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Cambridge University Press Stories of Origins in the Bible and Ancient Mediterranean Literature
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Monotheism
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Cambridge University Press Scripture People
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Cambridge University Press The Golden Bough The Third Edition Volume 1 The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings 1 Cambridge Library Collection Classics
Book SynopsisThis greatly revised and enlarged twelve-volume third edition (191115) of the controversial work by Sir James Frazer (18541941) applies the techniques of comparative ethnography to classical religion. Volume 1 (1911) explores the belief that kings could harness Nature.Table of ContentsPreface; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; 1. The king of the wood; 2. Priestly kings; 3. Sympathetic magic; 4. Magic and religion; 5. The magical control of the weather; 6. Magicians as kings; 7. Incarnate human gods; Appendix.
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Cambridge University Press The Golden Bough The Third Edition Volume 2 The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings 2 Cambridge Library Collection Classics
Book SynopsisThis work by Sir James Frazer (1854â1941) is widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of the classical culture which had for so long been a model for Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated. The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volume 2 (1911) explores different types of vegetation worship and the roles of gods.Table of Contents8. Departmental kings of nature; 9. The worship of trees; 10. Relics of tree-worship in Modern Europe; 11. The influence of the sexes on vegetation; 12. The sacred marriage; 13. The kings of Rome and Alba; 14. The king's fire; 15. The fire-drill; 16. Father Jove and Mother Vesta; 17. The origin of perpetual fires; 18. The succession to the kingdom in Ancient Latium; 19. St George and the Parilia; 20. The worship of the oak; 21. Dianus and Diana; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Golden Bough The Third Edition Volume 4 The Dying God Cambridge Library Collection Classics
Book SynopsisThis work by Sir James Frazer (1854â1941) is widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of the classical culture which had for so long been a model for Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated. The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volume 4 (1911), 'The Dying God', discusses the tradition by which the priest/king must be killed by his successor.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. The mortality of the gods; 2. The killing of the divine king; 3. The slaying of the king in legend; 4. The supply of kings; 5. Temporary kings; 6. Sacrifice of the king's son; 7. Succession to the soul; 8. The killing of the tree-spirit; Notes; Addenda; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Golden Bough The Third Edition Volume 7 Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild 1 Cambridge Library Collection Classics
Book SynopsisThis work by Sir James Frazer (1854â1941) is widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of the classical culture which had for so long been a model for Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also reissued in this series) and by the work of the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated. The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volumes 7 and 8 (1912) discuss the relationship of human sacrifice to the fertility of crops.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Dionysus; 2. Demeter and Persephone; 3. Magical significance of games in primitive agriculture; 4. Woman's part in primitive agriculture; 5. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe; 6. The Corn-Mother in many lands; 7. Lityerses; 8. The corn-spirit as an animal; Note.
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Cambridge University Press The Golden Bough The Third Edition Volume 11 Balder the Beautiful The FireFestivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul 2 Cambridge Library Collection Classics
Book SynopsisThis work by Sir James Frazer (1854â1941) is widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of the classical culture which had for so long been a model for Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated. The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volumes 10 and 11 (1913) continue to examine taboo behaviour, and consider the role of sunlight and firelight in ritual.Table of Contents6. Fire-festivals in other lands; 7. The burning of human beings in the fires; 8. The magic flowers of Midsummer Eve; 9. Balder and the mistletoe; 10. The external soul in folk-tales; 11. The external soul in folk-custom; 12. The Golden Bough; 13. Farewell to Nemi; Notes; Index.
