Religion from Capricorn Books

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. 335 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w maps, colour plates. "In 1099, when the first crusaders arrived triumphant and bloody before the walls of Jerusalem, they carved out a Christian European presence in the Islamic world that remained for centuries, bolstered by subsequent waves of new crusades and pilgrimages. But how did medieval Muslims understand… Read more about this item

Chicago: Institute of Traditional Psychology, 1992. 255 pp, 8 3/8" H. "Hajj: Reflections on Its Rituals is considered to be one of Shariati's most masterful works. This is the first complete translation in English." Contents: Dedication; Introduction; Shariati's A Word to the Reader; Part One: The Shorter Hajj (The Season / Ihram At the Covenanted Place at the Appointed… Read more about this item

Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zonderkidz, 2015. Unpaginated, oblong (9 1/4" H x 11" D). Charming colour illustrations throughout. Two cookie recipes on rear flap of dust jacket. Set in the Depression era, "this sweet holiday book offers inspiration for readers to become cheerful givers themselves and shares the true tale of Jesus' birth." "As Jack stepped inside, the… Read more about this item

London: The Times, 1935. 271 pp, 7 1/2" H, dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board, top edge gilt. Undated, but c1935. Contents: Days and Seasons (New Year's Eve / The Epiphany Search / The Keeping of Lent / The Day of The Cross / The Appeal of Good Friday / Easter Evening / After… Read more about this item

Vancouver / Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2006. 411 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "The shared history of Christianity and Islam began in the ealy seventh century AD with a question: Who would inherit the Greco-Roman world of the Mediterranean? Sprung from the same source - Abraham and the Revelation given to the Jews - the two… Read more about this item

Hamilton, Ontario: Cloke's Bookstore, 1925. 227 pp, 7 5/8" H, black cloth with gilt lettering/banding on spine and front board. George Frederick Jelfs (1853-1941), Hamilton, Ontario barrister, magistrate & author. "Believing that the almost universal lack of any organized system of moral education can be attributed to the misconceptions of men respecting the Main Purpose of Life … Read more about this item

Stockholm, Sweden: Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses Bokforlag, 1955. 99 pp, 9" H. Red, black & white illustrations, title page printed on heavy stock with illustrations in red, black and turquoise. "The original Swedish edition was published in 1941, under the title of 'Ett spel om en vag som till Himla bar'. The play has been produced every summer since 1941… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 2012. 296 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w illustrations, maps. "Politcally astute, ambitious, and beautiful, Yolande of Aragon, queen of Sicily, was one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. Caught in the complex dynastic battle of the Hundred Years War, Yolande championed the dauphin's cause against the forces of England and Burgundy, drawing on… Read more about this item

Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, 1990. 559 pp, 9 1/4" H. "Once upon a time, there was a shammas full of years and stories. Night after night, like some kabbalistic Scheherazade, this amiable fellow tells stories to soothe his rabbi who cannot sleep. This is the premise of 'Night Tales Remembered', a wise, witty, and wonderfully rich platter of… Read more about this item

London: PRO Publications, 1996. 126 pp, 4to (11 1/2" H). B&w and colour illustrations. "For at least six centuries the authorities in England and Wales have kept a watchful eye on the activities of dissidents from the Established Church. Many of their observations and decrees have found their way into the Public Record Office which today provides students of… Read more about this item

Great Mountain Publishing, 2015. 239 pp, 8 1/4" H. "There has probably not been a person more maligned by the powerful forces of the Roman Catholic Church than Maria Monk. In 1836 she published the famous book, 'Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal'. In that book, she told of murder, rape, and torture behind the walls… Read more about this item

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. 278 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w illustrations. "Martin Luther was a controversial figure during his lifetime, eliciting strong emotions from friends and enemies alike, and his outsized persona has left an indelible mark on the world today. (This book) explores how Luther carefully crafted his own image and how he has been portrayed in… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 379 pp, 8 1/2" H. "(G)athers together forty book reviews, never before reprinted, as well as four major essays, which have been unavailable for many decades. A fifth essay, 'Image and imagination', is published for the first time. Taken together, the collection presents some of Lewis's finest literary criticism and religious exposition. The essays… Read more about this item

Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1983. xxxix, 72 pp, 8 3/4" H. "One of the most significant nineteenth-century European books on religion, 'The Life of Jesus' (1836) gave shape to the modern discipline of historical Biblical criticism, decisively articulated the question of the viability of faith in a secular age, and profoundly influenced the lef-wing Hegelians and Karl Marx. Although… Read more about this item

Edison, New Jersey: Castle, 1997. 221 pp, 8 1/2" H. "Daniel Matt - an internationally respected authority on Jewish Mysticism - has gathered together the most important, delightful, and profound passages from all the literature of Kabbalah in this extraordinary presentation, elegantly rendered with poetic nuances, exotic imagery, and bold innovation. Beautifully introduced with lucid analysis and vital historical… Read more about this item

Toronto: Inner City Books, 2000. 157 pp, 8 5/8" H. One of the "Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts" series. "Barbara Hannah was active as an analyst in Zurich during the 'golden years' of Jungian psychology. The choice selections in this book exemplify her legacy to future generations: an insightful mind and compassionate heart, psychological integrity, and above… Read more about this item

Maryknoll, New York: Orbis, 2017. 223 pp, 8 3/16" H. B&w illustrations. "Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk who died in 1968, is one of the most influential religious figures of modern times. Yet many readers remain unaware of his deep preoccupation with the theme of peace - a subject that runs throughout his life, from his early stance as… Read more about this item

New York: The Book Stall, 1918. 103 pp, 7 3/8" H. Copyright date of 1918, although this is probably a later printing. Contents: Foreword; His First Advent; The Prophecies Concerning His Second Coming; The Manner of Christ's Second Coming; The Tribulation and the Battle of Armageddon; The Period of the Thousand Years; The End of the Millennium and the… Read more about this item

Grand Rapids, Michigan / Toronto: Zondervan / Evangelical Publishers, 1938. 77 pp, 7 3/4 " H, stapled in wraps. Contents: The Existence of God; The Miraculous Birth and Life of Christ; Christ's Death on the Cross by Which He Shed His Blood for Our Sins; His Resurrection from the Dead, by Which He Asserted His Victory Over Death and… Read more about this item

New York: Self-published, 1931. 78 pp, 7 1/2" H. The author relates a fictional story of an orphanage in the beginning years of communist Russia. Formerly a haven of Christian values, love, and physical comfort, it deteriorates to a place of persecution, misery, want and sin. Children who cling to their Christian faith are punished and starved, becoming young… Read more about this item