Comparative Religion category: 1410 books

This volume explores how Pagans negotiate local and global tensions as they craft their identities, both as members of local communities and as cosmopolitan “citizens of the world.” Based on cutting edge international  case studies from Pagan communities in the United States, Poland, Russia,...

Genesis of the Bible = God’s Way. This little book will correlate the Genesis account with Historical Geology. God can create this earth any way He chooses. It is not Creation versus Evolution. God created the earth by the process we call “evolution”, and the first chapter of the Bible outlines...

The study of indigenous religions has become an important academic field, particularly since the religious practices of indigenous peoples are being transformed by forces of globalization and transcontinental migration. This book will further our understanding of indigenous religions by first considering...

This book offers fresh insights into the contemporary state of Ecumenism. Following the election of Pope Francis, there has been a significant thaw in ecumenical relations, and there are grounds for thinking that this will continue into the future. The twelve chapters, written both by experienced...

The Past, Present and Future of Theology of Interreligious Dialogue brings together several of the most widely regarded specialists who have contributed to theological reflection on religious diversity and interreligious encounter. The chapters are united by the consistent theme of the obligation...

This is the fourth volume in the series God and Globalization, sponsored by the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, N.J. The 3 previous volumes were multi-authored. This volume is authored solely by Max Stackhouse, the general editor of the series, with a Foreword by the distinguished church...

Islamic terrorism is spreading world wide, soon to be in our neighborhoods. In the 1930s when Hitler came to power few spoke in opposition against him, the result was WWII. Today our Governments and the media, who both subject themselves to political correctness, are not looking into the real roots...

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are considered kindred religions-holding ancestral heritages and monotheistic belief in common-but there are definitive distinctions between these "Abrahamic" peoples. Shared Stories, Rival Tellings explores the early exchanges of Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and...

This book is about God's solution for sin; both in the Quran and the Bible.The Quran and the bible agree that God provided a garment after man had sinned.This book explores to unearth what this garment symbolizes. Secondly because this two books claim to originate from the same God; when they differ what guidelines should one follow?

Questions asked by many Muslims are: Why Jesus? Why not simply do good deeds, pray to God and live a righteous life? Why must God’s Law be incapable of Salvation? These are reasonable questions to ask, and must not be sidelined. These are questions which beg for convincing answers because Christianity...

If a Muslim came to a Christian, and asked him to explain his belief in Jesus Christ how would a Christian respond? If an Imam asked a Christian Pastor to bring evidence of the Gospels authority would a Pastor welcome the opportunity? And if any Muslim would ask a Christian to judge...

Millions of Muslims and Christians are neighbors, and they believe that they worship the one and only God. Yet they seldom witness to each other. In this book, a Muslim (Badru D. Kateregga) and a Christian (David W. Shenk) attempt to witness and listen. The issues they deal with are profound. Kateregga...

Can tragic views of the human condition as known to Westerners through Greek and Shakespearean tragedy be identified outside European culture, in the Indian culture of Hindu epic drama? In what respects can the Mahabharata epic's and the Bhagavadgita's views of the human condition be called 'tragic'...

In today's world, when Christians think about other religions, numerous questions and issues arise - and their convictions about Christ and about other religions can have a significant influence on their understanding of how God relates to people, and what their own conduct towards them should be....