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BEYOND DEATH
The Gnostic Book of the Dead
ISBN: 9781934206331
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The Gnostic Book of the Dead
Instructions to prepare the soul for the process of dying and the experiences of the afterlife are found within the scriptures of every mystical tradition, especially the Bible, The Theban Recension (Egyptian Book of the Dead), and the Bardo Thodol (Tibetan Book of the Dead), yet they are veiled in cryptic symbolism and are difficult for most people to understand.
Now, for the first time, a treatise that fearlessly approaches the topics of death, dying, and the afterlife has been written for our day and age, for those who are tired of theories and are ready to know the truth through their own experience. Leaving behind fear and belief, Samael Aun Weor explains through vivid stories what happens when we die, and how we can prepare ourselves now to take full advantage of the experience.
In this work Samael Aun Weor explains the essential outline of the Direct Path to the realization of the Being. The Direct Path is the only way to reach the heights of spiritual development, and was indicated with precision by Jesus of Nazareth: "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few." - Matthew 7:13
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Now, for the first time, a treatise that fearlessly approaches the topics of death, dying, and the afterlife has been written for our day and age, for those who are tired of theories and are ready to know the truth through their own experience. Leaving behind fear and belief, Samael Aun Weor explains through vivid stories what happens when we die, and how we can prepare ourselves now to take full advantage of the experience.
In this work Samael Aun Weor explains the essential outline of the Direct Path to the realization of the Being. The Direct Path is the only way to reach the heights of spiritual development, and was indicated with precision by Jesus of Nazareth: "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few." - Matthew 7:13
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BIG BOOK OF CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM
The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
ISBN: 9781571746245
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The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
In popular usage, “mysticism” typically refers to New Age or Eastern forms of spirituality. However, the mystical tradition is also an important component of the Christian tradition. At its heart—and much like its expression in other faith traditions—Christian mysticism is an ancient practice that incorporates meditation, contemplation, worship, philosophy, the quest for personal enlightenment and the experience of Divine presence.
This volume is a comprehensive introduction and guide to Christian mysticism. It is a big book about a big possibility: the hope of achieving real, blissful, experiential unison with God. Among the topics covered here are a general introduction to mysticism, the Bible and mysticism, the history and types of Christian mysticism, biographical sketches of leading Christian mystics and practical instructions about practicing mysticism today.
This is a breathtaking work that explores a form of spirituality that has changed lives over the course of 2,000 years. Learning about Christian mysticism and how it has been articulated through the centuries will prove inspirational for today’s seekers, regardless of the faith tradition.
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This volume is a comprehensive introduction and guide to Christian mysticism. It is a big book about a big possibility: the hope of achieving real, blissful, experiential unison with God. Among the topics covered here are a general introduction to mysticism, the Bible and mysticism, the history and types of Christian mysticism, biographical sketches of leading Christian mystics and practical instructions about practicing mysticism today.
This is a breathtaking work that explores a form of spirituality that has changed lives over the course of 2,000 years. Learning about Christian mysticism and how it has been articulated through the centuries will prove inspirational for today’s seekers, regardless of the faith tradition.
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BOOK OF MORMON
Selections Annotated and Explained
ISBN: 9781594730764
ISBN 10: 1594730768
Selections Annotated and Explained
THE BOOK OF MORMON stands alongside the Bible as the keystone of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism). Translated by the prophet Joseph Smith from ancient writings inscribed on golden plates THE BOOK OF MORMON is an account of people living in the Western Hemisphere in a timeline that parallels that of the Bible. It covers a thousand years of loss discovery war peace and spiritual principles that focus on the teachings of Jesus Christ outlining a plan for salvation and the responsibilities we must assume to attain it. THE BOOK OF MORMON explores this sacred epic that is cherished by more than twelve million members of the LDS church as the keystone of their faith. Probing the principal themes and historical foundation of this controversial and provocative narrative Jana Riess focuses on key selections that offer insight into contemporary Mormon beliefs and scriptural emphases such as the atonement of Christ the nature of human freedom the purpose of baptism and the need for repentance from sin. She clarifies the religious political and historical events that take place in the ancient communities of THE BOOK OF MORMON and their underlying contemporary teachings that serve as the framework for spiritual practices that lie at the core of Mormon life. Now you can experience this foundational sacred text even if you have no previous knowledge of Mormonism. This SkyLight Illuminations edition presents the key teachings and essential concepts of the Mormon faith tradition with insightful yet unobtrusive commentary that helps to dispel many of the misconceptions that have surrounded THE BOOK OF MORMON since its publication in 1830.
