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Judaism Mysticism Religion Society Spirituality - HOME Judaism Mysticism Religion Society Spirituality Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays by Abraham Joshua Heschel, Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-72), one of the foremost Jewish savants of our time, was internationally known as scholar, author, activist, and theologian. In his lifetime Heschel spoke and published widely. Arriving in the United States in flight from the brutalities of Nazi Germany, he never forgot that the search for the divine and for human spirituality is inseparable from the search for a just society. As a revered and beloved teacher, he impressed on his ...

Gnosticism Religion Society Spirituality - HOME Gnosticism Religion Society Spirituality Jung's Thoughts on God: The Religious Depths of Our Psyches by Donald Dyer, C. G. JUNG has been called an atheist, a modern Gnostic/heretical theologian, and a critical philosopher. He viewed himself as an empirical psychologist, but he was born to a Christian minister's family and raised in close proximity to the church. His childhood memories were of his early perceptions of God. One of the more appealing aspects of C. G. Jung's work is his exploration of the religious instinct -- the images that ...

Religion and Spirituality Ethical Culture Society - HOME Religion and Spirituality Ethical Culture Society Faith in the Future by Johnathan Sacks, In this book the chief rabbi addresses some of the major themes of our time: the fragmentation of our common culture, the breakdown of family and community life, the lack of moral direction, and the waning of religious belief. How, he asks, can we construct a humane social order that honors human dignity and difference, one in which we can be both true to ourselves and a blessing to others? In the confusing state of post-industrial societies in ...

Confucianism Introduction Introduction Religion - HOME Confucianism Introduction Introduction Religion Asian Religions in Practice: An Introduction by Donald S. Lopez, Princeton Readings in Religions is a new series of anthologies on the religions of the world, representing the significant advances that have been made in the study of religions in the last thirty years. This volume brings together the introductions to the first five volumes of this acclaimed series Religions of India in Practice (1995), Buddhism in Practice (1995), Religions of China in Practice (1996), Religions of Tibet in Practice (1997), and Religions of Japan in Practice (1999). ...

True Religion Jeans Sale - HOME True Religion Jeans Sale The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti by Leslie G. Desmangles, Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology and rituals of Vodou, focusing particularly on the inclusion of West African and European elements in Vodouisants' beliefs and practices. Desmangles sees Vodou not simply as a grafting of European religious traditions onto African stock, but as a true creole phenomenon, born out ...

Opposing Religion Spirituality View - HOME Opposing Religion Spirituality View Natural Grace: Dialogues on Creation, Darkness, and the Soul in Spirituality and Science by Matthew Fox, The chasm between science and religion has been a source of intellectual and spiritual tension for centuries, but in these ground breaking dialogues there is a remarkable consonance between these once opposing camps. In "Natural Grace, Rupert Sheldrake and Matthew Fox show that not only is the synthesis of science and spirituality possible, but it is unavoidable when one considers the extraordinary insights they have both come upon in their work. Sheldrake, ...

Christianity People Religion Spirituality - HOME Christianity People Religion Spirituality Plateau Indians and the Quest for Christianity, 1700-1850 by Larry Cebula, Fusing myriad primary and secondary sources, historian Larry Cebula offers a compelling master narrative of the impact of Christianity on the Columbian Plateau peoples in the Pacific Northwest from 1700 to 1850. For the Native peoples of the Columbian Plateau, the arrival of whites was understood primarily as a spiritual event, calling for religious explanations. Between 1700 and 1806, Native peoples of the Columbian Plateau experienced the presence of whites indirectly through the arrival of horses, ...

Islam Religion - HOME Islam Religion The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions by James Turner Johnson, A 1998 CHOICE Outstanding Academic BookA comparison of the religious and cultural traditions of Islam and the Christian West on the meaning of war for religion."An impressive work, which contributes to the needed dialogue between these two cultures and religions. Highly recommended." ChoiceIn this book James Turner Johnson explores the cultural traditions of the Christian West and Islam, in an effort to encourage a constructive dialogue on the nature of war for religion. No other issue ...

Confucianism Religion Symbol - HOME Confucianism Religion Symbol The Cult of the Fox: Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China This wide-ranging work explores the shamanistic fox cult that has attracted large portions of the Chinese population since the late sixteenth century. As a symbol, the fox inhabits the space between such opposites as male and female, young and old, divine and demonic. It blurs rigid boundaries and forces a reconsideration of conventional social structures. Although fox cults were derided as illicit from their very inception, they continue to thrive. Departing from ...

Judaism Belief - HOME Judaism Belief What Do Jews Believe?: The Spiritual Foundations of Judaism by David S. Ariel, Once understood as an inherited tradition, religion is increasingly viewed today as a matter of personal choice, an experience to be examined and explored. Yet while many American Jews feel an emotional attachment to Judaism, they cannot always articulate the beliefs that define their faith. In this provocative study, David Ariel explores the diverse and colorful views of Jewish thinkers on the profound issues of God, human destiny, good and evil, chosenness, Torah, and messianism, among many ...

