Religion Books

Early Double Monasteries

Constance Stoney

Thea system of double monasteries, or monasteries for both men and women, is as old as that of Christian monasticism itself, though the phrase "monasteria duplicia" dates from about the C6. The term w..

Christian Mysticism

William Ralph Inge

The first of the subjects which, according to the will of Canon Bampton, are prescribed for the Lecturers upon his foundation, is the confirmation and establishment of the Christian faith. This is the..

Christian Devotedness

Anthony Norris Groves

Christian Devotedness is a practical theology on Christian life written by Anthony Norris Groves,  an English Protestant missionary and the "father of faith missions". He launched the first Prote..

A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse

Sylvester Bliss

The Apocalypse should be regarded as a peculiarly interesting portion of scripture: a blessing being promised those who read, hear, and keep the things which are written therein. It has been subjected..

Russell H. Conwell, Founder of the Institutional Church in America

Agnes Rush Burr

Biographies have a large place in present day literature. A woman long associated with some foreign potentates tells her story and it is read with unhealthy avidity. Some man fights many battles, and ..

Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal

Maria Monk

This volume embraces not only my "Awful Disclosures," but a continuation of my Narrative, giving an account of events after my escape from the Nunnery, and of my return to Montreal to procure a legal ..

Hindu Gods And Heroes

Lionel D. Barnett

The following pages are taken from the Forlong Bequest lectures which I delivered in March last at the School of Oriental Studies. Owing to exigencies of space, much of what I then said has been omitt..

I.N.R.I. - A prisoner's Story of the Cross

Peter Rosegger

The difficult path which leads to the gardens where the waters of life sparkle, takes us first to a big city in which the hearts of men pulsate with feverish unrest.There is such a great crowd in the ..