Four spiritual guides, four classic texts-timeless wisdom for our complicated world introduced by one of today's great teachers of spirituality. Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Ramakrishna: four of the world's most interesting and challenging spiritual masters. The core of their most important teachings-along with annotations from expert scholars and introductions from Andrew Harvey, one of the great spiritual thinkers of our time-now are all in one beautiful...

The renowned and beloved New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World and Learning to Walk in the Dark recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching the world's religions to undergraduates in rural Georgia, revealing how God delights in confounding our expectations.

Barbara Brown Taylor continues her spiritual journey begun in Leaving Church of finding out what the world looks like

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"David visit his friend Zach's synagogue to celebrate his bar mitzvah. He keeps learning about his friends' religions and how to be respectful of them. Regardless of what you celebrate, we can celebrate one another"--

While participating in Passover meals and observances is not a part of designated Latter-day Saint rituals, many participants see the activity as a way to re-enact the observance as it was structured in Old Testament times, and tie it to their modern-day Easter celebrations of the atoning sacrifice and glorious resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. With this in mind, many have expressed a desire for more information on how to combine...

Is there any hope for PEACE in the world? Or is TERROR our DESTINY? In our post-9/11 world, Westerners in general and Christians in particular remain targets of Islamic terrorism. From the White House to 10 Downing Street, radical groups like the Muslim Brotherhood are appeased and allowed to operate freely in the West.IN A WORLD THAT CRIES OUT FOR PEACE, WHICH WILL PREVAILJESUS OR JIHAD? Bible-believing Christians wonder: What does Islamic extremism...

Did Jesus of Nazareth really intend to start a brand new religion called Christianity? Or did He come to fulfill that which all of the Hebrew prophets had foretold since the fall of man, something the Holy Scriptures mysteriously call the restitution of all things? Veteran journalist and author Joseph Farah seeks to shed light on what few sermons today teach about, few authors expound upon, and few Bible studies explore: the coming kingdom of God....

The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.

Explains the origins, development, beliefs, festivals, and ceremonies of various world faiths and where they are practiced, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam as well as others.

"Religion around the World: A Curious Kid's Guide to the World's Great Faiths explores the world's major religious traditions, making the traditions, beliefs, practices, and history of each accessible to kids ages 8-12"--