Religious Studies Audiobooks | Religion & Spirituality

Karl Marx and the Satanic Roots of Communism

Karl Marx, coauthor of the revolutionary text The Communist Manifesto, grew up in a Christian family, and his early writings showed belief in a Christian worldview. Yet in his adulthood, Marx embraced a deep personal rebellion against God and all Christian values. In Karl Marx and the Satanic Roots of Communism, Richard Wurmbrand explores the development of Marx's antireligious perspective that led to the philosophical foundations of communism. By examining Marx's writings as well as biographical accounts, Wurmbrand builds a convincing case that Marx adhered to a belief system that opposes God. Karl Marx and the Satanic Roots of Communism provides significant insight into why Christians and the church have been targeted by Marxists and Communists alike as it exposes the evil roots of a theory and government system that continue to persecute Christians in the present.

Richard Wurmbrand (Author), Michael Beck (Narrator)

Audiobook

We Need To Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy

From the former faith adviser to President Obama comes an inspirational guide for those who seek to promote positive social change and build a more diverse and just democracy The goal of social change work is not a more ferocious revolution; it is a more beautiful social order. It is harder to organize a fair trial than it is to fire up a crowd, more challenging to build a good school than it is to tell others they are doing education all wrong. But every decent society requires fair trials and good schools, and that's just the beginning of the list of institutions and structures that need to be efficiently created and effectively run in large-scale diverse democracy. We Need to Build is a call to create those institutions and a guide for how to run them well. In his youth, Eboo Patel was inspired by love-based activists like John Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr., Badshah Khan, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Dorothy Day, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Thich Nhat Hanh. Their example, and a timely challenge to build the change he wanted to see, led to a life engaged in the particulars of building, nourishing, and sustaining an institution that seeks to promote positive social change-Interfaith America. Now, drawing on his twenty years of experience, Patel tells the stories of what he's learned and how, in the process, he came to construct as much as critique and collaborate more than oppose. His challenge to us is clear: those of us committed to refounding America as a just and inclusive democracy need to defeat the things we don't like by building the things we do.

Eboo Patel (Author), Vikas Adam (Narrator)

Audiobook

Not in It to Win It: Why Choosing Sides Sidelines The Church

Read by the author. Is it possible to disagree politically and love unconditionally? The reaction of evangelicals to political and cultural shifts in recent years revealed what they value most. Lurking beneath our Bible-laced rhetoric, faith claims, books, and sermons is a relentless drive to WIN! But the church is not here to win. By every human measure, our Savior lost. On purpose. With a purpose. And we are his body. We are not in it to win anything. We are in it for something else entirely. That something else is what this book is about. You'll discover: - How to take a stand the right way. You'll learn how to make your case with a posture of humility and understanding, rather than being fueled by the fear of losing something. - How to view politics through the lens of faith. Learn curiously, listen intentionally, and love unconditionally. - How the life of Jesus and his teaching applies to modern-day challenges in a fresh way. The 'biblical' stand may not be what we've been taught. Jesus never asked his followers to agree on everything. But he did call his followers to obey a new command: to love others in the same way he has loved us. Instead of asserting our rights or fighting for power, we need to begin asking ourselves: what does love require of me?

Andy Stanley (Author), Andy Stanley (Narrator)

Audiobook

Reading Black Books: How African American Literature Can Make Our Faith More Whole and Just

Learning from Black voices means listening to more than snippets. It means attending to Black stories. Reading Black Books helps Christians hear and learn from enduring Black voices and stories as captured in classic African American literature. Pastor and teacher Claude Atcho offers a theological approach to ten seminal texts of twentieth-century African American literature. Each chapter takes up a theological category for inquiry through a close literary reading and theological reflection on a primary literary text, from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Richard Wright's Native Son to Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain and James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain. The book includes end-of-chapter discussion questions. Reading Black Books helps readers of all backgrounds learn from the contours of Christian faith formed and forged by Black stories, and it spurs continued conversations about racial justice in the church. It demonstrates that reading about Black experience as shown in the literature of great African American writers can guide us toward sharper theological thinking and more faithful living.

