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Introduction to religious studies / Harvey J. Sindima.

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by Sindima, Harvey J.
Call Number 200 22
Publication Date 2009
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The naturalness of religious ideas : a cognitive theory of religion / Pascal Boyer.

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by Boyer, Pascal.
Call Number 200.19 20
Publication Date 1994
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Who knows? : a study of religious consciousness / Raymond M. Smullyan.

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by Smullyan, Raymond M.
Call Number 210 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary Is there really a God, and if so, what is God actually like? Is there an afterlife, and if so, is there such a thing as eternal punishment for unrepentant sinners, as many orthodox Christians and Muslims believe? And is it really true that our unconscious minds are connected to a higher spiritual reality, and if so, could this higher spiritual reality be the very same thing that religionists call "God"? In his latest book, Raymond M. Smullyan invites the reader to explore some beautiful and some horrible.
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Green Deen [electronic resource] : What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet.

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by Abdul-Matin, Ibrahim.
Call Number 297.27
Publication Date 2010
Summary "The Earth is a mosque"Muslims are compelled by their religion to praise the Creator and to care for their community. But what is not widely known is that there are deep and long-standing connections between Islamic teachings and environmentalism. In this groundbreaking book, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin draws on research, scripture, and interviews with Muslim Americans to trace Islam's preoccupation with humankind's collective role as stewards of the Earth. Abdul-Matin points out that the Prophet Muhammad declared that "the Earth is a mosque."Deen means "path" or "way" in Arabic. Abdul-Matin offers do.
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Neuroscience, psychology, and religion [electronic resource] / Malcolm Jeeves and Warren S. Brown.

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by Jeeves, Malcolm A., 1926-
Call Number 201.615 22
Publication Date 2009
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The geography of religion : faith, place, and space / Roger W. Stump.

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by Stump, Roger W., 1951-
Call Number 200.9 22
Publication Date 2008
Summary The only book of its kind, this balanced and accessibly written text explores the geographical study of religion. Roger W. Stump provides a full and impartial discussion of religious doctrines, beliefs, events, and practices. The author's broad, comparative approach is bolstered by a wealth of case studies ranging from the major world religions to a diversity of indigenous, unconventional, and extinct religions. Illustrating religious concepts with both traditional and current examples, Stump considers the historical and contemporary interactions between religion and a wide range of social, po.
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The American Religious Experience : a Concise History.

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by Bridgers, Lynn.
Call Number 200.8996073
Publication Date 2006
Summary The American Religious Experience is an accessible and unique rendition of American religious history. Focusing on Christianity in America, it also integrates the inter-religious, inter-denominational and multi-cultural dimensions of American religious history. The book unfolds consistent tensions between dominant streams of American Christianity and groups relegated to the periphery - groups with roots in visionary traditions, emotionalized religious practice, or ethnic and racial perspectives.
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The religious traditions of Asia : religion, history, and culture / [edited by] Joseph M. Kitagawa.

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by Kitagawa, Joseph Mitsuo, 1915-
Call Number 291.095
Publication Date 2013
Summary This essential student textbook consists of seventeen sections, all written by leading scholars in their different fields. They cover all the religious traditions of Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Tibet, and East Asia. The major traditions that are described and discussed are (from the Southwest) Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Islam, and (from the East) Taoism, Confucianism and Shinto. In addition, the tradition of Bon in Tibet, the shamanistic religions of Inner Asia, and general Chinese, Korean and Japanese religion are also given full coverage. The emphasis througho.
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Religion in human evolution [electronic resource] : from the Paleolithic to the Axial Age / Robert N. Bellah.

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by Bellah, Robert N. (Robert Neelly), 1927-2013.
Call Number 200.89009 22
Publication Date 2011
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William James and a science of religions : reexperiencing The varieties of religious experience / Wayne Proudfoot, editor.

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by Proudfoot, Wayne, 1939-
Call Number 204.2 22
Publication Date 2004
Summary The ""science of religion"" is an important element in the interpretation of William James's work and in the methodology of the study of religion. An authority on pragmatism and the philosophy of religion, Wayne Proudfoot and a stellar group of contributors from a variety of disciplines including religion, philosophy, psychology, and history, bring innovative perspectives to James's work.
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The rites of identity [electronic resource] : the religious naturalism and cultural criticism of Kenneth Burke and Ralph Ellison / Beth Eddy.

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by Eddy, Beth, 1955-
Call Number 818.5209 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary The Rites of Identity argues that Kenneth Burke was the most deciding influence on Ralph Ellison's writings, that Burke and Ellison are firmly situated within the American tradition of religious naturalism, and that this tradition--properly understood as religious--offers a highly useful means for considering contemporary identity and mitigating religious conflict. Beth Eddy adds Burke and Ellison to a tradition of religious naturalism that traces back to Ralph Waldo Emerson but received its most nuanced expression in the work of George Santayana. Through close readings of the essays and fictio.
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On Freud's The future of an illusion [electronic resource] / edited by Mary Kay O'Neil & Salman Akhtar.

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by O'Neil, Mary Kay.
Call Number 200.19 22
Publication Date 2009
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Ranking faiths : religious stratification in America / James D. Davidson and Ralph E. Pyle.

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by Davidson, James D.
Call Number 306.60973 22
Publication Date 2011
Summary Ranking Faiths: Religious Stratification in America discusses how religion shapes access to power, privilege, and prestige in the U.S., both historically and today. James D. Davidson and Ralph E. Pyle dispel the idea that the U.S. was founded on theprinciple of religious equality for all, documenting how religion has been a factor in the allocation of power from the colonial period through the present. From the time of the earliest settlements in America through today, the book demonstrates that some religious groups have had more access to economic, political, and social rewards than others.
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Them that believe [electronic resource] : the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition / Ralph W. Hood, Jr., W. Paul Williamson.

