On Difficulties in the Church Fathers: The Ambigua, Volume 1
By: Maximus the Confessor
4.75
Format: 533 pages, Hardcover
Maximos the Confessor (580–662) occupies a unique position in the history of Byzantine philosophy, …
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1. The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)
By: Marcel Proust , None , Terence Kilmartin , D.J. Enright
4.39
Format: 957 pages, Paperback
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2. The Gay Science
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann
4.11
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3. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
By: Matthew Desmond
3.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and… read more
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4. The Life in Christ
By: Nicholas Cabasilas , Carmino J. De Catanzaro
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
This outstanding product of late Byzantium's theological renaissance draws upon the enduring source… read more
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5. John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent
By: Norman Russell , John Climacus
3.20
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
John Climacus (c. 579-649) was abbot of the monastery of Catherine on Mount Sinai. His Ladder was t… read more
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6. On God and Christ, The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius: St. Gregory of Nazianzus
By: Gregory of Nazianzus
3.79
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Gregory of Nazianzus, "The Theologian," was recognized among the Cappadocian Fathers as a peculiarl… read more
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7. The Complete Stories
By: Flannery O'Connor
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The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental cont… read more
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8. The Drama of Atheist Humanism
By: Henri de Lubac , None
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Format: 299 pages, Paperback
Henri de Lubac, S.J. De Lubac traces the origin of 19th century attempts to construct a humanism ap… read more
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9. Hunger
By: Knut Hamsun , George Egerton
4.05
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
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10. Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism
By: Alain Badiou , Ray Brassier
4.27
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11. On the Holy Icons
By: Catharine P. Roth , None , None , None
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Written in the midst of the iconoclastic controversy of the 8th-9th centuries, these essays affirm … read more
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12. For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
By: Alexander Schmemann
3.75
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
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13. That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
By: David Bentley Hart
4.26
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
The great fourth-century church father Basil of Caesarea once observed that, in his time, most Chri… read more
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"As far as I am concerned, anyone who hopes for the universal reconciliation of all creatures with God must already believe that this would be the best possible ending to the Christian story; and such…"-David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
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14. Catechetical Discourse: A Handbook for Catechists
By: Gregory of Nyssa
4.24
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
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15. My Elder Joseph the Hesychast
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16. The City of God: Books 11-22 (I/7) (The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century)
By: Augustine of Hippo
4.65
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17. We Shall See Him as He is
By: Sophrony Sakharov
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18. On Difficulties in the Church Fathers: The Ambigua, Volume 1
By: Maximus the Confessor
4.75
Format: 533 pages, Hardcover
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19. Symeon the New Theologian: The Discourses
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"Have you not come to fight against invisible foes? Did you not come here to take up the warfare against your passions? For what reason did you wish to be enlisted and take your place in the ranks of …"-Symeon the New Theologian, Symeon the New Theologian: The Discourses
20. The Song of Tears
By: Oliver Clement
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An Essay on Repentance based on the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete. read more
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21. Jacob's Ladder: On Angels
By: Sergius Bulgakov
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Few of Sergius Bulgakov’s professional writings achieve the lyrical heights of Jacob’s Ladder. In i… read more
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