Harperone: 1143 books
God
A Story of Revelation
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Deepak Chopra, whose extraordinary Enlightenment series includes the phenomenal New York Times bestsellers Buddha and Jesus, delivers the most powerful installment yet: God. In this beautiful and thought-provoking teaching novel—a Story of Revelation—one of the Western World’s acknowledged master...
Prayers of the Cosmos
Reflections on the Original Meaning of Jesus' Words
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
Reinterpreting the Lord's Prayer and the Beatitudes from the vantage of Middle Eastern mysticism, Douglas–Klotz offers a radical new translation of the words of Jesus Christ that reveals a mystical, feminist, cosmic Christ.
A Tree Full of Angels
Seeing the Holy in the Ordinary
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
The Benedictine tradition and practice of divine reading made accessible for everyone.
God in the White House: A History
How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
How did we go from John F. Kennedy declaring that religion should play no role in the elections to Bush saying, "I believe that God wants me to be president"?
Historian Randall Balmer takes us on a tour of presidential religiosity in the last half of the twentieth century—from Kennedy's...
Whistling in the Dark
An ABC Theologized
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Awry and thought-provoking jaunt through the spiritual terrain of our everyday language -- a lexion of uncommon insight to jar the mind and nourish the soul. "I think of faith as a kind of whistling in the dark, because in much the same way," writes Buechner, "it helps to give us courage and to hold the shadows at bay."
The Good Pope
The Making of a Saint and the Remaking of the Church--The Story of John XXIII and Vatican II
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
“John XXIII was, in the best possible sense, a revolutionary—a Pope of modernization who kept in continuity with the church’s past, yet made even the most enlightened of his 20th century predecessors seem like voices of another age.”
—Time magazine
“The story of Good Pope John is...
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...
A Year with John Paul II
Daily Meditations from His Writings and Prayers
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Called the Pilgrim Pope, a pope of the people, John Paul II connected with his flock from the highest to the lowest. He was one of history's most beloved popes among Catholics and non-Catholics alike, a man whose indomitable spirit touched and taught us all. A Year with John Paul II showcases his...
Peace Is Every Breath
A Practice for Our Busy Lives
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
“Among Buddhist leaders influential in the West, Thich Nhat Hanh ranks second only to the Dalai Lama.” —New York Times
“Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man…. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity.” —Martin Luther King,...
Silence
The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
The Zen master and one of the world's most beloved teachers returns with a concise, practical guide to understanding and developing our most powerful inner resource—silence—to help us find happiness, purpose, and peace.
Many people embark on a seemingly futile search for happiness, running...
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, bestselling author of Peace is Every Step and one of the most respected and celebrated religious leaders in the world, delivers a powerful path to happiness through mastering life's most important skill.
How do we say what we mean in a way that the other person can...
Fear
Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
“Written in words so intimate, calm, kind, and immediate, this extraordinary book feels like a message from our very own heart….Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most important voices of our time, and we have never needed to listen to him more than now.”
—Sogyal Rinpoche
Fear is destructive,...
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
"Power is good for one thing only: to increase our happiness and the happiness of others. Being peaceful and happy is the most important thing in our lives and yet most of the time we suffer, we run after our cravings, we look to the past or the future for our happiness."
Turning...
by Joel Kilpatrick
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
They're Going to Heaven . . . and They Know It
At last, a complete, unsparing guide to evangelical Christians. This hilarious and highly useful manual, written by an insider, illuminates this rapidly growing and unique segment of America and offers a thoroughly entertaining, no-holds-barred,...