Religion category: 228605 books
Religion and Society in Early Modern England
A Sourcebook
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
Religion and Society in Early Modern England is a thorough sourcebook covering interplay between religion, politics, society, and popular culture in the Tudor and Stuart periods.
It covers the crucial topics of the Reformation through narratives, reports, literary works, orthodox and unorthodox...
Reforging the White Republic
Race, Religion, and American Nationalism, 1865--1898
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
During Reconstruction, former abolitionists in the North had a golden opportunity to pursue true racial justice and permanent reform in America. But why, after the sacrifice made by thousands of Civil War patriots to arrive at this juncture, did the moment slip away, leaving many whites throughout...
by Sarah Carpenter-Vascik
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
Lately, we hear more and more about how our Founding Fathers were all Christian, God-fearing men and America is a Christian country. Ministers across the nation proclaim this in sermons and political speeches and politicians continually proclaim it at rallies and events, but is our country really...
Grounded
Finding God in the World-A Spiritual Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
The headlines are clear: religion is on the decline in America as many people leave behind traditional religious practices. Diana Butler Bass, leading commentator on religion, politics, and culture, follows up her acclaimed book Christianity After Religion by arguing that what appears to be a decline...
American Grace
How Religion Divides and Unites Us
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
American Grace is a major achievement, a groundbreaking examination of religion in America.
Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse, and remarkably tolerant. But in recent decades the nation’s religious landscape has been reshaped.
America has experienced...
by Vivianne Crowley
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Wicca is said to be the oldest religion in the world. Today, growing numbers of people are becoming attracted to the old way. In this bestselling, introductory book, Vivianne Crowley explains the way of the Witch and shows the relevance of modern Wicca in today's world. Full of practical information...
Islam for the Western Mind
Understanding Muhammad and the Koran
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2005
Prophecy, politics, and the birth of a religion
More than a billion people consider themselves Muslim. It is the world’s second-largest religion. Yet Western portrayals of the Islamic mind are often flawed. Islam for the Western Mind is an intensive look--from a Christian perspective--at...
MUSLIM
What You Need to Know About the World’s Fastest Growing Religion
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Is Islam a peaceful and tolerant religion?
For all the debate over Islam and its growing presence in the world, one thing is often overlooked: Islam is not a religion in the sanitized Western sense. It is, in contrast, an all-encompassing sociopolitical legal matrix that has bred a worldview...
by Evan James Pilavis, Christopher Diakodimitris
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2015
Finally after over 2000 years the truth of the Hebrew, Christian and Islamic religions are revealed in this factual and unbiased expose’ of greed, lies and corruption of the leaders of each religion. As Pope Innocent III stated in 1215 “the source of man’s corruption was the clergy and the church”,...
Prophetic Encounters
Religion and the American Radical Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
A broad, definitive history of the profound relationship between religion and movements for social change in America
Though in recent years the religious right has been a powerful political force, making “religion” and “conservatism” synonymous in the minds of many, the United States...
Religion and the Ku Klux Klan
Biblical Appropriation in Their Literature and Songs
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
As with other terrorist and extremist organizations, religion forms the basis of the Ku Klux Klan’s dogmatic philosophy, providing justification for its beliefs and actions. The Klan represents a link to America’s cultural past. While America has undergone tremendous social change, the secretive...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 1998
The sixteen essays in this volume, all previously unpublished, address the little considered question of the role played by religion in the American Civil War. The authors show that religion, understood in its broadest context as a culture and community of faith, was found wherever the war was found....
by Greta Christina
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
Why are atheists angry?
Is it because they're selfish, joyless, lacking in meaning, and alienated from God?
Or is it because they have legitimate reasons to be angry -- and are ready to do something about it?
Armed with passionate outrage, absurdist humor, and calm intelligence,...
by Leo Tolstoy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
My Religion carries on from where A Confession left off. Describing himself as a former nihilist Tolstoy develops his attack on the church he has left. He accuses them of hiding the true meaning of Jesus which is to be found in the Sermon on the Mount; and most clearly in the call not to resist evil....