From Something to Nothing
This study breaks down the technical language of Jewish mysticism, where God is approached as no-thing. Memorializing scholar Zalman Schachter Shalomi, it provides a spectrum of topics, allowing beginners to explore this ultimate reality of nothingness.
Evolved-God Creationism
This book answers fundamental questions left by science and religion. Using compelling axioms, it proves that God evolved in a wider universe and created our sub-universe, answering logically how even that wider universe came about.
Pentecostals Doing Church
Pentecostals are nearly 25% of all Christians. This work investigates how they “do church,” from everyday fellowship to worship. Balancing Western research with global perspectives, it explores the biblical and historical material they use to define their church.
A modern take on the tribal societies of the whole of Pakistan–their origins, history, and social profile. It promotes an understanding of the disruptive effects of external factors and reforms which failed to take into account their deep-seated cultural sensitivities.
As tales of holy people moved across cultures and time, their meanings transformed. While basic storylines remained, changing details reveal important shifts in attitudes. This volume presents case studies from early China to Christian, Muslim, and Jewish contexts.
This book is concerned with the outcomes of the doctoral research programme of the Maryvale Institute (UK) and its contribution to new knowledge in the area of Catholic studies, a wide field including history, literature, philosophy, spirituality, and theology.
Piety in a Niqab
Women’s lives in black may seem primitive and subordinated. However, as this book shows, the women themselves tell a different story. They build their identities on the Qur’an and sunnah, achieving peace, happiness in this world, and salvation in the afterlife.
An insightful study of the Jewish theologian Martin Buber, this volume combines a review of the unconventional Zionism he proposed with a sensitivity to myth as the basis of an inclusive civil religion. It also discusses how his ideas were applied in practice.
Through twenty-six testimonies from those involved in honour killings (killers, victims, and the falsely accused), this important study reveals the malign intentions and agendas behind such acts and explores the dangerous point at which culture, crime and discrimination coalesce.
This collection of essays challenges patriarchal readings of sacred texts. By redefining key terms in the Bible and Qur’an and reexamining global traditions, it uncovers gender parity and argues that as societies evolve, so must our understanding of faith and gender roles.
This book explores European notions of body and soul, drawn from Judeo-Christian tradition and folklore. It examines the connections between these notions and beliefs about death, the dead, and communication between the human and spirit worlds.
This collection explores the sacred and magical aspects of ethno-medicine. It connects religious and medical anthropology, focusing on concepts of health and disease, healing rites, and their role in society, folklore, and art across cultures and throughout history.
Finding W.D. Fard
Since his arrival in Detroit in 1930, W.D. Fard, also known by over fifty other aliases, has elicited an enormous amount of curiosity. Through meticulous scholarship and a detailed analysis of his teachings, this work provides huge insight into the founder of the Nation of Islam.
New Perspectives on Modern Wales
This book explores Welsh literature, history, and its endangered language to shed light on the identity of a small nation. Presented from a broad perspective, it draws correlations with similar problems faced by other cultures, making it essential for anyone interested in Wales.
The Rise of the Prophet Muhammad
How did an illiterate orphan from the Arabian desert become one of history’s most influential—and polarizing—figures? This book explores the rise of a prophet, commander, and statesman whose legacy continues to shape our world.
Mystery and the Culture of Science
Arguing that all knowledge is provisional, this book tackles the polarisation caused by false certainty. It offers shocking but liberating reflections on science and theology to loosen doctrines that trap the Church and impoverish faith.
Africana Jewish Journeys
Millions of people worldwide are identifying as Jews or converting. In this volume, scholars and practitioners explore this new shaping of modern Jewish identities in Africa, the United States, and India.
Pagan Mysticism
How do the world’s religions understand the mystical, and how does paganism offer something different? This volume explores the re-emergence of pagan thought, a nature-based spirituality that challenges the obsolete and unlocks new forms of transpersonal emancipation.
Atheism, Morality, and the Kingdom of God
This treatise argues that moral virtue is independent of God. It shows that Jesus’ Parables, stripped of their theological overlay, reveal an account of real-time, secular flourishing—a good life incompatible with faith and achievable only here and now.
Paisleyism and Civil Rights
This book examines Ian Paisley’s opposition to the Northern Ireland civil rights movement. It reveals how his ties to North American militant fundamentalists shaped his counter-demonstrations and helped create the atmosphere for sectarian strife and the “Troubles.”