Comparative Religion 14

The word “possession” is anything but transparent, especially as it developed in the context of the African Americas. There it referred variously to spirits, material goods, and people. It served as……続きを見る

Lee Kravitz is adrift. Shaken deeply after 9/11 and the loss of his job, he begins to feel the pull toward rediscovering his spiritualityーa yearning long-buried since young adulthood. But in this h……続きを見る

In this award-winning exploration of the lives and teachings of Ramakrishna and Christ, Paul Hourihan guides us through Ramakrishna's extraordinary struggle along the various paths to God-realizatio……続きを見る

A sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violenceーfrom the New York Times bestselling author of The History of God • “Elegant and powerful.... Both erudite and accurate, dazzling……続きを見る

Why am I here? It's one of life's biggest questions, and there are plenty of answers out there. How do you know which of them is the right one? No, not just the right one for you, which of them is a……続きを見る

Essays considering how global fundamentalism influences our understanding of modern Christianity, Judaism, and Islam Thirty years after the Iranian Revolution and more than a decade since the events……続きを見る

The world’s “great” religions depend on traditions of serious scholarship, dedicated to preserving their key texts but also to understanding them and, therefore, to debating what understanding itsel……続きを見る

The world’s “great” religions depend on traditions of serious scholarship, dedicated to preserving their key texts but also to understanding them and, therefore, to debating what understanding itsel……続きを見る

Many people worship not just one but many gods. Yet a relentless prejudice against polytheism denies legitimacy to some of the world’s oldest and richest religious traditions. In her examination of ……続きを見る

Ce livre, particulièrement pertinent au vu des conflits et de l'agitation mondiale présents de nos jours, traite de l'apparition de l'Antéchrist (Dajjal) et de Gog et Magog (Yajuj et Majuj) tel q……続きを見る

Jacob Kinnard offers an in-depth examination of the complex dynamics of religiously charged places. Focusing on several important shared and contested pilgrimage places-Ground Zero and Devils Tower ……続きを見る

Counter to popular perceptions, contemporary American sociology is and promotes a profoundly sacred project at heart. Sociology today is in fact animated by sacred impulses, driven by sacred commitm……続きを見る

What is time? How does our sense of time lead us to approach the world? How did the peoples of the past view time? This book answers these questions through an investigation of the cultures of time ……続きを見る

Warum gingen Judentum und Christentum auseinander? Welche Rolle spielen Jesus und Maria im Islam? Warum übt der Buddhismus im Westen eine so große Faszination aus? Und woran glauben eigentlich gut 9……続きを見る

In der religiösen Mentalitätsgeschichte spielt Franz von Assisi (1182-1226) eine bedeutende Rolle. Mit seinem Sonnengesang stellt er die Gottesbeziehung in einen universalen Horizont. Bei seiner fri……続きを見る

The term “Abrahamic religions” has gained considerable currency in both scholarly and ecumenical circles as a way of referring to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In The Family of Abraham, Carol Ba……続きを見る

This book is an examination of natural law doctrine, rooted in the classical writings of our respective three traditions: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic. Each of the authors provides an extensive es……続きを見る

**OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD Exploring the basic tenets of twenty worldviews, religions, and faiths** Completely revised and updated for the postmodern age, So What's the Difference? gives you easy-……続きを見る

Forget all those evening news sound bites or diplomatically correct half-truths about the Koran and the religion of Islam. If you want to know what the Koran is really about, you have to know what i……続きを見る

La puerta del Arca está abierta. El Arca fue entregada a la humanidad siete veces. Pero, esta ya es la última. Súbete y asegúrate de no caerte. Conoce el simbolismo del Arca de la Alianza Divina, la……続きを見る

As globalization proceeds at an ever increasing and more unrelenting pace, relations among the world’s religions are taking on both a new visibility and a new urgency. Christian theologians and othe……続きを見る

这并不是另一部关于佛教的论文。更确切地，本著作是要邀请世界各地的人们，尤其是宗教信仰者，特别是佛教的弟兄们，陪同作者去追寻世上最伟大的现象，即佛的来临，一个神圣显现，而其罕见的周期性出现是整个人类在……続きを見る

The latest title in the much-loved Element Encyclopedia series, The Element Encyclopedia of Fairies explores the history, legends, and mythology of these little peoples. In the latest instalment of ……続きを見る

The shape and course which Christian thought has taken over its history is largely due to the contributions of individuals and communities in the second and third centuries. Bringing together a rema……続きを見る

How did Christianity compare and compete with the cults of the pagan gods in the Roman Empire? This scholarly work from award-winning historian, Robin Lane Fox, places Christians and pagans side by ……続きを見る

This new edition of William Doty's critically acclaimed study provides a comprehensive guidebook to the many schools of interpretation in this burgeoning field William Doty's popular text has been h……続きを見る

A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the Episcopal Church. What are we as Episcopalians? This concise booklet explores five main areas of Episcopal life: identity, authority, spirit……続きを見る

The notion of redefining religion’s role in our lives is not an academic exercise. It is an urgent modern imperative. This book confronts all religious dogma. It challenges the idea and practice of ……続きを見る

Why is Jesus Christ perceived so differently by people who all call themselves Christians? And what do we know today about this charismatic first-century Jewish teacher who came to be viewed as God ……続きを見る

In popular imagination, saints exhibit the best characteristics of humanity, universally recognizable but condensed and embodied in an individual. Recent scholarship has asked an array of questions ……続きを見る