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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Syncretist & eclectic religions & belief systems > General

The Messenger (Paperback): Donald MacKay The Messenger (Paperback)
Donald MacKay
R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Disenchantment - A New Model for Conceptualizing Religious Symbolism (Paperback): William Griffin Disenchantment - A New Model for Conceptualizing Religious Symbolism (Paperback)
William Griffin
R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Great Partnership - Science, Religion, and the Search for Meaning (Paperback): Jonathan Sacks The Great Partnership - Science, Religion, and the Search for Meaning (Paperback)
Jonathan Sacks
R497 R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Save R111 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Now in paperback, "an examination of the most profound issues of faith and science that is both intellectually rigorous and generous in spirit." ("Shelf Awareness")
An impassioned, erudite, thoroughly researched, and beautifully reasoned book--from one of the most admired religious thinkers of our time--that argues not only that science and religion are compatible, but that they complement each other--and that the world needs both.
"Atheism deserves better than the new atheists," states Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, "whose methodology consists of criticizing religion without understanding it, quoting texts without contexts, taking exceptions as the rule, confusing folk belief with reflective theology, abusing, mocking, ridiculing, caricaturing, and demonizing religious faith and holding it responsible for the great crimes against humanity. Religion has done harm; I acknowledge that. But the cure for bad religion is good religion, not no religion, just as the cure for bad science is good science, not the abandonment of science."
Rabbi Sacks's counterargument is that religion and science are the two essential perspectives that allow us to see the universe in its three-dimensional depth. Science teaches us where we come from. Religion explains to us why we are here. Science is the search for explanation. Religion is the search for meaning. We need scientific explanation to understand nature. We need meaning to understand human behavior. There have been times when religion tried to dominate science. And there have been times, including our own, when it is believed that we can learn all we need to know about meaning and relationships through biochemistry, neuroscience, and evolutionary psychology. In this fascinating look at the interdependence of religion and science, Rabbi Sacks explains why both views are tragically wrong.
***National Jewish Book Awards 2012, Finalist***
Dorot Foundation Award forModern Jewish Thought and Experience

Sanctuary (Paperback): Alexandra Berrocal Sanctuary (Paperback)
Alexandra Berrocal
R275 R231 Discovery Miles 2 310 Save R44 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Origins Of Christianity (Paperback): Blake J Watson The Origins Of Christianity (Paperback)
Blake J Watson
R239 Discovery Miles 2 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Finding Purpose in a Godless World - Why We Care Even If the Universe Doesn't (Hardcover): Ralph Lewis Finding Purpose in a Godless World - Why We Care Even If the Universe Doesn't (Hardcover)
Ralph Lewis; Foreword by Michael Shermer
R625 Discovery Miles 6 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A psychiatrist presents a compelling argument for how human purpose and caring emerged in a spontaneous and unguided universe. Can there be purpose without God? This book is about how human purpose and caring, like consciousness and absolutely everything else in existence, could plausibly have emerged and evolved unguided, bottom-up, in a spontaneous universe. A random world--which according to all the scientific evidence and despite our intuitions is the actual world we live in--is too often misconstrued as nihilistic, demotivating, or devoid of morality and meaning. Drawing on years of wide-ranging, intensive clinical experience as a psychiatrist, and his own family experience with cancer, Dr. Lewis helps readers understand how people cope with random adversity without relying on supernatural belief. In fact, as he explains, although coming to terms with randomness is often frightening, it can be liberating and empowering too. Written for those who desire a scientifically sound yet humanistic view of the world, Lewis's book examines science's inroads into the big questions that occupy religion and philosophy. He shows how our sense of purpose and meaning is entangled with mistaken intuitions that events in our lives happen for some intended cosmic reason and that the universe itself has inherent purpose. Dispelling this illusion, and integrating the findings of numerous scientific fields, he shows how not only the universe, life, and consciousness but also purpose, morality, and meaning could, in fact, have emerged and evolved spontaneously and unguided. There is persuasive evidence that these qualities evolved naturally and without mystery, biologically and culturally, in humans as conscious, goal-directed social animals. While acknowledging the social and psychological value of progressive forms of religion, the author respectfully critiques even the most sophisticated theistic arguments for a purposeful universe. Instead, he offers an evidence-based, realistic yet optimistic and empathetic perspective. This book will help people to see the scientific worldview of an unguided, spontaneous universe as awe-inspiring and foundational to building a more compassionate society.

God's Gravediggers - Why No Deity Exists (Paperback): Raymond D. Bradley God's Gravediggers - Why No Deity Exists (Paperback)
Raymond D. Bradley
R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
When Worlds Collide - An Unexpected Love Story (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Traci Lyn Zoschke When Worlds Collide - An Unexpected Love Story (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Traci Lyn Zoschke
R347 R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Save R42 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Urban Myths of Popular Modern Atheism, The - How Christian Faith Can Be Intelligent (Paperback): Paul E. Hill Urban Myths of Popular Modern Atheism, The - How Christian Faith Can Be Intelligent (Paperback)
Paul E. Hill
R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How Atheists rely on urban myths about religion to buttress their case against God. God, and the whole business of being dependent upon him, is being downgraded, downsized, downplayed, and most of all, just plain dismissed in the modern, cultured, educated parts of Europe and in academia. This process is powered and driven by a whole, growing series of interlocked urban myths about what is supposed to be involved in being a religious (and often specifically Christian) believer. This book examines and critiques those myths, showing how the Christian faith can be intelligent and supported by reason.

Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ (Paperback): Levi H Dowling Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ (Paperback)
Levi H Dowling
R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

An extraordinary vision of unity among the world's historic faiths and a classic of New Age spirituality.
Here is a hugely influential interpretation of the "lost years" of Jesus Christ-from roughly the ages of twelve to thirty that are not covered in Scripture- in which the Son of Man is seen to travel through the religious cultures of the East, learning and preaching the unifying spiritual ethic behind all religions.
"The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ" is a stirring and deeply involving vision that profoundly impacted the development of alternative spirituality in the early twentieth century, and continues to touch readers today.
Now, the unabridged narrative of this powerful work- drawn from one of its earliest volumes-is redesigned for ease of reading in a handsome signature edition.

Highland Views - A Secular Columnist Writes on Religion (Paperback): Chris Highland Highland Views - A Secular Columnist Writes on Religion (Paperback)
Chris Highland
R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kissing the Hag - The Dark Goddess and the Unacceptable Nature of Women (Paperback): Emma Restall-Orr Kissing the Hag - The Dark Goddess and the Unacceptable Nature of Women (Paperback)
Emma Restall-Orr
R429 R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Save R40 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Based upon the old tale of "The Marriage of Sir Gawain", "Kissing the Hag" brings us face to face with the nauseating horror of the hag - the raw side, the dark side, the inside of a woman's essential nature. Here we find the untamed soul, the wild, angry, selfish, lustful, manipulative and incomprehensible elements of woman: all that makes us unacceptable and badly behaved. Too often we have been guided to point a finger of blame, accusing our parents, society, our partners of being dysfunctional. Here Emma Restall Orr doesn't allow us that option. As a Druid and animist, she takes the negative stereotypes of the irrational, emotional woman - feisty bitch to shameless whore, smothering mother to grumpy old bag - and finds the archetypes behind them, the faces and forms of the dark goddess.Instead of dismissing these as unacceptable, she encourages us to ride their wild emotional currents, surfing the awesome tides that threaten to overwhelm us. In "Kissing the Hag", we come to accept the fullness of our nature, celebrating the deep mystery, the magic and power of all we are. "Kissing the Hag" is a book written for women who long to loose the chains of insecurity, convention, guilt and self-negation, and rediscover the freedom and creativity of their true nature. It is also a book written for men fascinated but infuriated by the women they love.

Our Fatal Sincerity - How I Loved God Out of Existence (Paperback): Alexandra Our Fatal Sincerity - How I Loved God Out of Existence (Paperback)
Alexandra
R400 Discovery Miles 4 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Age Of Reason (Paperback): Thomas Paine The Age Of Reason (Paperback)
Thomas Paine
R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
So...I'm An Atheist (Paperback): Rachel Klinger Cain So...I'm An Atheist (Paperback)
Rachel Klinger Cain
R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Religion for Atheists - A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion (Paperback): Alain De Botton Religion for Atheists - A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion (Paperback)
Alain De Botton
R501 R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Save R119 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? "Alain de Botton's bold and provocative book argues that we can benefit from the wisdom and power of religion--without having to believe in any of it.
He suggests that rather than mocking religion, agnostics and atheists should instead steal from it--because the world's religions are packed with good ideas on how we might live and arrange our societies. De Botton looks to religion for insights into how to build a sense of community, make relationships last, overcome feelings of envy and inadequacy, inspire travel, get more out of art, and reconnect with the natural world. For too long non-believers have faced a stark choice between swallowing lots of peculiar doctrines or doing away with a range of consoling and beautiful rituals and ideas. "Religion for Atheists" offers a far more interesting and truly helpful alternative.

A Buddhist Theory of Semiotics - Signs, Ontology, and Salvation in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism (Paperback, New): Fabio Rambelli A Buddhist Theory of Semiotics - Signs, Ontology, and Salvation in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism (Paperback, New)
Fabio Rambelli
R1,482 Discovery Miles 14 820 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

One of the first attempts ever to present in a systematic way a non-western semiotic system. This book looks at Japanese esoteric Buddhism and is based around original texts, informed by explicit and rigorous semiotic categories. It is a unique introduction to important aspects of the thought and rituals of the Japanese Shingon tradition. Semiotic concerns are deeply ingrained in the Buddhist intellectual and religious discourse, beginning with the idea that the world is not what it appears to be, which calls for a more accurate understanding of the self and reality. This in turn results in sustained discussions on the status of language and representations, and on the possibility and methods to know reality beyond delusion; such peculiar knowledge is explicitly defined as enlightenment. Thus, for Buddhism, semiotics is directly relevant to salvation; this is a key point that is often ignored even by Buddhologists. This book discusses in depth the main elements of Buddhist semiotics as based primarily on original Japanese pre-modern sources. It is a crucial publication in the fields of semiotics and religious studies.

Doing Missions in Difficult Contexts (Hardcover): Paul Sungro Lee Doing Missions in Difficult Contexts (Hardcover)
Paul Sungro Lee
R984 R792 Discovery Miles 7 920 Save R192 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Age Of Reason (Hardcover): Thomas Paine The Age Of Reason (Hardcover)
Thomas Paine
R801 Discovery Miles 8 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Big Farce of the Evangelical Church (Paperback): William J Roswell The Big Farce of the Evangelical Church (Paperback)
William J Roswell
R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Inner Universe - Surprises from within (Paperback): Tom Millar Inner Universe - Surprises from within (Paperback)
Tom Millar
R410 R345 Discovery Miles 3 450 Save R65 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback): David Hume An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback)
David Hume
R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Human Creation (Hardcover): W R Frederick A Human Creation (Hardcover)
W R Frederick
R650 R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Save R105 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Agnosticism and Others Essays (Paperback): Edgar Fawcett Agnosticism and Others Essays (Paperback)
Edgar Fawcett
R583 Discovery Miles 5 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Theistic Dilemma (Paperback): Colin Keel Theistic Dilemma (Paperback)
Colin Keel
R148 R120 Discovery Miles 1 200 Save R28 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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