I.M. Lewis 
Ecstatic Religion [EPUB ebook] 
A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession

What does it mean to be an American during this time of ongoing challenges of race and sex discrimination, of violence and gross disparities in economic opportunity? And where are the activists who t …

Eschatology is the foundation for exploring Edward Schillebeeckx»s work. Daniel Minch provides an in-depth analysis of his hermeneutical theology, informed by access to original texts previously una …

This is a book about an extraordinarily rich and varied culture – a culture in which »most of the religio-political movements of the world are to be found epitomised in some form». In tracing the J …

How did the author of the Gospel of Luke intend it to be read? In The Spiral Gospel, Rob James shows that the assumptions many modern readers bring to the text – that it claims to be historically fac …

The Book of Judges has typically been treated either as a historical account of the conquest of Israel and the rise of the monarch, or as an ancient Israelite work of literary fiction. In this new ap …

Urban theology affirms the importance of context – notably the place of the city – in theological reflection. However, it has often been confined to particular contexts or theological camps and thus …

Critiquing a paradigm of growth within the church, this book contends that the church’s growth ethic should be replaced by one based on virtue. Drawing on the work of Sennett, Fromm, and Hauerwas, Jo …

“THE POTTER’S HOUSE: Which Type of Clay Are YOU?” will help you get to know God as your Potter and you as His clay. There is a special intimacy that takes place between the Potter and the vessel He d …

This book explains in detail the votaries of the ancient Astral worship divided into two distinct classes, the Esoterics, or Gnostics; and the Exoterics, or Agnostics; the former comprising those who …

With her repulsive face and head full of living, venomous snakes, Medusa is petrifying—quite literally, since looking directly at her turned people to stone. Ever since Perseus cut off her head and p …