Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behavior and sometimes heinous crimes.
Multiculturalism is the overriding spirit in a book that honors some of the world's most popular and beloved religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, and select tribal religions. Huston Smith, long-celebrated scholar of religion, shares his enthusiasm for how people around the world celebrate and adore their Gods ...
This erudite and thought-provoking book is an excellent introduction to three major religious faiths--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--and their differing views of God, as well as the way these views have shaped the world. Karen Armstrong's personal history includes time spent as a nun in her homeland of England; this fact makes her comparative ...
A groundbreaking book about Americans searching for faith and mutual respect, "The Faith Club" interweaves the stories of three women, their three religions, and their urgent request to understand one another.
The author of the widely-circulated poem "The Invitation" expands on key lines and ideas in chapter form. Inspirational, yet down-to-earth, her poem has affected many readers and helped them refocus on a more meaningful life.
DSouza, author of "Whats So Great About America," looks at Christianity with a questioning eye, but treats atheists with equal skepticism. The result is a book that challenges the assumptions of both believers and doubters and affirms that there really is something great about Christianity.
"Experiencing the World's Religions" provides a clear and compelling account of religion as a diverse, lived experience by peoples around the world. Global in its coverage, the text conveys the vitality and richness of the world's religions as a living cultural wellspring that not only concerns systems of belief but how those beliefs are expressed ...
Conceived for students with little or no background in the academic study of religions, Religions of the World offers the most broad coverage of world religions supported by primary source documents, coverage of religions as they exist today, and integrated media resources. In preparing the eleventh edition of Religions of the World, Mark ...
Abridged version of volume's 1-3 from Baird Spalding's Far East travels in 1894 that played a ground-breaking role in introducing to the Western world the knowledge that there are "Masters" assisting and guiding humanity.
Pagels, a noted authority of religion, examines what impact Gnosticism could have had on Christianity had it not been labelled heretical by the early church fathers. THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS offers up insights from this obscure branch of Christianity, offering synopses of these documents that purport to reveal new insights into Jesus's life, his ...
For one/two-semester courses in World Religions; and Comparative Religions and Introduction to Religion courses.This clearly written survey of the modern religious world explores the development, doctrines, and practices of today's major faiths--both traditional and modern religious movements. Sensitive and thought-provoking, it explores ...
Traveling through caves, shrines, and war zones, Bruce Feiler, the author of WALKING THE BIBLE, sets out in search of one of history's defining religious figures, the man who encompasses three of the world's major religions--Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. In the second half of the book, Feiler takes a look at Abraham from the perspective of ...
By examining acts of religious terrorism that have occurred in the late twentieth century--in Jerusalem, Tokyo, Oklahoma City--Juergensmeyer's comparative study seeks to understand the cultural breeding ground for religious extremism and violence.
Joseph Campbell's classic cross-cultural study of the hero's journey has inspired millions and opened up new areas of research and exploration. Originally published in 1949 the book hit the New York Times Best-Seller List in 1988 when it became the subject of The Power of Myth, a PBS television special. Now, this legendary volume, re-released in ...
"Anthology of World Scriptures" is a comprehensive collection of scriptures from the major world religions, including: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as scriptures from more recent religious movements. The text presents scripture readings in context, ...
Originally published in 1979, this study of the Neo-Pagan movement introduced the 20th-century resurgence of witchcraft and other non-Christian philosophies to a mainstream society, many of whose previous ideas of a "witch" involved pointy hats and perhaps a warty, crooked nose. NPR personality Margot Adler spent several years investigating the ...
Armstrong gives a tempered analysis of the fundamentalist movements of the major monotheistic religions. Her book not only explores the historical genesis of these movements, but also examines the role that fundamentalism plays in societal transformations. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000.
A feminist encyclopaedia focusing on mythology, anthropology, religion and sexuality. Discover where the legend of a cat's nine lives comes from, why "mama" is a word understood in nearly all languages and whether there really was a female Pope.
Roman Catholic scholar Margaret Starbird's extensive study of history, symbolism, medieval art, mythology, psychology, and the Bible uncovers new and compelling evidence that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalen. Starbird's investigation of this suppressed history calls for a restoration of the feminine principle to its intended place in the ...
With more than one million copies in print, this classic has been revised and updated for 21st-century readers. To help Christians better understand their own beliefs, "So What's the Difference?" looks at how orthodox biblical Christianity differs from other faiths, including Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. (Gospel Light)
Here, archaeologically documented is the story of the religion of the Goddess. Known by many names, she reigned supreme in the Near and Middle East. How did the change in women's roles come about? By documenting the wholesale rewriting of myth and religious dogmans, Stone details an ancient conspiracy that laid the foundation for one of culture's ...
A noted historian of religion traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times, in terms of space, time, nature and the cosmos, and life itself. Index. Translated by Willard Trask.
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