This book will help you: • to appreciate one of the world's great religions and the Islamic way of life • to understand what it means to follow the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad - 'the Messenger of God' • to recognize Islam's key practices and traditional beliefs • to avoid faux pas in conversation, in travelling and in personal relationships.

Today, the theory of evolution by natural selection and the science of genetics are the twin keys to our understanding of how life on earth came about. Yet when an English naturalist called Charles Darwin first published his ideas in 1859 in a book called On the Origin of Species, the world was horrified at the notion of a changing creation without the intervention a Creator. By contrast, when a few years later an obscure Moravian monk, Gregor Mendel,...

This book will help you: • to appreciate the significance of this particular school of Buddhism, famous for its focus on meditation and self-awakening • to understand the history of Zen and the 'Ways of Zen' • to discover how Zen is a way of life - not a belief system • to avoid faux pas in conversation, in travelling and in personal relationships. Zen (in Chinese, Ch'an) is the form of Buddhism which the great teacher Bodhidharma brought...

This book will help you: • to appreciate the depth and beauty of the dominant form of Christianity in Greece, Russia and much of Eastern Europe • to understand the tenets, nature and holy days of Orthodox belief • to recognize the physical features of an Orthodox church, and the spiritual significance of icons • to know what to expect and how to conduct yourself during Orthodox services and ceremonies. Orthodoxy is the dominant form of Christianity...

In today's multicultural society, we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to behave. This chapter from Do I Kneel or Do I Bow? will tell you everything you need to understand and take part in a Buddhist ceremony. Armed with this...

This book will help you: • to appreciate the significance of one of the largest organized religions in the world • to understand the history of the Church, and what it means to be Roman Catholic • to recognize the Catholic Church's key practices and beliefs • to avoid faux pas in conversation, in traveling and in personal relationships. The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in the world. Although it has evolved over...

In today's multicultural society, we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to behave. This book will help you: • to understand the backgrounds to the key festivals, ceremonies, and practices of the major world religions • to...

In today's multicultural society, we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to behave. This chapter from Do I Kneel or Do I Bow? will tell you everything you need to understand and take part in a Sikh ceremony. Armed with this basic...

This book will help you: • to discover how Protestantism developed and spread from Europe to America • to appreciate the wide range of interpretations of Protestantism, and the core beliefs and practices shared by the principal Protestant Churches • to understand the special history of the Church of England • to gain a perspective on the evangelical movements of the twenty-first century.

This book will help you: • to appreciate the timeless wisdom of the oldest form of Buddhism in existence today • to understand what it means to be a Buddhist • to recognize the key practices and traditions of Theravada Buddhism • to avoid faux pas in conversation, in travelling and in personal relationships.