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Penguin Random House India Carpenters and Kings
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Oxford University Press Inc The Oxford Handbook of the Cognitive Science of
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of the Cognitive Science of Religion is the most authoritative and comprehensive examination of the growing field of CSR. With contributions from the field's founders and its rising stars, this volume offers a critical overview of more than 25 years of research.Trade ReviewA fascinating volume... For advanced students and scholars seeking to develop research in this emerging field, the book provides a good foundation. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Part One: Historical, Theoretical, and Methodological Foundations of CSR 1. Ghostly Relationships: Differentiating Cognitive Science of Religion and Psychology of Religion Justin L. Barrett 2. The Historical Genesis of Cognitive Science of Religion E. Thomas Lawson 3. Philosophical Foundations of the Cognitive Science of Religion Aku Visala 4. The Cognitive Study of Religious Activity: Beyond Religion and Belief Pascal Boyer Part Two: Religious Concepts 5. Gods: Cognition, Culture, and Ecology Benjamin Grant Purzycki 6. The Nature of Humans Rebekah A. Richert and Kirsten Lesage 7. Nature of the World Julie Scott and Justin L. Barrett Part Three: Religious Actions 8. Explaining and Solving Practical Problems Supernaturally Rachel Watson-Jones & Cristine H. Legare 9. Mortuary Practices Claire White Part Four: Religious Objects 10. Scripturalism: A theory Brian Malley 11. Special Objects Tyler S. Greenway Part Five: Religious Experiences 12. Conceiving Religious Dreams and Mystical Experiences: A Predictive Processing Investigation Robert E. Sears 13. Extreme Rituals Dimitris Xygalatas Part Six: Forming Religious Systems 14. Key Ingredients for a World Religion: Insights from Cognitive and Evolutionary Science James Van Slyke and D. Jason Slone 15. What is the Role of Ritual in Binding Communities Together? Harvey Whitehouse and Christopher M. Kavanagh 16. The Failure of Religious Systems Hugh Turpin and Jonathan A. Lanman Part Seven: CSR's Relations and Implications 17. Neuroscience of Religion Uffe Schjoedt and Michiel van Elk 18. Soul Mates? Conflicts and Complementarities in the Evolutionary and Cognitive Sciences of Religion Richard Sosis, John Shaver, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, and Jordan Kiper 19. CSR and Religious Belief. Epistemic friends or foes? Hans Van Eyghen 20. The Cultural & Developmental Niche of Religious Cognitions: Educational Implications of the Cognitive Science of Religion Rebekah A. Richert 21. Lived Faith and Cognitive Intuitions: Some Theological Implications of Cognitive Science of Religion Laird R. O. Edman and Myron A. Penner
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Zondervan Seeking Allah Finding Jesus Study Guide plus
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Zondervan Is Jesus the Only Savior
Book SynopsisA compelling and urgent case for Jesus Christ as the one and only way to salvation. Today, professing that Jesus Christ is the only way to approach God and receive his salvation may seem to some like a form of intolerance or arrogance. A growing number of Christian intellectuals, pastors, and leaders are favoring a more inclusive view of a person''s path to salvation.But what does this mean in practice? Are there biblical or theological means of defending inclusivism or pluralism, or do these views simply pay tribute to modern ethical standards?The fact is that unity among Christians on this fundamental issue has disappeared. Many people of faith choose among three fundamentally different answers to the question, Is Jesus the only Savior? Stated succinctly, these answers are: No! (Pluralism) Yes, but... (Inclusivism) Yes, period! (Exclusivism) In Is Jesus the Only Savior?, Ronald Nash explores the Table of ContentsContents Preface 1.Is Jesus the Only Savior? Part One Pluralism 2.The Early Stage of John Hick’s Pluralism 3.The Second Stage of Hick’s Pluralism 4.Reason, Truth, and Religious Pluralism 5.Pluralism and the Christian Understanding of Jesus Christ 6.Final Thoughts on Hick’s Pluralism Part Two Inclusivism 7.An Introduction to Inclusivism 8.Inclusivism and Theology 9.Inclusivism and the Bible 10.Some Remaining Questions 11.Why I Am Not an Inclusivist Bibliography Indexes
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Zondervan Understanding World Religions
Book SynopsisGlobalization and high-speed communication put twenty-first century people in contact with adherents to a wide variety of world religions, but usually, valuable knowledge of these other traditions is limited at best. On the one hand, religious stereotypes abound, hampering a serious exploration of unfamiliar philosophies and practices. On the other hand, the popular idea that all religions lead to the same God or the same moral life fails to account for the distinctive origins and radically different teachings found across the world’s many religions. Understanding World Religions presents religion as a complex and intriguing matrix of history, philosophy, culture, beliefs, and practices. Hexham believes that a certain degree of objectivity and critique is inherent in the study of religion, and he guides readers in responsible ways of carrying this out. Of particular importance is Hexham’s decision to explore African religions, which have frequently been absent fTrade ReviewA book that goes beyond mere description to engage real, and often controversial, issues. All university teachers grappling with these issues will find it of great use. Unlike most texts of this nature, it has an extensive section on African traditions that