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The Art of Healing: Painting for the Sick and the Sinner in a Medieval Town

The Art of Healing: Painting for the Sick and the Sinner in a Medieval Town


Marcia A. Kupfer



Review "This work represents a new benchmark in contextualizing a major Romanesque monument within the complex fabric of ...
Sicilian Summer: A Story of Honour, Religion and the Perfect Cassata

Sicilian Summer: A Story of Honour, Religion and the Perfect Cassata


Brian Johnston



About the Author Brian Johnston is a freelance travel and features writer and the author of Boxing with Shadows and ...
23 Minutes In Hell

23 Minutes In Hell


Bill Wiese



From the Author "Even if you don't believe my story, you should believe these Bible verses and avoid hell just the same. ...
The Visionary Life of Madre Ana de San Agustin (Textos B)

The Visionary Life of Madre Ana de San Agustin (Textos B)


Elizabeth Teresa Howe



Review This will be a useful and necessary work for scholars of the flowering of female mysticism in golden age Spain. SI...
Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion

Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion


Danya Ruttenberg



From Ruttenberg, who was recently ordained as a rabbi, decided at the age of 13 that she was an atheist. Then in the lat...
Beneath the Mask of Holiness: Thomas Merton and the Forbidden Love Affair that Set Him Free

Beneath the Mask of Holiness: Thomas Merton and the Forbidden Love Affair that Set Him Free


Mark Shaw



Review "[This book] can only deepen and add weight to our respect for this scrupulous, devoted, and tormented man." --Ron...
St. Irenaeus: Proof of the Apostolic Preaching (Ancient Christian Writers 16)

St. Irenaeus: Proof of the Apostolic Preaching (Ancient Christian Writers 16)


Joseph P. Smith



St. Irenaeus: Proof of the Apostolic Preaching (Ancient Christian Writers 16)...
William G. Brownlow: Fighting Parson of the Southern Highlands

William G. Brownlow: Fighting Parson of the Southern Highlands


E. Merton Coulter



William G. Brownlow: Fighting Parson of the Southern Highlands...
Passover (Let's See Library)

Passover (Let's See Library)


Natalie M. Rosinsky



About the Author Natalie M Rosinsky is a Capstone Press author. ...
Shapers of the Great Debate on the Freedom of Religion: A Biographical Dictionary (Shapers of the Great American Debates)

Shapers of the Great Debate on the Freedom of Religion: A Biographical Dictionary (Shapers of the Great American Debates)


Jonathan A. Wright



Book Description Engages readers with biographies of individuals involved in the various debates over freedom of religion. ...
African American Religious Leaders (Black Stars)

African American Religious Leaders (Black Stars)


Jim Haskins, Kathleen Benson



From School Library Journal Grade 5 Up—Following an excellent introduction describing conditions under which Afric...
Protestants and Pictures: Religion, Visual Culture, and the Age of American Mass Production

Protestants and Pictures: Religion, Visual Culture, and the Age of American Mass Production


David Morgan



Review "A groundbreaking book [with] tremendous ramifications.... For this reviewer, Protestants and Pictures raises the ...
To Save My Race from Abuse: The Life of Samuel Robert Cassius (Religion & American Culture)

To Save My Race from Abuse: The Life of Samuel Robert Cassius (Religion & American Culture)


Edward J. Robinson



Review "This book is well written and logically developed; the reader acquires an appreciation for the life and struggles...
Making Merit, Making Art: A Thai Temple in Wimbledon

Making Merit, Making Art: A Thai Temple in Wimbledon


Sandra Cate



About the Author Sandra Cate teaches anthropology at San Jose State University. She is a co-editor of Converging Interest...
Gregory the Great: Perfection in Imperfection

Gregory the Great: Perfection in Imperfection


Carole Straw



Review "An indispensable starting point for anyone seeking the roots and basic contours of medieval spirituality." -...
G. K. Chesterton: A Prophet for the 21st Century

G. K. Chesterton: A Prophet for the 21st Century


Aidan Mackey



About the Author Aidan Mackey is the cofounder of the Distributist Association. He is the author of Hilaire Belloc and Hi...
Paul the Apostle of Jesus Christ: His Life and Works, His Epistles and Teachings

Paul the Apostle of Jesus Christ: His Life and Works, His Epistles and Teachings


Ferdinand Christian Baur



From the Inside Flap "One hundred and sixty years ago F. C. Baur posed, in inescapably sharp form, a question which has h...
Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963)

Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963)


Thomas Merton



From Publishers Weekly This is the fourth of seven planned volumes of Merton's private journal. Merton, who died in 1968,...
Jonathan Edwards: A Life

Jonathan Edwards: A Life


George M. Marsden



From Publishers Weekly Although probably best known for his fire-and-brimstone sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry ...
Kindler of Souls: Rabbi Henry Cohen of Texas (Focus on American History Series,Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin)

Kindler of Souls: Rabbi Henry Cohen of Texas (Focus on American History Series,Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin)


Rabbi Henry Cohen Ii



About the Author HENRY COHEN II, grandson of Rabbi Henry Cohen, is a rabbi, an author, and an activist. He lives in Wynne...
Graceful Exits: Catholic Women and the Art of Departure

Graceful Exits: Catholic Women and the Art of Departure


Debra Campbell



From Publishers Weekly Campbell claims that "Catholic women's reputation for obedience shrouds more complex realities." I...
Telling Secrets

Telling Secrets


Frederick Buechner



From Publishers Weekly In the third volume of his autobiography ( The Sacred Journey ; Now and Then ) Buechner speaks in ...
The Awakening: One Man's Battle With Darkness

The Awakening: One Man's Battle With Darkness


Friedrich Zuendel



Review It's easier - and cheaper - to get The Awakening than to see a psychiatrist. -- Katy Ledger, Channel 5 News / UK T...
Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches Are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way

Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches Are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way


Kathleen Kennedy Townsend



From Publishers Weekly Two-term Maryland lieutenant governor Townsend makes a valid point: in America, faith is no longer...
Art and the Christian Mind: The Life and Work of H. R. Rookmaaker

Art and the Christian Mind: The Life and Work of H. R. Rookmaaker


Laurel Gasque



About the Author Laurel Gasque is a cultural historian, author, and lecturer who works with faculty and graduate students...
Christina of Markyate

Christina of Markyate


Samuel Fanous



Review 'The Life of Christina of Markyate is perhaps the fullest and most vivid account of a woman coming down to us from t...
Love & Death: My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow (Complete Works of Forrest Church)

Love & Death: My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow (Complete Works of Forrest Church)


Forrest Church



From As pastor of New York’s All Souls Unitarian Church, Church is perhaps most comfortable speaking in sermons, ...
Locations of Buddhism: Colonialism and Modernity in Sri Lanka (Buddhism and Modernity)

Locations of Buddhism: Colonialism and Modernity in Sri Lanka (Buddhism and Modernity)


Anne M. Blackburn



Review “An intricately choreographed dance across two scholarly minefields, Blackburn’s study reveals vigor...
Rebecca's Revival: Creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic World

Rebecca's Revival: Creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic World


Jon F. Sensbach



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Sensbach, a professor of history at the University of Florida, offers a fascinatin...
Images of Inspiration: The Old Testament in Early Christian Art

Images of Inspiration: The Old Testament in Early Christian Art


Joan Goodnick Westenholz



Images of Inspiration: The Old Testament in Early Christian Art...