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De heilige geschriften waren altijd een middel voor mensen om hun materiële bestaan te ontstijgen en in aanraking te komen met het goddelijke. In onze seculiere samenleving hebben de teksten deze unieke functie verloren om een meer praktische toepassing te krijgen: de Bijbel wordt gebruikt om homoseksualiteit en anticonceptie te veroordelen, de Koran dient om oorlog en terrorisme te rechtvaardigen en met behulp van de Thora wordt beslag gelegd op leefgebieden. Karen Armstrong signaleert ten opz...

Releasedatum: 2019-07-02 € 9,99

BONUS: This eBook includes downloadable videos and a Q&A with Nabeel Qureshi that are not found in the print edition. Having shared his journey of faith in the New York Times bestselling Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi now examines Islam and Christianity in detail, exploring areas of crucial conflict and unpacking the relevant evidence. In this anticipated follow-up book, Nabeel reveals what he discovered in the decade following his conversion, providing a thoroug...

Releasedatum: 2016-08-30 € 8,99

In Aan synagoge, kerk en moskee voorbij gaat Hans Stolp in op de bedoeling die alle religies overeenkomen: de mens te leiden tot menswording Alle religies hebben dezelfde bedoeling: de mens te leiden tot menswording Door de opkomst van de islam in het Westen ontstaat er een nieuwe belangstelling voor religies. Zijn alle religies in wezen aan elkaar gelijk of is de een beter of hoger dan de ander? Die vraag is belangrijk omdat de conflicten en oorlogen van de laatste tijd steeds meer langs religi...

Releasedatum: 2010-07-20 € 9,99

Every day that we interact with the world, we are in a battle. At stake is the eternal destiny of the souls of our friends, family members, and coworkers. It is a battle we wage not only in prayer but also in words. When we are faced with objections to the faith we profess, are we ready to respond? Apologist and evangelist Ray Comfort has spent his entire career answering objections to the faith, and he wants you to be equipped to do the same. In this practical book, he shows you how to answer 2...

Releasedatum: 2019-04-30 Genre:Religie en spiritualiteit € 8,49

From New York Times bestselling author of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus Nabeel Qureshi—a former Muslim—comes his deeply personal, challenging, and respectful answer book to the many questions surrounding jihad, the rise of ISIS, and Islamic terrorism. San Bernardino was the most lethal terror attack on American soil since 9/11, and it came on the heels of a coordinated assault on Paris. There is no question that innocents were slaughtered in the name of Allah and in the way of jihad...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-08 € 8,99

The World’s Religions, by beloved author and pioneering professor Huston Smith (Tales of Wonder), is the definitive classic for introducing the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as well as regional native traditions. This revised and updated edition provides sympathetic descriptions of the various traditions, explaining how they work “from the inside,” which is a big reason w...

Releasedatum: 2009-03-17 € 6,49

Who was in the manger that first Christmas morning? And how can we know for sure? In The Case for Christmas, award-winning legal journalist Lee Strobel tells us that somewhere beyond the traditions of the holiday lies the truth. Some say that newborn baby would become a great moral leader. Others, a social critic. Still others view Jesus as a profound philosopher, a rabbi, a feminist, a prophet, and more. Many are convinced he was the divine Son of God. But who was he really? Consulting exp...

Releasedatum: 2009-07-27 Genre:Religie en spiritualiteit € 0,99

The world's premier authority on religious traditions presents a concise and timely guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Islam. Drawn from his masterful presentation of Islam in the bestselling book The World's Religions (over two million copies sold), Huston Smith offers a revealing look into the heart of a tradition with more than one billion adherents worldwide. Dispelling narrow and distorted notions about the nature of Islam and featuring a new introduction by the author, this b...

Releasedatum: 2008-07-08 € 6,49

“Everyone who cares about the human adventure will find new information and new angles of vision.”—Martin E. Marty, The New York Times Book Review   This extraordinary work delves into the subject of religion in the prehistoric and ancient worlds—humankind’s earliest quests for meaning. From Neanderthal burials to the mythology of the Iron Age, to the religions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Israel, India, and beyond, it offers both an appreciation of the wide-ranging diversity of...

Releasedatum: 2014-02-14 Genre:Religie en spiritualiteit € 13,99

Is God a delusion? Barrister Charles Taylor examines the evidence in this very readable book. His findings will be controversial to some but offer hope and insight to others. We are the only species unable to live in harmony with our environment and each other.   The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs is nothing compared with our impact on the Earth.   We are currently responsible for “The Sixth Great Extinction” of wildlife.   Religious terrorism is widespread,...

