Practical Mysticism Evelyn Underhill http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4312 en 1915 Religion In this short work (subtitled "A Little Book For Normal People") Evelyn Underhill, one of the 20th Century's leading scholars of Christian Mysticism, seeks "to put the view of the universe and man's place in it which is common to all mystics in plain and untechnical language; and to suggest the practical conditions under which ordinary persons may participate in their experience." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4312.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4312.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4312.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4312.mobi The Cloud of Unknowing Anonymous http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4308 en 1400 Religion The Cloud of Unknowing is an anonymous work of Christian mysticism written in the latter half of the 14th century. The text is a spiritual guide to contemplative prayer. "Be willing to be blind, and give up all longing to know the why and how, for knowing will be more of a hindrance than a help." This 1912 edition was edited by Evelyn Underhill, and contains her introduction. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4308.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4308.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4308.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4308.mobi The Duties of Parents J.C. Ryle http://feedbooks.com/book/4236 en 1860 Essay Religion A primer on raising children and the duties all Christian parents have toward those God has entrusted to them. http://feedbooks.com/book/4236.png http://feedbooks.com/book/4236.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/4236.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/4236.mobi Grace and Glory Geerhardus Vos http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4235 en 1903 Collections Religion 15 sermons preached at Princeton Seminary in the early 1900's by the great scholar of Biblical Theology. Also includes his address on "The Nature and Aims of Biblical Theology." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4235.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4235.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4235.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4235.mobi The Beatitudes Thomas Watson http://feedbooks.com/book/4234 en 1660 Essay Religion A classic English Puritan exposition of Matthew 5:1-12. http://feedbooks.com/book/4234.png http://feedbooks.com/book/4234.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/4234.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/4234.mobi The New Testament, King James Version Anonymous http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4203 en 1611 Religion The Authorized King James Version is an English translation of the Christian Bible began in 1604 and completed in 1611 by the Church of England. A primary concern of the translators was to produce a Bible that would be appropriate, dignified and resonant in public reading. Hence, in a period of rapid linguistic change, they avoided contemporary idioms; tending instead towards forms that were already slightly archaic, like "verily" and "it came to pass". While the Authorized Version remains among the most widely sold, modern critical New Testament translations differ substantially from the Authorized Version in a number of passages, primarily because they rely on source manuscripts not then accessible to (or not then highly regarded by) early 17th Century Biblical Scholarship. In most of the world the Authorized Version has passed out of copyright and is freely reproduced. This is not the case in the United Kingdom where the rights to the Authorized Version are held by the British Crown under perpetual Crown copyright. [Source: Wikipedia] Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4203.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4203.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4203.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4203.mobi The Practice of the Presence of God Brother Lawrence http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4201 en 1692 Non-Fiction Religion The Practice of the Presence of God is a text compiled by Father Joseph de Beaufort of the wisdom and teachings of Brother Lawrence, a 17th century Carmelite monk. It is a collection of his letters, and records made, by other participants in them, of his conversations. A constant theme is the development of an awareness of the presence of God. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4201.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4201.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4201.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4201.mobi Bulfinch's Mythology Thomas Bulfinch http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4172 en 1881 Collections Religion This is an 1881 compilation of Thomas Bulfinch's previous writings: The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes (1855); The Age of Chivalry, or Legends of King Arthur (1858); and Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863). "Our work is not for the learned, nor for the theologian, nor for the philosopher, but for the reader of English literature, of either sex, who wishes to comprehend the allusions so frequently made by public speakers, lecturers, essayists, and poets, and those which occur in polite conversation." http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4172.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4172.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4172.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4172.mobi The Westminster Confession of Faith The Westminster Divines http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4154 en 1646 Religion The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith, in the Calvinist theological tradition. Although drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly, largely of the Church of England, it became and remains the 'subordinate standard' of doctrine in the Church of Scotland, and has been influential within Presbyterian churches worldwide. In 1643, the English Parliament called upon "learned, godly and judicious Divines", to meet at Westminster Abbey in order to provide advice on issues of worship, doctrine, government and discipline of the Church of England. Their meetings, over a period of five years, produced the confession of faith, as well as a Larger Catechism and a Shorter Catechism. For more than three centuries, various churches around the world have adopted the confession and the catechisms as their standards of doctrine, subordinate to the Bible. The Westminster Confession of Faith was modified and adopted by Congregationalists in England in the form of the Savoy Declaration (1658). Likewise, the Baptists of England modified the Savoy Declaration to produce the Second London Baptist Confession (1689). English Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and Baptists would together (with others) come to be known as Nonconformists, because they did not conform to the Act of Uniformity (1662) establishing the Church of England as the only legally-approved church, though they were in many ways united by their common confessions, built on the Westminster Confession. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4154.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4154.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4154.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4154.mobi The Varieties of Religious Experience William James http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4145 en 1902 Non-Fiction Religion These lectures concerning the nature of religion were delivered at the University of Edinburgh between 1901 and 1902. Soon after its publication, the book found its way into the canon of psychology and philosophy, and has remained in print for over a century. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4145.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4145.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4145.