Religion/Spirituality

Buddhism and Christianity: A Parallel and a Contrast

Archibald Scott

The work is a scholarly lecture series by Archibald Scott, delivered in 1889, that sets out a systematic…

Soeur Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus et de la Sainte Face Histoire d'une âme écrite par elle-même

Thérèse, de Lisieux, Saint

Ce volume est le témoignage intime de Sœur Thérèse de l’Enfant‑Jésus, rédigé par la jeune fille elle‑même et…

Error's chains: How forged and broken : A comparative history of the national, social and religious errors that mankind has fallen into and practised from the creation down to the present time.

Frank S. Dobbins

Frank S. Dobbins’s Error’s Chains is an ambitious survey of humanity’s “false gods” from the earliest…

The Journal of Leo Tolstoi (First Volume—1895-1899)

Leo Tolstoy

The first volume of Leo Tolstoy’s journal, covering the years 1895‑1899, presents the writer’s reflective…

The Smalcald Articles

Martin Luther

The Smalcald Articles is a polemical theological treatise by Martin Luther, composed in the early…

The Life of Jesus Critically Examined (4th ed.)

David Friedrich Strauss

The Life of Jesus Critically Examined is a scholarly work of theological history first issued in 1835, in…

The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Religion, a Dialogue, Etc.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The volume gathers a selection of Schopenhauer’s later essays, drawn from the collection he titled Parerga…

The Catholic World, Vol. 02, October, 1865 to March, 1866 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine

Various

A Prose English Translation of Harivamsha

The work presented here is an English prose translation of the Harivamsha, a supplemental narrative to the…

A Christian Directory, Part 1: Christian Ethics

Richard Baxter

The work is a collected edition of the practical theological writings of Richard Baxter, the…

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy

The volume opens with a scholarly overview of the Apocrypha, tracing the term’s Greek origin and its shifting…

The Christian Hymn Book A Compilation of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, by A. Campbell and Others

The Christian Hymn Book is a collective effort of the Disciples of Christ, produced after Alexander Campbell…

The sacred dance: A study in comparative folklore

W. O. E. Oesterley

The work is a scholarly survey of the “sacred” dance as a religious rite, written by William O. E.

On the Genesis of Species

St. George Jackson Mivart

On the Genesis of Species is a scholarly treatise by St George Jackson Mivart that sets out to examine the…

The old paths, or the Talmud tested by Scripture Being a comparison of the principles and doctrines of modern Judaism with the religion of Moses and the prophets

Alexander McCaul

The work is a polemical study that sets out to compare the doctrines of contemporary Judaism with the…

The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia

Theophilus G. Pinches

The work is a scholarly survey that sets the biblical creation narrative beside the ancient Assyrian and…

Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

The work is a compilation of tablets written by ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá, the son of the founder of the Bahá’í Faith,…

The dawn of astronomy A study of the temple-worship and mythology of the ancient Egyptians

Sir Norman Lockyer

The book is a scholarly investigation that blends astronomy, archaeology, and mythology to explore how…

Apologia pro vita sua

John Henry Newman

Apologia pro vita sua is the autobiographical defence that John Henry Newman, a leading figure of the…

The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Or, Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy

Madhava

The Sarva‑Darsana‑Samgraha is a scholarly survey of the sixteen Hindu philosophical schools that flourished…

The Book of Religions Comprising the Views, Creeds, Sentiments, or Opinions, of All the Principal Religious Sects in the World, Particularly of All Christian Denominations in Europe and America, to Which are Added Church and Missionary Statistics, Together With Biographical Sketches

John Hayward

John Hayward’s The Book of Religions is an exhaustive reference work that gathers, in a single volume, the…

The Sayings of Confucius

Confucius

The Sayings of Confucius presents the collected aphorisms and dialogues attributed to the ancient Chinese…

Studies in the History and Method of Science, vol. 1 (of 2)

This volume, Studies in the History and Method of Science, is a scholarly collection of essays edited by…

Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves, by a Highland Seer

The work presents itself as a practical guide to the art of tea‑cup divination, written by a self‑styled…