religious biography

Provides biographical information on over 270 individuals important to the religious community, having dedicated their lives to religious teaching in various forms, like evangelism, founding schools and debating the relationship between church and state.

Profiles the life and work of more than one hundred philosophers and religious leaders.

Presents brief overviews of eleven religious traditions, including Catholic, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Shaker, and Wicca; and features interviews with representatives from each religion in which they discuss the challenges and joys of their chosen faith.

Relates the story of the author's travels with his wife through the countrysides of Wales, England, and Scotland in 1992 searching for ancient megaliths, with contemplations on each day's experiences, and some religious history.

Discusses efforts to create perfect societies by such individuals as: Ann Lee and Joseph Meacham and the Shakers, Christian Metz and the Amana Colonies, George Rapp and the Harmony Society, Robert Owen and New Harmony, George Ripley and Brook Farm, John Humphrey Noyes and Oneida, and Katherine Tingley and the Point Loma community.

Profiles twenty-three men and women who have experienced miracles and events which have brought them closer to God.

Introduces the lives and work of ten influential religious leaders from around the world.

Profiles individuals who have made a difference in the various religions of the world, many of whom died violent deaths as a result of their beliefs, arranged chronologically and covering a span of 4,000 years.

Explores how traditional religious life in India has undergone change amid economic development around the turn of the twenty-first century, examining the lives of various religious adherents, including a sacred dancer, a Sufi mystic, and a Tantric practitioner.

Introduces seven key figures in the history of world religion, discussing the basic teachings and legacies of Jesus, Abraham, Muhammad, Krishna, the Buddha, Zoroaster, and Confucius.