General Eastern Religions category: 553 books
by Nicholas Atkin
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
It is assumed that those French in Britain during World War II - Dunkirk refugees; servicemen; Vichy consular officials; colonists - were supporters of De Gaulle. This study examines the hopes and fears of these communities: how they fitted into British life and how the British viewed them.
Explorations in Daoism
Medicine and Alchemy in Literature
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
The Daoist canon is the definitive fifteenth century compilation of texts concerning ritual, alchemical and meditation practices within Daoist religion. Many of these texts are undated and anonymous, so dating them is essential for a clear understanding of the development of Chinese alchemy, and the...
The Histories of the Latin American Church
A Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Latin American Christianity is too often presented as a unified story appended to the end of larger western narratives. And yet the stories of Christianity in Latin America are as varied and diverse as the lands and the peoples who live there. The unique political, ecclesial, social, and historical...
Virginity Tests & Stray Marriages
Rumours and Realities of Marriage Practices in Contemporary Samin Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
From the mid – 19th century the Samin people have made a contribution to resistance to Dutch colonial rule in rural Java by their non-violence movement and passive resistance (lijdelijk verset). History also notes that they have a unique culture and system of values which reflect their own local...
A Buddhist Spectrum
Contributions to the Christian-Buddhist Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Essays distilling a lifetime of thought and practice by one of the earliest explorers of both the physical landscape of Tibet as well as it Vajrayana tradition.
Buddhist Modernities
Re-inventing Tradition in the Globalizing Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
The transformations Buddhism has been undergoing in the modern age have inspired much research over the last decade. The main focus of attention has been the phenomenon known as Buddhist modernism, which is defined as a conscious attempt to adjust Buddhist teachings and practices in conformity with...
The Korean Tradition of Religion, Society, and Ethics
A Comparative and Historical Self-understanding and Looking Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
By making Korea a central part of comparative history of East Asian religion and society, this book traces the evolution of Korean religion from the oldest representation to that of the current day by utilizing wide-ranging interdisciplinary and comparative resources.
This book presents a holistic...
The Buddha and His Dhamma
A Critical Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
The Buddha and His Dhamma was B.R. Ambedkar's last work. Published posthumously, it presented a radical reorientation of Buddhist thought and literature, aptly called navayana. It deals with Ambedkar's conceptualization of Buddhism and the possibilities it offered for liberation and upliftment of...
by Babaji
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
H. H. Babaji, as He is fondly addressed by his disciples all around the world, spends most of His time in seclusion in His gufa (cave) in the Himalayas. He is the last in a lineage of great Tantric Gurus whose paramparas (traditions) are handed down through the generations by word of mouth. Babaji...
The Histories of the Latin American Church
A Brief Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
The story of Latin American Christianity is too often appended to the end of larger narratives and is rarely given the full consideration it deserves. And yet, the rich stories of Christianity in Latin America deserve our full attention. With this brief, engaging, and helpful overview, Joel M. Cruz...
TRATADO ESOTÉRICO DE ASTROLOGÍA HERMÉTICA
El Despertar de la Conciencia de Cada Uno de Los Doce Signos Zodiacales
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Existe la Astrología Científica o Numérica que requiere extensos estudios para su aprendizaje, con ella los Astrólogos de todos los tiempos han hecho predicciones sobre acontecimientos de importancia. También se han valido de esos conocimientos grandes personajes como el caso de Hitler en Alemania...
VOLUNTAD CRISTO
La Quinta Serpiente de Fuego y la Creacion del Cuerpo Causal
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Samael Aun Weor escribió este libro para instruir a aquellos que han completado las primeras cuatro iniciaciones de Misterios Mayores y están listos para comenzar la quinta, la creación del Cuerpo Causal.
Este libro divino es el hombre y los siete sellos, son las siete Serpientes Sagradas...
The Politics of Postsecular Religion
Mourning Secular Futures
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2008
Ananda Abeysekara contends that democracy, along with its cherished secular norms, is founded on the idea of a promise deferred to the future. Rooted in democracy's messianic promise is the belief that religious-political identity-such as Buddhist, Hindu, Sinhalese, Christian, Muslim, or Tamil-can...
by Vrushti Trivedi
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2014
Everything new that is created is something that has emerged out from the deepest and densest ocean of pre-contemplated thoughts in the heart.
The heart abstracts its new creation from the ocean and asks the aid of the brain.
The brain interprets the hearty language and translates it into human coherent...