Comparative religion

Believing in Belonging draws on empirical research exploring mainstream religious belief and identity in Euro-American countries.

Documents eighteenth-century literary representations of atheism, arguing that opposition to atheism generated unique forms of religious belief.

This book introduces the first systematic and unified four-dimension democratic approach to newspaper religion reporting.

Mirabai, a sixteenth-century Indian princess, wrote passionate love songs to Lord Krishna.

This encyclopedia is the first comprehensive survey of Hispanic American religiosity, contextualizing the roles of Latino and Latina Americans within U.

This masterful survey of world religions presents a clear and concise portrait of the history, beliefs, and practices of Eastern and Western religions.

Once upon a time, on grounds of both religion and common sense, people assumed that the earth was flat and that the sun literally rose and set each day.

This book elucidates the complicated relationship between religion and national consciousness in the modern world, highlighting various cases within Central and Eastern Europe.

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.

This volume presents the findings of a number of empirical and theoretical studies on education about religions and worldviews (ERW) conducted in the Western societies of Britain, Ireland, Canada, Norway, Finland, New Zealand, Australia and Canada.

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.

This book explores the life and ideas of the enigmatic twentieth century philosopher, mystic, and teacher of esoteric dances George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, performing a hermeneutic textual analysis of all his writings to illuminate the place of hypnosis in his teaching.

Over the course of his career, Luther H.

This practical book has given tens of thousands of clinicians and students a comprehensive introduction to mindfulness and its clinical applications.

Do we all possess a soul?

With the increased popularity of zombies in recent years, scholars have considered why the undead have so captured the public imagination.

A valuable resource for students and general audiences, this book provides a unique global perspective on the history, beliefs, and practices of emergent faith communities; new religious traditions; and religious movements worldwide, from the 19th century to the present.

Critically examining the notion of 'world religions', Charles D.

This highly accessible book presents a new approach to treating men who use violence against their partners and/or children.

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

Horse of Karbala is a study of Muharram rituals and interfaith relations in three locations in India: Ladakh, Darjeeling, and Hyderabad.

Religion und Religiosität spielen wieder eine Rolle im öffentlichen Diskurs.

A compelling history of atheism in American public lifeA much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation's moral fabric, barred from holding public office, and branded as irreligious misfits in a nation chosen by God.

A comprehensive collection provides guidance and deep insight from a variety of experts in this emerging fieldThe rapidly developing field of interreligious studies fosters scholarship engaging two or more religious traditions at a time.

More Than 1,000 Goddesses & Heroines from around the WorldGroundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting goddesses and heroines from all religions and all corners of the globe.

Let the songs of the first Christmas turn your heart toward God's glory.

Winner of the Edward Goodwin Ballard Prize as announced at the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Meeting on September 27, 2024 The book offers a systematic reconstruction of the disagreement between Husserl and Heidegger from the former's point of view, but without falling into any form of Husserlian apologetics.

What standards should we use to evaluate culturally distinct philosophies?

This profoundly encouraging anthology contains poetry, biblical passages, excerpts, and more sent in from contributors who selected the pieces that most inspired them in times of crisis or difficulty: from Royals Duchess of Kent and Princess Michael, to writers John Bayley, Muriel Spark and Beryl Bainbridge; politicians including Tony Blair, Hillary Clinton and Anne Widdicombe; the Dalai Lama; Kiri Te Kanawa, Joan Sutherland and many more.

Covering the nonviolence traditions in all the major religions as well as the contributions of religious traditions to major nonviolent practices, this book addresses theories of nonviolence, considers each religion individually, and highlights what discrete religious perspectives have in common.

Though a minority religion in Vietnam, Christianity has been a significant presence in the country since its arrival in the sixteenth-century.

New religious movements-commonly known as cults-are defined as organizations that have arisen within the last 200 years.

The power of faith intersects with the practicality of counseling in this unique partnership of a faith/worship leader and a therapist as they offer a pathway for readers to find help, hope, healing, and freedom while navigating life's struggles.

Millennialists through the ages have looked forward to the apocalyptic moment that will radically transform society into heaven on earth.

Timothy Kellers neues Buch "Glauben wozu?

Ancient authors debated proper verbal and non-verbal signs as representations of divinity.

Paul Snell, novice reporter, gets assigned a weekly column on chess, mostly because of his faux-filial attachment to the Hane Tribune's owner Waldo Turner.

Islam and its Past: Jahiliyya, Late Antiquity, and the Qur'an brings together scholars from various disciplines and fields to consider Islamic revelation, with particular focus on the Qur'an.

Rabbi Marcus Jastrow (1829-1903) was one of the most important figures of nineteenth-century Judaism, but is often neglected.