Te Kohititanga Marama - New Moon, New World by Bronwyn Elsmore

$20.00 NZD

Category: Maori | Reading Level: near fine

Mana from Heaven : A century of Maori prophets in New Zealand by Bronwyn Elsmore

$35.00 NZD

Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good

The definitive history of the first 100 years of the Maori response to Christianity, this well-known title, which has been out of print for ten years and is highly in demand, has been fully revised and redesigned. There are numerous reproductions of historical photographs and a map of main locations. First published 1989; this edition 1999. The author is recognised as an authority in the field of Maori religion, and is a senior lecturer in religious studies at Massey University in Palmerston North ...Show more

Mahabhárata Book Three - The Forest Volume Four by William Johnson (Translator)

$25.00 NZD

Category: Religion | Series: Clay Sanskrit Library | Reading Level: very good

"Slender lady, I came out with you to gather fruit. I got a pain in my head and fell asleep in your lap. Then I saw a terrible darkness and a mighty person. If you know, then tell me - was it my dream? Or was what I saw real?"So speaks Satyavat, newly rescued from the god of death by Savitri, his faithf ul wife, at the heart of one of the best loved stories in Indian literature. This, and other well known narratives, including a version of Rama's story, bring the Forest Book of the great Sanskrit epic, the Maha-bh rata, to its compelling conclusion. Woven into the main narrative of the Pandavas' exile, these disparate episodes indicate the range and poetic power of the Maha-bh rata as a whole--a power that has the potential to speak to common human concerns across cultures and centuries."The Forest" is Book Three of the Maha-bh rata, "The Great Book of India." This final quarter of the account of the P ndavas' twelve-year exile in the forest contains four stirring stories that are among the best known in Indian literature. From a hero overcoming great odds, to a virtuous wife who rescues her family, and Indra tricking Karna, and Yudhi-shthira's victory in the verbal contest with the tree spirit, these stories speak to common human concerns across cultures and centuries.Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC FoundationFor more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http: //www.claysanskritlibrary.org ...Show more

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a. Kempis

$10.00 NZD

Category: Religion | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good

The secret of the amazing influence and converting power of this little book is the secret of the lives of all the Saints--their nearness to God, and the reflection of His love in their lives and writings. Thomas's theme is the love, mercy, and holiness of God: with vivid clarity he shows man's complete dependence on, and need for, God. ...Show more

The Case for God: What Religion Really Means (Special Price) by Karen Armstrong

$15.00 NZD

Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good

The enormous popularity of books by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and others shows that despite the religious revival that is under way in many parts of the world, there is widespread confusion about the nature of religious truth. The militant atheism we are witnessing at present is a historical phenomenon, a product of modernity. This groundbreaking book will examine this Western recoil from religion in an historical context, showing how our rational, scientific culture has distorted the notion of religious faith. It will explore the way people were religious in the past, investigate the original significance of religious dogmas and creeds, show how they were interpreted by later generations and reveal how they have been misunderstood in our contemporary world. We will explore fundamental notions, such as 'God', 'belief', 'scripture' and 'truth', showing how their meaning changed radically during the 18th century European Enlightenment, and will discuss the relationship between science and religion: are the two incompatible or complementary? How does religious truth differ from the truths of science or art? And finally, it will look at the future of religion. Has our modern scientific culture obliterated religion, as Dawkins believes, or is there a way to build a faith in the post-modern world? Atheism is never a rejection of the sacred per se. It is always a repudiation of a particular conception of the divine. Modern atheists are rebelling against a conception of God that, like atheism itself, is a product of modernity and differs radically from the theism of the pre-modern world. This modern 'God' may indeed be religiously unskilful. How can we draw on the insights of the past in a way that speaks to the alienation, rage, fear and despair that is endangering the fabric of modern society. ...Show more

Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition by Frances A. Yates

$14.00 NZD

Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good

Philosophies of India by Heinrich Zimmer

$15.00 NZD

Category: Religion | Series: Works by Heinrich Zimmer Ser. | Reading Level: very good

The description for this book, Philosophies of India, will be forthcoming.

Islam - A Short History by Karen Armstrong

$10.00 NZD

Category: Religion | Series: Universal History Ser. | Reading Level: very good

In the public mind, Islam is a religion of extremes: it is the worldAEs fastest growing faith; more than three-quarters of the worldAEs refugees are Islamic; it has produced government by authoritarian monarchies in Saudi Arabia and ultra- republicans in Iran. Whether we are reading about civil war in A lgeria or Afghanistan, the struggle for the soul of Turkey, or political turmoil in Pakistan or Malaysia, the Islamic context permeates all these situations. Yet who really understands the central tenets of this faith, or why so many people around the world have turned to aefundamentalismAE? Karen ArmstrongAEs elegant and concise book traces how Islam grew from the other religions of the book, Judaism and Christianity; introduces us to the character of Muhammed; and demonstrates that for much of its history, the religion has been a force for enlightenment that promoted liberties for women and allowed the arts and sciences to flourish. Islam shows how this progressive legacy is today often set aside as the faith struggles to come to terms with the economic and political weakness of most of its believers and with the forces of modernity itself. ...Show more

Divan-i Kebir Meter 3 - Bahr-i Hezec-Ahrab by Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi; Nevit Ergin (Translator)

$30.00 NZD

Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good

Divan-i Kebir Meter 4 - Bahr-i Muzari Ahrab-i Mektuf by Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi; Nevit Ergin (Translator)

$30.00 NZD

Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good

Divan-i Kebir Meter 2 - Bahr-i Muzari Ariz by Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi; Nevit Ergin (Translator)

$30.00 NZD

Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good

What the Qur'an Meant - And Why It Matters by Garry Wills

$12.00 NZD

Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good

Garry Wills has spent a lifetime thinking and writing about Christianity. In What the Qur'an Meant, Wills invites readers to join him as he embarks on a timely and necessary reconsideration of the Qur'an, leading us through perplexing passages with insight and erudition. What does the Qur'an actually sa y about veiling women? Does it justify religious war? There was a time when ordinary Americans did not have to know much about Islam. That is no longer the case. We blundered into the longest war in our history without knowing basic facts about the Islamic civilization with which we were dealing. We are constantly fed false information about Islam-claims that it is essentially a religion of violence, that its sacred book is a handbook for terrorists. There is no way to assess these claims unless we have at least some knowledge of the Qur'an. In this book Wills, as a non-Muslim with an open mind, reads the Qur'an with sympathy but with rigor, trying to discover why other non-Muslims-such as Pope Francis-find it an inspiring book, worthy to guide people down through the centuries. There are many traditions that add to and distort and blunt the actual words of the text. What Wills does resembles the work of art restorers who clean away accumulated layers of dust to find the original meaning. He compares the Qur'an with other sacred books, the Old Testament and the New Testament, to show many parallels between them. There are also parallel difficulties of interpretation, which call for patient exploration-and which offer some thrills of discovery. What the Qur'an Meantis the opening of a conversation on one of the world's most practiced religions. ...Show more