This book provides an interesting and engaging look at the Shakers, one of the most complex but largely ignored religious groups and one of the mos...

Exploring the response and contributions of Muslims and Turkish Muslims to globalisation -- including areas such as democratisation, scientific rev...

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

This book is a collection of essays by the Australian Roman Catholic Bishop Michael Putney on the topic of ecumenism. The essays date from 1991 thr...

This book is a collection of essays by the Australian Roman Catholic Bishop Michael Putney on the topic of ecumenism. The essays date from 1991 thr...

This book explores the pivotal place of the fiery serpent-eye goddess, Hathor-Sekmet, in the mysteries of Osiris, the Egyptian god of the dead. Wea...

"Judaism today is radically different from the Judaism described and mandated in the Torah, writes Rabbi Israel Drazin, a noted authority on Jewish...

This eye-opening and thought-provoking book covers what the Torah states about life after death, the soul, the world to come, sin, repentance, rati...

The Bible has a style that most people do not know and as a result they fail to understand what the Bible is saying. In many cases this causes them...

Behind the world's religions, philosophies, and sciences lies the hidden source of humanity's inner life and spiritual sustenance. Through the inte...

Like the constellations in the sky, words such as "aphrodisiac", "hubris", "museum", "galaxy" and "mentor" each contain within them a story, if on...

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America';s favorite sex therapist, analyzes ancient myth and its relevance to 21st century relationships in her new book Myths...

Nachmanides was and still is a highly respected scholar. Yet despite his brilliance he had ideas that many modern Jews are unable to accept. He was...

Description: Serpents have always been both venerated and feared throughout the world, but perhaps none so much as the Naga in Hindu, Tantric and B...

At what point is a place perceived as holy? And when does it become officially so in its definition? Inspired by the UNESCO debate and decisions ma...

The contributions compiled in this volume comprise studies of Jewish texts – biblical, rabbinic, medieval, and modern – as well as of patristic and...

Neo-Something Doom Puzzle is a playfully evil and sometimes violent book. It tells the tales of several young hipsters and losers struggling for st...

This is an account of the lives and works of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in South Australia from the time of their foundation in 1...

This is an account of the lives and works of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in South Australia from the time of their foundation in 1...

Jihadism has been an important issue of public discussions since 9/11. Internet media have been used by Jihadis as means of communication, propagan...

Insightful, opinionated, but always thoughtful, Niddrie of the North-West reveals the lively social dynamics of Canada's formative years.

This is a translation of the spiritual poems of one of the greatest Ottoman Sufi masters, Mehmed Muhyiddin Üftade (1490-1580). Üftade was born and ...

This collection of essays, a companion volume to the book, Twentieth-Century Lutheran Theologians (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013), examines impo...

It was rare, if not impossible, to find in the 1980's and 90's a Muslim cleric who spoke in favor of democracy, integration with the Western world,...

Nonlocal Nature: The Eight Circuits of Consciousness is a modern manual for self-realization. Some philosophers have postulated that the human nerv...

This volume brings together contributions from the ongoing conversation among New Testament scholars from the Nordic Countries, namely Denmark, Ice...

This book presents the results of an interdisciplinary research initiative at the National Museum of Denmark. A significant part of the museum's ex...