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ISBN: 9781594730764
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BUDDHIST SPECTRUM
Contributions To Buddhist-Christian Dialogues
ISBN: 9780941532402
ISBN 10: 0941532402
Contributions To Buddhist-Christian Dialogues
A BUDDHIST SPECTRUM is at once one of the most readable works on Buddhism and a major work on comparative religion and living spirituality. It is the fruit of thought and meditations of a man whose authoritative exposition during several decades of religions in general and Buddhism in particular especially in its Tibetan form have had a profound influence upon many scholars and practitioners of religion in both East and West. The ten essays found in A BUDDHIST SPECTRUM cover a wide range of topics which are both specific to Buddhism as well as being pertinent to other religious traditions most notably Christianity. Collectively they represent a crowning achievement of one of the most eminent traditionalist authors and the only one of these who was formally attached to Buddhism. Pallis' writing like Buddhism itself possesses at the same time the gentleness of a flowing stream and the implacable rigour of a mountain. Like all of Pallis' books A BUDDHIST SPECTRUM combines the wisdom gained from a lifetime of scholarship with the luminous insights of a seasoned spiritual traveller.
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ISBN: 9780941532402
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CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S SECRET
A Modern-Day Journey to God
ISBN: 9781933316581
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A Modern-Day Journey to God
Most of us, seeing a respectable lady shopping in London's Bond Street, searching, let us say, for a sensible pair of new shoes, are hardly likely to suspect that we are looking at a God-intoxicated woman, comparable in her inner nature to a St. Francis of Assisi. So it was with the little-known Protestant Lilian Staveley (c. 1878-1928), one of the most remarkable Christian saints of recent times. The present volume is an edited compilation of Staveley's three published books: The Prodigal Returns, The Romance of the Soul, and The Golden Fountain. Lilian speaks to ordinary men and women in the world, teaching us to combine an inner and hidden “blessed intercourse” with Jesus Christ, along with an outward life of everyday duties and correspondence with fellow-beings. She speaks directly from her heart and her wisdom is the wisdom of love.
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CHRISTIANITY/ISLAM
Perspectives on Esoteric Ecumenism A New Translation with Selected Letters
ISBN: 9781933316499
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Perspectives on Esoteric Ecumenism A New Translation with Selected Letters
Schuon's articles on the relationship between Christianity and Islam have profound implications for inter-faith dialogue. Several thought-provoking chapters shed light, from an inward dimension, upon the apparent outward contradictions between these two religions, notably in the field of moral divergences. This new edition is a fully revised translation of the original French edition and contains an extensive new Appendix with previously unpublished selections from his letters and other private writings.
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CHRISTIANITY: AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION
ISBN: 9781591430469
ISBN 10: 1591430461
In CHRISTIANITY: AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION author Ahmed Osman contends that there is a suppressed history of Christianity that can be traced back to ancient Egypt. He compares the chronology of the Old Testament and its factual content with ancient Egyptian records to show that the major characters of the Hebrew Scriptures - including Solomon David Moses and Joshua - are based on Egyptian historical figures. He further suggests that not only were these personalities and the stories associated with them cultivated on the banks of the Nile but the major tenets of Christian belief - the One God the Trinity the hierarchy of heaven life after death and the virgin birth - are all Egyptian in origin. He likewise provides a convincing argument that Jesus himself came out of Egypt. With the help of modern archaeological findings Osman shows that Christianity survived as an Egyptian mystery cult until the fourth century A.D. when the Romans embarked on a mission of suppression and persecution. In A.D. 391 the Roman-appointed Bishop Theophilus led a mob into the Serapeum quarter of Alexandria and burned the Alexandrian library destroying all records of the true Egyptian roots of Christianity. The Romans' version of Christianity manufactured to maintain political power claimed that Christianity originated in Judaea. In CHRISTIANITY: AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION Osman restores Egypt to its rightful place in the history of Christianity. Ahmed Osman was born in Cairo in 1934 and now lives in England.
