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B D Renard, John F Nolan
Synopsis: "THE AFTERMATH" to Mayhem 1982 highlights the investigation of the retribution murders of three of the convicted felons who had served their thirty years of incarceration and were released…
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John Renard
The spiritual world we live in today is a diverse and sometimes highly individual mix of religious practices and beliefs. This book provides descriptions of major beliefs and rituals world-wide…
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Picturing the life story of Jalal ad-Din Rumi, a premier Muslim mystic and the original Whirling Dervish, John Renard studies the images in three extant manuscripts of Aflaki’s Wondrous Feats…
Ibn ‘Abbad of Ronda: Letters on the Sufi Path translated and introduced by John Renard, S.J. preface by Annemarie B. Schimmel
…the light of certitude. That is the most sublime…
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A short, user-friendly introduction to major historical, cultural, spiritual, and theological points of interest in the complex of faith traditions known collectively as Hinduism. Stress in copy that this is…
A reader-friendly introduction to the history, beliefs, structures and practices of three major indigenous religious traditions of East Asia – Confucianism, Daoism and Shinto.
Organized in a question and answer format, this book gives the reader a better understanding of Islam through education.
This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Sufism contains a chronology, an introduction, glossay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, major…
With more than 3,000 entries and cross-references on the history, main figures, institutions, theory, and literary works associated with Islam’s mystical tradition, Sufism, this dictionary brings together in one volume…
Provides detailed descriptions of the history, beliefs, symbols, rituals, observations, customs, leaders, and organization of the world’s second largest religion, [explaining] the significance of the Five Pillars, Muhammad, various sects…
Reveals the religious world view and spiritual tradition of the world’s one billion Muslims. Spanning the breadth of Islamic civilization from Morocco to Indonesia, the book demonstrates how Muslims have…
A collection that represents major Islamic groups from the past through the present and covers a range of themes essential to understanding Islamic spirituality and religious life. It includes samples…
Offering a global overview of Islamic hagiography, this book describes the characters beyond the Qur'an and Hadith. It is suitable for approaching the vast geographical and chronological sweep of Islamic…
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Provides the major scriptures of seven religious traditions. This title features chapters that explore various aspects of the interpretation of scripture in seven traditions: Jewish, Christian (including chapters on Old…
Gathers a selection of primary texts from the vast repertoire of Islamic stories about holy men and women - also known as Friends of God - who were exemplary for…
Provides the major scriptures of seven religious traditions. This title features chapters that explore various aspects of the interpretation of selected facets of scripture in seven traditions: Jewish, Christian (including…
Comprised of primary sources assembled from a broad chronological and geographic spectrum, Islamic Theological Themes is a comprehensive anthology of primary Islamic sacred texts in translation. The volume includes rare…
Arguably the single most important element in Abrahamic cross-confessional relations has been an ongoing mutual interest in perennial spiritual and ethical exemplars of one another’s communities. Ranging from Late Antiquity…
In light of the widespread public perception of incompatibility between Islam and Christianity, this book provides a much-needed straightforward comparison of these two great faith traditions from a broad theological…
In light of the widespread public perception of incompatibility between Islam and Christianity, this book provides a comparison of these two great faith traditions from a broad theological perspective.
John Renard,Annemarie Schimmel
This book looks at Rumi’s insights into the meaning of the second half of the basic Muslim creed, namely, the nature and function of revelation through prophets.
Editor John Renard has assembled here a volume of texts, most translated here for the first time, culled from the great Sufi manuals of spirituality, on the theme of the…
This volume, the ninth on Islamic material to be published in the Classics of Western Spirituality series, brings to light a highly significant but little known area of Islamic spirituality.
Renard Teipelke
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Region: USA, Note: 1,3, Freie Universitat Berlin (John-F.-Kennedy-Institut fur Nordamerikastudien), Veranstaltung: Parteien und Interessengruppen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: …Weshalb…
R D Renard, John F Nolan
Mayhem in 1982 is rooted in the true story of Long Island's most infamous crime spree. On Friday night, Memorial Day weekend 1982, five Brooklyn thugs, called the Belmont Avenue…
Sir John Murray, John Gibson
This book provides a comprehensive report on deep-sea deposits based on the specimens collected during the voyage of H M S Challenger in the years 1872 to 1876. Alphonse Francois…
Alf Breig
In this book on the optimal treatment of the injured spinal cord we present the reasons why we consider it necessary to handle trauma tized medullary tissue in accordance with…
This book tackles the problem of overshoot and undershoot in blood glucose levels caused by delay in the effects of carbohydrate consumption and insulin administration. The ideas presented here will…
Giselle Renarde,Veronica Wilde,Beverly Langland
A stunning collection of twenty erotic short stories with a central theme of voyeurism from Xcite Books, winners of ETO’s Best Erotic Book Brand and Jade’s Best Erotic Fiction Publisher…
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