religious life

The author explains his belief that yoga and meditation are not about escaping reality, but instead about living fully in the present, opening up to life's experiences, accessing stillness, and gaining an awareness that can lead to action.

The visit of the traveling Preacher Man to his small North Carolina town gives new impetus to thirteen-year-old Peter's struggle to reconcile his own deeply felt religious belief with the beliefs and non-beliefs of his family and friends.

Photographs, illustrations, and simple text describe mosques and explain how they are used by Muslims.

The visit of the traveling Preacher Man to his small North Carolina town enables thirteen-year-old Peter to reconcile his own deeply felt religious belief with the beliefs and non-beliefs of his family and friends.

Poet Kathleen Norris' account of her two extended retreats at Benedictine monasteries and the resulting enrichment of her marriage, her daily life, and her poetry.

Examines the lives of Christian pilgrims during the Middle Ages, looking at the types of foods they ate, the sights they visited, and the objects they sought on their journeys.

Presents interviews with a wide variety of people in which they discuss death and share their personal beliefs about the possibility of an afterlife; and includes conversations with people whose jobs bring them into contact with death on a regular basis.

Describes the attainment of Zen while breathing and speaking, waking and sleeping, moving and staying, eating and drinking, playing and working, caring and loving, and thriving and surviving.

Presents a guide to mindfulness practice, including information on incorporating the precepts of Zen Buddhism into daily life and empowering its transformative potential.

After fighting the infidels in Jerusalem in 1188, Lord Roland and his squire Pagan return to Roland's castle in France where they encounter violent family feuds and religious heretics.