Religion and beliefs

Essential reading for serious students of Chinese practical arts, including medicine, martial arts and FengShui, Master Zhongxian Wu and Dr Karin Taylor Wu provide a detailed explanation of the 22 GanZhi symbols in this book, outlining the characteristics of each, and their interactions and relationships.

In his unprecedented account of the way of martial arts, Master Zhongxian Wu explores WuDao through systematic instruction of select practices from the legendary Dai Family Style XinYi Martial Arts School.

An internationally bestselling fable about a spiritual journey, littered with powerful life lessons that teach us how to abandon consumerism in order to embrace destiny, live life to the full and discover joy.

Here is the haunting story of the great female poet Hung Tu, who flourished in the ninth century during one of the great periods of Chinese literature.

As people increasingly seek alternatives to modern medicine, interest is growing in the ancient system of Tibetan medicine, which has been practised for over 2,500 years.

The art of connecting with, feeling and adjusting the energy body using the consciousness is a key aspect of Nei Gong and Qi Gong.

For the Chinese, the destiny of each individual and the cosmos have always been inextricably linked, and for two thousand years the Yijing, or the Book of Change, has exercised the best minds in the Orient.

Britain's pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artifacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, is both enthralling and perplexing to a resident of the twenty-first century.

Pema Chodron reveals the vast potential for happiness, wisdom and courage even in the most painful circumstances.

Increasing numbers of professionals in the fields of psychology and therapy are seeking to incorporate elements of spirituality into their therapeutic oeuvre, addressing not only mental and emotional issues, but also the soul.

Brendan Hyde identifies four characteristics of children's spirituality: the felt sense, integrating awareness, weaving the threads of meaning, and spiritual questing.

This collection examines theological and ethical issues of ageing, disability and spirituality, with an emphasis on how ageing affects people who have mental health and developmental disabilities.

This is not a book of facts; it's a book of 'facts'.

A militant Marxist atheist and a “Radical Orthodox” Christian theologian square off on everything from the meaning of theology and Christ to the war machine of corporate mafia.

Can there be a Buddhism without karma, nirvana, and reincarnation that is compatible with the rest of knowledge?

An Emancipatory Pedagogy of Jesus: Toward a Decolonizing Epistemology of Education and Theology is an in-depth analysis on the emancipatory power of love exhibited and exemplified in the life, pedagogy, and praxis of Jesus Christ.

Religions flourish everywhere around the planet, shaping people's lives, providing meaning and spiritual guidance in a perplexing world, giving comfort in times of distress.

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

This sensitive and compassionate book provides older people who are nearing the end of life and their loved ones, as well as the professionals who work with them, with a greater depth of understanding of spiritual issues surrounding death and dying.

An Emancipatory Pedagogy of Jesus: Toward a Decolonizing Epistemology of Education and Theology is an in-depth analysis on the emancipatory power of love exhibited and exemplified in the life, pedagogy, and praxis of Jesus Christ.

Get to Know the Jesus of the Bible in this Engaging 12-Week Bible StudyWho Is Jesus?

This deeply informed book considers the intertwined roles of faith, force, and finance in shaping the modern Middle East.

Seasoned counselors and professors Ron Hawkins and Tim Clinton offer a comprehensive guide that empowers Christian counselors by clarifying their task: to help people take possession of their souls.

Now that more than 850,000 copies of 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue have been sold, thousands of readers with tongue trouble can testify that Deborah Pegues' approach works in real, everyday life.

Step into the pioneering field of Afropean Biblical Studies.

What can one eighteenth-century Judaeo-Arabic medical manuscript reveal about language, knowledge, and scribal practice?

Koinonia has become the standard by which any biblically founded ecclesiology is measured.

Spiritual formation has gained increasing attention with theological schools as a significant element of the theological education process.

Spiritual formation has gained increasing attention with theological schools as a significant element of the theological education process.

"e;With a vibrant narrative, recipes, and menus, this absorbing volume will be of interest to readers of Christian history and those interested in cookery and Mediterranean diets.

"e;With a vibrant narrative, recipes, and menus, this absorbing volume will be of interest to readers of Christian history and those interested in cookery and Mediterranean diets.

"e;Pat O'Connell's synthesis of Merton's spirituality offers us a hope-filled book when hope is in short supply.

Churches and sacred spaces were devastated by warfare and confessional violence in the southern Netherlands during the late sixteenth century.

This is the first book-length study of the early Quaker minister and theologian, Martha Calvert Simmons (1624-1665), regarded as one of the foremost Quaker female ministers in the mid-1650s.

This collection is one of the most comprehensive elaborations of "e;the pneumatological imagination"e;-a disposition to God and the world shaped by the doctrine of the Holy Spirit.

This groundbreaking book brings Chinese missiology to the forefront, offering a rare insider's perspective on the rise of Chinese Christianity.

Who are the Christians of the Middle East?

This book studies the trials and tribulations of eight Danish post-Reformation pastors and their parishioners, thereby shedding new light on the development of the complex roles performed by Lutheran pastors c.

This volume investigates the rich spectrum of religious practices and beliefs at Carthage from its foundation until the end of Roman rule.

Increasingly, discussions of religious difference and diversity are moving from the theological and theoretical towards the practical and contextual.

There is hardly a sixteenth-century genre that Erasmus did not try, often ambitiously.

Why revisit Suarez's moral thought today?

Seasoned counselors and professors Tim Clinton and Ron Hawkins provide a landmark reference that offers a capstone definition of the emerging profession and ministry of the Christian counselor.

This book examines early modern Jerusalem's waqf system through an Ottoman provincial lens, analyzing how diverse social groups engaged with these endowments in judicial contexts.