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Evaluates the meaning of the controversial newly-discovered Gospel of Judas, illustrating how the text offers an understanding of Judas's betrayal, the apostles' understanding of Jesus's death, and God's role in the crucifixion.

Once in a while a book comes along that can reshape the thinking of the world. One person at a time. "Reading the Muslim Mind" is just such a book. Dr. Hassan Hathout starts out from a simple observation--a lifetime of biculturalism (the…

"This book, containing a short account of the history and development of Islamic mysticism, followed by translations fo the sayings and writings of nearly fifty of the mystics of Islam, both Arab and Persian, may be a means of increasing the…

Reincarnation is one of the most fascinating ideas in the history of religion, as it is also one of the most recurrent themes in the literature of the world. It is widely assumed to be foreign to the Christian heritage and especially alien to the…

"The philosopher Heraclitus was a high-born citizen of Ephesus, who lived in the sixth century B.C. He renounced his high station and became increasingly distant from his fellow men, and disillusioned with the corruption of their thought. He died in…

Studies Renaissance occultism and discusses how it influenced the work of popular artists and writers from the Renaissance, including Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare.

"Focusing on how spiritual initiation takes place in Western esoteric religious, literary, and artistic traditions from antiquity to the present, Restoring Paradise provides an introduction to Western esotericism, including early modern esoteric…