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50 Religious Ideas You Really Need to Know by Peter Stanford
$29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Despite frequent prognostications regarding the death of God' and the triumph of secular materialism, religion remains a central component in the lives of most people around the world. There are currently thought to be 2 billion Christians, 1.2 billion Muslims, 800 million Hindus, along with some 700 mi ...Show more
Angels: A Visible and Invisible History by Peter Stanford
$55.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
'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, post-Christian world of the W ...Show more
Angels - A Visible and Invisible History by Peter Stanford
$27.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
'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 number ...Show more
How to Read a Graveyard: Journeys in the Company of the Dead by Peter Stanford
$39.99 NZD
Category: Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
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, graveyard ...Show more
Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident by Peter Stanford
$22.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Reading Level: near fine
'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 pinn ...Show more
Pilgrimage: Journeys of Meaning by Peter Stanford
$28.00 NZD
$30.00 (6% off)
Category: Cultural Studies
A thought-provoking reflection on pilgrimage past and present, and a compelling exploration of its relevance today. The enormous rise in popularity in recent decades of the Camino, the ancient pilgrim path that stretches from France, across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela, is part of a wider ph ...Show more
She-pope,the by Peter Stanford
$29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
The legend of Pope Joan - the woman who, dressed as a man, headed the Catholic church in the early 9th century - has always been a subject of fascinated speculation. This book attempts to reveal what can be known about this legend, using secret histories, medieval carvings and tarot cards.
The Death of a Child by Peter Stanford
$24.99 NZD
Category: Grief & Loss
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, ...Show more
What We Talk about When We Talk about Faith by Peter Stanford
$34.99 NZD
Category: Spirituality
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, as well as for the church press. What fascinates him in such conversations is how creating a space to talk unguardedly abo ...Show more
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