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A multidisciplinary team of scholars shows how spiritual and religious practices actually do power psychological, physical, and social benefits, producing stronger individuals and healthier societies.

In recent years, scholars from an array of disciplines applied cutting-edge research techniques to determining the effects of faith.

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Religion, Supernaturalism, the Paranormal and Pseudoscience provides a comprehensive rejoinder to the challenges posed to science, scientific anthropology, evolutionary theory and rationality by the advocates of supernatural, paranormal, and pseudoscientific perspectives and modes of thought.

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Religion as it relates to public education, and problems of religion in public school, such as Bible reading in schools, are treated in this volume.

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The philosophy of religion encompasses some of the most complex philosophical questions. Does God exist What is God's nature Why does God allow evil What is a religious experience This book covers the work of major thinkers and outlines the central questions and arguments encountered in studying the philosophy of religion.

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The philosophy of religion encompasses some of the major complex philosophical questions. Does God exist What is God's nature Why does God allow evil What is a religious experience This work covers the work of major thinkers and outlines the central questions and arguments encountered in studying the philosophy of religion.

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Offers an interpretation of Bonhoeffer in the contemporary context, revisiting some of the themes of his life that have found significance in Christian theology. This book includes chapters that bring Bonhoeffer into conversation with our situation.

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Offers an interpretation of Bonhoeffer in the contemporary context, revisiting some of the themes of his life that have found significance in Christian theology. This book contains chapters that bring Bonhoeffer into conversation with our situation.

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Covering the nonviolence traditions in all the major religions as well as the contributions of religious traditions to major nonviolent practices, this book addresses theories of nonviolence, considers each religion individually, and highlights what discrete religious perspectives have in common.

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Brings together the important selections from the volumes on Buddhism, India, China, Tibet, and Japan to give an overview of how religions have been lived by both ordinary and extraordinary people throughout the continent of Asia. This work offers a look at the spectrum of religious practices in Asia over almost three millennia.

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A bi-lingual, photo-narrative featuring 18 religious communities in greater Beijing, illustrating and exploring lived religion across five different religious traditions.

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Demonstrates that the "three religions" of China - Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism are not mutually exclusive: they overlap and interact with each other in a rich variety of ways. This volume also illustrates some of the many interactions between Han culture and the cultures designated by the government as "minorities."

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Brings together the work of thirty scholars of the religions of India in an anthology designed to reshape the ways in which the religious traditions of India are understood. This book contains translations of forty-five works which highlight types of discourse (especially ritual manuals, folktales, and oral narratives).

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Offers the coverage of Korean religious practice, especially the various Christian denominations and new indigenous religions. It features chapters that include translations of the sources on Korean religious practice, accompanied by an introduction that frames the significance of the selections.

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Trompf's work is a complete listing of scholarly publications and provides readable and concise descriptions that will clearly guide the researcher toward the most relevant sources.

This survey covers 2188 entries organized topically and regionally.

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An anthology of sources with accompanying essays that examines religious behavior in America, this work explores faith through action from Colonial times through the 19th-century. It offers a sampling of religious perspectives in order to approximate the living texture of popular religious thought and practice in the United States.

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An anthology of sources with accompanying essays that examines religious behavior in America. From praying in an early American synagogue to performing Mormon healing rituals to debating cremation, this work explores faith through action in the 19th- and 20th-centuries. The documents and essays consider the religious practices of average people.

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Presents an array of works that together offer a view of the Tibetan religious landscape over the centuries. Organized thematically, the twenty-eight chapters in this work are testimony to the vast scope of religious practice in the Tibetan world. It is intended for scholars, students, and general readers.

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