Four spiritual guides, four classic texts-timeless wisdom for our complicated world introduced by one of today's great teachers of spirituality. Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Ramakrishna: four of the world's most interesting and challenging spiritual masters. The core of their most important teachings-along with annotations from expert scholars and introductions from Andrew Harvey, one of the great spiritual thinkers of our time-now are all in one beautiful...

Presents a full-color illustrated history of ancient mythology from Greece, Rome, Egypt, and other parts of the world and includes creation and flood stories, worship of the sun and stars, gods and goddesses, and more.

The influence of the world’s religions has had tremendous historical and cultural repercussions since the dawn of human society. This volume collects dozens of short, well-researched biographies of the faith leaders who have had the greatest impact on their respective followers, nations, regions, and the world at large. Young readers not only learn about notable leaders of the various strands of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism,...

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.

Is there any hope for PEACE in the world? Or is TERROR our DESTINY? In our post-9/11 world, Westerners in general and Christians in particular remain targets of Islamic terrorism. From the White House to 10 Downing Street, radical groups like the Muslim Brotherhood are appeased and allowed to operate freely in the West.IN A WORLD THAT CRIES OUT FOR PEACE, WHICH WILL PREVAILJESUS OR JIHAD? Bible-believing Christians wonder: What does Islamic extremism...