Annotated and explained selections from the fourth to fifteenth century teachings of Eastern Orthodox monks, showing how to become by grace what God is by nature.

The editor has assembled a comprehensive collection of writings which express the spirituality characteristic of Quakers: worship, opposition to violence, concern for social justice, and faith in the personal guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Bede Griffiths gives an engaging, authoritative and comprehensive account of the human experience in God's universe, for those with a thirst for knowledge, divinity and love.

Influential Christian teachings on human will, original sin, just war, grace, and God, with facing-page commentary.

Easwaran offers insights into the practical means to make Jesus’ love come alive in everyday life, including glimpses into Christian mystics like Augustine, Teresa of Avila, and Catherine of Genoa. Based on passages from The Imitation of Christ.

In this elegant and passionate treatise, Huston Smith balances a concise explanation of Christianity’s tenets with a sound rendering of current problems. He presents a convincing argument for a vital alternative that is a deeper, more authentic faith - a faith that guided the Church for its first thousand years.

The deceptively simple writings of St. Francis of Assisi convey a deep, down-to-earth approach to discovering the mystery of God from a lived experience of the gospel. The book chronologically shows his writings to allow the reader to easily follow Francis' growth, development and insights as one who, like ourselves, is eager to pursue a spiritual way of daily life.

An account of Teresa’s mystical experiences told in contemporary English that mirrors her vernacular Spanish.

A collection of tales with accompanying woodblock depictions of the Franciscan priest of the 12th century and his earliest disciples.  The  folksy tales are filled with a sense of the daily lives and simplicity of Christians monks in Central Italy in the medieval era.