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The metaphors in Hosea are rich and varied, comprising both gendered and non-gendered image fields. This book examines the use of metaphor in Hosea through the lens of masculinity studies, which provides a means to elucidate connections between the images and to analyze...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2012-02-14
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Life Histories of Bahá’í Women in Canada: Constructing Religious Identity in the Twentieth Century is an unprecedented study of the essential features of living a Bahá’í life, examining contributions and experiences of a diverse group of Canadian women and men in a new...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2012-02-14
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Thomas von Kempen (1379/80-1471), der den allergrößten Teil seines langen Lebens in klösterlicher Abgeschiedenheit zubrachte – auf der Suche nach Seelenfrieden «im Winkel mit einem Buch», wie sein Wahlspruch lautete – hat durch sein Werk Von der Nachfolge Christi nicht...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-02-14
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Madagascar is a poor country with very little power on the world stage. As a former French colony, Madagascar’s wealth has often been viewed as available to others with more power to take and use as they please. This trend continues today; while its unique flora and...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2012-02-14
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Provides the first extensive collection of traditional and academic Jewish approaches to the religions of the world, focusing on those Jewish thinkers that actually encounter the other world religions -that is, it moves beyond the theory of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-02-14
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Based on interview material with a wide range of Protestant clergy in Northern Ireland, this book examines how Protestant identity impacts on the possibility of peace and stability and argues for greater involvement by the Protestant churches in the transition from...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-02-10
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.
This book examines the writings of an early...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-02-09
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A Christianity Worth Believing offers an engaging, 'come-with-me-on-a-journey-of-exploring-the-possibilities' approach to what it means to be a follower of Jesus in our day. Written by Doug Pagitt?a leading voice in the Emergent conversation—this beautifully written...
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Jossey-Bass
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2012-02-07
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The Reformation's war against the saints and their miracles is well known.The story of the Protestant Reformers' embrace of natural wonders as miracles that could similarly spur piety and moral discipline is much less familiar. In Miracles and the Protestant...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-02-03
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Der muslimische Scholastiker Al-Guwayni (gest.1089) lebte und wirkte in der als «formative Phase des Islam» (8.-12. Jahrhundert) bekannten Zeit. Diese wurde geprägt durch eine enorme theologische Dynamik, die zur Herausbildung diverser Denkschulen führte. Diese Arbeit...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-02-02
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Bestselling author and master communicator Charles Swindoll has been effectively speaking to others for over fifty years. In SAYING IT WELL: Touching Others With Your Words he shares his secrets on how to talk so people will listen.Filled with techniques, stories, and...
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FaithWords
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2012-02-02
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What happens when a Muslim, born and brought up in a Muslim family in an Islamic country, converts to Christianity? In this unique book, Brother Andrew describes the personal, cultural, spiritual and life-threatening challenges that they face. Most of the book is...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2012-02-02
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Dieser Sammelband beschäftigt sich mit der Islamdebatte in der deutschen Öffentlichkeit und mit der Rolle, die die Religion bei der Integration von Muslimen in Deutschland spielt. Während die gegenwärtigen integrationspolitischen Debatten und der interreligiöse Dialog...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-02-02
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Die Verbindung des Islam mit der christlichen Reformation beschreibt, in welchen Bereichen sich die Einflüsse des Islams auf Europa während des Mittelalters auswirkten. Amin al-?uli zeigt aus einer evolutionstheoretischen Sicht auf die europäische Religionsgeschichte,...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-02-02
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Beginning in 1701, missionary-minded Anglicans launched one of the earliest and most sustained efforts to Christianize the enslaved people of Britain's colonies. Hundreds of clergy traveled to widely-dispersed posts in North America, the Caribbean, and West Africa under...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-02-01
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In this groundbreaking collection of essays edited by Steven Heine, leading scholars of Buddhism from both sides of the Pacific explore the life and thought of Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Japanese Soto sect. Through both textual and historical...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-02-01
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Among the most challenging biblical figures to understand is Jeroboam son of Nebat, the first monarch of northern Israel whose story is told in 1 Kings 11-14. This book explores the characterization of Jeroboam in the Hebrew text, and traces his rags to riches career...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-01-27
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Defining 'magic' is a maddening task. Over the last century numerous philosophers, anthropologists, historians, and theologians have attempted to pin down its essential meaning, sometimes analysing it in such complex and abstruse depth that it all but loses its sense...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-01-26
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Among the most challenging biblical figures to understand is Jeroboam son of Nebat, the first monarch of northern Israel whose story is told in 1 Kings 11-14. This book explores the characterization of Jeroboam in the Hebrew text, and traces his rags to riches career...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-01-26
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