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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... Women Struggle for Survival 336 Finally—Choosing Our Future As Women, Rev. Marchiene Vroon Rienstra 336 The World's Religions for the World's Children 340 The Convention on the Rights of the Child 342 A Universal Declaration of Human ...
... Women Struggle for Survival 336 Finally—Choosing Our Future As Women, Rev. Marchiene Vroon Rienstra 336 The World's Religions for the World's Children 340 The Convention on the Rights of the Child 342 A Universal Declaration of Human ...
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... women. The denial of equality to women perpetrates an injustice against one-half of the world's population and promotes in men harmful attitudes and habits that are carried from the family to the workplace, to political life, and ...
... women. The denial of equality to women perpetrates an injustice against one-half of the world's population and promotes in men harmful attitudes and habits that are carried from the family to the workplace, to political life, and ...
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... women has provided a key link, both socially and symbolically, to domination of earth; hence the tendency in patriarchal cultures to link women with earth, matter, and nature, while identifying males with sky, intellect, and ...
... women has provided a key link, both socially and symbolically, to domination of earth; hence the tendency in patriarchal cultures to link women with earth, matter, and nature, while identifying males with sky, intellect, and ...
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... women, in families, in distorted sexualities, and in cruel judgmentalism. We dream of faith communities that honor and protect both our elders and our children, foster a genuine partnership and mutual submission between men and women ...
... women, in families, in distorted sexualities, and in cruel judgmentalism. We dream of faith communities that honor and protect both our elders and our children, foster a genuine partnership and mutual submission between men and women ...
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... women, men, all life-forms. The above verses validate all the four stages of life and also tilt toward those usually neglected and abused—children, women, and the elderly— by specific scriptural mention. God is equally present in men ...
... women, men, all life-forms. The above verses validate all the four stages of life and also tilt toward those usually neglected and abused—children, women, and the elderly— by specific scriptural mention. God is equally present in men ...
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