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Winner of the 2014 Christianity Today Book of the Year
First PlaceWinner of the Religion Newswriters Association's Non-fiction Religion Book of the Year
The Jesus People movement was a unique combination of the hippie counterculture and evangelical Christianity. It...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-05-31
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Kant actively struggles with the problem of how to conceive of God's creative action in relation to human freedom. He comes to the view that human freedom can only be protected if God withdraws in certain ways from the created world. The two pillars of Kant's mature...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-05-31
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Liberation from Empire investigates the phenomenon of demonic possession and exorcism in the Gospel of Mark. The Marcan narrator writes from an anti-imperialistic point of view with allusions to, yet never directly addressing, the Roman Empire. In his baptism, Jesus was...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-05-31
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The relationship between religion, intolerance and conflict has been the subject of intense discussion, particularly in the wake of the events of 9-11 and the ongoing threat of terrorism. This book contains original papers written by some of the world's leading scholars...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-05-30
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This text fills the need for a clear, informative, helpful and well-written introduction to Christian spirituality. Includes a detailed guide to resources in spirituality available on the Internet Written by a leading theological educationalist in a clear and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-05-30
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Benjamin Fondane: A Poet-Philosopher Caught Between the Sunday of History and the Existential Monday examines the life and work ofBenjamin Fondane, a poet and a literary critic, a philosopher and a playwright, who wrote film scripts and worked as a director on the stage...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-05-29
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God the Father in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas is an exposition of Aquinas’ theology ofGod the Father as a coherent whole. Surprising as it might be, there has not been an extended treatment of Aquinas’ theology ofGod the Father. Three misconceptions are...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-05-29
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The Festschrift in Honor of Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi includes a collection of articles discussing the latest scholarly findings in the field of the Old Testament studies. Scholars from around the world conducting research in the Old Testament text, theology, canon,...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-05-29
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The key to a balanced and accurate understanding of the book of Ecclesiastes lies in the inter-dependent relationships between the prominent motifs within the book. An Analysis of the Inter-Dependency of the Prominent Motifs Within the Book of Qohelet explores this...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-05-29
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Religion, Law, and the Present Water Crisis documents current and impending global water shortages and opposes policies of commodification and privatization of water ownership by multinational water corporations. On the basis of the religions of the world, Richard A....
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-05-29
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Maritain, Religion, and Education: A Theocentric Humanism Approach offers a comprehensive study of Jacques Maritain’s philosophy of education as applied to the specific field of religious education. This book demonstrates that his philosophy is still relevant and that...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-05-29
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The question of how to interpret scripture and whether there is a distinctively Anglican approach to doing so is one of the leading theological questions in the Anglican Communion. An Anglican Hermeneutic of the Transfiguration analyzes major Anglican interpretations of...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-05-29
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In the twenty-first century, no one can ignore the complex paradigms connected with the precarious relationship between Christians and Muslims all over the globe. Since the seventh century, Christians and Muslims have interacted with one another in a variety of ways....
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-05-29
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The Mark of Cain fleshes out a history of conversations that contributed to Germany's coming to terms with a guilty past. Katharina von Kellenbach draws on letters exchanged between clergy and Nazi perpetrators, written notes of prison chaplains, memoirs, sermons, and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-05-28
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At least since the Islamic revolution of 1979 in Iran, political Islam or Islamism has been the focus of attention among scholars, policymakers, and the general public. Much has been said about Islamism as a political and moral/ethical trend, but scant attention is paid...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-05-28
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Der Band enthält Aufsätze, die sich mit dem Sinn von Religion als Auseinandersetzung mit dem dialektischen Verhältnis der Existenz und mit zentralen Themen der Religionskultur vergleichend und historisch befassen. Im thematischen Zentrum der Abhandlungen stehen die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-22
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The role and place of metaphor in biblical language keeps attracting scholarly interest. Of all the books of the Bible, the Psalms provide the richest cache of metaphors for God.The Psalter is a cornucopia of metaphor.The biblical authors bring us back to the concrete...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-21
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This book aims to explore the life of Yi Won-young, an outstanding Confucian scholar from Andong, in South Korea. Andong is known as the home of Neo-Confucianism, as in this region Western Christianity took root amidst the impeccable and ritualistic Confucian society...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-17
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It is just as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one. So teaches John Osteen in this eye-opening book. Growing up during The Great Depression, John's mentality was shaped by frugality that seeped even into his spiritual life....
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FaithWords
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2013-05-14
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Philip L. Barlow offers an in-depth analysis of the approaches taken to the Bible by major Mormon leaders, from its beginnings to the present. He shows that Mormon attitudes toward the Bible comprise an extraordinary mix of conservative, liberal, and radical...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-05-09
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