Religion category: 228605 books
by Bolelli, Daniele
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
If you're waiting for the world's "Holy Men" to tell you the truth about their religions, do you suppose they'll mention that:
The Tao Te Ching was only created because Lao Tzu was thrown in jail by a disciple who didn't want to let him leave town without writing down his teachings?
"Passover"...
by Kick, Russ
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
In the new mega-anthology from best-selling editor Russ Kick, more than fifty writers, reporters, and researchers invade the inner sanctum for an unrestrained look at the wild and wooly world of organized belief.Richard Dawkins shows us the strange, scary properties of religion/ Neil Gaiman...
Jesus did Not start a Religion
a personal testimony
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
In Robert Anthony's first book, "Jesus did not start a Religion" Robert shares his stories about how God showed him many simple truths surrounding Jesus Christ, outside of religion. Robert traveled some 30 US states and 15 countries, ministering without any organizational affiliation or...
by Hume, David
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Hume's Natural History of Religion may, with his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion be held to mark the beginning of the Philosophy of Religion. Not so clearly a text illustrating modern technology—indeed in its own day it was regarded as skeptical and subversive—the Natural History is remarkably...
Corporate Spirit
Religion and the Rise of the Modern Corporation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
In this groundbreaking work, Amanda Porterfield explores the long intertwining of religion and commerce in the history of incorporation in the United States. Beginning with the antecedents of that history in western Europe, she focuses on organizations to show how corporate strategies in religion...
Public Religion and Urban Transformation
Faith in the City
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2000
American cities are in the midst of fundamental changes. De-industrialization of large, aging cities has been enormously disruptive for urban communities, which are being increasingly fragmented. Though often overlooked, religious organizations are important actors, both culturally and politically...
Summary: The End of Faith - Sam Harris
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Complete summary of Sam Harris’ book: “The End of Faith, Religion,Terror, and the Future of Reason”.This summary of the ideas fromSam Harris’ book “The End of Faith, Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason”examines the dangers of faith and organized religion in society. In his book,the...
Grace Without God
The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Meet “the Nones”—In this thought-provoking exploration of secular America, celebrated journalist Katherine Ozment takes readers on a quest to understand the trends and ramifications of a nation in flight from organized religion.
Studies show that religion makes us happier, healthier and...
The Modern Spirit of Asia
The Spiritual and the Secular in China and India
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2013
The Modern Spirit of Asia challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient traditions in unique and distinctive ways. Peter van der Veer begins with nineteenth-century imperial history, exploring...
by Samuel Butler
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
This book is about the consequences of religion more than whether Christ rose from the dead (Krishna, Mithras, Osiris, Attis of Phygia, Dionysus, all of whom besides being born on December 25th from a virgin mother, died and were resurrected, except for Mithras (who ascended directly without dying)...
by D. G. Hart
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
An exploration of the challenges of teaching and studying about religion in secular academic settings.
The study of religion in American higher education is fraught with difficulties that raise important questions about the nature of faith and the purpose of advanced learning. Although religion...
A Complete Introduction to Judaism
World Religion Series, #5
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
The ancient religion of Judaism is surprisingly relevant to today's society and is a full and complex belief system, which can become confusing once examined.
This book is written to provide you with a simple, easy to understand and concise guide to what Judaism is and how the religion is practiced.
Judaism...
Globalization and Orthodox Christianity
The Transformations of a Religious Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
With approximately 200 to 300 million adherents worldwide, Orthodox Christianity is among the largest branches of Christianity, yet it remains relatively understudied. This book examines the rich and complex entanglements between Orthodox Christianity and globalization, offering a substantive contribution...
Religion and Greater Ireland
Christianity and Irish Global Networks, 1750-1969
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Impelled by economic deprivation at home and spiritual ambition abroad, nineteenth-century Irish clerics and laypeople reshaped the many sites where they came to pray, preach, teach, trade, and settle. So decisive was the role of religion in the worlds of Irish settlement that it helped to create a "Greater...