Comparative religion

This volume is the first English-language anthology to engage with the fascinating phenomena of recent surges in New Age and alternative spiritualties in Israel.

From recent sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church, to arguments about faith schools and religious indoctrination, this volume considers the interconnection between the actual lives of children and the position of children as placeholders for the future.

This book sheds new light on Jerusalem's status in early Islam.

This book presents selected chapters from the proceedings of the 12th Global Islamic Marketing Conference (June 2021).

Nietzsche was famously an atheist, despite coming from a strongly Protestant family.

This book offers engagements with topics in mainline theology that concern the lifelines in and of the Pacific (Pasifika).

This book examines the competing regimes of law and religion an offers a multidisciplinary approach to demonstrate the global scope of their influence.

Not to be confused with pantheism-the ancient Greek notion that God is everywhere, an animistic force in rocks and trees-the concept of panentheism suggests that God is both in the world, immanent, and also beyond the confines of mere matter, transcendent.

Wie lässt sich der christliche Einheits- und Universalitätsanspruch angesichts der faktischen Pluralität partikularer Theologien normativ begründen?

Since 1990, direct sales have attracted over two million recruits in Mexico and are characterized by a belief in the power of positive thinking.

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice brings together a team of distinguished scholars to provide a comprehensive and comparative account of social justice in the major religious traditions.

This book examines and compares the religious experience of an African group with a European one.

The current social and political climate makes it easy to benefit from religious misunderstanding.

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What is the overarching meaning of the world's religions?

An indispensable resource for exploring food and faith, this two-volume set offers information on food-related religious beliefs, customs, and practices from around the world.

This book is a comparative study of miracles in the major world religions and explores the value of miracles in religious belief.

This edited volume deploys digital ethnography in varied contexts to explore the cultural roles of mobile apps that focus on religious practice and communities, as well as those used for religious purposes (whether or not they were originally developed for that purpose).

Daniel Horan, popular author of Dating God and other books on Franciscan themesand expert on the spirituality of Thomas Mertonmasterfully presents the untold story of how the most popular saint in Christian history inspired the most popular spiritual writer of the twentieth century, and how together they can inspire a new generation of Christians.

Social scientists sometimes seem not to know what to do with religion.

Millions of Muslims and Christians are neighbors, and they believe that they worship the one and only God.

Traditionally revered as the literal word of God, the Qur'an serves as Islam's sacred book of revelation.

Current tendencies in religious studies and theology show a growing interest for the interchange between religions and the cultures of rationalization surrounding them.

Motivated variously by the desire to reject consumerism, to live closer to the earth, to embrace voluntary simplicity, or to discover a more spiritual path, homesteaders have made the radical decision to go "e;back to the land,"e; rejecting modern culture and amenities to live self-sufficiently and in harmony with nature.

Nearly every form of religion or spirituality has a vital connection with art.

Church growth in metropolitan communities motivated a short study concerning the pastoral care and counseling of immigrants, specifically Black Caribbean congregants in large/mega congregations.

What comes after reflective listening?

Why do millions of people attend the victory parades of winning sports teams, travel across the world to attend a carnival, march and chant for social justice, cheer homecoming soldiers, or watch enraptured as a princess or celebrity rides in a stately coach to their wedding?

Contingency, Immanence, and the Subject of Rhetoric considers rhetoric as the historical counterpoint of philosophical and religious discourses via its correspondences with antique rabbinic exegetical practices and contemporary psychoanalytic insights into causation.

Interested in cutting down on your drinking without giving it up altogether?

This book explores the value impact that theist and other worldviews have on our world and its inhabitants.

Many modernist and avant-garde artists and authors were fascinated by the occult movements of their day.

This book, in two volumes, breathes fresh air empirically, methodologically, and theoretically into understanding the rich ceremonial lives, the philosophical-religious knowledge, and the impressive material feats and labor organization that distinguish Hopewell Indians of central Ohio and neighboring regions during the first centuries CE.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Valuable not only for their sublime musical expression, the African American spirituals provide profound insights into the human condition and Christian life.

Understanding Islam's sacred text is integral to understanding your Muslim neighbor Cross-cultural missionary and scholar Matthew Aaron Bennett blends the insights of Islamic believers, secular Qur'an scholars, and missionaries to Muslims, making The Qur'an and the Christian like no other resource for Christian ministry to Muslims.

Distinguished scholar of Japanese religions and culture Helen Hardacre offers the first comprehensive history of Shinto, the ancient and vibrant tradition whose colorful rituals are still practiced today.

Understanding Islam's sacred text is integral to understanding your Muslim neighbor Cross-cultural missionary and scholar Matthew Aaron Bennett blends the insights of Islamic believers, secular Qur'an scholars, and missionaries to Muslims, making The Qur'an and the Christian like no other resource for Christian ministry to Muslims.

Learn Something New This ChristmasWe hate to admit it, but after years, sometimes even decades, of reading the same Luke 2 story of Christmas, we get a little boredwe lose some of the awe we ought to have when discussing the greatest miracle in history.

The last few years have seen a remarkable surge of popular interest in the topic of atheism.

Islam on Campus explores how Islam is represented, perceived and lived within higher education in Britain.

This innovative collection examines the transnational movements, effects, and transformations of religion in the contemporary world, offering a fresh perspective on the interrelation between globalization and religion.