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Updated throughout, the third edition of the acclaimed Sacred Fury explores violence in world religion. Featuring new material on violence in Buddhism and Hinduism, the rise of ISIS, lone wolf terrorists, and more, this is an essential text for understanding the connections between religion and violence both historically and today.

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Updated throughout, the third edition of the acclaimed Sacred Fury explores violence in world religion. Featuring new material on violence in Buddhism and Hinduism, the rise of ISIS, lone wolf terrorists, and more, this is an essential text for understanding the connections between religion and violence both historically and today.

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This interdisciplinary book examines the shifting meaning of spirituality and birth practices in the modern world in the context of biomedical advances as well as colonial incursions. It indicates that spirituality in the birth place has managed to reemerge in many parts of the world.

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This book contains multiple essays from experts on various faith, religious, and mythic traditions to describe how humor was discussed, addressed, and portrayed in those specific traditions.

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This book explores the function of buildings for worship, shrines and pilgrimage centers, and the part they play in the lives of individuals and the community, while also recognizing that "sacred place" is not defined as architectural buildings.

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Sacred Rituals and Humane Death is a critical analysis of the religious and ethical narratives around modern practices of meat production and killing. The volume questions the focus on the humaneness of modern methods of animal slaughter and argues for reconsidering ancient religious practices of animal slaughter and sacrifice.

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This book examines the sweet smells of sanctity within early Christianity and Islam. It is a comparative study of two nascent religious communities, located in disparate times and space, employing scent to define cultural, social, and theological ideals. It will be of interest to scholars of religious studies, gender studies, and history.

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Despisers of religion have poured scorn upon the idea of sacrifice as an index of the irrational and wicked in religious practice. One need only think of the appalling cult of sacrifice in numerous totalitarian regimes of the 20th century. Yet sacrifice remains a part of our cultural 'imaginary'. This book explores the idea of sacrifice.

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Despisers of religion have poured scorn upon the idea of sacrifice as an index of the irrational and wicked in religious practice. One need only think of the appalling cult of sacrifice in numerous totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century. Yet sacrifice remains a part of our cultural 'imaginary'. This book explores the idea of sacrifice.

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This book uncovers and examines the contributions made by black Pentecostals in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) to civil rights struggles in Memphis during the 1950s and 1960s. This book provides detailed description of prominent Memphis COGIC activists engagements with local civil rights organizations.

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This book uncovers and examines the contributions made by black Pentecostals in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) to civil rights struggles in Memphis during the 1950s and 1960s. This book provides detailed description of prominent Memphis COGIC activists engagements with local civil rights organizations.

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Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty explores the religious freedom implications of defining marriage to include same-sex couples. It represents the only comprehensive, scholarly appraisal to date of the church-state conflicts virtually certain to arise in many spheres of law as a result of the legal recognition of same-sex marriage.

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Realizing the preciousness of life and family, a hunger has emerged for beautiful, nurturing and spiritual home environments. This creative book inspires readers to create beautiful spaces by concentrating on how you live in them as opposed to what you pu

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This collection analyses the dynamic role of tradition in understanding the thought and impact of the eighth century Mahayana Buddhist thinker Santideva.

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Turning the monotheistic critique of idolatry on the monotheisms themselves, the author shows that much in these traditions must be condemned as false and spiritually debilitating. He claims that supernaturalism is idolatry.

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This reader brings together carefully selected material from a wide range of authors on the relationships between science, religion and theology. It samples the recent literature on the challenges to religion posed by both modern physics and evolutionary biology as well as exploring the relationshi

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A highly original book that skillfully fuses two independently large areas of study: the science/religion debate and Wittgenstein. >

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A highly original book that skillfully fuses two independently large areas of study: the science/religion debate and Wittgenstein. >

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Many people believe that during the Middle Ages, Christianity was actively hostile toward science (then known as natural philosophy) and impeded its progress.

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This book offers a new approach to comparative religion suggested by science fantasy interpretations of traditional religious teachings.

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