Comparative Religion category: 1410 books
by John Hatcher
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
The Face of God Among Us is an examination of religious history that aims to find out exactly who the founders of the great religions of the past were, and what their role has been in the development of human society. Author John Hatcher looks at the lives and stations of the Prophets of the past--Buddha,...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2016
This book gathers scholars from the three major monotheistic religions to discuss the issue of poverty and wealth from the varied perspectives of each tradition. It provides a cadre of values inherent to the sacred texts of Jews, Christians, and Muslims and illustrates how these values may be used...
Divine Multiplicity
Trinities, Diversities, and the Nature of Relation
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
The essays in this volume ask if and how trinitarian and pluralist discourses can enter into fruitful conversation with one another. Can trinitarian conceptions of divine multiplicity open the Christian tradition to more creative and affirming visions of creaturely identities, difference, and relationality—including...
Claiming Abraham
Reading the Bible and the Qur'an Side by Side
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Many of the Bible's characters and stories are also found in the Qur'an, but there are often differing details or new twists in the Qur'an's retelling of biblical narrative. In this compelling book, seasoned theologian Michael Lodahl explores these fascinating divergences to discover the theological...
Religions of Iran
From Prehistory to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Although today associated exclusively with Islam, Iran has in fact played an unparalleled role within all the world religions, injecting Iranian ideas into the Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, and Manichaean traditions of the merchants who passed along the Silk Road. This vivid and surprising work explores...
When Souls Had Wings
Pre-Mortal Existence in Western Thought
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
The idea of the pre-existence of the soul has been extremely important, widespread, and persistent throughout Western history--from even before the philosophy of Plato to the poetry of Robert Frost. When Souls Had Wings offers the first systematic history of this little explored feature of Western...
Invincible Wisdom
Quotations from the Scriptures, Saints, and Sages of All Times and Places
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2008
The guiding idea of this book has been to gather together sayings, maxims, and aphorisms, which, in some respect or other are of profound and permanent spiritual value. Moreover, the net has been cast wide, with the result that the selected items are extremely variegated; for, in the present age, protective...
TRATADO DE ALQUIMIA SEXUAL
Los secretos de la Iniciación Espiritual en la Alquimia Medieval, la Biblia y el Libro Egipcio de los Muertos.
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Tratado de Alquimia Sexual revela el verdadero significado de los documentos auténticos y los símbolos utilizados por los alquimistas medievales, como Paracelso, Basilio Valentín, Francis Bacon, y más, al mostrar cómo esas enseñanzas están ocultos en el Libro Egipcio de los Muertos y en la...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
New Religious Movements tend to start their lives with a number of unequivocal statements, not only of a theological nature but also about the world and appropriate behaviours for the believer. Yet these apparently inalienable Truths and their interpretations frequently become revised, ’adjusted’...
How Do You Know You're Not Wrong?
Responding to Objections That Leave Christians Speechless
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
In today's postmodern world, believers more than ever before are faced with a host of objections to Christianity. Expert apologist Paul Copan describes these objections as "anti-truth" claims and with "How Do You Know You're Not Wrong" he provides a helpful resource with thorough,...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2015
This book proposes that the drive for religiosity and experiences of the sacred are far from lost in contemporary western societies. The contributors' objective is to explore the myriad of ways late modern shamanism is becoming more vital and personally significant to people, communities, and economies in Nordic countries.
by William Hopper
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2011
From the Virgin Birth to boughs of Holly; Christmas lights to Santa's evil origins, 'The Heathen's Guide to Christmas brings you the actual, historical origins of this supposed Christian holiday, all in a convenient reference-format that makes ruining Christmas as easy as mincemeat...
Mind in the Balance
Meditation in Science, Buddhism, and Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
By establishing a dialogue in which the meditative practices of Buddhism and Christianity speak to the theories of modern philosophy and science, B. Alan Wallace reveals the theoretical similarities underlying these disparate disciplines and their unified approach to making sense of the objective...
by Philip Freund
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
An exploration of mythology, religious belief, and scientific theory on the origins of the universe.
A classic study of mythology, this examination investigates stories from all continents and ages-with all their startling similarities and contrasts-to reveal the workings of the...