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Widely hailed as a spiritual classic, this inspirational and unfailingly powerful story reveals the life and visions of the Lakota healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863–1950) and the tragic history of his Sioux people during the epic closing decades of the Old West. In 1930, the aging Black Elk met a kindred spirit, the famed poet, writer, and critic John G. Neihardt (1881–1973) on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

In his teachings, Alan Watts uses words to take us beyond them. He instills in listeners not only an understanding of meditation, but an experience of it as well. This program is a Winner of a Publishers Weekly Listen Up award. Browse more Listen Up Winners for 2000.

Very few people know that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote a major work on Joan of Arc. Still fewer know that he considered it not only his most important but also his best work. He spent twelve years in research and many months in France doing archival work, and then made several attempts until he felt he finally had the story he wanted to tell.

This unique biography, told in a lively manner through six 'voices', presents the Buddha's revolutionary solution for humanity that lends to the end of ill will, craving and delusion. It goes back to the earliest sources of the Buddha's life and teachings, drawing as it does from the Pali Canon which was said to record the words that the Buddha spoke, the events that happened, and his specific teachings on which the world-wide religion was based.

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Wie ist es wirklich, als strenggläubiger Muslim, Jude, Christ, Hindu oder Buddhist durchs Leben zu gehen? Wie fühlt sich das vom Aufstehen bis zum Schlafengehen an? Christian Schwab, bekannt geworden als Mitglied der Kabarettgruppe Comedy Hirten sowie als Prominenten-Parodist und Comedy-Texter für den Ö3-Wecker, hat die fünf Weltreligionen einem gründlichen Praxistest unterzogen. Jeweils einen Monat lang lebte er streng nach den Regeln des Islams, des Judentums, des Christentums, des Hinduismus und des Buddhismus.

Confucius is perhaps the most important philosopher in history. Today his teachings shape the daily lives of more than 1.6 billion people. Throughout East Asia, Confucius' influence can be seen in everything from business practices and family relationships to educational standards and government policies. Even as Western ideas from Christianity to Communism have bombarded the region, Confucius' doctrine has endured as the foundation of East Asian culture.

Abt Linji gilt als der originellste Denker und bis heute populärste Meister des chinesischen Buddhismus. Die Morgengespräche mit seinen Mönchen im Kloster sind geprägt von erstaunlichen Fragestellungen und Antworten, von Schlussfolgerungen, die ein unbeschwertes, aber fehlerloses, philosophisches System bilden und behandeln immer das Wesentliche, die großen Fragen des Seins und der Erlösung. Wäre er nicht buddhistischer Mönch geworden, so sicherlich Räuberhauptmann - behaupteten seine Biographen über Abt Linji, den originellsten Denker und bis heute populärsten Meister des chinesischen Buddhismus.

“One of the greatest religious biographies ever written.” – Dennis Prager In this enlightening biography, Joseph Telushkin offers a captivating portrait of the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a towering figure who saw beyond conventional boundaries to turn his movement...

An unprecedented portrait of the Renaissance-era Borgia family and their storied milieu, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Tudors “A vivid and at times startling reappraisal of one of the most notorious dynasties in history . . . If you thought you knew the Borgias, this book...

Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, más conocida por el nombre de Santa Teresa de Ávila fue una famosa religiosa, doctora de la Iglesia Católica, mística y escritora española, fundadora de las carmelitas descalzas, rama de la Orden de Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo (o carmelitas).

Lamorna Ash was raised with about as much Christianity as most people in Britain these days: a basic knowledge of hymns and prayers received via a Church of England primary school education; occasional brushes with religious services. But once she started writing about her two friends’ unexpected conversions, she began encountering a recurring phenomenon: in an age of disconnection and apathy, a new generation was discovering religion for itself.

"À la Tara Westover's Educated, Scorah's pensive, ultimately liberating memoir chronicles her formative years as a Jehovah's Witness...and captures the bewilderment of belief and the bliss of self-discovery."--O, The Oprah Magazine, Named one of "The Best Books by Women of Summer 2019"...

In honor of the 50th anniversary of C. S. Lewis' death, celebrated Oxford don Dr. Alister McGrath presents us with a compelling and definitive portrait of the life of C. S. Lewis, the author of the well-known Narnia series. For more than half a century, C. S. Lewis’ Narnia series has captured the imaginations of millions. In C. S. Lewis - A Life, Dr. Alister McGrath recounts the unlikely path of this Oxford don, who spent his days teaching English literature to the brightest students in the world and his spare time writing.

In 1967, not long after the Six-Day War, three young Arab men ventured into the town of Ramle, in what is now Jewish Israel. They were cousins, on a pilgrimage to see their childhood homes; their families had been driven out of Palestine nearly 20 years earlier. One cousin had a door slammed in his face, and another found his old house had been converted into a school. But the third, Bashir Al-Khairi, was met at the door by a young woman called Dalia, who invited them in.

A história real de um filho do Hamas que se tornou espião israelense, se converteu ao cristianismo e ajudou a combater uma das maiores organizações terroristas do mundo.

Acclaimed best-selling author Francine Prose offers a listen of Guggenheim's life that will enthrall enthusiasts of 21st-century art as well as anyone interested in American and European culture and the interrelationships between them. The lively and insightful narrative follows Guggenheim through virtually every aspect of her extraordinary life, from her unique collecting habits and paradigm-changing discoveries to her celebrity friendships, failed marriages, and scandalous affairs.

Over a quarter of a century after its first publication, the great and simple wisdom in this book continues to influence women's lives...

In this powerful book, the renowned exorcist of Rome tells of his many experiences in his ministry as an exorcist doing battle with Satan to relieve the great suffering of people in the grip of evil. The importance of the ministry to "expel demons" is clearly seen in the Gospels, from the actions of the Apostles, and from Church history. Fr. Amorth allows the listener to witness the activities of the exorcist, to experience what an exorcist sees and does. 

Pope Leo XIV is the first and most comprehensive introduction to the 267th occupant of the Chair of Saint Peter and the global challenges he faces as he succeeds Pope Francis as Bishop of Rome. This book is the culmination of years of research and planning from sources in multiple languages and countries.