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So much has changed about Catholic intellectual life in the half century since the end of the Second Vatican Council that it has become difficult to locate the core concepts that make up the tradition. In the Lógos of Love is a collection of essays that grew out of a...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-12-15
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Is the richness and diversity of rituals and celebrations in South Asia unique? Are Indians or Hindus more involved in rituals than people of other faiths and other places? If so, what makes them special? Can we speak of a homo ritualis when it comes to India or...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-12-15
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This book explores centuries of power relations and imperial and civilizing rhetorics, overarching themes highlighted in these infrequently heard accounts by eastern travelers to the West. Considered in depth are evolutions in mental frameworks and practices that led to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-12-11
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The seventeenth century was the century of Saint Augustine. In 1695, Louis Sébastien, Le Nain de Tillemont, finished volume 13 of his Mémoires ecclésiastique, entitled La vie de saint Augustin.The volume consisted of approximately 1200 pages wherein Louis Sébastien...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2015-12-11
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The different theoretical notions and practices of the relations between the state and religious communities in early modern Europe constitute one of the most interesting problems in historiography. Moving away from a simple «toleration» versus «non-toleration»...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-12-11
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This book discusses Theoderic the Great’s years of political activity, which coincided with the advent of a new era and were marked by features of two distinct civilizations. From the political and cultural viewpoint, he stood at the boundary between the Roman tradition...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-12-11
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Although he is not always recognised as such, Søren Kierkegaard has been an important ally for Catholic theologians in the early twentieth century. Moreover, understanding this relationship and its origins offers valuable resources and insights to contemporary Catholic...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-12-10
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Although he is not always recognised as such, Søren Kierkegaard has been an important ally for Catholic theologians in the early twentieth century. Moreover, understanding this relationship and its origins offers valuable resources and insights to contemporary Catholic...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-12-10
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An independent teacher, based in Alexandria throughout the second half of the fourth century, Didymus appealed to many within the broadly Origenist currents of Egyptian asceticism, including Jerome, Rufinus, and Evagrius. His commentaries, lecture-notes, and theological...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-12-10
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An independent teacher, based in Alexandria throughout the second half of the fourth century, Didymus appealed to many within the broadly Origenist currents of Egyptian asceticism, including Jerome, Rufinus, and Evagrius. His commentaries, lecture-notes, and theological...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-12-10
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Dieses Findbuch erschließt mit dem Pfarrarchiv Perleberg einen wertvollen Bestand zur brandenburgischen Landesgeschichte. Die über einen Zeitraum von 700 Jahren erwachsenen Archivalien ermöglichen vielfältige Einblicke in die Stadt- und Kirchengeschichte. Mit insgesamt...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-12-04
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Providing effective leadership in Church and society is one of the most difficult human endeavors. It influences the dynamics and quality of social and spiritual life. The Church in the developing countries needs more than ever charismatic and prophetic leaders. Peter...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-12-04
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On April 16, 1972, ten thousand people gathered in Central Park to protest New York's liberal abortion law. Emotions ran high, reflecting the nation's extreme polarization over abortion. Yet the divisions did not fall neatly along partisan or religious lines-the...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-12-04
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For three thousand years a dominant force, Ancient Egypt is arguably the most successful and longest lasting human civilization yet. In this pacy guide, world renowned Egyptologist Professor Barry Kemp seeks to explain why Ancient Egypt was able to thrive with such...
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John Murray
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2015-12-03
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Winner of the AAR's 2016 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Textual Studies
How Repentance Became Biblical tells the story of repentance as a concept. Many today, in both secular and religious contexts, assume it to be a natural and inevitable component of...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-12-01
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Making Men identifies and elaborates on a theme in the Hebrew Bible that has largely gone unnoticed by scholars-the transition of a male adolescent from boyhood to manhood. Wilson locates five examples of the male coming-of-age theme in the Hebrew Bible. The...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-12-01
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As ecological degradation continues to threaten permanent and dramatic changes for life on our planet, the question of how we can protect our imperiled Earth has become more pressing than ever before. In this book, Daniel Scheid draws on Catholic social thought to...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-12-01
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Although the relationship of the Hebrew Bible and violence has been of interest to scholars in recent years, ritual violence in its various manifestations has been underexplored, as have been the theoretical dimensions of ritual violence. This volume is intended to...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-12-01
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Joyce Meyer, # 1 New York Times bestselling author, helps readers tap into the life-changing power of positive words and prayer to overcome everyday problems inPower Words. Developing the habit of speaking God's Word will unlock the power of transformation in readers'...
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FaithWords
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2015-12-01
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Sin, often defined as a violation of divine will, remains a crucial idea in contemporary moral and religious discourse. However, the apparent familiarity of the concept obscures its origins within the history of Western religious thought. Joseph Lam examines a watershed...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-12-01
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