@foreach($books as $book)
        <div>{{$book->id}}</div>
        <div>{{$book->title}}</div>
        <div>{{$book->authors->firstname}}</div>
@endforeach

class Book extends Eloquent {
protected $guarded = [];

public function religions()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('Religion');
}

public function branches()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('Branch');
}

public function authors()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('Author');
}

public function quotes()
{
    return $this->hasMany('Quote');
}

public function chapters()
{
    return $this->hasMany('Chapter');
}
 }

class Author extends Eloquent {
    protected $guarded = [];

    public function books()
    {
        return $this->hasMany('Book');
    }

    public function quotes()
    {
        return $this->hasMany('Quote');
    }

    public function branches()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo('Branch');
    }

    public function religions()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo('Religion');
    }
}

class ReligionBranchBookController extends BaseController {

    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return Response
     */
    public function index($religionId, $branchId)
    {
        //
        // $books = Book::where('religion_id', $religionId)->where('branch_id', $branchId)->get();
        $books = Book::all();
        $authors = Author::all();
        // dd($books->toArray());

        return View::make('books.index')
            ->with('religionId', $religionId)
            ->with('branchId', $branchId)
            ->with('books', $books)
            ->with('authors', $authors);
    }

}

@extends('layout.main')

@section('content')

    <h1>Books List!!</h1>

    <table>
        <tr>
            <th>ID</th>
            <th>Title</th>
            <th>Author</th>
        </tr>

        @foreach($books as $book)
            <tr>
                <td>{{$book->id}}</td>
                <td>{{$book->title}}</td>
                <td>{{$book->authors->firstname}}</td>
            </tr>
        @endforeach
    </table>

@stop

public function author()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('Author');
}