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The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics of religious conversion, which for centuries has profoundly shaped societies, cultures, and individuals throughout the world. Scholars from a wide array of religions and...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-03-06
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Scholars who study the Christian Right often claim that the movement's distinction lies in its moral absolutism and religious fervor. Through a detailed study of the sexually-charged rhetoric of one of America's largest conservative women's organizations, Concerned...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-03-04
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Conversion has been an essential element of Christianity, and especially of Roman Catholicism, for centuries--from the Apostle Paul's dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus to the spiritual transformations of such prominent modern individuals as Cardinal Newman,...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-03-03
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Roman Catholicism stands at a crossroads, a classic ''best of times, worst of times'' moment. On the one hand, the Catholic Church remains by far the largest branch of the worldwide Christian family, and is growing at a remarkable clip. Yet the Church has also been...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-03-03
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In January 2002, reeling from a growing awareness of child sexual abuse within their church, a small group of Catholics gathered after Mass in the basement of a parish in Wellesley, Massachusetts to mourn and react. They began to mobilize around supporting victims of...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-03-01
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The Psalms-the longest and most complex book in the Bible-is a varied collection of religious poetry, the product of centuries of composition and revision. It is the most transcribed and translated book of the Hebrew Bible. Intended for both scholar and student,The...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-02-28
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Joy A. Schroeder offers the first in-depth exploration of the biblical story of Deborah, an authoritative judge, prophet, and war leader. For centuries, Deborah's story has challenged readers' traditional assumptions about the place of women in society.
Schroeder shows...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-02-28
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David Tittensor offers a groundbreaking new perspective on the Gülen movement, a Turkish Muslim educational activist network that emerged in the 1960s and has grown into a global empire with an estimated worth of $25 billion. Named after its leader Fethullah Gülen, the...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-02-28
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1863 – in Hamburg werden «Befreiungskriegs»-Jubiläen veranstaltet. Über das Datum herrscht Zwist – seit 50 Jahren.1863 setzt sich die «März-Partei» durch. Die Märzfeier, zuletzt 1838 begangen, auf Hamburger Lokalgeschehen Bezug nehmend, gerät erneut zum Triumph von...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-02-27
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What you believe is everything!Break free from bondages and live a life of victory through inspiring bite-sized teachings that will help you develop highly effective habits for right believing.Each daily experience includes:Today's Scripture: A scripture to meditate on...
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FaithWords
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2014-02-25
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How does the Qur'an depict the religious Other? Historically, this question has provoked extensive debate among Islamic scholars about the identity, nature, and status of such religious Others. Today, this debate assumes great importance because of the widening...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-02-21
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Twelve scholars from the biblical, historical, theological, and philosophical disciplines engage in a conversation on the transforming work of the Holy Spirit in the Christian life. The essays are held together by an enduring focus and concern to explore the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-02-20
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This book discusses the different understandings of 'catholicity' that emerged in the interactions between the Church of England and other churches - particularly the Roman Catholic Church and later the Old Catholic Churches - from the early 1830s to the early 1880s. It...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-02-20
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Taking conflict as its collective theme, this book brings together the work of early modern specialists to offer a range of insights into the political, social and religious climate in Savoy between 1400 and 1700. The contributors focus on the broader context of early...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-02-19
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Julie Clinton speaks to approximately fifty thousand women each year all across the country at the Extraordinary Women Conferences.
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Worthy Books
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2014-02-18
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In this important new book, the distinguished Egyptologist Jan Assmann provides a masterful overview of a crucial theme in the religious history of the West - that of 'religio duplex', or dual religion. He begins by returning to the theology of the Ancient Egyptians,...
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Polity
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2014-02-18
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A classic question in studies of ritual is how ritual performances achieve-or fail to achieve-their effects. In this pathbreaking book, Matt Tomlinson argues that participants condition their own expectations of ritual success by interactively creating distinct textual...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-02-14
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The author argues that there are conflicting traditions with regard to the question of what is the moral standing of animals according to Christianity.The dominant tradition maintains that animals are primarily resources but there are alternative strands of Christian...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-02-13
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Brother Roger’s life, in communion with his brothers, was given over tirelessly to welcoming young people at Taizé, to stimulating Christians to reconciliation, and to travelling across the world to share the life of the very poor. It was a life given for love. This...
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Les Presses de Taizé
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2014-02-13
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Combining key titles from both Oxford's Very Short Introductions and Oxford World's Classics series, this collection includes an assortment of books that will enlighten your understanding of Islam. Containing A Very Short Introduction to The Koran, Islamic History, and...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-02-13
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