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Icons of Unbelief - Atheists, Agnostics, and Secularists (Hardcover): S.T. Joshi Icons of Unbelief - Atheists, Agnostics, and Secularists (Hardcover)
S.T. Joshi
R2,794 Discovery Miles 27 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Discusses the ideas and impact of 27 atheists, agnostics, and secularists whose ideas have shaped society over the last 200 years. In the opinion of many critics and philosophers, we are entering an age of atheism marked by the waning of Christian fundamentalism and the flourishing of secular thought. Through alphabetically arranged entries written by expert contributors, this book profiles 27 iconic figures of unbelief whose ideas have shaped American society over the last 200 years. Included are entries on influential figures of the past, such as Albert Einstein and Voltaire, as well as on such contemporary figures as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris. Each entry discusses the ideas and lasting significance of each person or group, provides sidebars of interesting information and illuminating quotations, and cites works for further reading. The volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. Students in social studies and history classes will welcome this reference as a guide to the ideas central to the American separation of Church and State and to many of the political debates at the heart of society today. Each entry discusses the ideas and lasting significance of the person or group, provides sidebars of interesting information and quotations, and closes with a list of works for further reading. The volume ends with a selected, general bibliography. Students in history and social studies classes will welcome this reference as a guide to the American separation of Church and State and to the ideas central to contemporary political debates.

Christianity Before Christ (Hardcover, Reprint ed.): John G. Jackson Christianity Before Christ (Hardcover, Reprint ed.)
John G. Jackson
R798 Discovery Miles 7 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Measuring Sky without Ground - Essays on the Goddess Kali, Sri Ramakrishna and Human Potential with Selections from Remaining... Measuring Sky without Ground - Essays on the Goddess Kali, Sri Ramakrishna and Human Potential with Selections from Remaining Texts in the Series (Hardcover)
Richard Chambers Prescott
R952 Discovery Miles 9 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Esoterism of Dante (Hardcover): Rene Guenon, James Richard Wetmore, Henry Fohr The Esoterism of Dante (Hardcover)
Rene Guenon, James Richard Wetmore, Henry Fohr
R732 Discovery Miles 7 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Especially since the Renaissance, some in Western Christendom have suspected that the deeper dimension of their tradition has somehow been lost, and have therefore sought to discover, or create, an 'esoteric' or 'initiatic' Christianity. In the middle of the nineteenth century two scholars, Gabriele Rossetti and Eugne Aroux, pointed to certain esoteric meanings in the work of Dante Alighieri, notably The Divine Comedy. Partly based on their scholarship, Gunon in 1925 published The Esoterism of Dante. From the theses of Rosetti and Aroux, Gunon retains only those elements that prove the existence of such hidden meanings; but he also makes clear that esoterism is not 'heresy' and that a doctrine reserved for an elite can be superimposed on the teaching given the faithful without standing in opposition to it. One of Ren Gunon's lifelong quests was to discover, or revive, the esoteric, initiatory dimension of the Christian tradition. In the present volume, along with its companion volume Insights into Christian Esoterism (which includes the separate study Saint Bernard), Gunon undertakes to establish that the three parts of The Divine Comedy represent the stages of initiatic realization, exploring the parallels between the symbolism of the Commedia and that of Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, and Christian Hermeticism, and illustrating Dante's knowledge of traditional sciences unknown to the moderns: the sciences of numbers, of cosmic cycles, and of sacred astrology. In these works Gunon also touches on the all-important question of medieval esoterism and discusses the role of sacred languages and the principle of initiation in the Christian tradition, as well as such esoteric Christian themes and organizations as the Holy Grail, the Guardians of the Holy Land, the Sacred Heart, the Fedeli d'Amore and the 'Courts of Love', and the Secret Language of Dante. In addition to Dante, various other paths toward a possible Christian esoterism have been explored by many investigators-the legend of the Holy Grail, the Knights Templars, the tradition of Courtly Love, Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, and Christian Hermeticism-and Gunon deals with all of these in the present volume as well as his Insights into Christian Esoterism. In the latter, one chapter in particular, 'Christianity and Initiation', will be of special interest with regard to the history of the Traditionalist School. When first published as an article, it gave rise to some controversy because Gunon here reaffirmed his denial of the efficacy of the Christian sacraments as rites of initiation, a point of divergence between the teachings of Gunon and those of other key perennialist thinkers. Both The Esoterism of Dante and Insights into Christian Esoterism will be of inestimable value to all who are struggling to come to terms with the fullness of the Christian tradition.

