Comparative religion

Even the most casual observer of Chinese society is aware of the tremendous significance of Confucianism as a linchpin of both ancient and modern Chinese identity.

Relying on religious traditions that are as old as their faith itself, many devout Christians turn to prayer rather than medicine when their children fall victim to illness or injury.

If sexuality is inherently social, the same thing can be said about celibacy.

In recent years scholars have begun to question the usefulness of the category of 'religion' to describe a distinctive form of human experience and behavior.

In books such as Mystics and Messiahs, Hidden Gospels, and The Next Christendom, Philip Jenkins has established himself as a leading commentator on religion and society.

Enriched by the wealth of new research into women's history, No Small Courage offers a lively chronicle of American experience, charting women's lives and experiences with fascinating immediacy from the precolonial era to the present.

In Divine Mother, Blessed Mother, Francis X.

Over the past century, Christianity's place and role in the world have changed dramatically.

Esteemed scholar David Leeming, who has authored more than twelve books on mythology, here offers the first comprehensive narrative study of the mythology of the Middle East, that tumultuous region that was the cradle of civilization.

In this new book, author Russell McCutcheon offers a powerful critique of traditional scholarship on religion, focusing on multiple interrelated targets.

Drawing from research conducted in Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda, Christianity, Islam, and Liberal Democracy offers a deeper understanding of how Christian and Islamic faith communities affect the political attitudes of those who belong to them and, in turn, prospects for liberal democracy.

Why are sex and jewelry, particularly rings, so often connected?

Why are sex and jewelry, particularly rings, so often connected?

This volume provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of the scholarship on religion, conflict, and peacebuilding.

Religion and Community in the New Urban America examines the interrelated transformations of cities and urban congregations.

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

Provincial Hinduism explores intersecting religious worlds in an ordinary Indian city that remains close to its traditional roots, while bearing witness to the impact of globalization.

What could Roman Catholicism and Mormonism possibly have to learn from each other?

What could Roman Catholicism and Mormonism possibly have to learn from each other?

When humankind faces what it perceives as a threat to its very existence, a macabre thing happens in art, literature, and culture: corpses begin to stand up and walk around.

When humankind faces what it perceives as a threat to its very existence, a macabre thing happens in art, literature, and culture: corpses begin to stand up and walk around.

Sociologist Jeffrey Guhin spent a year and a half embedded in four high schools in the New York City area -- two of them Sunni Muslim and two Evangelical Christian.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are considered kindred religions-holding ancestral heritages and monotheistic belief in common-but there are definitive distinctions between these "e;Abrahamic"e; peoples.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are considered kindred religions-holding ancestral heritages and monotheistic belief in common-but there are definitive distinctions between these "e;Abrahamic"e; peoples.

Winner of the 2016 Grawemeyer Award in ReligionGlobal health efforts today are usually shaped by two very different ideological approaches: a human rights-based approach to health and equity-often associated with public health, medicine, or economic development activities; or a religious or humanitarian "e;aid"e; approach motivated by personal beliefs about charity, philanthropy, missional dynamics, and humanitarian "e;mercy.

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

Drawing from research conducted in Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda, Christianity, Islam, and Liberal Democracy offers a deeper understanding of how Christian and Islamic faith communities affect the political attitudes of those who belong to them and, in turn, prospects for liberal democracy.

The concept of evolution is widely considered to be a foundational building block in atheist thought.

The concept of evolution is widely considered to be a foundational building block in atheist thought.

This volume provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of the scholarship on religion, conflict, and peacebuilding.

Provincial Hinduism explores intersecting religious worlds in an ordinary Indian city that remains close to its traditional roots, while bearing witness to the impact of globalization.

The term 'mysticism' has never been consistently defined or employed, either in religious traditions or in academic discourse.

Can Islam be located on a map?

It's hard to think of a single aspect of American culture, past or present, in which religion has not played a major role.

Loving Stones is a study of devotees' conceptions of and worshipful interactions with Mount Govardhan, a sacred mountain located in the Braj region of north-central India that has for centuries been considered an embodied form of Krishna.

Loving Stones is a study of devotees' conceptions of and worshipful interactions with Mount Govardhan, a sacred mountain located in the Braj region of north-central India that has for centuries been considered an embodied form of Krishna.

Despite its enduring popularity both in China and worldwide, the Yijing is often poorly understood.

Despite its enduring popularity both in China and worldwide, the Yijing is often poorly understood.

Who is God?

Who is God?

Controversies over how to define the word "e;religion"e; have persisted for decades.

Controversies over how to define the word "e;religion"e; have persisted for decades.

Religion plays a central role in human experience.

Religion plays a central role in human experience.

The Caribbean is a microcosm of the world's religions.

The Caribbean is a microcosm of the world's religions.

This investigation of religion by greatest psychoanalyst of the twentieth-century explores the role faith can take in the life of man, what it can mean to us and why as a species we are inclined towards it.

Discover your true power as you embrace the calling God has reserved just for you.

A Wall Street Journal BestsellerFormer IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivers a powerful combination of memoir, leadership lessons, and big ideas on how we can all drive meaningful change.