Hinduism

Proselytism remains one of the most divisive issues in global Christianity, jeopardizing many ecumenical initiatives and projects.

This book engages with a widespread contemporary dilemma--how do we do theology in a context where the cultures of the people are oral and not literate?

Durante los pasados cincuenta anos, el enfasis sobre la practica y estrategia de la obra misionera ha menoscabado el valor de la importancia de la teologia de la mision.

George Albert Simons (1874-1952) of New York State was the first and only American missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church appointed as superintendent of the Russia Mission.

The largest missional challenge facing the church of Christ in the West is to equip every member to engage in missionary endeavor in third places.

The missio Dei concept has shifted missiological thinking from an anthropocentric view of mission to the understanding that the church and persons are participants in the missio Dei.

In our highly sensory and interactive age, how might drawing upon various arts--music, film, architecture, dramatic performance, painting, fashion, and more--expand the aesthetic experience and mode of preaching?

"e;Mission is nothing but the one church of God in motion.

It has often been held that missions rode on the coattails of colonialism.

There are many books that highlight the need and importance of mission toward unreached people.

The Victorian encounter with Africa contains many micro-narratives that call for a questioning of an old consensus.

David L.

Berkeley Street Theatre chronicles Christian World Liberation Front's 1969-1975 ministry to the counterculture.

Tauchen Sie ein in die farbenfrohe Welt einer der beeindruckendsten kulturellen Traditionen Sri Lankas – der Perahera.

Revered Dada J.

The spiritual journey begins when one turns away from the external acquisition to inner exploration.

'A superb novel .

This vintage book contains an English translation of the Shikshapatri, a religious text comprising two hundred and twelve Sanskrit verses.

Books of Daily Thoughts and Prayers by Swami Paramananda offers a deeply spiritual collection of daily meditations and prayers to enrich the soul and calm the mind.

The author of this volume Is one of the pioneers of the new historic era and the changing social order in the Nearer East.

'Autobiography of a Yogi' introduces the reader to the life of Paramahansa Yogananda and his encounters with spiritual figures of both the East and West.

The ';Yoga Stras of Patajali' are 196 Indian stras (aphorisms) that constitute the foundational text of Ashtanga Yoga, also called Raja Yoga.

'The Upanishads' are early philosophical texts of the Hindu religion.

The poet Kabr is one of the most interesting personalities in the history of Indian mysticism.

Collected here are three hundred twenty short poems by Rabindranath Tagore.

All the great utterances of man have to be judged not by the letter but by the spirit--the spirit which unfolds itself with the growth of life in history.

The Tao Te Ching is a spiritual, inspirational work that guides us through life, helping us to live within each moment and find the beauty that is all around each of us.

The superior man bends his attention to what is radical.

An introduction and foundational guide for the further study of Confucian texts.

'The Book of Tea' by Okakura Kakuzo shows how tea has affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life.

My first acquaintance with the Gita began in 1888-89 with the verse translation by Sir Edwin Arnold known as the Song Celestial.

This famous and marvellous Sanskrit poem occurs as an episode of the Mahabharata, in the sixth-or "e;Bhishma"e;-Parva of the great Hindu epic.

The 'Yoga Sutras of Patanjali' are 196 Indian sutras (aphorisms) that constitute the foundational text of Ashtanga Yoga, also called Raja Yoga.

The High-Caste Hindu Woman (1887) is a work of political nonfiction by Pandita Ramabai.

This is the first critical edition in transcription with facing English translation of a medieval Sanskrit text that is known in most parts of India, especially in Bengal.

Ein Buch, das Fragen stellt, die wir uns kaum noch zu stellen wagen: Warum scheint das Denken in einer Zeit, die von Wissen und Technologie dominiert wird, in einen Stillstand zu verfallen?

In The Missional Leader, consultants Alan J.

Hindus and Christians have a long history of interaction on the Indian subcontinent.

The twenty-first century has seen violence thunder back onto the stage of history.

This work offers a series of theological explorations of themes not usually addressed in standard treatments of the Hindu tradition.

This brief introduction to Hinduism is designed to help readers understand this important religious tradition.

The book is a translation of an ancient, previously untranslated Indian/Hindu Tantrik (religious) text.

The Kanwar is India's largest annual religious pilgrimage.

What is the relationship between caste and gender in the narratives of Rajput woman?

Abiding Mission presents the discipline of abiding as the first priority of the Christian and the base methodology of mission.

By Scalpel and Cross: A Missionary Doctor in Old Korea is the story of a Presbyterian medical missionary told against the background of Korea in the first half of the twentieth century, decades before the astounding rise of South Korea.

The growth and religious commitment of the Latino community in the U.

In the author's ten years living in China, Chinese friends and foreign friends alike have told him that in many ways he is more like a Chinese person than an American.

In The Oxbridge Evangelist: Motivations, Practices, and Legacy of C.

Against many expectations, religion has not vanished from Western culture.