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Pauli Murray (1910-1985) was a poet, lawyer, activist, and priest, as well as a significant figure in the civil rights and women's movements. Throughout her careers and activism, Murray espoused faith in an American democracy that is partially present and yet to come....
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Oxford University Press
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2011-03-24
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A comparative analysis of early witch trials in Lucerne, Nuremberg and Basel, within the context of criminal justice and social control. The case of Lucerne presents a fascinating interplay between witch trials and a transformation in the city's criminal procedure on...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2011-03-23
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Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
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Rituals can provoke or escalate conflict, but they can also mediate it and although conflict is a normal aspect of human life, mass media technologies are changing the dynamics of conflict and shaping strategies for deploying rituals. This collection of essays emerged...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-03-23
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As Senegal prepares to celebrate fifty years of independence from French colonial rule, academic and policy circles are engaged in a vigorous debate about its experience in nation building. An important aspect of this debate is the impact of globalization on Senegal,...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-03-23
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The Blackwell Companion to Paul presents a distinctive dual focus approach that encompasses both the historical Paul and the history of Paul's influence. In doing so, expert contributors successfully address the interests of students of early Christianity and those of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2011-03-21
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Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
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Written by an award-winning author, this well-organized and comprehensive introduction to global Christianity illuminates the many ways the world's Christians live their faith today. Covers the entire globe: Africa, Asia, and Latin America as well as Europe, North...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2011-03-21
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Luther's Theology of the Cross represents a fully revised and updated edition of the classic 1985 text that expands on the author's ongoing research and reflects 25 years of Luther scholarship. Rewritten and expanded edition of a highly-acclaimed classic text...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2011-03-21
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In The Resurrection of the Messiah, Christopher Bryan combines literary, historical, and theological approaches in a study of the doctrine of the Resurrection. The book is divided into three parts. The first section provides a careful and sympathetic description of...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-03-21
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Joyce Dalsheim's ethnographic study takes a ground-breaking approach to one of the most contentious issues in the Middle East: the Israeli settlement project. Based on fieldwork in the settlements of the Gaza Strip and surrounding communities during the year prior to...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-03-18
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In our busy lives we often sideline prayer and spiritual practice, or wrap the subject up in a tangle of guilt-driven showmanship and ‘self-motivation’. Stripping away the jargon that we can often get caught up in, NAKED SPIRITUALITY presents the core concepts of prayer...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-03-17
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Philosophical theology is aimed primarily at theoretical understanding of the nature and attributes of God and of God's relationship to the world and its inhabitants. During the twentieth century, much of the philosophical community (both in the Anglo-American analytic...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-03-17
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Judaism isn’t a race or even a particular culture or ethnic group. There are about 13 or 14 million Jews spread around the world, including about 6 million in the United States and about 5 million in Israel – soJudaism clearly isn’t “a nation.” So what does it mean to...
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For Dummies
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2011-03-16
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This book provides a new way of understanding the role of the cult of the martyrs for the Cappadocian Fathers and their families. The study shows that the cult of the martyrs was so popular among all social levels of Christians, including the Cappadocian Fathers, that...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-03-10
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'Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.'
Jesus Christ is the central figure in Western culture, and one of the most...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-03-10
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This popular textbook has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect recent global developments, whilst retaining its unique and compelling narrative-style approach. Using ancient stories from diverse religions, it explores a broad range of important and complex...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-03-08
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The Reformation: A Brief History is a succinct and engaging introduction to the origins and history of the Protestant Reformation. A rich overview of the Reformation, skillfully blending social, political, religious and theological dimensions A clearly and engagingly...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-03-08
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion
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Diese Studie analysiert am Beispiel der Zeugen Jehovas Chancen und Risiken weltanschaulicher Erziehung in geschlossenen religiösen Gruppierungen. Im Mittelpunkt steht eine qualitative Inhaltsanalyse von Texten der Zeugen Jehovas zum Thema Erziehung. Dabei werden...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-03-07
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Scholarship on early Christian exegesis is full of puzzlement at the commentator’s apparent lack of concern for the literal or historical meaning of the text, usually explained as the result of an illegitimate allegorical method. This study comes to grips with the...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-03-07
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«Schweizer Kirchengeschichte – neu reflektiert» – unter diesem Titel vereinigt das vorliegende Buch die Vorträge des gleichnamigen Symposiums, das im November 2008 zum 65. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Rudolf Dellsperger in Bern veranstaltet wurde. Die Beiträge des Bandes...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-03-07
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Christianity has changed. Formerly known as the religion of Europe and North America, it is now a religion of the Global South: Asia, Africa, and Latin America. However,Christianity has never been merely a Western phenomenon – it has always been a borderless religion....
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2011-03-07
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