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"...a timeless compendium of quotations from the most beloved holy words of the world's religions. I recommend it to you."–Journal of Religion and Psychical Research, October 2004

Something new.

African traditional religion is at last being recognized by Western
scholars and theologians as central to authentic black African cultures.
Once relegated to the realm of "primitive" and stigmatized as "pagan,"
today there is a new acknowledgment of its importance, especially in its
stress on folk practices, communal values, and personal relationships.

The essays in this volume represent a wide range of perspectives on the role and responsibility of the world's religions in shaping the individual, the family and society, and in protecting and fruitfully interacting with the environment.

Can there be dialogue between Muslims and Christians? Can we overcome
the long history of antagonism between the two largest religious communities
in the world–Christianity and Islam? The twenty essays in the volume address
these vital issues as they explore the promise and problems of dialogue
between these two great traditions.

"When I first encountered this little book, I thought it was some sort of book for children. It was so short, I reasoned, that it could not be anything else.

After reading it, I realized that if I were to recommend one book on Sufism to an interested beginner on the subject, I would recommend this.

The Spiritual Autobiography of Shri Ghanshyamdas Birla

“a rare sensitivity...contains the main exemplars for living a spiritual life.... Whoever picks up this book will want to read it to the end.

To judge by the strife and tumult we see through the news media and
on our own streets, the force of Babel’s curse has redoubled in our
post-modern age. Demons large and small–resurgent nationalism and declining
test scores, political debauchery and civic indifference–seem to swagger
through the world unhindered by the efforts neighborhoods and nations civilizing.

“One of the most important books of our times, it seems to me. Dr. Stern reads like a poet, and uses his professional training in order to arrive at profound insights, instead of being hamstrung by it, as most Freudian literary critics are.

“deals with a central and crucial issue of our time clearly, coherently, and forcefully.”–Professor Ewert Cousins, Fordham University and General Editor, Encyclopedia of World Spirituality
Gandhi has edited this collection with an intellectual precision and literary flair that makes it an exciting adventure.

“This is a superb volume, deeply thought through
and will make a great contribution to the philosophy of thought and to
the sciences!”–Karl H. Pribram, Neuroscience, Stanford University
“This is an enormously rich book.

This book presents a remarkable series of essays on the millennium, as both a forerunner of the apocalypse and as the herald of a new world order. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: The Question of the Millennium
Frank K.

“A number of important contributions are contained
in this collection. Some chapters offer new theoretical approaches that
should make an impression in the field, and others provide important new
data.

Religion in the Pacific Era is the first of a series of volumes
dealing with the remarkable changes in the relationship between the East
and West in our time. The series, entitled “Studies in the Pacific Era:’
will reflect on changes in the economic, political, and intercultural spheres
from the viewpoint of religion and society

This volume explains that the dominant nexus of world relations is shifting
from the Atlantic bridge (the Old World and the New) to the Pacific bridge
(the East and the West).

A Must Read to Understand Kabbalah
"There are a lot of books out there purporting to be able to explain the ancient Jewish mystical teachings called the "Kabbalah" (which means "what has been receievd" in Hebrew).

Something new is emerging as the most important topic in religion–interreligious
dialogue. Against a background of centuries of religious hostility and
the many current religious conflicts, a new movement has sprung up, a movement
that calls for a harmonious spirit of open dialogue and exchange between
the religious faiths of the world.