ought to interest scholars teaching African politics. It is a highly commendable piece of work. * HENRY SREBRNIK, Professor of Political Studies, University of Prince Edward Island *An ideal, clear, and lively introduction to world religions for North American students that also briefly deals with their modern developments, e.g. in the field of Buddhism. * MICHAEL HAHN, Professor of Indology and Tibetology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany *Hexham offers an introduction to the study of religions based on his years of teaching the subject, an impressive multicultural knowledge of various religious traditions, and in a style that is readable and engaging. Not another boring catalogue of religious beliefs and practices looked at from a pseudosophisticated afar, Hexham’s book conveys something of the diversity and controversies involved in the academic study of religions. * LARRY HURTADO, Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins, The University of Edinburgh *I enjoyed the chapters on Indian religions enormously. They are enlightening and fascinating for anyone who has brushed the surface of India and its religious traditions. The author has produced a work that is very readable and thought-provoking, but, more importantly, one that brings the religions to life in a practical way. * BILL WARDEN, Canadian Ambassador to Pakistan (1981–1983) and High Commissioner to India (1983–1986) *Many Western presentations of Islam merely pass on selected remarks from unreliable tertiary sources. Irving Hexham’s chapters on Islam are unique in that they reach beyond library versions, Muslim polemic, and Western politically correct advocacy to the actual discourse of devoted Muslims around the world today. Hexham takes seriously the sourcebooks through which Muslims understand their faith and practice, and the perspectives of recent authors whose influence shapes modern Muslim views. He rightly relies on some of the strongest scholarly studies of Islam for his analysis and evaluation, which sheds light on a subject that remains confusing for many Westerners. * GORDON NICKEL, author of Narratives of Tampering in the Earliest Commentaries on the Qur’an and Peaceable Witness Among Muslims *
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W. W. Norton & Company The Religion Matters Reader
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Random House USA Inc God A Human History
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity’s quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book, Aslan takes on a subject even more immense: God, writ large. In layered prose and with thoughtful, accessible scholarship, Aslan narrates the history of religion as a remarkably cohesive attempt to understand the divine by giving it human traits and emotions. According to Aslan, this innate desire to humanize God is hardwired in our brains, making it a central feature of nearly every religious tradition. As Aslan writes, “Whether we are aware of it or not, and regardless of whether we’re believers or not, what the vast majorit
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Penguin Random House India The Minority Conundrum
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Johns Hopkins University Press Religious Politics and Secular States Egypt India
Book SynopsisReligious Politics and Secular States fills this gap by situating this trend within long-standing debates over the proper role of religion in public life.Trade ReviewStudents of contemporary religion and contemporary politics should consider Hibbard's argument very seriously. -- Jack David Eller Anthropology Review Database 2011 With its accessible language and rich examples, this book would be of interest to a wide audience that includes general readers as well as scholars of religion and politics. Choice 2011Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Rethinking the Secular State1. Reinterpreting Modern Religious Politics2. The Rise and Decline of Egyptian Secularism3. The Islamization of Egyptian Politics4. The Rise and Decline of Indian Secularism5. Embedding Communalism in Indian Politics6. The Rise and Decline of American Secularism7. Religious Nationalism in the Reagan-Bush EraConclusion: Religious Politics ReconsideredNotesIndex
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Beacon Press When One Religion Isnt Enough The Lives of
Book SynopsisAn exploration into the lives of people who embrace two or more religious traditions, and what this growing community tells us about change in our societyNamed a best book of 2018 by Library JournalIn the United States, we often assume religious and spiritual identity are pure, static, and singular. But some people regularly cross religious boundaries. These “spiritually fluid” people celebrate complex religious bonds, and in the process they blur social categories, evoke prejudice, and complicate religious communities. Their presence sparks questions: How and why do people become spiritually fluid? Are they just confused or unable to commit? How do we make sense of them?When One Religion Isn’t Enough explores the lives of spiritually fluid people, revealing that while some chose multiple religious belonging, many more inherit it. For many North Americans, the complicated legacies of colonialism are part of their fam
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The Catholic University of America Press Writings Against the Saracens Peter the
Book SynopsisThis volume makes available in their entirety Peter the Venerable’s twin polemics against Islam - A Summary of the entire heresy of the Saracens and Against the sect of the Saracens - as well as related correspondence. These works resulted from a sustained engagement with Islam begun during Peter’s journey to Spain in 1142–43.
