Comparative Religion category: 1410 books
Heaven on Earth
The Varieties of the Millennial Experience
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
Millennialists through the ages have looked forward to the apocalyptic moment that will radically transform society into heaven on earth. They have delivered withering critiques of their own civilizations and promised both the impending annihilation of the forces of evil and the advent of a perfect...
Jerusalem
One City, Three Faiths
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
Venerated for millennia by three faiths, torn by irreconcilable conflict, conquered, rebuilt, and mourned for again and again, Jerusalem is a sacred city whose very sacredness has engendered terrible tragedy. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong, author of the highly praised A History of God,...
Christian Martyrs under Islam
Religious Violence and the Making of the Muslim World
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
How did the medieval Middle East transform from a majority-Christian world to a majority-Muslim world, and what role did violence play in this process? Christian Martyrs under Islam explains how Christians across the early Islamic caliphate slowly converted to the faith of the Arab conquerors and...
Girl on a Wire
Walking the Line Between Faith and Freedom in the Westboro Baptist Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
It wasn’t until Libby Phelps was an adult, a twenty-five year old, that she escaped the Westboro Baptist Church. She is the granddaughter of its founder, Fred Phelps, and when she left, the church and its values were all she’d known. She didn’t tell her family she was leaving. It happened in...
Common Ground
Lessons and Legends from the World?s Great Faiths
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
As the spice maker’s cabinet is full of many herbs, so should a scholar be full of Scripture, Talmud, and Legend-an ancient Jewish proverb
This reference to legend-or the teaching tales used by the sages-is a remarkable testimony to the power of story and its place in the history, development,...
Understanding the Times
A Survey of Competing Worldviews
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Your view of God determines your view of the world.
You hold in your hands a landmark guide to understanding the ideas and forces shaping our times. Understanding the Times offers a fascinating, comprehensive look at the how the tenets of the Christian worldview compares with the five major...
by Garry R. Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
User-Friendly Beginner's Guide to World Religions
The world is becoming more integrated. What once seemed like the religions of exotic faraway lands are now practiced by families next door. These short, easily digestible readings give an overview of the beliefs, histories, and practices of...
A Visitor's Guide to Hell
A Manual for Temporary Entrants and Those Who Would Prefer to Avoid Eternal Damnation
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Hell . . . but were too afraid to ask! In the realm of eternal damnation, what tortures will we find? How hot is it, really? And most important of all, how can we make sure that it's not our final destination? Drawing on the Bible, as well as a host...
by Patricia Monaghan, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
More Than 1,000 Goddesses & Heroines from around the World Groundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting goddesses and heroines from all religions and all corners of the globe. Her work demonstrated that from the beginning of recorded history,...
by Ankerberg, John, Weldon
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
What do Catholics mean when they use the words salvation & justification? What special role does Mary have in the church? What about the Pope? Does the Catholic Tradition add to God's Word? How do official Church teachings affect Catholics' day-to-day lives? In their helpful question & answer style,...
Abraham
A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In this timely, provocative, and uplifting journey, the bestselling author of Walking the Bible searches for the man at the heart of the world's three monotheistic religions -- and today's deadliest conflicts.
At a moment when the world is asking, “Can the religions get along?” one figure...
Transforming Terror
Remembering the Soul of the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
This inspired collection offers a new paradigm for moving the world beyond violence as the first, and often only, response to violence. Through essays and poetry, prayers and meditations, Transforming Terror powerfully demonstrates that terrorist violence—defined here as any attack on unarmed civilians—can...
The Mormon Mirage
A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church Today
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
In the first edition of The Mormon Mirage, Latayne C. Scott shared her remarkable journey out of Mormonism as she uncovered shocking inaccuracies, inconsistencies, and contradictions in the faith she had loved and lived. Thirty years later, Mormonism and Mormon scholarship have evolved with the times....
A Dictionary of the Principle Religious Sects in the World
The Book of Religions
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
The Book of Religions Comprising The Views, Creeds, Sentiments, or Opinions, Of All The Principal Religious Sects In The World Particularly Of All Christian Denominations In Europe and America To Which Are Added Church and Missionary Statistics Together With Biographical Sketches.