era is plagued by increasing alienation-we are seeing an "us against them" world. Everywhere we turn, we find ourselves divided from each other as never before across political, economic, social, and spiritual lines. As humanity is being torn apart right before our eyes?separating many of us from our friends and even our loved ones, from our hopes and dreams, from the natural world, and from so much that gives meaning and value to our lives?people are blaming everyone and everything around them for the collective problems that we have created ourselves. We are turning against each other, rather than to each other, just when we need each other the most. Bestselling author of Conversations with God Neale Donald Walsch offers a radical solution to the… Read More

Philadelphia: Running Press, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. R.O. Blechman color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2017 Running Press small hardcover (no DJ issued) gift book, first edition, first printing. Interesting color illustrations by R.O. Blechman. CONTENT: For anyone who has wondered, "What have the greatest minds in human history thought of God?" This charmingly-illustrated compendium of quotes will inspire, comfort, and delight anyone who has contemplated the higher power. Throughout history, humans have been fascinated by the idea a divine, omnipotent being. This curiosity has captivated all of us, including civilization's most brilliant thinkers. God is a compilation of 48 carefully-chosen quotes from history's most interesting minds-including Homer, Galileo, Einstein, Pope Francis, and Maya Angelou-specifically on what they had to say when they pondered the higher power. The quotes are paired with delightful illustrations from famed… Read More

Viking Compass, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. B&W Map. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2004 Viking Compass hardcover (black boards) and dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Problem: blank bookplate top loose end page - probably covering a bookstore stamp. Dust jacket has tiny (really!) edge wear. Interior clean & tight. B&W map of ancient world under Constantine and Julian. CONTENT: This book may generate heat as well as light, for it maintains that sectarian conflicts and religious wars are inevitable results of monotheism. If there is one god and one good, as monotheism claims, then differing religions must be devilish or evil. Polytheism, however, being essentially pluralistic, grants that god--or goddess--can take different forms; hence the deity worshiped by a neighbor could be as powerful as one's own. Not that polytheism has no blood on its hands; there have been persecutions led by polytheistic people. But most early… Read More

Ballantine, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/Near Fine. B&W maps. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1997 Ballantine hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. B&W maps of Biblical sites. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1997 Ballantine hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. B&W maps of Biblical sites. Light edge wear to DJ edges. CONTENT: Sex. Violence. Scandal. These are words we rarely associate with the sacred text of the Bible. Yet in this brilliant new book, Jonathan Kirsch shows that the Old Testament is filled with some of the most startling and explicit stories in all of Western literature. These tales of seduction and rape, voyeurism and exhibitionism, intermarriage and illegitimacy, assassination and murder have been suppressed by religious authorities throughout history precisely because they are so shocking. "You mean that's in the… Read More

Tennessee: B&H Publishers, 1999. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. B&W decorations. CONDITION: UNREAD 1999 B&H hardcover (vanilla boards) & dust jacket (in mylar jacket), first edition, 2nd printing. Title in gold foil front DJ panel. B&W decorations throughout. CONTENT: He was a man loved and anointed by God, and his life serves as an example-both good and bad-for Christians in every time and place. In this in-depth look at the life of David, Beth Moore draws spiritual insight and understanding from a man who slayed a giant and saved a kingdom. This book guides readers on an exciting and informative journey through virtually every twist and turn of David's life as a shepherd, refugee, and king. Moore introduces readers to the heart of a man whose triumphs and sins were foundation blocks of God's plan and prophecy and shows readers how to better serve God by understanding their own unique relationship to Him.

Reader's Digest, 1997. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. As New/As New. Various artists color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1997 Reader's Digest large (& heavy) hardcover (blue marbled boards with gold foil title) and dust jacket, first edition, no printing given. Problems: blank book plate inside front cover and tiny edge wear bottom DJ edge at spine. Wonderful color illustrations and photos. CONTENT: This is an unconventional biblical dictionary in that it contains only names of things, ideas, relationships, and physical objects, such as cistern, diamond, foods, husband, kitchen, and so on, as well as abstract ideas such as insult, mercy, patience, punishment, and purification. No places or events are included, nor are personal names, except as the author of the books of the Bible, as in Joel, Book of. There are no entries for Adam, David, Jesus, or Moses. On the other hand, there are hundreds of useful and well-illustrated entries, such as alabaster, almond, altar,… Read More

Destiny Books, 1990. Revised Ediiton 5th Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. B&W photo section. CONDITION: UNREAD c. 1990-3 Destiny Books trade paperback, revised edition, 5th printing. Very light lift to front cover fore edge. B&W photo section. CONTENT: Bound by religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, the Knights Templar were a Military Crusading Order engaged in religious war in the Holy Land. At the end of the thirteenth century, after their withdrawal from Syria, they became the apparently innocent victims of a campaign of slander and persecution mounted against them by the French government. The ruthless dissolution of the Knights Templar was only the beginning of a new and strange chapter in their history. They soon became the focus of numerous beliefs about their presumed occult powers, and by the eighteenth century their history had undergone a mythical metamorphosis--they figured highly in occult fantasies of magical practices and hidden knowledge as… Read More

Scotland: CanonGate, 2020. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. New/New. No illustrations; design in gold foil image front/back covers. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Canongate (Scotland) hardcover (white boards with gold foil design on back and front boards) and dust jacket, first edition, assumed first printing. Gold end pages. CONTENT: Dante, now guided by Beatrice, faces the final third of his epic journey through the wheels of divine justice. Yet as he passes through the spheres of Heaven, he struggles with his faith, striving to understand the scales of good and evil that determine the fate of a human soul. The final book from Alasdair Gray, Paradise is a fitting conclusion to his own irreplaceable body of work, as well as to his masterful retelling of Dante's trilogy.

Viking, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2007 Viking hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: When the Gospel of Judas was published by the National Geographic Society in April 2006, it received extraordinary media attention and was immediately heralded as a major biblical discovery that rocked the world of scholars and laypeople alike. Elaine Pagels and Karen King are the first to reflect on this newfound text and its ramifications for telling the story of early Christianity. In Reading Judas, the two celebrated scholars illustrate how the newly discovered text provides a window onto understanding how Jesus followers understood his death, why Judas betrayed Jesus, and why God allowed it. This accessible, engaging book has Princeton religion professor Pagels in a dream team pairing with King, who teaches ecclesiastical history at Harvard Divinity School. Together they take on the… Read More

Time Life, 1995. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/Very Good. Various artists and photographers. CONDITION: NO PRIORITY PLEASE. UNREAD 1995 Time Life large hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), second printing. Beautiful color art and photos illustrate. From Delphi to the Serpent Mounds of America, sacred sites over the earth are photographed and detailed. Light edge wear to bottom board and DJ bottom edge. Interior perfect. A very good Time Life book. Beautiful picture book for children and adults to learn about the ancient stories of mother Earth.

Museum of the Bible Books/Worthy, 2017. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 2 era B&W and Color Photo Sections. CONDITION: NEW 2017 Museum of the Bible Books hardcover (beige boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 2nd printing. 2 era B&W and color photo sections. CONTENT: Welcome to the fascinating story of how we got the world's greatest book -- the Bible. It is a captivating story that includes a little bit of everything: adventure and violence, mystery and bravery, and dumb luck or divine intervention -- depending on your point of view. How in the world did we get this book that some people swear by and other people swear at? You don't have to be a skeptic to have a grocery list of questions about the formation of the Bible, such as: Who wrote these documents and when?; How were these ancient writings transmitted through the ages?; As scribes made copies of copies, didn't they make mistakes that caused the ancient writings to be changed and corrupted?;… Read More