Comparative religion

Religion plays a critical role in determining how disability is understood and how persons with disabilities are treated.

Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent and at times contradictory.

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

The challenges and changes that take place when religions move from one cultural context to another present unique opportunities for interreligious dialogue.

In a time marked by prominent public clashes between theists and atheists, much less attention has been given to the question of agnosticism, whether in public debate or in academic literature.

The study of comparative religious ethics is at a critical juncture, given the growing awareness of non-Christian ethical beliefs and practices and their bearing on social change.

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

Archaeologists have been increasingly turning their attention to the study of religion, but the field so far has lacked a cross-cultural overview.

Essays from former students of Donald G.

This book is a global reflection on disparate religious and philosophical approaches to questions of AI and the particular ways these questions affect East Asian societies.

The Bhagavata Purana is one of the most important, central and popular scriptures of Hinduism.

People yearn for a sense of belonging.

Can Islam be located on a map?

This book interrogates canonical Indian English fiction which has Dalit characters as protagonists or major characters, and argues that the representation of such characters, although well-meant, is regulated and made unremarkable.

You probably speak 20,000 words a day, give or take, and each one influences those who listen.

In 1517, Martin Luther set off what has been called, at least since the nineteenth century, the Protestant Reformation.

Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses on the church door at Wittenberg in 1517.

As a creative prayer compendium, Eucharistic Adoration: Holy Hour Meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ invites readers to spend a holy hour in eucharistic adoration while meditating on the seven last words of Jesus and shows them how to do it.

In this groundbreaking study, Anthony B.

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.

The liturgical season of Lent and Good Friday are very important for Christians as they meditate and reflect upon the dying of Jesus.

Presented on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, this collection of essays honors the life and work of Dr.

Theologisches Denken und geistliches Leben gehören zusammen.

Praying in the Spirit of Christ offers contemporary readers a compelling and holistic vision of what life in Christ can mean for them.

This book investigates Turkey's departure from a 'flawed democracy' under Kemalist secularism, and its transitioning into Islamist authoritarian Erdoganism, through the lenses of informal law, legal pluralism, and legal hybridity.

This book addresses a fundamental dilemma in religious studies.

This book compares a variety of biblical narratives with the stories found in several Northwest Semitic inscriptions from the ancient kingdom of Judah and its contemporary Syro-Palestinian neighbors.

"e;Dayspring, my dictionary tells me, is an archaic word meaning 'dawn.

This book argues that local and global religious social forces are primarily responsible for the social developments in communities in the global south.

Clearing up the confusion about religion, re-visioning the core elements of spiritual traditions, and transcending the fault line of secular-versus-religious.

The first decade of the twenty-first century saw a number of best-selling books which not only challenged the existence of god, but claimed that religious faith was dangerous and immoral.

America's Favorite Holidays explores how five of America's culturally important holidaysChristmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgivingcame to be what they are today, seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture.

This anthology consists of fourteen topically arranged essays that explore a form of humanism characterized by epistemic humility, a progressive ethical orientation, as well as a respect for the positive features of religion.

"e;If you're giving one book for Christmas, make it this one.

No two figures could seem further removed than Mohandas K.

The three years that Calvin spent in Strasbourg are often considered a simple gap between his two periods in Geneva (1536-1538 and 1541-1564).

In 2012, Steve Austin, then a pastor, nearly died by suicide.

In this landmark volume, a rich array of voices make the case that religion is not partitioned off from the secular in the Global South the way it is in the Global North.

This essential comparative religious studies resource presents primary scriptures of seven world religions and reveals their shared heritage in Zoroastrian tradition.

The present book is a sequel to Ephraim Chamiel's two previous works The Middle Way and The Dual Truth-studies dedicated to the "e;middle"e; trend in modern Jewish thought, that is, those positions that sought to combine tradition and modernity, and offered a variety of approaches for contending with the tension between science and revelation and between reason and religion.

A major new account of the most intensely creative years of Luther's careerThe Making of Martin Luther takes a provocative look at the intellectual emergence of one of the most original and influential minds of the sixteenth century.

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.

 This volume explores how religious leaders can contribute to cultures of peace around the world.

In this unique book about the major religious traditions of the world, a practitioner from each tradition-Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam-introduces the basics of his or her faith and participates in a conversation about the challenges of being faithful in the modern world.

In the whole body of Christmas carols sung in English, among the most famous and beloved is a song universally called "e;The Twelve Days of Christmas.