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The effective study of religion involves many disciplines and methods, from psychology to sociology, and from textual analysis to case studies in t...

In this lively book, preeminent classicist Mary Lefkowitz brings fresh insights to the mythology of ancient Greece, demonstrating that these storie...

How do enigmas and riddles work in literature? This benchmark study investigates the literary trope of the riddle, and its relation to the broader...

Religion is dominating today's headlines like no other time in modern history. Whether the issue is sectarian violence, stem cell research, or pol...

Much attention has been given in recent writings about religion to fundamentalism and the 'religious right'. But much less attention has been give...

»A potent source of inspiration for anyone interested in the therapeutic potential of Buddhism. David Brazier writes with clarity and authority abo...

This provocative study of Jerusalem's Temple Mount unravels popular scholarly paradigms about the origins of this contested sacred site and its sig...

I Bilden av universum bland folken i norr går Kerstin Kuoljok vidare med att försöka förstå traditionell livssyn som inte har med världsreligionern...

»Romerska riket» kan definieras på många sätt och för att bilden ska bli någorlunda fullständig måste man ta hänsyn till dess olika skepnader i tid...

THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU • to appreciate the timeless wisdom of the oldest form of Buddhism in existence today • to understand what it means to be...

A new introduction to the field of Chinese religion and culture ideally suited to undergraduate students. [Språk: Engelska] Häftad

Stephen A. Mitchell here offers the fullest examination available of witchcraft in late medieval Scandinavia. He focuses on those people believed ...

Cults examines the history and current status of cults across the United States, Europe, and East Asia. Focusing on the principal controversial re...

De flesta latinamerikanska länder har under århundraden präglats av katolicism. Men idag är den religiösa situationen i Latinamerika mer mångfaset...

Religion is more than a matter of worshipping a deity or spirit. For many people, religion pervades every part of their lives and is not separated ...

An Illustrated Outline of Buddhism is an ideal introduction to the vast and complex field of Buddhism, a world religion with more than a billion fo...

Melamisufism (melamet) fanns i olika delar av Osmanska riket. Den sista perioden, då melamirörelsen var särskilt märkbar, tar sin början i slutet ...

The purpose of this book is to examine how the practice of celibacy differs cross-culturally as well as historically within a particular religious ...

De gammaltestamentliga profeterna skärskådade makten och den rådande ordningen. De krävde rättvisa, de krävde frihet. Verklig fred bygger på frihet...

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För första gången på svenska publiceras nu en bred och grundläggande bok om buddhismen. Författare är Knut A. Jacobsen, erkänd forskare inom både h...

Hinduismen är en pluralistisk, tolerant och mycket färgrik och komplex religiös tradition. Den är både en religiös praxis och en av mänsklighetens ...

Chan - or in Japanese, Zen - involves studying, practicing, acting, and being, but beyond words and ideas, the true Chan cannot be described, only ...

At the distant beginning of Western civilization, according to European tradition, Greece stands as an insular, isolated, near-miracle of burgeonin...

Spiritual practice is not some kind of striving to produce enlightenment, but an expression of the enlightenment already inherent in all things: Su...

'Human beings,' the acclaimed Egyptologist Jan Assmann writes, 'are the animals that have to live with the knowledge of their death, and culture is...

Can religion be compatible with liberal democracy? World Religions and Democracy brings together insights from renowned scholars and world leaders...

The Intifada of 2000-2001 has demonstrated the end of an era of diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The style of peacemaking of the Olso Accor...

The complicated link between women and religion in the Middle East has been a source of debate for centuries, and has special resonance today. Whe...

In their wide-ranging interpretation of the religion of ancient Egypt, Francoise Dunand and Christiane Zivie-Coche explore how, over a period of ro...

This is an unrivalled guide to contemporary religions. It brings together the methods of both the humanities and the social sciences to offer a cu...

Each society has a corpus of images and models to which individuals aspire. These role models explicitly and implicitly shape people's understandi...

The Sikh religion has a following of over 20 million people worldwide and is ranked as the world's fifth largest religion. However, events such as...

The second edition of this popular introduction to the anthropology of religion now features new chapters on mythology and pilgrimage, as well as c...

This anthology brings together key essays by and about Mircea Eliade (1907-1986), the widely influential Romanian-American historian of religions. ...

I Pastorala landskap bjuder författaren Barbro Santillo Frizell på en lika bildande som fascinerande resa genom rummet och tiden. Från den ofta be...

This history-based introduction to the study of religion introduces the main methods, theories and theorists in the field. * Introduces the main m...

This Reader brings together material that illustrates the problem of ritual as a type of religious behaviour, in relation to belief and thought, an...

When Jean-Pierre Vernant first published Myth and Thought among the Greeks in 1965, it transformed the field of ancient Greek scholarship, calling ...

Hvad sker der, når vi dør? Det spørgsmål har optaget mennesker på tværs af tidsaldre og kulturer. Det har ofte været set som religionens opgave a...

Graham Harvey explores current and past animistic beliefs and practices of Native Americans, Maori, Aboriginal Australians, and eco-pagans. He con...

»Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field.» With those words in Genesis, God condemns the...

Through Zen meditation it is possible to find stillness of mind, even amidst our everyday activities—and this practical book-and-CD set reveals how...

A Brief History of Spirituality tells the story of Christian spirituality from its origins in the New Testament to the present day. * Charts the m...

The Templars fought against Islam in the crusader east for nearly two centuries. During that time the original small band grew into a formidable ar...