Sourcebook of the World's Religions: An Interfaith Guide to Religion and SpiritualityJoel Beversluis New World Library, 2011 M02 8 - 420 pages Now in its third edition, this is the most comprehensive work available on the rich variety of paths available to today's spiritual seekers. More than an academic reference, it explores how religions can collaborate to help the world. Essays exploring the realm of building an interfaith community add to the book's detailed portraits of the major religious traditions. The Sourcebook also contains essays on spiritual practices as diverse as theosophy, wicca, and indigenous religions. This revised edition of the Sourcebook offers an unparalleled look at where spirituality is headed in the coming millennium. |
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... existence. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Yearbook it is the second most widely spread religion in the world, with five million members residing in 232 countries and dependent territories, and national spiritual assemblies ...
... existence. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Yearbook it is the second most widely spread religion in the world, with five million members residing in 232 countries and dependent territories, and national spiritual assemblies ...
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... existence; for then it becomes satanic, detrimental, and an obstacle to the human world.” 'ABDU'L-BAHÁ, Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 202 “The unity of the human race, as envisaged by Bahá'u'lláh, implies the establishment of a ...
... existence; for then it becomes satanic, detrimental, and an obstacle to the human world.” 'ABDU'L-BAHÁ, Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 202 “The unity of the human race, as envisaged by Bahá'u'lláh, implies the establishment of a ...
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... existence which is not free of various forms of suffering or ill. The spectrum of naturally occurring births which are characterized by ill is called the “round of transmigration” (samsara), and the force impelling this transmigration ...
... existence which is not free of various forms of suffering or ill. The spectrum of naturally occurring births which are characterized by ill is called the “round of transmigration” (samsara), and the force impelling this transmigration ...
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... existence and distinguished the churches that used written confessions as “confessing churches.” Luther taught that salvation is by grace through faith, rather than works and faith, and that the Bible is the rule of faith and sole ...
... existence and distinguished the churches that used written confessions as “confessing churches.” Luther taught that salvation is by grace through faith, rather than works and faith, and that the Bible is the rule of faith and sole ...
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... existence and the struggle for social justice and peace. Greater scientific and technological power over nature tempts humans to ignore creaturely limits and to make themselves the center of. 26 SOURCEBOOK OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS.
... existence and the struggle for social justice and peace. Greater scientific and technological power over nature tempts humans to ignore creaturely limits and to make themselves the center of. 26 SOURCEBOOK OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS.
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