{"id":40285,"date":"2016-12-15T14:23:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T12:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaklush.bg\/books\/%d0%b8%d1%81%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%b3%d0%b8%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b5\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:50:56","slug":"history-of-religions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vaklush.bg\/en\/books\/history-of-religions\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Religions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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History of Religions<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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\"This is not merely a history, but a comprehensive theory of religions.\"<\/strong><\/em>
- Prof. Zahari Staykov, sociologist<\/p>\n

Vaklush Tolev is known as a theologian and thinker with an original approach and theoretical contribution to the field of religious studies. In his work, religion is not subordinated to confessional or academic boundaries, but is the fruit of inner insight, lived truth, and spiritual knowledge.<\/p>\n

His lectures on the history and theory of world religious teachings are published in two volumes. The first \u2014 History of Religions \u2014 offers an extensive overview of the major world religions (Hinduism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam<\/em>), exploring both their practical expressions and metaphysical dimensions. A separate chapter is also dedicated to atheism<\/em>. Beyond deep comparative analysis, the author introduces a hierarchical framework of the religions based on his original Doctrine of the Hierarchy of Spiritual Waves.<\/p>\n

The first edition of History of Religions (1992) was approved by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education as supplemental educational material in the field of philosophy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Annotation<\/h2>\n

Religion, as faith and a teaching about life, carries the idea of Wholeness. It is unity within the hierarchy of human potential. It is unity because it seeks, reveals, and realizes perfection \u2014 the Way of deification.<\/p>\n

Religion is the debt owed by God to His likeness. And Sonhood, in its act of service, gives birth to reverence. The soul makes sacrifice, for the Spirit is immortal. Change is not an attribute of Divine life \u2014 yet God in man begins with the totem. We cannot deny that god, but through supreme will and personal effort, we are liberated. Thus every religion, as a necessity of its time, places its own \u201chewn stone\u201d in the Universal Temple for millennia \u2014 even as the garments of civilization are far more often shed from the body of humankind.<\/p>\n

Each finds their joy by applying their sacred teaching in life and recognizing the other\u2019s right to be their neighbor. And before man, before us, the mystery will always remain::
\u2013 of the Absolute and the limited;
\u2013 of the Incorruptible and the perishable;
\u2013 of the Contemplated and the real;
\u2013 of the Spiritual rhythm and the cultural phenomenon;
\u2013 of the World consciousness and the personal worldview;
\u2013 of ... ! <\/p>\n

Guided by this vision, the author dares to present his short lectures on the History of Religions before students and readers as an expression of the Great Concern \u2014 that which has troubled, transformed, and built the spiritual being of humankind; the great concern we call religion!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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\nHistory of Religions
\nFirst edition: 1992
\nSecond, expanded edition: 2000
\nISBN 954-90662-1-5 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Table of Contents<\/h2>\n
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  • Introduction: Unity of Religions<\/li>\n
  • The Spiritual Waves \u2013 Doctrines and Unity<\/li>\n
  • Religion as Spiritual Need, Moral Gradation, and Social Force<\/li>\n
  • The Birth and Development of Religions<\/li>\n
  • Totemism, Paganism, Dualism, Creation<\/li>\n
  • Pantheism, Monism, Monotheism<\/li>\n
  • Unity and Distinction in World Religions<\/li>\n
  • Hinduism<\/li>\n
  • Judaism I: Origins and Structural Features. Moses<\/li>\n
  • Judaism II: The Sacred Dimension. Book of Genesis<\/li>\n
  • Judaism III: Rituals, Rites, and Holy Days<\/li>\n
  • Zoroaster. Zoroastrianism<\/li>\n
  • Buddha<\/li>\n
  • Buddhism<\/li>\n
  • Christianity I: Jesus Christ \u2013 Son of Man and Son of God<\/li>\n
  • Christianity II: Acts of the Apostles. New Testament<\/li>\n
  • Christianity III: Metaphysics, Dogma, Ecumenical Councils<\/li>\n
  • Christianity IV: Sacraments and Main Branches<\/li>\n
  • Muhammad. Islam<\/li>\n
  • Atheism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":39937,"parent":40259,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-40285","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaklush.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaklush.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaklush.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaklush.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaklush.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vaklush.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40285\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaklush.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaklush.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaklush.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaklush.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=40285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}