General

An important practice manual on the six yogas as well as text translations related to this ancient practice.

In the first part of the present work, Guenon addresses the role of sacred languages and the principle of initiation in the Christian tradition. The second part deals with such esoteric Christian themes and organizations as the Holy Grail, the Guardians of the Holy Land, the Sacred Heart, the Fedeli d'Amore and 'Courts of Love', and the Secret Language of Dante. The book closes with a lengthy study on St Bernard of Clairvaux. Guenon's The Esoterism of Dante treats related themes. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French

Orisa is the indigenous earth-centered religion of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria. Its central tenet is for people to live intimately with the sacred, working toward an awareness of the divine in all things. The author introduces the basic teachings and metaphysical underpinnings of Orisa and explores its history, branches, and stories. Correal also covers rites of initiation, relationships with ancestors, and how to integrate the principles into daily living. These in-depth, easily grasped explanations of Orisa's basic concepts are offered here in a personal approach that brings the African spiritual path of Orisa into daily life.

Our Title of Liberty (Latter-day Politics for Latter-day Saints) was written to help members fulfill the scriptural charge to "befriend the Constitution", also the charge issued by latter-day prophets to get involved in the political process by supporting righteous candidates and political causes. Our Title of Liberty examines the parallels between scriptural and political history so that today's political conditions can be judged using Gospel principles preached by prophets both ancient and modern. Our Title of Liberty starts with the politics of the war in heaven, discusses spiritual stands on political issues, party affiliation, media bias, and the role of America in fulfilling religious prophecy. Our Title of Liberty relies heavily on scripture, as well as statements from the general authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, mostly from the pulpit at General Conference.

New Ed edition

Thirteen scholars explore possible points of connection between the Bible and its ancient Near Eastern context, illuminating the methodologies, contributions, and limitations of both biblical studies and Assyriology.

It is hard to overestimate the importance of the work of Augustine of Hippo and its influence, both in his own period and in the subsequent history of Western philosophy. Many of his views, including his theory of the just war, his account of time and eternity, his attempted resolution of the problem of evil, and his approach to the relation of faith and reason, have continued to be influential up to the present. In this volume of specially-commissioned essays, sixteen scholars provide a wide-ranging and stimulating contribution to our understanding of Augustine.

Among the great philosophers of the Middle Ages Aquinas is unique in pursuing two apparently disparate projects. On the one hand he developed a philosophical understanding of Christian doctrine in a fully integrated system encompassing all natural and supernatural reality. On the other hand, he was convinced that Aristotle's philosophy afforded the best available philosophical component of such a system. In a relatively brief career Aquinas developed these projects in great detail and with an astonishing degree of success. In this volume ten leading scholars introduce all the important aspects of Aquinas' thought, ranging from its historical background and dependence on Greek, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy and theology, through the metaphysics, epistemology and ethics, to the philosophical approach to Biblical commentary. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Aquinas currently in print. Advanced students and specialists will find a...

The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation, despite its dry-as-dust title, is a feast of answers to the extremely juicy question, "What does the Bible mean?" Editor John Barton shaped this book of essays as a "progress report on biblical inerpretation in the 1990s." He invited leading scholars to provide 10-to-20 page definitions and summaries of recent developments in fields such as feminist interpretation, literary criticism, political reading, and sociological criticism. As Barton notes,there emerges from this book "a perception among many biblical scholars that the newest approaches are also a restoration of something very old." In other words, abstract hyphenates like "historical-critical" are helping scholars, pastors, and tuned-in lapeople learn to read like the fathers and mothers of faith. The fresh perspectives presented here make it possible to return to the Scriptures with renewed openness to the many shades of revelation. --Michael Joseph Gross

Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Hebrew

Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Hebrew