Religion Spirituality category: 222996 books
by Marta Trzebiatowska, Steve Bruce
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Women are more religious than men. Despite being excluded from leadership positions, in almost every culture and religious tradition, women are more likely than men to pray, to worship, and to claim that their faith is important to them. Women also dominate the world of 'New Age' spirituality and...
Learning to Live Well Together
Case Studies in Interfaith Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
In modern multi-faith societies, religious diversity not only affects religious organisations and communities, but indeed every aspect of life. From celebrating cultural events, to considering how the police should interact with members of the public from different faith communities, this book highlights...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
This volume provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of the scholarship on religion, conflict, and peacebuilding. Looking far beyond the traditional parameters of the field, the contributors engage deeply with the legacies of colonialism, missionary activism, secularism, orientalism,...
by Teddy Stanowski
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
When people begin to search for religions, they may start with talking to friends and family, people that they know and trust. They may have heard of them going to church, and might want to try that out. Others that are looking into more eastern traditions such as Confucianism, Buddhism or Taoism...
India and the Occult
The Influence of South Asian Spirituality on Modern Western Occultism
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
India and the Occult explores the reception of Indian spirituality among Western occultists through case studies. Rather than focusing on the activities of Theosophical Society, India and the Occult looks at the 'hard-core' occultism, in particular the British 20th century currents associated with Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Kenneth Grant, etc.
Religion and Security
The New Nexus in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2004
Religion and Security: The New Nexus in International Relations focuses on a groundbreaking theme. In global security today, religion is not only part of the problem but also part of the solution. This book explores positive nexus points between religion and security, paying particular attention to...
Religion and Critical Psychology
Religious Experience in the Knowledge Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2007
Jeremy Carrette argues that the psychology of religion is no longer sustainable without a social critique, and that as William James predicted, the project of the modernist psychology of religion has failed. Controversially he champions greater social and philosophical analysis within the field to...
Race, Religion, and The Haitian Revolution
Essays on Faith, Freedom, and Decolonization
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Race, Religion, and The Haitian Revolution explores the intersections of history, race, religion, decolonization, and revolutionary freedom leading to the founding of the postcolonial state of Haiti in 1804. Particular attention is given to the place of religion in this freedom story. The book not...
by JJ Semple
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2009
Like many seeking spiritual knowledge, I started as a novice, looking for truth that didn’t exist in the material world. Religion hadn't worked for me, neither had higher education, nor specializations such as law, medicine, business.
I wanted to take an active part in my development. I wanted...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
This volume investigates various processes by which world religions become localized, as well as how local traditions in Southeast Asia and Melanesia become universalized. In the name of modernity and progress, the contemporary Southeast Asian states tend to press their populations to have a ‘religion,'...
Lord of the Supernatural
Tricked into an Occult and Rescued by the Holy Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
While enjoying a walk through her hometown, Mattia discovers that the city had changed a great deal. Many new shops and businesses had opened. Peeking through the window of one shop, she becomes intrigued. On the shelves were strange religious writings and ancient artifacts. After she meets the owner...
Out of Darkness into Light
My Personal Journey into the Realm of Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2009
Many people interested in the occult and supernatural sit around enamored with the psychic abilities of others. But Lydia Clar believes that you, too, have abilities just waiting to be tapped.
Join a renowned psychic as she shares her personal journey into the spirit world, from how she first...
by Jerome Jewet
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2017
Contentious Beliefs is the junction where spirituality meets religion and science to explain the mysteries of life. Contentious Beliefs is enclosed with beliefs that define God, the universe, and existence. Therefore, I urge you to read it with an open mind. Consider all possibilities. Do not discard its divinations without fully contemplating its debatable chapters.
Rediscovering Darwin
The Rest of Darwin's Theory and Why We Need It Today
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Hailed as a breakthrough in 12 pages of pre-publication reviews by leading evolutionary thinkers, this new book has been rushed into print for impact in the wake of both the honoring and the dishonoring of Darwin’s 209th birthday on February 12.
Rediscovering Darwin: The Rest of Darwin’s...