Comparative category: 2220 books
Fragile Democracies
Contested Power in the Era of Constitutional Courts
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the democratic ascendency of the post-Soviet era is under severe challenge. While fragile democracies in Eastern Europe, Africa, and East Asia face renewed threats, the world has witnessed the failed democratic promises of the Arab Spring. What...
by Keith Ward
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
The Christian faith is often charged with being outmoded and anachronistic. A monolithic institution rooted in the past, many critics have claimed that it lacks the resources to adapt to modern society's needs and advances. In /Rethinking Christianity/, Keith Ward argues persuasively that this view is...
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
"[Thich Nhat Hanh] shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth." --His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize, Thich Nhat Hanh is one of today’s leading sources of wisdom, peace, compassion and comfort.
The...
What Do Muslims Believe?
The Roots and Realities of Modern Islam
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
A fascinating and concise primer on one of the world's most widespread religions.
Islam is one of the great monotheistic religions of the world. Its teachings emphasize unity, humility, forgiveness, and love of God. The Qur'an sings the virtues of knowledge and rationality. The life of Muhammad...
by Robert R. Reilly
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
In this study, Robert Reilly provides a careful and critical assessment of the prospects for dialogue between the Catholic Church and Islam. In particular, he highlights the problems for such dialogue presented by their different views of God and of humanity. The author argues that dialogue between Christians...
Economic Jihad
Putting the Kibosh on Antiquated Social Axioms Defining Us
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
"Jo M. Sekimonyo can be best described as a realist, a philosopher of socioeconomic inequality, a humanitarian, and a person that is not afraid to speak his own mind. Through CAST AWAY: FOR THESE REASONS: ECONOMIC JIHAD he challenges mankind to wake up and realize that evil exists and is taking...
Interfaith Leadership
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
A guide for students, groups, and organizations seeking to foster interfaith dialogue and promote understanding across religious lines
In this book, renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel offers a clear, detailed, and practical guide to interfaith leadership, illustrated with compelling examples....
The Divine Source and World Unity
Selected Works of Adolph Moses for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Adolph Moses taught that the true religion of Moses is recognition of the one God for everyone everywhere, not a tribal religion forming the basis for an ethnic state in the Middle East. Moses emphasized the universal nature of Judaism and all true religion. He adopted the term "Yahvism"...
Post-transitional Justice
Human Rights Trials in Chile and El Salvador
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
Latin America is still dealing with the legacy of terror and torture from its authoritarian past. In the years after the restoration of democratic governments in countries where violations of human rights were most rampant, the efforts to hold former government officials accountable were mainly conducted...
Radical Humanism and Generous Tolerance
Soyinka on Religion and Human Solidarity
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
Radical Humanism and Generous Tolerance articulates the religious ideas and vision of Wole Soyinka in his non-fiction writings. It also analyzes Soyinka's response to religious violence, terror, and the fear of religious imperialism. The book suggests the theoretical notions of radical humanism and...
by Michael Faust
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
An extraordinary division exists between Western and Eastern religious thinking. No one in the mainstream media ever draws any attention to it. It's never discussed. Its ramifications are never considered. Why not? Why is this particular debate never allowed to happen? Who is it that benefits...
by Adam Weishaupt
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
It's the ultimate question. Is the God of the Jews, Christians and Muslims evil? Is he at the core of the malignancy in the human condition? Does his malevolent will touch every corner of the earth, spreading discord, division, conflict and hate?Three thousand years of the history of the...
by Adam Weishaupt
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Seven hundred years ago, it was rational to be religious. Religion was the apex of a coherent worldview linking all of the knowledge of the world then available, including the science and cosmology of the time. Religion nowadays seems ridiculous because the modern paradigm of scientific materialism...
Girl Meets God
On the Path to a Spiritual Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2002
“A passionate and thoroughly engaging account of a continuing spiritual journey within two profoundly different faiths” (The New York Times Book Review).
The child of a Reform Jewish father and a lapsed Southern Baptist mother, Lauren Winner eventually chose to become an Orthodox Jew—but...