RELIGION & NEW RELIGIONS from Bookhome Sydney

London: Penguin Books, 2012. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback small wide trade, very good condition, black & white drawings & text-photos, minor edgewear corner tips. 320 pp. Alain de Botton, an academic philosopher and popular author, argues that religions have some important things to teach the secular world, and we should look to religions for insights into improving life in… Read more about this item

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2019. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, maps, fore-edge little marked, some edgewear (minor tears & dents). 272 pp. John Collins provides a concise definitive story of the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient Jewish and Hebrew religious manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956 at the Qumran Caves. Bitter conflicts… Read more about this item

City Not Stated: Benedictine Union of Australia and New Zealand, 2004. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, thin card covers, stapled, minor edgewear corner tips cover & first few pages. 54 pp. This booklet explains the meaning of the Benedictine Union, its origin and membership, and lists all its parts. There are lists of many of the monasteries, Benedictine… Read more about this item

London: HarperCollins, 2005. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white text-illustrations, colour plates, pages lightly toned, faint foxing front flyleaf, bottom edge slightly rubbed, minor edgewear. 408 pp. Reveals the startling truth behind Masonic history - and the centuries-long search that the fraternity has undertaken to find its own lost secrets. The author was a past… Read more about this item

Tring, Herts: Lion Publishing, 1985. Paperback small trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned as usual, minor foxing edges, minor edgewear, faint remainder stripe top edge. 287 pp. Secret Cult, by Peter Hounam and Andrew Hogg (Lion Publishing, 1985). An expose of the School of Economic Science (SES) cult, London, by two journalists from the Standard newspaper.

Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2004. Paperback trade, very good condition, figures, front cover lifting slightly, minor edgewear. 279 pp. This book looks at depression in a spiritual way. Some of the chapters are: The Path Ahead, How Depression Feels, Definitions and Causes. Written for people with depression, but will be helpful to anyone seeking to understand how depression… Read more about this item

New York: State University of New York Press (SUNY Press), 2002. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, minor edgewear. 203 pp. A groundbreaking analysis of the controversial cult (The Family, or The Children of God) using interviews, observation and questionnaires compiled by 1000 cult members.

New York: W. W. Norton, 2003. 1st stated ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket (little rubbed). 221 pp. This book has 130 entries, with meanings and sources, of words and phrases first published in English translations of the Bible. The authors cite chapter and verse and trace these biblical words… Read more about this item

Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2009. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, sepia (brown-tinted) & colour photos, corner tip one page creased (bookmark), minor edgewear. 342 pp. A memoir by Jane Stork about her life after she became devoted to the Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. She changed her name, wore the orange robes of a sannyasin, and moved her… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback, very good condition, spine little creased, minor edgewear corners. 327 pp. In this fascinating book the author asks how a work published in 1611 could have such an influence on the English language and how it is used today. He looks at the work of poets, playwrights, novelists, politicians,… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Preston: Mosaic Press, 2010. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, tables, figures, top corner front cover little creased, minor edgewear. 166 pp. Peter Kaldor and colleagues reveal the results of unique research into how Australians make sense of life. The book counts and compares those using religious frameworks (eg, Christianity), alternative spiritualities, and largely secular approaches. This study… Read more about this item

College Station, TX: Virtual Bookworm, 2002. Paperback trade, very good condition, light foxing edges, pages lightly toned, top edge foxed (other edges lightly foxed), minor edgewear. 176 pp. The American author, Gordon Neufeld, recalls his participation in the Moonies cult. In this unforgettable story of persistence, devotion, love and loss, he explains how he finally broke free from his… Read more about this item

Sydney, Strathfield: St Pauls Publications, 2000. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication). 190 pp. A brief biography of Monsignor Leonard, and a history of the Catholic Youth Organisation, which was founded in 1948 and flourished until the mid-1970s. Also included is a selection of the columns Monsignor Leonard wrote for… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor crease rear cover corner, small crush top edge front cover & first few pages, light crease front cover near spine, minor edgewear. 330 pp. This book by Aaron Stalnaker has its main focus on how ethical and religious commitments are conceived, articulated, and nurtured through methodical practices… Read more about this item

London: Bodley Head, 2009. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. 376 pp. Karen Armstrong argues that, historically, atheism has rarely been a denial of the sacred itself but has nearly always rejected a particular conception of God. Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic era to the present, the author shows that until… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2005. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, top edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear corners. 217 pp. Jacques Berlinerblau suggests that atheists and agnostics must take stock of that which they oppose. He argues that defiantly maintaining a shallow understanding of religion is not a politically prudent strategy in modern times.

Sydney: Aquila Books, 2000. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, spine little faded, minor edgewear corners. 205 pp. Bruce Kaye traces the connections that have shaped the history and character of Christian faith.

Hemel Hempstead, Herts: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket (spine little faded). 242 pp. David Lawton (Reader in English, University of Sydney) provides both a short history and a series of detailed readings about the concept of "blasphemy". Argues that blasphemy is literary in nature, as demonstrated by medieval… Read more about this item

Sydney, Sutherland: Albatross Books, 1985. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, good condition, pages & inside covers lightly toned, front cover little creased, top spine bumped, minor edgewear. 152 pp. This thought-provoking book by Donald Robinson examines the theological origins of the New Testament. Written by Archbishop of Sydney in the Anglican Church of Australia.

New York: HarperCollins, 2002. 1st stated, reprint ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), top corner covers little bumped, minor edgewear jacket (tiny tear top edge, spine little faded, faint sticker mark), owner's written name. 240 pp. Charles Kimball examines the nature and signs of religious evil, and outlines the correctives to these corruptions within… Read more about this item