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The religions of ancient Egypt and Babylonia

The religions of ancient Egypt and Babylonia

A. H. Sayce

The work is a scholarly survey of the religious systems of ancient Egypt and Babylonia, presented as the text…

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The Initiates of the Flame

Manly P. Hall

The work is an occult treatise that frames human history as a series of cycles in which a spiritual fire,…

Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews

Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews

H. C. G. Moule

The work is a theological commentary on the New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews, written by H. C. G. Moule.

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 The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy

The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 3 of 4 The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy

H. P. Blavatsky

The Secret Doctrine, Volume 3 of 4 presents Helena Petrovna Blavatsky’s expansive attempt to fuse science,…

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Separation and Service; or, Thoughts on Numbers VI, VII.

James Hudson Taylor

James Hudson Taylor’s work is a devotional commentary on Numbers VI and VII, framed as a personal testimony…

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 With particular reference to the Kikuyu and Kamba tribes of Kenya Colony; together with some reflections on East Africa after the war

Bantu Beliefs and Magic With particular reference to the Kikuyu and Kamba tribes of Kenya Colony; together with some reflections on East Africa after the war

C. W. Hobley

This work is a scholarly ethnographic study by C. W. Hobley, a long‑serving provincial commissioner in…

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The floral symbolism of the great masters

Elizabeth Haig

The work is a scholarly survey of how Christian art has employed botanical imagery to convey theological…

The Angels' Song

The Angels' Song

Thomas Guthrie

Thomas Guthrie’s work is a devotional meditation that weaves together Christmas sermons, biblical exegesis,…

A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations

A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations

J. M. Wheeler

The work is a scholarly reference that assembles brief biographical sketches of individuals who have, in one…

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The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 1 (of 2)

William Crooke

The work is a scholarly survey of the everyday religious practices that animate the lives of peasants in…

Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms

Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms

Stephen Langdon

Stephen Langdon’s work is a scholarly survey of the religious texts that once filled the temple library of…

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The Discoverie of Witchcraft

Reginald Scot

The work is a scholarly re‑edition of Reginald Scot’s 1584 treatise on witchcraft, demonology and magic,…

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1

Charles Eliot

This work is a scholarly survey of the development and spread of Hinduism and Buddhism, written by Charles…

Cover of The quest of the historical Jesus: a critical study of its progress from Reimarus to Wrede

The quest of the historical Jesus: a critical study of its progress from Reimarus to Wrede

Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer’s work is a scholarly critique of the “Quest for the Historical Jesus,” tracing the…

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Indian Palmistry

Mrs. J. B. Dale

Indian Palmistry is a reference work that treats cheiromancy, the practice of reading a hand’s lines, as a…

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The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1

Emperor of Rome Julian

The volume gathers the surviving speeches, addresses and related writings of Julian, the fourth‑century Roman…

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The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 4

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 4 is a posthumous compilation of manuscript…

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Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend

Sir Thomas Browne

The volume brings together three of Sir Thomas Browne’s most celebrated writings, Religio Medici, a…

The Story of Our Hymns

The Story of Our Hymns

Ernest Edwin Ryden

The work is a scholarly survey of Christian hymnody, tracing its development from the earliest chants of the…

The Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. 1 Commonly Called the Minor

The Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. 1 Commonly Called the Minor

George Adam Smith

The Expositor’s Bible presents a scholarly commentary on the twelve minor prophetic books of the Old…

The Tinguian: Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe

The Tinguian: Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe

Fay-Cooper Cole

Cole’s study is a scholarly ethnography that situates the Tinguian within a broader sweep of Philippine…

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The Bible, King James Version, Complete

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The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahá'í Community : the Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith to the Bahá'ís of the British Isles

Effendi Shoghi

The work is a collection of letters and directives from Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith,…

Orthodoxy

Orthodoxy

G. K. Chesterton

Orthodoxy is G. K. Chesterton’s apologetic response to the criticism that his earlier essays in Heretics had…