Comparative Religion category: 1410 books
The Laughing Jesus
Religious Lies and Gnostic Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2005
Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, authors of The Jesus Mysteries and Jesus and the Lost Goddess, return with a powerful indictment of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic fundamentalism and a passionate reinterpretation of Gnostic spirituality. According to Freke and Gandy, religiously inspired acts of violence,...
Intolerance
Political Animals and Their Prey
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Aristotle accurately characterized humans as political animals. Whether through birth or from choice, people naturally cluster into groups for protection, advancement, and the pursuit of well-being. But Aristotle’s description does not hint at the powerful binary tension within this human tendency....
by Juliusz Marian Kowalski
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
The Philosophy of Immortality discusses natural and supernatural ways of achieving Immortality and Afterlife, with the emphasis on the natural one. There are many possible Philosophies of Immortalities – the version described in this book is called ‘NINAVISM’. It tries to reconcile Immortalities...
Memory, Grief, and Agency
A Political Theological Account of Wrongs and Rites
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book argues that an active memory of and grief over structural wrongs yields positive agency. Such agency generates rites of moral responsibility that serve as antidotes to violent identities and catalyze hospitable social practices. By comparing Indian and U.S. contexts of caste and race, Sunder...
Introduction to World Religions
Communities and Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
With an emphaisis on communities of faith, this accessible book will introduce students to the classic texts, important events, key figures, defining rituals, essential creeds and symbols of world religions.
Contents:
Introduction by William Scott Green
Judaism
A....
Divining the Self
A Study in Yoruba Myth and Human Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Divining the Self weaves elements of personal narrative, myth, history, and interpretive analysis into a vibrant tapestry that reflects the textured, embodied, and performative nature of scripture and scripturalizing practices. Velma Love examines the Odu—the Yoruba sacred scriptures—along with...
EL MATRIMONIO PERFECTO
Por Qué el Sexo y la Religión son Inseparables
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 27, 2015
"El amor es la religión más elevada ..." - Samael Aun Weor
En 1950, la Iglesia Católica tenía el autor encarcelado por este libro, acusandole de "ofender al público y por sanar a los enfermos." Después, el libro inspiró...
by George Mather, Larry A. Nichols, Alan W. Gomes
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Many make the mistake of thinking because a thing is common, it is probably harmless. Masonic Temples are everywhere. Are the Masons just another "service organization"? Though their rites are secret, Masons assure others that their practices are totally compatible with Christianity. But...
Paths From Science Towards God
The End of all Our Exploring
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
In this ground-breaking work, biochemist, priest and 2001 Templeton Prize winner Arthur Peacocke offers a uniquely balanced evaluation of the science-religion debate.
A Trinitarian Theology of Religions
An Evangelical Proposal
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
Named by the International Bulletin of Missionary Studies as an Outstanding Book of 2014 for Mission Studies Over the last four decades, evangelical scholars have shown growing interest in Christian debates over other religions, seeking answers to essential questions: How are we to think about and...
by J. Will
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
Humanity's long history of intermittent conflicts and contemporary violence undermines Christian's (and their Jewish and Muslim fellow believers) religious confidence in and moral commitment to world peace. The principal issue is the ambiguity of God's presence and action in the world as we experience...
by Jack Miles
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Who is Allah? What does He ask of those who submit to His teachings? Pulitzer Prize-winner Jacke Miles gives us a deeply probing, revelatory portrait of the world’s second largest, fastest-growing and perhaps most tragically misunderstood religion. In doing so, Miles illuminates what is unique about...
The Sacred Universe
Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2009
A leading scholar, cultural historian, and Catholic priest who spent more than fifty years writing about our engagement with the Earth, Thomas Berry possessed prophetic insight into the rampant destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of species. In this book he makes a persuasive case for an...
Miracles
Wonder and Meaning in World Religions
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Despite the dominance of scientific explanation in the modern world, at the beginning of the twenty-first century faith in miracles remains strong, particularly in resurgent forms of traditional religion. In Miracles, David L. Weddle examines how five religious traditions—Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism,...