Comparative Religion category: 1410 books
La Genèse de l'humanité
Fétichisme - Polythéisme - Monothéisme - La terre et l'homme - Traditions indoues et chaldéennes - La légende de la Genèse dans l'Inde
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Extrait : "Ce qui frappe le plus le penseur qui, libre de tous préjugés, étudie le fonctionnement des différentes sociétés qui se sont succédé dans le monde, c'est de voir combien est important le rôle joué dans la science par l'esprit de parti et l'égoïsme de caste. Il faut des siècles...
by Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 1999
Thomas Merton was recognized as one of those rare Western minds that are entirely at home with the Zen experience. In this collection, he discusses diverse religious concepts-early monasticism, Russian Orthodox spirituality, the Shakers, and Zen Buddhism-with characteristic Western directness. Merton...
Returning to the Essential: Selected Writings of Jean Bies
Selected Writings of Jean Bies
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
This is the first presentation to the English speaking world of the writings of Jean Biès, one of the great poets of our time whose work also constitutes a compelling critique of the de-sacralization of the modern world. Recipient of the prestigious High Prize of the Society of French Poets and Chevalier...
Jewish–Christian Difference and Modern Jewish Identity
Seven Twentieth-Century Converts
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
This book is an exploration of what would seem to be a simple question, but is actually the object of a profound quest—“who is a Jew?” This is a deeply complex issue, both within Judaism, and in interactions between Jews and Christians. Jewish–Christian Difference and Modern Jewish Identity:...
by Carol L. Rizzolo, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2011
Story telling by the dying moves us. When those who lay dying tell their stories and speak their truths, those of us at the bedside are called to pay attention and to listen with our hearts. It would seem that words spoken with the last sacred breaths of life are imbued with a quality that transcends...
Buddhism
A Concise Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
A concise and up-to-date guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Buddhism by two luminaries in the field of world religions.
Mission to Tibet
The Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Account of Father Ippolito Desideri S. J.
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Mission to Tibet recounts the fascinating eighteenth-century journey of the Jesuit priest ippolito Desideri (1684 - 1733) to the Tibetan plateau. The italian missionary was most notably the first european to learn about Buddhism directly with Tibetan schol ars and monks - and from a profound study...
From the Course of My Life
Autobiographical Fragments
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Rudolf Steiner found the spiritual science of anthroposophy and the many practical disciplines that arose from it. Eventually, he would write his Autobiography, although its composition would be interrupted by his unexpected death.
This volume is an essential complement to Steiner's unfinished...
by Alan Watts
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2017
Before he became a counterculture hero, Alan Watts was known as an incisive scholar of Eastern and Western psychology and philosophy. In this 1961 classic, Watts demonstrates his deep understanding of both Western psychotherapy and the Eastern spiritual philosophies of Buddhism, Taoism, Vedanta, and...
The Mystic Heart
Discovering Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
Drawing on experience as an interreligious monk Brother Wayne Teasdale reveals the power of spirituality and its practical elements. He combines a profound Christian faith with an intimate understanding of ancient religious traditions.
by Rudolf Steiner
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1978
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1978
(From the forward) This book has a twofold purpose. First, it is intended to provide a new insight for those gentele people who are still anamoured of the retiring compassion of Buddhism. Anyone, however, who feels the Eastern way to be more comforting than that of the West will benefit form a careful...
by Andrew Harvey
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Adapted from a series of lectures on the historical basis and current resurgence of the sacred feminine, given by Andrew Harvey at the California Institute of Integral Studies in Spring 1994, The Return of the Mother is a profound journey into the heart of the Divine Mother.
In this comprehensive...
by Keith Ward
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
The Christian faith is often charged with being outmoded and anachronistic. A monolithic institution rooted in the past, many critics have claimed that it lacks the resources to adapt to modern society's needs and advances. In /Rethinking Christianity/, Keith Ward argues persuasively that this view is...
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
"[Thich Nhat Hanh] shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth." --His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize, Thich Nhat Hanh is one of today’s leading sources of wisdom, peace, compassion and comfort.
The...