Hassner investigates the causes and properties of conflicts over religious sites that are both venerated and contested; he also proposes potential means for managing these disputes.

A portrait of the cult leader behind the Jonestown Massacre examines his personal life, from his extramarital affairs and drug use to his fraudulent faith healing practices and his decision to move his followers to Guyana, sharing new ...

From the Middle East, to Europe, Africa, and the Americas, the images of feminine divinity presented in this work are as uniform in their beauty as they are diverse in cultural tradition.

Exploring the definitions of religion and its historical and ideological origins, Chris Park looks at the ways in which religion, its symbols, rites, beliefs and hopes, has shaped and changed the world in which we live.

This revised and updated comprehensive travel guide examines North America's most sacred sites for spiritually attuned explorers.

From the Middle East, to Europe, Africa, and the Americas, the images of feminine divinity presented in this work are as uniform in their beauty as they are diverse in cultural tradition.

"Carrasco utilizes the perspectives of the history of religions, anthropology, and urban geography to explore the nature of the complex symbolic form of Quetzalcoatl in the organization, legitimation, and--ultimately--subversion of a large ...

World travelers and armchair tourists who want to explore the mythology and archaeology of the ruins, sanctuaries, mountains, lost cities, and temples of ancient civilizations will find this guide ideal.

Published in 1883, this landmark survey included the first accurate measurements taken of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

A major work on temple and worship in ancient Israel that ranges widely from the ancient Near East, through the Old Testament and into the Late Second Temple (Intertestamental) and New Testament periods.