Other Practices category: 2998 books
by W. L. Wilmshurst
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
The Masonic Initiation is the powerful sequel to W. L. Wilmshurst's other enduring classic, The Meaning of Masonry. Here, we find the author's most advanced expression as he explores the profound depths of Masonic ritual as a contemplative art, and offers his vision of the future of the Order. Both...
Five Voices Five Faiths
An Interfaith Primer
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2005
In this unique book about the major religious traditions of the world, a practitioner from each tradition—Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam—introduces the basics of his or her faith and participates in a conversation about the challenges of being faithful in the modern world....
by Casper Rigsby
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
This collection of essays looks to address many of the reasons other than indoctrination that people believe in god. From Pascal's Wager, to issues of gender equality and identity, as well as the pervasive misogyny inherent in religion, these essays hit at the heart of some of the biggest problems...
Is Heaven for Real
Suicide Driven by Faith
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
"A chilling exposé of youth suicide driven by faith." Tony Frost, Tribune
Child and teen suicide is no stranger to this author:
"I recall gazing at the stillness of my childhood friend in a coffin and the nun telling me that God had taken him back because he had been...
Old-Time Religion Embracing Modernist Culture
American Fundamentalism between the Wars
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Old-Time Religion Embracing Modernist Culture focuses on the founding generation of American fundamentalism in the 1920s and 1930s and their interactions with modernity. While there were culture wars, there was also an embrace. Through a book culture, fostered by liberal Protestants, and thriving...
Ethnicity and Religion
Intersections and Comparisons
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Religion has regained political prominence in the twenty first century and not least for the manner in which it intersects with ethnicity. Many ethnic conflicts have a strong religious dimension, and religion appears as a powerful force for mobilisation, solidarity and violence. Religion and ethnicity...
by Charles LeLand
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches is a book composed by the American folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland that was published in 1899. It contains what he believed was the religious text of a group of pagan witches in Tuscany, Italy that documented their beliefs and rituals, although various historians...
by Bilinda Straight
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The Samburu of northern Kenya struggle to maintain their pastoral way of life as drought and the side effects of globalization threaten both their livestock and their livelihood. Mirroring this divide between survival and ruin are the lines between the self and the other, the living and the dead,...
Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics
Embracing the Myths, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-lore of the Plant Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2019
Having, some few years ago, been associated in the conduct of a journal devoted to horticulture, I amassed for literary purposes much of the material made use of in the present volume. Upon the discontinuance of the journal, I resolved to classify and arrange the plant lore thus accumulated, with...
Parenting Without God
How to Raise Moral, Ethical and Intelligent Children, Free from Religious Dogma
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
One of the very few parenting books written specifically for the 1 in 5 Americans who lack a belief in God
Parenting Without God is for parents who lack belief in a god and who are seeking guidance on raising freethinkers in a Christian-dominated nation. It will help parents give their children...
by Susan L. Trollinger, William Vance Trollinger Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
On May 28, 2007, the Creation Museum opened in Petersburg, Kentucky. Aimed at scientifically demonstrating that the universe was created less than ten thousand years ago by a Judeo-Christian god, the museum is hugely popular, attracting millions of visitors over the past eight years. Surrounded by...
by Brandy Morales
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Taoism is an ancient Chinese philosophy that is becoming popular in the West for its emphasis on simplicity, naturalness, and harmony. It is sometimes classified as a religion, but unlike most religions, modern philosophical Taoism does not require any specific form of belief or initiation.
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St. Francis of America
How a Thirteenth-Century Friar Became America's Most Popular Saint
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
How did a thirteenth-century Italian friar become one of the best-loved saints in America? Around the nation today, St. Francis of Assisi is embraced as the patron saint of animals, beneficently presiding over hundreds of Blessing of the Animals services on October 4, St. Francis's Catholic feast...
The Founding Myth
Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
Do “In God We Trust,” the Declaration of Independence, and other historical “evidence” prove that America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles? Are the Ten Commandments the basis for American law? A constitutional attorney dives into the debate about religion’s role in America’s founding.
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