Comparative Religion

These five essays deal with the influence of Judaic haggadah or lore, especially in the form of “creative historiography” or “imaginative dramatiza...

Uncovers the influence of Yoruba culture on women’s religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people Women in Yoruba Religio...

Barbara M. Cooper looks closely at the Sudan Interior Mission, an evangelical Christian mission that has taken a tenuous hold in a predominantly Ha...

Free-standing ideas form systems when random facts coalescing in a set of abstract propositions can be shown logically to cohere. We know that that...

“Abrahamic religion” has long been a buzzword in ecumenical discourse. It is the notion that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, despite their profou...

Even as the number of unbelievers continues to rise, religion in America still gets unwarrantably good press. The tenets and teachings, however non...

Another Look: One God and Three Faiths is a unique study of sacred history and monotheism. This book lends a refreshing sense of clarity to the mis...

El Filioque es una de las cuestiones más largas y complejas de la historia del dogma cristiano. Se cuenta todavía entre las causas de la división e...

Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism inherited many negative doctrines around women’s bodies, which in some early Buddhist texts were presented as an obstacle to ...

Today’s globalized society faces some of humanity’s most unprecedented social and environmental challenges. Presenting inspiring and effective appr...

In The Origins of Shamanism, Spirit Beliefs, and Religiosity, H. Sidky examines shamanism as an ancient magico-religious, divinatory, medical, and ...

This collection of essays by a team of international scholars addresses the topic of Charity through the lenses of the three Abrahamic religions: J...

Both personal and scholarly in tone, this book encourages readers to think theologically, ethically, and politically about the statement that decla...

For half a century René Girard’s theories of mimetic desire and scapegoating have captivated the imagination of thinkers and doers in many fields a...

One of the biggest challenges for relations between religions is the view of the religious Other. The question touches the roots of our theological...