Other religions and spiritual beliefs

Eight chilling stories of crime, disaster and unusual deaths from southeastern Pennsylvania.

Nei Gong has been a well-kept secret within the Daoist sects of China for centuries.

Over recent decades, historians have become increasingly interested in early modern Catholic missions in Asia as laboratories of cultural contact.

*; Examines werewolf tales and stories from early Greece, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Eastern Europe, China, and Japan, as well as legends of other shapeshifting creatures such as were-tigers, were-jackals, and were-caribou *; Looks at the various ways people become werewolves, including pacts with the devil, magic, and spells, and explores ways to identify, escape, and do away with werewolves *; Includes the trial records from medieval Europe for individuals who were tried on suspicion of being werewolves and the personal records of people whose spouses could shapeshift into wolves An animal both mythical and real, a terrifying predator and the villain in many a fairytale, the wolf has haunted the human imagination since prehistoric times.

Pilgrimage to ritually significant places is a part of daily life in the Maya world.

This is the first published edition of a fascinating manuscript on witchcraft in the collection of the British Library, written by an unknown sixteenth-century scholar.

A study of the religious system of Mithraism, one of the 'mystery cults' popular in the Roman Empire contemporary with early Christianity.

This book is the Magnum Opus dedicated to Mr Chi Yun Chang, a prominent historian as well as the founder of Chinese Culture University.

Requested for the Wolfson History Prize 2024.

This book is a comprehensive study of the intersection of religion, Indigenous culture, and community life, featuring an in-depth examination of the Orang Asli in Malaysia and the Santals in Bangladesh that aims for a socially inclusive, harmonious, and peaceful society.

This guide brings Chinese astrology back to its ancient roots, providing all the information you need for understanding one of the world's oldest systems of divination.

One of Japan's major religions, Shinto has no doctrines and there are no sacred texts from which religious authority can be derived.

Religion is a particularly useful field within which to study Roman self-definition, for the Romans considered themselves to be the most religious of all peoples and ascribed their imperial success to their religiosity.

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 volume explores how individuals use moral agency to craft the moral dispositions and moral capabilities needed for living well-lived lives.

The Handbook of Contemporary Animism brings together an international team of scholars to examine the full range of animist worldviews and practices.

This book examines the changing characteristics of Korean society and Koreans in various areas, including politics, economics, and society, providing rich analyses on social identity.

Re-riting Woman presents the first in-depth ethnographic study of Dianic Wicca.

This book examines the constructions and representations of male and female Sikhs in Indian and diasporic literature and culture through the consideration of the role of violence as constitutive of Sikh identity.

Encyclopaedia Of Jainism Iscompiled, Edited And Arranged In Alphabetical Order By A Renowned Orientalist Who Has Recreated With All The Splendour And Mystery Of Its Oriental Background.

Witchcraft violence is a feature of many contemporary African societies.

This book makes a significant contribution to the study of African Pentecostalism, by reflecting on their output.

A traditional Native American healer from the Karuk tribe shares his personal story of reconnection to the Great Spirit in contemporary America.

This volume addresses dealings with the wondrous, magical, holy, sacred, sainted, numinous, uncanny, auratic, and sacral in the plays of Shakespeare and contemporaries, produced in an era often associated with the irresistible rise of a thinned-out secular rationalism.

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.

Mind and Body in Early China critiques Orientalist accounts of early China as the radical, "e;holistic"e; other.

In Mountain Mandalas Allan G.

Sikhs Across Borders is the first study to explore patterns of transnational practices among European Sikhs, with particular focus on the links between the Sikhs in Europe, Punjab (the 'home-land') and within a global Sikh community.

Zimbabwe has invested in women's emancipation and leadership while articulating a strong Pan-Africanist ideology, providing a valuable entry point into understanding the dynamics relating to women's leadership in Africa.

The wisdom of Confucius, China's greatest teacher and sage, can guide each of us in our own time.

The focus of this book is on the phenomenon of cursing in shamanic practice and everyday life in Tuva, a former Soviet republic in Siberia.

The twenty-first century began with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

This volume makes available a wide variety of cultural perspectives on education and on economic and social progress.

Comparing amulets over time and space, this volume focuses on the function of written words on these fascinating artefacts.

What is good luck and what did it mean to the Romans?

New Perspectives on the Nation of Islam contributes to the ongoing dialogue about the nature and influence of the Nation of Islam (NOI), bringing fresh insights to areas that have previously been overlooked in the scholarship of Elijah Muhammad's NOI, the Imam W.

Magic, always part of the occult underground in North America, has experienced a resurgence since the 1960s.

Throughout the history of Indian religions, the ascetic figure is most closely identified with power.

Through an examination of caste in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Mexico, Hall of Mirrors explores the construction of hierarchy and difference in a Spanish colonial setting.

Katharine Briggs enjoys an unchallenged reputation in the world of folklore studies.

A classic question in studies of ritual is how ritual performances achieve-or fail to achieve-their effects.

Das "Handbuch Bahai" bietet eine Gesamtdarstellung dieser in der Mitte des 19.

This book explores the kinds of Christian service or diaconia that develop in non-institutionalized practices for supporting survivors of indigenous ritual servitude or Trokosi in Africa.

Many philosophers and scientists over the course of history have held that the world is alive.

This book challenges our assumptions about morality by explaining how industrialized philanthropy and universalized goodness came to dominate Chinese religious engagement.