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In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris' The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. 

*As featured in the streaming documentary #UNTRUTH—now with a new foreword by George Conway and an afterword by the author* A masterful and eye-opening examination of Trump and the coercive control tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters written by “an authority on...

Join Professor David Brakke, an award-winning Professor of History at The Ohio State University, for Understanding the New Testament. In these 24 eye-opening lectures, he takes you behind the scenes to study not only the text of the New Testament, but also the authors and the world in which it was created. You will explore Jewish lives under Roman occupation, reflect on the apocalyptic mood of the first and second centuries AD, witness the early Christians’ evangelism beyond the Jewish communities, and witness the birth of a faith that continues to shape our world today.

"C.S. Lewis is the ideal persuader for the half-convinced, for the good man who would like to be a Christian but finds his intellect getting in the way." — Anthony Burgess, New York Times Book Review Our moral consciousness and moral judgements are proof to the human race that a moral being...

Die Kirche wird von Männern dominiert, Frauen in der Bibel zu handlungslosen Heiligen verklärt oder als Sündige verschrien. Aber damit ist jetzt Schluss – dank einer der bekanntesten Pastorinnen Deutschlands: Mira Ungewitter. In ihrem Hörbuch „Gott ist Feministin“ plädiert sie für eine radikal neue und feministische Lesart der Bibel. Was für ein Typ Mann war Jesus eigentlich? War Marias Schwangerschaft gewollt? Was haben Maria Magdalena und Britney Spears gemeinsam? Und kann es sein, dass Männer bei Bibelübersetzungen ständig Übersetzungsfehler machen? Aus Versehen natürlich.

Winner of The PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022 Shortlisted for The Wolfson History Prize 2022 A The Times Books of the Year 2022 Three thousand years ago, in the Southwest Asian lands we now call Israel and Palestine, a group of people worshipped a complex pantheon of deities, led by a father god...

Eckhart Tolle brings us a much-needed message of hope, revealing how we each have a role in leading humanity in a new direction. As the perils of our world seem to escalate beyond control, how can we reverse the direction we appear to be heading? According to Eckhart Tolle, the answer lies in...

In this highly accessible discussion, Bart Ehrman examines the most recent textual and archaeological sources for the life of Jesus, along with the history of first-century Palestine, drawing a fascinating portrait of the man and his teachings. Ehrman shows us what historians have long known about the Gospels and the man who stands behind them. Through a careful evaluation of the New Testament (and other surviving sources, including the more recently discovered Gospels of Thomas and Peter), Ehrman proposes that Jesus can be best understood as an apocalyptic prophet.

From the preaching of the First Crusade by Pope Urban II in 1095 to the loss of the last crusader outpost in the Levant in 1302-03, and from the taking of Jerusalem from the Fatimids in 1099 to the fall of Acre to the Mamluks in 1291, Crusaders tells a tale soaked in Islamic, Christian and Jewish blood, peopled by extraordinary characters, and characterised by both low ambition and high principle. 

Dietrich Bonhoeffers Gebete, Gedichte und andere Texte, die er in der Zeit von 1943-1945 im Gefängnis in Berlin-Tegel verfasst hat, sind nicht nur wichtige Zeugnisse des Widerstands gegen das NS Regime, sie geben dem Leser vor allem Anteil am Geistlichen Leben des Christen Dietrich Bonhoeffer und sind vielleicht die bekanntesten und bedeutendsten Texte von Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Die Haft bedeutete für Bonhoeffer die Trennung von Familie und seiner Verlobten, von Freunden und Weggefährten und auch von seiner Arbeit.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Heart-wrenchingly personal…dizzying.” —Rolling Stone From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog—now the subject of a Hulu docuseries—and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her...

Die abenteuerliche Suche nach den 9 Prophezeiungen führt zu einem Quantensprung des Bewusstseins - ein bis heute einzigartiger Bestseller, der Millionen Leser auch jenseits der Esoterik-Szene begeistert hat. Mit Celestine schrieb James Redfield eines der größten Kult-Bücher der letzten 10 Jahre, das allein in Deutschland über 2 Millionen Leser gefunden hat und bis heute eine weiter wachsende Fan-Gemeinde begeistert.

Bloomsbury presents Here Where We Live is Our Country by Molly Crabapple, read by Nina Yndis and Molly Crabapple A vivid, human and radical history of one of the most powerful revolutionary movements of the twentieth century - told through the lives and in the voices of countless forgotten men...

A historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a new account of both that demands to be reckoned with. Was there really a forced exile in the first century, at the hands of the Romans? Should we regard the Jewish people, throughout two millennia, as both a distinct ethnic group and a putative nation—returned at last to its Biblical homeland? In this iconoclastic work of history, Shlomo Sand provides the intellectual foundations for a new vision of Israel's future.

WINNER OF THE 2019 DUFF COOPER PRIZE Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A History of the Bible by John Barton, read by Ralph Lister. The Bible is the central book in Western culture, yet extraordinarily there is no proper history of it. This exceptional work, by one of the world's leading...

In We Who Wrestle with God, Jordan Peterson guides us through the ancient, foundational stories of the Western world, analyzing the Biblical accounts of rebellion, sacrifice, suffering and triumph that stabilize, inspire and unite us, culturally and psychologically.

Wie du Gott siehst, wirkt sich darauf aus, was du von ihm erwartest und wie du es von ihm empfängst. Erkenne Gott, wie er wirklich ist, anhand von zwei spannenden alttestamentlichen Geschichten, vollgepackt mit kraftvollen Wahrheiten des neuen Bundes. Entdecke einen gnädigen Gott inmitten eines unvollkommenen Volkes und erkenne die Liebe Christi in seinem vollkommenen Opfer. Dies wird in deinem Herzen Glauben entfachen, der dich mit fester Zuversicht sein Wort aussprechen und dein Wunder empfangen lässt.

“One of those life-changing reads that makes you see—or, in this case, hear—the whole world differently.” —Megan Angelo, author of Followers “At times chilling, often funny, and always perceptive and cogent, Cultish is a bracing reminder that the scariest thing about cults is that...

Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in 2015, sexual identity has dominated both public discourse and cultural trends — yet no historical phenomenon is its own cause. From Augustine to Marx, various views and perspectives have contributed to the modern understanding of the self.

Der Abstieg des Westens, das neue Buch des ehemalige Außenminister Joschka Fischer, ist eine schonungslose Analyse über das Ende der Dominanz des Westens und den Beginn einer neuen Weltordnung. Wir alle haben in den letzten Jahren die dramatischen Brüche in der internationalen Politik erlebt...