Releasedatum: 2018-09-13 Genre:Religie en spiritualiteit € 3,99

An honest, unflinching tale of re-finding one's faith, from one of the world's most famous theologians Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian narrates how esteemed theologian, Paul F. Knitter overcame a crisis of faith by looking to Buddhism for inspiration. From prayer to how Christianity views life after death, Knitter argues that a Buddhist standpoint can encourage a more person-centred conception of Christianity, where individual religious experience comes first, and liturgy and tradition...

Releasedatum: 2013-01-01 € 13,99

Woven from Joseph Campbell’s previously unpublished work, this volume explores Judeo-Christian symbols and metaphors — and their misinterpretations — with the famed mythologist’s characteristic conversational warmth and accessible scholarship. Campbell’s insights highlight centuries of confusion between literal and metaphorical interpretations of Western religious symbols that are, he argues, perennially relevant keys to spiritual understanding and mystical revelation Reviews: “[A] r...

Releasedatum: 2017-07-28 € 8,99

A look at faith through the voices of children from varied religious backgrounds, by the Pulitzer-winning author of The Moral Intelligence of Children . A New York Times Notable Book   What do children think about when they consider God, Heaven and Hell, the value of life in the here and now, and the inevitability of death? Child psychiatrist, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, and Harvard professor Robert Coles spent thirty years interviewing hundreds of children—from South America and Europ...

Releasedatum: 1991-10-10 € 16,99

An essential and concise introduction to eight of the world's major religions. For the Christian, there's value in learning about different religions and unfamiliar expressions of belief. First of all, it gives us a greater understanding of the world we live in. But a study of other faiths can also deepen our own while making us more effective witnesses to those who don't share a belief in Christ. In World Religions, Gerald R. McDermott explains what you need to understand about major world reli...

Releasedatum: 2011-04-04 € 8,99

A prolific writer and author of over 24 books, Rene Guenon was the founder of the Perennialist/Traditionalist school of comparative religious thought. Known for his discourses on the intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy of the modern world, symbolism, tradition, and the inner or spiritual dimension of religion, this book is a compilation of his most important writings. A key component of his thought was the assertion that universal truths manifest themselves in various forms in the world's ...

Releasedatum: 2009-10-15 € 4,99

From one of the world’s leading writers on religion and the highly acclaimed author of the bestselling A History of God , The Battle for God and The Spiral Staircase , comes a major new work: a chronicle of one of the most important intellectual revolutions in world history and its relevance to our own time. In one astonishing, short period – the ninth century BCE – the peoples of four distinct regions of the civilized world created the religious and philosophical traditions that have cont...

Releasedatum: 2006-03-28 Genre:Religie en spiritualiteit € 12,99

The moving story of her own search for God by the highly-acclaimed author of the bestselling A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam ; The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism ; and Islam: A Short History . In 1969, after seven years as a Roman Catholic nun -- hoping, but ultimately failing, to find God -- Armstrong left her convent. She knew almost nothing of the changed world she was entering, and she was tormented by panic attacks and inexplicable seiz...

Releasedatum: 2004-02-24 Genre:Religie en spiritualiteit € 10,99

‌No country, no culture, no person today is untouched by what happens in the rest of the world.  Technological innovation, environmental degradation, economic gain & loss, nuclear weapons, instant communication have all created unprecedented familiarity among the world’s many cultures. With this historic development, the Dalai Lama understands that the essential task of humanity in the 21st Century is to cultivate peaceful coexistence.    Many believe in the inevitability ...

Releasedatum: 2010-05-11 € 9,99

Is it really possible to love one’s enemies? That’s the question that sparked a fascinating and, at times, terrifying journey into the heart of the Middle East during the summer of 2008. It was a trip that began in Egypt, passed beneath the steel and glass high rises of Saudi Arabia, then wound through the bullet- pocked alleyways of Beirut and dusty streets of Damascus, before ending at the cradle of the world’s three major religions: Jerusalem. Tea with Hezbollah combines nail-biting nar...

Releasedatum: 2010-01-26 € 9,49

A radical reinterpretation of Christianity by one of the twentieth century’s leading philosophers Today, Alan Watts is remembered mainly as an eloquent interpreter of Eastern philosophies such as Taoism and Zen Buddhism. Not everyone knows that Watts was also a formidable scholar of Christianity who worked as an Episcopal chaplain early in his career. He eventually left the church to find his own spiritual path, but his time there fueled a burst of literary creativity that culminated in Beyond...

