Comparative Religion category: 1410 books
Beyond Secularism and Jihad?
A Triangular Inquiry into the Mosque, the Manger, and Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
Peter D. Beaulieu examines the challenge posed by—and to—modernity and historic Islam as they encounter one another. He compares the Western separation of Church and state with the unitary Islamic State, and explores the proposed cultural and societal principles of the Second Vatican Council as...
by Kenneth Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
This book is a study of contemporary Buddhist-Christian encounter in Thailand. Case studies, which include a Buddhist nationalist group, a charismatic church movement, and a village community, describe the variety and nature of Buddhist-Christian relations. Arising issues – nationalism, identity,...
by Arnold van Gennep
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2019
A CLASSIC WORK OF ANTHROPOLOGY—OVER SEVENTY THOUSAND COPIES SOLD
With a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize–winner David I. Kertzer
Arnold van Gennep’s masterwork, The Rites of Passage, has been a staple of anthropological education for more than a century. First published in French in...
Prayer For The Day on Peace
Foreword by Terry Waite CBE
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Prayer for the Day brings together 365 selected readings from the much loved, long-running series on BBC Radio 4. The programme, which has been broadcast daily at 5:43am for several decades, and continues to attract over half a million dedicated listeners, comprises a short 2-minute reflection to...
Christianity and Other Religions
Selected Readings
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Edited by two prominent names in interfaith dialogue, this is a stimulating introduction to the complex relationships between Christianity and other faiths. Featuring eleven essays from some of the key thinkers in the Christian tradition, /Christianity and Other Religions/ is an engaged and challenging...
History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1
From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
"No one has done so much as Mr. Eliade to inform literature students in the West about 'primitive' and Oriental religions. . . . Everyone who cares about the human adventure will find new information and new angles of vision."—Martin E. Marty, New York Times Book Review
Hasidism Incarnate
Hasidism, Christianity, and the Construction of Modern Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
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. Ironically enough, this occurred even as modern Judaism increasingly dovetailed with Christianity with regard to its ethos, aesthetics, and attitude...
by Robert S. Hare
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
Like philosophy? Enjoy spiritual inspiration?
You’ve got to read this eBook, The Password Primeval.
Multi-cultural philosophies. The best of several religions.
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Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
This interdisciplinary collection of essays addresses idolatry, a contested issue that has given rise to both religious accusations and heated scholarly disputes. Idol Anxiety brings together insightful new statements from scholars in religious studies, art history, philosophy, and musicology to show...
God Loves Diversity and Justice
Progressive Scholars Speak about Faith, Politics, and the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Both personal and scholarly in tone, this book encourages readers to think theologically, ethically, and politically about the statement that declares: “God loves diversity and justice.” The multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-disciplinary, and multi-gendered identities of the eleven contributors...
Theater in a Crowded Fire
Ritual and Spirituality at Burning Man
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
Every summer, thousands gather from around the world in the blistering heat of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert for the seven-day celebration of art, community, and fire known as Burning Man. Culminating in the spectacular incineration of a wooden effigy, this festival is grand-scale theater for self-expression,...
Spiritual Places In and Around New York City
Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Even in the most hectic, most busy, most never-sleeping city in the world, comfort for the heart, mind, and soul is only a step away. And here's your quick-and-easy guide to finding it. Spiritual Places In and Around New York City is your roadmap to the myriad spaces and places around the boroughs that...
We Are the Angels
Healing Your Past, Present, and Future with the Lords of Karma
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
The possibilities for healing our energy, ourselves, and our planet are explored in WE ARE THE ANGELS, the groundbreaking book from Diane Stein. Based on the premise that the Earth and all beings are one, she masterfully presents a detailed understanding of Karma-the accrued lessons of past lifetimes...
The Awakened Ones
Phenomenology of Visionary Experience
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
While a rational consciousness grasps many truths, Gananath Obeyesekere believes an even richer knowledge is possible through a bold confrontation with the stuff of visions and dreams. Spanning both Buddhist and European forms of visionary experience, he fearlessly pursues the symbolic, nonrational...