Religious

  • Our Best Known World Religions: An Educational Guide to Our 7 Best Known World Faiths

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    Discover the power of faith and why people follow world religions with Robert M Goldfield’s Our Best Known World Religions. This comprehensive guidebook delves into the history and beliefs of the 7 most popular religions of the world to provide readers with an in-depth understanding of our faiths. From Christianity to Taoism, this book explains why people follow religious paths and uncovers the truth about Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, and more. It also explores the attraction of cults and earth-based religions, plus atheism and agnosticism.

    Benefits of reading this book:

    – Gain a deeper understanding of the world’s religions and why people follow them
    – Find out the truth about popular faiths, and discover the rituals and beliefs of each religion
    – Learn about the history of Christianity, Islam, and other faiths
    – Explore atheism and agnosticism and why some people reject faith
    – Get insight into the power of earth-based religions and cults

    What’s included in this book:

    – An introduction to the world’s religions
    – An educational guide to the most crucial aspects of each faith
    – Facts about religious faith and the impact it has on the world
    – Insight into why people follow religions
    – The history, beliefs, and rituals of each faith

    Unlock the secrets of our most beloved world faiths and gain a full understanding of the power of faith. Buy your copy of Our Best Known World Religions now before the price changes!

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    £6.60
  • Questions of Religion Race & War

    This book is a reflection on the forces, history and people that shape our world; the following chapters examine only a minute fraction of the issues – past and present – raised by the questions of Religion, Race and War in our world, without delving too deeply into the murky subject of politics.

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    £8.50
  • Religion: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

    Religion plays a central role in human experience. Billions of people around the world practice a faith and act in accordance with it. Religion shapes how they enter the world and how they leave it – how they eat, dress, marry, and raise their children. It shapes their assumptions about who they are and who they want to be. Religion also identifies insiders and outsiders, who has power and who doesn’t. It sanctifies injustice and combats it. It draws national borders. It affects law, economy, and government. It destroys and restores the environment. It starts wars and ends them. Whether you notice it or not, religion plays a role in how billions conduct their lives. We are called, then, to understand this important factor in human life today.

    Beginning with the first signs of religion among ancient humans and concluding with a look at modern citizens and global trends, leading scholar Thomas Tweed examines this powerful and enduring force in human society. Tweed deftly documents religion as it exists around the world, addressing its role in both intensifying and alleviating contemporary political and environmental problems, from armed conflict to climate change. Religion: A Very Short Introduction offers a concise non-partisan overview of religion’s long history and its complicated role in the world today.

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  • Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring

    Debates about science and religion are rarely out of the news. Whether it concerns what’s being taught in schools, clashes between religious values and medical recommendations, or questions about how to address our changing global environment, emotions often run high and answers seem intractable. Yet there is much more to science and religion than the clash of extremes.

    As Thomas Dixon and Adam Shapiro show in this balanced and thought-provoking Very Short Introduction, a whole range of views, subtle arguments, and fascinating perspectives can be found on this complex and centuries-old subject. They explore the key philosophical questions that underlie the debate, but also highlight the social, political, and ethical contexts that have made the tensions between science and religion such a fraught and interesting topic in the modern world. In this new edition, Dixon and Shapiro connect historical concepts such as evolution, the heliocentric solar system, and the problem of evil to present-day issues including the politicization of science; debates over mind, body, and identity; and the moral necessity of addressing environmental change. Ranging from medical missionaries to congregations adopting new technologies during a pandemic, from Galileo’s astronomy to building the Thirty Meter Telescope, they explore how some of the most complex social issues of our day are rooted in discussions of science and religion.

    ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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    £7.10£8.50
  • The Lands of Central Asia: Millennia-old Central Asian civilisations, from the Neolithic to the Early Medieval Period

    • A comprehensive guide for those seeking to understand the rich cultural heritage of Central Asia
    • The most authoritative single-volume treatment of the long history of Central Asia
    • With all new colour plates in a beautiful hardback edition, this book seeks to bring Central Asia’s illustrious history to life for a new international audience

    A comprehensive guide for those seeking to understand the rich cultural heritage of Central Asia, this book is the most authoritative single-volume treatment of the region’s long history. This newly translated volume investigates the civilisations and states which emerged in Central Asia from the Bronze Age up to the 5th century AD. It examines their differing religions and cultures and explores their changing relationships over time. With all new colour plates in a beautiful hardback edition, this book seeks to bring Central Asia’s illustrious history to life for a new international audience.

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    £20.70£23.80
  • The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World

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    How did Christianity become the dominant religion in the West?

    In the early first century, a small group of peasants from the backwaters of the Roman Empire proclaimed that an executed enemy of the state was God’s messiah. Less than four hundred years later it had become the official religion of Rome with some thirty million followers.

    It could so easily have been a forgotten sect of Judaism.

    Through meticulous research, Bart Ehrman, an expert on Christian history, texts and traditions, explores the way we think about one of the most important cultural transformations the world has ever seen, one that has shaped the art, music, literature, philosophy, ethics and economics of modern Western civilisation.

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    £0.90
  • War and Religion: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring

    Is religion a force for war, or a force for peace? Some of the most terrible wars in history have been caused and motivated by religion. Much of the violence that fills our screens today springs from the same source. Yet some of the bravest pacifists have also been deeply religious people, and many of the laws and institutions that work to soften or prevent war have deep religious roots.

    This Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the history of religion and war, and a framework for analysing it. Ranging from the warrior gods of Ancient Greece and Rome, and the ethical drama of the Mahabharata, through the Islamic wars of conquest and the Crusades, to present day conflicts in Sri Lanka and the Balkans, it considers the entanglement of war and religion. Yet from Just War theory and the restraints on war-making imposed by Islamic jurisprudence, through the Pax Christi of the middle ages, to the non-violence of Gandhi and Bacha Khan; there is also a story to be told of peace and religion as well. Jolyon Mitchell and Joshua Rey consider both sides of the age long drama of war and religion, challenging assumptions at the most fundamental level. Throughout, they encourage a more sophisticated and well-grounded view on these issues that have had such weight in the past, and continue to shape our present and future.

    ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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    £7.10£8.50

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