Driven by the myopia of profits and an ego that craves superiority over fellow brethren, man is leading a life of wanton devastation, and going thr...

This book examines the thought of Gadamer and Paul Knitter in the area of interreligious dialogue. "Indonesia, no doubt, is a multi-religious count...

The object of this book is to provide an opportunity for voices of other religions to be heard as Australia celebrates its first Catholic saint, Ma...

Japanese religious scholar and author Yuji Sano describes fascinating historic links between Jewish theology and Shinto mythology, along with uncov...

Jesus and Muhammad lived in different times and in different contexts. An absolute comparison of the careers of these two men is not a satisfactory...

This collection examines the production and recreation of religious ideas and images in different times and locations, achieving a comparative pers...

An introduction to Zoroastrianism written by an American Zoroastrian and professor of religion. Includes a discussion of the relationship between Z...

"With two children on her back, nine-year-old John beside her, and Tom astride a horse in front, Mary inched her way through the lonely forest. It ...

The life and teachings of the Prophet Abraham -- generally regarded as the patriarch of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism -- are presented from an I...

The relationship between Muslims and Christians in Indonesia is an important subject. Apart from a few investigations on certain conflicts in diffe...

Old Myths and New Approaches: Interpreting Ancient Religious Sites in Southeast Asia brings together recent research by leading experts on Southeas...

This book celebrates the endurance of the Native American Church, which now has some 80 chapters throughout the country. Prayer meetings, the sacra...

In this second volume, Pagan Heart focuses on the veneration of nature -- flora, fauna, elements, celestial bodies -- and on rituals of the season...

Religion is an exciting field of study: it invites ongoing work of interpretation and reinterpretation, thinking and rethinking. This book by a New...

In this book, Brunell reveals the personal account of his wife and children, as they embark on the journey of a lifetime he explains why he chose t...

From the perspective human beings informed by the study of cosmology, there are three stages in the process of becoming: the beginning of the unive...

The Pagan Heart of the West challenges current academic notions that paganism died when Christianization occurred; that the transition from paganis...

In this fifth and final volume, we consider the persistence and transformation of pagan traditions in philosophy and the arts. This final volume al...

These papers explore the deep consequences of simple faith. The authors argue passionately for the rich complexity of believing, and for the import...

In this book, scholars from Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions explore violence in religious scriptures. In 12 chapters, they grapple with the...

This book is a study of the role mystical discourse and experience can play in Christian-Muslim dialogue as a subset of interfaith dialogue in gene...