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  • The Anthropology of Religious Conversion

    by Robert T. Anderson, Diane Austin-Broos, Thomas K. Brown, Simon Coleman, Maria Pia Di Bella, Charles Farhadian, Roger Ivar Lohmann, Marcela Mendoza, Kalyani Devaki Menon, Rebecca Sachs Norris, Robert J. Priest, Lewis R.Rambo, Mary Ann Reidhead, Van A Reidhead, Don Seeman ...
    The Anthropology of Religious Conversion paints a picture of conversion far more complex than its customary image in anthropology and religious studies. Conversion is very seldom simply a sudden moment of insight or inspiration; it is a change both of individual consciousness and of social belonging, of mental attitude and of physical experience, whose unfolding depends both on its cultural ... Read more

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  • Choosing Your Religion: World Religions At A Glance

    by Teddy Stanowski ...
    When people begin to search for religions, they may start with talking to friends and family, people that they know and trust. They may have heard of them going to church, and might want to try that out. Others that are looking into more eastern traditions such as Confucianism, Buddhism or Taoism may decide to travel to the Far East, go to the many Holy Places in order to have a better grasp on ... Read more

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  • Blood That Cries Out From the Earth

    The Psychology of Religious Terrorism

    by James Jones ...
    Religious terrorism has become the scourge of the modern world. What causes a person to kill innocent strangers in the name of religion? As both a clinical psychologist and an authority on comparative religion, James W. Jones is uniquely qualified to address this increasingly urgent question. Research on the psychology of violence shows that several factors work to make ordinary people turn "evil. ... Read more

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  • Princeton Readings in Religion and Violence

    Edited by Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts ...
    An anthology that examines the historical and contemporary relationship between religion and violenceThis groundbreaking anthology provides the most comprehensive overview for understanding the fascinating relationship between religion and violence—historically, culturally, and in the contemporary world. Bringing together writings from scholarly and religious traditions, it is the first volume to ... Read more

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  • Totality Beliefs and the Religious Imagination

    by Anthony Campbell ...
    Many books criticising religion have appeared in recent years but most have been written by people who never had a religious belief or lost it early in life. This one is different, in that it offers an inside view of what it feels like to be immersed in two quite different belief systems, Roman Catholicism and Transcendental Meditation, and then to leave them. In both cases, though for different ... Read more

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  • Religion That Heals, Religion That Harms

    A Guide for Clinical Practice

    by James L. Griffith, MD ...
    From James L. Griffith, well known for his work on harnessing the healing potential of religion and spirituality, this book helps clinicians to intervene effectively in situations where religion is causing harm. Vivid examples illustrate how religious beliefs and practices may propel suicide, violence, self-neglect, or undue suffering in the face of medical or emotional challenges. Griffith also ... Read more

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  • What Should I Believe?

    Why Our Beliefs about the Nature of Death and the Purpose of Life Dominate Our Lives

    by Dorothy Rowe ...
    Suddenly, in the twenty-first century, religion has become a political power. It affects us all, whether we’re religious or not. If we’re not in danger of being blown up by a suicide bomber we’ve got leaders to whom God speaks, ordering them to start a war. We’re beset by people who demand that we give ourselves to Jesus while they smugly assure us of their own superiority and inherent goodness. ... Read more

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  • A Sociology of Religious Emotion

    by Ole Riis, Linda Woodhead ...
    This timely book aims to change the way we think about religion by putting emotion back onto the agenda. It challenges a tendency to over-emphasise rational aspects of religion, and rehabilitates its embodied, visceral and affective dimensions. Against the view that religious emotion is a purely private matter, it offers a new framework which shows how religious emotions arise in the varied ... Read more

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  • Jesus’ Wedding

    by Mischa V. Alyea ...
    Jesus' Wedding assembles an easily understood model that unifies the mystical experience, which gives birth to all mythologies and spiritual rituals. Elements from every belief system come together to prove the existence of a universal divine nature. Following this model, it is possible to draw the deepest meanings from the symbols and metaphorical expressions within the spiritual language that ... Read more

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  • Rabbi Akiva's Philosophy of Love

    by Naftali Rothenberg ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book explores the philosophy of love through the thought and life of Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph. Readers of the Talmud are introduced to Rabbi Akiva through the iconic story of his love for his wife Rachel. From this starting point, Naftali Rothenberg conducts a thorough examination of the harmonious approach to love in the obstacle-laden context of human reality. Discussing the deterioration of ... Read more

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  • Judgement Day: 199 Brazen Excuses

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    How will you justify your actions on Judgement Day?Maybe you can just brazen things out; after all it worked down here, most of the time.You must have noticed how all around you greed, anger, envy and worse sins are being committed, to say nothing of the crimes ending up on the news.If there is to be a Judgement Day, what excuses will all those people have to offer?It will be fascinating to see ... Read more

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