Alternative belief systems

These early works by Alfred Russel Wallace were originally published in the late 19th century and we are now republishing them with a brand new introductory biography.

The only complete, reliable English translation of this famous fifteenth-century text.

This book examines the origins and practices of Chinese Feng Shui as well as its recent Western interpretations.

This book focuses on the question of how different contexts are relevant in the shaping and expression of individual spirituality spanning from early childhood to young adulthood.

In this book, Julian Young argues that Nietzsche''s early religious communitarianism persists through all his published works.

This book, first published in 2004, examines the various ways the heavens were studied and understood in ancient Mesopotamia.

This book is exclusively devoted to demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England.

This is a 2001 study of the intersection of literary culture, the occult and new technology at the fin-de-siecle.

In this book two philosophers, each committed to unambiguous versions of belief and disbelief, debate the central issues of atheism and theism.

Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece.

Science and Magic in the Modern World is a unique text that explores the role of magical thinking in everyday life.

Science and Magic in the Modern World is a unique text that explores the role of magical thinking in everyday life.

Originally published in 1970, this book explores the role of concepts of disease in the social life of the Safwa of Tanzania, particularly through beliefs concerning witchcraft and sorcery.

Originally published in 1970, this book explores the role of concepts of disease in the social life of the Safwa of Tanzania, particularly through beliefs concerning witchcraft and sorcery.

Frist published in 1999, this book provides an overview of various non-conventional notions of what is sacred, currently held among European young people.

Frist published in 1999, this book provides an overview of various non-conventional notions of what is sacred, currently held among European young people.

Since time immemorial indigenous people have engaged in legal relationships with other-than-human-persons.

Since time immemorial indigenous people have engaged in legal relationships with other-than-human-persons.

Many Peoples, Many Faiths places the world's religions in historical context, illustrating the complex dynamic of each religion over time, while also presenting current beliefs, practices, and group formations.

Many Peoples, Many Faiths places the world's religions in historical context, illustrating the complex dynamic of each religion over time, while also presenting current beliefs, practices, and group formations.

A mystical experience, no matter what else, is a subjective occurrence in the psyche.

A mystical experience, no matter what else, is a subjective occurrence in the psyche.

Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity examines the various ways in which Christian intellectuals engaged with Platonism both as a pagan competitor and as a source of philosophical material useful to the Christian faith.

Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity examines the various ways in which Christian intellectuals engaged with Platonism both as a pagan competitor and as a source of philosophical material useful to the Christian faith.

The thrilling story of the healers, artists and prodigies once persecuted as witches from the three-time T.

Nietzsche was famously an atheist, despite coming from a strongly Protestant family.

Nietzsche was famously an atheist, despite coming from a strongly Protestant family.

This book, first published in 1991, examines the unreligious of America.

This book, first published in 1991, examines the unreligious of America.

Are Christian families more - or less - strong than other families?

Are Christian families more - or less - strong than other families?

This book, first published in 1974, argues that the counter culture is not the outcome of alienation, but of opportunity, being the result of a new generational consciousness, an openness which has characterised industrial societies of the West since the 1950s.

This book, first published in 1974, argues that the counter culture is not the outcome of alienation, but of opportunity, being the result of a new generational consciousness, an openness which has characterised industrial societies of the West since the 1950s.

This book, first published in 1984, examines the whole range of new religious movements which appeared in the 1960s and 1970s in the West.

This book, first published in 1984, examines the whole range of new religious movements which appeared in the 1960s and 1970s in the West.

Viewing the world with abhorrence, members of utopian sects isolate themselves from its influence.

Viewing the world with abhorrence, members of utopian sects isolate themselves from its influence.

The main concern of this study, first published in 1990, is the part played by Protestantism in the complex of social processes of 'secularization'.

The main concern of this study, first published in 1990, is the part played by Protestantism in the complex of social processes of 'secularization'.

In this book, first published in 1990, the significance of televangelism in America is examined in detail.

In this book, first published in 1990, the significance of televangelism in America is examined in detail.

Contemporary alternative spirituality, as studied by sociologists, is usually seen as a recent phenomenon dating from the 1960s and 1970s.

How is symbolic violence related to the real acts of religious violence around the modern world?

This book, first published in 1956, is the first authoritative, comprehensive account of the worldwide activities of Jehovah's Witnesses.

This book, first published in 1974, shows how social class and origins in mid-nineteenth century Aberdeen were reflected in religious belief and observance, and how in turn this acted as a catalyst for change in society.

Glossolalia (paranormal speaking in tongues) and zenolalia (paranormal speaking in allegedly foreign languages) are features of many sub-cultures and religions.