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Four Wise Men

By: Mark W. Muesse

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Confucius, the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad are among the most thoughtful and influential people in history. By their words and examples, they have inspired countless individuals to live better and more meaningful lives and have shaped the institutions and worldviews we know today. Four Wise Men is an accessible introduction to each of these sages, viewed in their historical context, and a provocative comparison of their lives and teachings. Through careful study, Four Wise Men examines the ways these fascinating figures speak as one, as well as the ways in which they differ. Although their voices come from the distant past, these men still have wise words to say to us today.

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0718895223

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9780718895228

The Hindu Traditions

A Concise Introduction

By: Mark W. Muesse

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The Hindu Traditions

A Concise Introduction

By: Mark W. Muesse

Renowned lecturer from The Teaching Company, Mark W. Muesse brings readers into an encounter with the world's oldest living religious tradition, known as Hinduism. Muesse's brief survey, challenges the perception of Hinduism as one religious tradition, showing how wonderfully rich and diverse this 5,000-year old story truly is. He traces the vast history and practices of classic and diverse traditions, moving from the origins in the Indus Valley up through classic and contemporary periods. Muesse exhibits a keen sense of the myriad spiritualities associated with Hinduism, demonstrating how the religious tradition is both monotheistic and polytheistic.

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242

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Fortress Press

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1451414005

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9781451414004

The Age of the Sages

The Axial in Asia and the Near East

By: Mark W. Muesse

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The Age of the Sages

The Axial in Asia and the Near East

By: Mark W. Muesse

By setting traditions and thinkers such as Zoroaster, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Gautama Buddha, Confucius, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle side by side, we are able to see more clearly the questions with which they struggled, their similarities and differences, and how their ideas have influenced religious thought down to our day.

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294

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Fortress Press

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0800699211

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9780800699215

A Traveler's Guide to the Afterlife

Traditions and Beliefs on Death, Dying, and What Lies Beyond

By: Mark Mirabello

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A Traveler's Guide to the Afterlife

Traditions and Beliefs on Death, Dying, and What Lies Beyond

By: Mark Mirabello

A grand survey of the world’s death and afterlife traditions throughout history • Examines beliefs from many different cultures on the soul, heaven, hell, and reincarnation; instructions for accessing the different worlds of the afterlife; how one may become a god; and how ethics and the afterlife may not be connected • Explores techniques to communicate with the dead, including séance instructions • Includes an extensive bibliography of more than 900 sources from around the world Drawing on death and afterlife traditions from cultures around the world, Mark Mirabello explores the many forms of existence beyond death and each tradition’s instructions to access the afterlife. He examines beliefs on the soul, heaven, hell, and reincarnation and wisdom from Books of the Dead such as the Book of Going Forth by Day from Egypt, the Katha Upanishad from India, the Bardo Thodol from Tibet, the Golden Orphic Tablets from Greece, Lieh Tzu from China, and Heaven and its Wonders and Hell from Things Heard and Seen from 18th-century Europe. Considering the question “What is Death?” Mirabello provides answers from a wide range of ancient and modern thinkers, including scientist Nicholas Maxwell, the seer Emanuel Swedenborg, 1st-century Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna, and Greek philosopher Euripides, who opined that we may already be dead and only dreaming we are alive. He explores the trek of the soul through life and death with firsthand accounts of the death journey and notes that what is perceived as death here may actually be life somewhere else. He reveals how, in many traditions, ethics and the afterlife are not connected and how an afterlife is possible even without a god or a soul. Sharing evidence that consciousness is not simply a product of the brain, he offers a strong rebuttal to nihilists, materialists, and the Lokayata philosophical school of India who believe in the “finality” of death. He explains how specters and ghosts are produced and offers techniques to communicate with the dead as well as instructions for an out-of-body experience and the complete procedure for a séance. With an extensive bibliography of more than 900 sources, this guide offers comprehensive information on afterlife beliefs from the vast majority of cultures around the world and throughout history--a veritable “traveler’s guide” to the afterlife.

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225

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Simon and Schuster

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1620555980

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9781620555989

Religious Experience Among Second Generation Korean Americans

By: Mark Chung Hearn

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Religious Experience Among Second Generation Korean Americans

By: Mark Chung Hearn

This book explores the ways through which Korean American men demonstrate and navigate their manhood within a US context that has historically sorted them into several limiting, often emasculating, stereotypes. In the US, Korean men tend to be viewed as passive, non-athletic, and asexual (or hypersexual). They are often burdened with very specific expectations that run counter to traditional tropes of US masculinity. According to the normative script of masculinity, a “man” is rugged, individualistic, and powerful—the antithesis of the US social construction of Asian American men. In an interdisciplinary fashion, this book probes the lives of Korean American men through the lenses of religion and sports. Though these and other outlets can serve to empower Korean American men to resist historical scripts that limit their performance of masculinity, they can also become harmful. Mark Chung Hearn utilizes ethnography, participant observation, and interviews conducted with second-generation Korean American men to explore what it means to be an Asian American man today.

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145

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Springer

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1137594136

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9781137594136

Redeeming Men

Religion and Masculinities

By: Stephen Blake Boyd,W. Merle Longwood,Mark William Muesse

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Redeeming Men

Religion and Masculinities

By: Stephen Blake Boyd,W. Merle Longwood,Mark William Muesse

Contributors to this book--historians, biblical specialists, theologians, ethicists, and scholars of comparative religions--examine the relationship between religious tradition and manhood. The essays cover a broad range of topics--from the dynamics of power in shaping masculine identity, to the role religion plays in shaping masculine identity, to the experience of myth, ritual, spiritual discipline, and community in the lives of men.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664255442

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9780664255442

Four Wise Men

The Lives and Teachings of Confucius, the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad

By: Mark W. Muesse

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Four Wise Men

The Lives and Teachings of Confucius, the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad

By: Mark W. Muesse

Confucius, the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad are among the most thoughtful and influential people in history. By their words and examples, they have inspired countless individuals to live better and more meaningful lives and have shaped the institutions and worldviews we live in today. Four Wise Men is an accessible introduction to each of these sages in his historical context and a provocative comparison of their lives and teachings. Through careful study, this book examines the ways these fascinating figures speak as one and the ways they differ. Although their voices come from the distant past, they still have wise words to say to us today.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498232221

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9781498232227

Practicing Mindfulness

An Introduction to Meditation

By: Teaching Company

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Practicing Mindfulness

An Introduction to Meditation

By: Teaching Company

This course is a practical guide to developing the skill of mindfulness and applying it to every aspect of daily life.

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1598037935

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9781598037937

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Four Wise Men

Four Wise Men

The Hindu Traditions

The Hindu Traditions

The Age of the Sages

The Age of the Sages

A Traveler's Guide to the Afterlife

A Traveler's Guide to the Afterlife

Religious Experience Among Second Generation Korean Americans

Religious Experience Among Second Generation Korean Americans

Redeeming Men

Redeeming Men

Four Wise Men

Four Wise Men

Practicing Mindfulness

Practicing Mindfulness

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