Religion audiobooks

More Awareness/Less Neurosis

By: Mark Epstein, MD

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

As more and more Westerners become acquainted with Eastern thought, they mistakenly feel that it is only through a negation of the self that one can achieve enlightenment.  Mark Epstein, a Buddhist psychiatrist says, "It’s wrong to think that Buddhist insight wipes out the ego-self; it wipes out the identification of whatever is happening in the... Read more

Essential Mystery

By: Huston Smith, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The life of Huston Smith reads like an adventure novel.  One of the foremost religious scholars of our time, Smith lived in a missionary household in China, monasteries in Japan, and a sweat lodge in North America. Introduced to Vedanta through spiritual pioneers Aldous Huxley and Gerald Heard, he engaged many of the contemporary wisdom giants. Read more

Secret Ceremonies - Abridged

By: Deborah Laake

Narrated by: Meredith MacRae

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A pioneer in the Mormon exposé , Deborah Laake recounts her strict Mormon upbringing and two disastrous Mormon marriages that left her a pariah in the church. Laake chronicles her life from innocence to full initiation. Married at 19, she describes the voodoo-like rituals and behaviors revealed to her on her wedding day— ... Read more

The Return of the Mother - Abridged

By: Andrew Harvey

Narrated by: Andrew Harvey

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this comprehensive and groundbreaking work, scholar Andrew Harvey unearths traces of the sacred feminine in major world religions as well as in aboriginal and indigenous wisdom traditions. Harvey takes a strong stand against our dependence on "gurus" and "masters," proposing instead an egalitarian model of spiritual community based on... Read more

Letting Go of Second Guessing God

By: Kathleen Norris

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Kathleen Norris's search for a quiet place to write led her to the Dakota plains, and remarkably, to the world of a Benedictine monastery.  In this dialogue, Norris reveals the hidden treasures of the spirit that come to those who live on the heartland of our culture, whether they be monks, townsfolk, farmers or ranchers. Read more

You Must Be Present To Win

By: Lama Surya Das

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This endearing man strips away those intimidating trappings surrounding so many of the spiritual traditions and offers you sound practical advice on how to create your own personalized spiritual path--because "there is only one path—that path is your path." Read more

Heaven on Earth - Abridged

By: Danny Seo

Narrated by: Danny Seo

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Danny Seo is the remarkable young entrepreneur of altruism, the twenty-one-year-old recently honored with the 1998 "Oprah's Angel Network™ Award." In Heaven On Earth, he offers inspiration and practical advice for anyone who wants to join him in finding personal fulfillment by committing oneself to making a postive difference in the lives of... Read more

Rocks of Ages

By: Stephen Gould

Narrated by: Richard McGonagle

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Since the Renaissance, people have been plagued by the tense battle between science and religion. Revered evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould suggests instead of choosing between the two, why not opt for a golden mean that accords dignity and distinction to each realm? With intelligence and clarity, Gould renders the complex simple and sheds new... Read more

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up - Abridged

By: Iyanla Vanzant

Narrated by: Iyanla Vanzant

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.” —Oprah Winfrey

From Iyanla Vanzant, the star of the hit Oprah Winfrey Network show Iyanla: Fix My Life, One Day My Soul Just Opened Up is a program of inspiration and motivation that will help you work through problems and improve your emotional and spiritual health.

Through... Read more

Great Questions, The:  Mind, Consciousness and Meaning

By: Jean-Francois Revel & Matthieu Ricard

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1996, internationally-renowned philosopher Jean-Francois Revel and his son Matthieu Ricard, a Buddhist monk, spent ten days in the mountains overlooking Kathmandu discussing the most fundamental questions of human existence. Read more

Biology and Destiny

By: Kenny Ausubel & Nina Simons

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Enter the molecular world of biology, where mushrooms have built a communication network that rivals the Internet and "everything is somebody's lunch."  In this dialogue you'll meet two brilliant "bioneers," Kenny Ausubel and his partner, Nina Simons, who are using nature to heal nature in the battle to restore the Earth from "suicide genes" and... Read more

Being Authentic

By: Marsha Sinetar

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

There is a vital energy you receive when you are infused with spiritual intelligence, which Marsha Sinetar calls the "kiss of life."  You may have felt this sense of aliveness at random moments of your life; now you can learn how to make it a part of your everyday existence. Read more

