Academic Books

A Ready Defense: The Best of Josh McDowell

A Ready Defense: The Best of Josh McDowell

by Josh McDowell

Be prepared "in season and out" with this handy reference book of faith. Timely and biblically based, Josh McDowell's work offers defenses in 60 of the...

tags: theology, reference, academic, school, christianity, church, religion, nonfiction, christian living, history, christian

The Silas Diary

The Silas Diary

by Gene Edwards

This imaginative narrative parallels the book of Acts, giving a first-person account of Paul's first journey. We see it through the eyes of Silas, a friend and...

tags: historical, academic, school, historical fiction, christianity, religion, fiction, christian fiction, christian

tags: academic, college, classics, romance, poetry

The Christian Theology Reader

The Christian Theology Reader

by Alister McGrath

The most comprehensive book of its kind, the new edition of the Christian Theology ReaderChristian Theology Reader collects more than 360 readings that...

tags: theology, reference, academic, school, philosophy, christianity, religion, textbooks, nonfiction, history, christian

Cassandra

by Florence Nightingale

The world knows Florence Nightingale as "the lady with the lamp"—the revered founder of nursing as a respectable profession for women. But few people are aware...

tags: feminism, historical, victorian, writing, academic, school, essays, womens, classics, nonfiction, read for school, history

The Political Writings of St. Augustine

The Political Writings of St. Augustine

Anyone with a better than cursory knowledge of politics knows that a people's deepest values - their religious values - are what determine whether a society...

tags: theology, academic, politics, philosophy, classics, religion, nonfiction, political science, history, christian

The Case for Faith for Kids

The Case for Faith for Kids

Now those eye-opening bestsellers have been revised by noted children's author Rob Suggs for young people ages eight to twelve-the age when kids begin asking...

tags: spirituality, academic, school, faith, christianity, religion, nonfiction, childrens, christian

On Kingship to the King of Cyprus

On Kingship to the King of Cyprus

by Thomas Aquinas

tags: philosophy, religion, christianity, theology, politics, college, classics, academic, political science, nonfiction, catholic

Science and Religion

Science and Religion

by Alister McGrath

This text introduces readers to the fascinating interaction of science and religion. It is specifically designed for students on science and religion courses...

tags: theology, academic, school, philosophy, religion, science, nonfiction

Opticks

by Isaac Newton

"Recommended to all scientists." — Journal of Royal Naval Scientific ServiceJournal of Royal Naval Scientific Service"The publishers do us a service by issuing...

tags: physics, academic, audiobook, philosophy, european literature, classics, science, academia, nonfiction, mathematics, history, british literature

Selected Philosophical Writings

Selected Philosophical Writings

by Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) saw religion as part of the natural human propensity to worship. His ability to recognize the naturalness of this phenomenon and...

tags: philosophy, religion, academic, history, christianity, theology, christian, medieval, classics, catholic, nonfiction, historical

The Call to Discipleship

The Call to Discipleship

In this brief essay, drawn from Church Dogmatics, Barth articulates what it means to follow Jesus in faith. He emphasizes that discipleship involves a...

tags: theology, academic, grad school, religion, nonfiction

The Obedience of a Christian Man

The Obedience of a Christian Man

by William Tyndale

One of the key foundation books of the English Reformation, The Obedience of a Christian Man (1528) makes a radical challenge to the established order of the...

tags: philosophy, religion, history, church, theology, church history, christian, college, classics, academic, nonfiction

Hereward, the Last of the English

Hereward, the Last of the English

by Charles Kingsley

Work by Charles Kingsley, a prolific English novelist and author whose main power lay in his descriptive faculties. Kingsley's interest in history spilled over...

tags: historical, academic, school, historical fiction, classics, medieval, fiction, literature

New Atlantis and the Great Instauration

New Atlantis and the Great Instauration

by Francis Bacon

A thoroughly revised introduction, new editorial footnotes, and an updated bibliography complete this revised edition of New Atlantis and The Great...

tags: academic, college, school, philosophy, classics, science, nonfiction

The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology

The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology

by William Lane Craig

With the help of in-depth essays from some of the world's leading philosophers, The Blackwell Companion to Natural TheologyThe Blackwell Companion to Natural...

tags: philosophy, religion, christianity, theology, science, christian, reference, atheism, academic, nonfiction

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte

Large Format for easy reading. Historical biography of the French Civil War General and First Consul of the French Republic from the 19th Century writer and...

tags: biography, leadership, nonfiction, history, academic, school

Theology: The Basic Readings

Theology: The Basic Readings

by Alister McGrath

This short, balanced and accessible ReaderReader introduces the Christian faith through important theological readings, covering historical, modern,...

tags: theology, academic, religion, read for school, christian

Against the Academicians / The Teacher

Against the Academicians / The Teacher

These new translations of two treatises dealing with the possibility and nature of knowledge in the face of skeptical challenges are the first to be rendered...

tags: theology, historical, academic, school, philosophy, christianity, education, classics, religion, medieval, nonfiction, christian

God's Will God's Best: For Your Life

God's Will God's Best: For Your Life

by Josh McDowell

Explains how to achieve true happiness by discovering God's plan for each person, and accepting the conditions that it includes.

tags: nonfiction, school, academic, christian

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