Religious

This is the first comprehensive study of the intellectual and spiritual message of world-renowned philosopher Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998), the foremost spokesman of the "Perennialist" or "Traditionalist" school of comparative religious thought. Intended...

The Sea of Faith made a huge impact when it was first published to accompany a major television series in the mid 1980's. For a generation that was embodying the ebbing of the tide of faith, it articulated the huge intellectual and cultural shifts that...

New Seeds of Contemplation is one of Thomas Merton's most widely read and best-loved books. Christians and non-Christians alike have joined in praising it as a notable successor in the meditative tradition of St. John of the Cross, The Cloud of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781835631508Author Josanne JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams)...

Abolition can be a spiritual practice, a spiritual journey, and a spiritual commitment. What does abolition mean and how can we get there as a collective and improvisational project?To posit the spirituality of abolition, is to consider the ways...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877736370Author Chogyam TrungpaFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

The debate over the proper definition of "religion" has occupied the attention of social scientists for many years without shedding much light on the nature of religion. One reason for this lack of progress is that most participants in the debate have...

The last twenty years have seen a dramatic increase in "nones": people who do not claim any religious affiliation, and who now outnumber even the largest Protestant denominations in America. Not to be confused with secularists, many nones identify...

Attempts to show the religious dimension in many special spheres of man's cultural activity.Reviews"This book may well be Tillich's most original work. Here theology and culture really penetrate and Tillich's European background and American context...

Pantheism is the idea that God and the world are identical-that the creator, sustainer, destroyer, and transformer of all things is the universe itself. From a monotheistic perspective, this notion is irremediably heretical since it suggests divinity...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060937256Author de Chardin, Pierre TeilhardFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Pyrrho of Elis went with Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Greek invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC. There he met with early Buddhist masters. Greek Buddha shows how their Early Buddhism shaped the philosophy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609422394Author Three InitiatesFormat HardbackPage Count 106Imprint FabPublisher FabWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

Might we be parts of a divine mind? Could anything like an afterlife make sense? Starting with a Platonic answer to why the world exists, Immortality Defended suggests we could well be immortal in all of three separate ways. Tackles the fundamental...

A fully updated new edition of a critically acclaimed examination of the theories and writings of Richard Dawkins by a world-renowned expert on the relation of science and religion Includes in-depth analysis of Dawkins' landmark treatise The God...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666761443Author Norman SolomonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Reading Philosophy of Religion combines a diverse selection of classical and contemporary texts in philosophy of religion with insightful commentaries. Offers a unique presentation through a combination of text and interactive commentaryProvides a mix of...

While he is widely acknowledged as the most important Russian thinker of the nineteenth century, Vladimir Soloviev's place in the landscape of world philosophy nevertheless remains uncertain. Approaching him through a single synoptic lens, this book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774761731Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint Engage BooksPublisher Engage BooksWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

What made the Renaissance tick? Why had it such a force that its thinking spread from a small group of scholars in Florence, working in their own brilliant ways but coming together in Ficino's small villa on the Florentine hillside, supported by the...

Is the affirmation or intensification of life a value in itself? Can life itself be thought? This book breaks new ground in religious and philosophical thinking on the concept of life. It captures a moment in which such thinking is regaining its force...

It is now recognized that spirituality plays an active role in the experience of illness and healing, even when the sufferer turns to medicine for help. The relationship of medicine to the miracles at healing shrines, especially Lourdes, is well known...

The doctrine of the incarnation - that God became human in Christ - is one of the most astonishing propositions ever advanced, and it is at the heart of the Christian faith. It is also a paradoxical one, in that it immediately faces the objection that,...

Few philosophers or theologians exerted as much influence on the shape of medieval thought as Thomas Aquinas. He ranks amongst the most famous of the Western philosophers and was responsible for almost single-handedly bringing the philosophy of Aristotle...

The orderliness of the universe and the existence of human beings already provides some reason for believing that there is a God - as argued in Richard Swinburne's earlier book Is There a God ? Swinburne now claims that it is probable that the main...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947844872Author Kahlil GibranFormat HardbackPage Count 106Imprint Suzeteo EnterprisesPublisher Suzeteo EnterprisesWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

This book is intended for professional philosophers as well as upper-level undergraduate and graduate students (courses in epistemology).Reviews'Alvin Plantinga makes important contributions to a tradition of discussion which has dominated recent...

Father of existentialism or the Eeyore of philosophy?Known as the first modern theologian, SorenKierkegaard was a prolific writer of the Danish 'golden age'. A philosopher,poet and social critic, his key concepts of angst, despair, and theimportance of...

To the surprise of many readers, Jurgen Habermas has recently made religion a major theme of his work. Emphasizing both religion's prominence in the contemporary public sphere and its potential contributions to critical thought, Habermas's engagement...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999593677Author J Daniel GuntherFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint Wennofer HousePublisher Wennofer HouseWeight(grams) 1021gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865975163Author Francisco SuarezFormat HardbackPage Count 1100Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 1600g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456588854Author Richard Carrier Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *...

A comprehensive exploration of the philosophical issues raised by mysticism.This work is a comprehensive study of the philosophical issues raised by mysticism. Mystics claim to experience reality in a way not available in normal life, a claim which makes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839403958Author Lao TzuFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Sirius EntertainmentPublisher Sirius EntertainmentWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 170mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784799120Author Idries ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint ISF PublishingPublisher ISF Publishing

If the physical constants, initial conditions, or laws of nature in our universe had been even slightly different, then the evolution of life would have been impossible. This observation has led many philosophers and scientists to ask the natural next...

When it comes to death, is there ever a best case scenario? In this disarmingly witty book, Julian Barnes confronts our unending obsession with the end. He reflects on what it means to miss God, whether death can be good for our careers and why we...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592646098Author Samuel LebensFormat HardbackPage Count 316Imprint Toby Press LtdPublisher Toby Press LtdWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 140mm *...

Dig deeper into your Bible study Bring the words of Scripture to life and discover the richness and significance of the original languages of the Word of God. The NKJV Word Study Reference Bible includes in-text subheadings and 2,000 easy-to-use word...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805212068Author Avivah Gottlieb ZornbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 539gDimensions(mm)...