Comparative Religion category: 1410 books

A record of the 2015 Building Bridges Seminar for leading Christian and Muslim scholars, this collection of essays explores the nature of divine and human agency through themes of creation’s goal, humankind’s dignity and task, and notions of sovereignty. Part I sets the context for the book with...

Mark Walia's A Tale of Two Cultures: Islam and the West lays out the contrasts between the Western and Islamic worlds with remarkable clarity and documentation, and concludes there are nearly irreconcilable differences between these worlds.

Jesus of Arabia, the Reverend Canon Andrew Thompson introduces an unfamiliar Jesus—Jesus in the context of his home in the Middle East. Whether readers believe Jesus to be a prophet or the messiah, Thompson enhances our understanding of his work and character by looking at his social context as...

This book analyzes the evolution of the Hojjatiyeh movement in Iran, a semi-clandestine movement which emerged in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement, went underground in the 1960s, and re-emerged openly after Iran's 1979 revolution with its members coming to occupy some of the highest echelon posts in Iranian politics

Having been a radically practicing Muslim, knowing Islam from the inside, the author wanted to give the detailed account of his conversion from Islam to his relationship with Jesus Christ. His book tells how he lived as a Muslim, what he believed, his encounter with Christians, and especially the...

Did you know that one in every 282 Americans is a Jehovah’s Witness? When a Jehovah’s Witness knocks on your door, do you know what to say? Now you can! In What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? you’ll experience Dr. Ankerberg’s interviews with three former Jehovah’s Witnesses and two experts...

Enlightenment is one of those words that everyone respects. It suggests something very good. But just what is "enlightenment"? It involves a higher state of consciousness and existence. By various practices and disciplines, one allegedly realizes the divine or monistic nature of all reality....

What are the differences between the practices of Mormonism and the Bible? Is the Jesus of the Mormon Church the Jesus of the Bible? In Mormonism Jesus is a man who became one of many gods. Biblical Christianity teaches Jesus was always God, and that there is only one God. Why is it most Mormons do...

El Cristianismo es único por dos cosas: por las evidencias en las cuales se apoya y por las doctrinas que enseña. Así también, Jesucristo es único, y la religión que se fundamenta en Él. La Fe Cristiana no fue una fabricación de hombre. No fue una invención de los discípulos, ni del apóstol...

What could Roman Catholicism and Mormonism possibly have to learn from each other? On the surface, they seem to diverge on nearly every point, from their liturgical forms to their understanding of history. With its ancient roots, Catholicism is a continuous tradition, committed to the conservation...

One of the worlds foremost authorities on the Oneness Pentecostal Faith and the Apostolic Doctrine. Rev. Dr. Steve Joel Moffett, Sr. has been involved in professional ministry for over 33 years. He has served as a Pastor, Teacher and Evangelist. He is a powerful communicator and is in high demand...

This Reader presents a diverse and ecumenical cross-section of ecclesiological statements from across the twenty centuries of the church's existence. It builds on the foundations of early Christian writings, illustrates significant medieval, reformation, and modern developments, and provides a representative...

This book provides a critical investigation into Sikh and Muslim conflict in the postcolonial setting. Being Sikh in a diasporic context creates challenges that require complex negotiations between other ethnic minorities as well as the national majority. Unsettling Sikh and Muslim Conflict: Mistaken...

This book examines how in defending Asian rights and their own version of Christian idealism against scientific racism, missionaries developed a complex theology of race that prefigured modern ideologies of multiculturalism and reached its final, belated culmination in the liberal Protestant support of the civil rights movements in the 1960s