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| An Invitation to the Study of World Religions | |
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| "Religion" and the Study of World Religions | |
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| Defining "Religion" | |
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| What Religions Do | |
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| Religious Questions and Challenges | |
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| Basic Components of Religions | |
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| Teachings | |
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| Ways of Life | |
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| Historical Development | |
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| Religions in the Modern World | |
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| Modernization | |
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| Urbanization | |
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| Globalization | |
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| Multiculturalism | |
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| Religion and Science | |
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| An Academic Approach to the Study of Religions | |
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| Balance | |
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| Empathy | |
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| Comparative Approaches | |
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| Indigenous Religions of North America | |
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| The Teachings of Native American Indigenous Religions | |
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| Creation and Origins | |
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| Life Lessons in Myths | |
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| The Importance of Balance: Humanity and the Natural World | |
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| Sacred Language and Sacred Time | |
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| VOICES: An Interview with Lin Estes | |
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| Native American Indigenous Religions as a Way of Life | |
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| Healing | |
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| Rites of Passage | |
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| Rites of Renewal and Rites of Purification | |
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| The History of Native American Indigenous Religions | |
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| Conquest, Colonization, and Christianity | |
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| Resistance Movements | |
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| Native Religions and Non-Native Practitioners | |
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| Indigenous Religions of Africa | |
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| The Teachings of Indigenous African Religions | |
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| Myths | |
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| Supernatural Beings: Gods and Spirits | |
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| VOICES: Interviews with Sammy Letoole and Festus Ogunbitan | |
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| Humanity and the Human Condition | |
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| Indigenous African Religions as a Way of Life | |
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| Communicating with the Spirit World | |
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| Using Supernatural Powers | |
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| Life Cycle Rituals | |
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| The History of Indigenous African Religions | |
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| The Spread of Islam | |
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| Christianity and Colonialism | |
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| Reform and Resistance | |
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| African Religions in the Americas | |
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| Hinduism | |
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| The Teachings of Hinduism | |
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| Hindu Beliefs About God | |
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| Hindu Philosophical and Social Concepts | |
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| VOICES: An Interview with Saraswati Krishnan | |
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| Texts in Hinduism | |
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| The Sects of Hinduism | |
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| Hinduism as a Way of Life | |
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| Seeing the Divine Image: Temples and Icons | |
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| Forms of Worship | |
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| Yoga Traditions and Asceticism | |
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| Rites of Passage | |
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| Pilgrimage | |
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| Festivals and Holidays | |
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| Performance Traditions | |
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| The History of Hinduism | |
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| Indus Valley | |
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| Who Are the Aryans? | |
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| The Vedic Period | |
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| Zoroastrianism | |
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| The Early Upanishads (900-600 C.E.) | |
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| The Rise of Theistic Hinduism | |
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| Hindu Expansion in the Age of the Guptas | |
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| The Development of Bhakti | |
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| Tantra | |
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| Sanskritization | |
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| Colonial Critique and the Hindu Reformers | |
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| Gandhi, Hinduism, and Indian Nationalism | |
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| Hindu Nationalism and Hindutva | |
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| The Future of Hinduism | |
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| Buddhism | |
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| The Teachings of Buddhism | |
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| Meeting the Buddha | |
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| The Life of the Buddha | |
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| The Basics of the Buddha's Teaching | |
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| Buddhist Sects and Texts | |
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| VOICES: An Interview with Katherine Sei | |
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| Women in Buddhism | |
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| Buddhism as a Way of Life | |
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| Meditation and the Cultivation of Mind | |
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| Mantra, Liturgic Ritual, and Chanting | |
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| Ordination and "Being a Buddhist" | |
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| Sacred Places and Objects of Worship | |
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| Festivals | |
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| Funerary Rites | |
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| The Wider Implications of Buddhist Ritual and Practice | |
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| The History of Buddhism | |
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| The Period of the Buddhist Councils | |
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| The Period of Expansion | |
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| The Development of Mahayana in Monasteries | |
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| Buddhism Beyond India | |
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| The Beginnings of the Western Transmission | |
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| Buddhists in the World Today | |
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| Jainism | |
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| The Teachings of Jainism | |
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| Mahavira, the Twenty-fourth and Last Tirthankara of this World Cycle | |
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| An Eternal Succession of Tirthankaras | |
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| Jainism and Hinduism | |
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| Ahimsa and Asceticism: Jainism's Ideals | |
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| Theory of the Universe | |
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| Liberation and Salvation | |
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| VOICES: An Interview With Girish Shah | |
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| Jainism as a Way of Life | |
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| Digambaras and Shvetambaras | |
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| The Ascetic Life | |
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| The Religious Life of the Jain Laity | |
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| The History of Jainism | |
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| The Indian Historical Context | |
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| The Legacy of the Tirthankaras: Jainism through the Centuries | |
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| Jainism in Today's World | |
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| Sikhism | |
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| The Teachings of Sikhism | |
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| The Life of Guru Nanak | |
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| Sikh Scripture | |
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| On God, the Human Condition, and Spiritual Liberation | |
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| Teachings of Guru Gobind Singh and the Khalsa | |
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| VOICES: An Interview with Onkar Singh | |
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| Sikhism as a Way of Life | |
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| Daily Devotional Practices | |
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| Sikh Worship in the Gurdwara | |
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| Worship, Work, and Charity | |
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| Women and Sikhism | |
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| The History of Sikhism | |
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| Guru Nanak's Successors | |
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| Guru Gobind Singh and the Khalsa | |
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| Sikhs and Nationalism | |
