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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…
ReadThe 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…
ReadAn 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…
ReadPistis Sophia
The work is a scholarly edition of the Coptic manuscript known as the Pistis Sophia, a collection of early…
ReadSt. 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…
ReadArabia: 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…
ReadThe 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…
ReadMissionary 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…
ReadThe 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…
ReadGrace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
John Bunyan
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners is John Bunyan’s autobiographical testimony, a devotional narrative…
ReadRitual 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
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
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.
ReadThe 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,…
ReadThe 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…
ReadA 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
Joseph Fort Newton
The work is a concise, purpose‑driven guide to Freemasonry written by Joseph Fort Newton at the behest of the…
ReadAlchemy: 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…
ReadEssays 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…
ReadThe 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
Robert Patterson
Robert Patterson’s work is a polemical survey that turns the usual apologetic tables on their head,…
ReadPrayers 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
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…
ReadThe 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…