Releasedatum: 2022-10-11 € 11,99

ONE OF THE NEW YORKER 'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR (SO FAR) A profound exploration of the spiritual power of nature—and an urgent call to reclaim that power in everyday life. Since the beginning of time, humankind has looked upon nature and seen the divine. In the writings of the great thinkers across religions, the natural world inspires everything from fear to awe to tranquil contemplation; God, or however one defined the sublime, was present in everything. Yet today, even as we admire a t...

Releasedatum: 2022-09-06 € 12,99

Isis Unveiled H. P. Blavatsky - Includes the complete Volumes I and II of Isis Unveiled. Blavatsky's first major work on theosophy, examining religion and science in the light of Western and Oriental ancient wisdom and occult and spiritualistic phenomena.

Releasedatum: 2021-11-11 € 9,99

A fascinating analysis of the evolution of religion from the internationally renowned evolutionary psychologist When did humans develop spiritual thought? What is religion's evolutionary purpose? And in our increasingly secular world, why has it endured? Every society in the history of humanity has lived with religion. In How Religion Evolved , evolutionary psychologist Professor Robin Dunbar tracks its origins back to what he terms the 'mystical stance' - the aspect of human psychology that pre...

Releasedatum: 2022-04-07 Genre:Religie en spiritualiteit € 9,49

The Book of the Dead is an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom (around 1550 BCE) to around 50 BCE. "Book" is the closest term to describe the loose collection of texts consisting of a number of magic spells intended to assist a dead person's journey through the Duat, or underworld, and into the afterlife and written by many priests over a period of about 1,000 years. The finest extant example of the Egyptian Book of the Dead ...

Releasedatum: 2020-10-29 € 0,99

An account of the historical information regarding the nature and function of witches in society.

Releasedatum: 2020-10-24 € 0,49

Écrits mystiques des béguines " Hadewijch d'Anvers chante, "ivre d'un vin qu'elle n'a pas bu'. Son poème naît d'un rien. Il est la trace d'une perte. En cela, il ne se distingue pas de l'ivresse, absence de la chose. Quelle est donc cette ivresse poétique "sans cause', douleur du corps ouvrant sur la douceur d'un chant, retour de l'altérant dans l'écriture défaite ? " Michel de Certeau À la fin du XIIe siècle se développe dans le nord-ouest de l'Europe un nouveau type de communauté r...

Releasedatum: 2019-07-25 € 7,99

A la fin du Ier siècle de notre ère, la génération des Apôtres s'est éteinte. Mais l'Eglise qui est née ne lâche pas pour autant l'écriture. La relève de ceux qui ont écrit le Nouveau Testament est assurée par des hommes qui, selon la tradition, ont été en relation avec les Apôtres, et c'est pourquoi on donne à cette génération le nom de "Pères apostoliques". Il écrivent en des temps difficiles : le pouvoir romain s'est mis, depuis 60 ap. J.C., à combattre le mouvement chré...

Releasedatum: 2019-05-29 € 8,99

Un dîwân est une collection complète des œuvres poétiques d'un auteur. Le dîwân de Hallâj a été établi dans son texte en 1931 par Louis Massignon. La présente édition donne toutes les pièces jugées authentiques de l'édition de 1931, auxquelles Louis Massignon, connaisseur incontesté de Hallâj, a ajouté une biographie du saint, né en Iran vers 857 et décapité à Bagdad en 922, après un procès de neuf ans qui aura été l'épreuve cruciale de sa vocation. Si Hallâj, l'un d...

Releasedatum: 2015-12-25 € 6,99

Frithjof Schuon’s perspective of pure esoterism focuses on the inward and universal dimension of religion, also referred to as the sophia perennis (“perennial wisdom”). His works provide invaluable keys to understanding the formal contradictions between the world’s religions as well as their transcendent unity. In Esoterism as Principle and as Way, readers will discover the essential truth that lies at the heart of the world’s religions, as well as the role of prayer, virtue, and beaut...

