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  • Religious Worlds

    The Comparative Study of Religion

    by William E. Paden ...
    From Gods, to ritual observance to the language of myth and the distinction between the sacred and the profane, Religious Worlds explores the structures common to all spiritual traditions. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • New Patterns for Comparative Religion

    Passages to an Evolutionary Perspective

    by William E. Paden ...
    Series series Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation
    The cross-cultural study of religion has always gone hand in hand with the worldview, sciences, or intellectual frameworks of the time. These frames, whether focused on psychology or politics, gender or colonialism, bring out perspectives for understanding religious behavior. Today one of our common civic worldviews is represented in the shift from scriptural to evolutionary history.This volume ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

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  • Not in God's Name

    Confronting Religious Violence

    by Jonathan Sacks ...
    ***2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner***In this powerful and timely book, one of the most admired and authoritative religious leaders of our time tackles the phenomenon of religious extremism and violence committed in the name of God. If religion is perceived as being part of the problem, Rabbi Sacks argues, then it must also form part of the solution. When religion becomes a zero-sum conceit ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Oneness

    Great Principles Shared by All Religions

    by Jeffrey Moses ...
    "An impressive array of selections. They show common ethics that transcend the narrow confines of sectarianism."ATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTIONBeneath the seeming differences of all the world's great religions, lies a pool of universal truth. ONENESS collects these beliefs together for the first time, in the actual words of each religion's scriptures. These universal principles act as a guide to ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Judaism and Christianity:

    A Contrast

    by Rabbi Stuart Federow ...
    Many people focus on the similarities between Judaism and Christianity, but the religions are quite differentand its not just because one accepts Jesus as the messiah and the other does not.The rise of Christians calling themselves messianic Jews, the successes of Christian missionaries, Jews ingratiating themselves to Evangelical Christians because of their support for the State of Israel, the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • God's Philosophers

    How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science

    by James Hannam ...
    This is a powerful and a thrilling narrative history revealing the roots of modern science in the medieval world. The adjective 'medieval' has become a synonym for brutality and uncivilized behavior. Yet without the work of medieval scholars there could have been no Galileo, no Newton and no Scientific Revolution. In "God's Philosophers", James Hannam debunks many of the myths about the Middle ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Message and the Book

    Sacred Texts of the World's Religions

    by John Bowker, Atlantic Books, an imprint of Grove Atlantic Ltd. ...
    Grand in its sweep, this survey of the sacred writings of the major religions of the world offers a thoughtful introduction to the ideas and beliefs upon which great faiths are built. Under the expert guidance of John Bowker, a religious scholar and author of international stature, readers explore the key texts of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi, Confucian, Daoist, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Genesis and the Big Bang Theory

    The Discovery Of Harmony Between Modern Science And The Bible

    by Gerald Schroeder ...
    A ground-breaking book that takes on skeptics from both sides of the cosmological debate, arguing that science and the Bible are not at odds concerning the origin of the universe.The culmination of a physicist's thirty-five-year journey from MIT to Jerusalem, Genesis and the Big Bang presents a compelling argument that the events of the billions of years that cosmologists say followed the Big Bang ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Disquisition on Religion, Science and the State

    Essay

    by Christian Jaramillo ...
    Philosopher and historian Christian Jaramillo puts forward new and revolutionary approaches to understanding God, the stances that religions should adopt, the development of science, and the States role in the pursuit of human freedom. By studying the evolution of mankind and its religious societies over the past thirteen thousand years, Jaramillo demonstrates that, through syncretism, man has ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Selling Yoga

    From Counterculture to Pop Culture

    by Andrea Jain ...
    Premodern and early modern yoga comprise techniques with a wide range of aims, from turning inward in quest of the true self, to turning outward for divine union, to channeling bodily energy in pursuit of sexual pleasure. Early modern yoga also encompassed countercultural beliefs and practices. In contrast, today, modern yoga aims at the enhancement of the mind-body complex but does so according ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Christians, Muslims and Jesus

    by Mona Siddiqui ...
    Prophet or messiah, the figure of Jesus serves as both the bridge and the barrier between Christianity and Islam. In this accessible and revelatory book, Muslim scholar and popular commentator Mona Siddiqui explores the theological links between the two religions, showing how Islamic thought has approached and responded to Jesus and Christological themes from its earliest days to modern times. The ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion

    Edited by John Hinnells ...
    Series series Routledge Religion Companions
    The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion is a major resource for courses in Religious Studies. It begins by explaining the most important methodological approaches to religion, including psychology, philosophy, anthropology and comparative study, before moving on to explore a wide variety of critical issues, such as gender, science, fundamentalism, ritual, and new religious movements. ... Read more

    $94.99 USD