Religious Study Guides

This book will help you appreciate the significance of Japan's own religion in everyday life, recognize the key traditions and festivals of the Shinto year, understand what you will see at Shinto shrines and in Shinto rituals, and gain insights into the controversies surrounding Shinto politics and nationalism.

Do you dread waking up to the headlines? Do you live through every day feeling like the life’s being sucked out of you by a harsh, bewildering world will never be the same? You may or may not have realized it - but we are living through a profound turning point in human history. I believe you carry the great power of being somebody who was born at this time to help humanity during this most chaotic and stressful of times with your unique, powerful gifts.

How to Debate a Preterist: An Apologetics Handbook is not only a good listen for someone that wants to know the best methods for debating preterism, but is an apologetics handbook that is useful for approaching any argumentation. The author has spent decades interacting with preterists in live, running debates, both as an advocate for and now against the endtimes, eschatological view that says everything in the Bible has been fulfilled.

Adrift on a Sea of Belief: A Guide for Walkaway-Witnesses in Finding God is the first book of its kind. Rebecca Mantore provides next-step “what now?” information for walkaway-witnesses - those Jehovah’s Witnesses who courageously jump ship to navigate their life apart from Watchtower control. Dr. Mantore is supremely qualified to write this book as a walkaway-Witness who left the church after 34 years of living as a model Jehovah’s Witness. Dr. Mantore identifies elements of the unique phenomenon fleeing Witnesses face.

Follow me in this guide to the Wiccan faith and ideals, where you'll find out that we believe in tolerance and acceptance above everything else. Let me shake off the mystery and the seriousness that plagues Wiccan people this day and age. I'm here to give you the straight answers you're looking for.

A Backwoods Guide to the Universe is a campfires story style practical advice guide to succeeding in the world on a universal level. It is a comforting book for kids of all ages and filled with sound advice for how to use all your survival skills.

At this point in time we find ourselves in, we are such curious beings about who and what we truly are, which can be a difficult period to maneuver in someone’s life. Knowing where to get the information from and how to start your own personal life’s journey to awaken to the real world, or even to know what that actually means in the first place, is confusing! This audiobook is called A Normal Girl's Guide to Life & Consciousness.

Remember the wonder you once felt at Christmas? It's possible to transform this crazy, wonderful, stressful season into one of real peace and joy by recovering the gift of Advent. Ann Spangler has prepared six weeks of devotions focused on six key names of God, drawn from her best-selling books, to create a unique Christmas devotional.

Get the main key insights from this summary of Anne Lamott’s Dusk, Night, Dawn in just a short listen.

People quarrel over many things, but quarrels always involve one party trying to prove the other wrong. They almost always appeal to a set of inherent rules that everyone implicitly knows about human behavior. These rules make up the Law of Human Nature.

Kundalini yoga is a powerful practice that involves awakening the energy within the body through a series of postures, breathing techniques, and meditations. The ultimate goal of Kundalini yoga is to awaken the dormant energy known as kundalini, which lies at the base of the spine. This energy, when awakened, can rise up through the body and awaken the seven major chakras or energy centers. In this audiobook, you will learn about Kundalini yoga and chakra healing which can help you with your sense of well-being, increased energy and vitality, and a deeper connection to your true self.

In Jesus the Pacifist, Fleischer provides a systematic, biblically based, and comprehensive overview of Jesus’s relationship with violence, one that may forever change how you view his ministry and your calling.

Who is God? Why am I here? How should I live? These are a few of the crucial questions about life that must be answered. What’s exciting is that God has provided those answers in Scripture. In I Believe, Thom Rainer outlines the essentials of the Christian faith in a clear and succinct way. You’ll learn about prayer, church, angels, heaven, the Trinity, and much more. Listen to and discuss these Christian beliefs in a small group at your local church. It was within a church that Thom Rainer first experienced the power of these profound yet simple truths to utterly transform his life.

Walking in the Freedom of Forgiveness is a simple yet profound guide that takes you one step at a time through the process of finding freedom in forgiveness. This is not a book to just be listened to, but a tool to be used in your spiritual journey. This guide will equip you to walk in the will and alignment of God for your life as you discover the freedom to forgive. This an essential part of a believer's life, and this guide will hold your hand as you learn.

Isaac Asimov said that "whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse." Such quandaries are the bread and butter of philosophy of religion. Questioning why evil exists, whether God could create a stone he couldn't lift, and if the wonder of life suggests a Creator, this fascinating branch of philosophy is concerned with arguments for and against religion, and what form an immortal god (or gods) would take if in existence. Charles Taliaferro provides a clear exploration of the discipline, introducing a wide range of philosophers.

A timely and compelling new look at three key women in the biblical narrative. Among the mostly male-dominated narratives in Scripture, the stories of women can be game-changing. In this book Debbie Blue looks closely at Hagar (mother of Islam), Esther (Jewish heroine), and Mary (Christian matriarch) - and finds in them unexpected and inviting new ways of navigating faith and life.

Tarot for Beginners will open the door for newcomers to the tarot in a clear and straightforward manner, providing an objective look at its origins and its divinatory potential. We have become so accustomed to the language of words that we forget that there are other forms of communication. Just think of art, which uses images to transmit messages. Is that why it is less effective? Absolutely not for those who are familiar with the language of symbols. This audiobook sets you up to learn this language with a thorough grounding in the key concepts surrounding the tarot.

Have you ever wanted to learn more about tarot cards and tarot reading but didn’t know where to begin? Tarot: A Made Easy Guide for Beginners to Learn Psychic Tarot Reading, Tarot Spreads, and Spells is the quintessential guide to get you started.

Understandably, most people struggle with irrational fear at the mere mention of supernatural beings and concepts, including witches and ghosts based on what is portrayed about them in folklore, movies, scientific journals, fiction books, classical and contemporary art, and TV programs. But you’d be surprised by how much people’s minds are changed when they actually study the world of ghosts, witches and supernatural beings in general and gain insight.

Out of nowhere, the storms of life hit us without warning. The loss of a loved one, a broken relationship, loss of a job and properties. A terrible accident, illness, or the failure of a business. These are tough challenges that people all over the world are being confronted with daily in their respective life. We don’t have the power to choose what happens to us; neither can we, as humans, choose the nature and severity of the problems and challenges that confronts us every day.