Comparative & Miscellaneous Religion
Here, you will find amongst our comparative religion literature, a selection of other spiritualities and religions such as:
Bahai Faith
Shinto
Zoroastrianism
Rastafarianism
Quaker Spirituality
Perennialist approaches - Rene Guenon, Fritjof Schuon etc.
How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures by Robin Dunbar
$47.99 AUD
Category: Comparative & Miscellaneous Religion | Series: Pelican Books
Religion is both unique - as far as we can judge - and universal to humans. Our species diverged from the great apes about six to eight million years ago and since then, along with language, our propensity towards spiritual thinking and ritual emerged. How, when and why did this occur, and how did the e ...Show more
Sacred Nature - How We Can Recover Our Bond with the Natural World by Karen Armstrong
$39.99 AUD
Category: Ecology
'KAREN ARMSTRONG IS A GENIUS' - A.N. Wilson, author of The Victorians and Winnie and Wolf In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that if we want to avert environmental catastrophe, it is not enough to change our behaviour: we need to learn to think and feel differently about the natural wo ...Show more
Wisdom of Tolerance by IKEDA & WAHID
$34.95 AUD
Category: Comparative & Miscellaneous Religion
What do Buddhism and Islam have in common? And what positive characteristics might Buddhist Japan and Muslim Indonesia be able to offer one another? In this thoughtful and wide-ranging discussion which draws on creative artists and thinkers as diverse as Beethoven, Goethe, Tolstoy, Thomas Jefferson and ...Show more
User's Guide to Spiritual Teachers by EDELSTEIN, SCOT
$27.95 AUD
Category: Comparative & Miscellaneous Religion
A wise and practical quickstart guide for anyone who wants--or already has--a spiritual teacher. The User's Guide to Spiritual Teachers is a necessary book for anyone who has, or wants to have, a spiritual teacher--regardless of faith or tradition. This book addresses concerns that many of us have on t ...Show more
The Other World - Illustrations from Asian Myth and Folklore by Sandu Publications
$79.99 AUD
Category: Mythology
Asian myths and folktales comprise a vast body of lore. From Chinese folklore to Japanese legends and Indian myths, they include elements from a dizzying array of religions, including Buddhism and Shinto, and they contain the historical traces of thousands of years of migration and cultural interchange. ...Show more
Terror in the Mind of God, Fourth Edition - The Global Rise of Religious Violence by Mark Juergensmeyer
$49.95 AUD
Category: Psychology, Self-Help & Wellbeing | Series: Comparative Studies in Religion and Society Ser.
Why would anybody believe that God could sanction terrorism? Why has the rediscovery of religion's power in recent years manifested in such a bloody way? What, if anything, can be done about it? Terror in the Mind of God, now in its fourth edition, answers these questions and more. Thoroughly revised ...Show more
The Origins of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by John Pickard
$75.00 AUD
Category: Comparative & Miscellaneous Religion
There has never been a more important time for a study of the social, economic and political origins of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, three important world religions which share a common root. This book takes as its starting point the idea that gods, angels, miracles and other supernatural phenomena ...Show more
Beyond Heaven and Earth - A Cognitive Theory of Religion by Gabriel Levy
$75.00 AUD
Category: Comparative & Miscellaneous Religion
An approach to understanding religion that draws on both humanities and natural science but rejects approaches that employ simple monisms and radical dualisms. In Beyond Heaven and Earth, Gabriel Levy argues that collective religious narratives and beliefs are part of nature; they are the basis for ...Show more
Dangerous Religious Ideas - The Deep Roots of Self-Critical Faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Rachel S. Mikva
$32.99 AUD
Category: Comparative & Miscellaneous Religion
Reveals how faith traditions have always passed down tools for self-examination and debate, because all religious ideas-not just extremist ones-can cause harm, even as they also embody important moral teachings.Scripture's abiding relevance can inspire great goodness, such as welcoming the stranger and ...Show more
Mirror of the Intellect - Essays on Traditional Science and Sacred Art by Titus Burckhardt; William Stoddart (Edited and Translated by)
$73.95 AUD
Category: Comparative & Miscellaneous Religion | Series: SUNY Series in Islam Ser.
Titus Burckhardt was Swiss and an eminent member of the traditionalist school. He is perhaps best known to the English-speaking public as the author of the following books: Sacred Art in East and West; Siena, City of the Virgin; Moorish Culture in Spain; and Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of th ...Show more
Create Your Own Religion - A How-To Book Without Instructions by Daniele Bolelli
$53.95 AUD
Category: Psychology, Self-Help & Wellbeing
"One of the most refreshing, humorous, and radically honest books about practical and comparative religion this reviewer has ever come across."--Library Journal (starred review) Create Your Own Religion is a call to arms--an open invitation to question all the values, beliefs, and worldviews that hu ...Show more
Creating God: The Birth and Growth of Major Religions by Robin Derricourt
$34.95 AUD
Category: Comparative & Miscellaneous Religion
What do we really know about how and where religions began, and how they spread? In this bold new book, award-winning author Robin Derricourt takes us on a journey through the birth and growth of several major religions, using history and archaeology to recreate the times, places and societies that witn ...Show more