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...

This volume makes a distinctive contribution to the upcoming 500th anniversary of Luther’s reformation by looking back to the previous centennial i...

LXX Song of Songs and Descriptive Translation Studies. Dries De Crom intends to stimulate the cross-fertilization of Septuagint Studies and Transla...

Marie-Dominique Chenu OP's (1895-1990) writing demonstrates that a theology of humanity was the basis of his historical, ecclesiological and socio-...

Early Christians were accused of practising magic by Jews, Pagans, and other Christians. Magic in the New Testament examines magical praxis common ...

Jean Overton Fuller's humane biography of Aleister Crowley's disciple, lover, fellow magician, poet & seer; the literary god father of Dylan Th...

Breaking out of the age old restraints of secrecy & oaths, this book leads the reader through the techniques, issues and beings that the Initia...

This is the first in a series of three that takes the reader through the bends and twists of serious magical study. This book tackles some of the m...

This is a book that is a springboard for those who are immersing themselves in the depths of Western Magic. Working at an adept level means working...

Enter the world of the occultist: where the spirits of the dead dwell amongst us, where the politics of ecstasy are played out, and where magick sp...

This book is the first anthology of writings to be devoted to Icelandic theologian and religious writer Magnús Eiríksson (1806–81). A contemporary ...

An examination of the remarkable penetrating mind of Moses Maimonides and to his rational eye-opening thoughts on many subjects. It includes ideas ...

This engaging and informative book reveals unknown but true facts about the prophetical books of the Bible. Rabbis have avoided many questions rais...

The book addresses provocative questions such as: did the majority of Jews before Maimonides believe that God has a body? Why did Maimonides and ma...

Spread Christmas cheer with festive necklaces, pins and earrings of your own making. Patterns for endearing angels, Christmas trees, gifts, holly, ...

Mythology is usually reserved for non-Christian religions. However, the adoption of Christianity in Northern and East-Central Europe between c. 100...

Missiological calls for self-theologizing among faith communities present the field of practical theology with a challenge to develop methodologica...

This book uses the scientific method to combine enlightened self interest with the teachings of Jesus to propose a theory of how mankind acts and s...

This work will appeal to those who question Darwinist theories or find untenable the customary theological dogmas of human origin. Analysing theoso...

In the Sufism of ancient Iran, the quest for the dawning of light in the cosmic North symbolises the mystic's search for realisation. In this spiri...

Dr Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972), professor of Ethics and Mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, was one of the outstanding...

The heart, in the Islamic understanding, is the expression of a human being's spiritual existence. It is a Divine gift and Divine subtle faculty be...

Martin Luther only meant for his 95 Theses to spark debate and hopefully a few changes in the Catholic Church. Instead, they changed the face of wo...

This is the story of Mary Dyer whose indomitable efforts to seek and find freedom to worship lead eventually to her death. Her quest began when she...

"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 ...