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| Sikh Identity | |
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| Sikhs in the Diaspora | |
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| Chinese Religions: Confucianism And Daoism | |
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| The History of Confucianism and Daoism | |
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| Ancient Chinese Religion | |
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| History of Confucianism | |
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| History of Daoism | |
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| The Teachings of Confucianism and Daoism | |
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| Ancient Chinese Religious Views | |
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| The Teachings of Confucius | |
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| Confucianism and Women | |
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| Teachings and Beliefs of Daoism | |
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| Daoism and Women | |
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| Confucianism and Daoism as a Way of Life | |
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| VOICES: An Interview with Jason Ch'ui-hsiao Tseng | |
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| Confucian Rituals | |
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| Daoist Practices | |
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| Shinto | |
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| The Teachings of Shinto | |
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| The Meaning of Kami | |
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| Creation Myth in the Kojiki | |
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| VOICES: An Interview with Watanabe Minoru | |
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| Shinto as a Way of Life | |
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| Fertility Rites | |
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| Women in Shinto | |
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| Rites of Purification, Presentation, Petition, and Participation | |
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| Religious Observances throughout the Year | |
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| The History of Shinto | |
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| Medieval Shinto | |
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| The Modern Period | |
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| Shinto in Japan Today | |
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| Judaism | |
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| The History of Judaism | |
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| Dispersion, Assimilation, and Collective Identity | |
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| The Biblical Period | |
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| The Second Temple Period | |
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| The Formative Age | |
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| The Conflict Between Judaism and Christianity | |
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| The Age of Philosophy and Mysticism | |
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| The Modern Era | |
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| Reform Movements in Europe and in the U.S. | |
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| The Shoah and the State of Israel | |
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| The Future of Judaism in the Contemporary World | |
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| The Teachings of Judaism | |
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| God | |
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| Torah | |
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| Covenant and Election | |
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| Israel | |
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| The Messiah and the Messianic Age | |
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| The Afterlife | |
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| Jewish Mysticism | |
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| Judaism as a Way of Life | |
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| The Major Festivals | |
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| VOICES: An Interview with Rabbi Brad Bloom | |
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| The Minor Festivals | |
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| The Sabbath | |
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| Life-Cycle Events | |
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| Other Sacred Practices | |
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| Prayer | |
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| Christianity | |
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| The Teachings of Christianity | |
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| The Life of Jesus | |
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| The Teachings of Jesus | |
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| Paul and the Mission to the Gentiles | |
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| God, Creation, and Original Humanity | |
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| God as Trinity | |
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| Sin and Human Nature | |
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| Grace and Salvation | |
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| VOICES: An Interview with Mia Sasaki | |
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| The Church | |
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| Scripture | |
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| Tradition | |
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| "Last Things" | |
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| The Afterlife | |
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| Christianity and Other Religions | |
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| Christianity as a Way of Life | |
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| Sacraments | |
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| Church Interiors: Sacred Space | |
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| Prayer | |
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| The Liturgical Year | |
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| Veneration of Saints | |
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| Social and Political Activism | |
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| The History of Christianity | |
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| Christianity in the Roman World | |
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| The Church in the Middle Ages | |
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| The Reformation | |
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| Christianity in the Modern World | |
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| Christianity Today and Tomorrow: Trends and Prospects | |
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| Islam | |
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| The Teachings of Islam | |
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| Muhammad and the Revelations | |
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| The Holy Qur'an | |
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| The Teachings of the Qur'an | |
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| Commentary on the Qur'an | |
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| The Hadith Literature | |
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| VOICES: An Interview with Tunay Durmaz | |
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| Islam as a Way Of Life | |
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| The Five Pillars | |
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| The Qur'an in Daily Life | |
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| Jihad | |
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| The Islamic Year and Holidays | |
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| The Shari'ah: Islamic Law | |
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| Marriage and Family | |
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| Women and Islam | |
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| The History of Islam | |
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| The Hijra and the Growth of the Muslim Community | |
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| The Crisis of Succession and the Rightly Guided Caliphs | |
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| The Umayyads and the Abbasids | |
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| Later Islamic Empires: The Ottomans, the Mughals, and the Safavids | |
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| Islam and Nationalism | |
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| Islamic Reform Movements | |
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| Varieties of Islam | |
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| Sufism | |
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| Muslims in North America | |
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| New Religious Movements | |
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| What Is "New" about New Religious Movements? | |
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| Modernization, Globalization, and Secularization | |
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| Theoretical Models and Social Typologies | |
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| Alternative Christianities and their Offshoots | |
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| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | |
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| Christian Science and New Thought | |
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| Adventism | |
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| Jehovah's Witnesses | |
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| The Family (Children of God) | |
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| The Unification Church | |
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| The Rediscovery of Eastern Religious Thought | |
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| ISKCON: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness | |
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| The Osho Rajneesh Movement | |
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| Transcendental Meditation | |
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| The Revival of Esoteric and Neo-Pagan Thought | |
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| Eckankar | |
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| The Findhorn Foundation | |
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| The Raelian Movement | |
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| The Church of Scientology | |
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| Wicca | |
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| VOICES: An Interview with Mary Carpenter | |
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| The Baha'i Faith | |
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| The New Atheism | |