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William Paden's classic exploration in religious studies, with a new introduction In the current climate, Interpreting the Sacred provides a fresh, thorough way to consider and compare various religious belief systems. Paden puts forth the idea that our understanding of religion influences...

In this important new book, the distinguished Egyptologist Jan Assmann provides a masterful overview of a crucial theme in the religious history of the West - that of 'religio duplex', or dual religion. He begins by returning to the theology of the Ancient Egyptians, who set out to present their culture...

In this engaging dialogue, Zygmunt Bauman, sociologist and philosopher, and Stanislaw Obirek, theologian and cultural historian, explore the place of spirituality and religion in the world today and in the everyday lives of individuals. Their conversation ranges from the plight of monotheistic religions...

Religious texts play an important role in benefiting society as well as in upholding the values in it. The Vedas, the Ramayana, the Gita, the Puraanas and the Mahabharata are some of Hindu's ancient religious texts that have been guiding the society for ages towards the development of a better society. A...

In this passionate and searching book, Anthony Kronman offers a third way—beyond atheism and religion—to the God of the modern world We live in an age of disenchantment. The number of self-professed “atheists” continues to grow. Yet many still feel an intense spiritual longing for a...

During the twenty years Swedenborg spent exploring the spiritual world, he took copious, detailed notes about every interaction he had with heavenly angels, evil spirits, and people who had just crossed into the afterlife—and he transformed the insights he learned from them into life-guiding spiritual...

Il y a une dizaine d’années, le comte Léon Tolstoï a fait publier à Genève son œuvre capitale : Accord et traduction des quatre Évangiles, où il ne s’était pas borné à la nouvelle et scrupuleuse traduction du texte grec des Évangiles ; il a reproduit, analysé et commenté ce...

Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Contents Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch The Testimony of the Rocks by Hugh Miller Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions by T. W. Doane Varieties...

Leading theologian Graham Ward presents a stimulating series of reflections on Christ and contemporary culture. Takes as its starting point Niebuhr’s famous volume on ‘Christ and Culture’ published in the 1970s Explores representations of Christ from sources as diverse as the...

This powerful volume brings together 5 of the best Classic writings on REVIVAL. Penned by men of God who were eye-witnesses to revival, these books will stir your heart and challenge you to pray and believe for a move of God today! The following five classics are included in this volume in...

Exposing the realities of this world and showing how humans have forsaken the morals and values by which they should live, author Mary Robinson discusses the necessity of acknowledging the wisdom that God has supplied humankind. Through her personal testimony, she shares how she was led to Christ...

The Sunrays books are compendiums of 52 stories each. They enunciate and elucidate upon the value of values in day to day life. They seek to invoke the goodness latent in each one of us by stirring the finer instincts latent within. They make great bed-time reading for kids and big-kids too. With...