Religion Spirituality category: 222996 books

I loved this book! Rev. Edington writes with such great ease and holds your attention. I am not a bookworm and dont usually get tied down with a book; but it was hard for me to put down Bring Your Own God as I read about my brother Woody Guthries religion and his spiritual life. I read it through...

This is the first extensive scholarly study of drone metal music and its religious associations, drawing on five years of ethnographic participant observation from more than 300 performances and 74 interviews, plus surveys, analyses of sound recordings, artwork, and extensive online discourse about...

Do you have questions about certain religious beliefs you've been taught? Are you confused about what God wants or doesn't want? Do you know why you are here and what this lifetime is for? Have you ever questioned what you believe? If so, then you are being nudged to a greater depth of spirituality...

Every person’s life is a profound mystery. Deep and invisible currents make us who we are, and the world around us is full of secret purposes and laws. One reaction to all this mystery is to treat it as a problem to be solved, and to do everything possible to be informed and in control. But another...

When asked which religion was most loved by God, the Prophet of Islam refrained from naming a specific religion, and instead referred to a quality which should infuse the faith of all believers: 'The primordial, generously tolerant faith'. Through compelling historical illustration and careful theological...

'Another World is Possible' examines the many peoples who have mobilized religion and spirituality to forge identity. Some claim direct links to indigenous spiritual practices; others have appropriated externally introduced religions, modifying these with indigenous perspectives and practices. The...

Have you ever wondered if there is a fundamental reason for most of humanity’s problems? Why have we struggled for so long to deal with issues like inequality, poverty, oppression, corruption, environmental abuse and war? Why do billions of people continue to allow themselves to be deceived,...

The Mormon Culture of Salvation presents a comprehensive study of Mormon cultural and religious life, offering important new theories of Mormonism - one of the fastest growing movements and thought by many to be the next world religion. Bringing social, scientific and theological perspectives to bear...

Mystik als Urerfahrung – Leben im Pulsschlag aller Religion - Mystische Erfahrung heute – überraschende Lebensbilder des 20. Jahrhunderts - Ein lebendiges, schön gestaltetes Handbuch mit verblüffenden Einsichten in das Herz aller Religion Mystische Erfahrung ist das Urphänomen...

This book challenges current beliefs about God and religion, with particular emphasis upon misconceptions popularized by the Christian religion. The common belief, that a God of good is at war with a powerful fallen angel of evil, wherein God imposes irreconcilable punishment upon those who fail to...

Spirituelle Essays beinhaltet: Die Über-Seele Aus dem Inhalt: So möge denn der Mensch die Offenbarungen erkennen, welche die ganze Natur und alles Denken seinem Herzen künden, nämlich dies, dass das Höchste bei ihm weilet; dass die Urquellen der Natur in seinem eigenen Geiste sind, sobald...

"Spiritual Labor - Spiritual Life" is a compilation of 52 spiritual reflections intended for the reader's own spiritual work. Each of the reflections deals with living as a spiritual person within ordinary daily relationships and encounters. The authors draw from their own experiences as...

Spirituality and Growth on the Leadership Path: An Abecedary offers lessons not usually taught about leadership, lessons learned over the author's more than thirty years in higher education and nonprofit organizations. Few resources on leadership and administration attend to the inner life of a person...

Religion is a device used to take the place of spirituality. If slavery didn't exist, we'd never know anything about religion. Religion gave us the act of calling on a "God" publicly through the pain and agony of being abused. While the oppressor had us shackled and bound, we were mentally/...