Alister: 73 books
Methods of Early Golf Architecture
The Selected Writings of Alister MacKenzie, H.S. Colt, and A.W. Tillinghast
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
"Methods of Early Golf Architecture" features selected writings from 19th century architects Alister MacKenzie, H.S. Colt, and A.W. Tillinghast. With precision and detail, these prominent architects discuss each element of golf course design, and no detail is left untouched.
Methods of Early...
Bombs, Bliss and Baba
The Spiritual Autobiography Behind the Hilton Bombing Frame Up
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
In 1978 Paul Alister was a 22-year old volunteer with the global organisation Ananda Marga, dedicating his life to meditation and social service. In one terrifying night, through the work of a spy and the secretyy police, he was named one of Australia's top terrorists and framed for conspiracy to...
Earthed in Hope
Dying, Death and Funerals – A Pakeha Anglican Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
From the Foreword:
"Alister Hendery is offering us a great gift in this beautiful, resource-filled and comprehensive book. He has aimed to assist those within Tikanga Pakeha of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand to undertake ministry with the dying and the bereaved with creativity...
C. S. Lewis -- A Life
Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
ECPA 2014 Christian Book Award Winner (Non-Fiction)!
Fifty years after his death, C. S. Lewis continues to inspire and fascinate millions. His legacy remains varied and vast. He was a towering intellectual figure, a popular fiction author who inspired a global movie franchise around the world of Narnia,...
by Alister E. McGrath
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Marking the 50th anniversary of Lewis’ death, The Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis sees leading Christian thinker Alister McGrath offering a fresh approach to understanding the key themes at the centre of Lewis’ theological work and intellectual development.
Brings together a collection...
Dawkins' GOD
Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Alister E. McGrath is one of the world’s leading theologians, with a doctorate in the sciences. Richard Dawkins is one of the bestselling popular science writers, with outspoken and controversial views on religion. This fascinating and provoking work is the first book-length response to Dawkins’...
The Great Mystery
Science, God and the Human Quest for Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
There is currently huge interest in the question of human nature and identity, and what the human future might look like. Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Are we alone? And what can religion bring, alongside biology and anthropology, to these important and exciting questions?
The...
Village to Village
Misadventures in France
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
In this witty and entertaining memoir, Alister Kershaw describes the pleasures of his prolonged residence in France - a country of villages - from 1948, when even Paris was a series of villages. In post-war Paris, Kershaw lived a penniless but joyous existence, tramping streets he had long imagined...
If I Had Lunch with C. S. Lewis
Exploring the Ideas of C. S. Lewis on the Meaning of Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
What if you could ask C. S. Lewis his thoughts on some of the most difficult questions of life? If you could, the result would be Dr. Alister McGrath’s provocative and perceptive book, If I Had Lunch with C. S. Lewis. Best-selling author, prominent academic, and sought-after speaker, Dr. McGrath...
by Alister E. McGrath
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Regarded as the leading text in Christian theology for the last 25 years, Alister E. McGrath’s The Christian Theology Reader is now available in a new 5th edition featuring completely revised and updated content.
Brings together more than 350 readings from over 200 sources that chart 2,000...
Christian Theology
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2011
Alister McGrath’s Christian Theology: An Introduction is one of the most internationally-acclaimed and popular Christian theology textbooks in use today. This 5th edition has been completely revised, and now features new and extended material, numerous additional illustrations, and companion resources,...
Heresy
A History of Defending the Truth
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
In Heresy, leading religion expert and church historian Alister McGrath reveals the surprising history of heresy and rival forms of Christianity, arguing that the church must continue to defend what is true about Jesus. He explains that remaining faithful to Jesus’s mission and message is still...
Theology
The Basic Readings
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
This short, balanced and accessible Reader introduces the Christian faith through important theological readings, covering historical, modern, denominational, gender, liberal and traditional issues. It is the ideal accompaniment to the bestselling textbook, Theology: The Basics, 2nd edition.
Edited...
The Big Question
Why We Can’t Stop Talking About Science, Faith and God
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Richard Dawkins's groundbreaking book The God Delusion created an explosion of interest in the relation of science and faith. This often troubled relationship between science and religion was seemingly damaged by the rise of the New Atheism, which insisted that science had essentially disproved not...