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The first edition of "A Buddhist Bible", which was tightly focused on source documents of Zen Buddhism, was self-published in Vermont by Dwight Goddard in 1932. "A Buddhist Bible" is a wide selection of readings from Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, and modern sources intended to provide the reader with a foundation in classical Buddhist thought. It is the first book to bring together the key texts of modern Buddhism.In the last hundred years, the world, especially the West, has increasingly embraced the teachings of Buddhism. A modern Buddhist Bible is the first anthology to bring together the writings from Buddhists, both Eastern and Western, that have redefined Buddhism for our era."A Buddhist Bible" has had a huge influence on the growth of Buddhism in the English-speaking world in the 20th century and beyond.

First published in 1902, "The Varieties of Religious Experience" by William James, a psychologist and philosopher who taught at Harvard, contains, in edited form, a series of natural theology lectures called the Gifford Lectures which he delivered at the University of Edinburgh in the two years leading up to its publication. The lectures argue about the nature of religion and the tendency of modern religious studies to ignore the importance of science in their research. The lectures, immediately acclaimed, are considered part of the Western canon. The lectures also contain hints of Jamess developing notion of pragmatism, which he later synthesised in his 1907 book, "Pragmatism".

First published in 1929, "The Garden of Vision" treats the debt of Japan to Zen Buddhism.Once again Lily Adams Becks sets her work in Asia, more specifically in Japan, as a great connoisseur of its c

First published in 1917, "God the Invisible King" is a theological work published by one of the worlds most respected and cherished authors, H.G. Wells. Wells wrote in this book that his idea of God did not draw upon the traditional religions of the world, so he had a profound belief in a personal and intimate God. Later in the work he aligns himself with a "renascent or modern religion ... neither atheist nor Buddhist nor Mohammedan nor Christian ... [that] he has found growing up in himself." A theological must read from the one of the most admired authors!

First published in 1678, John Bunyans "The Pilgrims Progress" is often considered the first novel written in English, a work of religious fiction, and also a very influential work of Christian philosophy.The work is a symbolic vision of the good mans pilgrimage through life. At one time second only to the Bible in popularity, "The Pilgrims Progress" is the most famous Christian allegory still in print. It was first published in the reign of Charles II and was largely written while its Puritan author was imprisoned for offences against the Conventicle Act of 1593.The author dreams about a man named Christian, who is struggling with his spirituality. He is visited by Evangelist, a spiritual guide, who orders him to go to the Celestial City, Mount Zion. Christians wife and children refuse to leave their home and accompany him, so he abandons them...

"The Gospel of Buddha" by American author Paul Carus was first published in 1894. This work soon became a worldwide bestseller, completely eclipsing the one previous attempt to popularise Buddhism in the West, Sir Edwin Arnolds "The Light of Asia". Carus collected accounts of the life and teaching of the Buddha from many sources and fashioned a coherent and gripping narrative which would be understood by Americans as very much like a Christian "gospel". "The Gospel of Buddha" was quickly translated into Japanese and other Eastern languages, and was taken up by teachers in the Buddhist world.

In 1941 Charles Fillmore wrote "Teach Us to Pray". The book focused on the attitude and process of prayer, and included work that had not been previously published. It remained popular for decades after publication.Charles Fillmore founded Unity, a church within the New Thought movement, with his wife in 1889.

Il nome di Arturo Graf restera nella storia dellerudizione adorna di genialita e nella storia della poesia intima e amara. Questo professore-poeta, nato ad Atene, doveva essere commerciante, poi avvocato; ma infine divenne professore di letteratura italiana nellUniversita di Torino, dove gli studenti lo adoravano.Il DIAVOLO e un testo dove si intrecciano rigore scientifico e sensibilita poetica per analizzare e descrivere come nel Medioevo limmaginazione fosse amalgamata di religione, di credenza, di miti e leggenda.

