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Religion & Spirituality

Pilgrimage: Journeys of Meaning

by (Thames and Hudson Ltd)

(30 reviews)

Pilgrimage, a global ritual embraced by all faiths, is one of the most enduring traits in our human story. In this compelling history Peter Stanford reflects on the reasons people have walked along the same sacred paths across the ages. How do the experiences of the first pilgrims to Jerusalem, Mecca and Santiago de Compostela compare to the millions of people who embark upon life-changing... See More

Length: 247 Pages (39,047 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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Religion & Spirituality

Catholicism: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself

by (Teach Yourself)

(15 reviews)

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CATHOLICISM, ALL IN ONE PLACE This is your go-to guide to the Catholic faith. It covers the basics and history of Catholicism, the Catholic Church today and teachings and traditions. It is your comprehensive and essential account of Catholic doctrine, faith and history. On the world stage, Catholicism is the largest of the branches of Christianity with over 1.2... See More

Length: 289 Pages (979 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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£2.99 £8.49 Save 65% Price verified 22 hours ago

Religion - 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know (50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series)

by (Greenfinch)

(67 reviews)

The need to understand religion and the role it plays in our world has never been more pressing. The beliefs and actions of the planet's 2 billion Christians, 1.2 billion Muslims, 800 million Hindus and 700 million followers of other religions has an impact on every aspect of war and peace, ethics, politics, reproduction, family and social structure across every civilization and continent. 50... See More

Length: 208 Pages (702 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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Religion & Spirituality

Judas: The troubling history of the renegade apostle

by (Hodder & Stoughton)

(85 reviews)

In this fascinating historical and cultural biography, writer and broadcaster Peter Stanford deconstructs that most vilified of Bible characters: Judas Iscariot, who famously betrayed Jesus with a kiss. Beginning with the gospel accounts, Peter explores two thousand years of cultural and theological history to investigate how the very name Judas came to be synonymous with betrayal and... See More

Length: 322 Pages (3,146 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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Biography & True Accounts

Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident

by (Hodder & Stoughton)

(115 reviews)

'A compelling biography of one of the greatest men of the modern age. Stanford is particularly brilliant on the tensions inside Luther's private and spiritual life. This is a very fine book, written with a flourish.' Melvyn Bragg The 31st of October 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther pinning his 95 'Theses' - or reform proposals - to the door of his local university church in... See More

Length: 448 Pages (3,930 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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Religion & Spirituality

The Extra Mile: A 21st century Pilgrimage

by (Continuum)

(16 reviews)

Contemporary pilgrim Peter Stanford visits some of the most ancient religious sites in Britain, taking the spiritual temperature of our apparently secular and sceptical age. See More

Length: 220 Pages (9,045 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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Religion & Spirituality

How to Read a Graveyard: Journeys in the Company of the Dead

by (Bloomsbury Continuum)

(62 reviews)

Death is the one certainty in life, yet, with the decline of religion in the West, we have become collectively reluctant to talk about it. Our contemporary rituals seek to sanitise death and distance us from our own inevitable fate. If we want to know how previous generations dealt with death, graveyards (famous and not) tell us the history - if we are able to read them. If we want to know how... See More

Length: 288 Pages (29,448 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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The Death of a Child

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(15 reviews)

The Death of a Child is a collection of a dozen essays in which parents and siblings tell their own stories of losing a child, brother or sister, and of how they have coped with bereavement and grief. Their experiences range from the earliest losses - actress and author Carol Drinkwater's miscarriages, Irish writer Catherine Dunne's still-birth and the death of Sarah Brown's daughter Jennifer at... See More

Length: 180 Pages (1,932 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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Religion & Spirituality

If These Stones Could Talk: The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland through Twenty Buildings

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(39 reviews)

'A heavenly book, elegant and thoughtful. Get one for yourself and one for the church-crawler in your life!' Lucy Worsley Christianity has been central to the lives of the people of Britain and Ireland for almost 2,000 years. It has given us laws, customs, traditions and our national character. From a persecuted minority in Roman Britannia through the 'golden age' of Anglo-Saxon monasticism, the... See More

Length: 359 Pages (7,517 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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Why I Am Still a Catholic: Essays in Faith and Perseverance

by (Continuum)

(15 reviews)

What does it mean to be a Catholic in today's world? What distinguishes the modern Catholic from anyone else? At a time when the Vatican provokes hostility by its opposition to contraception, abortion and the use of condoms in fighting AIDS, how many Catholics share its views? And if they don't, how can they in good conscience stay in the Church? These are among the many questions that writer and... See More

Length: 153 Pages (270 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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Biography & True Accounts

C Day-Lewis: A Life

by (Continuum)

(10 reviews)

How unfair', wrote one national newspaper in 1951, 'that accomplishments enough to satisfy the pride of six men should be united in Mr Day-Lewis.' Poet, translator of classical texts, novelist, detective writer (under the pen-name Nicholas Blake), performer and, at that time, Professor of Poetry at Oxford, C Day-Lewis had many careers all at once. This first authorised biography tells the private... See More

Length: 390 Pages (2,519 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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Biography & True Accounts

Bronwen Astor: Her Life and Times (Text Only)

by (HarperPress)

(22 reviews)

For the first time since the Profumo scandal of the 1960s, the Astors' own version of the events at Cliveden is told. Peter Stanford has been granted unprecedented access to Lady Astor, her private papers and her friends, as well as to many family members and key players in the drama. When Bronwen Pugh married into the celebrated Astor clan in 1960, she seemed to have the world at her feet. She... See More

Length: 352 Pages (1,205 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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Religion & Spirituality

Angels: A History

by (Hodder & Stoughton)

(49 reviews)

'An intriguing exploration of the many roles that angels have played in spiritual life.' - The Sunday Times: Nick Rennison 'In a 2016 poll, one in 10 Britons claimed to have experienced the presence of an angel, while one in three remain convinced that they have a guardian angel. These are huge numbers and mean that, on some counts, angels are doing better than God.' In the secular, sceptical... See More

Length: 321 Pages (4,848 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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Biography & True Accounts

What We Talk about when We Talk about Faith

by (Hodder & Stoughton)

(10 reviews)

Interviews with people of faith including: Sara Maitland | Sister Wendy Beckett | Delia Smith | The Revd Richard Coles | Dermot O'Leary | Cherie Blair | Archbishop Desmond Tutu | Bronwen Astor | Amos Oz | Nick Cave Peter Stanford has been interviewing people of faith during his thirty-five years as a journalist at national papers including the Daily Telegraph, the Independent and The Guardian... See More

Length: 251 Pages (2,189 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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Catholicism: An Introduction: A comprehensive guide to the history, beliefs and practices of the Catholic faith

by (Teach Yourself)

(7 reviews)

This is a complete guide to the oldest institution in the Western world - the Catholic Church. Explore the essential beliefs and practices of the religion and delve into its long and fascinating history. From the significance of Rome and the importance of the Papacy, to current issues such as science, contraception and new movements within the faith, learn what it means to be Catholic today. NOT... See More

Length: 251 Pages (677 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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Religion & Spirituality

Heaven: A Traveller’s Guide to the Undiscovered Country (Text Only)

by (HarperCollins)

(4 reviews)

A stimulating inquiry into one of the great religious mysteries - and what theologians, artists, writers, psychologists, priests, historians and people from all religions and walks of life have thought of heaven, where many of us still hope to go one day. The author writes: 'While images of hell are firmly fixed in the human psyche, no parallel standard vision exists for heaven either within the... See More

Length: 404 Pages (858 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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