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First published in 1921, this title is addresses the difficulties faced by the modern Christian Church in terms of polity, administration, and the development of liberal theology, in light of the changes taking place within society at the start of the twentieth century. John Alfred Faulkner deals with such subjects as the nature of authority within Christian theology and its relationship to liberalism, Christianity and the supernatural, and the shift in emphasis from the metaphysical Christ to the moral or practical Christ and his historical reality. An interesting reissue, this title will...

This novel of Mississippi hill country life depicts some of the more troubling and unpublicized aspects of the New Deal by tracing the fortunes of the Taylor family, sharecroppers who move to town to work for the "WP and A," the Works Progress Administration.

John Faulkner, a one-time WPA project engineer, has much to satirize in this broadly comic novel. First and foremost are the Taylors: exasperating and unemployable, they are unaccountably abiding; hopelessly destitute, they place a higher premium on a new radio than on food and shelter. Faulkner also casts a sardonic eye on the town...

Although never published as a single volume in his lifetime, these four statements of belief form the core of the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The four doctrines are: a description of the nature of the Lord, by which Swedenborg means both Jesus and God; the inner spiritual meaning of holy scripture; the nature of evil and and importance of good works; and nature of faith.

This edition is a reprint, with revisions, of a 1904 translation by John Faulkener Potts."

"Arcana Colestia" was the first and most comprehensive theological work published by Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The body of this multivolume work is a verse-by-verse commentary on the inner spiritual meaning of Genesis and Exodus, but Swedenborg also includes descriptions of heaven and hell gleaned from his spiritual experiences. Volume 9 deals specifically with Exodus 1-12, interspersed with discussions of the types of spirits that dwell on other worlds.

This edition is a reprint, with revisions, of a 1905 translation by John Clowes, edited by John Faulkner...

"Arcana Colestia" was the first and most comprehensive theological work published by Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The body of this multivolume work is a verse-by-verse commentary on the inner spiritual meaning of Genesis and Exodus, but Swedenborg also includes descriptions of heaven and hell gleaned from his spiritual experiences. Volume 4 deals specifically with Genesis 23-27, interspersed with discussions of correspondences and representations, by which Swedenborg means the way in which objects and events in the physical world relate to their spiritual...

"Arcana Colestia" was the first and most comprehensive theological work published by Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The body of this multivolume work is a verse-by-verse commentary on the inner spiritual meaning of Genesis and Exodus, but Swedenborg also includes descriptions of heaven and hell gleaned from his spiritual experiences. Volume 11 deals specifically with Exodus 22-28, interspersed with continuing discussions of charity and spirits on other worlds.This edition is a reprint, with revisions, of a 1905 translation by John Clowes, edited by John Faulkner Potts.

"Arcana Colestia" was the first and most comprehensive theological work published by Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The body of this multivolume work is a verse-by-verse commentary on the inner spiritual meaning of Genesis and Exodus, but Swedenborg also includes descriptions of heaven and hell gleaned from his spiritual experiences. Volume 6 deals specifically with Genesis 32-38, interspersed with a continued discussion of the concept of the Grand Man (also translated Universal Human).

This edition is a reprint, with revisions, of a 1905 translation by John Clowes,...

"Arcana Colestia" was the first and most comprehensive theological work published by Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The body of this multivolume work is a verse-by-verse commentary on the inner spiritual meaning of Genesis and Exodus, but Swedenborg also includes descriptions of heaven and hell gleaned from his spiritual experiences. Volume 8 deals specifically with Genesis 44-50, interspersed with discussions of influx, or the way that God's love and goodness comes into us all.

This edition is a reprint, with revisions, of a 1905 translation by John Clowes, edited by...

"Arcana Colestia" was the first and most comprehensive theological work published by Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The body of this multivolume work is a verse-by-verse commentary on the inner spiritual meaning of Genesis and Exodus, but Swedenborg also includes descriptions of heaven and hell gleaned from his spiritual experiences. Volume 3 deals specifically with Genesis 18-22, interspersed with discussions of children in heaven, marriage in heaven, what happens to people born outside the Christian church, and the nature of freedom.

This edition is a reprint, with...

"Arcana Colestia" was the first and most comprehensive theological work published by Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The body of this multivolume work is a verse-by-verse commentary on the inner spiritual meaning of Genesis and Exodus, but Swedenborg also includes descriptions of heaven and hell gleaned from his spiritual experiences. Volume 10 deals specifically with Exodus 13-21, interspersed with Swedenborg's exposition on charity and the role it plays in faith and a continuation of his discussion of spirits from other worlds.

This edition is a reprint, with...

"Arcana Colestia" was the first and most comprehensive theological work published by Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The body of this multivolume work is a verse-by-verse commentary on the inner spiritual meaning of Genesis and Exodus, but Swedenborg also includes descriptions of heaven and hell gleaned from his spiritual experiences. Volume 5 deals specifically with Genesis 28-31, interspersed with discussions of the Grand Man (also translated Universal Human), the heavens combined into a single human form.

This edition is a reprint, with revisions, of a 1905...

"Arcana Colestia" was the first and most comprehensive theological work published by Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The body of this multivolume work is a verse-by-verse commentary on the inner spiritual meaning of Genesis and Exodus, but Swedenborg also includes descriptions of heaven and hell gleaned from his spiritual experiences. Volume 12 deals specifically with Exodus 29-40, interspersed with the conclusion of his discussion of charity and faith and his description of spirits from other worlds.

This edition is a reprint, with revisions, of a 1905 translation by...

"Arcana Colestia" was the first and most comprehensive theological work published by Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The body of this multivolume work is a verse-by-verse commentary on the inner spiritual meaning of Genesis and Exodus, but Swedenborg also includes descriptions of heaven and hell gleaned from his spiritual experiences. Volume 7 deals specifically with Genesis 39-43, interspersed with a continuation of Swedenborg's discussion of the Grand Man (also translated Universal Human).

This edition is a reprint, with revisions, of a 1905 translation by John...

"Arcana Colestia" was the first and most comprehensive theological work published by Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The body of this multivolume work is a verse-by-verse commentary on the inner spiritual meaning of Genesis and Exodus, but Swedenborg also includes descriptions of heaven and hell gleaned from his spiritual experiences. Volume 2 deals specifically with Genesis 10-17, interspersed with Swedenborg's writings about the spirituality of the most ancient people on earth; the structure of heaven; the lives of angels; holy scripture; visions and dreams; and the...