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Steve D. Fraade offers a new translation, with notes, and detailed commentary to the Dead Sea Scroll most commonly called the Damascus Document, based on both ancient manuscripts from caves along the western shore of the Dead Sea, and medieval manuscripts from the Cairo...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-11-19
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Much of the drama, theological paradox, and interpretive interest in the Book of Samuel derives from instances of God's violence in the story. The beginnings of Israel's monarchy are interwoven with God's violent rejection of the houses of Eli and of Saul, deaths...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-11-19
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Swami Vivekananda, the nineteenth-century Hindu monk who introduced Vedanta to the West, is undoubtedly one of modern India's most influential philosophers. Unfortunately, his philosophy has too often been interpreted through reductive hermeneutic lenses. Typically,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-11-18
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Der Band setzt sich mit der Frage auseinander, wie sich der christliche Glaube zu den nichtchristlichen Religionen und deren Wahrheitsansprüchen verhält.Der Autor versammelt seine religionstheologischen Aufsätze der letzten 25 Jahre und ordnet sie nach systematischen...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-11-17
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Why is the New Testament considered a "sacred" text for Christians? For some, this ancient text is viewed simply as an influential and interesting artifact with no real impact on their lives. But for believing Christians it is an integral part of the Bible and normative...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-11-16
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Around the globe, people who work in the helping professions are often heroic bridge-builders and creators of peaceful societies. They have in common, Marc Gopin argues, a set of cultivated moral character traits and psychosocial skills. They tend to be kinder, more...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-11-16
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This volume presents the most recent joint study of the research group Religion and Human Rights.This text is comprised of studies carried out in twelve countries and divided into three parts according to their respective tree continents. Almost 10,000 youths have...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-11-15
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Religion and Human Rights
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This book explores how contemporary approaches to the meaning of time and history follow patterns that are simultaneously political and theological. Even after postsecular critiques of Christianity, religion, and secularity, many influential ways of dividing time and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-11-13
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An Invitation to Biblical Poetry is an accessibly written introduction to biblical poetry that emphasizes the aesthetic dimensions of poems and their openness to varieties of context. It demonstrates the irreducible complexity of poetry as a verbal art and considers the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-11-12
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John Leland (1754-1841) was one of the most influential and entertaining religious figures in early America. As an itinerant revivalist, he demonstrated an uncanny ability to connect with a popular audience, and contributed to the rise of a "democratized" Christianity...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-11-11
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The pieces collected here are written by fifteen philosophers and one poet who have been influenced by Stephen Priest, or develop themes in Priest’s philosophy, or both. They include contributions from the United Kingdom, the USA, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Taiwan and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-11-09
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?This book examines Leo Tolstoy’s struggle to understand the relationship of God and man, in connection with his attempt to answer questions regarding the meaning of life. Tolstoy addressed such issues in a systematic way and with great concerns for the future of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-11-01
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Billy Graham's ministry is often described as a quintessentially American success story. However, by 1954,Billy Graham was bigger news in London than in Texas. Altar Call explores how Graham's encounters and perception in Europe shaped what was from the beginning on an...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-11-01
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Eighty percent of Filipinos (about 80 million people) identify with the Catholic faith. Visitors to the Philippines might find it surprising that images of Catholic saints, the Child Christ, and the Virgin Mary can be seen in all kinds of public and private spaces...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-11-01
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The book examines the nexus between political and religious thought within the Prussian old conservative milieu. It presents early-nineteenth-century Prussian conservatism as a phenomenon connected to a specific generation of young Prussians.The book introduces the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-10-31
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What is God? What does it mean to believe in God? What happens to God after the death of God? This book examines “the death of God” from a philosophical standpoint. It focuses on monotheism, polytheism, and nature, and it discusses the renewed importance of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-10-31
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This book provides a new account of a distinctive, important, but forgotten moment in early modern religious and intellectual history. In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, Christian scholars were investing heavily in techniques for studying the Bible...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-10-30
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This book provides a new account of a distinctive, important, but forgotten moment in early modern religious and intellectual history. In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, Christian scholars were investing heavily in techniques for studying the Bible...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-10-30
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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The Bible is one of the world's most read and most influential books. It has provided many rules for people to live by, and has shaped our language and our shared beliefs in ways that have both drawn communities...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-10-28
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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The Bible is one of the world's most read and most influential books. It has provided many rules for people to live by, and has shaped our language and our shared beliefs in ways that have both drawn communities...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-10-28
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