Hinduism

The fifth and most popular book of the Ramayana of Valmiki, the Sundarakanda, recounts the adventures of the monkey hero Hanuman in leaping across the ocean to the island citadel of Lanka.

An Introduction to Indian Philosophy offers a profound yet accessible survey of the development of India's philosophical tradition.

Between 300 BCE and 200 CE, concepts and practices of dharma attained literary prominence throughout India.

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Dieses Buch legt weiter offen, wer Nofretete alias Nefertiti alias Echnaton war und noch viele weitere Geheimnisse:Warum gibt es die Pyramiden, vor allem die Zeit-Pyramiden und was bedeuten sie Was bedeutet die „Blaue Krone“ der Nofretete oder ist es viel mehr ein Hut oder "Sack"?

It is never surprising that even after years of sitting in the pews of America's churches basic understanding of who Jesus is and how he expects us to live day to day escape laymen and leaders alike.

This book provides the first full-scale English-language study of Pradyumna, the son of the Hindu god Krsna.

The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York is a profile of a flourishing Hindu temple in the town of Rush, New York.

America now is home to approximately five million Hindus and Jains.

Assessing the grand American evangelical missionary venture to convert the world, this international group of leading scholars reveals how theological imperatives have intersected with worldly imaginaries from the nineteenth century to the present.

Multicultural Theology and New Evangelization sheds light on the central role of multiculturalism in the Catholic Church of the third millennium.

The time in college is such a precious time of freedom and searching for students walking the maze of new ideas and new relationships.

In the grip of serious numerical decline, American Evangelical churches are now experiencing a missional movement.

Imagine being able to connect everything you do in life with God's dream of shalom.

Retells the Ramayana, the ancient Indian tale of love, duty, and sacrifice, for a modern audience *; Draws on the original Sanskrit poem of Valmiki, enhanced with tales from the oral tradition, to recount Rama's complete life *; Details how Lord Rama rose above his human weaknesses, put his spiritual duty above all personal considerations, and perfected himself to become a super human capable of saving those he loved most *; Reveals the deepest spiritual lesson of the Ramayama: that however weak we may be, each of us is capable of amazing feats through devotion, loyalty, perseverance, and love Drawing on the original Sanskrit words of the great poet Valmiki, enhanced with tales from the oral tradition, Vanamali retells the complete Ramayana, the ancient Indian tale of love, duty, and sacrifice, for a modern audience.

Preaching to Those Walking Away will help pastors adapt to a world of YouTube, TED Talks, and video marketing in which traditional preaching styles no longer feel authoritative, engaging, or compelling.

This book offers a wide range of critical perspectives on how secularism unfolds and has been made sense of across Europe and Asia.

Diversity is a buzzword of our times and yet the extent of religious diversity in Western societies is generally misconceived.

This book is the result of the long interest in Hindu pilgrimage which was encouraged during his study of Sanskrit and Hinduism It provided a detailed historical anthropology of Ayodhya, which argues that religious values can reflect political and economic processes.

Is social enterprise yet another example of the expansion of the market into all areas of life and society, in this case the marketization of poverty?

Music and Liturgy, Identity and Formation is a one-of-a-kind book about All Saints Moda Church in Istanbul.

This is the first book fully dedicated to Indian philosophical doxography.

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Based on three years of anthropological fieldwork in the Indian state of Rajasthan, Casting Kings explores the manner in which semi-nomadic performers known as Bhats understand, and also subvert, caste hierarchies.

Indian classical music has long been fascinating to Western audiences, most prominently since the Beatles' sessions with Ravi Shankar in the 1960s.

We issue this book amidst the challenges arising from the resurgence of religions in the various nations of the post-modern world.

Empowering English Language Learners showcases strategies of those who teach English as a second language in pre-schools, graduate schools, secular public schools, and private Christian schools.

Originally published in 1911, this edition published in 1920, this text comprises of an excerpt from Carpenter's Adam's Peak to Elephanta, originally published in 1892, which details his travels in India and Ceylon.

Inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, these essays are the fruit of a series of seminars sponsored by the Center for Catholic Studies and the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity at the University of St.

Students are often tested to evaluate their academic knowledge, but few Christian schools use objective measures to determine if a student has become a true disciple of Christ.

Few people have any extensive knowledge of the life and witness of the Protestant churches in the former Portuguese colonies of southern Africa.

Holy Quran is the most-read book in the world.

In analyzing the parallels between myths glorifying the Indian Great Goddess, Durga, and those glorifying the Sun, Surya, found in the Markandeya Purana, this book argues for an ideological ecosystem at work in the Markandeya Purana privileging worldly values, of which Indian kings, the Goddess (Devi), the Sun (Surya), Manu and Markandeya himself are paragons.

In this new edition of her earliest collection of sermons Barbara Brown Taylor brings her down-to-earth wisdom and keen perspective to the Bible readings of the lectionary cycle.

The Founding of the Roman Catholic Church in Melanesia and Micronesia, 1850 to 1875 is the result of Father Ralph Wiltgen's years of archival work in Rome and at the headquarters of religious orders who worked in Micronesia and Melanesia.

Pioneer missionary Timothy Richard served forty-five years in China and became a household name among educated Chinese.

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Principles and PossibilitiesMissionaries must know God, be able to relate well to other people, understand and engage with another culture, and be able to use the Bible in a way that informs all aspects of their lives and ministries.

Mirabai, a sixteenth-century Indian princess, wrote passionate love songs to Lord Krishna.

This compelling collection tells five stories of young Australian women who served in times of armed conflict in early twentieth-century China.

Christian mission has often been a project allied with colonial powers and conquests.

Hinduism perhaps is the oldest religion among all the existing religions of the world.

Based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, this translation of the Gita brings alive the deep spiritual insights and poetic beauty of the famous battlefield dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna.

The problem of the barbarous excess of human suffering is becoming the main question of global Christianity.

For thousands of years Hindu spirituality has understood the profound effect that sound has on our well-being.

In 2002, armed Hindu mobs attacked Muslims in broad daylight in the west Indian state of Gujarat.

"e;This volume is not a set of textbook answers on how to witness to Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and people with other religions based on simple formulas.