Cults and New Religious Very interesting book, it’s part of a university study course.
Had worse study books
The title is a decent statement about the “TM” type of meditation. It’s about as far as this meditation is …

Shamans Priests and Witches …

Theological Music Introduction to This book establishes theomusicology as a valid research approach to studying world religious, mythological, and ethical beliefs via music. Spencer divides his work into two parts. Part one, The …

Theravada Buddhism and the This major new work explores the British encounter with Buddhism in nineteenth century Sri Lanka, examining the way Buddhism was represented and constructed in the eyes of the British scholars, …

The Business Corporation and …

Christianity and Genocide in Although Rwanda is among the most Christian countries in Africa, in the 1994 genocide, church buildings became the primary killing grounds. To explain why so many Christians participated in the …

Faith and Impiety in While Mexico’s spiritual history after the 1910 Revolution is often essentialized as a church-state power struggle, this book reveals the complexity of interactions between revolution and religion. …

Liberty of Conscience In This is a very detailed and comprehensive report on the establishment and free exercise clauses in our constitution. It is very eye opening and thought provoking in its possible applications. It …

Storytellers Saints and Scoundrels This book is based on the stories of Swamiji (name anon) who I happened to spend 1 year with in the late 70ies. It is an interesting and vivid portrayal of swamiji and his stories which were spoken …