Why do some religious believers slaughter those who refuse to convert to their faith, refuse scie...

In its familiar translations, the Stabat Mater is a favourite hymn of English-speaking Catholics....

Born in 1907 Nakahara Chuya was one of the most gifted and colourful of Japan's early modern poet...

Born in 1907 Nakahara Chuya was one of the most gifted andcolourful of Japan's early modern poets...

This is the first book to look in detail at amateur astronomy in Victorian Britain. It deals with...

Recent decades have seen passionate debate in the Church about the nature of priesthood. Cardinal...

This groundbreaking book looks at the major approved Marian apparitions of the last five centurie...

Written some fifteen centuries ago, The Rule of St Benedict is still read and studied by thousand...

First published in 1548, the Spritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola have been a seminal infl...