Subject: Religious biography (Keywords)

Behind a gruesome ISIS beheading video lies the untold story of the men in orange and the faith community that formed these unlikely modern-day saints and heroes. In a carefully choreographed propaganda video released in February 2015, ISIS militants behead twenty-one orange-clad Christian men on...

Here, in equal measures shocking and inspiring, Asia Bibi, who has become a symbol for everyone concerned with ending the violence committed in the name of religion, bravely speaks to us from her prison cell..

'The Book of Margery Kempe' is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic. The earliest autobiography in English, It describes Kempe's transformation from businesswoman to pilgrim, her visions, hostile encounters with clergy and travels to holy sites abroad. This translation...

Whether negotiating the mind-games of the Israeli intelligence services or performing ablutions in a London bathroom, Mohammad Chowdhury's life as a British Muslim travelling the world brings daily challenges. 'Border Crossings' is the story of Chowdhury's journey, gripping in some parts and sham...

Amy Low resides in a room that is her last - her medical team is clear-eyed with her: there is no cure for Stage IV metastatic colon cancer, and the odds of long-term survival are scant. Miraculously, she's lived four years with her diagnosis, and that life between life has changed her. Through t...

Anne Rice has written 28 novels. Now, in her memoir - her first work of non-fiction - she writes about her own life as a Catholic..

It's three a.m., and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her 30s; she has a husband, a house and they're trying for a baby - but she doesn't want any of it. This is a hilarious travelogue and a quest for spiritual enlightenment in the face of natural scepticism..

When little Maureen Sullivan was just twelve years old, she confided in her teacher that she was being physically and sexually abused by her stepfather. In the heart-breaking 'Girl in the Tunnel', Maureen bravely recounts her agonising journey from a monstrously violent home to the cold and bruta...