Claude Atcho (Author), Amir Abdullah (Narrator)

Audiobook

Religious Freedom in a Secular Age: A Christian Case for Liberty, Equality, and Secular Government

Religious freedom is up for debate and needs to be defended--discover how. In Religious Freedom in a Secular Age author Michael Bird argues that religious freedom should not be preserved by churches entrusting themselves to the protection of a conservative leader draped in the apparel of civil religion, nor should they consent to allowing religious freedom to be steam rolled by progressive activists with their increasing hostility towards people of faith. What is needed instead is a better appreciation for how secularism can work to create space for people of all faiths and none, to resolve tense relationships between church and state, and to come to a fair and equitable settlement when religious liberty and LGBTQI+ rights come into conflict. Bird tackles complicated debates about the nature, extent, and limitations of religious freedom with a view to encouraging Christians to stand up for their faith in a post-Christian world in a way that is humble and gentle yet also courageous. Advance Praise: 'This book's global perspective will challenge readers of all backgrounds and beliefs toward better arguments and better understanding.' - John D. Inazu, Washington University in St. Louis 'Bird demonstrates that religious liberty is of interest not only to Christians but also to the marketplace of ideas that helped deepen faith while simultaneously making room for peaceable difference.' - Andrew T. Walker, professor and author of Liberty for All

Michael F. Bird (Author), Alan Irving (Narrator)

Audiobook

GuíaBurros: Masonería: Todo lo que siempre has querido saber sobre esta institución

¿Qué es la Masonería? La Masonería es una organización legal y discreta, donde se imparte una instrucción simbólica, reservada solamente a los miembros de la Orden, y donde se les enseña también todo tipo de virtudes cívicas y democráticas, como es el cumplimiento estricto de la ley y el respeto a las autoridades legítimamente elegidas. Pero es también una hermandad iniciática, donde las enseñanzas se van transmitiendo lenta y gradualmente mediante ceremonias de iniciación que le son propias, y que provienen tanto de la Tradición primordial que se remonta a un pasado inmemorial, como de los antiguos constructores de catedrales, la denominada masonería operativa.

Pablo Domingo Bahillo Redondo (Author), Kelu Robles (Narrator)

Audiobook

Power For Service

In this audiobook, Professor Fomum stresses the indispensability of spiritual power to accomplish the great commission of taking the glorious gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to every human being. God's purposes are tied to spirit-filled men and women; people on whom the Holy Spirit has come. Can God depend on you for His global and end time purposes as far as the salvation of multitudes is concerned? Using the Biblical examples of Gideon, Jephthah, Samson, King Saul, David, and the Lord Jesus, as well as his personal testimony, the author shows clearly that it is when the Holy Spirit came on them that they received power to accomplish God's call. This audiobook can be a real stimulus for you to rise to heights with God and move forward with Him. Listen to it and become restless until you are clothed with and function exclusively under the power from on high—the power for service.

Zacharias Tanee Fomum (Author), John H Fehskens (Narrator)

Audiobook

The Joy Of Begging To Belong To The Lord Jesus: A Testimony

This book is the expression of the life of a man who is totally abandoned to God - the testimony of an unspeakable and indispensable consecration of his all to God. Through it, Z .T. Fomum testifies to the undeserved love of God towards him and to the satisfaction and joy found in Him. Having seen the undeserved privilege of serving God, he lays out the rules of life which he previously imposed on himself in his walk with God as he received them from the Lord. He made a commitment to the Lord through vows which he expressed and manifested in a life of separation from the common in order to conquer the world for Christ. Here he expresses his joy in serving the Lord with his all and with his best. Read this book and you will realise the tremendous grace that there is in setting oneself apart for divine office.

Zacharias Tanee Fomum (Author), John H Fehskens (Narrator)

Audiobook

The Spirit of Leadership: Cultivating the Attributes That Influence Human Action

You were born to lead. Now it's time to become a leader. Leaders may be found in boardrooms, but they may also be found in families, schools, and organizations of all kinds-anywhere people interact, nurture, create, or build. Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not meant for an elite group of people who, by fate or accident, become leaders while everyone else is consigned to being a lifelong follower. After personally training thousands of leaders from around the world, best-selling author Dr. Myles Munroe reports that while every person possesses the potential of leadership, many do not understand how to cultivate the leadership nature and how to apply it to their lives. In The Spirit of Leadership, Dr. Munroe defines the unique attitudes that all effective leaders exhibit, explains how to eliminate hindrances to your leadership abilities, and helps you to fulfill your particular calling in life.

