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    Category: Religion

    The Origins of the Creed of the Christian Community

    The Origins of the Creed of the Christian Community

    Author: Peter Selg
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion
    Access to this page is restricted to Members and Friends of the Scientific and Medical Network Only. Please log in or become a member to… Read More »
    Between Relativism and Fundamentalism

    Between Relativism and Fundamentalism

    Author: Peter L Berger
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion
    The aim of this important book is to provide religious resources for reaching a middle position between relativism and fundamentalism. Peter Berger is well-known for…… Read More »
    The Religion Virus

    The Religion Virus

    Author: Craig A James
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion
    The idea of applying the concept of a virus or meme to religion has become fashionable, and this book is an erudite exposition of the…… Read More »
    Introducing American Religion

    Introducing American Religion

    Author: Charles H Lippy
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion
    An exemplary and highly readable textbook on this topic covering every conceivable aspect of American religion. It begins with native American understandings as well as…… Read More »
    The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion

    The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion

    Author: John R Hinnels
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion
    A highly recommendable collection for both students and interested general readers. The introduction contains two essays: one asking why we should study religions and the…… Read More »
    The Major Religions

    The Major Religions

    Author: T Patrick Burke
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion
    Although this book is primarily designed as a text for students, it is an ideal introduction for the general reader with its comprehensive scope and…… Read More »
    Judaism - History, Belief and Practice

    Judaism - History, Belief and Practice

    Author: Dan Cohn-Serhbok
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion
    This must be the most comprehensive textbook for the study of Judaism and is, as the subtitle suggests, divided into three sections making 90 chapters…… Read More »
    WHEN THE GODS CAME DOWN

    WHEN THE GODS CAME DOWN

    Author: Alan F. Alford
    Reviewer: John Gordon
    Category: Religion
    Subtitled "The Catastrophic Roots of Religion Revealed", this book slings out the religious baby with the mystic bathwater by incautiously proclaiming from the outset and…… Read More »

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