ALMOST EIGHTY YEARS AFTER Samuel Jacobs died in Glasgow, only two of his original seventeen grandchildren remained, and his life story was at dire ...

Writing from London to William Q Judge in late 1889, Constance Wachtmeister announced, "We have now in the Press a Theosophical Birthday Book with ...

This book provides a way for Generation Xers, and the people who are about them, to search for religion they can believe in. Lockhart used a three-...

The aim of the present conference volume is to study the interrelationship of literary and material approaches to historical investigation of gende...

The Risale-i Nur Collection offers general principles relating to all aspects of Islamic life, jurisprudence, and fields of knowledge. With its sou...

Genesis Beyond Sources is a radical and groundbreaking book with a new approach to understanding the book of Genesis and the Pentateuch. It has two...

The concepts of genre and ritual are central for the overall occupation with the relationship between the History of the Arts and the History of Ch...

This book is the collection of scientific works by Georgian theologians, historians, art critics, musicologists represented on the Fourth Internati...

From advertising and merchandising, to Bratz and Voodoo Dolls, to the images of Bill Henson, Getting Real puts the spotlight on the sexualisation a...

This book starts out with a story about a guy named Steve Parker who crashes his Harley motorcycle and dies in the first paragraph. In a witty conv...

It was at the instigation of C G Jung that Dr Kluger undertook the interpretation of the Gilgamesh epic, the oldest known epic-myth. Rich in poetic...

Thirty treatises written by this influential Islamic scholar address key issues of humanity, as discussed in the Qur'an, that are equally applicabl...

Written in prose but with a verse-like flavour, this is a collection of maxims by Bediüzzaman Said Nursi. Very concisely articulated, these maxims ...

The authors of this book, among them Samir Amin, one of the founders of the world system approach, take up the issues of the preferential option an...

This book examines the role of Shia Islam in the world today. It covers several regions and nearly two dozen countries from both a contemporary and...

This book analyzes the enduring appeal of the Sufi movement. Its first chapter deals with origins of the Sufi movement and then discusses of the va...

Including over one hundred fifty pages of new material, a new introduction, enhanced headnotes, and an updated list of further readings, this signi...

Including over one hundred fifty pages of new material, a new introduction, enhanced headnotes, and an updated list of further readings, this signi...

Who is in control of salvation ... God or man? In this book, God's wonderful plan of election is explained in a clear and readable fashion. Rather ...

This book concerns theology as written in Australia by Australian theologians. It has an ecumenical range of contributors, including Greek Orthodox...

"This collection of essays is a fitting tribute to Denis Edwards, who was one of Australia’s leading theologians. In exploring the most challenging...

"This collection of essays is a fitting tribute to Denis Edwards, who was one of Australia’s leading theologians. In exploring the most challenging...

This is a search for a theological basis of remembrance in communal conflict. Starting with a case study of a real conflict within the HKBP/Christi...

Bone-cutting zipperwit essays from a sardonic, determined Gen-X'er with Lupus. Kathy Shaidle writes on being sick, on being catholic, and on being ...

There are several ways of envisioning creationism. Some believers will see the mark of God in this struggle of his faithful to defend the truth of ...

Sisters of St Joseph Clare Ahern and Anne Boland joined the Aboriginal community at Yaruman (Ringer Soak) on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert, We...

This book examines the Wisdom literature to form a reading of the text from Derrida. Attentive to contemporary evolutionary biology, Dr Marie Turne...

The publication of the Vatican II document on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum) was an exciting and challenging moment for the Church. While honouring...

The publication of the Vatican II document on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum) was an exciting and challenging moment for the Church. While honouring...

The task given to the authors of these essays-three scholars from three different continents-was to examine the phenomenon of intelligence. We unde...

‘A cloth spread under an apple tree can catch only apples’, wrote Antoine de SaintExupéry in Terre des hommes (Land of Men), (English title: Wind, ...

‘A cloth spread under an apple tree can catch only apples’, wrote Antoine de SaintExupéry in Terre des hommes (Land of Men), (English title: Wind, ...

Thought-provoking and inspiriting, "The Gods Await" applies theosophic principles to human life and thought, emphasising remedies for man's inhuman...

Thought-provoking and inspiriting, "The Gods Await" applies theosophic principles to human life and thought, emphasising remedies for man's inhuman...

The book investigates omissions in the textual transmission of the Hebrew scriptures. Literary criticism (Literarkritik) commonly assumes that late...

The Goetia is the most famous grimoire after the Key of Solomon. This volume contains a transcription of a hitherto unpublished manuscript of the L...

Based on the teaching of the Qur'an and the good examples set by the Prophet Muhammad, this collection of protocol describes exactly how Muslims mu...