This book is written on the premise that knowledge of and appreciation for the religious beliefs and practices of other faiths can enrich our own lives. The author is a professor of religion and theol...
This book explores the distinctly urban forms of religious experience and practice that have developed in relation to the spaces, social conditions, and history of American cities. Robert Orsi's revel...
This series is an exhaustive compendium of German and Norse mythology and a milestone in the study of comparative mythology and religion. Indispensable for students and scholars of folklore, cultural ...
This work is a ground breaking study of Mongolian shamanism and society, past and present. Lavishly illustrated and containing a wealth of new information, it presents a fresh understanding of the wid...
This book treats Balthasar's engagement with Protestantism, primarily in the persons of Martin Luther and Karl Barth, a topic which has not yet been given the attention it deserves. Furthermore, inste...
This book concentrates on the different ways in which the major world religions view the problems of overpopulation and excess resource consumption and how they approach possible solutions. After exam...
In this book Dr Bishop reflects upon 35 year s of the serious study of Indian religions, and assesses the influence of that on his own beliefs. '
This collection examines the social dimensions of death in South Asian religions, exploring the ritualized exchanges between the living and the dead performed by Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and other ...
Exploring the Evolving View of God outlines cultural and historical limitations that continue to shape our language and ideas about God. It relates abstract thinking about God to the concrete history ...
Syncretism, refers to the mixing of different religious traditions whether as active, ongoing process or as historical fact. In the present era of displacement, migration and generally increasing "cul...
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