Releasedatum: 2020-09-01 Genre:Religie en spiritualiteit € 8,99

Mourir à soi, naître en Dieu, " percer dans le fond de l'âme "... L'intime chez Maître Eckhart n'est ni le secret ni la simple intériorité, mais une distance essentielle en l'âme qui permet à l'homme d'être à la fois uni à Dieu et présent au monde – authentiquement humain. Cette expérience apparaît ainsi comme une expression privilégiée du détachement, objet principal de la prédication du théologien rhénan. Ouverte sur l'agir et non close sur elle-même, elle révèle en l'...

Releasedatum: 2015-11-25 € 14,99

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music is the first comprehensive analysis of the most important themes and concepts in this field. Drawing on contemporary research from religious studies, theology, sociology, ethnography, and cultural studies, the volume comprises thirty-one specifically commissioned essays from a team of international experts. The chapters explore the principal areas of inquiry and point to new directions for scholarship. Featuring chapters on methodology, key g...

Releasedatum: 2017-04-06 Genre:Religie en spiritualiteit € 31,99

Prefazione di Alberto Maggi «Il Vangelo non è un libro devozionale ma rivoluzionario. Se lo si prende sul serio non si può rimanere a dormire nelle chiese o nei conventi, ma si diventa perturbatori dell’ordine ingiustamente costituito.» Ortensio da Spinetoli   «Tutta la ricerca scientifica di Ortensio è orientata a saper discernere del testo sacro quel che è la parola di Dio e quella che è la sua interpretazione da parte degli uomini.» Alberto Maggi   La prepotenza delle rel...

Releasedatum: 2020-02-20 € 8,99

In 'Spiegelreis' gaan moslim Enis Odaci en christen Herman Koetsveld met een open blik en notitieblok in de hand op reis door Nederland. Ze bezoeken elkaars geloofsplekken en gaan op zoek naar de overeenkomsten en de verschillen. Het is een reis vol verbazing, ongemak en ontroering. Herman gaat onder andere in gesprek met queer moslims en de imam van de Sultan Ahmet-moskee in Zaandam. Enis bezoekt onder meer de Gereformeerde Gemeente in Dordrecht en een Benedictijns klooster. Uit hun bespiegelin...

Releasedatum: 2019-09-24 € 9,99

Partiendo de los textos sumerio acádigos le hacemos un seguimiento al Gran Anunaki que ha sometido la conciencia de la humanidad en el miedo, el dolor y los sacrificios sangrientos. Desvelamos el camuflaje de su terrorífica personalidad y descubrimos sus nombres y proceder en el hilo de la historia de este mundo en caos. El Gran Anunaki es el prepotente, misógino, bipolar y genocida dios invisible que la humanidad honra en sus altares. Este libro es peligroso, no recomendable para personas af...

Releasedatum: 2019-01-01 € 4,49

Cosmic Theogony describes the Vedic trinity comprising the deities Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma, which reflect the three aspects of the soul in Vedic philosophy, namely, cognition, emotion, and relation. The trinity initially led to the worship of the sun, the moon, and the stars, and then to the three dominant forms of religion, namely, monotheism, monism, and polytheism prevalent today.  It discusses the similarities between Greek, Roman, and Egyptian mythologies and the Vedic one, as well a...

Releasedatum: 2018-07-14 € 7,99

A guide for students, groups, and organizations seeking to foster interfaith dialogue and promote understanding across religious lines In this book, renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel offers a clear, detailed, and practical guide to interfaith leadership, illustrated with compelling examples. Patel explains what interfaith leadership is and explores the core competencies and skills of interfaith leadership, before turning to the issues interfaith leaders face and how they can prepare to solve...

Releasedatum: 2016-07-05 € 11,99

Your practical insight into Faeries and the elements they engage to unlock real magic that is waiting to help you.

Releasedatum: 2015-01-30 € 4,99

A multi-authored volume that explores the theme of the 'religious other' from the perspective of five major religions—Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam—and discusses a range of issues in which interreligious relations are central.

Releasedatum: 2013-11-21 € 35,99

Challenging a contemporary tendency to over-emphasise the rational aspects of religion, Riis and Woodhead present a new methodology which shows how religious emotions arise in the varied interactions between human agents and religious communities, human agents and objects of devotion, and communities and sacred symbols.

Releasedatum: 2010-06-24 Genre:Religie en spiritualiteit € 44,99

Understanding what Jehovah's Witnesses teach and believe is crucial to counteract their aggressive evangelism campaigns. Roy Zuck offers this letter in the absence of direct, compassionate literature to hand to them to explain Scriptural truth and the difference between their faith and Christianity. In booklet form, it is compassionate while clearly explaining the Deity of Christ and how the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses contradict the Bible.