Hebrew Sacred Text - ... around sacred objects; and sacred dances performed during harvests and other festivals. Students of bygone civilizations, dancers, choreographers, and anyone interested in the history of this age-old art form will find this text of immense value. Aleph-Bet Yoga: Embodying the Hebrew Letters for Physical and Spiritual Well-Being by Steven A. Rapp, In this first-of-its-kind guide to "Jewish yoga, " Steven Rapp gracefully blends aspects of hatha yoga, the shapes of the Hebrew letters, physical fitness, and spiritual wellness to connect yoga practice with Jewish spiritual life -- and vice versa. This easy-to-read, easy-to-understand guide shows how anyone can incorporate yoga into their life. Drawing on the sacred texts of Judaism, made even more relevant by Rapp's poetic insights, ...

Taoism Belief - HOME Taoism Belief Taoism: Origins, Beliefs, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Places by Jennifer Oldstone-Moore, Focusing on origins, beliefs, practices, holy texts, and sacred places, this compact introduction to Taoism blends vividly written, accurate commentary with colorful illustrations and photos. One World, Many Religions: The Ways We Worship by Mary Pope Osborne, Religious understanding is as important today than any other time in history. In this highly acclaimed book, Mary Pope Osborne introduces readers to the six major religions of the world. One World, Many Religions covers the history, beliefs, and practices of ...

Major World Religion - HOME Major World Religion One World, Many Religions: The Ways We Worship by Mary Pope Osborne, Religious understanding is as important today than any other time in history. In this highly acclaimed book, Mary Pope Osborne introduces readers to the six major religions of the world. One World, Many Religions covers the history, beliefs, and practices of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. All have had a deep effect on the laws and customs of every country. They have shaped art, literature, music, and education. They have given the world magnificent ...

Buddhism Belief - ... intended to be a textbook for students of religious and Asian studies, but it will also be of interest to those who want a general survey of Buddhism and its beliefs. Unlike many other general books about Buddhism, it not only explores the world views of the religion but also attempts to show how Buddhism functions as a set of practices. It thus includes chapters on devotion, ethics, monastic practices and meditation. Such practices are related to Buddhist teachings and historical developments. Emphasizing as it does the diversity found within different Buddhist traditions, the ... common threads of belief, practice and historical continuities which unify the Buddhist world. Dr. Harvey answers questions that are often asked by people on first meeting the tradition, and in his section on Nirvana offers a novel interpretation of this ultimate, transcendent mystery. Buddhism: Origins, Beliefs, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Place by Malcolm David Eckel, Offers an introduction to Buddhism, covering origins, the religion's spread across Asia, theological beliefs, sacred persons, rituals, death and the afterlife, and Buddhism's role in society. Eclectic Wicca - Eclectic Wicca is a widely accepted branch of ...

Buddhism Without Belief - ... intended to be a textbook for students of religious and Asian studies, but it will also be of interest to those who want a general survey of Buddhism and its beliefs. Unlike many other general books about Buddhism, it not only explores the world views of the religion but also attempts to show how Buddhism functions as a set of practices. It thus includes chapters on devotion, ethics, monastic practices and meditation. Such practices are related to Buddhist teachings and historical developments. Emphasizing as it does the diversity found within different Buddhist traditions, the ... common threads of belief, practice and historical continuities which unify the Buddhist world. Dr. Harvey answers questions that are often asked by people on first meeting the tradition, and in his section on Nirvana offers a novel interpretation of this ultimate, transcendent mystery. Buddhism: Origins, Beliefs, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Place by Malcolm David Eckel, Offers an introduction to Buddhism, covering origins, the religion's spread across Asia, theological beliefs, sacred persons, rituals, death and the afterlife, and Buddhism's role in society. Eclectic Wicca - Eclectic Wicca is a widely accepted branch of ...

Confucianism Sacred Text - HOME Confucianism Sacred Text Exploring the Religions of Our World by Nancy Clemmons, Written in accord with the Catechism of the Catholic Church and rooted in the sound catechetical principles of the National Catechetical Directory, these texts present a well-defined curriculum model that stresses clear objectives, careful organization, and creative methods and evaluation procedures to check the attainment of goals. Very flexible, allowing teachers to select materials to highlight and stress, each text can be implemented on various grade levels for a quarter, a semester, or a full year depending on the length and frequency of class meetings. The approach to studying and comparing religion taken by Nancy Clemmons, SNJM is to expand an ever-widening circle that begins with the teen's understanding of their own religious roots. Beginning with Judaism and Christianity, Clemmons widens the circle further to discuss first another major monotheistic faith (Islam) before turning to ...

