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The indispensable guidebook to help the well-meaning guest when visiting other people's religious ceremonies-updated and revised. New edition!
We North Americans live in a remarkably diverse society, and it's increasingly common to be invited to a wedding, funeral or other religious service of a friend, relative or coworker whose faith is different from our own. These can be awkward situations....
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• What do I do? What do I...
2) Gypsy Magic
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Have you often wondered why gypsies are surrounded by magic?
Does their aura impress you and make you keen to learn more about their customs?
This book provides an insight like never before!
Gypsies have been around for centuries and their way of life has changed little through the years, traveling from place to place, telling fortunes and selling wares to make ends meet. Their lifestyle has a certain romance to it and is they are believed to possess...
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A generation ago, most Americans had little or no contact with Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, or any other adherents of non- Christian religions. Now our culture is much more pluralistic. In addition to these "others," many Westerners, disenchanted with Christianity, are more inclined than they were a generation ago to dabble in new spiritual alternatives that were not as readily available here before. Many Christians feel intimidated by these changes....
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More than a belief system, Mormonism is a cultural identity that shapes the worldview, values and lifestyle of those involved in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In this digital short Ross Anderson helps Christians to understand Mormon life and culture, answers the senstive question "Are Mormons Christians?", and finally tackles whether a Christian, in good conscience, can vote for a Mormon.
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Los recientes debates sobre varios casos de tumultos provocados por la diversidad cultural y religiosa han llevado a infinidad de comunidades a preguntarse sobre cómo vivir conjuntamente en armonía. Durante estas discusiones, un creciente número de pensadores poscoloniales ha abogado por avanzar en un trabajo interdisciplinar e intercultural que ayude a dilucidar dimensiones nuevas con respecto a los enfoques sobre el multiculturalismo, el interculturalismo...
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Humanness was created and brought to life 75,000 years ago. Every 25,000 years there is a harvesting of souls according to both positive and negative service polarization. At the end of the third cycle, those harvested as the positively polarized begin the process of working towards collective ascension. This is how humanity evolves from third density negative into fourth density positive that then ascends into fifth density, because that density...
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It is possible to be a Christian Buddhist in the context of a universal belief that sits fairly, lightly on both traditions. Ross Thompson takes especially seriously the aspects of each faith that seem incompatible with the other, no God and no soul in Buddhism, for example, and the need for grace and the historical atonement on the cross in Christianity. Buddhist Christianity can be no bland blend of the tamer aspects of both faiths, but must result...
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Emir Caner, converted Sunni Muslim and coauthor of the bestselling Unveiling Islam, joins apologist John Ankerberg, host of the powerhouse John Ankerberg Show, to provide a helpful resource for informed Muslim-Christian interaction.
Immersed in the Islamic worldview as the son of a devout mosque leader, Caner gives readers the real picture of women under Islam. He and Ankerberg delve under the claims of Muslim apologists and open readers' eyes to...
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In his latest book, William Egginton laments the current debate over religion in America, in which religious fundamentalists have set the tone of political discourse-no one can get elected without advertising a personal relation to God, for example-and prominent atheists treat religious belief as the root of all evil. Neither of these positions, Egginton argues, adequately represents the attitudes of a majority of Americans who, while identifying...
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Christians are often surprised when they hear Muslims say, "We believe in Jesus too, and we hold Him in great esteem." But what do they really mean? Are the Muslim Jesus and the Christian Jesus the same person?
Immersed in the Islamic worldview as the son of a devout muezzin-mosque leader-Emir Caner helps readers untangle two very different belief systems. He and John Ankerberg take on the tough questions:
• What role does Jesus have in Islam?
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How should we view religions that are different from our own? In a world where misunderstandings and disagreements between cultures and faiths are commonplace, this fascinating book, the first in a new series called, Studies in Comparative Religion, helps us put other faiths in context and addresses the problem of encountering conflicting religious forms. Featuring 23 fascinating articles from religious scholars and the personal accounts of the remarkable...
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This is the first book of a trilogy titled: "The Universal God". It is subtitled: "The Search for God in the Twenty-First Century". It is written as a comparative religion book and focuses on the major modern religions: Hinduism, Confucianism/Taoism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Differing from many other comparative religion books that focus on the difference between these religions; this book seeks to find the commonalities and 'Truths'...
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Experience the convenience of having this amazing Bible study tool at your fingertips, wherever you go! This comparison of worldviews helps you know what you believe and why. A worldview is the big picture view of the world, one that attempts to answer all the big questions of life: What is real? If there is a God, what is God's nature? What is a human being? How can we know what is right or wrong?
This chart compares 8 worldviews:
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A Practical Guide for Embracing the Growing Religious Pluralism in America
"In the process of [interfaith] engagement, we discover ... a world in which our faith is richer, deeper, and more contextualized, and God's very Self is seen in more of its fullness."
-from the Introduction
This practical guide to the key methods and resources of the interfaith movement will help you effectively engage people of other faith traditions in order to increase...
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An introduction to the thought of one of the greatest perennialist, authors of the twentieth-century. Burckhardt's writings constitute a veritable language of the Spirit, and this volume opens doors into the worlds of traditional art, science, metaphysical doctrine and spiritual life. Combining the erudition of a philosopher, art historian, and cultural anthropologist with the beauty of soul steeped in the spiritual traditions of both East and West,...
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Streams of Wisdom serves as an advanced guide to spiritual development. Whether you stand in a specific religious tradition, consider yourself "spiritual but not religious", or are merely an observer of the current religious and spiritual landscape, the content in this book will equip you with an intelligent and intellectually rigorous orientation to spiritual transformation. Have you ever wanted to know the difference between a temporary state experience...
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¿Por qué los judíos no comen cerdo? ¿En qué se diferencian las diversas confesiones
cristianas? ¿Es verdad que el Corán insta a los fieles musulmanes a hacer la guerra santa? ¿Por qué se bañan en el río Ganges los hindúes? ¿Qué son las cuatro Nobles Verdades del budismo?
A pesar de la secularización, así como múltiples prohibiciones, las religiones han sobrevivido con fuerza a la modernidad. Además, el contacto permanente con otros...
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Secretos sexuales íntimos de los judíos
Por Bernard Levine
¿Cuál es la verdad acerca de que los judíos tienen sexo a través de un orificio que se hace en la sábana?
¿Por qué las mujeres tienen que mostrar sus pantaletas al rabino?
¿Qué hacen los rabinos con los prepucios que cortan?
¿Por qué los judíos toman un pollo vivo y lo balancean por sobre sus cabezas?
¿Es cierto que los judíos tienen que escupir a su cónyuge cuando se...
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For thousands of years, the sacred feminine has balanced the sacred masculine in egalitarian societies, an equality that has been lost in the western world beginning with the rise of patriarchy some 5,000 years ago. Today, evidence of goddess worship in the Neolithic Age is being written out of history books once again by a patriarchal backlash in archaeology.
Dance of the Deities weaves together memoir with anthropological research, taking the reader...
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