religion

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with mild edgewear. Color illustrations by Leonard Weisgard. An attractive copy of this first edition, unclipped with $2.00 on flap. Clean.

Softcover. Bloomington IN, Indiana University Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wrappers, 293 pages. B&w illustrations. A pioneering study that captures the mood, life and color of exorcist rituals. Attention is given to culture underling Sinhalese beliefs when demons intrude in their social world. Mild wear to covers, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with gray cloth spine. Color illustrations by Masha. Small name on front fly leaf, light edge and corner wear to boards.

Hardcover. NY, Garland Publishing, reprint, 1978, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, orange cloth with black lettering on spine, 467 pages. Facsimile of the original 1687 edition. From the 'British Philosophers and Theologians of the 17th and 18th Century' series, edited by Rene Wellek. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Softcover. Marquette University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 429 pages. Spanish Jesuit philosopher and theologian Suarez (1548-1617) commented on Aristotle's work by asking and answering a series of questions that it raises. Doyle (Saint Louis U.) translates Suarez's preface to the 1597 edition, his introduction, the Index of questions through the 12 books, and an index of the disputations. He also includes corresponding Latin texts and an index of people mentioned. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 318 pages. As the architect of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini remains one of the most inspirational and enigmatic figures of the twentieth century. The revolution placed Iran at the forefront of Middle East politics and of the Islamic revival. Twenty years after his death, Khomeini is revered as a spiritual and political figurehead in Iran and in large swathes of the Islamic world, while in the West he is remembered by many as a dictator and as the instigator of Islamist confrontation. Arshin Adib-Moghaddam brings together both distinguished and emerging scholars in this comprehensive volume, which covers all aspects of Khomeini's life and critically examines Khomeini the politician, the philosopher, and the spiritual leader. The book details Khomeini's early years in exile from Iran, the revolution itself, and events that took place thereafter including the hostage crisis and the Iran-Iraq war. Lastly, the book considers his legacy in Iran - where Khomeini's image has been used by both reformist and conservative politicians to develop their own agendas - and further afield in other parts of the Islamic world and in the West. Written by scholars from varying disciplinary backgrounds, the book will prove invaluable to students and general readers interested in the life and times of Khomeini and the politics of Islam that he inspired.

Hardcover. NY, Garland Publishing, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with black lettering on spine, 253 pages. A Garland Series, British Philosophers and Theologians of the 17th and 18th Centuries. A facsimile reprint of the 1655 London edition. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Stuttgart GR, Friedrich Frommann , reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth with gilt lettering, 272 pages. A facsimile reprint of the 1768 London edition. Light pencil marginalia to a dozen pages, otherwise clean.

Softcover. UK, Dale Tuggy, reprint, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 292 pages. This is a facsimile reprint of: In A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity: with an Answer to the late Socinian Objections against it from Scripture, Antiquity and Reason. And a Preface concerning the different Explications of the Trinity, and the Tendency of the present Socinian Controversie. (1697) Stillingfleet (1635-1699) here enters a controversy that had begun in 1687 with the publication of Stephen Nye's A Brief History of the Unitarians, and had been stoked by many later controversial pamphlets and books, including The Faith of the One God, published by Thomas Firmin. Stillingfleet defends traditional formulas about the Trinity from unitarians' charges of contradiction and poor fit with the Bible and early Christian tradition. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Garland Publishing, 1st thus, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, a collection of three facsimile reprints made from copies in Yale's Beinecke Library: 178, 85, 115 pages. Terra-cotta cloth, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. One in a series of volumes on British Philosophers and Theologians of the 17th and 18th Centuries edited by Rene Wellek.

Hardcover. Thoemmes Press, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 56 pages. A facsimile reprint of a pamphlet originally published in 1735 in London. Introduction by John Yolton. Although not a particularly well-known figure in the history of philosophy, the importance of Jackson's work as representative of some of the major controversies in the first half of the 18th century should not be overlooked. With the dualism of matter and spirit firmly established, many thinkers struggled for an explanation of mind/body interaction. In "A Dissertation on Matter and Spirit" Jackson attacks the argument that God is the only genuine cause of the influence of matter on mind, and is significantly swayed by Locke's belief in thinking matter. However, as might be expected of a clergyman, he maintains that matter and spirit are essentially different, but continually qualifies this as based only on conjecture. Clearly examining the key elements involved, this pamphlet is a significant contribution to the materialism-immaterialism debate. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Softcover. Wesleyan University Press, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 398 pages. "A Glimpse of Sion's Glory" signals an important new direction in the study of American Puritanism. The presence of dissenters in the colonies was not unknown, but never before have they been seen as a major shaping force for seventeenth-century American Puritanism. Gura displays a thorough knowledge of New England dissent from 1620 to 1660. This is a ground-braking study. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 3rd Ed., 1891, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 3/4 leather over marbled boards, ribbed spine with gilt lettering. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Marbled endpapers with gilt pattern. Black and white plates and illustrations. 349 pages. Front cover starting to split from spine but still holding. Mild edgewear to covers, bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Beacon Press, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn, chipped dust jacket, 617 pages. This is the first of Wilbur's two-volume history and the scarcer of the two. First published in 1945. Small owner's sticker on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with minor edgewear. 1118 pages. This book is the second volume in John Meier's masterful trilogy on the life of Jesus. In it he continues his quest for the answer to the greatest puzzle of modern religious scholarship: Who was Jesus? To answer this Meier imagines the following scenario: "Suppose that a Catholic, a Protestant, a Jew, and an agnostic were locked up in the bowels of the Harvard Divinity School library... and not allowed to emerge until they had hammered out a consensus document on who Jesus of Nazareth was and what he intended...". A Marginal Jew is what Meier thinks that document would reveal. Volume one concluded with Jesus approaching adulthood. Now, in this volume, Meier focuses on the Jesus of our memory and the development of his ministry. To begin, Meier identifies Jesus's mentor, the one person who had the greatest single influence on him, John the Baptist. All of the Baptist's fiery talk about the end of time had a powerful effect on the young Jesus and the formulation of his key symbol of the coming of the "kingdom of God." And, finally, we are given a full investigation of one of the most striking manifestations of Jesus's message: Jesus's practice of exorcisms, hearings, and other miracles. In all, Meier brings to life the story of a man, Jesus, who by his life and teaching gradually made himself marginal even to the marginal society that was first century Palestine. Clean copy.

