There is a critical gap in the education of young Americans today, says Boston University professor Stephen Prothero, and it's the teaching of information about religions. Prothero would change that, citing the importance of the Bible...

In this world you're surrounded by sexual images that open the door to temptation. They're everywhere - on TV, billboards, magazines, music, the Internet - and so easy to access that it sometimes feels impossible to escape their clutc...

The author of The Measure of Our Days explores the diverse ways in which hope and other positive emotions influence the healing process, drawing on thirty years of medical practice and a variety of real-life experiences to analyze the...

2,500 years after the passing of Buddha, his message continues to resonate. This highly accessible, best seller covers topics such as: who was Buddha?; The nature of our mind; past and future lives; karma; and, why and how to meditat...

A Terrible Tragedy Brooke and Peter are struggling in their marriage when they are faced with the single worst moment ever. What was supposed to be a pool party for their two daughters and a handful of children ends in disaster. As th...

National Book Award FinalistA New York Times Notable BookA Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, New York magazine, Slate, Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly, People, Publishers ...

Pema Chodron is one of the West's most beloved teachers of Buddhism, making the Tibetan vajrayana tradition accessible in today's world. Now, three of her most popular teachings are available in one boxed set. The Pema Chodron Collect...

Kahlil Gibran worked on the manuscript for "The Prophet"--his second work in English after "The Madman"--for several years before it was published in October 1923. Both the author and the world consider this his ma...

Have you ever felt energetically 'out of tune'? The Beginner's Guide to the Chakras teaches listeners to work with the body's chakras - the seven spinning centers of energy that regulate our physical, mental, and spiritual well-being....

Luke Skywalker. Lucy Pevensie. Harry Potter. For millions of children and adults alike, these names and stories are as familiar as those of close friends and family. We read and watch their adventures over and over again. We feel thei...

We know instinctively that we're heading for an eternity of something after death. But an eternity of what? In this soul-stirring follow-up to his runaway bestsellers The Prayer of Jabez and Secrets of the Vine, Bruce Wilkinson leads ...

How big is your God? Is He big enough to heal your marriage or heal your child? Is He bigger than a positive MRI or a negative evaluation? Is He bigger than your secret sin or secret dream? In The Circle Maker, Pastor Mark Batterson s...

At age nineteen, pilot Dale Black miraculously survived an airplane crash that killed the other two pilots on board. Hovering between life and death for three days, he had a breathtaking experience of heaven. Against all odds and with...

Before his arrest by the Nazis in 1943, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was head of a seminary of the German Confessing Church. In 'The Cost of Discipleship', he focuses on the most treasured part of Christ's teaching, the Sermon on the Mount.

Almost every Christian wants to have effectual prayer that gets God's attention. Are you a person who simply prays or do you know for sure that the words in your heart are reaching His ears? In this life-changing book, bestselling aut...

Based on actual conversations with lost people, this book will help you anticipate their questions and objections. Why have atheists, agnostics, Muslims, Catholics, prisoners, and soldiers all read One Heartbeat Away and become bo...

Demonstrates that marriages can be saved and reconciliation achieved even when doors slam and angry words fly, when things just aren't working out, and when one spouse is interested in someone else, by following the advice of God's wo...

Set in picturesque Daviess County, Indiana, this fictional Amish account is written as a fast-paced, entertaining story. The beautiful Sarah Schwartz knows she is on thin ice when she notices Lamar Wagler wathching her on Sundays and ...

An NPR commentator takes readers to biblical sites in the Middle East to investigate the historical origins of and commonalities between the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religions, in a historical tour that visits the locales of key...

Thich Nhat Hanh's classic talk on the ancient tradition of flower arranging uses the elements and traditions of classical flower arrangement as metaphors for Buddhist teachings on Interbeing, meditation practice, living in the present...

Excerpts from the writings of the twelfth-century German nun and mystic lends insight into the visions she recorded in her major work, Scivias, convey her beliefs about a feminine and creative incarnation of the divine, and offer coun...

An account of the life of the Buddha by the author of On the Road Though raised Catholic, in the early 1950s Jack Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and...

Headline: Draw closer to God in the ordinary moments of your day. Through lyrical anecdotes, Southern wit, and scriptural reflection, Pastor Thomas Steagald offers this sprawling oak of a work, rooted deeply in a life of prayer. ...

Two bestselling authors first met in a televised Caltech debate on "the future of God," one an articulate advocate for spirituality, the other a prominent physicist.  This remarkable book is the product of that serendipitou...

The Wounded Healer is a hope-filled and profoundly simple book that speaks directly to those men and women who want to be of service in their church or community, but have found the traditional ways often threatening and ineffective. ...

There is nothing as precious in life as a friend who knows you and loves you in spite of yourself. Yet over the last couple of decades, we've substituted the joy of real friendship with cheap imitations. We settle for "community&...

How do we make sense of life? How should we treat others? How should we reasonably be expected to be treated by others? When human life is at stake, are there reasonable principles we can rely on to guide our actions? How should our l...

In this devotional, Iyanla Vanzant has brought together different prayers that she has written over the years. They address a number of different topics and problems, and are meant to guide those readers who want to pray but feel unco...

After meals from garbage cans and dumpsters, night after night Mike and Sam found their beds under bridges and on the streets. They were forced to depend on the generosity and kindness of strangers as they panhandled to sustain their ...

A fascinating, accessible introduction to Islam from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller ZealotINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A finalist for the Guardian First Book Award In No god but God, internationally acclaimed scholar ...