Biography
Books on religious biography, including the lives of leading church figures, theologians, mystics and missionaries.
Simone Weil:
Mystic of Passion and Compassion
By Maria Clara Bingemer and Karen M. Kraft (translator)
A reflection on the French philosopher and mystical thinker Simone Weil, exploring her spiritual convictions from a theological perspective.
ISBN: 9780718844523
Sundar Singh
By A.J. Appasamy
A classic account of the life and teaching of Sundar Singh, the high-caste Sikh who converted to Christianity.
ISBN: 9780718890162
ISBN: 9780718890155
Thomas Merton and the Noonday Demon:
The Camaldoli Correspondence
By Donald Grayston
The previously untold story of how the Trappist monk Thomas Merton almost became a Camaldolese hermit, based on rediscovered correspondence.
ISBN: 9780718894160
ISBN: 9780718844424
Timothy Richard's Vision:
Education and Reform in China, 1880–1910
By Eunice V. Johnson and Carol Lee Hamrin (editor)
A study of the life and work of Timothy Richard, who played a key role in the development of higher education in late-19th- and early-20th-century China.
ISBN: 9780718893835
ISBN: 9780718843489
Unutterable Love:
The Passionate Life and Preaching of F.W. Robertson
By Christina Beardsley
A biography of the liberal preacher and theologian F.W. Robertson, exploring his Romantic sensibility and the gendered aspects of his thought.
ISBN: 9780718892104
Upon This Rock:
The Sacrifices of a Japanese Nurse for a Young Church
By Eric W. Gosden
The moving true story of Sumi San, a Japanese nurse who converted to Christianity and helped to establish a mission for a small rural community.
ISBN: 9780718826840
Voice of Nonconformity:
William Robertson Nicoll and The British Weekly
By Keith A. Ives
A biographical study of the Scottish journalist and man of letters William Robertson Nicoll, and his influence on the development of English Nonconformity.
ISBN: 9780718892227
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