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The most comprehensive resource available on creation myths from around the world-their narratives, themes, motifs, similarities, and differences-and what they reveal about their cultures of origin.

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Focusing on the British Museums outstanding collection of reliquaries, this title offers an introduction to the practice of relic veneration in the Middle Ages. It includes treasures such as the celebrated St Eustace reliquary head from Basle and the stirring St Oda reliquary studded with the relics of female saints.

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Thich Nhat Hanh has become known as a healer of the heart, a monk who shows us how the everyday world can both enrich and endanger our spiritual lives.

In this book, Jesus and Buddha share a conversation about prayer and ritual and renewal, and about where such concepts as resurrection and the practice of mindfulness converge.

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One of the five pillars of Islam central to Muslim belief, Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim must make at least once in their lifetime if they are able. This catalogue, accompanying a major exhibition in Doha, Qatar, charts the history of this deeply personal journey.

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Drawing millions of pilgrims annually, the Hajj is a powerful bond that brings Muslims together from across the world. Tracing the footsteps and personal experiences of pilgrims across the centuries, this book takes the reader on a physical and spiritual journey.

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An accessible and inspirational look at how we can apply the teachings of the greatest ancient philosopher to modern life.

An extensive collection of essays that examines the place of homosexuality in the contemporary and classical Muslim world.

The place of sexual and gender minorities in the contemporary Islamic world is the subject of fascinating new directions in research and scholarly thought.

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An accessible introduction to pre-modern Islam, showcasing the individuals caliphs, law-makers, theologians, poets, mystics and scholars who shaped the course of early Islamic history.

This multifaceted work contextualizes Jesus in religion and culture by bringing together articles on folklore, history, literature, philosophy, popular culture, and theology.

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This book explores the influence of late seventeenth-century Christianity in Locke's philosophical, political, and educational thought.

This in-depth examination of the life, history, and influence of Muhammad as discussed by leading scholars provides a wide-ranging look at the prophet's legacy unlike any other in the field of Islamic and culture studies.

Within the Islamic world, the prophet Muhammad's influence is profound.

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An authoritative and comprehensive take on major religions and lesser-known faiths of all times and nations.

Explains how 14 different psychological schools view the scriptures. Applies psychological theory to interpreting the Hebrew Bible. Provides psychological insights on the New Testament, including the parables of Jesus and the book of Revelation. Focuses on the new file of psychological inquiry into the Gospel accounts of Jesus' life.

This exhaustive treatment of the Puritan movement covers its doctrines, its people, its effects on politics and culture, and its enduring legacy in modern Britain and America.

This intriguing three-volume set explores the ways in which religion is bound to the practice of daily life and how daily life is bound to religion.

In Religion and Everyday Life and Culture, 36 international scholars describe the impact of religious practices around the world, using rich examples drawn from personal observation.

This two-volume work presents a comprehensive survey of all the ways people celebrate religious life around the globe.

Religious Celebrations is an alphabetically organized encyclopedia that covers more than 800 celebratory occasions from all of the world's major religious communities as well as many of the minor faith traditions.

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A visual pilgrimage through holy mountains, great pyramids, and golden shrines, Sacred Sites celebrates the ways we transform the world around us through ritual, creativity, and worship. Essays, interviews and more than 400 images explore spaces ranging from ancient temples to modern works of spatial art.

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An inspirational new book brings the successful East-meets-West pairing together again to provide a practical application of Tibetan Buddhist spiritual values to the world of work.

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'As with dogs, so with gods - by and large, you should blame the owners.'

A particular trait, common to all human civilisations, is the worship of non-human entities with followings of devotees who claim that their reverence can transport them to transcendental heights of complete and unfettered love.

Do we mean God

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For 2,000 years and more, the Bible and its precepts have shaped world culture and civilization, whether Judeo-Christian or not.