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The Catholic University of America Press The Theology of Louis Massignon Islam Christ and
Book SynopsisArgues that Louis Massignon's achievements in Christian-Muslim understanding, his activism on behalf of Muslim immigrants, refugees, and Middle Eastern Christians, as well as his developing understanding of Islam must be understood in the light of his Catholic convictions in relation to God, Christ, and the Church.Trade Review“This engaging book provides extensive and insightful critical analyses of Massignon’s experiential understanding and spiritual imitation of Christ in sacrificial love, particularly in relation to Muslims. The current crisis of the Muslim world and its impact on the relationship between Christians and Muslims makes Christian Krokus’s work all the more urgently relevant.” —Patrick Laude, Georgetown University
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University of Hawai'i Press Protectors and Predators
Book SynopsisWritten by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Protectors and Predators examines the nature and roles of deities in the religious world of medieval Japan and beyond. Bernard Faure introduces readers to medieval Japanese religiosity and shows the centrality of the gods in religious discourse and ritual.
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Vida Publishers Cuál Es El Mensaje del Libro de Mormón
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David C Cook Cristianismo Caso Sin Resolver
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Quest Books,U.S. Unlocking the Door
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Penguin Publishing Group Transitions
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Self-Realization Fellowship Publishers La Segunda Venida de Cristo Volumen II La
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Self-Realization Fellowship Publishers Dios Habla Con Arjuna El Bhagavad Guita Vol 1 La
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Self-Realization Fellowship Publishers Dios Habla Con Arjuna El Bhagavad Guita Vol 2 La
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Georgetown University Press Roman Catholicism after Vatican II
Book SynopsisThe second Vatican Council, which concluded in December 1965, inaugurated a reformation process in the Catholic Church. Grounding a discussion in the documents that came out of Vatican II, this title addresses four critical questions that face the Church largely as an outcome of this first truly global Church council.
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Inner Traditions Bear and Company Hathor Rising The Power of the Goddess in Ancient
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LEXHAM PR SPIRIT OF 1 EARTH
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Gemcraft Books The Witches God
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BookBaby Christianity in Crisis An Atheist Challenges the Authenticity of the Christian Understanding of
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Picador USA The Tenth Parallel Dispatches from the Fault Line
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McGraw-Hill Education Looseleaf for Experiencing the Worlds Religions
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Random House USA Inc Strange Gods
Book SynopsisIn a groundbreaking historical work that focuses on the long, tense convergence of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam with an uncompromising secular perspective, Susan Jacoby illuminates the social and economic forces that have shaped individual faith and the voluntary conversion impulse that has changed the course of Western history—for better and for worse. Covering the triumph of Christianity over paganism in late antiquity, the Spanish Inquisition, John Calvin’s dour theocracy, American plantations where African slaves had to accept their masters’ religion—along with individual converts including Augustine of Hippo, John Donne, Edith Stein, Muhammad Ali, George W. Bush and Mike Pence—Strange Gods makes a powerful case that nothing has been more important in struggle for reason than the right to believe in the God of one’s choice or to reject belief in God altogether.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Christianity and World Religions
Book SynopsisAn engaging and accessible introduction to Christianity's relationship with other world religions, addressing the questions of why the reality, and vitality, of other religions has become a challenge, and showing how Christianity is equipped to deal with religious plurality at both the doctrinal and social level. Timely and accessible, this book tackles the question of why the reality, and vitality, of other religions has become a challenge for Christianity Makes a decisive contribution to debates about the clash between Islam and the West, arguing that the major threat to religious freedoms come from secularism, and that Islam and Christianity both have the resources to develop a vibrant and pluralist public square; one informed by intellectual rigor and debate Considers the wider issue of how modernity has defined religion', and provides a substantial critique of secular ways of controlling religions Shows how Christianity is very welTrade Review“All in all, D’Costa should be commended for