Whose Bible Is It? A history of the Scriptures throught the ages by Jaroslav Pelikan
27.00 NZD
Category: Religion
The Bible is among the world's most influential and important books - and the most controversial. It affects not just religious beliefs but every aspect of our culture, including the very language we speak. But how did it become the book we know it to be? In this superbly written history, Jaroslav Pelik ...Show more
The Passion by Geza Vermes
26.00 NZD
Category: Religion
In his new book, distinguished Jesus scholar Geza Vermes explains the true story behind The Passion of Christ and the recent, highly controversial, film. Vital reading for anyone wanting to know the truth behind the hyperbole, Vermes's book is an intelligent and fascinating breakdown of the evidence of ...Show more
Who's Who in the Age of Jesus by Geza Vermes
29.95 NZD
Category: Religion
Attempts to sift through the sources for the period to create biographies of the major figures from Jesus' era. This book allows readers to understand a Jewish, Roman and Hellenistic world crowded with explosive, mutually antagonistic groups - a world which would give rise both to a new Judaism and ulti ...Show more
The Penguin Dictionary of Islam by Azim Nanji
30.00 NZD
Category: Religion
Islam today is a truly global faith, yet it remains somewhat of an enigma to many of us. Each and every day our newspapers are saturated with references to Islam; Quran, Taliban, Hijab, Fatwa, Allah, Sunni, Jihad, Shia, the list goes on. But how much do we really understand? Are we, in fact, misundersta ...Show more
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation by Jean-Claude Van Itallie
30.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Series: Penguin Black Classics
'You will be happy in this life and joyful in the next'The Tibetan Book of the Deadis overwhelmingly the most influential of all Tibetan Buddhist texts in the West and one of the greatest works created by any culture. Offering one of the most detailed and compelling portrayals of the after-death state i ...Show more
Messianic Legacy by Michael Baigent
26.99 NZD
27.99 (3% off)
Category: Religion
The startling, frighteningly convincing sequel to "The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail", that reveals the very nature of the messianic legacy. After the shocking revelations of "The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail" the authors, in their quest to determine the discrepancies between early and modern 'Christia ...Show more
The Hiram Key by Christopher Knight & Robert Lomas
26.99 NZD
29.99 (10% off)
Category: Religion
Was Jesus a Freemason? The discovery of evidence of the most secret rites of Freemasonry in an ancient Egyptian tomb led authors Chris Knight and Bob Lomas into and extraordinary investigation of 4,000 years of history. This astonishing bestseller raises questions that have challenged some of Western ci ...Show more
In the Beginning by Karen Armstrong
29.99 NZD
Category: Religion
The foundation stone of Jewish and Christian scriptures, the power of the "Book of Genesis" lies in its stories - "Creation", "the Fall", "Cain and Abel", "Noah", "Abraham", "Jacob" and "Joseph". These ancient tales illuminate some of our most enduring and profound problems: cowardice, the struggle with ...Show more
The Case for God - What Religion Really Means by Karen Armstrong
29.99 NZD
Category: Religion
An essential book for our times: A thoughtful, cultured response to Richard Dawkins. There is widespread confusion about the nature of religious truth. For the first time in history, a significantly large number of people want nothing to do with God. Mlitant atheists preach a gospel of godlessness with ...Show more
Holy Blood Holy Grail by Richard Leigh
32.99 NZD
Category: Religion
A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village at the foot of The Pyrenees, which enables him to amass and spend a fortune of millions of pounds. The tale seems to begin with buried treasure and then turns into an unprecedented historical detective story - a modern Grail ...Show more
Pagan Resurrection by Richard Rudgley
29.99 NZD
Category: Religion
"Pagan Resurrection" puts forward a fascinating and controversial idea - namely that it is the pagan god Odin and not Christ who is the single most important spiritual influence in western civilisation. Far from being just a New Age fad, paganism is fast becoming a major spiritual, intellectual, ecologi ...Show more
A History of God by Karen Armstrong
34.99 NZD
Category: Religion
"The idea of a single devine being - God, Yahweh, Allah - has existed for over 4,000 years. But the history of God is also the history of human struggle. While Judaism, Islam and Christianity proclaim the goodness of God, organised religion has too often been the catalyst for violence and ineradicable p ...Show more