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    Svabavikasutra - the Roots of the Bhagavad Gita

    Svabavikasutra - the Roots of the Bhagavad Gita

    Author: Gerard Kuiken
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Eastern Philosophy / Spirituality
    Although originally trained in thermodynamics, the author has devoted many years to the study of the Gita and has published two previous books on it.…… Read More »
    Is Your God Big Enough, Close Enough, You Enough?

    Is Your God Big Enough, Close Enough, You Enough?

    Author: Paul R. Smith
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion And Spirituality
    Subtitled 'Jesus and the three faces of God', this book owes its structure to the work of Ken Wilber in the study of integral theory…… Read More »
    The Spirit of Simplicity

    The Spirit of Simplicity

    Authors: Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard, Thomas Merton
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    This classic book about Cistercian spirituality was edited and translated by Thomas Merton in 1948. The first part is by the French Abbot Jean-Baptiste Chautard…… Read More »
    Wisdom from the Christian Mystics

    Wisdom from the Christian Mystics

    Author: David Torkington
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Mysticism & Spirituality
    The purpose of this profound work is to put authentic mystical theology back into centre stage and reverse the condemnation of Quietism dating back to…… Read More »
    Reincarnation – A Christian Perspective

    Reincarnation – A Christian Perspective

    Author: Friedrich Rittelmeyer
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Reincarnation & Spiritual Philosophy
    Friedrich Rittelmeyer (1872-1938) was a Lutheran pastor until he founded the Christian Community, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner, in 1922. This book was…… Read More »
    Incarnation – A New Evolutionary Threshold

    Incarnation – A New Evolutionary Threshold

    Author: Diarmuid O'Murchu
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion & Spirituality
    Diarmuid O'Murchu is a forward-thinking Catholic priest and social psychologist, who in this book elaborates a new concept of the Christian idea of incarnation as…… Read More »
    Seeking Wisdom – A Spiritual Manifesto

    Seeking Wisdom – A Spiritual Manifesto

    Author: Larry Culliford
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    Larry is a writer, physician and psychiatrist who was also one of the founding members of the Spirituality and Psychiatry special interest in the Royal…… Read More »
    Disagreeing Virtuously

    Disagreeing Virtuously

    Author: Olli-Pekka Vainio
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology/Philosophy
    Written by a theologian and therefore with a focus on religious conflict in an interdisciplinary perspective, this wide-ranging book contains an important message for our…… Read More »
    Reflections on the Man, the Mind and the Mission

    Reflections on the Man, the Mind and the Mission

    Authors: Nalini Bikkina, Rositta Joseph Valiyamattam
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Parapsychology
    This volume is a Festschrift on the occasion of Prof K. Ramakrishna Rao's 85th birthday – Rao has had an extraordinary and distinguished career in…… Read More »
    Enriching our Vision of Reality

    Enriching our Vision of Reality

    Author: Alister McGrath
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science And Religion
    Alister McGrath is the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford, and eminently suited to the post with Oxford doctorates in both natural…… Read More »
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