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"I left Jesus to search for the Tao when I was sixteen," writes Kenneth Leong. "Now I am forty and realize that I could have found the Tao in Jesus." This is an intriguing book that reveals how Zen philosophy parallels the core message of the gospel. It is the spiritual side of Zen, the art to trust and accept life that coincides with the core of the Gospel message. For power, dogma and doctrine were not Jesus' passion, but the mystery of life and...
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Globalization is flattening not only economic and political structures, but also making people more aware than ever of other religions. In particular, growing interfaith awareness challenges Christian claims of exclusivity and superiority. Christians increasingly find traditional theological teachings that the God who created and loves the world arbitrarily condemns all non-Christians to eternal death difficult if not impossible to accept.Charting...
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My Life in Dialogue begins with the author's spiritual journey to interreligious dialogue. Advising the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID), he writes about dialogues under Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis. He also discusses conversations with Muslims in Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia after 9/11.
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God's Other Children by Bradley Malkovsky is a charming spiritual travelogue that tells the tale of a Catholic religious scholar who goes to India to study Hinduism and winds up falling in love with and marrying a Muslim.
In the tradition of The Faith Club, Malkvosky, who holds a degree in Catholic theology, shares how his spiritual journey grew his faith, while raising questions about it that he had never considered, and how it changed his life...
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What are the benefits of being a spiritual person? This is the question that James Jones explores in his newest book, The Mirror of God. Jones contends that true religious belief is not a passive process and that one must work hard towards believing in God through acts such as prayer, meditation and communal worship. He explores the boundaries between psychotherapy and religious practice, looks at what Christians might learn from Buddhists and shows...
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Epic discoveries in the twentieth century led physicists into a creation story suggesting that the four forces and twelve building blocks of nature actually flow from a body that was broken at the beginning of time.
In the Bible, Christ is revealed to be "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world," "the beginning of the creation of God," in whom we now "live and move and have our being" and "by whom all things consist."
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Spanning across 19 chapters, each section of the book is dedicated to exploring the unique perspectives on life after death as seen in major world religions, as well as in less widely known spiritual traditions.Chapter 1, the Introduction, sets the stage for the journey through various religious beliefs. It provides an overview of the book's purpose and the importance of understanding diverse afterlife concepts.Chapter 2 focuses on Hinduism, discussing...
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An investigation of life science and world religions, and how the two intersect. In Life Science and Religions, Kieran Burns uses Christianity's story of the fall of Adam and Eve and the curse of painful childbirth as a starting point to explore the relationship between religion and life science. Over the course of this study, Burns covers Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism. He discusses topics such as evolution,...
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"Threads of Faith: A Comparative Tapestry" by Vandi Lynnae Enzor is a captivating exploration of diverse faith traditions woven into a rich narrative tapestry. In this thought-provoking book, Enzor takes readers on a journey through the intricate threads of various religious beliefs, examining their similarities, differences, and the interconnectedness that binds them.Drawing on her extensive research and personal insights, Enzor delves into the core...
12) The Alchemy of Vision - Exploring the Depths of Heaven and Hell With William Blake and Neville G
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In the realm of visionary thinkers and spiritual pioneers, the works of William Blake and
Neville Goddard stand as beacons of profound insight and transformative wisdom. Both Blake's
"The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" and Goddard's teachings on imagination and consciousness
invite us to explore the depths of our existence and challenge conventional perspectives on
spirituality
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In this thoroughly revised and updated edition, leading religion and Middle East expert Charles Kimball shows how all religious traditions are susceptible to these basic corruptions and why only authentic faith can prevent such evil.
The Five Warning Signs of Corruption in Religion
1. Absolute Truth Claims
2. Blind Obedience
3. Establishing the "Ideal" Time
4. The End Justifies Any Means
5. Declaring Holy War
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When yoga studios are ubiquitous and meditation apps are on millions of smart phones, once exotic terms like karma, zen, and nirvana have entered into everyday English, business consultants have appropriated the meditation terms "mindfulness" and "equanimity," and Buddha statues and Shinto shrines are common in American yards, we forget that things weren't always this way, and that what is now considered cliche was once unknown. So how did the spirituality...
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