Product Description: Addressing important issues of the day, this series examines how each of the eight major religions approaches a particular theme. Constructed to be comparative, the books are both authoritative and accessible. Each chapter is followed by a selected bibliography...read more

Addressing important issues of the day, this series examines how each of the eight major religions approaches a particular theme. Constructed to be comparative, the books are both authoritative and accessible. Each chapter is followed by a selected bibliography. Individual books are ideal for students at university and A level. As a set they form a complete reference collection.

Product Description: The place of women in the religions, both as expressed in the classical writings and as experienced in life, is carefully considered in this book. It deals with what part women can and/or do play in religious institutions; how relevant religion is to their general role in society; and the significance of cultural influences for attitudes to women within the religious traditions...read more

Product Description: Based on the BBC radio series "What do Muslims Believe?"this book draws on interviews with Muslims across the broad spectrum of Islam. These voices respond to criticisms of and questions about Islam that are given wide currency in the West, where Muslims are often dismissed as intolerant, fundamentalist and fanatical...read more

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An authoritative, profusely illustrated introduction to the Bible includes an alphabetical guide to the Bible's main figures; timelines, charts, and easy-to-read maps; and more than 1,500 full color illustratons that offer a glimpse of life in biblical times. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This reference book provides a book-by-book breakdown of the Bible as well as background information that brings the Bible stories to life. Photographs show biblical sites as they are today and detailed maps pinpoint where biblical events took place...read more

Presents all the knowledge an Oxford dictionary can offer about one of the hottest subjects ever: religion.

Examines each religion--including ancient Greek, Roman, Norse, and Celtic religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and nature religions--discussing its history, founder, major deity, beliefs, festivals, and celebrations.

A study of the Pharisees, in particular as they appear in the New Testament and in relation to Jesus. The main part of the book brings together the most important Greek and Semitic source material in translation. This facilitates reference, and it makes possible group and seminar discussion of documents which have hitherto been difficult to study in English. As in his book The Targums and Rabbinic Literature Mr Bowker makes available and accessible to students material which tends to be removed from them by language and technicality. In his introduction he explains the many problems and uncertainties which surround this apparently well-known but actually little-understood group. He shows that they were far from constituting a static, uniform sect, and that they had an important history of their own. He finally suggests an approach to understanding Jesus' relations with them, which in turn suggests an understanding of Jesus' conception of his own relation to God, and also of his 'trial'.

A broad spectrum of Muslim believers interviewed by the author addresses such issues as the interpretation of the Koran, the idea of holy war, and the role of women in Islam in a book for the general reader. Original.

Most people alive today (more than three-quarters of the world's population) belong to one of the great religions. These faiths are built on the foundation-stones of key texts, to which people go for spiritual inspiration and moral guidance. But what are these texts and what do they mean? Introducing and describing their content and core tenets, and quoting their key passages, The Sacred Library will help believers and unbelievers alike to understand why these sacred texts matter so much to so many people in today's world: the Bible remains the best-selling book world-wide, and other texts from the past are hugely influential in the present - for example, the Analects of Confucius in Asia and the Quran for Muslims. Historically, sacred texts have had a critical impact on the drafting of landmark political documents, such as the Constitution of the United States. The Sacred Library is an accessible, scholarly and informative guide not only to such well-known texts as the Bible and Quran, but also to more than 400 others. It is essential reading for those who want to understand the influence of religious texts both in the past and in the world of today.