Spiritual Masters of the World's Religions

Spiritual Masters of the World's ReligionsDiscusses the notion of a spiritual master and looks at examples in a variety of world religions. What is a spiritual master? Spiritual Masters of the World's Religions offers an important contribution to religious studies by addressing that question in the context of such themes as charismatic authority, role models, symbolism, and categories of religious perception. The book contains essays by scholar practitioners on the topic of spiritual masters

Elizabeth Brown Frierson

the contributors offer practical suggestions for the classroom and the provost's office

Harold Hillman's questioning of the validity of standard methods used in biology

she emphasizes the importance of understanding how and why policy makers redefined their interests in these areas

religious convictions

the Svalbard Global Seed Vault offers a free of charge service to store duplicate samples of seeds that are conserved in gene banks world-wide

Aimed at an audience including amateur astronomers

Shirley Scott

It describes the splendid ornaments and insignia of jade

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The contributors ask searching questions about the nature of British film culture and its relationship to popular culture

the concept of walāyah (divine guidance) became closely associated with religio-political authority