“ In this beautifully and intelligently written book, Ferguson not only reports on some of the intellectual tremors jolting the world of thinking women and men, but also considers the basic
The Modern Goddess' Guide to Life is a sassy and practical guide to the goddess you know you are. It's also a fun way to empower our own joy and win fabulous prizes like self-confidence, communicatio
All around the world, myths address questions that humans have always posed about their origins, their environments, their ultimate destinies, and the meanings of their lives. This book examines 30 co
Investigating datasets of domestic ethnic conflict from 1945 to 2000 and ethnic wars, mass killings, and civil wars between 1948 and 2001, Fox (political studies, Bar-Ilan U., Israel) seeks to find qu
Many of the critical political issues of our time--from the 1992-1995 Balkan Wars to the continuing crisis in the Middle East to the role of Muslim immigrants in Western Europe--revolve around issues
Volume 25 in the Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion series brings together distinguished scholars to reflect on the fascination and fear that humans inevitably experience when confro
Did Martin Luther King's spiritual understanding of political struggle truly help the Civil Rights movement? Can breast cancer victims incorporate both spiritual wisdom and political action in their f
First published in 1951, Shamanism soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Roma
Leading exponents of the idea that all religions are a refraction of a truth no single tradition can exclusively reveal discuss what to make of that conviction in today's world of interreligious stri
Scholars mostly from Scandinavia explore how religious traditions are changing and developing in the context of globalization and global mobility, and how Christian theology can react to the changes.
Nine essays and five summaries of discussions document the October 2000 symposium Philosophical Dialogue of Religions Instead of Class of Civilizations in the Process of Globalization, in Hanover, Ger
This book, arising from over twenty years experience of working with the world's major faiths, draws extensively upon joint World Bank and ARC (Alliance of Religion and Conservation)/WWF (World Wildli
In Comparing Mythologies, Tomson Highway addresses a theme that is central to many of his critically acclaimed plays and novels: the ways in which contemporary Canadian culture is shaped by a mixture
The Varieties of Religious Experience was an immediate bestseller upon its publication in June 1902. Reflecting the pluralistic views of psychologist turned philosopher William James, it posits that i
A modern classic of Jewish theology, Man Is Not Alone is a profound, beautifully written examination of the ingredients of piety: how man senses God's presence, explores it, accepts it, and builds li
