Religion : Comparative Religion

Jewish by birth, though from a secular family, Alan Morinis took a deep journey into Hinduism and Buddhism as a young man. He received a doctorate for his study of Hindu pilgrimage, learned yoga in India with B. K. S. Iyengar, and attended his first Buddhist meditation course in the Himalayas in 1974. more...

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Comparing Religions Through Law presents an innovative and sometimes controversial study of the comparisons and contrasts between the two religions and offers an example of how comparative studies can lead to mutual understanding. more...

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For centuries, humans have dreaded — and anticipated - the end of the world. These fears — fueled by natural disasters, famines, world wars, and the writings of people like Nostradamus and Jeane Dixon — have left us with more questions than answers. In The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to the Last Days, Richard H. Perry goes to the definitive source on the subject: the Bible itself. * While the book is as exciting as an action/adventure novel, the author’s primary source is the Bible, and he guides his readers to an understanding of the Last Days by using related Scripture. * For fans of the Left Behind series. * Written for a general audience in addition to a Christian one. * Includes timelines of every stage leading up to the Last Days and after. Send this page to a friend. Printable version. Copyright © 2008 Penguin Group USA. more...

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World's Religions, Second Edition introduces Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, plus Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto, while touching on African traditions, Native American traditions, and the growing Baha'i faith. The book is not condescending, but neither does it assume that readers are religion scholars. With a glossary of terms from Advent to Zen and a comprehensive index, this religion reference packs in a surprising amount of information with an unusually accessible writing style and format. more...

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This first full study of the subject discusses how 17C Catholic missionaries tried to force the Copts (Egyptian members of the Church of Alexandria) into union with the Church of Rome, and the slow accumulation of knowledge of Coptic beliefs, undertaken by Catholics and Protestants. Includes a survey of the study of the Coptic language in the West. - ;In seventeenth-century Europe the Copts, or the Egyptian members of the Church of Alexandria, were widely believed to hold the key to an ancient wisdom and an ancient theology. Their language was thought to lead to the deciphering of the hieroglyphs and their Church to retain traces of early Christian practices as well as early Egyptian customs. This book, the first full-length study of the subject, discusses the attempts of Catholic missionaries to force the Church of Alexandria. into union with the Church of Rome and the slow accumulation of knowledge of Coptic beliefs, undertaken by Catholics and Protestants. It ends with a survey of the study of the Coptic language in the West and of the uses to which it was put by Biblical scholars, antiquarians, theologians and. Egyptologists. - ;This is a book of great depth and importance that illuminates the manner in which ideas were appropriated and transmitted in early-modern Europe. - Bruce Gordon Heythrop Journal;...this scholarly and very readable work fills an important gap in Coptic studies... - Abba Seraphim The British Orthodox Church;...fascinating and wonderfully learned book... - Sebastian Brock, Times Literary Supplement;For anyone with an interest in the history of scholarship and the course of cultural history in the period covered, Alistair Hamilton's new book will make for very enjoyable as well as illuminating reading. - Sebastian Brock,Times Literary Supplement;The book furnishes a wealth of detail and analysis, as well as an excellent scholarly apparatus - John Williams, The Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East.;a masterful an more...

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