In the Eyes of God (Hardcover): Brian C. Howell In the Eyes of God (Hardcover)
Brian C. Howell
R1,601 R1,309 Discovery Miles 13 090 Save R292 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Global Secularisms in a Post-Secular Age (Hardcover): Michael Rectenwald, Rochelle Almeida, George Levine Global Secularisms in a Post-Secular Age (Hardcover)
Michael Rectenwald, Rochelle Almeida, George Levine
R4,231 Discovery Miles 42 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Global Secularisms addresses the state of and prospects for secularism globally. Drawing from multiple fields, it brings together theoretical discussion and empirical case studies that illustrate "on-the-ground," extant secularisms as they interact with various religious, political, social, and economic contexts. Its point of departure is the fact that secularism is plural and that various secularisms have developed in various contexts and from various traditions around the world. Secularism takes on different social meanings and political valences wherever it is expressed. The essays collected here provide numerous points of contact between empirical case studies and theoretical reflection. This multiplicity informs and challenges the conceptual theorization of secularism as a universal doctrine. Analyses of different regions enrich our understanding of the meanings of secularism, providing comparative range to our notions of secularity. Theoretical treatments help to inform our understanding of secularism in context, enabling readers to discern what is at stake in the various regional expressions of secularity globally. While the bulk of the essays are case-based research, the current thinking of leading theorists and scholars is also included.

Pictures of the World (Hardcover): Scott Steinkerchner, Peter Hunter Pictures of the World (Hardcover)
Scott Steinkerchner, Peter Hunter; Foreword by Peter C Phan
R1,070 R904 Discovery Miles 9 040 Save R166 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jehovah the First Godfather - An Agnostic's View of the Bible, God and Religion (Hardcover): Carlton M Morris, C Marion M Jehovah the First Godfather - An Agnostic's View of the Bible, God and Religion (Hardcover)
Carlton M Morris, C Marion M
R1,000 Discovery Miles 10 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
New Religious Movements in the United States and Canada - A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover,... New Religious Movements in the United States and Canada - A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Diane Choquette
R2,096 Discovery Miles 20 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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The Age of Reason (Hardcover): Thomas Paine The Age of Reason (Hardcover)
Thomas Paine
R776 Discovery Miles 7 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Coming Out of Your Dark Place from a - Z (Hardcover): Jacquitta Toney Coming Out of Your Dark Place from a - Z (Hardcover)
Jacquitta Toney
R559 Discovery Miles 5 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Indelible Mark (Hardcover): Jose Octavio Velasco-Tejeda Indelible Mark (Hardcover)
Jose Octavio Velasco-Tejeda
R704 Discovery Miles 7 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Organized Secularism in the United States - New Directions in Research (Hardcover): Ryan T. Cragun, Christel Manning, Lori L.... Organized Secularism in the United States - New Directions in Research (Hardcover)
Ryan T. Cragun, Christel Manning, Lori L. Fazzino
R3,869 Discovery Miles 38 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

There has been a dramatic increase in the percentage of the US population that is not religious. However, there is, to date, very little research on the social movement that is organizing to serve the needs of and advocate for the nonreligious in the US. This is a book about the rise and structure of organized secularism in the United States. By organized secularism we mean the efforts of nonreligious individuals to build institutions, networks, and ultimately a movement that serves their interests in a predominantly religious society. Researchers from various fields address questions such as: What secularist organizations exist? Who are the members of these organizations? What kinds of organizations do they create? What functions do these organizations provide for their members? How do the secularist organizations of today compare to those of the past? And what is their likely impact on the future of secularism? For anyone trying to understand the rise of the nonreligious in the US, this book will provide valuable insights into organized efforts to normalize their worldview and advocate for their equal treatment in society.

The Death of Ignorant Atheism - Exposing Modern Atheism for What It Really Is (Hardcover): James Duncan The Death of Ignorant Atheism - Exposing Modern Atheism for What It Really Is (Hardcover)
James Duncan
R765 Discovery Miles 7 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Doing Missions in Difficult Contexts (Hardcover): Paul Sungro Lee Doing Missions in Difficult Contexts (Hardcover)
Paul Sungro Lee
R935 R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Save R133 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Rosicrucian Utopia in Eighteenth-Century Russia - The Masonic Circle of N.I. Novikov (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): Raffaella... A Rosicrucian Utopia in Eighteenth-Century Russia - The Masonic Circle of N.I. Novikov (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
Raffaella Faggionato
R4,532 Discovery Miles 45 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the first investigation of the history of Russian Freemasonry, based on the premise that the facts of the Russian Enlightenment preclude application of the interpretative framework commonly used for the history of western thought. Coverage includes the development of early Russian masonry, the formation of the Novikov circle in Moscow, the programme of Rosicrucianism and its Russian variant and, finally, the clash between the Rosicrucians and the State.

