Comparative Religion  

Religion and Culture: Contemporary Practices and Perspectives

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Release Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012

This rich, broad-reaching anthology explores everyday religious practices across several of the world's religious traditions. Organized thematically—politics... read more

Religions of the World: An Introduction to Culture and Meaning

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Release Date: Monday, October 1, 2012

This new survey text for comparative religion, authored and edited by Lawrence Sullivan, successfully marries traditional approaches with analysis drawn from anthropology... read more

The Emergence of Islam: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective

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Release Date: Sunday, April 1, 2012

This item is part of Emergence: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective

Gabriel Said Reynolds tells the story of Islam in this brief illustrated survey, beginning with Muhammad's early life and rise to power, then tracing the origins and development... read more

A Study Companion to Introduction to World Religions

Release Date: Monday, August 1, 2011

A Study Companion to Introduction to World Religions is designed to support student's use of Christopher Partridge's, Introduction to World Religions . It... read more

Introducing the Qur'an: For Today's Reader

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Release Date: Friday, February 4, 2011

Watch John Kaltner discuss his new book, Introducing the Qur'an Find more videos like this on Fortress Forum Award-winning professor John... read more

The Hebrew Bible: A Comparative Approach

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Release Date: Friday, September 11, 2009

Click below to to watch Christopher Stanley discuss why he wrote The Hebrew Bible: A Comparative Approach . Find more videos like this on Fortress Forum ... read more

Encountering Jesus & Buddha: Their Lives and Teachings

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Release Date: Monday, October 16, 2006

Themes include the relative importance of Jesus and the Buddha within Christianity and Buddhism and their different perspectives on the self, the self's future,... read more

What Christians Can Learn From Buddhism: Rethinking Salvation

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Release Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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It is a truism in the study of religion that to understand one's own tradition truly one must inhabit another's deeply. Kristin Johnston Largen in this exciting... read more

Was Jesus a Muslim?: Questioning Categories in the Study of Religion

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Release Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009

An intriguing question ? Do Muslims understand Jesus in some ways more historically appropriate than Christians do? ? leads Robert F. Shedinger into a... read more

Religious Studies: The Making of a Discipline

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Release Date: Thursday, June 1, 1995

Since its inception almost 200 years ago, the study of religion has informed, enlightened, provoked, and challenged our notions of humanity's deepest beliefs... read more