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CHRISTIANITY: THE ORIGINS OF A PAGAN RELIGION
ISBN: 9781594770968
ISBN 10: 1594770964
This extensive study of the Christian mythology that animated medieval Europe shows that this mythology is primarily of pagan inspiration and that very little of it comes from the Bible. The fact that Christianity grafted itself onto earlier pagan worship was no mystery to the Church Fathers Philippe Walter explains. Pagan elements were incorporated into the Christian faith on the advice of Pope Gregory the Great who told Saint Augustine of Canterbury that rather than tear down the pagan temples in Britain he should instead add the pagan rituals into the mix of Christian practices thus providing an easy transition to the new religion. It was simply a matter of convincing the populace to slightly redirect their focus to include Jesus. In this highly documented work Walter shows which major calendar days of the Christian year are founded on pagan rituals and myths including the high holidays of Easter and Christmas a time when many pagans prepared for the coming of spirits who would leave gifts for those who honoured their coming. Indeed the identities of saints and pagan figures were so intermingled that some saints were even transformed into pagan incarnations. Mary Magdalene for instance became one of the ladies of the lake of Celtic legend. He also explores how the hagiographic accounts of the saints in the scriptures reveal the origin of these symbolic figures to be the deities worshipped in pagan Europe for centuries.
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COMPASSION AND MEDITATION
The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
ISBN: 9781594772771
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The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
In Asian spiritual traditions the mountain traditionally symbolises meditation while the ocean signifies compassion. Jean-Yves Leloup uses this metaphor to compare Buddhist and Christian approaches to meditation and compassion to reveal the similarities and divergences of these profound practices. Emphasising their complementary nature, Leloup describes how Jesus and Buddha are necessary to one another and how together they form a complete system: Jesus as awakening through love, and Buddha as awakening through meditation. Where Buddha represents the forests, Jesus represents the trees. Buddha is brother to the universe, whereas Jesus is brother to humanity.
Nevertheless, these two religious traditions have a profound common ground. Compassion is central to Buddhism, and meditation practices have been central to many Christian traditions. Both view murder, theft and the destructive use of sexuality as great barriers to realizing our essential being, and both agree on the need to rise above them. Here, however, Leloup suggests that both faiths could benefit from the precepts of the other. The complementary aspects of Christianity and Buddhism offer the possibility for a truly profound ecumenical religion whose interfaith relations are based on deep understanding of the true meaning and practice of meditation and compassion and not merely shared goodwill.
· Compares Zen meditation with the Greek Orthodox practice of Hesychasm (prayer of the heart)
· Shows how Buddha and Jesus represent the distinct yet complementary values of meditation and compassion
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COMPLETE TAO TE CHING WITH THE FOUR CANONS OF THE YELLOW EMPEROR
ISBN: 9781594773594
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· presents the practical guidance of the Four Canons on the art of ruling, metaphysics, military matters, and ways of meditation
· includes translations of the earliest known versions of the Tao Te Ching
· highlights the many links between the Four Canons and the Tao Te Ching
In 1973, in Mawangdui, China, a large number of silk manuscripts were discovered at an early Han burial place. Among these were two versions of the Tao Te Ching by Lao-tzu. Dated to around 200 BCE, these manuscripts were much older than all existing versions and included, quite surprisingly yet deliberately, the Four Canons of the Yellow Emperor—a long-lost treatise never-before seen in modern times. Based on both the Mawangdui version of the Tao Te Ching and the recently discovered Guodian version, this book is the first to restore the Four Canons of the Yellow Emperor to its rightful place alongside the Book of the Way. Complementing the philosophy of the Tao Te Ching with its more practical advice, the Four Canons cover the art of ruling, metaphysics, military matters, and ways of meditation. Showing how this pairing of texts established the foundations of the Han Dynasty's power, Jean Lévi offers extensive notes throughout the text, providing information essential for understanding as well as highlighting the many connections between these two classic works.
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· includes translations of the earliest known versions of the Tao Te Ching
· highlights the many links between the Four Canons and the Tao Te Ching
In 1973, in Mawangdui, China, a large number of silk manuscripts were discovered at an early Han burial place. Among these were two versions of the Tao Te Ching by Lao-tzu. Dated to around 200 BCE, these manuscripts were much older than all existing versions and included, quite surprisingly yet deliberately, the Four Canons of the Yellow Emperor—a long-lost treatise never-before seen in modern times. Based on both the Mawangdui version of the Tao Te Ching and the recently discovered Guodian version, this book is the first to restore the Four Canons of the Yellow Emperor to its rightful place alongside the Book of the Way. Complementing the philosophy of the Tao Te Ching with its more practical advice, the Four Canons cover the art of ruling, metaphysics, military matters, and ways of meditation. Showing how this pairing of texts established the foundations of the Han Dynasty's power, Jean Lévi offers extensive notes throughout the text, providing information essential for understanding as well as highlighting the many connections between these two classic works.
