The Simple Guide to Attending Buddhist Ceremonies
Written by Akasha Lonsdale
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $4.99
In today’s multicultural society we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to behave. This chapter...
Read more >
The Simple Guide to Attending Hindu Ceremonies
Written by Akasha Lonsdale
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $4.99
In today’s multicultural society we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to behave. This chapter...
Read more >
The Simple Guide to Attending Jewish Ceremonies
Written by Akasha Lonsdale
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $4.99
In today’s multicultural society we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to behave. This chapter...
Read more >
The Simple Guide to Attending Muslim Ceremonies
Written by Akasha Lonsdale
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $4.99
In today’s multicultural society we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to behave. This chapter...
Read more >
The Simple Guide to Attending Orthodox Christian Ceremonies
Written by Akasha Lonsdale
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $4.99
In today’s multicultural society we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to behave. This chapter...
Read more >
The Simple Guide to Attending Sikh Ceremonies
Written by Akasha Lonsdale
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $4.99
In today’s multicultural society we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to behave. This chapter...
Read more >
Jerusalem
One City, Three Faiths
Written by Karen Armstrong
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2011
Price: $13.99
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Karen Armstrong's
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life.Venerated for millennia by three faiths, torn by irreconcilable conflict, conquered, rebuilt, and mourned for again and again, Jerusalem is a sacred city whose very sacredness has engendered terrible tragedy. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong, author...
Read more >
The Torah
Introduction by Rabbi Rodney Mariner
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: November 15, 2010
Price: $34.95
A classic early 20th century translation by the Jewish Publication Society is graced by reproductions of ancient frescoes, medieval illuminated manuscripts, and paintings by contemporary artists.
• Bound in blue cloth with illuminated front cover, bears all the hallmarks of a classic work.
• This edition brings together one of the most beautiful renderings...
Read more >
Touched by a Vampire
Discovering the Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga
Written by Beth Felker Jones
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $10.99
EXAMINING TWILIGHT THROUGH A BIBLICAL LENS
People around the world are asking the same question, enraptured with Edward and Bella’s forbidden romance in the Twilight Saga, a four-book serial phenomenon written by Stephenie Meyer. The bestsellers tell the story of a regular girl’s relationship with a vampire who has chosen to follow...
Read more >
Roman Catholic Church - Simple Guides
Written by Edmund Hartley
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $10.95
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU
• to appreciate the significance of one of the largest organized religions in the world
• to understand the history of the Church, and what it means to be Roman Catholic
• to recognize the Catholic Church’s key practices and beliefs
• to avoid faux pas in conversation, in traveling...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Hinduism - Simple Guides
Written by Venika Mehra Kingsland
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $10.95
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU
• to appreciate the principal religion of the Indian subcontinent that has no recognized leader or founder
• to understand what it means to be a Hindu
• to recognize the key deities, and the holidays and festivals of the Hindu year
• to avoid faux pas in conversation, in...
Read more >
Judaism - Simple Guides
Written by David Starr-Glass
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $10.95
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU
• to appreciate the wisdom of the world’s oldest monotheistic religion
• to understand what it means to be a Jew
• to recognize the key Jewish festivals and the different aspects of Jewish practice and belief
• to avoid faux pas in conversation, in travelling and in personal relationships
Judaism...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Protestant Tradition - Simple Guides
Written by David Rhymer
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $10.95
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU
• to discover how Protestantism developed and spread from Europe to America
• to appreciate the wide range of interpretations of Protestantism, and the core beliefs and practices shared by the principal Protestant Churches
• to understand the special history of the Church of England
• to gain a perspective...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Zen Buddhism - Simple Guides
Written by Diana St. Ruth and Richard St. Ruth
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $10.95
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU
• to appreciate the significance of this particular school of Buddhism,famous for its focus on meditation and self-awakening
• to understand the history of Zen and the ‘Ways of Zen’
• to discover how Zen is a way of life — not a belief system
• to avoid faux pas...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Beliefnet Guide to Gnosticism and Other Vanished Christianities
Written by Richard Valantasis
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $8.99
From its earliest days, Christianity has been marked by a rich diversity of beliefs and practices. Different interpretations of Jesus’ life and mission, as well as conflicting views about worship and rituals, gave rise to numerous sects in the first centuries C.E. Condemned as heretical by the official Church, these early...
Read more >
The Beliefnet Guide to Islam
Written by Hesham A. Hassaballa and Kabir Helminski
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $8.99
This concise introduction to Islam offers a sophisticated and informative exploration of the history, beliefs, tenets, and practices of the second-largest religion in the world.
There are 1.3 billion Muslims in the world today, yet Islam remains a misunderstood faith. In this day and age, when issues related to Islam are dominating...
Read more >
Islam - Simple Guides
Written by Danielle Robinson
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2007
Price: $10.95
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU
• to appreciate one of the world’s great religions and the Islamic way of life
• to understand what it means to follow the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad — ‘the Messenger of God’
• to recognize Islam’s key practices and traditional beliefs
• to avoid faux pas in conversation...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Shinto - Simple Guides
Written by Ian Reader
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2007
Price: $10.95
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU
• to appreciate the significance of Japan’s own religion in everyday life
• to recognize the key traditions and festivals (matsuri) of the Shinto year
• to understand what you will see at Shinto shrines and in Shinto rituals
• to gain insights into the controversies surrounding Shinto, politics and...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Sikhism - Simple Guides
Written by Sewa Singh Kalsi
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2007
Price: $10.95
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU
• to appreciate one of the historic religions of the Indian subcontinent
• to understand what it means to be a Sikh, especially the guru—disciple relationship
• to recognize the key festivals of the Sikh year and the different aspects of Sikh worship and practice
• to avoid faux pas...
Read more >
Theravada Buddhism - Simple Guides
Written by Diana St. Ruth and Richard St. Ruth
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2007
Price: $10.95
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU
• to appreciate the timeless wisdom of the oldest form of Buddhism in existence today
• to understand what it means to be a Buddhist
• to recognize the key practices and traditions of Theravada Buddhism
• to avoid faux pas in conversation, in travelling and in personal relationships
ACCESS THE...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Beliefnet Guide to Gnosticism and Other Vanished Christianities
Written by Richard Valantasis
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2006
Price: $9.95
This authoritative, fully accessible guide to early Christian movements sheds light on the hidden histories and intriguing mysteries that fueled the extraordinary success of books ranging from Dan Brown’s blockbuster The Da Vinci Code to Elaine Pagels’s critically acclaimed Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas.
From its earliest days, Christianity has...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Beliefnet Guide to Islam
Written by Hesham A. Hassaballa and Kabir Helminski
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2006
Price: $9.95
This concise introduction to Islam offers a sophisticated and informative exploration of the history, beliefs, tenets, and practices of the second-largest religion in the world.
There are 1.3 billion Muslims in the world today, yet Islam remains a misunderstood faith. In this day and age, when issues related to Islam are dominating...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.