Other religions and spiritual beliefs

This volume sets out to explore, propose, and generate feminist theories based on African indigenous philosophies and concepts.

This unique book brings a fresh interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of ancient Chinese history, creating a historical model for the emergence of cultural mainstays by applying recent dramatic findings in the fields of neuroscience and cultural evolution.

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.

Make a pilgrimage into your soul.

Essential reading for serious students of Chinese practical arts, including medicine, martial arts and FengShui, Master Zhongxian Wu and Dr Karin Taylor Wu provide a detailed explanation of the 22 GanZhi symbols in this book, outlining the characteristics of each, and their interactions and relationships.

Robert Torrance's wide-ranging, innovative study argues that the spiritual quest is rooted in our biological, psychological, linguistic, and social nature.

This volume brings together works by established and emerging scholars to consider the work and impact of Bhai Vir Singh.

Of the three main teachings in Chinese culture, Confucianism has exerted the most profound and lasting influence in China.

Investigating the widespread but understudied presence of the Persephone myth within 21st-century young adult literature, Cristina Salcedo Gonz lez analyses six young adult novels which incorporate a reworking of this ancient Greek myth.

This volume is dedicated to Miguel Civil in celebration of his 90th birthday.

This ground-breaking biography of Bishop Francis Hutchinson (1669-1739) provides a detailed and rare portrait of an early eighteenth century Irish bishop and witchcraft theorist.

Rapley analyses witch hunts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and finds many of the same elements repeated in more recent miscarriages of justice - from the Dreyfus case for treason in late nineteenth-century France, to the persecution of the Scottsboro Boys in Alabama for the gang rape of two white girls in the 1930s, to the Guildford and Maguire terrorist prosecutions in Britain in the 1970s.

The Emirate of Kuwait hardly resembles the city-State it was at the start of the 20th century.

Is religion dying out in Western societies?

This authorized biography of the contemporary Taoist expert Wang Liping (1949 -) tells the true story of his apprenticeship in Taoist wizardry, as well as Taoist principles and secrets of inner transformation.

In 2013, when the state of Oklahoma erected a statue of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the state capitol, a group calling themselves The Satanic Temple applied to erect a statue of Baphomet alongside the Judeo-Christian tablets.

In this study in three-dimensional character reconstruction, Cornelis Bennema presents a new theory of character in the New Testament literature.

The Daode Jing, a highly enigmatic work rooted in ancient Chinese cosmology, ontology, metaphysics, and moral thinking, is regularly offered to college and high-school students in religion, philosophy, history, literature, Asian studies, and humanities courses.

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

In the first century of the Common Era, two new belief systems entered long-established cultures with radically different outlooks and values: missionaries started to spread the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth in Rome and the Buddha in China.

The worlds leading psychiatric authority on demonic possession delves into the hidden world of exorcisms and his own transformation from cynic to believer over the course of his twenty-five-year career.

First published in 1935, Religious Thought in France in the Nineteenth Century discusses various religious thoughts prevalent in France during the nineteenth century, along with prominent figures associated with them.

The year 2021 marked the five-hundredth anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines.

Theme park studies is a growing field in social and cultural studies.

This interdisciplinary edited collection addresses issues at the intersection of indigenous psychology, market ideology, values, and technology.

In Haitian Vodou, spirits impact Black practitioners' everyday lives, tightly connecting the sacred and the secular.

"e;This 449-page collection of essays on the life of the famous (or infamous?

Classical Greece and its legacy have long inspired a powerful and passionate fascination.

How do text, performance, and rhetoric simultaneously reflect and challenge notions of distinct community and religious identities?

Nearly a century after his death, the image of Sai Baba, the serene old man with the white beard from Shirdi village in Maharashtra, India, is instantly recognizable to most South Asians (and many Westerners) as a guru for all faithsHindus, Muslims, and others.

Zhenwu, or the Perfected Warrior, is one of the few Chinese Deities that can rightfully claim a countrywide devotion.

The book Globalization: The Missing Roads of Tribal's is an outcome of sincere efforts of the author who has taken keen pain to edit twenty eight articles of descriptive, explanatory, exploratory, analytical and theoretical nature written by scholars of national and international repute.

An introduction to the ancient Taoist exercise system of Tao Yin*; Includes 45 fully illustrated exercises that promote flexibility, strength, and balance in one's physical, mental, and spiritual energy*; Addresses the health needs of the musculoskeletal system and the unique physical stresses of a modern urban lifestyleIn the Western world, exercise focuses mainly on physical fitness and developing muscular strength.

Britain's pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artifacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, is both enthralling and perplexing to a resident of the twenty-first century.

Cultivating Sikh Culture and Identity explores the development of modern Sikh identities through the concept of 'cultivation of culture'.

Learn witchcraft and fine-tune your unique blend of magic with The Door to WitchcraftWhether inciting a light curiosity or a passionate craving, witchcraft is a practice that you can adapt to fit your goals.

What role do indigenous religions play in today's world?

What can survive the end of the world?

Do you find yourself restless and distracted by the hustle and bustle of the modern world?

This companion studies the life and legacy of Guru Hargobind (1590-1644), the Sixth Guru of the Sikh tradition.

The Routledge Handbook of Critical Indigenous Studies is the first comprehensive overview of the rapidly expanding field of Indigenous scholarship.

The bible is indeed a world of the strange and mysterious when it comes to the variety of creatures that are presented in its texts.

This book explores how festivals of Rome were celebrated in the Greek East and their transformations in the Christian world.

Romance, betrayal, passion, tragedy, violence, and scandal.