History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity (Eliade Mircea)(Paperback)

History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity (Eliade Mircea)(Paperback)

In volume 2 of this monumental work, Mircea Eliade continues his magisterial progress through the history of religious ideas. The religions of ancient China, Brahmanism and Hinduism, Buddha and his contemporaries, Roman religion, Celtic and German religions, Judaism, the Hellenistic period, the

History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3: From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms (Eliade Mircea)(Paperback)

This volume completes the immensely learned three-volume A History of Religious Ideas. Eliade examines the movement of Jewish thought out of ancient Eurasia, the Christian transformation of the Mediterranean area and Europe, and the rise and diffusion of Islam from approximately the sixth through

History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1: From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries (Eliade Mircea)(Paperback)

'No one has done so much as Mr. Eliade to inform literature students in the West about 'primitive' and Oriental religions. . . . Everyone who cares about the human adventure will find new information and new angles of vision.'-Martin E. Marty, New York Times Book

Images and Symbols: Studies in Religious Symbolism (Eliade Mircea)(Paperback)

Mircea Eliade--one of the most renowned expositors of the psychology of religion, mythology, and magic--shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is still an essential function of human consciousness. He describes

The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History (Eliade Mircea)(Paperback)

First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian migr -scholar Mircea Eliade. Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no fewer than half a dozen European

The Forge and the Crucible: The Origins and Structure of Alchemy (Eliade Mircea)(Paperback)

Gautama Buddha - The Life and Teachings of The Awakened One (Blomfield Vishvapani)(Paperback / softback)

The words and example of Gautama (often known by the title, 'Buddha') have affected billions of people. But what do we really know about him? While there is much we cannot say for certain about the historical Gautama, this persuasive new biography provides the fullest and most plausible account

Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth (Meade Michael)(Paperback)

Organizing data from cultures the world over, Mircea Eliade, one ofthe preeminent interpreters of world religion in the twentieth century, lays out the basic patterns of initiation: group puberty rites, entranceinto secret cults, shamanic instruction, individual visions, and heroicrites of passage

The Triumph of Christianity: How the Jesus Movement Became the World's Largest Religion (Stark Rodney)(Paperback)

Celebrated religious and social historian Rodney Starktraces the extraordinary rise of Christianity through its most pivotal andcontroversial moments to offer fresh perspective on the history of the world'slargest religion. In The Triumph of Christianity, the author of God'sBattalions and The Rise

Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (Hanh Thich Nhat)(Paperback)

Old Path White Clouds presents the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha. Drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, and retold by Thich Nhat Hanh in his inimitably beautiful style, this book traces the Buddha's life slowly and gently over the course of 80 years, partly through the

Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus: From the Great Philosophers, Volume I (Jaspers Karl)(Paperback)

A part of Jaspers s planned universal history of philosophy, focusing on the four paradigmatic individuals who have exerted a historical influence of incomparable scope and depth. Edited by Hannah Arendt; Index. Translated by Ralph

The Cambridge History of the First World War, Volume 2: The State (Winter Jay)(Pevná vazba)

Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the First World War offers a history of the war from a predominantly political angle and concerns itself with the story of the state. It explores the multifaceted history of state power and highlights the ways in which different political systems responded to,

A Life of the Buddha (Kohn Sherab Chodzin)(Paperback)

The story of the Buddha and his awakening is more than an account of the birth of a religious tradition: it is also one of the great archetypal tales of the spiritual quest, colorful in its many details and thrilling in its depiction of the world transformed by an enlightened human being. Sherab Ch

Ideas - A History (Watson Peter)(Paperback / softback)

A highly ambitious and lucid history of ideas from the very earliest times to the present

Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy (Eliade Mircea)(Paperback)

The foundational work on shamanism now available as a Princeton Classics paperbackShamanism is an essential work on the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. The founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Mircea Eliade, surveys the tradition through two and a half

Orthodox Christianity Volume V: Sacraments and Other Rites (Metropolitian Hilarion Alfeyev)(Paperback)

This is the fifth volume of a detailed and systematic exposition of the history, canonical structure, doctrine, social and moral teaching, liturgical services, and spiritual life of the Orthodox Church. The purpose of this series is to present Orthodox Christianity as an integrated theological and

The Politics of Myth: A Study of C. G. Jung, Mircea Eliade, and Joseph Campbell (Ellwood Robert)(Paperback)

Examines the political views implicit in the mythological theories of three of the most widely read popularizers of myth in the twentieth century, C. G. Jung, Mircea Eliade, and Joseph

Medieval Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 2 (Kenny Anthony)(Paperback)

Presenting the history of Western philosophy, this book charts the story of philosophy from the founders of Christian and Islamic thought through to the Renaissance. It is intended for those interested in the people and ideas that shaped the course of Western

Silence - A Christian History (MacCulloch Diarmaid)(Paperback / softback)

Unravels a polyphony of silences from the history of Christianity and beyond. This book considers Judaeo-Christian borrowings from Greek explorations of the divine, and the silences which were a feature of Jesus' brief

The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World (O'Brien Barbara)(Paperback)

A comprehensive, accessible guide to the fascinating history of Zen Buddhism--including important figures, schools, foundational texts, practices, and politics. Zen Buddhism has a storied history--Bodhidharma sitting in meditation in a cave for nine years; a would-be disciple cutting off his own

Stamped from the Beginning - The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Kendi Ibram X.)(Paperback / softback)

Redefining history of anti-Black racist ideas that changes our understanding of the causes and extent of racist thinking, this book chronicles the journey of racist ideas and shows how these ideas were developed and eventually enshrined in American society. It also includes answers to some of the

A New History of Early Christianity (Freeman Charles)(Paperback)

This stimulating history of early Christianity revisits the extraordinary birth of a world religion and gives a new slant on a familiar story The relevance of Christianity is as hotly contested today as it has ever been. A New History of Early Christianity shows how our current debates are rooted

The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation (Gonzalez Justo L.)(Paperback)

In The Story of Christianity: Volume 1, Justo L. Gonz lez, author of the highly praised three-volume History of Christian Thought, presents a narrative history of Christianity, from the Early Church to the Dawn of the Protestant Reformation. From Jesus' faithful apostles to the early reformist John

History of Christianity - The First Three Thousand Years (MacCulloch Diarmaid)(Paperback / softback)

Diarmaid MacCulloch's epic, acclaimed history A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years follows the story of Christianity around the globe, from ancient Palestine to contemporary China. How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world's biggest religion, with a third of