Religion Spirituality category: 222996 books
The "God" Part of the Brain
A Scientific Interpretation of Human Spirituality and God
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Is Man the product of a God...or is "God" the product of human evolution?
From the dawn of our species, every human culture-no matter how isolated-has believed in some form of a spiritual realm. According to author Matthew Alper, this is no mere coincidence but rather due to the fact...
Spiritual Evolution
How Science Redefines Our Existence
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
Where Science Meets Spiritualism Spiritual Evolution: How Science Redefines Our Existence creates a model for spiritual existence that incorporates the most profound scientific discoveries of the last 100 years. Part I guides you through traditional dogma to open up possibilities far beyond what we...
by Roy Standifer
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2013
A look at the Creators answers regarding who we are, our origin, and what life is all about. God has revealed Himself extensively and His revelations are straightforward but we have distorted and clouded them with religion. He has paid the full price Himself for our violations of His holiness so our...
Body or the Soul?
Religion and Culture in a Quebec Parish, 1736-1901
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
There are many analyses of Tractarianism – a nineteenth-century form of Anglicanism that emphasized its Catholic origins – but how did people in the colonies react to the High Church movement? Beating against the Wind, a study in nineteenth-century vernacular spirituality, emphasizes the power of...
Hebrew Myths
The Book of Genesis
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
The I, Claudius author’s “lightning sharp interpretations and insights . . . are here brought to bear with equal effectiveness on the Book of Genesis” (Kirkus Reviews).
This is a comprehensive look at the stories that make up the Old Testament and the Jewish religion, including the folk...
by Herbert A. Giles
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Confucianism and Its Rivals
by Herbert A. Giles
"China is home to two major world religions, Confiucianism and Taoism, and also played an important role in the historical development of a third, Northern Buddhism. Eventually, Confucianism became the state religion, and, purged of metaphysical...
The Snow Cone Diaries
A Philosopher's Guide to the Information Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
The content in this work is fiction, fiction in the sense that the main character through which the eyes of this metaphysical and philosophical journey is viewed, Charlie, is not a real character, nor are his counterparts and foils through which he explores various topics such as love, the meaning...
Aging and Spirituality
Spiritual Dimensions of Aging Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Explore the spiritual dimensions of aging through science, theory, and practice!
During the later years of life, many people devote energy to a process of spiritual awakening and self-discovery. Yet their family, friends, clergy, and the helping professionals who work with them are not always...
by Warren C. Hope
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
The spiritual realm has been the resort of countless Blacks during their sojourn in America. Black Missionary Baptists history blossomed in Reconstruction and matured in Jim Crow Southern society. However, research on Black Baptists at the regional and local levels has been largely neglected. In obscurity...
Mircea Eliade
From Magic to Myth
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Mircea Eliade: From Magic to Myth addresses a series of topics that have been neglected in scholarship. First and foremost, the book looks at the early Romanian background of some of Eliade’s ideas, especially his magical universe, which took on a more mythical nature with his arrival in the West....
by Sidate Demba Sene
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
All religions are true in (essence) and all messengers speak of the same (mystery) we call God.
But both the messenger and the message are stepping stones, your destination is what they point to:
-the alpha and the omega of creation and totality of consciousness- not the concept but...
The Religion of Tomorrow
A Vision for the Future of the Great Traditions - More Inclusive, More Comprehensive, More Complete
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
A provocative examination of how the great religious traditions can remain relevant in modern times by incorporating scientific truths learned about human nature over the last century.
A single purpose lies at the heart of all the great religious traditions: awakening to the astonishing reality...
Spirit of the Environment
Religion, Value and Environmental Concern
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Spirit of the Environment brings spiritual and religious concerns to environmental issues. Providing a much needed alternative to exploring human beings' relationship to the natural world through the restrictive lenses of 'science', 'ecology', or even 'morality', this book offers a fresh perspective...
by Sam Gill, Richard Carp, Rebecca Sachs Norris
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2012
In this provocative study of dancing, Sam Gill examines the interpretive styles of a variety of cultural dance traditions in discourse with the philosophic traditions of Schiller, Merleau-Ponty, Barbaras, Derrida, Leroi-Gourhan, and Baudrillard. As a scholar of religion, Gill provides special consideration...