Hello good people;

We have purchased boxes and boxes of books and books and books on religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology and world literature… all of them in great condition!  They range from Sufism, the Kabbalah and Hasidism, to early and Medieval Christian writings and Gnosticism, from the Pre-Socratics and Plotinus to Kant, collected writings of St. Thomas Aquinas and other Church Fathers, scholarly texts on methodologies in spirituality and psychology.  The Islamic faith is well represented, as are the Taoists and Buddhists in both theory and practice.

Here are just 5 of the 2000 new titles to whet the appetite:

(1) “Pure-land Zen, Zen Pure-Land, Letters from Patriarch Yin Kuang”, Translated by Master Thich Thien Tam, Forrest Smith, editor. On the Pure Land of Amitabha.

(2) “History of the Triune God: Contributions to Trinitarian Theology”, by Jurgen Moltmann.  A new discussion on God after Auschwitz is at the root of the author’s theological concerns. Jurgen Moltmann is a Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Tubingen in Germany.

(3) Moses Hadas’ “The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters”. Seneca’s themes are man’s relationship to himself, society and God, his attitude towards change, time and death, on the good and happy life, and others.

(4) “A history of Christianity in Asia” in Two Volumes, by Samuel Hugh Moffett.  Why did Mission work in Asia fail before 1500 AD?

(5) “Women’s Rebellion and Islamic Memory” by Fatima Mernissi, a leading Muslim feminist and sociologist. A small, intense book that reviews women’s place in Islamic societies to the present as well as the ‘construction of femininity in the Muslim unconscious’.

We are very proud of this collection and are writing as best we can about them on our regularly up-loaded web-site.  So many books have joined our rank and files that we have had to construct new shelving units to display them!  A hearty huge “Thank-You” to Ben Buss for his talented carpentry, and to our customers who were patient and didn’t mind wading through some wood-dust.

You can search for books of interest by using such keywords as Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Bible Studies and so forth.  Let us here at Gallowglass Books know what your needs are.

Bye for now, Richard.

Erik Bosee of The Aldredge Book Store in Dallas, Texas, has a very informative video series online where he talks about the basics of collecting, caring for and understanding rare books. The videos are short and informative, and bound to be very helpful for budding — and even some expert — collectors. Check out the complete collection on the Expert Village website where they’re freely available for everyone to enjoy.

Here’s one video from the series, titled “How to Care for Rare Books.”