Other religions and spiritual beliefs

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This volume presents a comparison of seven major religious reformers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: For Islam, Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani, Muhammad 'Abduh and Muhammad Rashid Rida; for Hinduism, Dayananda Sarasvati and Swami Shraddhananda; for Confucianism, K'ang Yu-wei and Liang Ch'i-ch'ao.

This volume presents a comparison of seven major religious reformers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: For Islam, Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani, Muhammad 'Abduh and Muhammad Rashid Rida; for Hinduism, Dayananda Sarasvati and Swami Shraddhananda; for Confucianism, K'ang Yu-wei and Liang Ch'i-ch'ao.

Although there has been a massive increase in the volume of pilgrimage research and publications, traditional Anglophone scholarship has been dominated by research in Western Europe and North America.

This original, provocative study, first published in 1973, presents a new method of interpretation of mythology, and reveals the wide-ranging implications of this universal phenomenon for many disciplines.

This original, provocative study, first published in 1973, presents a new method of interpretation of mythology, and reveals the wide-ranging implications of this universal phenomenon for many disciplines.

The financial crisis of 2008 has led to a re-evaluation of the role of financial institutions and their relationship with the wider economy and society.

The financial crisis of 2008 has led to a re-evaluation of the role of financial institutions and their relationship with the wider economy and society.

Gewirth's theory of human rights has made a major contribution to philosophy.

Gewirth's theory of human rights has made a major contribution to philosophy.

This book analyzes the contemporary politics of the Hajj in countries of Africa, the Near East, and Southeast Asia.

This book investigates the discursive and performative strategies employed by Australian Indigenous rappers to make sense of the world and establish a position of authority over their identity and place in society.

Clans and Religion in Ancient Japan presents the latest research on the origin of Japanese religion and the clans in charge of religious services in ancient Japan.

Clans and Religion in Ancient Japan presents the latest research on the origin of Japanese religion and the clans in charge of religious services in ancient Japan.

This volume focuses on the religious shrine in western India as an institution of cultural integration in the period spanning 200 BCE to 800 CE.

This volume focuses on the religious shrine in western India as an institution of cultural integration in the period spanning 200 BCE to 800 CE.

This book analyses the social, political and religious life of the Hyolmo people of Nepal.

This book analyses the social, political and religious life of the Hyolmo people of Nepal.

Provides an accessible account of the variety and subtlety of Greek and Roman philosophy of death, from Homer to Marcus Aurelius.

*; Shares an eight-step process based on the life-prolonging and health-enhancing methodology of the Earth Path of Taoism*; Includes practices focused on posture, breathing, mental health, energy flow, and meditation, as well as eight mind-body Daoyin longevity exercises, complete with illustrated instructions*; Explores what causes premature aging and how to avoid it, along with longevity secrets of the legendary Eight ImmortalsACCORDING TO THE ANCIENT CHINESE SAGES, the way to achieve health, longevity, and enlightenment starts with the Earth Path of Taoism, which advises us to nurture the body, calm the mind, and stir the spirit.

An innovative reading of how different authors tell stories about the Delphic Oracle, focusing on the religious views thereby conveyed.

An innovative reading of how different authors tell stories about the Delphic Oracle, focusing on the religious views thereby conveyed.

A non-theistic contribution to the dialogue between religion and secular humanism through the medium of Buddhist spiritual practice.

A non-theistic contribution to the dialogue between religion and secular humanism through the medium of Buddhist spiritual practice.

This book does away once and for all with the assumption that only religions of the book think systematically about god(s).

This book does away once and for all with the assumption that only religions of the book think systematically about god(s).

This book offers a new, theoretically informed framework for the interpretation of ancient visual culture.

This book offers a new, theoretically informed framework for the interpretation of ancient visual culture.

This book charts the history of Confucianism in Japan to offer new perspectives on the sociology of Confucianiam across East Asia.

This book charts the history of Confucianism in Japan to offer new perspectives on the sociology of Confucianiam across East Asia.

Proposes a new way of understanding themes such as matter, knowledge, human happiness and the gods in Epicurus and Plotinus.

Proposes a new way of understanding themes such as matter, knowledge, human happiness and the gods in Epicurus and Plotinus.

This book sheds new light on the religious and consequently social changes taking place in late antique Rome.

This book sheds new light on the religious and consequently social changes taking place in late antique Rome.

Scholars from several fields tell the story of the Hajj and explain its significance as one of the key events in the Muslim religious calendar.

Scholars from several fields tell the story of the Hajj and explain its significance as one of the key events in the Muslim religious calendar.

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

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

This book provides a synthesis of the archaeology of Eleusis during the Bronze Age, reconstructing the origins and early development of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

A study of the importance of debates about obeah, and state suppression of it, for Caribbean struggles about freedom and citizenship.

This book provides a synthesis of the archaeology of Eleusis during the Bronze Age, reconstructing the origins and early development of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

A study of the importance of debates about obeah, and state suppression of it, for Caribbean struggles about freedom and citizenship.

Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation is one of the tracts written by Martin Luther in 1520.

This 1999 book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods.

A broad history of ancient Jewish magic from the Second Temple to the rabbinic period.

The first English-language contributory volume on Chinese metaphysics, covering all major traditions from pre-Qin to the modern period.