Releasedatum: 2019-08-01 € 0,99

God of Love is Mirabai Starr’s passionate and personal exploration of the interconnected wisdom of the three Abrahamic faiths. She shares an overview of essential teachings, stories of saints and spiritual masters, prophetic calls for peace and justice, and for the first time in print, deeply engaging narratives from her own spiritual experiences. She guides readers to recognize the teachings and practices that unify rather then divide the three religions, and sheds light on the interspiritual...

Releasedatum: 2013-02-05 € 9,99

From Buddha to Jesus” is currently the second-bestselling Christian book of all time in Thailand, a 95% Buddhist country. Now you can learn the 2 most popular religions in 1 book!  Widely acclaimed by readers who grew up with Buddhism and despised by a few Western converts to Buddhism, this book is now in 7 languages. Ignore the foreign convert’s musings and get the insider’s perspective on Buddhism the way it’s actually practiced by millions of ordinary folks.  "I have been a ...

Releasedatum: 2012-02-28 € 9,99

" Quand les dieux sont-ils apparus dans l'histoire de l'humanité ? Les juifs sont-ils les inventeurs du Dieu unique ? Pourquoi la figure de Dieu est-elle presque toujours masculine et les religions bien souvent misogynes ? Dieu est-il une personne, une force, une énergie, un principe créateur ? Le Dieu des juifs, des chrétiens et des musulmans est-il le même ? Qui a écrit la Bible et le Coran ? De Platon à Nietzsche, en passant par Spinoza, Pascal ou Voltaire, que disent les philosophes d...

Releasedatum: 2011-10-27 € 10,99

When speaking of Elijah Muhammad, the Last Messenger of Allah, very few are without a personal view or bias. Whether it is influenced by former students such as Minister Malik El Shabazz, also known as Minister Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, formerly known as Muhammad Ali, Louis Wilcox also known as Minister Louis Farrakhan or any host of other notables inside as well as out of the Nation of Islam, it's rare for anyone of age to not have a point of view, whether grounded or not. Movies and other biase...

Releasedatum: 2011-08-29 € 2,49

While a rational consciousness grasps many truths, Gananath Obeyesekere believes an even richer knowledge is possible through a bold confrontation with the stuff of visions and dreams. Spanning both Buddhist and European forms of visionary experience, he fearlessly pursues the symbolic, nonrational depths of such phenomena, reawakening the intuitive, creative impulses that power greater understanding. Throughout his career, Obeyesekere has combined psychoanalysis and anthropology to illuminate t...

Releasedatum: 2012-02-07 € 17,99

Finally, no hype or grandstanding! This book is an analysis of the facts through the eyes of history, scripture and the prophets! Maulana Muhammad Ali, in his writing titled, The Religion of Islam, Revealed Books; Revelation Brought To Perfection wrote, "According to the Qur'an, revelation is not only universal but also progressive, attaining perfection in the last of the prophets.... A revelation was granted to each nation according to its requirements, and in each age in accordance with the ca...

Releasedatum: 2011-08-21 € 10,99

We read God’s promises to Israel in the Old Testament, where it is referred to as “the apple of His eye, but is God done with Israel since they rejected their Messiah? Are we, as Christians, supposed to stand for the nation of Israel today? Has the Church now replaced Israel, so that God’s promises and covenants given in the OT no longer apply to Israel? What is Israel’s global importance? Is global anti-Semitism on the rise? What will be Israel's ultimate future? According to an article...

Releasedatum: 2011-07-12 € 2,99

Find out how the Koran resembles the Bible—and the drastic ways in which it differs. Understanding the Koran gives you an essential grasp of Islam's holy book: where it came from, what it teaches, how Muslims view it, and how the Allah of the Koran compares with the God of the Bible. Cherished as the final, perfect revelation of God's will by 1.2 billion Muslims worldwide, the Koran has become a part of American life. What do you know about the holy book that shapes the lives and views of...

Releasedatum: 2009-08-19 € 8,99

A world Bible for our time from Buddhist, Hindu, Confucian, Taoist, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and primal religion sources! In this perfect companion to Huston Smith's bestselling The World's Wisdom, Philip Novak distills the most powerful and elegant expressions of the wisdom of humankind. Authentic, poetic translations of key texts are coupled with insightful introductions and "grace notes."

Releasedatum: 2011-10-11 € 10,99