Islamic Ethics of Life

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• Islamic Ethics of Life considers three of the most contentious ethical issues of our time-abortion, war, and euthanasia-from the Muslim perspective. D... Lees meer

The Holy Book in Comparative Perspective

Frederick M Denny

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• Ten noted religious studies scholars examine the sacred scriptures of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, a... Lees meer

Muslim Medical Ethics

Jonathan E Brockopp, Thomas Eich

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• Muslim Medical Ethics draws on the work of historians, health-care professionals, theologians, and social scientists to produce an interdisciplinary v... Lees meer

Sufi Heirs of the Prophet

Arthur F Buehler, Annemarie Schimmel

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• Sufi Heirs of the Prophet explores the multifaceted development of personal authority in Islamic societies by tracing the transformation of one mystic... Lees meer

Karaite Judaism and Historical Understanding

Fred Astren

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• Notions of history and the past contained in literature of the Karaite Jewish sect offer in­sight into the relationship of Karaism to mainstream rabbi... Lees meer

Sacred Tensions

Raymond L. Lee, Susan E. Ackerman

• Hardcover | Studies in Comparative Religion
• This text examines the development and practice of Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity in Malaysia. Its analyses provide an insight into how es... Lees meer

Sufism, Mystics, and Saints in Modern Egypt

Valerie J Hoffman

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• For centuries Sufism-Islamic mysticism-held a major place in Islamic spirituality, intellectual life, and popular religion. While many scholars have c... Lees meer

"Mysticism" in Iran

Ata Anzali

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• "Mysticism" in Iran is an in-depth analysis of significant transformations in the religious landscape of Safavid Iran that led to the marginalization ... Lees meer

Study of Hinduism

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• In this text, leading scholars from around the world take stock of two centuries of international intellectual investment in Hinduism. Since the early... Lees meer

A Community of Witches

Helen A. Berger

• Hardcover | Studies in Comparative Religion
• Explores the beliefs and practices of neo-paganism and witchcraft, more generally known as Wicca. Imported to the US from the UK in the late 1960s, th... Lees meer

Under the Canopy

Thomas

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• A thought-provoking study of how ritual unites an African community against social and economic hardships A case study in the transcendent powers of r... Lees meer

Voices from the Pagan Census

Helen A Berger, Leigh S Shaffer, Evan A Leach

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• A compelling portrait of an emerging religious group Voices from the Pagan Census provides unprecedented insight into the expanding but largely unstud... Lees meer

The Children of Salvation

Samuel Irving Britt

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• Founded in West Nigeria in the early twentieth century, the Aladura Church combines traditional Christian liturgy, a theology of the Spirit, and creat... Lees meer

Sonic Theology

Guy L Beck

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• The Hindu world is permeated by sound: drums, bells, gongs, cymbals, conches, flutes, and an array of vocalizations play a central role in worship. Gu... Lees meer

Sufi Aesthetics

Cyrus Ali Zargar

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• Sufi Aesthetics argues that the interpretive keys to erotic Sufi poems and their medieval commentaries lie in understanding a unique perceptual experi... Lees meer

Partners of Zaynab

Diane D'Souza

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• How do pious Shia Muslim women nurture and sustain their religious lives? How do their experiences and beliefs differ from or overlap with those of me... Lees meer

Colors of the Robe

Ananda Abeysekara

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• Colors of the Robe probes the Sri Lankan world of Buddhism and politics and suggests innovative directions for the global study of religion, culture, ... Lees meer

A Community of Witches

Helen A Berger

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• A Community of Witches explores the beliefs and practices of Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft-generally known to scholars and practitioners as Wicca. While... Lees meer

Rethinking Islam Studies

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• Rethinking Islamic Studies upends scholarly roadblocks in post-Orientalist discourse within contemporary Islamic studies and carves fresh inroads towa... Lees meer

Charismatic Christianity as a Global Culture

Karla Poewe

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• The charismatic movement that began in the first century currently spans the globe. The term "charismatic" refers to the "gifts of the Holy Spirit"-sp... Lees meer

Reading Mystical Lyric

Fatemeh Keshavarz

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• The first ciritcal approach to Rumi's canon of verse Jalal al-Din Rumi, a towering figure in the Persian speaking world, is currently the most widely ... Lees meer

Hear Our Voice

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• In this anthology by and about Jewish women, fifteen British rabbis discuss the changing role of Jewish clergywomen in the six decades since the priva... Lees meer

Copts in Context

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• Though the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt is among the oldest Christian communities in the world, it remained relatively unknown outside of Egypt for... Lees meer

Messianic Hopes and Mystical Visions

Shahzad Bashir

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Comparative Religion
• Messianic Hopes and Mystical Visions tells the story of the Nurbakhshiya, an Islamic messianic movement that originated in fifteenth-century central A... Lees meer