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The New Sciences of Religion
Exploring Spirituality from the Outside In and Bottom Up
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
Performing a critical analysis of new scientific research on religious and spiritual phenomena, Grassie takes a two-staged phenomenological approach working from the 'outside in' and the 'bottom up' without privileging at the outset any religious traditions or philosophical assumptions.
Miracle Cures
Saints, Pilgrimage, and the Healing Powers of Belief
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Iconic images of medieval pilgrims, such as Chaucer’s making their laborious way to Canterbury, conjure a distant time when faith was the only refuge of the ill and infirm, and thousands traveled great distances to pray for healing. Why, then, in an age of advanced biotechnology and medicine, do...
Introduction to World Religions
Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
This leading textbook for world religion is designed to help students in their study and research of the world's religious traditions. Known and valued for its balanced approach and its respected board of consulting editors, this text addresses ways to study religion, provides broad coverage of diverse...
by Timothy Dowley
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
This leading textbook for world religions is now available in a more concise version. Many of the features of Introduction to World Religions are retained in this volume but with focus on the religious traditions themselves. The section on religions of antiquity has been removed and key content in...
Neighboring Faiths
A Christian Introduction to World Religions
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
For all who want to understand the religious faiths of their neighbors and coworkers, Winfried Corduan offers an introduction to the religions of the world. His survey covers major and minor religions including Judaism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, African traditional religions, Native American religion,...
Sanctuary Practices in International Perspectives
Migration, Citizenship and Social Movements
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Sanctuary Practices in Perspective examines the diverse, complex, and mutating practice of providing sanctuary to asylum-seekers. The ancient tradition of church sanctuary underwent a revival in the late 1970s. Christian churches began providing physical protection to migrants living without legal...
God and Work
Aspects of Art and Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2009
In the midst of the workaday modern world, this book addresses the question, “how can work become a form of prayer?” It is a compilation of Keeble’s insightful essays dealing with the oft-neglected relationship between God and work, spirituality and art, as well as contemplation and action. He...
A Mormon's Unexpected Journey
Finding The Grace That I Never Knew
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
A fascinating read that gives deep insight into a Mormon’s mind and heart. Respectful, yet direct, Carma Naylor’s sincerity in recounting her journey from Mormonism to God’s grace is heartfelt and genuine. Yet, this is much more than a captivating, personal story that will help you relate to...
Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors
An Interreligious Encounter in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Though a minority religion in Vietnam, Christianity has been a significant presence in the country since its arrival in the sixteenth-century. Anh Q. Tran offers the first English translation of the recently discovered 1752 manuscript Tam Giáo Chu Vong (The Errors of the Three Religions). Structured...
by Léon Denis
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Este livro foi classificado por Gaston Luce, o ilustre biógrafo de Denis, como uma 'das brochuras de defesa'. Este era um dos meios pelo qual Léon Denis respondia aos ataques contra o Espiritismo
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Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Existing literature regarding the events of September 11 and our world afterward has focused mostly on the West and the Middle East. Asian Perspectives on the World's Religions after September 11 extends this discussion to include Asia—a continent and culture far too important to be ignored in any...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
It has long been assumed that religion is in decline in the West: however it continues to have an important yet contested role in individual lives and in society at large. Furthermore half a century or so in which religion and belief were barely talked about in public has resulted in a pressing lack...
by Michael McDowell Ph.D., Nathan Robert Brown
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
Quick reference to the major religions of the world.
With World Religions at Your Fingertips, readers can quickly learn anything they need to know about Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Mormonism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, and more. From reincarnation to resurrection, the Four...
by Joanne O'Brien, Sandra Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Religions play a major role in today's world. This book gives you a simple and accessible introduction to the main beliefs and practices of significant and influential faiths. Joanne O'Brien and Sandra Palmer provide key facts about religions their histories and stories, their beliefs and rituals,...