Search Results: RELIGION & NEW RELIGIONS from Bookhome Sydney

West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear, minor pencil annotation. 346 pp. A unique and thought-provoking collection of original essays that address personal disbelief in a higher power. Drawn from an international cast of professionals in the fields of academia, science, literature, media and politics, the contributors offer carefully considered statements of why they reject the idea of a deity governing the universe and human affairs. SALE PRICE.

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, journalists, advertisers, film-makers, and even hip-hop artists.

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 nuns and abbeys. Some of the locations are: Arcadia NSW, Camperdown Vic, New Norcia WA, Jamberoo NSW, Tanby QLD, Riverstone NSW, Bombay NZ, Kalumbura WA, Wangaratta Vic, Kopua NZ, Tarrawarra Vic. Oblates/Associates, Research and Publications. Crafts are all listed at the back of the booklet

Canberra, Calwell: Inspiring Publishers, 2012. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. 315 pp. The author, a naive young girl escaping the drug scene, and who wants to make an impression on the world, becomes entrapped with a large Christian evangelical (fundamentalist) church. This true story happened in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but is written in narrative form with some names changed.

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 charges against heretics, or by the intricate framework of blasphemies that structure much of Freud's writing. The book deals with popular and literary culture, religion and racism, law, social power and international relations. (Wrong ISBN printed on rear jacket: 0745005691.).

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 family to live first in an ashram in India and then in the Bhagwan-created city of Rajneeshpuram in Oregon, USA. Jane sacrificed her marriage and children, and eventually - through an act of attempted murder - her freedom. This incredible true story is a profound meditation on the nature of self-determination and the human spirit’s capacity for redemption. (1 of 2 available copies.).

London: Granada, 1984. Reprint ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear, owner's written name. 326 pp. A controversial investigation of the 700,000 Freemasons - all male - that make the largest secret society in Britain today. Is Freemasonry a positive, charitable organization which incorporates a certain amount of harmless mumbo-jumbo, or does it in fact represent something more sinister?

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 recently science and religion (Christianity) were not at war with each other.

Shaftesbury, Dorset: Element Books, 1993. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, minimal scratch front cover, minor edgewear, old price marks. 184 pp. R. A. Gilbert provides a startling expose of fundamentalist minority religions, and how their views adversely affect society. An example is a Christian fundamentalist minority group that has actively opposed everything they regard as a threat, including complementary medicine, ecology, the New Age and even Buddhism and Hinduism. Fundamentalism covers a broad spectrum of political beliefs, and includes the New Age and satanic ritual abuse hysteria.

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 right up to today's headlines. Arranged from A to Z, and reader-friendly regardless of faith, the book offers entries about Biblical words and phrases that have moved into the culture at large.

Sydney: Rider / Random House, 2006. Paperback large trade, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, figures, some creasing rear cover, bottom edge little rubbed, minor edgewear. 240 pp. Robert Cooper writes with an insider's knowledge and privileged access to rare archive material, including never-before-published images. He explains the intriguing symbolism, beliefs and history of the Masons (Freemasons). He discloses the identities of famous Masons and important Masonic sites, and provides a unique insight into the Scottish dimension. The author is a world authority on Freemasons, and is the Curator of the Grand Lodge of Scotland.

Melbourne: Penguin Books, 1982. Paperback, good plus condition, pages toned as usual, corner tip few pages stained, minor edgewear. 292 pp. Cover subtitle: "A powerful warning of the spread of bizarre cults in modern society". The disturbing account of Erica giving up her own mind and her whole life to a man she thought was God. We live through her initiation into the cult, her days as a fundraiser, a camp instructor, and a housekeeper at a major Moonie centre. Since her liberation, Erica has come to understand the power that was used to control her.

Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987. Paperback trade, good plus condition, black & white text-photos, small stain base spine, bottom corners pages lightly rubbed, minor edgewear. 248 pp. Michael Gomes charts the dramatic origins of Theosophy, a new religious movement of the 1870s, still existing worldwide today. Includes reproductions of critical documents.

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1959. 1st English p/b ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, spine & covers lightly creased, minor edgewear, owner's written name & date. 178 pp. Written by Professor of Jewish Religion and Culture in the University of Vienna. Based on his lectures on the texts of Khirbet Qumran, delivered in the summer of 1957 at the University of Vienna. Translated from the German.

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 have swirled around them since their discovery, including their influence on Jesus and the founding of Christianity. He also describes how the bureaucratic decades-long delay in publishing the Scrolls gave rise to sensational claims and conspiracy theories.

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 can impact your life.

Mirfield, W. Yorks: Mirfield Publications, 1972. Reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor foxing & edgewear covers, faint sticker mark front cover. 75 pp. This book by Christopher Bryant is based on a series of three lectures delivered at Imperial College, London, in 1968. It is a lucid account of the contribution of 'depth psychology' (which overlaps with Freudian psychoanalysis because of emphasis on the unconscious) to the understanding and practice of the religious life. (This copy is the the 1985 reprint.).

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.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2001. 1st, reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, bottom corner tip front cover & few pages little creased, minor edgewear. 278 pp. These essays draw together authors respected in six significant religious traditions to explore the ethical foundations of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Each section introduces a different religion and sets the wider context within which more specific questions can be asked. The result is an informative and well-balanced examination which helps to address the issue of common values in society.

Oxford: Mowbray, 1987. Revised ed.. Paperback trade, good condition, tables, top edge lightly foxed, small stains bottom corner few pages, minor edgewear. 252 pp. An historical and modern report into the study of, and persistence of, religious experience (spirituality). By David Hay, an academic from Nottingham University who followed Sir Alister Hardy as leader of the Religious Experience Study Centre (now the Alister Hardy Research Centre).