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Theodoret of Cyrus (c.393-c.466) was the most able Antiochene theologian in the defence of Nestorius from the Council of Ephesus in 431 to the Council of Chalcedon in 451. While the works of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Nestorius are extant today only in translations or...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-08-09
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Atheists are frequently demonized as arrogant intellectuals, antagonistic to religion, devoid of moral sentiments, advocates of an "anything goes" lifestyle. Now, in this revealing volume, nineteen leading philosophers open a window on the inner life of atheism,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2007-08-08
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The unique essays in this collection use the underlying allegiance to scripture in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity to underscore the deep affinities between the three monotheistic traditions while at the same time encouraging respect for the differences between the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2007-08-06
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Richard J. Goodrich examines the attempt by the fifth-century ascetic writer John Cassian to influence and shape the development of Western monasticism. Goodrich's close analysis of Cassian's earliest work (The Institutes) focuses on his interaction with the values and...
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OUP Oxford
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2007-08-02
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Written in a warm, accessible, and intimate style, Be Still and Get Going will touch those who are searching for an authentic spiritual practice that speaks to them in their own cultural language. Lew is one of the most sought-after rabbis on the lecture circuit. He...
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Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2007-07-31
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Jim Garlow, the bestselling author of Cracking DaVinci's Code, along with Rick Marschall take on the New York Times bestseller The Secret to expose its distortion of truth from a biblical perspective.
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FaithWords
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2007-07-31
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Radio show host Janet Parshall teams up with her daughter to answer common questions germane to daily Christian living.
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FaithWords
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2007-07-31
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The psychic medium for New York Times bestselling authors John Edward and James Van Praagh brings us his unparalleled insights on life after death and communication with the other side. For over 20 years, internationally known medium Robert Brown has seen every form of...
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Grand Central Publishing
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2007-07-31
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In the early years of contesting patriarchy in the academy and religious institutions, feminist theology often presented itself as a unified front, a sisterhood. The term "feminist theology," however, is misleading. It suggests a singular feminist purpose driven by a...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2007-07-20
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A challenging critique of narrative theologies, including the works of George Lindbeck, Robert Jenson, and Herbert McCabe. Francesca Aran Murphy argues that the use of the concept of story or narrative in theology is circular and self-referential, and that the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-07-19
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A challenging critique of narrative theologies, including the works of George Lindbeck, Robert Jenson, and Herbert McCabe. Francesca Aran Murphy argues that the use of the concept of story or narrative in theology is circular and self-referential, and that the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-07-19
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Brent Waters examines the historical roots and contemporary implications of the virtual disappearance of the family in late liberal and Christian social and political thought. Waters argues that the principal cause of this disappearance is late liberalism's fixation on...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-07-19
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Christianity is widely understood to be a "universal" religion that transcends the particularities of history and culture, including differences related to kinship and ethnicity. In traditional Pauline scholarship, this portrait ofChristianity has been justified by the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2007-07-13
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'You don't seek guidance from those drunken men,
So why insist they mend their rags again?
God's lovers stand beyond all faiths, as they
Are shown by God Himself a higher way.'
Book Two of Rumi's Masnavi is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-07-12
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'You don't seek guidance from those drunken men,
So why insist they mend their rags again?
God's lovers stand beyond all faiths, as they
Are shown by God Himself a higher way.'
Book Two of Rumi's Masnavi is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-07-12
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Tracing the subject from the Middle Ages to the present, David Nash outlines the history of blasphemy as a concept - from a species of heresy to modern understandings of it as a crime against the sacred and individual religious identity. Investigating its appearance in...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-07-12
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This book explores conceptual and institutional developments of the notion of the public sphere in the West and in the Islamic world, tackling historic ruptures spanning the formation and transformation of the Euro-Mediterranean world. Set against an imploding grammar...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2007-06-25
Collection :
Culture and Religion in International Relations
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Why does agency -- the capacity to make choices and to act in the world -- matter to us?Why is it meaningful that our intentions have effects in the world, that they reflect our sense of identity, that they embody what we value? What kinds of motivations are available...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2007-06-25
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In the West Krishna is primarily known as the speaker of the Bhagavad Gita. But it is the stories of Krishna's childhood and his later exploits that have provided some of the most important and widespread sources of religious narrative in the Hindu religious landscape....
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2007-06-18
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In The Missional Leader, consultants Alan Roxburgh and Fred Romanuk give church and denominational leaders, pastors, and clergy a clear model for leading the change necessary to create and foster a missional church focused outward to spread the message of the Gospel...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2007-06-15
Collection :
Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series
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