Myles Monroe, Myles Munroe (Author), Bz Cullins (Narrator)

Audiobook

Life is a Miracle

Originally titled 'Life after Death', this book deals with the 'soul' (or consciousness) leaving the body at the time of death. I can not imagine 'consciousness' leaving the brain and function in the ''air' as many Near Death Experiencers try to make us believe. There is a growning number of NDE presentations, mainly on YouTube videos. These NDEers often see their bodies from the 'ceiling'. Perhaps they have a dream of some sort that could be actually planted in their mind by Higher Forces. Can consciousness survive, exist outside the body? Yes, just like a Windows Operating System can survive if you save it on a data storage device instead of deleting it. I believe, your consciousness (your 'soul', your bio-electronic file, your Human Operating System or HOS) will survive if the 'Creator' finds it sufficiently (self)-developed, if it is not corrupt, if it qualifies as truly human, in other words if you lived on the 'right side of life'. The CPU of a computer makes it possible for e.g. a Windows Operating System to function on its circuitry. The same way, the CPU of the human body (the brain) makes it possible for the Human Operating System to function on the circuitry of the brain. It's a symbiotic relationship, Operating System can not function outside a CPU. It's not to say that you, the HOS, could not exist without a brain (and, of course, the peripheral support mechanism, the rest of the body). YOU could exist – while not alive – being stored who knows where by the Creator, just as a computer Operating System can be stored on a data storage device. Of course, it needs to be emphasized that an HOS is probably as much more sophisticated compared to a computer Operating System as the Creator is compared to Man, that is incomparably. When your body can no longer keep you alive, you (your HOS) need to be saved (by God the Creator) and stored, or re-installed in a different body (hopefully, in a more 'high tech' body in a higher phase of existence).

Zoltan Bartok (Author), Zoltan Bartok (Narrator)

Audiobook

The Underworld in Ancient Mesoamerica: The History and Legacy of Mesoamerican Concepts of Death

The concept of death can be viewed from different perspectives. In general terms, it can be defined as the end of life, but a more spiritual interpretation would describe it as the separation of the soul from the body. Regardless of the definition, death implies change and transformation, even if only on a physical level. The idea of transcendence has served as a source of comfort for humanity that is usually represented in the belief of an afterlife which takes place in another realm. Since the beginning of history, understanding and explaining it has been a large concern for people all over the world. Death is both a daily occurrence and an irreversible condition, and countless efforts have been made to avoid or postpone it. The constant struggle to transcend its permanence has led cultures to create the idea of an afterlife; of a place or world where life carries on after its end on earth. In ancient Mesoamerica, this concept of an afterlife greatly permeated the worldview of the many pre-Hispanic cultures that developed all throughout the region. Among Mesoamericans, life and death were closely related and often deeply integrated, and the two conditions were perceived to exist in an opposition that was at once dynamic and complementary. Described later by the Aztecs as the state of nepantla, life and death were viewed by the indigenous people of Mesoamerica as yet another example of the “back and forth” fluctuations common to human life.

Charles River Editors (Author), Colin Fluxman (Narrator)

Audiobook

Under The Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Now a major new series on Disney+ starring Andrew Garfield A provocative look at the twisted roots of American fundamentalism.' Will Self, Evening Standard Books of the Year ‘Excellent . . . a lucid, judicious, even sympathetic account not just of Mormon Fundamentalism but of the seductive power of fanaticism in general.’ Daily Telegraph ‘Remarkable . . . for anyone interested in the wilder frontiers of spiritual conviction, this book is a must.’ Independent Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God. In Under The Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer's investigation is a meticulously researched, bone-chilling narrative of polygamy, savage violence and unyielding faith: an incisive look inside isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities in America, this gripping work of non-fiction illuminates an otherwise confounding realm of human behaviour.

Jon Krakauer (Author), Scott Brick (Narrator)

Audiobook

Religious Studies Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality