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  • All in Syncby Robert Wuthnow

    University of California Press 2003; US$ 26.95

    Robert Wuthnow shows how music and art are revitalizing churches and religious life across the nation in this first-ever consideration of the relationship between religion and the arts. All in Sync draws on more than four hundred in-depth interviews with church members, clergy, and directors of leading arts organizations and a new national survey to document a strong positive relationship between participation in the arts and interest in spiritual growth. Wuthnow argues that contemporary spirituality is increasingly encouraged by the arts because of its emphasis on transcendent experience and personal reflection. This kind of spirituality, contrary to what many observers have imagined, is compatible with active involvement in churches and... more...

  • Fundamentalismby Malise Ruthven

    Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 8.95

    Fundamentalism is seen as the major threat to world peace today, a conclusion impossible to ignore since the events in New York on September 11 2001. But what is fundamentalism? Malise Ruthven tackles the polemic and stereotypes surrounding this complex phenomenon - one that eludes simple definition, yet urgently needs to be understood. - ;surrounding this complex phenomenon - one that eludes sim today, a conclusion impossible to ignore since the events in New York on September 11 2001. But what does 'fundamentalism' really mean?. Since it was coined by American Protestant evangelicals in the 1920s, the use of the term 'fundamentalist' has expanded to include a diverse range of radical conservatives and ideological purists,... more...

  • Tao Te Chingby Lao-Tzu; Stephen Addiss; Stanley Lombardo

    Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1993; US$ 8.95

    This translation captures the terse and enigmatic beauty of the ancient original and resists the tendency toward interpretive paraphrase found in many other editions. Along with the complete translation, Lombardo and Addiss provide one or more key lines from the original Chinese for each of the eighty-one sections, together with a transliteration of the Chinese characters and a glossary commenting on the pronunciation and meaning of each Chinese character displayed. This greatly enhances the reader's appreciation of how the Chinese text works and feels and the different ways it can be translated into English. "This crystalline translation of the Tao Te Ching is accurate down to the nuance and as concisely poetic as the original. It... more...

  • Tao of the Westby J.J. Clarke

    Routledge 2000; US$ 39.95

    In this book J.J Clarke shows us how Taoist texts, ideas and practices have been assimilated within a whole range of Western ideas and agendas. A fascinating introduction to Taoism and the history of the West's encounter with it. more...

  • Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddessesby George Hart

    Routledge 1986; US$ 27.95

    A comprehensive handbook to be valued by students and general readers, presenting a vivid picture of the complexity and richness of imagery of Egyptian mythology. more...

  • Peasants and Religionby Jan Lundius; Mats Lundhal

    Routledge 1999; US$ 290.00

    This book analyses the success and violent repression of a milennarian religious peasant movement in the Dominican Republic. It considers the role of changes in the international economic system and the arrival of capitalism in the area. more...

  • Modern Biology and Natural Theologyby Alan Olding

    Routledge 1990; US$ 115.00

    Alan Olding's work features the metaphysical implications of biology and how these at times conflict with other, more plausible metaphysical positions. What is the impact of Darwinism on natural theology? more...

  • Pantheismby Michael P. Levine

    Routledge 1994; US$ 140.00

    In Pantheism the notion that everything is part of an all-inclusive divine unity is presented as a legitimate position, its philosophical basis is examined, and the implications of pantheism in terms of practice are considered. more...

  • Trusting the Spiritby Richard Cimino

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 24.95

    Can renewal and reform groups rekindle spiritual vitality and fervor in today's religious institutions? The call to revive one's faith fills more pages of the Christian and Jewish scriptures than any other theme. Today, reform and renewal organizations and movements play a key role in most denominations, whether conservative, moderate, or liberal. In this fascinating book, Richard Cimino provides you with an in-depth look at six vibrant reform and renewal movements that are revitalizing traditional faith communities from the inside out. Cimino walks you through how all the components of renewal and reform--the organization, the larger denomination, the congregation, and the individual members--interact at both local and national levels, and... more...

  • Buddhas and Kami in Japanby Mark Teeuwen; Fabio Rambelli

    RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 195.00

    This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to the combinatory tradition that dominated premodern and early modern Japanese religion, known as honji suijaku ( originals and their traces ). more...