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The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Influential scholar Peter L. Berger explores the sociological underpinnings of religion and the rise of a modern secular society
Acclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger carefully lays out an understanding of religion as a historical, societal mechanism in this classic work...
Redefining Ancient Orphism
A Study in Greek Religion
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
This book examines the fragmentary and contradictory evidence for Orpheus as the author of rites and poems to redefine Orphism as a label applied polemically to extra-ordinary religious phenomena. Replacing older models of an Orphic religion, this richer and more complex model provides insight into...
by Paul Janet
Language: French
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Philosophie et Religion - Un Apologiste chrétien au XIXe siècle Paul Janet, philosophe français (1823–1899)
Ce livre numérique présente «Philosophie et Religion - Un Apologiste chrétien au XIXe siècle», de Paul Janet, édité...
Jesus > Religion
Why He Is So Much Better Than Trying Harder, Doing More, and Being Good Enough
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Abandon dead, dry, rule-keeping andembrace the promise of being truly known and deeply loved.
JeffersonBethke burst into the cultural conversation in 2012 with a passionate,provocative poem titled “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus.” The 4-minutevideo literally became an overnight sensation,...
How the Republicans Stole Religion
Why the Religious Right is Wrong about Faith & Politics and What We Can Do to Make it Right
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
For decades, Press argues, conservatives have defined religion so narrowly that Democrats and liberals have been pushed outside the fold. According to their narrow gospel, God put George W. Bush in the White House to deal with gays, guns, and abortion—and those who don’t agree are on the sure...
by Jamal J. Elias
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Key Themes for the Study of Islam examines the central themes and concepts indispensable to an informed understanding of Islamic religion and society. From Gender” and History” to Prayer” and Prophecy”, each authoritative chapter focuses on a single aspect of the religion and presents...
The Conflict Within Islam
Expressing Religion Through Politics
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
This is not a book of history; it does not claim to cover every aspect of Islam religion. It confines itself to the search for the true mission of Islam and how that mission has been hijacked in the struggle of faith and power. This is the story of contest between religion and politics where politics...
Faith Versus Fact
Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
The New York Times bestselling author explains why any attempt to make religion compatible with science is doomed to fail.
What we read in the news today is full of subjectivity, half-truths, and blatant falsehoods; and thus it is more necessary now than ever to safeguard the truth with facts....
Faith No More
Why People Reject Religion
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
During his 2009 inaugural speech, President Obama described the United States as a nation of "Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus--and nonbelievers." It was the first time an American president had acknowledged the existence of this rapidly growing segment of the population in such a...
FaithQuestions - What About Religion and Science?
A Study of Reason and Faith
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
This book invites us to consider ways to remain confident in our faith as we understand and appreciate the discoveries and advances of science. How can Christians integrate, believe, or accept all the teachings of science, the Bible, and Christian tradition? How can we believe in both the discoveries...
by Clarence Darrow
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Why am I an agnostic? Because I don't believe some of the things that other people say they believe. Where do you get your religion, anyway? I won't bother to discuss just what religion is. but I think a fair definition of religion could take account of two things, at least, immortality and God, and...
Children of Abraham:
Jesus and Mohammed
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
It all began with Abraham, and with his son Isaac and his older brother Ishmael. The question in dispute today is where it all ends or should end. Does history lead us to a particular descendent of Ishmael, Mohammed of Mecca and the religion he founded? Or does it lead instead to a descendent of Isaac,...
by Abe Abel, Sol Solomon
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2017
This book is part of a series entitled "The Fall of Islam", which examines controversial issues connected with the religion from an informed rational point of view. Each part of the series is available as a low-cost e-book and the whole content can be bought together at a discount in our book Islamic...
by Ibraheem Dooba, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
We have a problem.
The evolutionists assert that zoologists and paleontologist have uncovered abundant scientific data, which prove that different species have evolved from simple to more complex life forms and this evolution was dictated by chance and necessity. They therefore, discount the...