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No person today is untouched by what happens in the rest of the world. With this historic development, the Dalai Lama understands that the essential task of humanity is to cultivate peaceful coexistence. But this has long been problematic with religion, and while previous conflicts over...

The renowned and beloved New York Times bestselling 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...

Courtney Weber (author of Brigid and The Morrigan) offers an informed, accessible journey through the lore and history of Hekate, the ancient goddess of crossroads, ghosts, and witchcraft, and reflects on Hekate’s relevance today. Tools and techniques for incorporating this goddess into your personal journey round out the book.

We live in a multicultural society. But Christians often do not know how to engage those of other faiths. As a result, many Christians hesitate to talk about Christianity with others in any kind of evangelistic way. Jay Moon and W. Bud Simon unpack the intercultural dynamics that Christians need to understand when encountering people from different communities and cultural backgrounds. 

How do myths and stories influence culture? What is the difference between one culture and another, and how did these differences come to be? Are cultures fixed or do they change over time?Devdutt Pattanaik, India's leading mythologist, breaks down the complex maze of stories, symbols and...

Warren Scholl’s pamphlet on world religions was published in 1924, and reflects the spiritual philosophies and membership levels of the day. The author provides succinct and accessible summaries of the doctrines of each faith, which are totally free of apologetic bias.

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लोग मूर्ति पूजा क्यों करते हैं? सदियों से मूर्ति पूजा के विरुद्ध चले आ रहे पूर्वाग्रह, मताग्रह और हिंसा के बावजूद यह हठपूर्वक क्यों जारी है? क्या ऐसी पूजा जीवन में अपने वास्तविक उद्देश्य को खोजने और अंततः शांति और समृद्धि पाने में हमारी सहायता कर सकती है? बेस्टसेलिंग धर्म की सहयोगी पुस्तक मूर्ति पूजा में, मूर्ति पूजा के सार और वास्तविक अर्थ को खोजने के लिए एक बार फिर आपके पसंदीदा काल्पनिक पात्र कुछ नए पात्रों के साथ वापस आए हैं।

In five of lectures delivered at Princeton Seminary during the summer of 1914, B. B. Warfield used “a progressive series of corrections” to explain “the divine dealing with man which ends in his salvation.” Starting with the divide between naturalism and supernaturalism, continuing to sacerdotalism and evangelicalism, and on through universalistic vs. particularistic views, Warfield emphasized complete dependence upon God: “It is only the Calvinist that has warrant to believe in salvation whether of the individual or of the world.”

There are many different forms, arguments, denominations, and doctrines within the Christian faith. Diving into the various theories and histories can be a lengthy and often confusing journey. This collection of sermons concisely discusses many views on salvation and faith. Anyone who has felt overwhelmed by church history, has started questioning their own theology, or is simply looking to learn more about Christianity will find great help and comfort in The Plan of Salvation.

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.

En este nuevo audiolibro, realizado en colaboración con los maestros ascendidos Arten y Pursah, Gary Renard expone los principios y la actitud del no dualismo puro, posiblemente el sistema más cercano a la verdad espiritual que se puede expresar con palabras. Se trata de una obra de madurez en la que Gary introduce detalles y explicaciones que ayudarán al estudiante comprometido a descubrir nuevos sentidos; que abrirán ventanas a nuevas comprensiones y a un conocimiento más profundo de Un curso de milagros.

First published in 1905, The Varieties of Religious Experience is a collection of lectures given at the University of Edinburgh in 1901 and 1902. William James was a psychologist and, as such, his interest in religion was not that of a theologian but of a scientist. In these 20 lectures, he discusses the nature and origin of religious belief. The average believer is one who has inherited his religion, but this will not do for James's inquiry.

Is Christianity obsolete? Can an intelligent, educated person really believe the Bible? Or do the atheists have it right? In his new book, best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza ( What's So Great about America) investigates both Christianity and atheism and their influences on culture to show why there is, indeed, something great about Christianity.

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. 

Lughnasadh - also known as Lammas - is the beginning of the harvest season, marking the point where the first fruit of the land has ripened. This guide to Lughnasadh tells listeners how to perform rituals and work magic around the gratitude we feel for plans that have come to fruition, while also exploring themes of fertility, protection, and reflection.  

The chants and music in this audiobook are some of the first petals to open on this beautiful flower. Chanted by the resident community of Plum Village in 2002.

The Way integrates religion and science and reconciles Eastern and Western worldviews, confirming with the mystics and the scientists that everyone is related, and everything is connected. This book recognizes the perennial philosophy that underlies many spiritual traditions. The book has a "theory of everything" feel to it. Like a TED talk, it is deeply personal with broadly universal themes. The author narrates it.

In A History of Religious Ideas, Mircea Eliade examines the movement of Jewish thought out of ancient Eurasia, the Christian transformation of the Mediterranean area and Europe, and the rise and diffusion of Islam from approximately the sixth through the seventeenth centuries. Eliade’s vast knowledge of past and present scholarship provides a synthesis that is unparalleled. In addition to reviewing recent interpretations of the individual traditions, he explores the interactions of the three religions and shows their continuing mutual influence to be subtle but unmistakable.

In the second volume of this monumental work, Mircea Eliade continues his magisterial progress through the history of religious ideas. The religions of ancient China, Brahmanism and Hinduism, Buddha and his contemporaries, Roman religion, Celtic and German religions, Judaism, the Hellenistic period, the Iranian syntheses, and the birth of Christianity—all are encompassed in this volume.