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Hailed as "Christianity's second bestseller," The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis is made accessible to the modern reader in condensed and accessible form. This attractively redesigned edition of True Serenity presents the wisdom of à Kempis's fifteenth-century classic in a month's worth of daily devotions. ...
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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are....
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Let it be our chief occupation to think upon the life of Jesus Christ. One of the best-loved texts of Christianity after the Bible, this book has been influential since it was first written more than five centuries ago, with people such as John Wesley and John Newton profoundly touched by it at their conversions. Written by a German monk, it is essentially a manual on the pursuit of holiness and deep communion with God, with its key theme that the study of Jesus is the Christian’s highest ideal. With great personal conviction, Kempis demonstrates the individual’s reliance on God and on the words of Christ, and the futility of life without faith. ...
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