{"product_id":"compassisbn-9780140195330","title":"Compass","description":"In this enlightening and entertaining work, \u003cb\u003eCharles Panati\u003c\/b\u003e explores the origins of hundreds of religious rituals, customs, and practices in many faiths, the reasons for religious holidays and sacred symbols, and the meanings of vestments, sacraments, devotions, and prayers. Its many revelations include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e*          Why the Star of David became the Jewish counterpart of the Christian cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*          What mortal remains of the Buddha are venerated today\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*          How the diamond engagement ring became a standard\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*          That the first pope was a happily married man\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*          How Hindu thinkers arrived at their concept of reincarnation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*          Why Jews don't eat pork, why some Muslims don't eat certain vegetables, and how some Christians came to observe meatless Fridays\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSacred Origins of Profound Things\u003c\/b\u003e is an indispensable resource for all those interested in the history of religion and the history of ideas--and an inspiring guide to those seeking to understand their faith.\u003c\/p\u003eSacred Origins of Profound ThingsWhy We Believe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat We Believe: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1. Popular Piety\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Prayer Postures: Hands Joined to Heads Covered\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Best-Loved Prayers: Apostles' Creed to Agnus Dei\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Acts of Devotion: Rosary to Hajj\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Heavenly Hosts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Angels: Messengers to Guardians\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Archangels and Demons: Michael to Metatron\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Wise Words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Moral Codes: Ten Commandments to Golden Rule\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Biblical Phrases: \"Writing on the Wall\" to \"Eye to Eye\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. Rites and Rituals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Sacred Symbols: Halo to Star of David\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Dressed to Kill: Vestments to Vessels\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Sacraments: Godparents to Seven Deadly Sins\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Vows That Bind: Celibate Priests to Ordained Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. Feasts And Festivals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Christian Feasts: Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Jewish Feasts: Passover to Hanukkah\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI. Saints And Their Bones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Saints: Abused Virgins to Celibate Clerics\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Relics: Buddha's Tooth to Christ's Cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Patron Saints: AIDS to Cyberspace\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII. Celestial Personae\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. God: Appearance to Existence\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Christ: Son to Trinity\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. Allah: Abraham to Koran\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII. I Do\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20. Marriage: \u003ci\u003eMazal Tov\u003c\/i\u003e to Diamond Ring\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21. Divorce: \u003ci\u003eGet\u003c\/i\u003e to Jackie Kennedy Onassis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22. Annulment: Impotency to Senator Edward Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX. Extraordinary Evil\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23. Satan: Lucifer to Genies\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24. Exorcism: Satan to Dybbuk\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25. Antichrist: \"666\" to Apocalypse Now\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X. Divine Dos And Dont's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26. Forbidden Foods: Pork Chops to Meatless Fridays\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27. Forbidden Sex: Gay to Lesbian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28. Contraception: Condoms to Crushed Testicles\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XI. Religious Realms\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29. Heaven: Soul to Immortality\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30. Hell: Hot to Hotter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31. Purgatory: \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e to Sale of Indulgences\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e32. Limbo: Original Sin to the Harrowing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XII. Acts Of Faith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33. Miracles: Raising the Dead to Stigmata\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34. Virginity of the Virgin: Immaculate Conception to Virgin Birth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35. Visions of the Virgin: Guadalupe to Medjugorje\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e36. Papal Infallibility: Tradition to Dogma\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences and Reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Panati\u003c\/b\u003e, a former physicist and for six years a science editor for \u003cb\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/b\u003e, has made a career out of exploring the origins of things. He is the author of  thirteen fiction and nonfiction books, including the bestselling \u003cb\u003eExtraordinary Origins of Everyday Things\u003c\/b\u003e. 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