writing an excellent book. This work is a wonderful contribution to the conversation regarding Christianity and non-Christian religions. I highly recommend it for all persons interested in the theology of religions, as well as any Christian looking for new ways to understand the possibility of salvation for non-Christians.” (The International Journal of Public Theology, 1 December 2012) "I warmly encourage readers in each to take it up and read." (One in Christ, July 2010) "For a generation which is reasserting its Catholic identity, this thesis may serve a valuable purpose, calming the anxieties of those who, admirable, have managed to maintain an interest in the salvation of non-Christians yet are as hard put to win converts as their more pluralist co-religionists." (The Way, January 2010) "His gazetteer of these regions at the edge of the eschatological map is fascinating. The closing pages are as perceptive a meditation on what the dereliction of the cross can and cannot mean as we might expect to find in a first-rate book devoted entirely to that subject." (Chruch Times, December 2009) Table of Contents1: Words and worlds: ‘world religions’ and ‘Christian theology’. 2: Checking our baggage: twentieth century non-theological influences on our field. . 3: Who’s in and who’s out?: the salvation of the non-Christian. 4: Engaging the other: the meaning of the religions in their concrete forms. 5: The public square: the clash of religions?. 6: Conclusions.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Comparative Theology
Book SynopsisDrawing upon the author's three decades of work in comparative theology, this is a pertinent and comprehensive introduction to the field, which offers a clear guide to the reader, enabling them to engage in comparative study. The author has three decades of experience of work in the field of comparative theology and is ideally placed to write this book Today's increasing religious diversity makes this a pertinent and timely publication Unique in the depth of its introduction and explanation of the discipline of comparative theology' Provides examples of how comparative theology works in the new global context of human religiosity Draws on examples specific to Hindu-Christian studies to show how it is possible to understand more deeply the wider diversity around us. Clearly guides the reader, enabling them to engage in comparative study Trade Review"This marvelous book should stand as an invitation to many. I very much hope that it is taken up.” (Harvard Theological Review, 1 April 2012) “In this context, Comparative Theology is a timely publication.” (Teaching Theology, 2012) "It's a fascinating book, all the same. I warmly recommend it ." (Theology, 1 March 2011) "Comparative Theology will be of interest to people looking for a method for interfaith dialogue that affirms the value of one's theological commitments and could serve well as a textbook for courses exploring interfaith theological discourse." (Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1 January 2011) "But as this volume suggests, our interreligious milieu provides a new impetus not just for learning about our neighbors' faiths but learning from them. Francis X. Clooney, S.J., is a most trustworthy guide." (The National Catholic Weekly, September 2010) "Clooney's book thus provides an extremely needful, as well as accessible, contribution to the furthering of this developing discipline, and as such it is a very valuable piece of scholarship." (American Theological Inquiry, July 2010)Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments xi Part I Starting Points 1 1 Religious Diversity and Comparative Theology 3 Diversity around Us 4 Diversity within Us 6 Comparative Theology as a Response to Twenty-first-Century Religious Diversity 8 Distinguishing Comparative Theology from Related Disciplines 9 Comparative Theology and the Academic Study of Religions 12 Comparative Theology and Interreligious Dialogue 13 Comparative Theology and the Theology of Religions 14 Comparative Theology Autobiographically Grounded 16 On the Limits of This Book 19 Looking Ahead 22 2 In Generations Past: Some Ancestors to Today's Comparative Theology 24 Comparative Theology and the Long History of Christian Interreligious Reflection 24 Western Jesuit Scholars in India 27 Comparative Theology as a Discipline (1699– ) 30 A Moderate Criticism of Missionary Scholarship and the Older Comparative Theology 35 At the End of the Era 37 3 Comparative Theology Today 41 David Tracy 42 Keith Ward 43 Robert C. Neville 45 A Note on Raimon Panikkar 47 James Fredericks 49 New Directions 50 From Theory (Back) to Practice 52 Part II Doing Theology Comparatively 55 4 From Theory to Practice 57 The Practice of (Comparative) Religious Reading 57 Intelligent Reading 59 Commentary as a Religious Practice 60 Interreligious Commentary 63 Leaving Room for Other Readers and Their Readings 66 Necessarily Elite Choices 67 5 Getting Particular: A Christian Studies Hinduism 69 The Importance of Focus 69 (Self)Identifying This Particular Comparative Theologian 70 Making a Map, Marking the Field: Hinduism in Brief 70 Getting Particular: Mimamsa, Vedanta, and Srivaisnavism 74 Appreciating Similarities 75 Theistic Hinduism as a Useful and Comfortable Focus 77 Theology as a Hindu Discipline 78 Comparative Theology in Hinduism and Other Traditions 