Remote people
A diary of the journey that the author started in October 1930 to Ethiopia, as a correspondent of The Times newspaper for the coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie, and then continued through various African...
History of religions
In the Shadow of the Sword
Somewhat surprisingly, this is not really a book about the birth of Islam. It is rather a sweeping history of the centuries in which Islam appeared and thrived. Rather than conquest being the reason for its...
From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity
The author examines how Christianity changed the ethics of sexual behavior from shame to sin, and shows how the roots of modern sexuality are grounded in an ancient religious revolution. The picture of...
Dominion
Dominion is an impressive synthesis of the history of the Christian world with a view to the influence of Christianity on Western thought, hence the subtitle The Making of the Western Mind...
Third Class in Indian Railways
This is a collection of six essays written by Mahatma Gandhi after his return to India from South Africa. They are: “Third Class in Indian Railways”, “Vernacular as Media of Instruction”, “Swadeshi”, “...