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In a world with so many religions, why Jesus?We are living in a time when you can believe anything, as long as you do not claim it to be true. In the name of "tolerance," our postmodern culture embraces everything from Eastern mysticism to New Age spirituality. But as Ravi Zacharias points out, such unquestioning acceptance of all things spiritual is absurd. All religions, plainly and simply, cannot be true.Jesus Among Other Gods provides the answers...
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From the introduction by the renowned Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter the Rev. Mpho Tutu to the Epilogue by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, this magnificent volume explores the birthplaces of the five great religions and follows them as they spread around the globe, defining the role of faith in human life and culture over the ages. Witness the births of Hinduism and Buddhism in India, and of the three great monotheistic religions-Judaism, Christianity,...
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The first volume of An Encyclopedia of Archetypal Symbolism was a stunning collection of color images and text organized around mythic themes that follow the solar calendar from cosmos and creation to death, transformation, and rebirth. In this second volume, the focus is the human body as a carrier of deep psychological insights and sacred meanings. Whether idolized or abused, the body is the object of much fascinated attention, even obsessive preoccupation,...
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"Now in its third successful edition, 'A concise introduction to world religions' is a comprehensive introduction to major faith traditions around the globe. Building on the strong foundations provided by the two-volume set 'World religions: Eastern traditions; and 'World religions: Western traditions', this contributed volume offers students an engaging, insightful overview of each tradition's history, practices, and place within the contemporary...
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This unique guide is the only comprehensive survey of the literature on the history, beliefs, and institutions of the world's great religions. In 13 incisive essays "A Reader's Guide to the Great Religions" presents a critical selection and evaluation of the available literature . the athurs, each a leading authority on a particular religion, tell not only what to read, but why, suggesting works they think are the best and most useful or most typical...
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Introduction:The parameters and problematics of American religious liberalism /Leigh E. Schmidt --Reading poetry religiously : the Walt Whitman Fellowship and seeker spirituality /Michael Robertson --The Christology of niceness : Harriet Beecher Stowe, the Jesus novel, and sacred trivialities /Carrie Tirado Bramen --Visible liberalism : liberal Protestant taste evangelism, 1850 and 1950 /Sally M. Promey --Discovering imageless truths : the Bahá'í...
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The last two decades have seen the emergence of a new field of academic study that examines the interaction between religion and ecology. Theologians from every religious tradition have confronted world religions past attitudes towards nature and acknowledged their own faiths complicity in the environmental crisis. Out of this confrontation have been born vital new theologies based in the recovery of marginalized elements of tradition, profound criticisms...
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