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Written by a leading authority on Chinese philosophy, Decoding Dao uniquely focuses on the core texts in Daoist philosophy, providing readers with a user-friendly introduction that unravels the complexities of these seminal volumes. Offers a detailed introduction to...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-12-16
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ASIAN RELIGIONS “A unique introduction to Asian religions, combining the scholarly rigor of an established historian of Asian religions with the willingness to engage empathetically with the traditions and to suggest that readers do the same.”Joseph A. Adler, Kenyon...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-12-16
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In the last century St. Catherine of Siena, an Italian lay woman and mystic of the fourteenth century, was named first a Doctor of the Church and then one of six patron saints of Europe. This recognition of her life and spirituality has been accompanied by increased...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-12-13
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Explaining the Cosmos analyzes the writings of three thinkers associated with Gaza: Aeneas, Zacharias and Procopius. Together, they offer a case study for the appropriation, adaptation, and transformation of classical philosophy in late antiquity, and for cultural...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-12-13
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For two-and-a-half millennia these two psalms have been commented on, translated, painted, set to music, employed in worship, and adapted in literature, often being used disputatiously by Jews and Christians alike. Psalm 1 is about the Law; at the heart of Psalm 2 is...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-12-13
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This book is about a sacred place called Balkh, known to the ancient Greeks as Bactra. Located in the north of today's Afghanistan, along the silk road, Balkh was holy to many. The Prophet Zoroaster is rumoured to have died here, and during late antiquity, Balkh was the...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-12-12
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Royal Priesthood in the English Reformation assesses the understandings of the Christian doctrine of royal priesthood, long considered one of the three major Reformation teachings, as held by an array of royal, clerical, and popular theologians during the English...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-12-12
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Previous research on Mesopotamian Flood traditions tended to focus on a few textual sources. How the traditions originated and developed as a whole has not been seriously investigated. By systematically examining a large body of relevant cuneiform sources of diverse...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-12-12
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Kevin M. Watson offers the first in-depth examination of an essential early Methodist tradition: the band meeting, a small group of five to seven people who focused on the confession of sin in order to grow in holiness. Watson shows how the band meeting, which figured...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-12-10
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In Making Things Better, A. David Napier demonstrates how anthropological description of non-Western exchange practices and beliefs can be a tonic for contemporary economic systems in which our impersonal relationship to ''things'' transforms the animate elements of...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-12-09
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Some days, the news seems too much to bear. Yet another tsunami or earthquake or flood or fire or war atrocity. One more gun-toting madman stalking young people in idyllic Norway or moviegoers in Colorado or schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut. We turn off the news...
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Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2013-12-05
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In a richly illustrated, revelatory study of Philadelphia's Germantown Avenue, home to a diverse array of more than 90 Christian and Muslim congregations, Katie Day explores the formative and multifaceted role of religious congregations within an urban...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-12-05
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Ausgehend von der Annahme einer stark ausdifferenzierten Jesus-Bewegung bietet diese Studie eine dekonstruktive Lektüre von Texten aus dem zweiten Jahrhundert, in denen Hinrichtungen von Jesus-Anhängern als Martyrium überhöht werden. Sie konzentriert sich dabei auf die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-04
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Die Domkapitel zählen zu den traditionsreichsten Einrichtungen der katholischen Kirche. Infolge der nachkonziliaren Kodexreform kam es für die Kathedralkapitel jedoch zum Verlust von Titel und Stellung des senatus episcopi an den neu eingerichteten Priesterrat und zu...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-04
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Through history, Islam was the dominant religion and source of legitimation for ruling entities in diverse contexts where cultures and religions thrived in harmony. Today, the presence of Muslims as citizens in secular societies poses challenges, either by belonging to...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-04
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Nearly every form of religion or spirituality has a vital connection with art. Religions across the world, from Hinduism and Buddhism to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, have been involved over the centuries with a rich array of artistic traditions, both sacred and...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-12-03
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Beyond Secular Order is the first of a two-volume work that expands upon renowned theologian John Milbank’s innovative attempt to understand both theology and modern thought begun in his previously published classic text Theology and Social Theory. Continues Milbank’s...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-12-02
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Illuminations: Theory & Religion
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The night before his crucifixion, in the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus asks his Father to take away the cup of his suffering, but then says, "not my will, but yours, be done." Shortly afterward, Judas arrives, and his arrival reveals something important about the Father's...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-11-28
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Diese Untersuchung beschäftigt sich mit den Bedingungen der Möglichkeit sinnvoller religiöser Rede auf dem Hintergrund der Überlegungen Wittgensteins. Scheinen zunächst – dem eindimensionalen Sprachparadigma seiner Frühphilosophie entsprechend – keine solchen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-11-27
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Welches Gesetzesverständnis zeigt sich im Jesusbild des Lukasevangeliums? Nach lukanischem Aspekt haben Jesus und das Gesetz eigene Funktionen. So beweist etwa das Gesetz, wer Jesus und seine Werke sind. Es gilt sowohl für das menschliche Leben, für Moral, Ethik und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-11-27
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