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Piercing the Veil is a collection of autobiographical mystical poetry that captures the essence of contemporary Sufism experienced from the feminine perspective. At a time of disheartening religious tensions and a growing discourse of ethnic misrepresentations in the United States, this collection crosses borders and religious traditions and speaks to the universal heart and soul. The poems appeal to both mature spiritual travelers and readers new to the spiritual path who seek deeper spiritual contact, inner peace, and personal consciousness. The reading process takes the literary...

Things begin to turn around for him when he lands a job at a corner grocery store as a stock boy. He is surprised to discover that he enjoys working and begins to find some self-respect for the first time in his life. He now pinches...

Is Religious Education Possible?: A Philosophical Investigation tackles a well-established problem in the philosophy of education. The problem is the threat posed to the logical possibility of non-confessional religious education by the claim that religion constitutes an autonomous language-game or form of knowledge. Defenders of this claim argue that religion cannot be understood from the outside: it is impossible to impart religious understanding unless one is also prepared to impart religious belief.

Michael Hand argues for two central points: first, that non-confessional...

Despite widespread recognition of the importance of moral education, there is fierce dispute and considerable confusion among parents, teachers and policy-makers about its aims and methods. This disarray at the level of practice is attributable in large part to disarray at the level of theory: there is deep disagreement among educational theorists about the nature, content and justification of morality and about permissible and effective ways of teaching it. This philosophical book sets out an original theory of moral education designed to resolve some of the longstanding disagreements...

Praise for Elizabeth Hand:

-Fiercely frightening yet hauntingly beautiful.---Tess Gerritsen, author of The Silent Girl

-A sinful pleasure.---Katherine Dunn, author of Geek Love

No one is innocent, no one unexamined in award-winner Elizabeth Hand's new collection. From the summer isles to the mysterious people next door all the way to the odd guy one cubicle over, Hand teases apart the dark strangenesses of everyday life to show us the impossibilities, broken dreams, and improbable dreams that surely can never come true.

Elizabeth Hand's...