A Guided Meditation To Help You With Radiation Therapy

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

This guided meditation for radiation therapy is designed to ease treatment side effects and symptoms, such as fatigue, burns, soreness and other discomforts, while at the same time reducing anxiety and encouraging a positive attitude toward healing. Guided imagery is a holistic, mind-body therapy that consists of healing words and images, set to... Read more

The King James Bible: The Old Testament

By: Multiple Authors

Narrated by: George Vafiadis

Length: 64 hours

Abridged: No

An Award-Winning Narration of the Holy Bible, Old Testament, Complete and Unabridged.George Vafiadis spent over a year narrating the Bible. He would usually get up at three in the morning, check pronunciations and score the text for inflection, then spend three or four hours in the studio. This effort has made the InAudio Bible one of the best... Read more

The King James Bible: The New Testament

By: Multiple Authors

Narrated by: George Vafiadis

Length: 19 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

An Award-Winning Narration of the Holy Bible, New Testament, Complete and Unabridged.George Vafiadis spent over a year narrating the Bible. He would usually get up at three in the morning, check pronunciations and score the text for inflection, then spend three or four hours in the studio. This effort has made the InAudio Bible one of the best... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Promote A Healthy Heart

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Listening to this relaxing guided meditation for heart health is a powerful, evidence based practice for lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, holistically and naturally. The hypnotic suggestions, soothing narrative, and powerful affirmations on this research-based audio program combine seamlessly to deliver a state-of-the-art guided... Read more

Healing Trauma: A Guided Meditation for Posttraumatic Stress

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The hypnotic, healing suggestions go very deep, and are designed to counter ugly flashbacks and nightmares with positive images. Additional segments reduce the intense spikes of anxiety and serve as a natural treatment for panic attacks, as well as anger and fury; others shift the tendency toward avoidance, numbness and isolation. Created by... Read more

A New Song

By: Jan Karon

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 17 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In A New Song, Mitford's longtime Episcopal priest, Father Tim, retires. However, new challenges and adventures await when he agrees to serve as interim minister of a small church on Whitecap Island. He and his wife, Cynthia, soon find that Whitecap has its own unforgettable characters: a church organist with a mysterious past, a lovelorn... Read more

A New Song - Abridged

By: Jan Karon

Narrated by: Jan Karon

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: Yes

Jan Karon's millions of fans can't wait to sit down with her heartwarming and hilarious characters, who have a way of becoming family. In fact, readers and booksellers across the country kept Out to Canaan and At Home in Mitford on The New York Times bestseller list for months.In A New Song, Mitford's longtime Episcopal priest, Father Tim,... Read more

Chuang Tsu - Abridged

By: Gia Feng

Narrated by: Chungliang Al Huang Huang

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Brilliant, mystical, pragmatic, and witty, Chuang Tsu has been called the world's first anarchist by some. Even 2,000 years after his death, his provocative Taoist text remains in the forefront of ancient Chinese philosophical study. An essential sourcebook in the Taoist canon, the sublime prose of this spiritual classic provides a profound and... Read more

A World without Heroes

By: George Roche

Narrated by: Robert Morris

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An elegant essay in the tradition of Chesterton, Lewis, Merton, and Muggeridge, George Roche’s A World without Heroes rebukes secular humanism as the most dehumanizing force of our modern age. This ringing defense of Christianity—humorous, insightful, and uncompromising—takes careful aim at those ideas which have shriveled the will and faith of... Read more

The Art of Happiness - Abridged

By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler

Narrated by: Howard C. Cutler

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least he's smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, the Nobel Prize winner, and increasingly popular speaker and statesman. Why is he so popular? Even after spending just a few minutes in his presence you... Read more

Hope for the Millennium

By: Barbara Gardner

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

During a private interview in Sai Baba’s ashram, a story was unfolding in Barbara Gardner's mind concerning people and events of which she had no prior knowledge whatsoever.  Gardner reveals how the experience changed her life. Read more

Tuning Into the Land

By: Diana James, Lee Brade & Leah Brady

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

"Indigenous people have a powerful remembering for us, because they pull us right back to the land, out of our disembodied heads.  They make us sit on the ground, get our feet dirty again, dance in time to the rhythm of the Earth.  We need to take this back to our own world.  Our task is not to grab knowledge like some kind of trophy, but to... Read more