Comparative Religion
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Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know–And Doesn’t
$18.99 Add to cartThe United States is one of the most religious places on earth, but it is also a nation of shocking religious illiteracy.
- Only 10 percent of American teenagers can name all five major world religions a
- Author: Prothero, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 11 2008
- ISBN10: 0060859520
- Language: English
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A Little History of Religion
$15.00 Add to cartA rich and inclusive history of belief, from humanity’s earliest days to our own times
Religion is distinctly human. We can’t help wondering about where we come from and why we are here. Did some all- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Holloway, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300283229
- Language: English
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World Religions All-In-One for Dummies
$39.99 Add to cartLearn about the beliefs, history, and culture of the world’s most popular religions
World Religions All-In-One For Dummies offers an easy starting point for anyone curious to investigate religious an
- Author: The Experts at Dummies
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: January 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1394293941
- Language: English
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A Modern Guide to Heathenry: Lore, Celebrations, and Mysteries of the Northern Traditions
$28.95 Read moreAn accessible yet in-depth guide to this increasingly popular pre-Christian religious tradition of Northern Europe
Heathenry, is one of the fastest growing polytheistic religious movements in the Unit
- Author: Krasskova, Galina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1578636787
- Language: English
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Santeria: The Religion: Faith, Rites, Magic
$21.99 Add to cartBrought to Cuba as slaves, the Yoruba people of West Africa preserved their religion’s heritage by disguising their gods as Catholic saints and worshipping them in secret. The resulting religion is kn
- Series: Llewellyn’s World Religion & Magick
- Author: González-Wippler, Migene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 08 2002
- ISBN10: 1567183298
- Language: English
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion
$17.95 Add to cartA classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern anthropology and literatur… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Frazer, James George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 912
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 199538824
- Language: English
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Essential Tibetan Buddhism
$17.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE TRICYCLE PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE
Expertly and lucidly surveying the basic varieties and teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, renowned scholar Robert Thurman makes this authentic spiritual traditio
- Series: Essential S
- Author: Thurman, Robert A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 08 1996
- ISBN10: 0062510517
- Language: English
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Understanding Four Views on Baptism
$24.99 Add to cartGain an understanding of baptism from four main traditional perspectives.
Of all the sacraments, the practice of baptism is often the most disputed. Christians hold different views of its exact signif
- Series: Counterpoints: Church Life
- Author: Armstrong, John H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 05 2007
- ISBN10: 0310262674
- Language: English
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A Lamp Unto Yourself: A Beginner’s Guide to Asian Spiritual Practices, from Advaita and Buddhism to Yoga and Zen
$24.95 Add to cartFor “spiritual explorers” ready to travel beyond Western bounds, a beginner’s guide to Asian spiritual traditions spanning regions, cultures, and history
Asian spiritual practices, from yoga and tai c- Author: Salguero, C. Pierce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0807020397
- Language: English
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Shamanism: The Timeless Religion
$30.00 Add to cartFrom a brilliant, young, Harvard-trained anthropologist and contributor to The New Yorker comes a fascinating investigation into the spiritual practice of shamanism, from its beginnings to the present… [more below]
- Author: Singh, Manvir
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 593537548
- Language: English
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A Basic Guide to Eastern Orthodox Theology: Introducing Beliefs and Practices
$27.99 Add to cartEve Tibbs offers a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the beliefs and practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church for Western readers. Tibbs has devoted her career to translating the Orthodox f… [more below]
- Author: Tibbs, Eve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1540962806
- Language: English
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Grist for the Mill: Awakening to Oneness
$15.99 Add to cartFrom Ram Dass, one of America’s most beloved spiritual figures and bestselling author of Be Here Now and Be Love Now, comes this timeless classic about the experience of being and the risks and rewar
- Author: Dass, Ram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 11 2014
- ISBN10: 0062235915
- Language: English
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Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, & Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings
$24.95 Add to cartIn this fascinating volume, theologian and philosopher Richard Hooper reveals the common spiritual threads of the world’s great religious traditions.
Hooper organizes hundreds of sayings attributed to
- Author: Hooper, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1571746803
- Language: English
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The Book Your Church Doesn’t Want You to Read
$19.95 Read moreAn enlightening anthology by world-renowned theologians, historians and researchers that exposes and challenges misrepresentations and age-old beliefs. With an introduction by ABC Radio Talk Show Host… [more below]
- Author: Leedom, Tim C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 446
- Publish Date: April 10 2014
- ISBN10: 1617590894
- Language: English
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Pocket Guide to World Religions
$18.99 Add to cartHave you ever wondered . . .
- what the red dot on an Indian woman’s forehead means?
- whether all Buddhist monks practice martial arts?
- if the Emperor of Japan is still considered a god?
Here is a concise, i
- Series: IVP Pocket Reference
- Author: Corduan, Winfried
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 30 2006
- ISBN10: 0830827056
- Language: English
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God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism
$27.00 Add to cart“Lively… points out that the conflict between the worship of many gods and the worship of one true god never disappeared.” —Publishers Weekly
“Jonathan Kirsch has written another blockbuster about t
- Author: Kirsch, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 25 2005
- ISBN10: 0142196339
- Language: English
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From Light Into Darkness: The Evolution of Religion in Ancient Egypt
$16.95 Add to cartHave popular modern religions developed out of practices in ancient Egypt? Did religion in Egypt represent only a shadow of the spiritual practices of prehistoric people? This work explores the teachi… [more below]
- Author: Mehler, Stephen S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 229
- Publish Date: August 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1931882495
- Language: English
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What the Qur’an Meant: And Why It Matters
$18.00 Read moreAmerica’s leading religious scholar and public intellectual introduces lay readers to the Qur’an with a measured, powerful reading of the ancient text
Garry Wills has spent a lifetime thinking and wri- Author: Wills, Garry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1101981040
- Language: English
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Anguish of the Jews (Revised and Updated): Twenty-Three Centuries of Antisemitism
$27.95 Add to cart“The story told by Edward Flannery…calls not only for reform but for profound and meaningful repentance.” –David W. Tracy “A major contribution to Jewish-Christian relations.” –Marc Tanenbaum “It … [more below]
- Series: Studies in Judaism and Christianity
- Author: Flannery, Edward H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 02 2004
- ISBN10: 0809143240
- Language: English
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Encyclopedia of Goddesses & Heroines
$34.95 Add to cartMore Than 1,000 Goddesses and Heroines from around the World
Groundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting goddesses and heroines from all religio- Author: Monaghan, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 160868217X
- Language: English
