Religion: Academic Studies

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A Fatal Addiction
War in the Name of God
This unsettling book reviews specific instances of ‘holy war’? as proposed in the holy books of the major faith traditions, and illustrates how bellicose, war-like language is used to explain the spiritual quest.

Tom Block Price range: $22.95 through $32.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
A History of Russian Christianity, Vol. I
From the Earliest Years through Tsar Ivan IV
This 4-volume work draws on early records including medieval chronicles and Church documents to outline the main events, figures and eras of Russian Christianity.

Daniel H. Shubin Price range: $22.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
A History of Russian Christianity, Vol. II
The Patriarchal Era Through Tsar Peter The Great, 1586 to 1741
Volume II covers the Patriarchal Era through the reign of the great reformer, Tsar Peter I, and the eventual institution of the synodal system as a replacement for the Patriarchate.

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A History of Russian Christianity, Vol. III
The Synodal Era and the Sectarians, 1725 to 1894
This third volume on the history of Russian Christianity deals with the period 1725 through 1894, from the death of Tsar Peter the Great to the ascension of Tsar Nicholas II. Known as the Synodal Era of Russian Orthodoxy, this is the era of…

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A History of Russian Christianity, Vol. IV
1894 to 1990, Tsar Nicholas II to Gorbachev's Edict
Few institutions have endured more dramatic reversals of fortune than the Russian Orthodox Church during the twentieth century — moving from state-sanctioned privilege under the tsars to systematic persecution under Soviet rule, and finally toward a…

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Aftermath: Surviving the Loss of God
The issue or debate about the existence of god is one thing. But learning to re-structure one’s life, especially if one has been a believer—whether devout or casual, is quite another.

John F. Crosby Price range: $19.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Atheism as a Positive Social Force
Atheism isn’t only significant as a philosophical position held in opposition to religion; it has its own value as a way of life. What would atheism propose to replace the existence of God?

Raymond W. Converse Price range: $20.95 through $28.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Death and the Maiden
The Curious Relationship Between the Fear of the Feminine and the Fear of Death
Death and the Maiden: The Curious Relationship Between the Fear of the Feminine and the Fear of Death by Brigid Burke is a provocative exploration of the entangled roots of gender, mortality, and cultural anxiety.

Brigid Burke Price range: $21.95 through $31.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Having Visions: The Book of Mormon
Translated and Exposed in Plain English
Some important American political and business leaders are members of the Mormon Church, and the Mormon religion is one of the fastest growing religions in the world. Perhaps the first new worldwide religion to emerge in over a thousand years . . . but what is it?

Susan Stansfield Wolverton Price range: $24.95 through $32.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Nietzsche for the 21st Century
Prof. Peery’s first two books emphasized Nietzsche’s concerns and contributions as a cultural critic and cultural historian; this time, she concentrates on his major legacy as a philosopher.

Rebekah S. Peery Price range: $19.95 through $25.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Nietzsche, Philosopher of the Perilous Perhaps
In this book a new interpretation of Nietzsche’s writings weaves together several issues: power, value, nature, sexuality and sexual politics, and religion.

Rebekah S. Peery Price range: $22.95 through $32.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
No Proof At All
A Cure for Christianity
From Baptist to the Black List, author Boyd Pfeiffer risks being given the evil eye for casting doubt on some cherished beliefs.

C. Boyd Pfeiffer Price range: $19.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Pounding on Bible-Thumpers
Do You Believe Everything You Read in the Bible?
In this series of short essays, the author questions various aspects of the Bible and asks how reliable, realistic and relevant they are.

C. Boyd Pfeiffer Price range: $19.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Re-Founding the World
A Western Testament
Is it time to dump Western capitalism’s values?Or on the contrary, to re-found our market-based society by dumping its distortions and returning to the fundamental values of our Greek-Judeo-Christian heritage?

Jean-Claude Guillebaud Price range: $21.95 through $24.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Reason and Doctrine
Time for Christians to Rethink What They Believe
Christian dogma holds that humankind was saved by the shedding of the blood of Jesus. But what kind of rational, loving god would require a blood sacrifice?

Tony Devaney Morinelli Price range: $19.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Religion and Social Change
The Influence of Religion on American Culture
Western society is becoming less religious, more secular, every day, as science answers some of the profound questions that inspired a belief in the supernatural.

Gerhard Falk Price range: $21.95 through $31.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page