The Leading eBooks Store Online
for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Most popular at the top
Performing Piety
University of California Press 2011; US$ 26.95The Virgin of Guadalupe, though quintessentially Mexican, inspires devotion throughout the Americas and around the world. This study sheds new light on the long-standing transnational dimensions of Guadalupan worship by examining the production of sacred space in three disparate but interconnected locations?at the sacred space known as Tepeyac in Mexico... more...
Christianity For Dummies
Wiley 2011; US$ 21.99Get to know the beliefs and practices inspired by Jesus Christ Discover what it means to be a Christian and follow the gospel Curious about Christianity? This friendly guide helps you understand the basic teachings of the Christian faith, exploring the common ground that all Christians share, the differences among the major branches, the key events... more...
Introductory Theology
Continuum International Publishing 1982; US$ 100.00Nazi Germany produced an unusual group of Christian martyrs-among them, the nun philosopher Edith Stein, the mystical philosopher Simone Weil, and the peasant conscientious objector Hans JSgerstatter-but perhaps none so complex as the Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Born into a large upper-middle-class, professional family that was not particularly... more...
Einleitung in die Systematische Theologie
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 560.00The author presents an introduction to Systematic Theology which illustrates the essential relationship between dogmatics and ethics. This relationship is based on the idea that religion and human behavior correlate internally. The aim is to describe Christian existence as a way of living in responsibility before God and with commitment to the common... more...
The Virgin of El Barrio
NYU Press 2005; US$ 75.00In 1998, a Mexican American woman named Estela Ruiz began seeing visions of the Virgin Mary in south Phoenix. The apparitions and messages spurred the creation of Marys Ministries, a Catholic evangelizing group, and its sister organization, ESPIRITU, which focuses on community-based initiatives and social justice for Latinos/as. Based on ten... more...
The Mystery of the Rosary
NYU Press 2009; US$ 37.00Ever since its appearance in Europe five centuries ago, the rosary has been a widespread, highly visible devotion among Roman Catholics. Its popularity has persisted despite centuries of often seismic social upheaval, cultural change, and institutional reform. In form, the rosary consists of a ritually repeated sequence of prayers accompanied by meditations... more...
The Mother of the Lord, Volume 1
Bloomsbury Publishing 2012; US$ 130.00Are there Old Testament roots of the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary? Margaret Barker traces the roots of the devotion to Mary as Mother of the Lord back to the Old Testament and the first temple in Jerusalem. The evidence is consistent over more than a millennium: there had been a female deity in Israel, the Mother figure in the Royal cult,... more...
The Mother of the Lord: Volume 1
Bloomsbury Publishing 2012; US$ 130.00Are there Old Testament roots of the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary? Margaret Barker traces the roots of the devotion to Mary as Mother of the Lord back to the Old Testament and the first temple in Jerusalem. The evidence is consistent over more than a millennium: there had been a female deity in Israel, the Mother figure in the Royal cult,... more...
Mary--Another Redeemer?
Baker Publishing Group 1998; US$ 15.00What every reader needs to know about the controversial movement to name Mary as Co-Redeemer with Christ. more...
Christian Belief for Everyone: Faith and Creeds
SPCK 2013; US$ 13.11The Christian Belief for Everyone series comprises five guides to the basic ideas of the Christian faith. Full of stories and helpful illustrations, these guides have been written primarily for ordinary churchgoers, though they will no doubt also appeal to interested readers outside the church. The approach Alister McGrath adopts is non-denominational,... more...