First published in 1911, "The Creed of Half Japan" is a scholarly study of the evolution of Mahayana Buddhism in Japan by Arthur Lloyd. Lloyd was particularly interested in how Eastern religions interacted with those in the west. A Christian clergyman and long-time resident in Japan at the turn of the 20th century, Arthur Lloyd felt that Buddhism has much in common with Christianity, including possible historical links. In this book he discusses doctrinal and narrative parallels between Mahayana Buddhism and early Christian, Gnostic, and Manichean beliefs.

John Relly Beard (1800-1876) was an English Unitarian minister who wrote more than thirty books in his lifetime, including "The Life of Toussaint LOuverture" in 1853 and several reference volumes on a variety of topics.His masterpiece "The Autobiography of Satan" was published in 1872 and the goal of the book is clearly described during the Preface: As this book is intended not so much for scholars as the general public, I have not attempted more than a series of readable sketches. The same consideration has led me to adopt the autobiographical form, which, with the supposition of an intelligent companion, gives me some of the advantages of a conversational style. Only in the large portion of the work devoted to the Scriptures have I, without departing from a popular manner, aimed at a certain degree of completeness. To handle adequately all the grave topics of this comprehensive theme would require a library instead of a volume.

"The New World of Islam", written in 1921 by Americas foremost racial thinker Lothrop Stoddard, was the first work to warn the West of the Islamic revival which started in the nineteenth century and which would find its expression in the mass immigration and Islamic extremism to which the world has been subjected since the 1980s.It provides an accurate history of Islam from its founding, initial blooming and sophistication, to its decline into drudgery and the dominance of the Ottoman Turks.Lothrop Stoddard explains the roots of the Wahabbist revival and the spring of Arab, Indian, and Middle Eastern nationalism unleashed as a result of World War I, and warns that these events have set Islam in motion once again to start a reconquest of the globe for that religion.

First published in 1910, "Demons and Tongues" (AKA "Demons And Tongues: A Work of Christian Demonology") by Alma White is an interesting early 20th century look at the opinions of the Pillar of Fire movement in regards to the Pentecostal assembly and demonology twain with the same. With a quasi-eugenic approach and a focus on Revelation, this manuscript is at once interesting and perhaps dated in the christian body. Speaking of the goals of Satan, that old Devil of antiquity, and the way this being uses heresy, it shuns the very concept of speaking in tongues and relegates it to the depraved and demonic.

Il testo analizza sommariamente la storia della Chiesa di Gesu Cristo dei Santi degli Ultimi Giorni, a partire dal 1820, anno della sua genesi, e dal 1830, anno della sua fondazione, confrontando le informazioni che di volta in volta giungevano agli italiani attraverso la stampa dellepoca.Segue la storia della prima missione in Italia dal 1850 al 1860, ne presenta i convertiti e li accompagna nel loro cammino che li porto fino alla Valle del Gran Lago Salato dove, come tutti i membri dellepoca, si insediarono.Osserva lo sviluppo e la situazione attuale della Chiesa di Gesu Cristo dei Santi degli Ultimi Giorni in Italia fino alla costruzione del tempio di Roma.

The Phlegrean fields, Naples, Herculaneum, Pompeii, Sorrento, Amalfi and Paestum.Greek-Roman and Judeo-Christian is our culture.A special light shines over southern Italy: thoughts, remarks and the considerations of a free thinker.

Questa piccola raccolta di preghiere vuole essere un semplice ausilio per la preghiera personale e familiare in questo tempo di angoscia.Il cristiano sa che Dio non e il burattinaio che tira le fila della storia e la preghiera cristiana non vuole spingerlo a fare la nostra volonta, fosse anche questa spinta dal bene, ma piuttosto a mettere noi in sintonia con la sua.Non e quindi la preghiera a spingere Dio a fare cio che vogliamo, ma a metterci in comunione con quello che lui vuole per noi.Possano quindi queste preghiere aiutarci a pregare anche con parole nostre, quelle che lo Spirito detta ai nostri cuori, per essere sempre piu in comunione tra di noi e con il Padre celeste

