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Priest, Prophet, King Study Guide
by Fr Robert Barron, Carl E. Olson, Bishop Robert Barron, Reverend Robert Barron
Spiral, 110 Pages, Published 2014 by Word On Fire
ISBN-13: 978-0-9885245-4-5, ISBN: 0-9885245-4-6






Priest, Prophet, King - Leader Guide
by Bishop Robert Barron, Peggy D. Pandaleon, Carl Olson
Spiral, 124 Pages, Published 2014 by Word On Fire
ISBN-13: 978-0-9885245-3-8, ISBN: 0-9885245-3-8

"The Priest, Prophet, King Study Program presents the Old Testament foreshadowing of each of Jesus three offices as priest, prophet and king and then describes how Jesus is the fulfillment of each as seen in the New Testament. The six lessons are as follows: 1. Adoratio: Adam as Priest 2. The High Priest 3. Challenging False Worship: Elijah the Prophet 4. The Word Made Flesh 5. Ordering the Kingdom: King David and 6. King of Kings Each s ..."






"Philosophy Today" A Quarterly Journal of Philosophy
by Eugen Baer, Philip Rossi, Alan Drengson, John Steffney, Carl Olson, David L. Hall, Michael Gelven, Quentin Smith, Robert Lechner
Paperback, Published 1981 by Philosophy Today
ISBN-13: 978-0-00-031825-1, ISBN: 0-00-031825-6






The Da Vinci Hoax
by Carl Olson
ISBN-13: 978-1-102-07765-7, ISBN: 1-102-07765-8






Will Catholics Be Left Behind?
by Carl Olson
ISBN-13: 978-1-102-07749-7, ISBN: 1-102-07749-6






Sacred Texts Interpreted
[2 volumes]: Religious Documents Explained (Hardback)
by Carl Olson
Hardcover, 775 Pages, Published 2017 by Abc-Clio
ISBN-13: 978-1-4408-4187-3, ISBN: 1-4408-4187-X

"Sacred Texts Interpreted: Religious Documents Explained gives readers the opportunity to examine--directly--the primary sources of different religions and to better understand these texts through expert commentary on selected passages. The interpretative material investigates the nature of sacred texts along with the relationship between sacred scripture and canon, and it explains why these sacred texts have enduring significance and in ..."






Sacred Texts Interpreted
Religious Documents Explained [2 Volumes]
by Carl Olson
663 Pages, Published 2017 by Abc-Clio
ISBN-13: 978-1-4408-4188-0, ISBN: 1-4408-4188-8

"... surrender to God. Holding the Gītā in high esteem, Swami Vivekananda (1863 –1902), follower of the Bengali saint Sri Ramakrishna, referred to the text as the “ Bible of Hinduism.”22 In the 20th-century, the Gītā functioned as the foundational text for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) ... The founder of the movement, which is also popularly known as the Hari Krishna movement, was A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swa ..."






Religious Ways of Experiencing Life
A Global and Narrative Approach
by Carl Olson
560 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-134-57990-7, ISBN: 1-134-57990-X

"A Global and Narrative Approach Carl Olson. Zoroastrian conception of the dualistic, cosmic conflict between the forces of good and evil, with the prophet representing a bulwark against ... A textual timeline divides the literature into the following: Old Avestan (dating from mid-to late-second millennium BCE); Young Avestan ..."






Religious Ways of Experiencing Life
A Global and Narrative Approach
by Carl Olson
560 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-134-57983-9, ISBN: 1-134-57983-7

"In general, heaven was conceived as a theoretically universal place, but it could also be a place of exclusion because not everyone gets to enter heaven. During the course of Christian ... In the New Testament, hell is depicted as being thrown into darkness accompanied by weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matt. 25:30). The Gospel of Mark (9:43) refers to hell as an unquenchable fire, while Revelation (21 :8) describes it as a burning l ..."






Religious Ways of Experiencing Life
A Global and Narrative Approach (Hardcover)
by Carl Olson
Hardcover, 560 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-70660-5, ISBN: 0-415-70660-2

"Religious Ways of Experiencing Life: A Global and Narrative Approach surveys world religions, using the narratives and discourses of each tradition to describe it in its own terms. Carl Olson examines each tradition's practices, teachings, material culture, roles of women, and path to salvation, as well as the experiences of its followers. The exploration of lived experience draws out and ..."






Religious Ways of Experiencing Life(1st Edition)
A Global and Narrative Approach
by Carl Olson
Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-70661-2, ISBN: 0-415-70661-0

"Religious Ways of Experiencing Life: A Global and Narrative Approach surveys world religions, using the narratives and discourses of each tradition to describe it in its own terms. Carl Olson examines each tradition's practices, teachings, material culture, roles of women, and path to salvation, as well as the experiences of its followers. The exploration of lived experience draws out and ..."






