Religion and beliefs

What impact did the Church have on society?

This book articulates a broad range of theoretical viewpoints, both classical and contemporary, in the field of the psychology of religion.

Conducted by officially appointed exorcists or by maverick priests sidestepping Christian sanctions, by evangelical ministers and Episcopal charismatics, the ancient rite of exorcism is flourishing in the new millennium.

The Homecoming Seasons: An Irish Catholic Returns to a Changing Long Island is a deeply moving memoir of a returning native's re-experience of his childhood community.

In 2008, the authors wrote Steps toward Vatican III which explored developments occurring in the Catholic Church including its teachings on social justice, interreligious dialogue, and Small Christian Communities.

The Accidental Immigrant is the capstone work of world-renown author Professor Kyriacos C.

More than seventy-five years have passed since the Holocaust and the terrors visited by German Nazis on occupied Europe.

This innovative book stresses the distinction of the human race from other species by using what the author calls Human Symbols (HS): language, thought, religion, knowledge/science, and cultural values and norms.

Reverence is defined as a sense of awe or profound respect for the person.

In an effort to counter the confusion and isolation often experienced by a novice synagogue-goer, as well as by many who regularly attend synagogue, The Synagogue Survival Kit: A Guide to Understanding Jewish Religious Services offers introductions and instructions for all aspects of the synagogue experience.

First published in 2009, this ground-breaking work introduced a new field in Africana studies and laid the groundwork for positioning the teachings of Elijah Muhammad in academia.

Contemporary environmental Philosophy has overwhelmingly continued certain materialist assumptions toward nature.

The Accidental Immigrant is the capstone work of world-renown author Professor Kyriacos C.

In Spiritual Integrity, Martin S.

Why do we watch movies?

This books seeks to uncover the underlying message of the Gospel of John through its four major themes and several sub-themes.

More than seventy-five years have passed since the Holocaust and the terrors visited by German Nazis on occupied Europe.

In 21st century America, personhood is under daily assault, sometimes with dire consequences.

In 2008, the authors wrote Steps toward Vatican III which explored developments occurring in the Catholic Church including its teachings on social justice, interreligious dialogue, and Small Christian Communities.

This is an introductory guide to the ways Jesus is depicted in the New Testament.

A fourteen centuries old consensus by Islamic religious authorities has upheld the belief that God has granted husbands the right to beat their wives.

Common sense tells us that technology can either be a blessing or curse in our lives.

One Family: Before, During, and After the Holocaust, Third Edition, written by the son of a survivor, revisits and expands the author's research on his relatives while they lived in Poland, France, Denmark and the U.

What did it feel like to be an openly Jewish soldier fighting alongside German troops in WWII?

This anthology consists of fourteen topically arranged essays that explore a form of humanism characterized by epistemic humility, a progressive ethical orientation, as well as a respect for the positive features of religion.

There are no pre-packaged "e;magic bullet"e; solutions to life's anticipated and unforeseen hurdles.

The Homecoming Seasons: An Irish Catholic Returns to a Changing Long Island is a deeply moving memoir of a returning native's re-experience of his childhood community.

Empowering Bernard Lonergan's Legacy offers an interdisciplinary approach to Lonergan's work.

The cross of Christ represents the spiritual, physical, and metaphoric reasons for our existence.

From the trues of nature, man reasons his truths, the sum of which is TRUITY.

This book examines alleged "e;superhuman"e; powers predominantly associated with smith/artisans in five African societies.

This work examines the relevance of traditional Islamic thought and practices for a lasting solution to the current environmental crisis.

This book uses rhetorical analysis to illuminate one of the most fascinating and complicated speeches by Saint Paul: 2 Cor 10-13.

Comprised of debates among the rabbis of late antiquity in the aftermath of the destruction of the Second Temple (70 C.

This book is an exercise in the systematic recourse to anachronism as a theological-exegetical mode of apologetics.

Change is one of the passwords that describes the moving reality of our lives.

Zadokite Propaganda in the Late Second Temple Period is a monumental epoch-breaking work of scholarship in ancient history and Jewish studies.

The basis of this collection of essays is the reading of a common topic from different perspectives.

In this autobiography of a Christian minister, Fred R.

This study uses early Jewish sources to analyze the significance of Day of Atonement and High Priest imagery in the narrative of Simon Peter's threefold denial of Jesus.

African religion is ancestor worship; it revolves around the dead, now thought to be alive and well in heaven (the Samanadzie) and propitiated by the living on earth.

In Questioning Martin Heidegger, Martin Heidegger's "e;Overcoming Metaphysics"e; provides the jumping-off point for a wide-ranging critique and deconstruction of Western metaphysics from the Pre-Socratics and Sophists to Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Derrida.

The Mythology of Venus is a collection of essays that summarizes the archaeoastronomy, calendar associations, religious and cultural icons, and myths identified with the planet Venus.

This book asserts that the better one understands the causes of behavior, the better one can apply that knowledge to produce a better world.

Cultivating Personal and Organizational Effectiveness presents a holistic understanding of personal and organizational development.

Life of Christ bridges the gap between commentaries and devotional accounts of Christ's ministry.

This book presupposes that pastors and seminarians deeply desire to answer the question of all questions: how do I make disciples of Jesus Christ?

Fethullah Gulen is a moderate Turkish Muslim scholar who is known mostly for his education and dialogue activities.

Long ago, mystics believed that along with every renewal of the phases of the Moon came shifts within the souls of all stones, plants, animals, and yes, even humans.

Drawing on the author's unusual background as a seminarian turned scientist and business executive, Boys of the Cloth presents a unique analysis of the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church.