Comparative religion

At a time when people are yearning for good news, Cynthia Bourgeault's new book invites us to find our way to the hope that does not disappoint or fail.

The echo of Luther's hammer resounds in Asia, five hundred years after the Wittenberg controversy: the cross is a flashpoint in China; Korea seeks ecclesiastical reform; the mystical union thrives in Laos; even Kant whispers in old Batavia.

This volume is a unique collection of philosophical essays on various aspects of Schopenhauer's understanding of the nature and character of the world through the classical philosophies of the Vedanta and Buddhism and classical and modern thinkers like Bhartrhari, Tagore, and Wittgenstein.

The postmodern human condition and relationship to God were forged in response to Auschwitz.

Hope is a central topic in spiritual care.

Suicide in the forms of martyrdom, self-sacrifice, or self-immolation is perennially controversial: Should it rightly be termed suicide?

This study takes a Christian perspective on the entire Bible, rather than simply the New Testament.

Biblical and progressive.

This accessible resource on the Presbyterian ruling elder is especially designed for those considering becoming ruling elders and those who have been elected to this ordered ministry.

Calvinism is named after 16th century Reformer, John Calvin whose overall theology is contained in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559).

Der Weg des Samurai, der Bushido-Kodex, ist weit mehr als ein historisches Relikt – er ist eine Philosophie, die Jahrhunderte überdauerte und bis heute Menschen auf der ganzen Welt inspiriert.

The sign outside the conservative, white church in the small southern U.

A response to the prominent Methodist historian David Hempton's call to analyse women's experience within Methodism, this book is the first to deal with British Methodist women preachers over the entire nineteenth century.

This book in two volumes is devoted to examining the first encounter between traditional Judaism and modern European culture, and the first thinkers who sought to combine the Torah with science, revelation with reason, prophecy with philosophy, Jewish ethics with European culture, worldliness with sanctity, and universalism with the particular redemption of the Jews.

Marks the centenary of the Church in Wales and critically assesses landmarks in its evolution.

A groundbreaking account of how religion made society possibleHow did human societies scale up from tight-knit groups of hunter-gatherers to the large, anonymous, cooperative societies of today-even though anonymity is the enemy of cooperation?

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

How should we understand the God of the Bible?

Austronesia is the vast oceanic region which stretches from Madagascar to Taiwan to New Zealand.

We Are Amphibians tells the fascinating story of two brothers who changed the way we think about the future of our species.

Adults in your church, small group, or other Christian organization are silently suffering the tragic consequences of having been sexually abused as children or youth.

A challenging controversial discussion of the current state of the debate about Christianity and other world faiths.

An assessment of the attempts to bring religious allegiances and perspectives to bear in responses to the mass atrocities of our time.

Foundations of Pastoral Counselling adopts a completely new approach to its subject, through an integration of philosophical ideas, theological thought, and psychotherapeutic psychology.

Faunalia is a controversial Pagan festival with a reputation for being wild and emotionally intense.

"e;Essential Spirituality beautifully articulates the benefits of spiritual living in the material world.

What was distinctive about the founding principles and practices of Quakerism?

Judaism, Christianity and Islam: An Introduction to Monotheism shows how a shared monotheistic legacy frames and helps explain the commonalities and disagreements among Judaism, Christianity and Islam and their significant denominations in the world today.

Apostolic and Prophetic promotes a vision of the church as apostolic, ecumenical, and radical.

This major new study re-examines one of the most controversial issues of early modern history: the impact of the English Reformation upon the English people.

Tradition and Modernity focuses on how Christians and Muslims connect their traditions to modernity, looking especially at understandings of history, changing patterns of authority, and approaches to freedom.

In a concise and devastating style, Craig Parton, an experienced trial lawyer versed in the laws of legal evidence, argues that religions uniformly fail the simplest tests of admissibility for their respective claims.

Today's social and political climate often pits conservative or traditional Christianity against "e;progressive"e; Christianity.

As an atheistic religious tradition, Buddhism conventionally stands in opposition to Christianity, and any bridge between them is considered to be riddled with contradictory beliefs on God the creator, salvific power and the afterlife.

For too many students, Christian theology is learned in isolation from other religions traditions.

The fourth century of our common era began and ended with a miracle.

This book provides a fascinating historical and cultural overview of traditional beliefs about spirit possession and exorcism around the world, from Europe to Asia and the Middle East to the Americas.

In this book, Frederique Apffel-Marglin draws on a lifetime of work with the indigenous peoples of Peru and India to support her argument that the beliefs, values, and practices of such traditional peoples are 'eco-metaphysically true.

The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian denomination and claims a membership of some 80 million members in about 164 countries.

In search of an explanation of how a sense of ethnic identity evolves to create the concept of nation, Armstrong analyzes Islamic and Christian cultures from antiquity to the nineteenth century.

This STUDY GUIDE is a companion resource to Wayne Grudem's Christian Beliefs, revised edition.

How religious are Americans these days?

Rethinking religion and literature in a series of chapters by leading international scholars, Reading the Abrahamic Faiths opens up a dialogue between Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Post-Secular literary cultures.