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Given that we meet evils in every quarter of the world, could it be governed by an all-good and all-powerful deity? Whilst some philosophers argue that the problem of evil is strong evidence for atheism, others claim that all of the evils in our world can be explained...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-07-04
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Counter to popular perceptions, contemporary American sociology is and promotes a profoundly sacred project at heart. Sociology today is in fact animated by sacred impulses, driven by sacred commitments, and serves a sacred project.
Sociology appears on the surface to...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-07-03
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Introducing a framework to generate new conversations about inter-religious dialogue and create a community of religions, Shai Har-El argues that Islam and Judaism, sister religions, are closely related to one another with roots intertwined in the land, in the language,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-07-02
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Decolonial Judaism: Triumphal Failures of Barbaric Thinking explores the relationship among geopolitics, religion, and social theory. It argues that during the postcolonial and post-Holocaust era, Jewish thinkers in different parts of the world were influenced by Global...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-07-02
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Jeffrey Stackert addresses two of the oldest and most persistent problems in biblical studies: the relationship between prophecy and law in the Hebrew Bible and the utility of the Documentary Hypothesis for understanding Israelite religion. These topics have in many...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-07-01
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Thirty years ago, "mindfulness" was a Buddhist principle mostly obscure to the west. Today, it is a popular cure-all for Americans' daily problems. A massive and lucrative industry promotes mindfulness in every aspect of life, however mundane or unlikely: Americans of...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-07-01
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Dieser Papst Benedikt XVI. gewidmete Band erschließt das Thema «Logos und Musik» in systematischer und historischer Hinsicht. Fachkundige Vertreter der Geistes- und Naturwissenschaften aus europäischen und außereuropäischen Ländern bieten ein fassettenreiches Mosaik von...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-06-24
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In der historisch islamischen Welt gibt es seit längerem ein Bewusstsein für problematische Vorstellungen über Geschlechterverhältnisse auch gerade in Zusammenhang mit Deutungen bestimmter Koranpassagen. Der Tafsir (Koranexegese) ist ein historisch gewachsenes und immer...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-06-23
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Teaching piety and the highest good have been goals from the beginning of the Academy. Princeton University and Theological Seminary had their start in these same ideas. This book explores the concepts of reason and faith at early Princeton by looking at how this...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2014-06-20
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'If you're new to the faith and seeking a good orientation, here you'll find the introduction I wish I had been given. If you're a long-term Christian whose current form of Christianity has stopped working, here you'll find a reorientation from a fresh and healthy...
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Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2014-06-19
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Following a scholarly account of Thomas Aquinas's life, Davies explores his purposes in writing the Summa Theologiae and works systematically through each of its three Parts. He also relates their contents and Aquinas's teachings to those of other works and other...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-06-18
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Historical memory is the perception of order in what has been done and said. Such a memory creates awareness and consciousness, both individually and socially. Together it generates discernment and wisdom for the future, for the «res gerendae». This work is a...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-06-17
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When revolutionary hero Gamal Abdel Nasser dismantled and suppressed Egypt's largest social movement organization during the 1950s, few could have imagined that the Muslim Brotherhood would not only reemerge, but could one day compete for the presidency in the nation's...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-06-16
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Diakonia Studies closes the account on John N. Collins's 40 years of involvement in groundbreaking linguistic research and argumentation concerning the nature and functioning of Christian ministry.
Dispute has swirled around the Greek term diakonia for 50 years. Once...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-06-16
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This work focuses exclusively on Rabindranath Tagore's sermons/addresses and miscellaneous prose writings in Bengali. With a substantive introduction by Amiya P. Sen identifying various stages in the evolution of Tagore's religious thoughts, beginning from about the...
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OUP India
Parution :
2014-06-12
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Dass der Toragehorsam eingehalten wird, ist das zentrale Ziel der Endredaktion. Dies wird auch in den Prophetenbüchern reflektiert, wobei sich die drei in dieser Studie untersuchten Modi des Toragehorsams entwickelt haben. Indem am Ende der Geist mit dem Herz...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-06-11
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Salafismus zeigt sich derzeit hauptsächlich in der medial aufgearbeiteten Form des zeitgenössischen politischen Salafismus: radikal, schnell wachsend, national und international als aktuelle Bedrohung empfunden. Dem öffentlichen Diskurs fehlt es häufig an Information...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-06-11
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This book is the outcome of the conference «Imperial Alexandria: Interactions between Science, Religion and Literature», held at Salamanca University in October 2011. The conference convened a group of experts from different fields to address the interrelationship...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-06-11
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This book engages a complex subject that mainline theologies avoid, Indigenous Australia. The heritages, wisdoms and dreams of Indigenous Australians are tormented by the discriminating mindsets and colonialist practices of non-Indigenous peoples.This book gives special...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-06-05
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Das Buch bildet einen musikalischen Ergänzungsband zur Monographie Osternacht und Altes Testament (Österreichische Biblische Studien, Band 22). In ihm legt Godehard Joppich zunächst seine Vertonung des Exsultet in der Neuübersetzung von Norbert Lohfink vor. Für den...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-06-05
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