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by Hood, Ralph W., Jr., 1942-
Call Number 289.9 22
Publication Date 2008
Summary Explores the religious practice of serpent handling in churches of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia. This book provides an analysis of this phenomenon from historical, social, religious, and psychological perspectives. It deals with the near-death experiences of individuals who were bitten but survived.
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Progressive & religious : how Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist leaders are moving beyond the culture wars and transforming American life / Robert P. Jones.

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by Jones, Robert P. (Robert Patrick)
Call Number 201.70973 22
Publication Date 2008
Summary This volume tells the story of the emerging progressive religious movement (an exclusive claim on faith and values from the right and a radical divorce of faith from politics on the left) in America through an analysis of over 80 in-depth interviews with contemporary religious leaders including nationally known figures such as Rabbis David Saperstein and Michael Lerner, Revs. Jim Wallis and Brian McLaren, Feisal Abdul Rauf, Eboo Patel, Kecia Ali, Lama Surya Das, Robert Thurman, and E.J. Dionne. The author explains how progressive religious leaders are tapping the deep connections between religion and social justice to work on issues like poverty and workers' rights, the environment, health care, pluralism, and human rights.
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Evolutionary biology : conceptual, ethical, and religious issues / edited by R. Paul Thompson and Denis Walsh.

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by Thompson, R. Paul, 1947- editor.
Call Number 576.8 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary Evolution - both the fact that it occurred and the theory describing the mechanisms by which it occurred - is an intrinsic and central component in modern biology. Theodosius Dobzhansky captures this well in the much-quoted title of his 1973 paper 'Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution'. The correctness of this assertion is even more obvious today: philosophers of biology and biologists agree that the fact of evolution is undeniable and that the theory of evolution explains that fact. Such a theory has far-reaching implications. In this volume, eleven distinguished scholars address the conceptual, metaphysical and epistemological richness of the theory and its ethical and religious impact, exploring topics including DNA barcoding, three grand challenges of human evolution, functionalism, historicity, design, evolution and development, and religion and secular humanism. The volume will be of great interest to those studying philosophy of biology and evolutionary biology.
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Neuroscience and religion : brain, mind, self, and soul / edited by Volney P. Gay.

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by Gay, Volney P. (Volney Patrick), 1948-
Call Number 616.89 22
Publication Date 2009
Summary This is a unique set of multidisciplinary reflections on how the neurosciences shape our understanding of religious experience and religious institutions. Twelve scholars and scientists assess how advances in the neurosciences affect our traditional sense of mind, self, and soul.
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Light and darkness in ancient Greek myth and religion / edited by Menelaos Christopoulos, Efimia D. Karakantza, Olga Levaniouk.

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by Christopoulos, Menelaos.
Call Number 292.08 22
Publication Date 2010
Summary Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion is a ground-breaking volume dedicated to a thorough examination of the well known empirical categories of light and darkness as it relates to modes of thought, beliefs and social behavior in Greek culture. With a systematic and multi-disciplinary approach, the book elucidates the light/darkness dichotomy in color semantics, appearance and concealment of divinities and creatures of darkness, the eye sight and the insight vision, and the role of the mystic or cultic.
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Sarah Osborn's world : the rise of evangelical Christianity in early America / Catherine A. Brekus.

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by Brekus, Catherine A.
Call Number 277.307092
Publication Date 2013
Summary In 1743, sitting quietly with pen in hand, Sarah Osborn pondered how to tell the story of her life, how to make sense of both her spiritual awakening and the sudden destitution of her family. Remarkably, the memoir she created that year survives today, as do more than two thousand additional pages she composed over the following three decades. Sarah Osborn's World is the first book to mine this remarkable woman's prolific personal and spiritual record. Catherine Brekus recovers the largely forgotten story of Sarah Osborn's life as one of the most charismatic female religious leaders of her time, while also connecting her captivating story to the rising evangelical movement in eighteenth-century America. A schoolteacher in Rhode Island, a wife, and a mother, Sarah Osborn led a remarkable revival in the 1760s that brought hundreds of people, including many slaves, to her house each week. Her extensive written record -- encompassing issues ranging from the desire to be "born again" to a suspicion of capitalism -- provides a unique vantage point from which to view the emergence of evangelicalism. Brekus sets Sarah Osborn's experience in the context of her revivalist era and expands our understanding of the birth of the evangelical movement -- a movement that transformed Protestantism in the decades before the American Revolution. - Publisher.
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American feminism and the birth of New Age spirituality : searching for the higher self, 1875-1915 / Catherine Tumber.

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by Tumber, Catherine.
Call Number 299.93 22
Publication Date 2002
Summary Based largely on research in popular journals, self-help manuals, newspaper accounts, and archival collections, American Feminism and the Birth of New Age Spirituality demonstrates that the New Age movement first flourished more than a century ago during the Gilded Age under the mantle of 'New Thought'. Tumber pays close attention to the ways in which feminism became grafted, with varying degrees of success, to emergent forms of liberal culture in the late nineteenth century, and questions the value of the new age movement-then and now-to the pursuit of women's rights and democratic renewal.
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Religion and immigration : Christian, Jewish, and Muslim experiences in the United States / edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, John L. Esposito.

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by Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935-
Call Number 305.60973 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary Since its inception, the United States has defined itself as a nation of immigrants and a land of religious freedom. But following September 11, 2001 American openness to immigrants and openness to other beliefs have come into question. In a timely manner, Religion and Immigration provides comparative perspectives on Protestants, Catholics, Muslims and Jews entering the American scene. Will Muslims seek and receive inclusion in ways similar to Catholics and Jews generations before? How will new immigrant populations influence and be influenced by current religious communities? How do overlappi.
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