Religion

Juggling Identities: Identity and Authenticity Among the Crypto-Jews

by Seth D. D. Kunin

Juggling Identities is an extensive ethnography of the crypto-Jews who live deep within the Hispanic communities of the American Southwest. Critiquing scholars who challenge the cultural authenticity of these...

Reshaping the Holy: Democracy, Development, and Muslim Women in Bangladesh

by Elora Shehabuddin

Through extensive field research, Elora Shehabuddin explores the profound implications of women's political and social mobilization for reshaping Islam. Specifically, she examines the lives of Muslim women in...

New Age and Neopagan Religions in America

by Sarah M. M. Pike

From Shirley MacLaine’s spiritual biography Out on a Limb to the teenage witches in the film The Craft, New Age and Neopagan beliefs have made sensationalistic headlines. In the mid- to late 1990s, several...

The Cult of the Fox: Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China

by Xiaofei Kang

For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of the Chinese population and appealed to a wide range of social classes. Deemed illicit by imperial rulers and clerics and...

Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement

by Ronald M. M. Davidson

Despite the rapid spread of Buddhism -- especially the esoteric system of Tantra, one of its most popular yet most misunderstood forms -- the historical origins of Buddhist thought and practice remain obscure....

Children of Silence and Slow Time: More Reflections of the Dhamma

by Ian McCrorie

Written with the wisdom, humility, and humor of one who has taken the time to examine themselves and the nature of the human condition, this new collection of story-poems regards concerns of the experienced...

Shattered Tablets: Why We Ignore the Ten Commandments at Our Peril

by David Klinghoffer

Is morality based on some essential truth or is it defined by society? In this highly original critique of American social mores and popular culture, David Klinghoffer argues that the Ten Commandments are essential...

Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation

by Stephen Mitchell

Stephen Mitchell is widely known for his ability to make ancient masterpieces thrillingly new, to step in where many have tried before and create versions that are definitive for our time. His celebrated version...

Jesus is My All in All: Praying with the "Saint of Calcutta"

by Mother Teresa

The postulator for Mother Teresa’s cause for sainthood, Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, has culled some of her most stirring words into a powerful book that her admirers will treasure. Jesus is My All in All follows...

Science & Islam: A History

by Ehsan Masood

The official tie-in to the BBC television series, Science and Islam tells the story of one of history's most misunderstood yet rich and fertile periods in science: the extraordinary Islamic scientific revolution...

Jesus - His True Biography: His True Biography

by Alejandro Cuevas-Soza

At least the world leaders should read this book; however, caution, this may have an influence on your ideological preferences! Regarding the ‘Apocalypse’, Jesus’ bioenergeme said, “… they are very parasitic...

Sister Wendy on Prayer

by Wendy Beckett

Sister Wendy Beckett, adored and renowned art historian, has spent years in silence and contemplation in her calling as a nun. Her celebrated television specials and books about art have led her many admirers...

Secrets and Wives: The Hidden World of Mormon Polygamy

by Sanjiv Bhattacharya

What do we really know about modern practicing polygamists—not fictional ones like the Henrickson family on HBO’s Big Love? We’ve seen the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the...

Gleanings in Buddha-Fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East

by Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn's books continue to charm and captivate readers, as the exotic subjects about which he wrote charmed and captivated him. Gleanings In Buddha-Fields presents more Hearn magic as he enters into...

Here Today, Zen Poetry

by Ken Noyle

Here is poetry as mod as flower children and hippies; a Warhol happening or sitar music. Ken Noyle is a "personal" poet who immediately demands his reader to be with him or agin him as he ruminates on many things...

I Know What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs (and Other Scientific, Political, and Religious Theories)

by William Caan & Cara van Miriah

Theories abound. But few people have any; most people have opinions. And not to be confused, theories and opinions are like freedom and liberty, two different animals. Most people know only what they have been...

The Nuts & Bolts of Christian Education: Practical Wisdom for Teachers & Leaders

by Delia Halverson

Ministerial Ethics and Etiquette

by Nolan Harmon

The Sacraments in Protestant Practice and Faith

by James F White

Educating Congregations: The Future of Christian Education

by Charles R Foster