Business Christian Ethics Just Marketplace - HOME Business Christian Ethics Just Marketplace Just Business: Christian Ethics for the Marketplace by Alec Hill, To those faced with the many questions and quandaries of doing business with integrity, here is a place to beggin. Alexander Hill explores the Christian concepts of holiness, justice, and love, and shows how some common responses to business ethics fall short of these. Then, he turns to penetrating case studies on such pressing topics as employer-employee relations, discrimination, and affirmative action. Faith, Morals, and Money: What the World's Religions Tell Us about Money in the Marketplace by Edward D. Zinbarg, Most books on business ethics approach the subject philosophically. That approach, Zinbarg tells us, neglects the most important source of most people's understanding of right and wrong: their religious tradition. While philosophy can ...

Muslim Religion - HOME Muslim Religion Who Are the Muslims? The religion known as Islam emerged on the Arabian Peninsula during the seventh century and spread quickly. Today, the Muslim population is estimated at 1.2 billion, making it the world's second-largest religion. Islam is also the world's fastest-growing religion. It is estimated that there are more than 6 million Muslims living in the United States and Canada. The modern global community makes it essential that students understand this important monotheistic faith. The eight books in the INTRODUCING ISLAM series provide a ...

Jewish Prayer for the Dead - ... include references to Scripture--allusions to biblical stories in which God had answered a prayer, or the evocation of specific biblical passages, or the recycling of biblical phrases in the creation of a new prayer. This process, the "Scripturalization of prayer," grew in intensity and refinement as Judaism moved from the biblical period to early post-biblical times. It is attested throughout the prayers found in the biblical apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and early piyyut, and it continued apace in the liturgical compositions of the Geonic period and still later times. This collection of essays seeks to chart the main lines of the Scripturalization of prayer over this entire period. Dignity Beyond Death: The Jewish Preparation for ...

Catholicism Haiti in Roman Voodoo - HOME Catholicism Haiti in Roman Voodoo The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti by Leslie G. Desmangles, Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology and rituals of Vodou, focusing particularly on the inclusion of West African and European elements in Vodouisants' beliefs and practices. Desmangles sees Vodou not simply as a grafting of European religious traditions onto African stock, but as a true creole phenomenon, born ...

Roman Religion - HOME Roman Religion An Introduction to Roman Religion by John Scheid, Written by one of the world's leading scholars of the Roman world, "An Introduction to Roman Religion offers students a complete portrait of religion in Rome during the late republic and early empire. It draws on the latest findings in archaeology and history to explain the meanings of rituals, rites, auspices, and oracles, to describe the uses of temples and sacred ground, and to evoke the daily patterns of religious life and observance within the city of Rome and its environs. ...

Confucianism Religion - HOME Confucianism Religion Asian Religions in Practice: An Introduction by Donald S. Lopez, Princeton Readings in Religions is a new series of anthologies on the religions of the world, representing the significant advances that have been made in the study of religions in the last thirty years. This volume brings together the introductions to the first five volumes of this acclaimed series Religions of India in Practice (1995), Buddhism in Practice (1995), Religions of China in Practice (1996), Religions of Tibet in Practice (1997), and Religions of Japan in Practice (1999).The introductions ...

Religion Society Spirituality - HOME Religion Society Spirituality The Black Spiritual Movement: A Religious Response to Racism by Hans A. Baer, Spiritual churches in the United States represent one of several religious movements that African Americans have adopted in their efforts to cope with mainstream society. In this groundbreaking work, first published in 1984, Hans A. Baer explores the richness and creativity of Black Spiritualism. It sets forth an illuminating ethnography of the movement that corrects numerous stereotypes of African American religion. Baer shows that the Spiritual churches blend diverse elements, borrowing aspects of African American Protestantism, ...

Confucianism Taoism Understanding - HOME Confucianism Taoism Understanding Understanding World Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Islam by George Braswell, Understanding World Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Islam One World, Many Religions: The Ways We Worship by Mary Pope Osborne, Religious understanding is as important today than any other time in history. In this highly acclaimed book, Mary Pope Osborne introduces readers to the six major religions of the world. One World, Many Religions covers the history, beliefs, and practices of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. All have had a deep effect on ...

Religion Shintoism Society Spirituality - HOME Religion Shintoism Society Spirituality History of Japanese Religion by Kazuo Kasahara, Seventeen distinguished experts on Japanese religion provide a fascinating overview of its history and development. Beginning with the origins of religion in primitive Japanese society, they chart the growth of each of Japan's major religious organizations and doctrinal systems. They follow Buddhism, Shintoism, Christianity, and popular religious belief through major periods of change to show how history and religion affected each other -- and discuss the interactions between the different religious traditions. A History of Japanese Religion closes with discussions of ...

Religion Society Spirituality Taoism - HOME Religion Society Spirituality Taoism Wisdom from World Religions: Pathways Toward Heaven on Earth by John Marks Templeton, Every religion has an assemblage of acknowledged spiritual ideas or truths. Wisdom from World Religions brings these spiritual laws to life, offering a selection of readings from the teaching of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, Zen, and Zoroastrianism. Included are modern-day and ancient parables, disciplines, and quotations that may advocate beneficial growth opportunities for inquiring and open minds. Wisdom's content and format can provide useful guidance for individuals, families, ...