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The Evolution of Godby Robert Wright
Little, Brown and Company 2009; US$ 9.99In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils an astonishing discovery: there is a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archaeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright's findings overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure to cause controversy. He explains why spirituality has a role today, and why science, contrary to conventional wisdom, affirms the validity of the religious quest. And this previously unrecognized evolutionary logic points not toward continued religious extremism, but future harmony. Nearly a decade in the making, The Evolution of God is a breathtaking... more...
Roles of the Northern Goddessby Hilda Ellis Davidson
Routledge 1998; US$ 46.95By investigating women's special skills related to goddess cults together with legends and popular traditions, the author explores the importance of the goddess as a subject for study today. more...
Philosophy, Feminism, and Faithby Ruth E. Groenhout; Marya Bower
Indiana University Press 2003; US$ 19.95"The stories are powerful, sometimes heart-rending, sometimes lyrical, but always deeply personal. And there is some very good philosophizing as part of the bargain." -- Merold Westphal How can the seemingly separate lives of philosopher, feminist, and follower of a religious tradition come together in one person's life? How does religious commitment affect philosophy or feminism? How does feminism play out in religious or philosophical commitment? Wrestling with answers to these questions, women who balance philosophy, feminism, and faith write about their lives. The voices gathered here from several different traditions... more...
Why Gods Persistby Robert A. Hinde
Routledge 1999; US$ 39.95Why Gods Persist examines why so many religions continue to persist at a time when the answers they provide to the basic questions of life are unacceptable to many in the modern world. more...
What is Religion?by Robert Crawford
Routledge 2001; US$ 39.95This text not only offers a fresh introduction to the different belief-systems flourishing across the modern world, but asks us to consider how the very boundaries of faith might be drawn now and in the future. more...
Religion: The Basicsby Malory Nye
Routledge 2003; US$ 17.95This unique guide provides a comprehensive and jargon-free introduction to the world of religion. It is the ideal first step in understanding the subject, suitable for both the interested reader and the new student. more...
Touched by Angelsby Eileen Elias Freeman
Hachette Book Group USA 2001; US$ 9.99Eileen Freeman believes in angels. Not the stern, demigod figures we've sometimes painted them to be, but rather intelligent beings, different from humans, who are vastly more ancient and wise. They show themselves to us visibly; they talk to us; they teach us. They want us to know about them and their mission, which is to help us, as individuals and as a race, to grow in love and wisdom. They don't care whether we're Christian, Buddhist, Moslem, Hindu, Sikh, or anything else. All they need from us is a certain openness to their existence and an active willingness to be part of the encounter. They want us to survive. In Touched by Angels, Eileen Freeman details these encounters--that of the woman who thought God had abandoned her dying husband... more...
The Way Things Areby Huston Smith; Phil Cousineau
University of California Press 2003; US$ 24.95"Where can we find what is ultimately meaningful? How can we discover what is truly worth knowing?" In one form or another Huston Smith has been posing these questions to himself?and the world?all his life. In the course of seeking answers, he has become one of the most interesting, enlightening, and celebrated voices on the subject of religion and spirituality throughout the world. The twenty-three interviews and essays in this volume, edited by cultural historian and filmmaker Phil Cousineau, offer a uniquely personal perspective on Smith's own personal journey, as well as wide-ranging reflection on the nature and importance of the religious quest. In The Way Things Are, readers will find Smith in conversation with some of the world's... more...
The Great Transformationby Karen Armstrong
Knopf Publishing Group 2006; US$ 12.99From Karen Armstrong, the bestselling author of A History of God and The Spiral Staircase , comes this extraordinary investigation of a critical moment in the evolution of religious thought.In the ninth century BCE, events in four regions of the civilized world led to the rise of religious traditions that have endured to the present day--the development of Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Armstrong, one of our most prominent religious scholars, examines how these traditions began in response to the violence of their time. Studying figures as diverse as the Buddha and Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah, Armstrong reveals how these still enduring... more...
Women and miracle storiesby A.-M. Korte
BRILL 2004; US$ 78.00This work contains a collection of studies on women in miracle stories found in texts ranging from religious classics to contemporary literary fiction. It asks the question, "What do miracle stories specifically tell us about women?" more...