Ewald van Rensburg
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Belief, practice, myth and spiritual reflection
This category brings together books on religion, spirituality, mindfulness, sacred texts, and related subjects. You will find a mixed shelf here: Buddhism appears often at the moment, alongside Christianity, Hindu and Vedic texts, Islam, mythology, and a few sceptical or critical works about faith. Stock may change.
There is a clear Buddhist thread in the current books, with several titles by the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh, plus works connected to Tibetan traditions. Alongside that are Christian writings, prayer books, children’s Bible stories, and classic devotional texts. There are also books that lean more toward personal growth, meditation, healing, and everyday spiritual practice.
This section also overlaps a little with myth, magic, and the cultural history of belief. If you want religion mainly in historical context, see History, which is more about events, periods, and historical background. If you are looking for more abstract questions about meaning, ethics, and ideas, Philosophy is the closer match.
The range is fairly broad, but still a bit uneven, and some parts of religion are represented much more than others. That is simply how the current stock looks, and it may change over time.