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4145.mobi Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Bertrand Russell http://feedbooks.com/book/4123 en 1918 Philosophy Essay Science Religion Essays on philosophy, religion, science, and mathematics. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://feedbooks.com/book/4123.png http://feedbooks.com/book/4123.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/4123.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/4123.mobi A Laodicean: a Story of To-day Thomas Hardy http://feedbooks.com/book/4075 en 1881 Novels Romance Religion A vacillating young woman is thrust onto the horns of religious and romantic dilemmas. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/4075.png http://feedbooks.com/book/4075.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/4075.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/4075.mobi The Absolute Unlawfulness of the Stage-Entertainment William Law http://feedbooks.com/book/3791 en 1726 Essay Religion I am sensible that the Title of this little Book will, to the Generality of People, seem too high a Flight; that it will be looked upon as the Effect of a fanatical Spirit, carrying Matters higher than the Sobriety of Religion requires. I have only one Thing to ask of such People, that they will suspend their Judgment for awhile, and be content to read so small a Treatise as this is, before they pass any Judgment, either upon the Merits of the Subject, or the Temper of the Writer. http://feedbooks.com/book/3791.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3791.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3791.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3791.mobi The Age of Reason Thomas Paine http://feedbooks.com/book/3781 en 1807 Non-Fiction Philosophy Essay Religion The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807, it was a bestseller in America, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. British audiences, however, fearing increased political radicalism as a result of the French revolution, received it with more hostility. The Age of Reason presents common deistic arguments; for example, it highlights the corruption of the Christian Church and criticizes its efforts to acquire political power. Paine advocates reason in the place of revelation, leading him to reject miracles and to view the Bible as an ordinary piece of literature rather than as a divinely inspired text. The Age of Reason is not atheistic, but deistic: it promotes natural religion and argues for a creator-God. http://feedbooks.com/book/3781.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3781.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3781.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3781.mobi The Wisdom of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3724 urn:isbn:0755100352 en 1914 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections Religion From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest runs to earth bandits, traitors, killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it. The stories included are "The Paradise of Thieves," "The Duel of Dr. Hirsch," "The Man in the Passage," "The Mistakes of the Machine," "The Head of the Caesar," "The Purple Wig," "The Perishing of the Pendragons," "The God of the Gongs," "The Salad of the Colonel Cray," "The Strange Crime of John Boulnois" and "The Fairy Tale of Father Brown." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3724.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3724.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3724.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3724.mobi The Innocence of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3713 urn:isbn:1602068984 en 1911 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections Religion Twelve mysteries featuring Father Brown, the short, stumpy Catholic priest with "uncanny insight into human evil." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3713.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3713.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3713.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3713.mobi Orthodoxy Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3685 urn:isbn:8562022268 en 1908 Non-Fiction Religion Orthodoxy (1908) is a book by G. K. Chesterton that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. Chesterton considered this book a companion to his other work, Heretics. In the book's preface Chesterton states the purpose is to "attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian Faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to believe it." In it, Chesterton presents an original view of Christian religion. He sees it as the answer to natural human needs, the "answer to a riddle" in his own words, and not simply as an arbitrary truth received from somewhere outside the boundaries of human experience. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3685.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3685.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3685.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3685.mobi The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680 urn:isbn:0375757910 en 1908 Novels Crime/Mystery Fantasy Thriller Religion The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a novel by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1908. The book has been referred to as a metaphysical thriller. Although it deals with anarchists, the novel is not an exploration or rebuttal of anarchist thought; Chesterton's ad hoc construction of "Philosophical Anarchism" is distinguished from ordinary anarchism and is referred to several times not so much as a rebellion against government but as a rebellion against God. The novel has been described as "one of the hidden hinges of twentieth-century writing, the place where, before our eyes, the nonsense-fantastical tradition of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear pivots and becomes the nightmare-fantastical tradition of Kafka and Borges." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.mobi Heretics Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679 urn:isbn:1595478736 en 1905 Non-Fiction Essay Collections Religion Though he was on the whole a fun loving and gregarious man, during adolescence Chesterton was troubled by thoughts of suicide. In Christianity he found answers to many of the dilemmas and paradoxes of life. Throughout Heretics he provides a very personal critique of contemporary religious notions. His consistently engaging but often wayward humour is mixed liberally with daring flights of fancy and some startling turns of thought. A highly original collection of essays, providing an invaluable contribution to one of the major debates of the last century - one that continues to exercise leading thinkers in the present one. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679.mobi Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Lewis Wallace http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3540 urn:isbn:1404185712 en 1880 Novels History Religion Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a novel by Lew Wallace published on November 12, 1880 by Harper & Brothers. Wallace's work is part of an important sub-genre of historical fiction set among the characters of the New Testament. The novel was a phenomenal best-seller; it soon surpassed Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) as the best-selling American novel and retained this distinction until the 1936 publication of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. The central character is Judah, prince of the Hebrew house of Hur. Judah grows up in Jerusalem, during the turbulent years around the birth of Christ. His best friend is Messala, a Roman. As adults Judah and Messala become rivals, each hating the other, which leads to Judah's downfall and eventual triumph. Elements of the story include leprosy, naval battles among galleys, the Roman hippodrome, Roman adoption, Magus Balthasar, the Arab sheikh Ilderim. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3540.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3540.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3540.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3540.mobi