Routledge Library Editions: Occultism (Hardcover): Various Authors Routledge Library Editions: Occultism (Hardcover)
Various Authors
R7,021 Discovery Miles 70 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The volumes in this set, originally published between 1978 and 1992, draw together research by leading academics in the area of the occult and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues. The collection examines occultism from a broad range of disciplines, from shamanism and the occult tarot, to the esoteric and spiritualism. It includes volumes across the disciplines of religion, covering new religious movements, spiritualism, ritual and magic practices. The three books that comprise this set include investigations into the evolution of occultism, as well as the history and practices of the occult as a religious movement. This collection brings back into print insightful and detailed books and will be a must-have resource for academics and students, not only of religion and anthropology, but also of history and psychology.

The New Age in Glastonbury - The Construction of Religious Movements (Hardcover): Ruth Prince, David Riches The New Age in Glastonbury - The Construction of Religious Movements (Hardcover)
Ruth Prince, David Riches
R3,021 Discovery Miles 30 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The New Age movement is a twentieth-century socio-cultural phenomenon in the Western world with Glastonbury as one of its major centers. Through experimenting with a number of ways of analyzing this movement, the authors were able to develop a novel theory of social religious movements of broad applicability. Based around contradictions relating to such central anthropological concepts as communitas, egalitarianism, individualism, holism, and autonomy, it reveals the processes by which, having abandoned a mainstream lifestyle, people come to build up a counter-culture way of life. Drawing on their own work on tribal shamanistic religions, the authors are able to point out interesting similarities between the latter and the Glastonbury New Age movement. Not only that: their model allows them to explain such wide-ranging social and religious movements as the Hutterites, the Kibbutz, and Green communes. In fact, the authors argue, these movements may be regarded as variations of the Glastonbury type.

The New Age in Glastonbury - The Construction of Religious Movements (Paperback): Ruth Prince, David Riches The New Age in Glastonbury - The Construction of Religious Movements (Paperback)
Ruth Prince, David Riches
R889 Discovery Miles 8 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The New Age movement is a twentieth-century socio-cultural phenomenon in the Western world with Glastonbury as one of its major centers. Through experimenting with a number of ways of analyzing this movement, the authors were able to develop a novel theory of social religious movements of broad applicability. Based around contradictions relating to such central anthropological concepts as communitas, egalitarianism, individualism, holism, and autonomy, it reveals the processes by which, having abandoned a mainstream lifestyle, people come to build up a counter-culture way of life. Drawing on their own work on tribal shamanistic religions, the authors are able to point out interesting similarities between the latter and the Glastonbury New Age movement. Not only that: their model allows them to explain such wide-ranging social and religious movements as the Hutterites, the Kibbutz, and Green communes. In fact, the authors argue, these movements may be regarded as variations of the Glastonbury type.

Rosicrucian Rites and Ceremonies of the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross by Founder of the Holy Order of the Golden Dawn Arthur... Rosicrucian Rites and Ceremonies of the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross by Founder of the Holy Order of the Golden Dawn Arthur Edward Waite (Hardcover)
Arthur Edward Waite
R962 Discovery Miles 9 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Golden Dawn is one of most prolific and legendary of all Western secret and esoteric societies. Hundreds of people, from the rich and famous to the common man, have walked through its halls of the neophyte. Very few stood as tall in the history of the occult sciences as Arthur Edward Waite, the creator of the Rider Waite Tarot Deck. He founded the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross in England in 1915. For the first time in more than 80 years, these secret ceremonies are revealed and made available to you. Included in this volume are the following deeply spiritual rites: 1) Invocation of the Rosicrucian current during the Equinoxes, 2) Celebration of the Solstices, 3) Ceremony of Consecrating the Rosicrucian Temple in the First and Second Orders, 4) Consecrating the Temple in the Highly Secret Third Order, 5) Ceremony for Enthroning the Keeper of the Sacred Mysteries, and 6) The Ceremony Of Consecration On The Threshold Of Sacred Mystery For The Watchers of the Holy House. Be part of a historical moment in the tradition of the Western Mysteries. If you are an aspirant of the Rosicrucian Mysteries or the Golden Dawn Tradition and looking for moving mystical ceremonies filled with high levels of esoteric wisdom, you will find them in this book.

