Thomas Merton 
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander [EPUB ebook] 

11 September 2001 in New York; 11 March 2004 in Madrid; 7 July 2005 in London: these dates remind us that suicide bombings, or ”martyrdom operations”, have become the common coin of international p …

By considering transformative ideas and experiences which are explicitly articulated or implicitly structured in languages of religion and spirituality, Alternative Salvations probes concepts includi …

This study sheds light on the work of the evangelical scientists who sought to bridge the cultural divide Christianity and evolutionary theory. In the well-known Scopes “Monkey Trial” of 1925, famous …

Evil perplexes us all and threatens to undermine the meaningfulness of our existence. How can we reconcile the reality of evil with the notion of a God who is perfectly good and powerful? Process the …

The Encyclopedia of Cremation is the first major reference resource focused on cremation. Spanning many world cultures it documents regional histories, ideological movements and leading individuals t …

Although often regarded as marginal or obscure, Mormonism is a significant American religious minority, numerically and politically. The successes and struggles of this U.S. born religion reveal much …

Inspired by the legend of Johnny Appleseed, the goal of ‘THE HAPPY CHRISTIAN: PEARLS OF CHRISTIAN WISDOM’ is to spread “character seeds”, in the form of proverbs, poetry, and humor, across America, p …

”Skilful Means” is the key principle of Mahayana, one of the great Buddhist traditions. First described in the Lotus Sutra, it originates in myths of the Buddha”s compassionate plans for raising l …

This companion volume to the highly successful Islam in Malaysian Foreign Policy explores the extent to which foreign policy in the world”s largest Muslim nation has been influenced by Islamic consi …

This book examines how an elite group of traditionists, historians and theologians shaped Muslims” perceptions of their prophet, their community and their behavior by retelling and interpreting the …