Comparative religion

Kabbalah and Ecology resets the conversation about ecology and the Abrahamic traditions.

By reading "e;The Rosicrucian Quest for Universal Truth,"e; you will be able to learn about the fascinating combination of history and mysticism that surrounds the Rosicrucians.

Over the course of a career of more than forty years, Jonathan Z.

The indispensable guidebook to help the well-meaning guest when visiting other people's religious ceremonies-updated and revised.

God's Plenty examines the religious landscape of Kingston, Ontario, in the twenty-first century.

In 40 Days, 40 Prayers, 40 Words, Reyes-Chow encourages readers to pause in the bustle of their daily lives to reflect, engage, and share during the Lenten season.

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of atheism, secularity and non-religion in Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

This first book-length study of religious schisms as a general phenomenon draws widely from different traditions and geographical areas.

In September 2002, twenty-one prominent Catholic and Protestant scholars released the groundbreaking document 'A Sacred Obligation,' which includes ten statements about Jewish-Christian dialogue focused around a guiding claim: 'Revising Christian teaching about Judaism and the Jewish people is a central and indispensable obligation of theology in our time.

The forgotten story of the nineteenth-century freethinkers and twentieth-century humanists who tried to build their own secular religionIn The Church of Saint Thomas Paine, Leigh Eric Schmidt tells the surprising story of how freethinking liberals in nineteenth-century America promoted a secular religion of humanity centered on the deistic revolutionary Thomas Paine (1737-1809) and how their descendants eventually became embroiled in the culture wars of the late twentieth century.

The present volume of Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses offers a fascinating insight into the history, the main ideas and current developments in economic thought from the perspective of the three major monotheistic faiths Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

This Study Guide develops in further detail the objections to Islam and the case for Christianity that Qureshi introduced in his bestseller Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus.

The Copts of Egypt are the largest Christian minority in the Middle East.

Compares the modern legal instruments of Jewish, Christian and Muslim organisations in light of their historical religious laws.

Understanding the Religions of the World offers a new approach to the study of religion which moves away from the purely descriptive and instead helps students understand how religions actually 'work'.

Funerals are among the most important life events in Western society, and fashioning a personalized ceremony for yourself or for a loved one is often the most meaningful way to celebrate the life of the deceased.

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.

In Divine Mother, Blessed Mother, Francis X.

At Eastertime, the most important holiday in the Christian world, religious processions in many Latin American countries pass over ornate street "e;carpets"e; fashioned from colored sawdust, flowers and fruit.

This volume explores how nine different religious and secular traditions deal with pluralism, dissent, and the challenges these issues pose.

Hasidism Incarnate contends that much of modern Judaism in the West developed in reaction to Christianity and in defense of Judaism as a unique tradition.

From sustainable event planning to the influence of VR, AI, and mobile applications on tourist behaviour, this book explores the dynamic landscape where innovation meets tradition.

The New Atheists' claim that religion always leads to fanaticism is baseless.

As ecological degradation continues to threaten permanent and dramatic changes for life on our planet, the question of how we can protect our imperiled Earth has become more pressing than ever before.

This book offers a philosophical defence of nihilism.

This volume offers a sample of reflections from scholars and practitioners on the theme of death and dying from scholars and practitioners, ranging from the Christian tradition to Hinduism, Lacanian psychoanalysis, while also touching on the themes of the afterlife and near-death experiences.

Wie sieht ein Leben ohne monotheistische Gottesvorstellung aus, das sich nicht in der Tabuisierung des Todes und in allgemeiner Verdrängung der Lebens- und Todesproblematik verliert?

Religion scheint ein plausibler Umgang mit Sinndefiziten unserer Gegenwart zu sein.

This book examines the economic history of ancient South Asia by situating the Malwa region of Central India within Afro-Eurasian trade networks to illuminate the role of traders in the political, religious and economic processes connected with the Indo-Sasanian trade in the period of five centuries, circa CE 300-700.

Why Islam is more political and fundamentalist than other religionsWhy does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions?

The Ise shrine complex is among Japan's most enduring national symbols, and A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital is the first book to trace the history of the shrines from their beginnings in the seventh century until the present day.

American society has changed dramatically since A Culture of Conspiracy was first published in 2001.

In this groundbreaking study, Anthony B.

A new look at Rashi''s innovative commentary that sheds unique light on medieval Jewish and Christian learning and Bible interpretation.

This volume offers both theoretical approaches and case studies on the relationship between religion and the secular world.

A leading scholar sheds critical light on the seemingly revelatory events behind new religions and spiritual movementsUnseen presences.

Presented as a series of conversations, Evolution and Conversion is a thorough discussion of the major tenets of Girard's thought.

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

Kaum ein Feld ist zwischen Christen und Muslimen so umstritten wie die Erlösungslehre.

Early Christology must focus not simply on "e;historical"e; but also on theological ideas found in contemporary Jewish thought and practice.

In 1964, Augusto Del Noce assembled in a book some of his best works on Marxism, atheism, and the history of modern philosophy.

In their third book together, Adam B.

Chinese traditions of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism have a profoundly philosophical dimension.

This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin mothers in the earliest layers of their cults.

Greek religion is filled with strange sexual artifacts - stories of mortal women's couplings with gods; rituals like the basilinna's "e;marriage"e; to Dionysus; beliefs in the impregnating power of snakes and deities; the unusual birth stories of Pythagoras, Plato, and Alexander; and more.