Other religions and spiritual beliefs

This book brings together our present-day knowledge about textile terminology in the Akkadian language of the first-millennium BC.

Shortlisted in the Smart Thinking category at the Business Book Awards in partnership with Pathway Group 2025 Finalist in the Leadership - Think Differently category of the Goody Business Book Awards 2024 The pandemic, climate change, rising populism, geo-political unrest - just a few of the issues causing turbulence in today's world.

Rethinks the workings of polytheism in ancient Greece through exploring the goddess Hera in her complex relationship to Zeus.

The fourth in a series that documents architectural conservation in different parts of the world, Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice addresses cultural heritage protection in a region which comprises one third of the Earth's surface.

In Herodotus and the Philosophy of Empire, Ann Ward treats the classical writer not as a historian but as a political philosopher.

*; Examines the Eight Directions and the powers of their Winds, the Tides of the Day, and the eightfold year of modern Pagan practice*; Explores geomancy practices, how to work with spirits of place, and the power of mountains, rivers, caves, standing stones, and crossroads*; Shares spiritual exercises, including runic practices and divination techniques, as well as how to craft your own magical toolsIn this guide to the Way of the Eight Winds, Nigel Pennick explores the history and practice of traditional European Pagan spirituality, a path that recognizes and celebrates our relationship with the Cosmos and the creativity of Nature.

This exhaustive and yet enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets.

This book develops an ethnography of Kamba witchcraft and its contentious relationship with the state in colonial Kenya.

This book provides a new approach to understanding the histories of refugee resettlement and their relevance for contemporary emergencies.

The First Great Awakening was a time of heightened religious activity in the colonial New England.

With extensive research and creative interpretations, Dasan's Noneo gogeum ju (Old and New Commentaries of the Analects) has been evaluated in the academia of Korean Studies as a crystallization of his studies on the Confucian classics.

This book explores stage conjuring during its "e;golden age,"e; from about 1860 to 1910.

The early missionaries brought Christianity from the monogamous West to the polygamous societies of Africa.

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Millennia have passed since the dharma yudhha of the cousins shook the land of Bharata.

This book explores how multi-life stories served to construct, communicate, and challenge ideas about karma and rebirth within early South Asia.

Parting company with the trend in recent scholarship to treat the subject in abstract, highly theoretical terms, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome proposes that the magic-working of antiquity was in reality a highly pragmatic business, with very clearly formulated aims - often of an exceedingly malignant kind.

This book examines early Confucianism as a form of virtue ethics and Mohism as a version of consequentialism.

Well-being is topic of perennial concern.

Jainism evokes images of monks wearing face-masks to protect insects and mico-organisms from being inhaled.

A comprehensive guide to the history and practice of Angular Magic *; Details the development of the magical system of the Nine Angles by the Church of Satan and the Temple of Set, as well as its internal body, the Order of the Trapezoid *; Analyzes the 3 key rites of Angular Magic: Die Elektrischen Vorspiele, the Ceremony of the Nine Angles, and the Call to Cthulhu *; Explores historical influences on Angular Magic, including Pythagorean number mysticism, John Dee's Enochian magic, and the writings of H.

Magic and Impotence in the Middle Ages investigates the common medieval belief that magic could cause impotence, focusing particularly on the period 1150-1450.

Contrary to popular opinion, there is more to Sikhism than the distinctive dress.

The mythological hero Orpheus occupied a central role in ancient Greek culture, but 'the son of Oeagrus' and 'Thracian musician' venerated by the Greeks has also become a prominent figure in a long tradition of classical reception of Greek myth.

This book interprets the Tao Te Ching from the perspective of personal cultivation.

Honorable Mention: Best First book in the History of ReligionsResponding to Vine Deloria, Jr.

The Party and state leadership in Beijing was rudely awakened to the fact that the state bureaucracies in charge of public security had no idea of Falun Gong's leadership and its functions on April 25, 1999, when reportedly ten thousand followers in front of Zhongnanhai staged a peaceful and quiet sit-in.

The Ise shrine complex is among Japan's most enduring national symbols, and A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital is the first book to trace the history of the shrines from their beginnings in the seventh century until the present day.

The United States is currently undergoing the most rapid demographic shift in its history.

A concise and comprehensive guide to the history of Sikh nationalism from the late nineteenth century to the present.

This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day.

The Western magical traditions are currently undergoing an international resurgence.

Scholars often assume that the nature of Mesopotamian kingship was such that questioning royal authority was impossible.

Discussion of Cold Damage (Shang Han Lun) and contemporary texts of ancient China form the bedrock of modern Chinese medicine practice, yet these classic texts contain many concepts that are either hard to understand or confusing.

In 1631, at the epicenter of the worst excesses of the European witch-hunts, Friedrich Spee, a Jesuit priest, published the Cautio Criminalis, a book speaking out against the trials that were sending thousands of innocent people to gruesome deaths.

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This volume presents students and scholars with a comprehensive overview of the fascinating world of the occult.

Elagabalus was one of the most notorious of Rome's 'bad emperors': a sexually-depraved and eccentric hedonist who in his short and riotous reign made unprecedented changes to Roman state religion and defied all taboos.

Focusing on three diverse indigenous traditions, Native American Religious Traditions highlights the distinct oral traditions and ceremonial practices; the impact of colonialism on religious life; and the ways in which indigenous communities of North America have responded, and continue to respond, to colonialism and Euroamerican cultural hegemony.

The Umbanda religion summons the spirits of old slaves and Brazilian Indians to speak through the mouths of mediums in trance.

Chinese traditions of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism have a profoundly philosophical dimension.

Naikan is a Japanese psychotherapeutic method which combines meditation-like body engagement with the recovery of memory and the reconstruction of one's autobiography in order to bring about healing and a changed notion of the self.

Tribal societies in India observe a diverse set of religious practices which are a quintessential part of their community life.