Comparative religion

Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, and-yes-the audacity to conceive of a powerful, secular alternative to the Bible.

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

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

Recent books by, among others, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have thrust atheism firmly into the popular, media, and academic spotlight.

We live at a time when religious diversity has become a fact of life in our globalized societies.

This book reviews the financial past, present, and future of couples contemplating marriage, with questions and text posed to highlight critical points.

Love for the Future: Building One World of Freedom and Democracy Under God's Truth is a compilation of select international lectures given by Ryuho Okawa during his (ongoing) global missionary tours.

Since the late 1970's practical theology has had a significant voice and influence in the academy.

A battle rages between doubt and faith.

Since the Mediterranean connects cultures, Mediterranean studies have by definition an intercultural focus.

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

This book tries to clarify a Buddhist view of interfaith dialogue from various points of view.

Israel and the Nations: The Bible, The Rabbis, and Jewish-Gentile Relations explores the Jewish theology and law (Halakhah) relating to non-Jews.

The long twentieth century in China and Taiwan has seen both a dramatic process of state-driven secularization and modernization and a vigorous revival of contemporary religious life.

Understanding other religions is no longer an academic, ivory tower exercise.

Without question, inter-religious relations are crucial in the contemporary age.

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

At the origins of the major religious traditions one typically finds a seminal figure.

This companion is not intended as another interpretation of the ancient text, but rather as an aid for contemporary students to develop their own interpretive reading of it, in the hope of thereby aiding them in the search for meaning, purpose, and service in their own lives - as seventy-three generations of Chinese have done.

Der Autor, Mario Eduard Giovanelli vermittelt in seinem einfach verständlichen, informativen, meist ernsthaft, manchmal auch witzig, zynisch und sarkastisch geschriebenen Buch, 'Zum Blöken zu dämlich - Von den Dummheiten und Irrtümern Einzelner über die der Massen, bis hin zur Beherrschung des Schach des Lebens', im ersten Teil über sowohl historische als auch gegenwärtige Dummheiten, Irrtümer und Fehlentscheidungen Einzelner bis hin zu denen der Massen.

';Mom, I have something I need to tell you' They didn't talk.

In the religions of the world, there is strongemphasis on the practice of "purification" for the religious transformation ofmind and body in connection with achieving such ultimate objectives asenlightenment and salvation.

In Germany at the turn of the century, Buddhism transformed from an obscure topic, of interest to only a few misfit scholars, into a cultural phenomenon.

Finding Mom is a story of tragedy, secrets, and forgiveness.

The eighth volume of the series "e;Key Concepts of Interreligious Discourses"e; investigates the roots of the concept of "e;peace"e; in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and its relevance for the present time.

How can one believe in an age of doubt?

Theologisches Denken und geistliches Leben gehören zusammen.

Das Anliegen der vorliegenden Untersuchung ist es, mit der Theorie der multiplen Differenzierung einen soziologischen Blick auf Religion und die besonderen Übersetzungsverhältnisse am Beispiel der organisations- und milieuspezifischen Lage der Aleviten in der Türkei zu werfen.

In Soft Shepherd or Almighty Pastor?

In this book, Juli Gittinger argues that America's fascination (obsession?

Addiction.

When asked their religious identification, more people answer 'none' in the Pacific Northwest than in any other region of the United States.

Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes looks at fantasy film, television, and participative culture as evidence of our ongoing need for a mythic visionfor stories larger than ourselves into which we write ourselves and through which we can become the heroes of our own story.

Humanity's long history of intermittent conflicts and contemporary violence undermines Christian's (and their Jewish and Muslim fellow believers) religious confidence in and moral commitment to world peace.

The materials presented here are reflections on a variety of topics: a belief in God's suffering and the pastoral implications of this; Luther's theology of preaching; practical approaches to evangelistic preaching; pastoral advice on death and dying; apologetic preaching in a post-Christian culture on the model of Paul; effective living in the power of the Holy Spirit, striking a balance between enthusiastic service and fervent love; the image of God's love in the Old Testament; and personal exhortations.

The academic study of religion recently has turned to the investigation of emotion as a crucial aspect of religious life.