OK, if you want to know what and how they are studying, I would go with the Stafford Library book "The Middle Sea Empire". This has much more material about what the God Learners are doing and why than any of the Mongoose stuff. However, it is purely a background book - and does not contain rulesy stuff or scenarios.
> The God Learners are not trying to become divine but to manipulate the
> gods to doing what they want.
That's a bit of an oversimplifcation. The God Learners had substantial theological and philosophical underpinnings behind their explorations into the otherworlds. For example, the Emanationalists held that the gods and spirits of the pagans are but emanations of Makan (Erasanchula) that have been corrupted by the material world. They seek to return the wayward emanations to the Law through ritual and ceremony. Sometimes called the "We'll Fix Them" school or demonologists by critics.
In constrast, the Reconstructionalists believed that the Runes are the essential "atoms of concepts" and can be combined to construct and manipulate the universe. They hold that the original Law of Makan was broken by Chaos and that it is their duty to Reconstruct the Law using their techniques. The Zistorites were an even more radical movement within Reconstructionalism.
In both movements, God Learners studied and explored the otherworld in order to fix it according to what was written in the Abiding Book.
Hope that helps -
Jeff
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