A man visited Michelangelo in his studio as he was chipping away with his chisel at a huge shapeless block of marble. He was surrounded by dust and...

This volume contains a collection of essays in honour of the late Professor of Comparative Literature, C Clifford Flanigan, who died suddenly in 19...

Mavis Klein does something truly original in her enthralling and challenging "Reflections". In imposing on herself a constraint of exactly 150 work...

Wolves, snakes, horses, cows, sheep, fish and dogs are just a few of the animals that feature in the stories of the prophets in the Holy Qur'an. Go...

The "How to Live as a Muslim" series is an essential guide for anyone who seeks to acquire an accurate knowledge of Islam, as it elucidates all the...

This book seeks to prevent Islam's true face and make it known in a summarised form with most of its aspects: its essentials of faith, principles a...

A study I Ching, but presented with all its magic intact and in a totally unique way. This leads naturally to an examination of the techniques of T...

The tradition of home shrines first began evolving in the American Southwest during the Mexican colonial period, when priests often travelled to ho...

The "How to Live as a Muslim" series is an essential guide for anyone who seeks to acquire an accurate knowledge of Islam, as it elucidates all the...

Since at least the Enlightenment there has been an uneasy relationship between faith and philosophy, and in this book, the author re-visits mainstr...

The contemporary world is marked by a sense of vulnerability not seen since the end of the Cold War. Climate change, migration, and political insta...

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

Throughout history, a believer did not need logical proof to believe in Almighty God. This is because the spiritual proof was always enough to admi...

Over the last few decades, a number of works have appeared which have increased our knowledge and appreciation of the pre-modern Icelandic genre of...

This book does not aim to represent a guideline for the correct understanding and the correct execution of the Prayer rituals, nor does it represen...

A lighthearted and amusing approach to what is often a ponderous subject--the search for ultimate truth. To read it is to experience a gentle medit...

The myth is the story of how the chapel acquired its spiral staircase through the intervention of a mysterious white-bearded carpenter who came in ...

This book brings together a wealth of essays in celebration of Paul John Frandsen, who has had a distinguished career as a scholar of ancient Egypt...

The root of the word Badaliya in Arabic, means to replace or exchange one thing for another. The French scholar and spiritual seeker, Louis Massign...

Steven Harrison's international dialogs invite people to discuss questions such as Can we have an experience that is truly new, truly unknown? Is e...

Despite hundreds of years that have passed by, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) remains fresh in the hearts and minds of millions of people. This is a book ...

Luminous Moments is an idea, a way of seeing, an imaginative practice of openness to the everyday and the random. In the early twenty-first century...

Martin Luther's impact on Calvinism was enormous. In this volume, well-known authors in the field of Luther research and reformed theology document...