Religious category: 31793 books
by David L. Cain
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2006
Know Ye Not This Parable Synopsis Know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables? The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the wayside, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And...
Dagger John
Archbishop John Hughes and the Making of Irish America
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Acclaimed biographer John Loughery tells the story of John Hughes, son of Ireland, friend of William Seward and James Buchanan, founder of St. John’s College (now Fordham University), builder of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, pioneer of parochial-school education, and American diplomat....
All the World an Icon
Henry Corbin and the Angelic Function of Beings
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
All the World an Icon is the fourth book in an informal "quartet" of works by Tom Cheetham on the spirituality of Henry Corbin, a major twentieth-century scholar of Sufism and colleague of C. G. Jung, whose influence on contemporary religion and the humanities is beginning to become clear....
Does God Exist?
Yes, Here Is the Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Does God Exist? Yes, Here Is the Evidence considers one of lifes most enduring questions. To find an answer, Hendrick Park follows a trail of evidence that uncovers arguments for the existence of God in the characteristics of the natural world, in the moral and religious experiences of peoples lives,...
Constructing Solidarity for a Liberative Ethic
Anti-Racism, Action, and Justice
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Constructing Solidarity offers a critical path toward the transformation of white worldviews, theologies, ethics, and praxis for scholars, activists, religious leaders, and those seeking guidance.
Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio
Music, Theology, Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
In the last decades of the 17th century, the feast of Christmas in Lutheran Germany underwent a major transformation when theologians and local governments waged an early modern "war on Christmas," discouraging riotous pageants and carnivalesque rituals in favor of more personal and internalized expressions...
by Professor John Cottingham
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
In Why Believe? (Continuum) Professor John Cottingham argued that every human being possesses impulses and aspirations for which religious belief offers a home. His new book, How to Believe is concerned not so much with why we should believe as with what leads a person to become a believer. Cottingham...
Classical Samkhya and Yoga - Burley
An Indian Metaphysics of Experience
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2006
Samkhya and Yoga are two of the oldest and most influential systems of classical Indian philosophy. This book provides a thorough analysis of the systems in order to fully understand Indian philosophy. Placing particular emphasis on the metaphysical schema which underlies both concepts, the author...
Jean Vanier
Logician of the Heart
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Winner of the 2015 Templeton Prize and numerous other international and prestigious honors, Jean Vanier lives a radical poverty of surrender in a time of fanatical acquisitiveness, economic disparity, and mounting bellicosity among nations. He is a philosopher of the heart, icon of wholeness, and...
Pascal's Fire
Scientific Faith and Religious Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Combining cutting edge-science with thought-provoking discourses about morality, religion and the meaning of life, Keith Ward provides a fascinating take on the science versus religion debate, offering 'a third way' which is guaranteed to spark debate for years to come.
Hospitality and Islam
Welcoming in God's Name
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Considering its prominent role in many faith traditions, surprisingly little has been written about hospitality within the context of religion, particularly Islam. In her new book, Mona Siddiqui, a well-known media commentator, makes the first major contribution to the understanding of hospitality both...
by Lao-tzu
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
“Tao Te Ching” is a classical work of Chinese philosophy dating from the time of Confucius (551-479 BCE), authored by Lao-tzu, whose name means "The Old Master". It talks about the art of living with humor, grace, large-heartedness, and deep wisdom. The work is a fundamental text for...
Reading the Islamic City
Discursive Practices and Legal Judgment
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Reading the Islamic City offers insights into the implications the practices of the Maliki school of Islamic law have for the inhabitants of the Islamic city, the madinah. The problematic term madinah fundamentally indicates a phenomenon of building, dwelling, and urban settlement patterns that evolved...
by Ben Stahlberg
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
While Spinoza is often interpreted as an early secular or liberal thinker, this book argues that such interpretations neglect the senses of order and authority that are at the heart of Spinoza’s idea of God. For Spinoza, God is an organized and directed totality of all that exists. God is entirely...