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G. K. Chesterton is remembered as a brilliant creator of nonsense and satirical verse, author of the Father Brown stories and the innovative novel, The Man who was Thursday, and yet today he is not counted among the major English novelists and poets. However, this major...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-04-21
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Get to know the beliefs and practices inspired by Jesus ChristDiscover what it means to be a Christian and follow the gospelCurious about Christianity? This friendly guide helps you understand the basic teachings of the Christian faith, exploring the common ground that...
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For Dummies
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2011-04-20
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Comprehensive interfaith coverage of the important female figures This friendly, approachable guide introduces readers to the famous and infamous women of Scripture, describing in everyday language the contributions these women made in their time and ours. From Eve,...
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For Dummies
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2011-04-20
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Why are we here? How should we live? What happens after we die?Why does evil exist? Religion For Dummies explains how the world’s great religions answer questions that persist through generations. Authors Rabbi Marc Gellman and Monsignor Thomas Hartman are trusted...
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For Dummies
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2011-04-18
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He came from the wrong social class, the wrong place and the wrong profession.He ate with the wrong people, championed the wrong causes and attracted the wrong kind of supporters.He even spoke with the wrong accent. In fact everything about Jesus of Nazareth was wrong....
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-04-14
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Jarrod L. Whitaker examines the ritualized poetic construction of male identity in the Rgveda, India's oldest Sanskrit text, arguing that an important aspect of early Vedic life was the sustained promotion and embodiment of what it means to be a true man. The Rgveda...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-04-13
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A research-based approach to developing more active and involved congregations In this practical resource, well-known and respected researcher Scott Thumma and professional co-writer Warren Bird draw upon new and heretofore unpublished research across a broad range of...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
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2011-04-12
Collection :
Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series
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This book examines how the process of nation-building in Egypt helped transform Egypt from an Ottoman province to an Arabic speaking national community. Through the discussion of the life and works of the prominent writer `A'isha Taymur, Hatem gives insight into how...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-04-11
Collection :
Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World
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In theological discourse, argues Hugh Nicholson, the political goes "all the way down." One never reaches a bedrock level of politically neutral religious facts, because all theological discourse - even the most sublime, edifying, and "spiritual"--is shot through with...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-04-08
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One deep problem facing the Catholic church is the question of how its teaching authority is understood today. It is fairly clear that, while Rome continues to teach as if its authority were unchanged from the days before Vatican II (1962-65), the majority of Catholics...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-04-06
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In the early 1880s, proponents of what came to be called “the social gospel” founded what is now known as social ethics. This ambitious and magisterial book describes the tradition of social ethics: one that began with the distinctly modern idea that Christianity has a...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2011-04-06
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In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Catholicism was often presented in the U.S. not only as a threat to Protestantism but also as an enemy of democracy. Focusing on literary and cultural representations of Catholics as a political force, Elizabeth Fenton...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-04-05
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Moral Struggle and Religious Ethics offers a comparative discussion of the challenges of living a moral religious life. This is illustrated with a study of two key thinkers, Bonaventure and Buddhaghosa, who influenced the development of moral thinking in Christianity...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-03-31
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Islamophobia has been on the rise since September 11, as seen in countless cases of discrimination, racism, hate speeches, physical attacks, and anti-Muslim campaigns. The 2006 Danish cartoon crisis and the controversy surrounding Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg speech...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-03-30
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Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology delineates the ways that Christianity, Islam, and the Jewish tradition have moved towards each another over the centuries and points to new pathways for contemporary theological work. Explores the development of the three...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-03-29
Collection :
Challenges in Contemporary Theology
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Exploring Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: History, Method, Practice offers a concise and multifaceted overview of the origins, development, and application of postcolonial criticism to biblical studies.? Offers a concise and accessible introduction to postcolonial...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-03-29
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To illustrate the complexities of black women's experiences of self-identification and racial embodiment, Phillis Isabella Sheppard provides an account that engages both psychoanalytic theory and the role of religion and cultural objects in self-understanding.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-03-28
Collection :
Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice
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A comprehensive treatment of the significant symbols and institutions of Roman religion, this companion places the various religious symbols, discourses, and practices, including Judaism and Christianity, into a larger framework to reveal the sprawling landscape of the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-03-25
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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Have you ever gotten to the point in your life where one day is like all the rest? Where the individuality, excitement and purpose of every moment is drained of its promising complexion? Through work, school, family and routine, people strive more and more to "get by"...
Editeur :
FaithWords
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2011-03-25
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