Examines the evolution of 'green religions' in North America and beyond: spiritual practices that hold nature as sacred and have in many cases replaced traditional religions. This book emphasizes the depth of believers' passion and also suggests a potential shadow side: besides uplifting and inspiring, such religion might mislead, or deceive.

One of the most potent forces bedevilling the modern world is religious extremism. The need to understand it has never been greater, and Karen Armstrong attempts to do so in this text.

As societies around the world become more interconnected, the question of how we engage with and understand cultural and religious diversity is increasingly important. Drawing on religious and spiritual traditions, this work explores the commonalities of religions while respecting the differences that make each spiritual path distinct.

Arguing that intellectual movements, such as deconstruction, postsecular theory, and political theology, have different implications for cultures and societies that live with the debilitating effects of past imperialisms, Arvind Mandair unsettles the politics of knowledge construction in which the category of religion continues to be central. Through a case study of Sikhism, he launches an ...

Presents an overview of the religious customs of ancient cultures. This book explores the cultural practices of popular as well as formal religion. It covers topics ranging from Palaeolithic cave art to the rituals of Aztec and Inca civilizations.

Includes chapters on gender issues and spirituality, modern diaspora religions in the West, and material on modern China. This guide helps readers understand the belief systems of the world. It features charts and diagrams.

In this book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama offers fresh perspectives on Christian sources of faith. He explores the parallels and differences between Buddhism and Christianity and attempts to open the windows of understanding for the modern spiritual seeker of any faith.

I hope I am wrong. I hope it is a false prophecy.

Considers the history and modern practices of the world's main religious traditions. This title analyses trends in the manifestation of religion in the modern world, from secularization to the rise of fresh spiritualities. It includes chapters on Religion and Violence, Paganism, and Religion and Popular Culture.

Explores a wide range of traditions from the mysterious snake worshipping goddesses of the ancient Minoans to the Cathars of medieval France, believed by some to be the protectors of the Holy Grail. This book examines the practices of the Celtic Druids which have inspired Pagan and Wiccan traditions, and the wild Dionysian rites of ancient Greece.

Surveys the historical stages of each world religion and analyses their major paradigms and paradigm shifts. This work attempts to understand the religions, in both text and pictures, and discusses the social, political and historical contexts of the many forms of belief.

Considers the history and modern practices of the world's main religious traditions. This title analyses trends in the manifestation of religion in the modern world, from secularization to the rise of fresh spiritualities. It includes chapters on Religion and Violence, Paganism, and Religion and Popular Culture.

Presents an introduction to the religions of the world analysed from a Christian perspective. This book covers more than 200 religions, sects, and cults.

A celebration of the life-affirming routes of two disparate spiritual traditions: Buddhism and Christianity. The author also discusses the theological convergences between the two, as well as prayers, rituals and forms of practice of both.

The world's religions have emerged as one of the great geopolitical forces shaping our lives. This atlas maps the impact of major religions and their divisions. It shows country by country how religions spread their influence through broadcasting, missionary work, schooling and banking, and how they relate to government, laws and world hunger.