Religion and Philosophy

Does history matter? This book argues not that history matters, but that Islamic history does. This Very Short Introduction introduces the story of...

Islamic Extremism : Causes, Diversity, & Challenges is a deeply informed book which examines the threat that Islamic extremists pose to America...

Islam in Historical Perspective is a general introduction to Islam and the history of Muslim societies. Richly illustrated by quotations and images...

About the Book Islamist political parties have enjoyed unprecedented election victories in recent times. The Islamic Revolution in Iran, the electi...

About the Book We call many things sacred, from cows, churches and paintings to flags and burial grounds. Is it still meaningful to talk of things ...

About the Book Technology has extended its reach to the humanbody, not just in a literal sense, through implants, transplants andtechnological subs...

About the Book Over the past three decades, through rises and falls in power, regime repression and exclusion, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has ...

About the Book Indira Bai, born in an orthodox Saraswat Brahmin family in the small town of Kamalapura, is married and widowed as a child. The brig...

India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major relig...

About the Book In the Shade of the Golden Palace explores the work of the prolific Bengali poet Alaol (fl.1651-71), who translated five narrative p...

About the Book Sleep is quite a popular activity, indeed most humans spend around a third of their lives asleep. However, cultural, political, or a...

Historical Gurdwaras of Delhi by M.K. Pal, a noted Art Historian and a distinguished Scholar in Arts, Crafts and Socio-cultural Studies, is the res...

About the Book These translated extracts from all forms of Hindu literature, from the ancient scriptures to modern political writings, are accompan...

About the Book A 12th-century German mystic and philosopher, Hildegard is being rediscovered as a musical composer and as a prophet of the environm...

Martin Heidegger, considered by some to be the greatest charlatan ever to claim the title of 'philosopher', by some as an apologist for Nazism, and...

About the Book Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu is a ground-breaking analysis of American representations of religion in India before the turn of the twentie...

Hearing Islam introduces the global religious tradition of Islam through its rich history of sounds and music. The book explores how the centralit...

About the Book Hammer of Thor - Norse Mythology and Legends contains more than two dozen bold and exciting myths and legends from Norse mythology, ...

About the Book Offers an introduction to the basic beliefs, practices, and major deities of Greek and Roman religions A volume in the Blackwell Anc...

About the Book The melodious recitation of the Quran is a fundamental aesthetic experience for Muslims, and the start of a compelling journey of id...

About the Book Genius is the name we give to a quality of work that transcends fashion, celebrity, fame, and reputation. Somehow, genius abolishes ...

About the Book What impact does our relentless fixation on the gadget have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation, and...

G. A. Cohen was one of the towering political philosophers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. His intellectual career was unus...

About the Book Serious problems and risks can be observed in European freight transportation development. However, the transport and logistics sect...

Food Ethics: The Basics is a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the ethical dimensions of the production and consumption of food. It offers ...

About the Book Teresa Forcades, Spanish Benedictine nun, theologian, physician and political activist, is one of Europe's leading radical thinkers....

This book examines the regional culture of nineteenth century Bengal, subjected to acute interpretative stress throughout this period. This is done...

About the Book Originally published in 1966. This volume analyzes the general structure of scientific theories, their relation to experience and to...

About the Book Evangelicalism has rapidly become one of the most significant religious movements in the modern world.An umbrella term that encompas...

About the Book Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction introduces the issues and controversies of contemporary moral philosophy. It gets students to st...

About the Book The cult of Elvis Presley has, since his death, become ever more pervasive in American culture. From Graceland to Las Vegas, from fa...

Elements of Tibetan Buddhism [Paperback] Farkas

About the Book The revised second edition of the accessible guide to contemporary ethical issues that are at the intersection of religion and moral...

About the Book Combining a student-centred approach with the reliability of a familiar and proven text, Discovering The Universe invites students t...

About the Book This dictionary is a rapid reference to those men and women who have, over the last two millennia, contributed to the life, history ...

David Hume is the greatest and also one of the most provocative philosophers to have written in the English language. No philosopher is more import...

About the Book Devotions for Leaders is written for Christians who are leaders-- or aspire to become leaders-- and want to bring their spiritual li...

Devi: Mother of My Mind is a creative interaction with India’s Yoga, Shakta, and Tantra traditions. This book uses the epic literary genre to imagi...

About the Book What role does religion play in contemporary political discourse? Holding a mirror up to English politics in particular, James Cross...

We are frequently confronted with arguments. Arguments are attempts to persuade us – to influence our beliefs and actions – by giving us reasons to...

About the Book Continuum Glossary of Religious Terms provides a comprehensive glossary of terms from seven major religions: Judaism, Christianity, ...

About the Book Nathan Salmon presents a selection of his essays from the early 1980s to 2006, on a set of closely connected topics central to analy...

About the Book A rigorous, authoritative new anthology which brings together some of the most significant contemporary scholarship on the theory of...

About the Book Kaethe Schwehn and L. DeAne Lagerquist offer perspectives from fourteen professors at St. Olaf College on the value of vocation, sho...

About the Book Within Citizenship for the Learning Society , the governance of the learning citizen is mapped in relation to European educational a...

About the Book Profound insight and wisdom from the world's great cultures, and religious traditions ""Through the use of a story, you can understa...

About the Book This Very Short Introduction offers readers a superb overview of the teachings of the Buddha, as well as a succinct guide to the int...

About the Book This book deals with Brahman, the highest and supreme God of Hinduism. The book contains 25 informative and well documented articles...