80 My Comparative Theology, Indebted to Hindu Theologies 83 6 "Learning to See": Comparative Practice and the Widening of Theological Vision 87 Plenary Address at the Catholic Theology Society of America, 2003 88 Near a Goddess 88 Devi's Beauty, Devi's Pleasure 90 Rediscovering Mary 93 Mary and Her Son Jesus, through Muslim Eyes 96 Sojourner Truth's Liberating God 99 All in Christ, but Still All 103 Vocation 105 After "Learning to See" 106 Part III The Fruits of Comparison 109 7 Theology After Comparison 111 Comparative Theology and the Larger Work of Theology 111 The Multiple Responsibilities of the Comparative Theologian 113 Some Theological Presuppositions Implicit in Comparative Theology 114 Comparative Theological Learning, in Particular 117 The Imago Dei and Our Destiny in Bliss 118 What "Narayana" Might Mean for the Christian 121 Encountering Goddesses 123 Comparative Theology and the Intensification of Devotion 125 Theology on a Smaller Scale 127 8 "God for Us" 128 "God for Us": An Essay 128 A Verse, a Clue 129 What Hindus Thought about the Verse 130 Living the Verse 132 The Verse and Its Wider Context 133 An Aside on How to See God and on How God Wills to Be Seen 135 Noticing One's First Citizenship: Reflection on Ignatian Insight and My Home Citizenship 139 What Ignatius Had to Say 140 Some Contemporary Views of the Intensification and Emptying of the Imagination in the Spiritual Exercises 143 Multiple Religious Belonging, Human but Also Divine 146 "God for Us" as Comparative Theology 151 9 Comparative Writer, Comparative Reader 154 The Comparative Theologian Transformed 155 The Comparative Theologian as Marginal Person 157 The Comparative Theologian's New Community 160 Tasks and Opportunities for the Reader 162 Beyond This Book 164 Notes 166 Select Bibliography 172 Index 177
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion Sexuality and
Book SynopsisHow do religion, gender and sexuality interact? How have they impacted, and continue to impact, human culture? The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion, Sexuality and Gender brings together, for the first time, the key texts in the field. Designed as a textbook for use in a classroom setting, it offers thought-provoking selections of some of the most compelling and timely readings available today.The Reader is divided into three parts (bodies; desires; performances). Each considers, from a thematic perspective, the ways in which people have made sense of their religious and sexual experiences, the ways they imagine and talk about gender, sex and the sacred, and the multiple meanings they ascribe to them. Traditions represented include indigenous spiritualities, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Asian traditions and new religious movements. Some readings are more theoretical or historical in nature, thereby providing wide-ranging contexts for reflection and discussion. The reader inclTrade ReviewBringing together a wide-ranging collection of readings from feminist, gender, and queer studies, this volume is a useful sourcebook for those wishing an initial introduction to historical and contemporary conversations in these key areas within the study of religion. * Melissa M. Wilcox, Associate Professor of Religion and Gender Studies, Whitman College, USA *The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion, Sexuality, and Gender provides a provocative, thematically rich, and theoretically sophisticated collection of essays for college and university courses dealing with the attitudes of different religious traditions toward sexuality and gender. The reader is divided into three parts: the first on “Bodies” and the ambivalent ways in which they have been and are viewed; the second on “Desires” and how they are expressed, repressed, and normalized in religious discourse; and the third on “Performances,” which underscores the performative nature of gender and its inherent instability. The essays included in the reader are all “classics” in this relatively new field of scholarship. In order to help readers engage and evaluate the various essays a series of questions has been appended to each part and a glossary of terms and concepts appears at the end. The Boomsbury Reader fills an important gap in the literature available for introductory courses on the intersection between religion and gender studies. It should have a wide appeal across the disciplines. * Allison P. Coudert, Paul and Marie Castelfranco Chair in the Study of Religion, University of California at Davis, USA *This volume does not only present a careful selection of seminal (to use a word with a sexual undertone) readings into the rich and dynamic field of religion, sexuality and gender, but it also does an excellent job in introducing these readings. The introductions to the book as a whole, the main sections, and the individual texts are extremely helpful in providing context and orientating the reader to some of the broader questions and relevant issues. Covering a wide range of religious traditions, historical periods and geographical regions, this volume is a great resource for students in undergraduate courses in religion, sexuality and gender. * Adriaan van Klinken, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Leeds, UK *Table of ContentsPermissions Acknowledgements Introduction to the Volume Part I: Bodies 1. Introduction 2. Stereotypes, False Images, Terrorism: The White Assault upon Black Sexuality. (Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective) Kelly Brown Douglas 3. Sin (Seeking the Straight and Narrow: Weight Loss and Sexual Reorientation in Evangelical America) Lynne Gerber 4. Blood, Sweat, and Urine: The Scent of Feminine Fluids in Anton Szandor LaVey’s The Satanic Witch.