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A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when the Catholic Church waged war against heretics in its own ranksIn 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade against a country of fellow-Christians. The new enemy was Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, one of the greatest...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2015-01-12
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This is the first work available in any language to extensively document and critically discuss traditions of 'Alid piety and their modern contestations in the region. The concept of 'Alid piety allows for a reframing of our views on the widespread reverence for 'Ali,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-01-11
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The Apostates is the first major study of apostasy from Islam in the western secular context. Drawing on life-history interviews with ex-Muslims from the UK and Canada, Simon Cottee explores how and with what consequences Muslims leave Islam and become irreligious....
Editeur :
Hurst
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2015-01-07
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Does God exist? Using an intellectually rigorous, scientific approach, Marshall Brain—the founder of HowStuffWorks.com and author of the How Stuff Works series—sets out to resolve the eternal debate once and for all. With a compelling sense of curiosity, he...
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Sterling Ethos
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2015-01-06
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Der Vulgata Verein Chur, organisierte im November 2013 den ersten Vulgata-Kongress. Dabei wurden philologische Erkenntnisse aus der Übersetzung der Vulgata ins Deutsche und Rumänische zusammengetragen, theologische und andere Hintergründe um die Vulgata und Hieronymus...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-01-06
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Bioethische Probleme sind keine realen Probleme, sondern in Phantasien verstrickt. Diese Phantasien richten sich auf Allwissenheit im Informationszeitalter, Sehnsucht nach Unsterblichkeit, Schöpfung humanoider Maschinen oder Erschaffung des Lebens. Virtualität...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-01-06
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Celebrating Biblical and Jewish holidays is most characteristic of the Messianic Jewish movement, and it arouses much interest among Gentile Christians. This practice arose in the struggle of Hebrew Christians in the 19th century against «Christian assimilation». From...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-01-06
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More than mere whimsy, joy is the weapon we can use to fight life's greatest battles.
Editeur :
Worthy Books
Parution :
2015-01-06
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If you are looking for God, or if you are a believer who feels something is missing, Joyce Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author, wants to show you how to achieve the profound joy that comes from a truly intimate relationship with God. Using Scripture and powerful...
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FaithWords
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2015-01-06
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With the extraordinary growth of Christianity in the global south has come the rise of "reverse missions," in which countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America send missionaries to re-evangelize the West. In The Spirit Moves West, Rebecca Kim uses South Korea as a case...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-01-02
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The bestselling Catholicism has now been revised and updated for an eagerly-anticipated second edition. This lucid and accessible account explains how Roman Catholicism and its beliefs and practices came to be what they are. Renowned scholars Gerald O'Collins and Mario...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-12-25
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The bestselling Catholicism has now been revised and updated for an eagerly-anticipated second edition. This lucid and accessible account explains how Roman Catholicism and its beliefs and practices came to be what they are. Renowned scholars Gerald O'Collins and Mario...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-12-25
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Paul Tillich's Philosophical Theology takes up the challenge as to whether his thought remains relevant fifty years after his death. In opposition to those who believe that his writings have little to say to us today, this book argues that his thought is largely...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2014-12-19
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Grau reconsiders the relationship between "logos" and "mythos" as a precondition to opening theological hermeneutics to discourse from other cultures and genres, other modes of telling and retelling.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-12-17
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Colonial Contexts and Postcolonial Theology focuses on what postcolonial theologies look like in colonial contexts, particularly in dialogue with the First Nations Peoples in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. The contributors have roots in the Asia-Pacific, but the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-12-17
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Addressing the myriad ways in which heresy accusations could fulfill political aims during the Middle Ages, this collection shows acts of heresy were not just influenced by religion. Essays examine individual cases, in addition to the close relationship of orthodoxy and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-12-17
Collection :
The New Middle Ages
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For decades, Arthur D. Nock’s famous definition of conversion and his distinction between conversion and adhesion have greatly influenced our understanding of individual religious transformation in the ancient world. The articles in this volume – originally presented as...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-12-09
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Ist lutherische Orthodoxie mit toter Dogmatik und Pietismus mit reiner Frömmigkeit gleichzusetzen? Lange wurde dies so gesehen. Tatsächlich begegneten sich beide Richtungen in einer Orientierung auf die theologischen Grundkategorien von Leben und Lehre. Dies wird...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-12-09
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St. Paul uses the image of Paschal Lamb only once. What is the real meaning of this symbol in his theology? It symbolises the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ but with a different emphasis. What does he emphasize? The aim of this study is to show the exegetical...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-12-09
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Diese religionswissenschaftliche Studie untersucht in vergleichender Perspektive zwei Manifestationen der sogenannten Esoterik in Südosteuropa: die religiöse Bewegung Weiße Bruderschaft des Bulgaren Petar Danov (1864-1944) und das utopische Erlösungsprojekt Delphische...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-12-09
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