George Robert Stowe Mead was an author, editor, translator, and an influential member of the Theosophical Society as well as the founder of the Quest Society. The main materials contained in "Gnostic John the Baptizer" (1924) will certainly be new for the vast majority of readers. Moreover the Mandan narratives, legends and discourses are not only interesting because of their own distinctive matter and manner, but they are also arresting; for they raise a number of problems, some of which are far-reaching and one is fraught with implications of immense importance. The definite solutions of these problems, however, lie in the future, and the most important of them will perhaps never be reached; for, in the absence of straightforward historical information, general agreement on any subject that concerns Christian origins immediately or even indirectly is now well-nigh a psychological impossibility.The writers intention in publishing these selections is not to speculate about the problems, for we are not yet in a position to state them with sufficient accuracy, but the very modest undertaking of making accessible for English readers some specimens of narrative and doctrine from one collection only of the traditional gnostic material which the Mandan scribes have preserved to our own day through centuries of copying, and which hands on an early literature purporting at least in part to go back to times contemporaneous with Christian origins.

Throughout his theological writings, Emanuel Swedenborg devotes more pages to discussing the inner, spiritual meaning of the Bible than to any other topic. In his short work "White Horse", first published in 1758, he provides the spiritual theory behind the verse-by-verse analysis found in his multivolume works "Secrets of Heaven" and "Revelation Unveiled"."White Horse" begins with a short summary of the spiritual meaning of the white horse described in Revelation 19:11. In form, what then follows is a series of statements about the inner meaning of the Bible with references to explanatory passages in "Secrets of Heaven". However, when read in sequence, those statements are also a concise summary of Swedenborgs theology of biblical interpretation.

"Secret Power", written by Dwight Lyman Moody in 1881, is a rallying cry for action to all Christians, encouraging believers to bring out the true potential of their church, with an intensity and scale scarcely seen for centuries.This work is a solid Christian reading with a focus on the power of the Holy Spirit and His availability to work in our lives when we submit. Moody presents a few relevant points:1. We cannot work for God without love.2. God, through the Holy Spirit, will give encouragement.3. The Gospel is every bit as powerful today as it was thousands of years ago.4. The Holy Spirit will fill us with His presence and power when we empty ourselves of pride, vanity, and other worldly attitudes (submit)5. When Gods Spirit is on us, the world looks very empty and we begin to let go of it as we begin to focus on the eternal.6. When we have Gods Spirit on us, we will speak with authority and power.7. True service to God is marked by waiting to receive His power in His time and way.Standing at the forefront of the Christian Revival movement of the 19th century, Moody was one of the principle figures responsible for a great resurgence in belief throughout North America. His charismatic pleas to the public of the United States to comprehend and act upon the power of God were successful, and he was able to encourage established and frontier communities alike toward spiritual practice.In Moodys view, the church had lost its luster over the centuries. Much of the old doctrine and ceremony was losing its resonance with believers, who found it hard to comprehend. Decrying this spiritual impotency, the author advocates for a new and open form of Christianity, which accounts for the facts of the believers everyday life and trials - such inclusive mindfulness would restore and expand the churchs sublime relevance.

First published in 1887, "Phallic Worship", by Robert Allen Campbell, is an outline of the worship of the generative organs, as being, or as representing, the Divine Creator, with suggestions as to the influence of the phallic idea on religious creeds, ceremonies, customs and symbolism, past and present.

Written in 1930 by Charles Fillmore, "The Twelve Powers of Man" is a metaphysical look at twelve expressions of the divine power inherent in each of us. Expressions such as love, faith, strength, zeal, and imagination are discussed.Jesus prophesied the advent of a race of men who would sit with Him on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. This book explains the meaning of this mystical reference, what and where the twelve thrones are, and what attainments are necessary by man before he can follow Jesus in this phase of his regeneration. Regeneration follows generation in the development of man. Generation sustains and perpetuates the human; regeneration unfolds and glorifies the divine. It is not expected that beginners in the study of metaphysical Christianity will understand this book. It deals with forces that function below and above the field of the conscious mind. The average religious thinker knows nothing about the subconscious mind and very little about the superconscious; this book presupposes a working knowledge of both.