(International Journal for the Study of New Religious Movements)Cimminnee Holt 5. Sex (Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism) Janet Gyatso 6. The Ultimate Man (A Bull of a Man: Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism) John Powers 7. Mitzvot Built into the Body: Tkhines for Niddah, Pregnancy and Childbirth. (People of the Body: Jews and Judaism from an Embodied Perspective) Chava Weissler 8. Gendering the Ungendered Body: Hermaphrodites in Medieval Islamic Law. (Women in Middle Eastern History) Paula Sanders 9. "Mildred, Is It Fun to Be a Cripple?" The Culture of Suffering in Mid-Twentieth Century American Catholicism.” (Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them) Robert Orsi 10. Discussion Questions Part 2: Desires 1. Introduction 2. Introduction: Axiomatic (Epistemology of the Closet) Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 3. Scientia Sexualis (The History of Sexuality: An Introduction: Volume I) Michel Foucault 4. Law and Desire in the Talmud (Eros and the Jews) David Biale 5. Tongues Untied: Memoirs of a Pentecostal Boyhood.” (Que(e)rying Religion: A Critical Anthology) Michael Warner 6. Sexual Desire, Divine Desire; Or, Queering the Beguines (Toward a Theology of Eros: Transfiguring Passion at the Limits of Discipline) Amy Hollywood 7. Kukai and the Tradition of Male Love in Japanese Buddhism (Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender) Paul Gordon Schalow 8. The Passions of St. Pelagius (The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology) Mark Jordan 9. 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Release from Bondage: Sex, Suffering, and Sanctity (The Sacred Encounter: Jewish Perspectives on Sexuality) Daniel Lehrman 9. “Nakedness, Non-Violence, and Brahmacharya: Gandhi’s Experiments in Celibate Sexuality.” (Journal of the History of Sexuality) Vinay Lal 10. Discussion Questions Glossary Index
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Rose Publishing (CA) The ExMuslims Guide to Christianity
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Rowman & Littlefield Solidarity and Power
Book SynopsisRosemary Kellison is associate professor of religion at Florida State University and author of Expanding Responsibility for the Just War: A Feminist Critique (2019).Shannon Dunn is department chair and professor of religious studies at Gonzaga University and has most recently published essays in Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal, and the Journal of Religious Ethics.
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Baker Publishing Group The Compact Guide To World Religions
Book SynopsisKeys to understanding our shrinking world A generation ago almost everyone a Christian encountered went to church--or at least knew he or she should. Today, with the world at America's doorstep, evangelical Christians more than ever need to understand their neighbors and their changing beliefs. The Compact Guide to World Religions is a complete, easy-to-use handbook of the origins, basic beliefs, and evangelistic challenges and opportunities of the world's major religions in clear, easy-to-use chapters and charts.Table of ContentsWorld religions overview -- Animism -- Buddhism -- Confucianism -- Hinduism -- Islam -- Judaism and the Jewish people -- Marxism -- New Age movement -- Secularism -- Shinto -- Taoism -- Is Jesus the only way to God? -- How can we know the Bible is the word of God?.
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Orbis Books (USA) The Raft is Not the Shore: Conversations Toward a
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Shambhala Publications Inc On Thomas Merton
Book SynopsisFrom the best-selling novelist and memoirist: a deeply personal view of her discovery of the celebrated modern monk and thinker through his writings.“If Thomas Merton had been a writer and not a monk, we would never have heard of him. If Thomas Merton had been a monk and not a writer, we would never have heard of him.”So begins acclaimed author Mary Gordon in this probing, candid exploration of the man who became the face and voice of mid-twentieth-century American Catholicism. Approaching Merton “writer to writer,” Gordon illuminates his life and work through his letters, journals, autobiography, and fiction. Pope Francis has celebrated Merton as “a man of dialogue,” and here Gordon shows that the dialogue was as much internal as external—an unending conversation, and at times a heated conflict, between Merton the monk and Merton the writer. Rich with excerpts from Merton’s own writing, On Thomas Merton produces an intimate portrait of a man who “lived life in all its imperfectability, reaching toward it in exaltation, pulling back in anguish, but insisting on the primacy of his praise as a man of God.”
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Bahai Publishing Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah
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