Jacques Waardenburg 
Reflections on the Study of Religion [PDF ebook] 
Including an Essay on the Work of Gerardus van der Leeuw

De geschiedenis van het Missiehuis St. Paul op het landgoed Klein Vink te Arcen begon in 1911. Vanaf zijn grondlegging was dit huis bedoeld als een opleidingsinstituut in Europa voor missionarissen v …

Ontdek de verborgen diepten en de controversiële wereld van Aleister Crowley, een van de meest intrigerende figuren van de twintigste eeuw. Dit boek, geschreven door Frederic M. Baker, onthult de com …

Focusing on travel narratives as a setting for spelling out both cultural exchanges and identity building, the present volume maps a variety of strategies employed in travelogues by Christians and Je …

The present volume of the series Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses explores various conceptions of evil in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, including key terms from their respective sacred t …

It is asserted by Judaism, Christianity and Islam alike that sin is a central part of human life. Where sin comes from, however, is answered differently in the respective religions. While both the Bi …

Engendering an intimate and deep relationship with God is at the heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This relationship manifests, among other things, in worshipping Him with sincerity, talking …

This book sheds new light on Jerusalem’s status in early Islam. The sanctity of the city is already discerned in the Qurʾān. The vision of redemption that the Qurʾān displays coincides with the messi …

Certain religious behaviours clearly reduce biological fitness. These behaviours include celibacy along with various forms of asceticism, and rituals that harm the performer. Such behaviours are foun …

This volume of the series ‘Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses’ investigates the roots of the concept of ‘soul’ in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The human soul fascinates not only believers …

The sixth volume of the series ‘Key Concepts of Interreligious Discourses’ investigates the roots of the concept of ‘person’ in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and its relevance for the present time. …