Comparative Religion 97

Raimon Panikkar: A Companion to his Life and Thought is a guide to the life, work and thought of Raimon Panikkar, a self-professed Buddhist-Christian-Hindu philosopher and theologian. A man of deep ……続きを見る

Through an examination of Christian interaction with other religions, Paul S. Chung constructs a theology of comparative religion. In the course of this construction, he employs the work of Ernst Tr……続きを見る

Have Christians and Catholics overlooked a crucial truth about meat, sin, and salvation? For centuries, church doctrine has shaped beliefs about diet, morality, and redemption, but what if key teach……続きを見る

“A Rich Man's Relatives Vol. II” continues the comedic and romantic exploration of wealth and family dynamics introduced in the first volume. The sequel picks up with further developments in the liv……続きを見る

“A Rich Man's Relatives Vol. I” explores the complexities and humorous situations that arise from sudden wealth and its impact on family dynamics. The novel is set within the context of British soci……続きを見る

“A Rich Man's Relatives Vol. III” serves as the concluding chapter of the trilogy, bringing the story to a resolution with a blend of humor and romance. This final volume ties up the various threads……続きを見る

Activism for the Modern Day Artemis From the author dubbed “an Artemis,” by Gloria Steinem, comes Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman, a book dedicated to women with the courage and passio……続きを見る

Rara is a vibrant annual street festival in Haiti, when followers of the Afro-Creole religion called Vodou march loudly into public space to take an active role in politics. Working deftly with high……続きを見る

Conservative and progressive religious groups fiercely disagree about issues of sex and gender. But how did we get here? Melissa J. Wilde shows how today’s modern divisions began in the 1930s in the……続きを見る

Finally, social scientists have begun to attempt to understand religious behavior rather than to discredit it as irrational, ignorant, or foolishーand Rodney Stark and Roger Finke have played a majo……続きを見る

One of the critical issues in interreligious relations today is the connection, both actual and perceived, between sacred sources and the justification of violent acts as divinely mandated. Fighting……続きを見る

As Christian spaces and agents assumed prominent positions in civic life, the end of the long span of the fourth century was marked by large-scale religious change. Churches had overtaken once-thriv……続きを見る

David Morgan builds on his previous groundbreaking work to offer this new, systematically integrated theory of the study of religion as visual culture. Providing key tools for scholars across discip……続きを見る

Wild Religion is a wild ride through recent South African history from the advent of democracy in 1994 to the euphoria of the football World Cup in 2010. In the context of South Africa’s political j……続きを見る

Until now, China has been scarcely represented in the burgeoning comparative literature on pilgrimage. This volume remedies that omission, discussing the interaction between pilgrims and sacred site……続きを見る

Why would anybody believe that God could sanction terrorism? Why has the rediscovery of religion’s power in recent years manifested in such a bloody way? What, if anything, can be done about it? Ter……続きを見る

Yoga classes and Zen meditation, New-Age retreats and nature mysticismーall are part of an ongoing religious experimentation that has surprisingly deep roots in American history. Tracing out the cou……続きを見る

Two academics, one Jewish and one Muslim, come together to show how much their faiths have in commonーparticularly in America. This book provides a braided portrait of two American groups whose stro……続きを見る

This inspired collection offers a new paradigm for moving the world beyond violence as the first, and often only, response to violence. Through essays and poetry, prayers and meditations, Transformi……続きを見る

American society has changed dramatically since A Culture of Conspiracy was first published in 2001. In this revised and expanded edition, Michael Barkun delves deeper into America's conspiracy sub-……続きを見る

For more than sixty years, Huston Smith has not only written and taught about the world’s religions, he has lived them. This Reader presents a rich selection of Smith’s writings, covering six decade……続きを見る

American environmentalism historically has been associated with the interests of white elites. Yet religious leaders in the twenty-first century have helped instill concern about the earth among gro……続きを見る

Handbook of Religion and the Asian City highlights the creative and innovative role of urban aspirations in Asian world cities. It does not assume that religion is of the past and that the urban is ……続きを見る

Learning Love from a Tiger explores the vibrancy and variety of humans’ sacred encounters with the natural world, gathering a range of stories culled from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Mayan, Himalayan,……続きを見る

The connection between popular culture and religion is an enduring part of American life. With seventy-five percent new content, the third edition of this multifaceted and popular collection has bee……続きを見る

Christian communities flourished during late antiquity in a Zoroastrian political system, known as the Iranian Empire, that integrated culturally and geographically disparate territories from Arabia……続きを見る

Arguably the single most important element in Abrahamic cross-confessional relations has been an ongoing mutual interest in perennial spiritual and ethical exemplars of one another’s communities. Ra……続きを見る

Mirage of the Saracen analyzes the growth of monasticism and Christian settlements in the Sinai Peninsula through the early seventh century C.E. Walter D. Ward examines the ways in which Christian m……続きを見る

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has had a long and tortuous relationship with religion over almost the entirety of its existence. As early as 1917, the Bureau began to target religious communiti……続きを見る

We Are Amphibians tells the fascinating story of two brothers who changed the way we think about the future of our species. As a pioneering biologist and conservationist, Julian Huxley helped advanc……続きを見る