The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
10 best books like The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks (Benedicta Ward): Pensées, The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century, Dark Night of the Soul, The Major Works, Church History in Plain Language, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English, The Way of a Pilgrim, Auriel Rising, The Desert Fathers, Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers
| Author | Blaise Pascal |
| ISBN | 0140446451 |
Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and physicist, but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion upon which his reputation now rests. The Penseés is a collection of philosohical fragments, notes and essays in which Pascal...
The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century
| Author | Thomas Merton |
| ISBN | 1590300394 |
The personal tones of the translations, the blend of reverence and humor so characteristic of him, show how deeply Merton identified with the legendary authors of these sayings and parables, the fourth-century Christian Fathers who sought solitude and contemplation in the deserts of the Near East.
The...
| Author | Juan de la Cruz |
| ISBN | 0486426939 |
« Plus les choses divines sont en soi claires et manifestes, plus elles sont naturellement obscures et cachées à l’âme. Il en est ici comme de la lumière naturelle : […] plus on veut fixer le soleil en face, et plus on éblouit la puissance visuelle et on la prive de lumière […]. De même, quand...
| Author | Anselm of Canterbury |
| ISBN | 0192825259 |
Although utterly convinced of the truth of Christianity, Anselm of Canterbury struggled to make sense of his religion. He considered the doctrines of faith an invitation to question, to think, and to learn; and he devoted his life to confronting and understanding the most elusive aspects of Christianity....
Church History in Plain Language
| Author | Bruce L. Shelley |
| ISBN | 0849938619 |
I'll begin by saying that this is probably one of the most easily readable church history books available. The writing style is straightforward and non-academic. The chapter lengths are perfect for daily reading. For a survey of the last 2000 years, Shelley manages to put in a lot of detail without getting...
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0140449523 |
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judean desert between 1947 and 1956 was one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. Hidden in the caves at Qumran by the Essenes, a Jewish sect in existence before and during the time of Jesus, the Scrolls have transformed our understanding of the Hebrew...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 1570622019 |
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| Author | Elizabeth Redfern |
| ISBN | 0515139424 |
I really liked "Music Of the Spheres", which was this authors first book---I mean----I loved that book! So, you can imagine how excited I was to begin another book by the same author. But it was disappointing. It was a really well written book, but didn't grab you from the beginning like her first book....
| Author | Helen Waddell |
| ISBN | 0375700196 |
By the fourth century A.D., devout Christians--men and women alike--had begun to retreat from cities and villages to the deserts of North Africa and Asia Minor, where they sought liberation from their corrupt society and the confining shell of the social self. The Desert Fathers is the perfect introduction...
Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers
| Author | Maxwell Staniforth |
| ISBN | 0140444750 |
Letters and small-scale theological treatises giving a rich and powerful articulation of the Christian faith.
The writings in this volume shed a glimmer of light, in an otherwise dark period, on the emerging traditions and organizations of the infant Church. They are a selection from a group...
‘Radioactieve planten dragen vrucht. Twee eilanden bloeden in elkaar leeg. Een ijsberg kotst zijn ingewanden uit. De permafrost ontdooit. Sluimerende bacteriën ontwaken. Ontaarde levensvormen woekeren in een landschap van oerslijm en plastic. De heksen leggen de Tarotkaarten. Een nieuwe...
| Author | Filippo Tommaso Marinetti |
| ISBN | 0938491318 |
The afterword declares that this book is at least partly a joke. I'm not sure about that, but I personally find it funnier to believe that Marinetti meant every word.
There's certainly something funny about futurism in general. Not the fascism, misogyny and racism, obviously, but the combination...
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus: Experiencing the Peace and Promise of Christmas
| Author | Nancy Guthrie |
| ISBN | 1433501805 |
An anthology of Advent readings collected from the writings and sermons of 22 classic and contemporary theologians and Bible teachers.
Between purchasing presents and planning travel, enjoying holiday pageants and attending parties, it is all too easy for Christmas to sneak up on people and crowd...
A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3500 BC-AD 1603
| Author | Simon Schama |
| ISBN | 0786866756 |
Simon Schama's magesterial new book encompasses over 1,500 years of Britain's history, from the first Roman invasions to the early seventeenth century, and the extraordinary reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Schama, the author of the highly acclaimed Citizens and The Embarrassment of Riches, is one of...
Praying the Jesus Prayer (Ancient Spiritual Disciplines)
| Author | Frederica Mathewes-Green |
"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me."
This very simple prayer was developed in the deserts of Egypt and Palestine during the early centuries of Christian faith, and has been practiced in the Eastern Orthodox Church ever since. It is a prayer inspired by St. Paul's exhortation to...
New Eusebius: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church to AD 337
| Author | James Stevenson |
| ISBN | 0281042683 |
What have I learned by going back to the primary source Christian literature?
-I was initially disappointed by how much they got wrong. Practically all the great doctrines had to be hammered out.
-But the good news is, the idea that philosphy makes no progress is poppycock. We take for granted...
Unofficial History of Pi Wei
Boasting itself as the first symbolist kung fu novel ever written, the Unofficial History of Pi Wei, tells the story of the lowly Pi Wei and his path of retribution, in which mystical insight and martial training interweave. Organized into fifty-six chapters, and told with an absolute freedom of expression,...
Wow, That was Hilarious and stunning ! !
It was comprised around Great consul of Ancient Roman Empire whose life and way of life still fresh and pacify ....
Lovely experience while reading,which utterly personified with specification regarding the journey of Caesar.
However,...
