Religion category: 228605 books
by David Hume, J. A. MacCulloch, Hugh Miller
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume
The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch
The Testimony of the Rocks by Hugh Miller
Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions by T. W. Doane
Varieties...
by Christopher Selbach
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2003
Essay from the year 2001 in the subject Theology - Comparative Religion Studies, grade: 1.0 (A), University of Leeds (POLIS), 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The distrust of organised religion is a phenomenon of post-Soviet Russia. It is a likely result of developments...
Religious Platonism
The Influence of Religion on Plato and the Influence of Plato on Religion
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
In Plato’s Laws is the earliest surviving fully developed cosmological argument. His influence on the philosophy of religion is wide ranging and this book examines both that and the influence of religion on Plato.
Central to Plato’s thought is the theory of forms, which holds that there...
God in the White House: A History
How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
How did we go from John F. Kennedy declaring that religion should play no role in the elections to Bush saying, "I believe that God wants me to be president"?
Historian Randall Balmer takes us on a tour of presidential religiosity in the last half of the twentieth century—from Kennedy's...
Piety & Politics
The Right-Wing Assault on Religious Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006
The Reverend Barry Lynn explains why the Religious Right has it all wrong.
In the wake of the 2004 presidential election, the Religious Right insisted that George Bush had been handed a mandate for an ideology-based social agenda, including the passage of a “marriage amendment” to ban same-sex...
Religion and State
The Muslim Approach to Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2001
If Westerners know a single Islamic term, it is likely to be jihad, the Arabic word for "holy war." The image of Islam as an inherently aggressive and xenophobic religion has long prevailed in the West and can at times appear to be substantiated by current events. L. Carl Brown challenges...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Examines the `primitive' (traditional) non -mainstream religion and also 20th century sects such as the Moonies and Scientology. Looks at the `nature' of religion - the general philosophical issues. Written by international specialists.
by Michael Faust
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
An extraordinary division exists between Western and Eastern religious thinking. No one in the mainstream media ever draws any attention to it. It's never discussed. Its ramifications are never considered. Why not? Why is this particular debate never allowed to happen? Who is it that benefits...
Losing My Religion
How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America—and Found Unexpected Peace
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
William Lobdell's journey of faith—and doubt—may be the most compelling spiritual memoir of our time. Lobdell became a born-again Christian in his late 20s when personal problems—including a failed marriage—drove him to his knees in prayer. As a newly minted evangelical, Lobdell—a veteran...
by Paul Heelas, David Martin, Linda Woodhead
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Peter Berger is the most influential contemporary sociologist of religion. This collection of essays is the first in-depth study of his contribution to the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to his work and to current thought in the study of religion. Themes addressed include:
* Berger...
State of Secularism
Religion, Tradition And Democracy In South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
The Dutch Reformed Church, it was said in apartheid South Africa, was the National Party at prayer, and indeed, given that the Bible was so fundamental to much of the legislation that governed the apartheid state, that apparently satirical description had the ring of truth. ?Religion in South Africa?s...
The Nigerian Nation and Religion.
(Interfaith Series, Vol. I).
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
This book, which is the first of a-three-volume series of interfaith relationships in Nigeria, presents Nigeria as a multi-ethnic and multi-religious nation, with religion controlling almost every aspects of life. It highlights the deep-rooted religious divide in Nigeria and looks into various ways...
by Louis Berkhof
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2018
Religion and theology are very closely related, but are by no means identical. Religion is a relationship between man and his God, while theology is the knowledge which man has of God. The question has sometimes been raised, whether religion gave birth to theology, or theology called forth religion....
by Peter Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
The conflict between science and religion seems indelible, even eternal. Surely two such divergent views of the universe have always been in fierce opposition? Actually, that’s not the case, says Peter Harrison: our very concepts of science and religion are relatively recent, emerging only in the...