Originally the third in a series of five lectures delivered at Harvard University, this extract is an early attempt to tackle a formidable subject: the religion of ancient Iraq, or Mesopotamia.
Religions teach their adherents how to see and feel at the same time; learning to see is not a disembodied process but one hammered from the forge of human need, social relations, and material practice.
A Women's Bible Study on Sarah, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel--and What They Still Teach Us About Living Our CallingMatriarchs is a Bible study by Paige Allen--executive pastor, MDiv graduate, and author of He Knows Your Name--that examines the lives of the four Matriarchs of Genesis: Sarah, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel.
What Roger Ferlo did for the Bible in Opening the Bible, volume 2 of The New Church's Teaching Series, Jeffrey Lee now does for the prayer book in volume 7 of the series.
Addressing the complex social fabric of Indian society, this book explores its history, marked by enduring conflicts between Brahmanic and Un-Brahmanic forces that have shaped its ideological and philosophical traditions.
Serving Time Too: A Memoir of My Son's Prison Years is the universally accessible story of a mother and son: what she knew about him; what she will never understand; how she helped him, and when she needed to let him go.
Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology.
What Roger Ferlo did for the Bible in Opening the Bible, volume 2 of The New Church's Teaching Series, Jeffrey Lee now does for the prayer book in volume 7 of the series.
Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology.
Serving Time Too: A Memoir of My Son's Prison Years is the universally accessible story of a mother and son: what she knew about him; what she will never understand; how she helped him, and when she needed to let him go.
From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia.
Religions teach their adherents how to see and feel at the same time; learning to see is not a disembodied process but one hammered from the forge of human need, social relations, and material practice.
Step into Genesis and discover more than beginnings—you will see the gracious hand of God moving through creation, failure, judgment, mercy, promise, and providence.
Lord Jagannath, residing in the sacred Nilaachala of Puri, is not just a deity; He is a living symbol of equality, love, devotion, and selfless service.
Eating for the Awakening of the Heart: Prophetic, Sufi, Philosophical, and Psychological Foundations of Sacred Restraint is a scholarly and contemplative study of eating as a discipline of moral formation.
Triage Before Church ServiceWhat the Body Carries Before Worship Beginsby Yram HossooSome believers arrive at church carrying invisible emergencies long before the first song starts.
Ernesto de Martinos Wut – Symbol – Wert aus dem Jahr 1962 ist eine Bestandsaufnahme der unweigerlichen Gefahren und der uneingelösten Versprechen der Ethnologie.
This book offers the first historical summary in English and source text in Dutch of the Tayuoan Consistory Minutes recorded between 1643 and 1649 at the Castle Zeelandia in Formosa (today’s Taiwan).
This book offers a groundbreaking psychological exploration of how religion influences sport performance, motivation, injury recovery, and interpersonal dynamics in athletic settings.
The Ethics of Uncertainty: Why Human Vows Fail is an irreverent, insightful, and deeply human exploration of why our promises so often crumble beneath the weight of real life.
This book offers a groundbreaking psychological exploration of how religion influences sport performance, motivation, injury recovery, and interpersonal dynamics in athletic settings.
This book offers the first historical summary in English and source text in Dutch of the Tayuoan Consistory Minutes recorded between 1643 and 1649 at the Castle Zeelandia in Formosa (today’s Taiwan).
Le premier tome de ce traite sur Dieu, Un et Trine propose une relecture systematique de l'itineraire de la theologie trinitaire depuis le debut du XXe siecle jusqu'a nos jours, en remontant aux grandes inflexions qui, a partir des annees 1960, ont conduit a repenser en profondeur sa structure et ses questionnements.
'Singh is a brilliant young scholar and a gifted writer, and this remarkable book will change how you think about religion, spirituality, consciousness, and human nature' Paul BloomWhat are the origins of shamanism and what is its future?