Catherine of Siena
This is a vivid portrait of Catherine of Siena and her time - she achieved a remarkable amount in her short 33 years, becoming influential…… Read More »
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
An Enlightened Philosophy
An interesting and nuanced reflection on the relationship between science and religion. The author forges a middle way between religious belief and the new atheism…… Read More »
Heaven and Hell
I first read this book 35 years ago, and it remains one of the most extraordinary books ever written. This is a new and beautifully…… Read More »
Religion versus Science
The author is a geologist who is also practising Buddhist. He takes the view that religion and science represent complementary ways of knowing. While science…… Read More »
The Routledge Companion to Ethics
Another extraordinary compendium in this series which spans the specialist and the general reader. There are nearly 70 essays covering an amazing range of figures…… Read More »
A Little Bird Told Me
This is an engagingly written autobiography mixing the ups and downs of life events and experiences with reflections on wider questions arising from them. These…… Read More »
The Divine Seed
A book about the esoteric teachings of Jesus from a Theosophical standpoint and focusing on the nature of the Kingdom of God as explained in…… Read More »
Divination
The third in a series of books arising from conferences that the University of Kent, in this case Divination and Dialogue. The volume pushes the…… Read More »
Agnosticism
This very short introduction is a timely addition to this series and sets out a strong defence of the position. It begins with some definitions,…… Read More »
Religion and Tourism
There is a surprising overlap between religion and tourism as revealed in this many-faceted study. The relationship between tourism and pilgrimage springs immediately to mind,…… Read More »