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Unter jüdisch-hellenistischer Literatur versteht man im Allgemeinen die von Juden im Zeitalter des Hellenismus und der Kaiserzeit in griechischer Sprache abgefasste Literatur. Wie das Bindestrichwort bereits andeutet, ist jüdisch-hellenistische Literatur eine Literatur...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-11-12
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In Western popular imagination, the Caliphate often conjures up an array of negative images, while rallies organised in support of resurrecting the Caliphate are treated with a mixture of apprehension and disdain, as if they were the first steps towards usurping...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-11-12
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Seamon explores the historical, theological, and societal dynamics of religious intermarriage as a way to introduce scholars to the myriad of factors that have contributed and will continue to contribute to the complete transformation of religion and Christianity in the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-11-09
Collection :
Christianities of the World
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Constructing Solidarity offers a critical path toward the transformation of white worldviews, theologies, ethics, and praxis for scholars, activists, religious leaders, and those seeking guidance.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-11-09
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Content and Context in Theological Ethics
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Drawing upon the concepts of cultural and linguistic hybridity developed by Homi Bhabha, Salman Rushdie, Mikhail Bakhtin, and others, Garroway suggests that the first generation of Gentile converts were uncertain whether they had become Jews or remained Gentiles in the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-11-09
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This commentary on Paul’s highly autobiographical letter to the Galations traces the history of the book’s reception through the ages. Explores the influence and history of this important New Testament book Demonstrates the crucial role that Galatians has played in...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2012-11-08
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries
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Das Schweizerische Jahrbuch für Kirchenrecht bzw. Annuaire suisse de droit ecclésial befasst sich mit der ganzen Breite des Kirchenrechts, angefangen mit dem Recht der evangelisch-reformierten Kirchen sowie der römisch-katholischen Kirche und ihrer Kantonalkirchen,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-11-08
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One of leading figures of his day, Roger Sherman was a member of the five-man committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence and an influential delegate at the Constitutional Convention. As a Representative and Senator in the new republic, he had a hand in...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-11-06
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Peter Gottschalk offers a compelling study of how, through the British implementation of scientific taxonomy in the subcontinent, Britons and Indians identified an inherent divide between mutually antagonistic religious communities.
England's ascent to power coincided...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-11-06
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After the collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917, Orthodox Christians in Estonia and Latvia had to rethink their place in society and reorganise the local Orthodox Church. The Church was challenged both by the new political circumstances and by societal antagonism. In...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-11-06
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When Kim de Blecourt and her husband decided to adopt a child from Ukraine, they knew that the process might be challenging. Nothing, however, could have prepared de Blecourt for the twisted nightmare she would endure. During her year-long struggle to extricate her...
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FaithWords
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2012-11-06
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RETHINKING CHRISTIAN IDENTITY “A brilliant, compelling, agenda-setting book … Volpe has written this thoughtful, passionate, informed critique that invites us all to think through precisely what is involved in being formed in the Christian tradition.” Ian Markham,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-11-05
Collection :
Challenges in Contemporary Theology
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Informal customs have become the norm for most young adults in matters of sexual intimacy. Unfortunately, the sexual revolution has not proven to be as beneficial to women as was hoped, and society offers young men little preparation for future roles as husbands and...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-11-03
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The First Amendment guarantee that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" rejected the millennium-old Western policy of supporting one form of Christianity in each nation and subjugating all other faiths.The exact meaning and application of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-11-02
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This book is the first exploration of the remarkable odyssey of Thomas Aquinas in the Orthodox Christian world, from the Byzantine to the modern era. Aquinas was received with astonishing enthusiasm across the Byzantine theological spectrum. By contrast, modern Orthodox...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-11-01
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In The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism Michael Ing describes how early Confucians coped with situations where their rituals failed to achieve their intended aims.In contrast to most contemporary interpreters of Confucianism, Ing demonstrates that early...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-11-01
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This work attempts to uncover the function of religion for those degraded on the basis of race. Accordingly, Recalibrating Spirit reveals the role of religion in critical reflection on and active protest against negative assertions about racial identity in general, and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-10-31
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Trentaz proposes an inclusive, complex framework for understanding the creation and maintenance of risk of contracting HIV & AIDS, takes a hard look at dominant theologies and proposes a new way of approaching a theo-ethical response to the pandemic within a communal...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-10-30
Collection :
Content and Context in Theological Ethics
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This companion is not intended as another interpretation of the ancient text, but rather as an aid for contemporary students to develop their own interpretive reading of it, in the hope of thereby aiding them in the search for meaning, purpose, and service in their own...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2012-10-29
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The Sefer Yetsirah (the Book of Creation ) is a core text of the early kabbalah, yet scholars have struggled to establish even the most basic facts about the work. This project attempts to discover the ways in which diagrams accompanying the text and its commentaries...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-10-29
Collection :
The New Middle Ages
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