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CONSCIENCE
The Duty to Obey and the Duty to Disobey
ISBN: 9781580234191
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The Duty to Obey and the Duty to Disobey
This clarion call to rethink our moral and political behaviour examines the idea of conscience and the role conscience plays in our relationships to government, law, ethics, religion, human nature and God—and to each other. From Abraham to Abu Ghraib, from the dissenting prophets to Darfur, Rabbi Harold Schulweis probes history, the Bible and the works of contemporary thinkers for ideas about both critical disobedience and uncritical obedience. He illuminates the potential for evil and the potential for good that rests within us as individuals and as a society.
By questioning religion's capacity—and will—to break from mindless conformity, Rabbi Schulweis challenges us to counter our current suppressive culture of obedience with the culture of moral compassion and to fulfil religion's obligation to make room for and carry out courageous moral dissent.
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By questioning religion's capacity—and will—to break from mindless conformity, Rabbi Schulweis challenges us to counter our current suppressive culture of obedience with the culture of moral compassion and to fulfil religion's obligation to make room for and carry out courageous moral dissent.
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CROSSING RELIGIOUS FRONTIERS
Studies in Comparative Religion
ISBN: 9781935493556
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Studies in Comparative Religion
Today we live in a world where it is impossible to ignore the presence of differing religious perspectives, especially when we see an unprecedented and sometimes violent confrontation of religions. How should we view religions that are different from our own? The question of the spiritual value of “foreign” forms, as well as of the attitude that we should have toward other religions has become a burning one in a world where everything is open to discussion and even doubt.
Spanning more than eight decades, these 23 fascinating articles include contributions from René Guénon, Frithjof Schuon and Marco Pallis, as well as a range of other scholars, theologians and commentators concerned with the modern encounter of religions. In addition, the book contains personal accounts from some remarkable individuals who have taken up the challenge of entering into foreign spiritual worlds. It is the first work in a new series called Studies in Comparative Religion.
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Spanning more than eight decades, these 23 fascinating articles include contributions from René Guénon, Frithjof Schuon and Marco Pallis, as well as a range of other scholars, theologians and commentators concerned with the modern encounter of religions. In addition, the book contains personal accounts from some remarkable individuals who have taken up the challenge of entering into foreign spiritual worlds. It is the first work in a new series called Studies in Comparative Religion.
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DIVINE INDWELLING
Centering Prayer and Its Development
ISBN: 9781930051799
ISBN 10: 1930051794
Centering Prayer and Its Development
Thomas Keating has been crucial in reviving centering prayer which in effect is a work of praying in the medieval spiritual tradition of lectio divina (sacred reading). This collection of essays by Keating Thomas R. Ward Sarah A. Butler George F. Cairns Paul David Lawson and Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler furthers that work by expounding centering prayer itself and applying it to other and more outwardly focused concerns such as spiritual discernment and parish work.
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DIVINE THERAPY & ADDICTION
Centering Prayer and the Twelve Steps
ISBN: 9781590561447
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Centering Prayer and the Twelve Steps
In this major new work, Father Thomas Keating reflects on the wisdom and legacy of the Alcoholics Anonymous Twelve-Step Method and its connections to, and similarities with, the Christian mystical traditions of centering prayer and Lectio Divina. In conversation with a long-time member of AA meetings, Father Thomas talks insightfully about surrendering to one's Higher Power and the journey that must be undertaken for the healing of the soul to begin.
“All spiritual traditions have a wisdom literature. Alcoholics Anonymous is a spiritual tradition. Its influence and spread in the present century is going to depend on how well each generation of those in recovery assimilate and interiorize the basic wisdom that is enshrined in the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions.” —Thomas Keating
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“All spiritual traditions have a wisdom literature. Alcoholics Anonymous is a spiritual tradition. Its influence and spread in the present century is going to depend on how well each generation of those in recovery assimilate and interiorize the basic wisdom that is enshrined in the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions.” —Thomas Keating
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END OF DAYS
Essential Selections from Apocalyptic Texts Annotated & Explained
ISBN: 9781594731709
ISBN 10: 1594731705
Essential Selections from Apocalyptic Texts Annotated & Explained
Christian concepts of the end times involve complex beliefs that have developed over the centuries. They range from popular ideas about the rapture when believers will be swept up to meet Christ in the air, to suspicions about the Antichrist who will deceive and enslave the world, to teachings about the millennium when Christ himself will return victoriously to earth to reign in peace for a thousand years. And Christians have disagreed, sometimes violently, on exactly how and when these events will occur - or whether they will occur at all.
