The common Western understanding of Buddhism today envisions this major world religion as one of compassion and tolerance. But as Roger-Pol Droit reveals, this view bears little resemblance to one bro
A close look at the early Shi'ite writing on the figure of the Imam, considered not just a jurist theologian but the central pillar of the faith, through whom God and his creatures communicate. Places
Ibn 'Ajiba wrote his "fahrasa," or autobiography, not for the pleasure of talking about himself but "to celebrate God's kindness." It details his travels in search of both secular and spiritual knowle