NY, Crown Archetype, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In A Nice Little Place on the North Side, leading columnist George Will returns to baseball with a deeply personal look at his hapless Chicago Cubs and their often beatified home, Wrigley Field, as it enters its second century. Baseball, Will argues, is full of metaphors for life, religion, and happiness, and Wrigley is considered one of its sacred spaces. But what is its true, hyperbole-free history? Winding beautifully like Wrigley's iconic ivy, Will's meditation on "The Friendly Confines" examines both the unforgettable stories that forged the field's legend and the larger-than-life characters--from Wrigley and Ruth to Veeck, Durocher, and Banks--who brought it glory, heartbreak, and scandal. Drawing upon his trademark knowledge and inimitable sense of humor, Will also explores his childhood connections to the team, the Cubs' future, and what keeps long-suffering fans rooting for the home team after so many years of futility. 223 pages, clean copy.

Softcover. Chicago/LaSalle IL, Open Court, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 175 pages. This work examines how social and political events intertwined and influenced philosophy during the early 20th-century, ultimately giving rise to two different schools of thought - analytic philosophy and continental philosophy. Light marking to ten pages. Otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Clark Austin and Smith, 1st, 1854, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed brown cloth, 283 pages. This is the original 1854 edition. Mild water stain to margins of first 30 pages, scattered foxing throughout. A comprehensive exploration of the origins, practices, and beliefs of various secret societies throughout history, with a particular focus on Freemasonry. The book delves into the philosophical and spiritual underpinnings of these societies, examining their rituals, symbols, and traditions. Arnold also explores the historical context in which these societies emerged, tracing their evolution from ancient mystery cults to modern-day fraternal organizations. The book provides a nuanced and objective analysis of these secretive groups, debunking myths and misconceptions while also acknowledging their enduring cultural significance. The secret societies of all ages considered in their relations with and influence on, the moral, social and intellectual progress of man. Through them came the new revelations of life, which contributed to the progress of Humanity. Contents: Importance of this History; Providential Character of these Institutions; Egyptian Mysteries; Secret Institution of Orpheus; Initiation at Eleusis; Secret Order of Pythagoras; Templars; Freemasonry; Second Period of Masonic History; Present Position of the Order; Christianity and Freemasonry; Thomas Paine's Essay on Freemasonry, with Comments. Gilt lettering on spine faded but readable. Bottom corner of front cover bumped. No markings.

Softcover. Lanham, University Press of America, 1st, 1983, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 311 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Light foxing to edges and covers. Clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. UK, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 301 pages. This edition is edited by D. Daiches Raphael, with a 47 page introduction by him. The title-page of the third edition, 1787, is reproduced after the introduction. Small name and date on front fly leaf, otherwise bright and clean.

Hardcover. Bristol UK, Thoemmes Press, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 132 pages. A facsimile reprint of the 1738 edition. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Da Capo Press, reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Original publisher's red cloth, lettered gilt on spine and front cover, 64 pages. English experience, no. 354. A facsimile reprint made from a copy in the library of King's College Cambridge. Clean copy.

Hardcover. UK, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a light blue dust jaket with light edgewear, 375 pages. An outline exposition of Hegel's categories is presented with the intention of being of assistance on a first reading of Hegel. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Softcover. Albany NY, State University of New York Press, 2nd Ed., 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 715 pages, b&w illustrations. A comprehensive survey of the Hindu tradition, the book deals with the history of Hinduism, the sacred writings of the Hindus, the Hindu worldview, and the specifics of the major branches of Hinduism-Vaisnavism, Saivism, and Saktism. It also focuses on the geographical ties of Hinduism with the land of India, the social order created by Hinduism, and the various systems of Hindu thought. Klaus K. Klostermaier describes the development of Hinduism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including present-day political Hinduism and the efforts to turn Hinduism into a modern world religion. A unique feature of the book is its treatment of Hinduism in a topical fashion, rather than by chronological description of the development of Hinduism or by summary of the literature. The complexities of Hindu life and thought are thus made real to the reader, and Hindus will recognize it as their own tradition. Clean copy.