With insightful and broad knowledge of the historical, religious and contemporary contexts of these writings, distinguished scholar Robert G. Clouse guides you through the fascinating and intricate world of apocalyptic literature. He examines key verses from Christian and Hebrew scriptures; visionary writings from Augustine and other Church Fathers; accounts of radical millennial movements of the 1600s; bold sermons from preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and Dwight L. Moody; and popular books circulating in our own day, including 1970s prophecy sensation The Late Great Planet Earth and the mega best-selling Left Behind novels.
Accessible facing-page commentary explains the apocalyptic writings for you even if you have no previous knowledge of Christian teachings on the end times. Will Christ come on the clouds in power and in judgment? Or is it up to us to usher in the golden age of the millennium? Or is the millennium spiritual, made real only within believers' hearts?
This book will help you understand the complex Christian visions of the end of the world.
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ISBN: 9781594731709
ISBN 10: 1594731705
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ENTER THE QUIET HEART HB
Creating a Loving Relationship With God
ISBN: 9780876121757
ISBN 10: 087612175X
Creating a Loving Relationship With God
Sri Daya Mata shares beautiful and penetrating insights garnered from over 70 years of seeking and loving God. ENTER THE QUIET HEART celebrates the wonder of God's love and shows us how we can bring a rich and rewarding awareness of the Divine into our daily lives. Sri Daya Mata whose name means 'Mother of Compassion' has inspired people of all faiths and from all walks of life with her wisdom and great love of God conveyed through her writings talks and recordings. The foremost living disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda she entered into his monastic order at the age of 17. For more than 20 years she was part of the small circle of his closest disciples receiving his personal guidance on living the spiritual life. Since 1955 she has been president of Self-Realization Fellowship the spiritual and humanitarian society Yogananda founded in 1920. She was one of the first women in modern history to be appointed head of a worldwide religious movement
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ISBN: 9780876121757
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ESSENTIAL RENE GUENON
Metaphysical Principles, Traditional Doctrines, and the Crisis of Modernity
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Metaphysical Principles, Traditional Doctrines, and the Crisis of Modernity
René Guénon (1886-1951) was the founder of the Perennialist/Traditionalist school of comparative religious thought well-known for its espousal of the “transcendent unity of religions”. In a time of unquestioning belief in the dogmas of progress and evolution, Guénon issued a devastating critique of the modern world. A pioneering philosopher, he, also, provided the intellectual keys for a reclamation of the West's spiritual riches through an exposition of the Eastern metaphysical doctrines. His writings range over a vast terrain - Vedanta, the Chinese tradition, Christianity, Sufism, the Kabbalah, world mythology, symbolism and alchemy.
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EXPLORING MUSLIM SPIRITUALITY
An Introduction To The Beauty Of Islam
ISBN: 9781594732775
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An Introduction To The Beauty Of Islam
To say that there are misperceptions about Islam among non-Muslims is almost cliché. This introduction to Muslim spirituality moves beyond basic information to explore what the religion of Islam means to a believer—researched and written by a believer. Using the importance of the Qur'an to Muslims as a framework, it explores Islamic history, theology and philosophy from a lived perspective. It also includes the author's own reflections to explain from a deeply personal viewpoint the appeal Islam has for Muslims.
Intended to foster understanding about the Islamic faith tradition by people of all faiths, this accessible look at Muslim spirituality examines:
· The Shi'ah, Sunni and Sufi communities and their approaches to interpreting the sacred texts of Islam
· The role Muslims see for themselves as part of the Abrahamic tradition and the Muslim relationship to other faiths
· The history of Muslims in the US and their participation in America's formation
· The rise of reform and revival movements and their effects on the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds
· The positive contributions Muslim individuals and organizations are making in American society and the world today
· The common humanity Muslims share with people of all faiths and ways Muslim-Americans are contributing to bridging divides between faiths through interfaith dialogue and action
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Intended to foster understanding about the Islamic faith tradition by people of all faiths, this accessible look at Muslim spirituality examines:
· The Shi'ah, Sunni and Sufi communities and their approaches to interpreting the sacred texts of Islam
· The role Muslims see for themselves as part of the Abrahamic tradition and the Muslim relationship to other faiths
· The history of Muslims in the US and their participation in America's formation
· The rise of reform and revival movements and their effects on the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds
· The positive contributions Muslim individuals and organizations are making in American society and the world today
· The common humanity Muslims share with people of all faiths and ways Muslim-Americans are contributing to bridging divides between faiths through interfaith dialogue and action
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