Essays on Secularism and Multiculturalism (Hardcover): Tariq Modood Essays on Secularism and Multiculturalism (Hardcover)
Tariq Modood
R3,100 Discovery Miles 31 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Whether the recently settled religious minorities, Muslims, in particular, can be accommodated as religious groups in European countries has become a central political question and threatens to create long-term fault lines. In this collection of essays, Tariq Modood argues that to grasp the nature of the problem we have to see how Muslims have become a target of a cultural racism, Islamophobia. Yet, the problem is not just one of anti-racism but of an understanding of multicultural citizenship, of how minority identities, including those formed by race, ethnicity and religion, can be incorporated into national identities so all can have a sense of belonging together. This means that the tendency amongst some to exclude religious identities from public institutions and the re-making of national identities has to be challenged. Modood suggests that this can be done in a principled yet pragmatic way by drawing on Western Europe's moderate political secularism and eschewing forms of secularism that offer religious groups a second-class citizenship.

The Profound Interplay Between Morality and the Meaning of Life (Hardcover): R. W. Ph. D. Krutzen The Profound Interplay Between Morality and the Meaning of Life (Hardcover)
R. W. Ph. D. Krutzen
R913 Discovery Miles 9 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Transcendental Temptation (Paperback): Paul Kurtz The Transcendental Temptation (Paperback)
Paul Kurtz
R616 Discovery Miles 6 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A landmark work. Mandatory reading for anyone who wants to learn to be a good skeptic.
In this widely acclaimed and highly controversial book, Paul Kurtz examines the reasons why people accept supernatural and paranormal belief systems in spite of substantial evidence to the contrary. According to the author, it is because there is within the human species a deeply rooted tendency toward magical thinking - the "transcendental temptation" - which undermines critical judgment and paves the way for willful beliefs. He explores in detail the three major monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - finding striking psychological and sociological parallels between these religions, the spiritualism of the 19th century, and the paranormal belief systems of today. There are sections on mysticism, belief in the afterlife, the existence of God, reincarnation, astrology, and ufology. Kurtz also explains the nature of skepticism as an antidote to belief in the transcendental.

The Indigo Children - New Age Experimentation with Self and Science (Hardcover): Beth Singler The Indigo Children - New Age Experimentation with Self and Science (Hardcover)
Beth Singler
R4,017 Discovery Miles 40 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Indigo Child concept is a contemporary New Age redefinition of self. Indigo Children are described in their primary literature as a spiritually, psychically, and genetically advanced generation. Born from the early 1980s, the Indigo Children are thought to be here to usher in a new golden age by changing the world's current social paradigm. However, as they are "paradigm busters", they also claim to find it difficult to fit into contemporary society. Indigo Children recount difficult childhoods and school years, and the concept has also been used by members of the community to reinterpret conditions such as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and autism. Cynics, however, can claim that the Indigo Child concept is an example of "special snowflake" syndrome, and parodies abound. This book is the fullest introduction to the Indigo Child concept to date. Employing both on- and offline ethnographic methods, Beth Singler objectively considers the place of the Indigo Children in contemporary debates around religious identity, self-creation, online participation, conspiracy theories, race and culture, and definitions of the New Age movement.

Freethinkers in Europe - National and Transnational Secularities, 1789 1920s (Hardcover): Carolin Kosuch Freethinkers in Europe - National and Transnational Secularities, 1789 1920s (Hardcover)
Carolin Kosuch
R4,455 Discovery Miles 44 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume brings together for the first time case studies on secularists of the 19th and early 20th centuries in national and transnational perspectives including examples from all over Europe. Its focus is on freethinkers taken as secular avant-gardes and early promoters of secularity. The authors of this book deal with multiple historical, religious, social, and cultural backgrounds and, in these contexts, analyze freethinkers' organizations, projects, networks, and contributions to forming a secular worldview, in particular, the promotion of concrete undertakings such as civil baptism or initiatives to leave church. Next to this secularist agenda, the contributions also take into account ambivalences and difficulties freethinkers were faced with, namely, the tensions between a national self-image and the transnational direction the movement has taken; the regional base of many projects and their transregional horizon; freethinkers' cultural programs and their immanent political mission; and the dialogue with respectively the conceptual distinction from other secularist groups. Readers interested in the history of secularity will learn that it was a heterogeneous enterprise already in its beginnings. This set the course for later European and global developments.

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