Will Catholics Be Left Behind
A Catholic Critique of the Rapture and Today's Prophecy Preachers
by Carl Olson
394 Pages, Published 2016 by Ignatius Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-68149-630-6, ISBN: 1-68149-630-5

"The closing chapters of the Apocalypse show that state finally attained: the Church is clothed at last in the glory that was hers from the beginning. ... “As a whole, the book of Revelation is a prophecy of the end of the old order and the establishment of the new order. ... 2 Richard Kyle, The Last Days Are Here Again: A History of the End Times (Grand Rapids, Mich. ... Renald E. Showers, a dispensationalist scholar, writes that “ ..."






Indian Asceticism(1st Edition)
Power, Violence, and Play
by Carl Olson
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2015 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-022531-5, ISBN: 0-19-022531-9

"Throughout the history of Indian religions, the ascetic figure is most closely identified with power. A by-product of the ascetic path, power is displayed in the ability to fly, walk on water or through dense objects, read minds, discern the former lives of others, see into the future, harm others, or simply levitate one's body. These tales give rise to questions about how power and violence are related to the phenomenon of play.Indian ..."






Indian Asceticism(1st Edition)
Power, Violence, and Play
by Carl Olson
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2015 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-022532-2, ISBN: 0-19-022532-7

"Throughout the history of Indian religions, the ascetic figure is most closely identified with power. A by-product of the ascetic path, power is displayed in the ability to fly, walk on water or through dense objects, read minds, discern the former lives of others, see into the future, harm others, or simply levitate one's body. These tales give rise to questions about how power and violence are related to the phenomenon of play.Indian ..."






Indian Asceticism
Power, Violence, and Play
by Carl Olson
304 Pages, Published 2015 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-026640-0, ISBN: 0-19-026640-6

"argues that the Tantric movement was not a coherent or unified religious tradition . In fact, it was not until the nineteenth century that the term Tantra becomes a lucid reference to a distinct tradition; in Tantra, Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religion (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003). 62. ... Similar lists and discussions appear in the following works: Helmuth von Glasenapp, Jainism: An Indian ..."






Indian Asceticism
Power, Violence, and Play
by Carl Olson
272 Pages, Published 2014 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-022533-9, ISBN: 0-19-022533-5

"William C. Bushell, “Psychophysiological and Comparative Analysis of Ascetico- Meditational Discipline: Toward a New Theory of ... War,” in Violence Denied: Violence, Non-Violence and the Rationalization of Violence in South Asian Cultural History, ed. ... James B. Benn, Burningfor the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism, Studies in East Asian Buddhism 19 ... William R. Pinch, Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires (Cambridge: ..."






Brahman and Dao
Comparative Studies of Indian and Chinese Philosophy and Religion (Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion)
by Ithamar Theodor, Zhihua Yao, Ram Nath Jha, Sophia Katz, Friederike Assandri, Nicholas F. Gier, Alexus Mcleod, Yong Huang, Joshua Capitanio, Guang Xing, Bill M. Mak, John M. Thompson, Gad C. Isay, Timothy Connolly, Livia Kohn, Wei Zhang, Carl Olson
Hardcover, 308 Pages, Published 2013 by Lexington Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-7172-1, ISBN: 0-7391-7172-0

"The present geopolitical rise of India and China evokes much interest in the comparative study of these two ancient Asian cultures. There are various studies comparing Western and Indian philosophies and religions, and there are similar works comparing Chinese and Western philosophy and religion. However, so far there is no systemic comparative study of Chinese and Indian philosophies and religions. Therefore there is a need to fill thi ..."






The Allure of Decadent Thinking(1st Edition)
Religious Studies and the Challenge of Postmodernism
by Carl Olson
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2013 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-995983-9, ISBN: 0-19-995983-8

"Carl Olson offers a compelling and provocative argument against the application of postmodern thought to religious studies, showing how such radically skeptical thinking undermines, subverts, and distorts the study of religion.Religious studies is a newly and artificially constructed field for the scholarly study of religious narratives, thoughts, actions, and phenomena. It is an ongoing experiment with various types of methodological a ..."






An Introduction to Religion and Religious Themes in Rock Music
by Carl Olson, Helene Russell
Hardcover, 453 Pages, Published 2012 by Edwin Mellen Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-7734-3923-8, ISBN: 0-7734-3923-4

"This book shows how popular rock songs exemplify religious themes even though it is viewed as being sinful. This volume introduces readers to themes in world religions by studying lyrics and musical motifs from popular rock songs. Carl Olson came up with this idea as a pedagogical technique to interest first year college students in religious studies. It definitely worked as the number of students enrolled in his classes grew immensely ..."






Routledge Key Guides
Religious Studies: the Key Concepts
by Carl Olson
Published 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-136-90200-0, ISBN: 1-136-90200-7



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