religion

As the end of the world approaches, fourteen-year-old Vincent breaks away from his parents' religion and forms an odd alliance with a few other humans who have the ability to see the elves, pixies, and demons that are engaged in a battle to bring about a new epoch.

After thirteen-year-old Tucker Feye's parents disappear, he suspects that the strange disks of shimmering air that he keeps seeing are somehow involved, and, when he steps inside one, he is whisked away on a time-twisting journey trailed by a shadowy sect of priests and haunted by ghostlike figures.

An overview of the many faceted religion in schools debate. Book includes biographical sketches of prominent figures, court cases etc.

A survey of world religions including prehistoric cosmic religions, Taoism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and the branches of Christianity, with particular emphasis on the relationship between Western history and the development of Christian faiths.

Presents a history of ancient Mesopotamia and discusses the accomplishments and culture of its people.

Traces the history and analyzes the appeal and the dangers of cults, or religious groups requiring blind obedience to a living leader, which have gradually grown in strength and popularity during the past twenty-five years.

Discusses the superstitions, customs, and magic of primitive and civilized people throughout the world.

Raised within the strict religious confines of the Community of the Book, Alis flees from an arranged marriage to the much older Minister of her town and her life takes a series of unexpected twists before she returns to accept her fate.

Introduces the history, philosophies, and rituals of various world religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Zoroastrianism, and Christianity.

Presents volume thirteen of a fourteen-volume series on World Religions exploring the origins of Taoism in China, its central beliefs and restoration under China's religious freedom clause, rituals, sacred sites, and more.