Comparative Religion category: 1410 books
People of the Book
An Interfaith Dialogue about How Jews, Christians and Muslims Understand Their Sacred Scriptures
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2018
What is the role of scripture in illuminating the lives of the faithful today? In this book, three experts in Judaism, Christianity and Islam respectively discuss and debate this question, by exploring the core messages of the Torah, Bible and Qu'ran. Taking a deeper look at the wide range of theological,...
Fictions of Conversion
Jews, Christians, and Cultures of Change in Early Modern England
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
The fraught history of England's Long Reformation is a convoluted if familiar story: in the space of twenty-five years, England changed religious identity three times. In 1534 England broke from the papacy with the Act of Supremacy that made Henry VIII head of the church; nineteen years later the...
by Susan Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2009
The pioneering autobiographical story of a British Zionist in her fifties who moves to Israel and chooses to live among 25,000 Muslims in the all-Arab Israeli town of Tamra, a few miles from Nazareth. Susan Nathan’s revelatory book about her new life across the ethnic divide in Israel is already...
Hidden Thailand
Boxed Sets, #3
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Hidden Thailand comprises 5 books on Thai Lifestyle and Culture
A Thailand Diary shows, through its 365 pages, a real Thailand that many do not see.
The 10 chapters of Thailand Take Two look at the main cultural concepts found in Thailand, its different lifestyle and values. From Face...
by Marie DRUCKER, Frédéric LENOIR
Language: French
Release Date: October 27, 2011
Language: French
Release Date: October 27, 2011
" Quand les dieux sont-ils apparus dans l'histoire de l'humanité ? Les juifs sont-ils les inventeurs du Dieu unique ? Pourquoi la figure de Dieu est-elle presque toujours masculine et les religions bien souvent misogynes ? Dieu est-il une personne, une force, une énergie, un principe créateur ?...
Our Global Families
Christians Embracing Common Identity in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
As Christians, we belong to not only a diverse global Christian family but also a diverse human family. Todd Johnson, a noted expert on global Christianity and world missions trends, and Cindy Wu show how divisions within these families work against our desire to bring about positive change in the...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
What is the nature of Hell? What role(s) may Hell play in religious, political, or ethical thought? Can Hell be justified? This edited volume addresses these questions and others; drawing philosophers from many approaches and traditions to analyze and examine Hell.
What Did Jesus Really Say-How Christianity Went Astray
[What to Say to a Born Again Christian Fundamentalist, but Never Had the Information]
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2005
No dogma please. And hold the mustard. For something to be called Christianity, it should be based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Jesus never said he needed to die for our sins so we could be "saved." Only Paul and John make this claim. Christianity has therefore become a form...
The Theatre of the Occult Revival
Alternative Spiritual Performance from 1875 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
This book explores the religious foundations, political and social significance, and aesthetic aspects of the theatre created by the leaders of the Occult Revival. Lingan shows how theatre contributed to the fragmentation of Western religious culture and how contemporary theatre plays a part in the development of alternative, occult religions.
Between Naivety and Hostility
How Should Christians Respond to Islam in Britain?
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Provides thinking Christians with a broad range of balanced evidence on Islam in Britain.
This book will enable readers to engage with the issues and come to conclusions that might help them be better social peacemakers and spiritual friends to Muslims for the sake of Jesus Christ.
Religious Conversion and Identity
The Semiotic Analysis of Texts
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
The way in which people change and represent their spiritual evolution is often determined by recurrent language structures. Through the analysis of ancient and modern stories and their words and images, this book describes the nature of conversion through explorations of the encounter with the religious...
Wisdom
Folk, Arcane, Practical, Religious, Philosophical, Mystical
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
This book is an investigation of wisdom in its diverse nature and types. Wisdom may be as everyday as folk adages or as arcane as a religious parable. In one form it is highly practical, and in another it addresses what is fundamentally real. In another form it is moral wisdom, and when it is psychological...
by Jean-Christophe SALADIN
Language: French
Release Date: March 28, 2019
Language: French
Release Date: March 28, 2019
Découvrir et s'initer aux grandes religions en 200 notions illustrées !
Textes du christianisme, de l'islam, du judaïsme ou du bouddhisme, mais aussi pratiques, histoire, ruptures... la collection "pour les Nuls" propose un tour d'horizon des grandes religions à travers 200 notions clés illustrées, pour découvrir ou redécouvrir les grandes religions le tout en un seul livre !
The Counter-Narratives of Radical Theology and Popular Music
Songs of Fear and Trembling
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
In this unique collection, theologians born and formed during the Cold War offer their insights and perspectives on theological relationships with such musical artists and groups as Joy Division, U2, Nick Cave, and John Coltrane. These essays demonstrate that one's personal music preferences can inform and influence professional interests.