Comparative Religion category: 1410 books
The Myth Awakens
Canon, Conservatism, and Fan Reception of Star Wars
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2018
The trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens made a strong impression on fans. Many were excited by what they saw as a return to the spirit of George Lucas's 1977 creation. Others--including several white supremacy groups--were upset and offended by key differences, most notably the shift away from...
Different Paths, Different Summits
A Model for Religious Pluralism
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2001
In a world where religious pluralism is a necessity of modern life, diverse religions exist for the diverse people populating the earth. Theologically, how do people of different faiths find liberation in their separate gods simultaneously? Stephen Kaplan answers this question with his new book, Different...
Aan synagoge, kerk en moskee voorbij
van religie naar menswording
Language: Dutch
Release Date: July 20, 2010
Alle religies hebben dezelfde bedoeling: de mens te leiden tot menswording Door de opkomst van de islam in het Westen ontstaat er een nieuwe belangstelling voor religies. Zijn alle religies in wezen aan elkaar gelijk of is de een beter of hoger dan de ander? Die vraag is belangrijk omdat de conflicten...
by Domenico Cocozza
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 25, 2011
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 25, 2011
Il tema del rapporto tra Oriente ed Occidente, ed in particolare del dialogo tra Islam e Cristianesimo, è al centro da molto tempo di studiosi ed enti autorevoli. Si tratta di un dialogo finalizzato a prendere atto sia dei punti di divergenza che di quelli di accordo tra i due grandi sistemi religiosi,...
by Serge LAFITTE
Language: French
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Un ouvrage clair et accessible à tous pour revenir aux sources des trois religions monothéistes à travers leurs textes fondateurs.
D'où viennent la Bible et le Coran ? Que contiennent ces livres considérés comme sacrés par les juifs, les chrétiens et les musulmans ? Qui les a écrits ? Dans...
Thomas Merton's Encounter with Buddhism and Beyond
His Interreligious Dialogue, Inter-monastic Exchanges, and Their Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Thomas Merton recognized the value and possibility of contemplative dialogue between monastics and contemplatives of other religious traditions and hoped that, through such dialogue, monastics would strive for ‘inter-monastic communion’ and a bonding of the broader ‘spiritual family.’ He held...
Mythical Trickster Figures
Contours, Contexts, and Criticisms
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
Mythical Trickster Figures, is the first substantial collection of essays about the trickster to appear since Radin's 1955 The Trickster. Contributions by leading scholars treat a wide range of manifestations of this mischievous character, ranging from the Coyote of the American Southwest to such...
by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2006
Creating Circles and Ceremonies is the accumulation of decades of circles, ceremonies, rituals, Mystery plays, initiations, rites of passage, and other magickal workings co-created by the Zell-Ravenhearts, today's foremost Wizard/Witch couple. For more than 30 years, Oberon and Morning Glory have...
La Bibbia di Satana
Storia del Maligno
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Contrariamente a quanto si potrebbe pensare il Diavolo non è un’invenzione cristiana: tutte le culture più antiche infatti hanno elaborato figure antagoniste rispetto alle divinità positive.
Esther Neumann è partita dai millenari culti pagani per arrivare a tracciare...
by Javier Melloni
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 23, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 23, 2016
Occidente versus Oriente, cristianesimo versus spiritualità orientali: questo il paradigma che è prevalso da quando questi due mondi sono venuti a contatto. Ma è davvero così? O meglio sono davvero mondi così diversi da risultare incompatibili, senza che esista una reciproca possibilità di dare...
1God.world
One God for All
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
'1God.world: One God for All' reveals God's one-on-one revelation to the author, Bryan Foster. This genuine revelation occurred in 2016. The title of the book includes the key revelation that there is only 1 God for all people within this world.
The specific revelation from God is written....
Sharing Sacred Spaces in the Mediterranean
Christians, Muslims, and Jews at Shrines and Sanctuaries
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
While devotional practices are usually viewed as mechanisms for reinforcing religious boundaries, in the multicultural, multiconfessional world of the Eastern Mediterranean, shared shrines sustain intercommunal and interreligious contact among groups. Heterodox, marginal, and largely ignored by central...
¿A dónde va la historia?
Dilemas y esperanzas
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 26, 2017
En este libro-entrevista Rémi Brague, uno de los pensadores más originales y sorprendentemente desconocidos de nuestro tiempo, realiza una interesante reflexión sobre cuál es el sentido de la historia para el hombre "posmoderno", quien considera ingenuo todo intento de buscar en ella...
by Isabella Price
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2014
Why is Jesus Christ perceived so differently by people who all call themselves Christians? And what do we know today about this charismatic first-century Jewish teacher who came to be viewed as God incarnate in the Christian tradition? Today, many people have close ties to Jesus Christ’s person,...