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Who is Allah? What does he ask of those who submit to his teachings? Pulitzer Prize-winner Jack Miles gives us a deeply probing, revelatory portrait of the world’s second largest, fastest-growing, and perhaps most tragically misunderstood religion. In doing so, Miles illuminates what is unique about Allah, his teachings, and his resolutely merciful temperament, and he thereby reveals that which is false, distorted, or simply absent from the popular conception of the heart of Islam.

Mormons, or members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, form a growing population in both numbers and influence. Yet few people have more than a passing knowledge of the document that defines and drives this important movement: the Book of Mormon. A former Mormon and an adult convert to Christianity, author Ross Anderson provides a clear summary of the Book of Mormon including its history, teachings, and unique features.

Understanding World Religions: Audio Lectures explores various religions under the broad categories of African Religions, the Yogic Traditions (including Buddhism), and the Abrahamic traditions. These lectures present religion as a complex and intriguing matrix of history, philosophy, culture, beliefs, and practices. With the understanding that a certain degree of objectivity and critique is inherent in the study of religion, Hexham guides listeners in responsible ways of carrying this out.

Three decades after leaving the Mormon faith, Latayne Colvett Scott looks back to her original journey out of Mormonism and the reasons why she left. Revised and updated, this third edition of The Mormon Mirage presents both a fascinating inside look at Mormonism and new and formidable evidence against its claims and teachings.

Understanding the Koran gives you an essential grasp of Islam's holy book: where it came from, what it teaches, how Muslims view it, and how the Allah of the Koran compares with the God of the Bible.

An articulate presentation of the distinctive Christian understanding of God in the context of resurgent Islam, aimed at helping Christian believers speak and live the truth in love and learn how to interact with Muslim ideas in an increasingly pluralistic culture.

The renowned and beloved New York Times best-selling author of An Altar in the World and Learning to Walk in the Dark recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching the world’s religions to undergraduates in rural Georgia, revealing how God delights in confounding our expectations.

Huston Smith, the man who brought the world's religions to the West, was born almost a century ago to missionary parents in China during the perilous rise of the Communist Party. Smith's lifelong spiritual journey brought him face-to-face with many of the people who shaped the 20th century. His extraordinary travels around the globe have taken him to the world's holiest places, where he has practiced religion with many of the great spiritual leaders of our time.

Searching for Truth in Vegas, Hollywood & Bethlehem addresses the honest questions thoughtful people often ask about the nature of God, the nature of life, and the validity of biblical Christianity.

Am 31. Oktober 2017 jährt sich zum 500. Mal der Thesenanschlag Martin Luthers an die Tür der Schlosskirche zu Wittenberg. Dieses Ereignis und sein gewaltiger Nachhall fordern nicht nur die Katholische Kirche, sondern auch alle anderen am Dialog beteiligten Personen und Gruppen heraus, ihren je eigenen Beitrag zur Erinnerungskultur des Reformationszubiläums beizusteuern. Dass ein solcher Beitrag aus den Reihen der Bahá'í-Gemeinde kommt, mag zunächst überraschen, denn lange Zeit war das Verhältnis der Evangelischen Kirchen zur Bahá'í-Gemeinde eisig und von aggressiver Apologetik begleitet.

There is a reason that the phrase "spiritual but not religious" exists. Now more than ever, people are finding it difficult to reconcile their experiences or worldviews with the anxiety that organized religion too often creates. When we embrace the message but mistrust the institution, anxiety is at work. When we cling to a particular faith but struggle to reconcile ourselves to its beliefs and practices, anxiety is present. When we are drawn to mysticism, meaning, and wonder but burdened by religious baggage, we are longing to be Spiritual But Not Anxious.

Studies find that the most frequent reason for rejecting Christianity is that people could not get answers to their doubts. Finding Truth unpacks strategic principles that penetrate to the core of any perspective, to uncover its deepest motivations and weigh its claims.

The Father’s Love Letters to YOU/manity: Intimate Messages From GOD Transform your life through an extraordinary collection of sacred messages that speak directly to your heart. This isn't just another spiritual book—it's a profound journey into the essence of divine love, written with such intimate detail that you'll feel each letter was penned just for you.

O inspirată selecţie de texte religioase esenţiale pentru budismul Zen, hinduism, taoism, misticismul creştin şi islam, de care autorul se foloseşte pentru a dezvălui "realitatea divină" comună tuturor credinţelor. Volumul include, printre altele, numeroase texte din Meister Eckhart, Rumi, Lao Zi sau Zhuangzi, precum şi din Bhagavad-Gita, Cartea tibetană a morţilor sau Upanişade, pe baza cărora Huxley analizează credinţele spirituale ale diferitelor tradiţii religioase, evidenţiind existenţa anumitor constante ale spiritului omenesc.

Together, the adherents of Christianity and Islam make up over half of the world's population, and their numbers are expected to keep growing. The influence of these two faiths—and their relations with each other—is seen in politics, economics, and social interactions. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Christianity and Islam, covering three interrelated areas: historical developments and encounters, the influence of religion on politics, and religious beliefs and worldviews.

This unique book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the teachings of Prophet Jesus from both Christian and Islamic viewpoints. By critically examining the languages used in Biblical Gospel texts and the preservation methods of the Quran and Hadith, the author seeks to uncover a more accurate all-encompassing collection of Jesus' teachings. This book portrays Jesus according to the Biblical and Christian viewpoint as well as the Jesus portrayed by the Quran and Muslims. This book provides a critical examination of the texts associated with Prophet Jesus.

From classics such as the Odyssey and the Aeneid to fifth-century Christian apocrypha, narratives that described guided tours of the afterlife played a major role in shaping ancient notions of morality and ethics. In this new account, acclaimed author Bart Ehrman contextualizes early Christian narratives of heaven and hell within the broader intellectual and cultural worlds from which they emerged.

In this enlightening audio program, Gregg Braden and Deepak Chopra, M.D., explore the similarities between three seemingly different philosophies: quantum physics, Vedanta, and the Judeo-Christian teachings revealed by the Dead Sea Scrolls. Specifically, they address the Isaiah Scroll, the only scroll found completely intact, and the subject of Braden's book, The Isaiah Effect.

How did our forebears begin to think about religion as a distinct domain, separate from other activities that were once inseparable from it? Starting at the birth of Christianity - a religion inextricably bound to Western thought - Jack Miles reveals how the West's "common sense" understanding of religion emerged and then changed as insular Europe discovered the rest of the world. Finally, in a moving postscript, he shows how this very story continues today in the minds and hearts of individual religious or irreligious men and women.

In this provocative and thoughtful book, Gerald McDermott explores the theological concept of revelation and how evangelicals have responded to world religions. He then makes a case for God's having revealed himself outside of Israel and the church.