Comparative Religion

'With potent, lyrical language and a profound knowledge of storytelling, Shaw encourages and illuminates the mythic in our own lives. He is a modern-day bard.' Madeline Miller, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles 'Through feral tales and poetic...

Probably no theologian has exercised so profound an influence on Catholic theology during the last half century as Karl Rahner. Patrick Burke examines the structure of dialectical analogy as it appears in each of the major themes of Rahner's theology-as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385525060Author Dalai LamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 209mm...

Jews often consider Hinduism to be Avoda Zara, idolatry, due to its worship of images and multiple gods. Closer study of Hinduism and of recent Jewish attitudes to it suggests the problem is far more complex. In the process of considering Hinduism's...

Despite the history that divides them, Hinduism and Orthodox Christianity have much in common. In The Human Icon, Christine Mangala Frost explores how both religions seek to realise the divine potential of every human being, and the differences in their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739679323Author Steven ColborneFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Tealight BooksPublisher Tealight BooksWeight(grams) 370gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

Based on ethnographic research by an interdisciplinary team of scholars and activists, Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana illuminates the role that religion plays in the civic and political experiences of new migrants in the United States. By...

The volume deals with polemics between Judaism, Christianity and Islam as well as with internal polemics in these religions. It includes subjects such as the doctrinal debates in the early centuries of Christianity, concluding that they must be...

The concept of inspiration is part and parcel of the theological tradition in several religious confessions, but it has largely receded to the background, if not vanished altogether, in the discussions of biblical scholars. The question "Do we still need...

This 7th volume in the series EUARE LECTURES contains the four keynote lectures presented at the European Academy of Religion's Seventh Annual Conference held in Palermo, Italy, May 20-23, 2024 as it was organized by FSCIRE. The overarching theme of the...

Yoga Studies in Five Minutes provides an accessible guide to the diverse and growing field of research into yoga as a social, historical and cultural phenomenon. Both leading scholars and innovative researchers offer 60 brief responses to questions that...

Yoga Studies in Five Minutes provides an accessible guide to the diverse and growing field of research into yoga as a social, historical and cultural phenomenon. Both leading scholars and innovative researchers offer 60 brief responses to questions that...

Parallels between Hittite civilisation and the Old Testament belong largely to the field of religion. In the first of his three Schweich lectures (delivered in 1976) Professor Gurney traces the historical development of the Hittite pantheon, while in his...

This collection of articles uniquely brings into scholarly dialogue the textual history and criticism of authoritative literatures from diverse cultures: they study Mesopotamian literature, the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Homeric epics, the...

This book brings together leading international scholars with the aim of exploring ritual perspectives in the study of contemporary religions. It combines significant theoretical and methodological reflections and applies it to four main fields relevant...

This book showcases how football and religion are increasingly coming together in Muslim contexts to interact with and influence both identity and society. The first part of the volume is devoted to issues of identity, showing how football aids in its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506453125Author Anantanand RambachanFormat PaperbackPage Count 187Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732424739Author Randy ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Randy ClarkPublisher Randy ClarkWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 108mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798990883406Author Gerald HeardFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Sky Parlor PublicationsPublisher Sky Parlor PublicationsWeight(grams)...

This title presents an exploration of divine designations in the Hebrew Bible, New Testament and Qur'an, using comparative theology to ascertain if there is common language for interfaith dialogue. This book offers a welcome solution to the growing need...

In the face of globalized ecological and economic crises, how do religion, the postsecular, and political theology reconfigure political theory and practice? As the planet warms and the chasm widens between the 1 percent and the global 99, what thinking...

This book is a collection of translations from original Chinese and Uigur sources on Hsuan-Tsang's life after his return to China from India. The editor has provided a commentary that historically contextualizes the documents examined, as well as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800699215Author Mark W. MuesseFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher Augsburg Fortress PublishersWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830851959Author Wafik W. WahbaFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Focusing on travel narratives as a setting for spelling out both cultural exchanges and identity building, the present volume maps a variety of strategies employed in travelogues by Christians and Jews in the late antique Roman East.The first part sheds...

Gagaku, the ceremonial music of the imperial court, Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines in Japan, was established in the early 8th century and has been continuously performed since then. Despite its importance in the cultural and religious history of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorPIETRO ARCHIATI was born in 1944 in Brescia, Italy. He studied philosophy and theology, and worked for many years as a Catholic priest. In 1977 he had a decisive...

A collection of fifteen essays on soteriology to honor E. O. James, England's major twentieth-century proponent of the comparative study of religion.About the Authorandon /f Samuel /i George Frederick /r ed. es /f Edwin /i OliverBook InformationISBN...

What has happened to the religious left? If there is a religious left, why don't we hear more about it? The academics and activists who write this rich volume, edited by Rebecca Alpert, argue passionately on topics that concern all of us. Quoting from...

Addressed to students of classical mythology, religion, and comparative mythology, this volume contains myths of creation from three ancient cultures. Included are selections from the Hebrew Bible, the Mesopotamian Enuma Elish and Atrahasis, and Hesiod's...

There are some 20,000 utopian communities in present-day America. Most of them keep a low profile, welcoming new members without advertising for them. Nearly all are hidden from view - in rural America, in city slums, behind monastery walls. A majority...

In Bringing the Sacred Down to Earth, Corinne Dempsey offers a comparative study of Hindu and Christian, Indian and Euro/American earthbound religious expressions. She argues that official religious, political, and epistemological systems tend to deny...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679640110Author William JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 475gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Small Sacrifices is an ethnographic study of Ngaju Dayaks, rain forest dwellers of the remote interior region of Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Like many indigenous peoples throughout the world, the Ngaju have recently been affected by exposure...

Among the multitude of issues addressed by authors in the burgeoning field of science and theology the most fundamental is that of divine action in the world. How might believers best understand God as truly acting in the realms studied by the natural...

Twenty-eight scholars, many of them well known in the sociology of religion, examine a variety of faith traditions and sociological topics that illustrate the connection between religion and society in many different countries at the dawn of the 21st...

This is a systematic study of how a congregational conflict involving allegations of sexual harassment and power abuse against a minister was seriously mishandled by church authorities. The conflict escalated to entangle regional and national authorities...

Like taxes, death is inevitable. Everyone experiences it sooner or later. This book offers perspectives on death and dying from all major religions, written by experts in each of those religions. Focusing on the major world traditions, it offers...

This book brings together scholars of a variety of the world's major civilizations to focus on the universal theme of inner transformation. The idea of the "self" is a cultural formation like any other, and models and conceptions of the inner world of...

Santeria, also known as Yoruba, Lukumi, or Orisha, was originally brought to the Americas from Africa by enslaved peoples destined for the Caribbean and South America. By the late 1980s it was estimated that more than 70 million African and American...