Storieta
Sign up

Bookshelf

Religion/Spirituality

4,159 free books on the Religion/Spirituality bookshelf, free to read online. Chapter 1 of any book is free, no account needed.

Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition

Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica, Part I‑II (Pars Prima Secundae) is a systematic theological treatise that…

Cover of The game of life and how to play it

The game of life and how to play it

Florence Scovel Shinn

Florence Scovel Shinn’s The Game of Life and How to Play It is a self‑help work that blends New Thought…

Cover of An analysis of religious belief

An analysis of religious belief

John Russell Amberley

This work is a scholarly survey of world religions presented as a single volume of the Viscount Amberley’s…

Cover of Pistis Sophia

Pistis Sophia

The work is a scholarly edition of the Coptic manuscript known as the Pistis Sophia, a collection of early…

Cover of St. Benedict's Rule for Monasteries

St. Benedict's Rule for Monasteries

Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino

St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries is a systematic guide to monastic life written by the 6th‑century abbot…

Cover of Arabia: The Cradle of Islam
 Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula, with an Account of Islam and Mission-Work.

Arabia: The Cradle of Islam Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula, with an Account of Islam and Mission-Work.

Samuel Marinus Zwemer

Samuel M. Zwemer’s work is a missionary‑oriented survey of the Arabian Peninsula, its peoples, geography, and…

Cover of The Catholic World, Vol. 19, April 1874‐September 1874

The Catholic World, Vol. 19, April 1874‐September 1874

Various

The Catholic World, Vol. 19 (April–September 1874) is a scholarly periodical that gathers essays on Catholic…

Cover of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

David Livingstone

David Livingstone’s Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa is a first‑person account that blends…

Cover of The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic
 An Introduction to the Study of the Religion of the Romans

The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic An Introduction to the Study of the Religion of the Romans

W. Warde Fowler

The work is a scholarly commentary on the Roman religious calendar of the Republic, organized month by month…

Cover of Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

John Bunyan

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners is John Bunyan’s autobiographical testimony, a devotional narrative…

Cover of Ritual and belief: Studies in the history of religion

Ritual and belief: Studies in the history of religion

Edwin Sidney Hartland

The work is a scholarly survey of the intellectual currents that have shaped the study of religion, magic and…

The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ

The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ

Kersey Graves

The work is a polemical study of comparative religion that sets out to demonstrate that the Christian…

A Discourse of Life and Death, by Mornay; and Antonius by Garnier

A Discourse of Life and Death, by Mornay; and Antonius by Garnier

Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly; Garnier, Robert

The work is a moral‑philosophical treatise that opens with a sweeping meditation on the human condition.

Cover of The Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. 2
 Commonly Called the Minor

The Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. 2 Commonly Called the Minor

George Adam Smith

The Expositor’s Bible, Volume II, is a scholarly commentary on the nine “minor” prophets that follow Amos,…

Cover of The evolution of religion: An anthropological study

The evolution of religion: An anthropological study

Lewis Richard Farnell

Lewis Richard Farnell’s work is a modest yet ambitious attempt to map the development of religious ideas…

Cover of A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 1 of 2 Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumes

A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 1 of 2 Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumes

J. M. Robertson

This work is a scholarly survey of the development of freethought from antiquity through the early…

The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

Joseph Fort Newton

The work is a concise, purpose‑driven guide to Freemasonry written by Joseph Fort Newton at the behest of the…

Cover of Alchemy: Ancient and Modern
 Being a Brief Account of the Alchemistic Doctrines, and Their Relations, to Mysticism on the One Hand, and to Recent Discoveries in Physical Science on the Other Hand; Together with Some Particulars Regarding the Lives and Teachings of the Most Noted Alchemists

Alchemy: Ancient and Modern Being a Brief Account of the Alchemistic Doctrines, and Their Relations, to Mysticism on the One Hand, and to Recent Discoveries in Physical Science on the Other Hand; Together with Some Particulars Regarding the Lives and Teachings of the Most Noted Alchemists

H. Stanley Redgrove

This work is a scholarly survey that seeks to bridge the mystical doctrines of historic alchemy with the…

Cover of Essays in Zen Buddhism: First series

Essays in Zen Buddhism: First series

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

The work is a scholarly collection of essays by D.T. Suzuki, originally appearing in The Eastern Buddhist and…

Cover of The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes

Robert Green Ingersoll

Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity

Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity

Robert Patterson

Robert Patterson’s work is a polemical survey that turns the usual apologetic tables on their head,…

Cover of Prayers of the Early Church

Prayers of the Early Church

This volume is a curated anthology of prayers drawn from the first five centuries of Christian worship.

The Light of Asia

The Light of Asia

Sir Edwin Arnold

The Light of Asia is a poetic retelling of the birth and early life of the Buddha, framed as an epic hymn…

Cover of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man

Patañjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali present a compact philosophical system, spanning fewer than ten pages of…