religion

The ancient Romans created an empire that covered most of Europe and their language, laws, and religion helped to shape the medieval and modern European civilizations that followed Rome’s fall.

Collects entries with full-text primary source documents with anaysis on the world's major religions, covering 2404 BCE through 200 CE, and providing an overview of the primary source document, contextual information, a time line, brief biographical profiles, discussion on the impact and historical significance of the document, and other additional resources.

When sixteen-year-old Jason Bock and his friends create their own religion to worship the town's water tower, what started out as a joke begins to take on a power of its own.

Through an exploration of Muslim principles, this title demystifies Islam and provides a greater context in which to understand the Islamic faith.

Informative charts and discussion encourage readers to think critically about the way people’s biases can dictate their behavior in ways that harm others.

Sixteen-year-old Vivian Apple returns home after the alleged 'Rapture' to find her devout parents gone and two mysterious holes in the roof. Vivian never believed in the Rapture, or the uber powerful Church of America. Now that she has been left behind, Vivan's quest for the truth begins.

Contains entries that provide information on notable people, topics, and events in the history of religion in America,arranged alphabetically from A to E.

In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sixteen-year-old half-Hindu/half-Parsi Zarin Wadia is the class troublemaker and top subject for the school rumor blogs, regularly leaving class to smoke cigarettes in cars with boys, but she also desperately wants to grow up and move out of her aunt and uncle's house, perhaps realizing too late that Porus, another non-Muslim Indian who risks deportation but remains devoted to Zarin, could help her escape.

A collection of essays in which Flannery O'Connor explores the experience of raising peacocks, teaching literature, regional writing, and religion.

"Provides information about the secrets, beliefs, and unusual practices of several religions, both ancient and modern"--Back cover.