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  • The Stations of the Cross

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Herbert Thurston ...
    Herbert Thurston's The Stations of the Cross offers a learned and reverent history of one of Catholic devotion's most cherished practices. He presents the Way of the Cross as a "miniature pilgrimage," a humble substitute for more exacting disciplines, much as the Rosary and scapular made sacred imitation accessible to ordinary believers. Yet the book is more than a devotional guide: it traces how ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Catholic Relics

    by Herbert Thurston ...
    Herbert Thurstons The Catholic Encyclopedia contains a discussion on Catholic relics, including their history, Church doctrine, and cases of abuses. This edition is specially formatted and includes a Table of Contents. ... Read more

    $1.40 CAD

  • The True Story Behind "Silence": The Mystery of the Last Five Jesuits in Japan

    by Herbert Henry Charles Thurston ...
    What is the true history of Jesuit missionaries in Japan?In this 1905, 30-page article reprinted from "The Month", Vol. 105, Herbert Thurston provides a historical background of Giuseppe Chiara (1602 - 1685) a Jesuit missionary active in 17th century Japan. He was the historical basis for the lead character of Sebastião Rodrigues in the novel Silence by Shūsaku Endō."Silence" is a 1966 novel of ... Read more

    $7.04 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Surprising Mystics

    by Herbert Thurston ...
    The renowned Jesuit author Herbert Thurston's final book about one of his favorite topic—mystics and their extraordinary experiences in which he reviews the lives of Margery Kempe of Lynn, Anne Catherine Emmerich, Domenica dal Paradiso, et al."Remarkable collection of studies of eccentric sanctity...of extreme interest." Times Literary Supplement"So much was [Fr. Thurston] a priest as well as a ... Read more

    $5.58 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Gunpowder Plot

    by Herbert Thurston, SJ ...
    Series series CTS Onefifties
    In the half century he lived at the Jesuit house in Farm Street (spending his days in the British Library), Herbert Thurston gained a reputation for exacting and severe scholarship in a wide range of mostly historical subjects. His largest project was a wholesale revision of Butler’s Lives of the Saints. He was especially concerned not to allow religious zeal or wishful thinking to overshadow ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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    by Vincent Cronin ...
    Matteo Ricci, an early recruit of the Jesuit order, was sent to China as a missionary in 1582. If he approached the Emperor with a Bible in one hand, in the other he carried much of the accumulated technological and philosophical wisdom of the late Renaissance Europe, and thus found favour among the Mandarins, the men of learning who enjoyed high status at the Imperial Court. He learned Chinese ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • On The Shortness Of Life: De Brevitate Vitae

    A New Translation

    by Seneca, Damian Stevenson ...
    Life is long if you know how to use it.From the author of ***Letters From A Stoic (Epistulae Moralis)***, comes another brilliant, timeless guide to living well.Written as a moral essay to his friend Paulinus, Seneca’s biting words still pack a powerful punch two thousand years later. With its brash rejection of materialism, conventional lifestyles and group-think, ‘On The Shortness of Life’ is as ... Read more

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  • Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    Series Book 3 - The History of England
    Peter Ackroyd has been praised as one of the greatest living chroniclers of Britain and its people. In Rebellion, he continues his dazzling account of the history of England, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first Stuart king of England, and ending with the deposition and flight into exile of his grandson, James II.The ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Christ's Samurai

    The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion

    by Jonathan Clements ...
    The sect was said to harbour dark designs to overthrow the government. Its teachers used a dead language that was impenetrable to all but the innermost circle of believers. Its priests preached love and kindness, but helped local warlords acquire firearms. They encouraged believers to cast aside their earthly allegiances and swear loyalty to a foreign god-emperor, before seeking paradise in ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The House of Tudor

    by Alison Plowden ...
    The House of Tudor changed the history of Britain forever. The Tudor monarchs have been immortalised in novels and films for generations. However, the true history of this incredible dynasty is often romanticised and fact is overlooked. Alison Plowden's accessible and beautifully written history traces the family's turbulent reign of power from Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch, who fathered the ... Read more

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  • History of Christianity in Japan

    Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Protestant Missions

    by Otis Cary D.D. ...
    Despite the relatively small number of formal Christian believers in japan-less than one percent of the total population-Christianity has become and is likely to continue to be an important strand in modern Japanese culture.The Christian social message of the early decades of the twentieth century has become a lasting part of social welfare attitudes. The strong emphasis on education of the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Religion in Japan: Shintoism, Buddhism and Christianity (Illustrated Edition)

    An illuminating study of Japan’s three major religious traditions and their influence on culture, belief, and everyday life

    by George A. Cobbold, Bauer Books ...
    A fascinating and accessible introduction to the religious traditions that have shaped Japanese history, culture, and spiritual lifeReligion in Japan: Shintoism, Buddhism and Christianity offers a compelling introduction to the complex religious landscape of Japan and to the traditions that have helped shape its history, customs, institutions, and spiritual identity.George A. Cobbold examines ... Read more

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