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A leading historian examines his faith in God, in the light of the historical evidence and his own personal experiences.
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2013-10-31
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In religious studies, theory and method research has long been embroiled in a polarized debate over scientific versus theological perspectives. Ronald L. Grimes shows that this debate has stagnated, due in part to a manner of theorizing too far removed from the study of...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-10-31
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How do we learn to be religious? To make sense of this process should we emphasise the habitual reinforcement of bodily rituals? Or the active role of individuals in making decisions about faith at key moments? Or should we turn to cognitive science to explain the...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-10-31
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A preeminent scholar of Catholicism transports readers to Rome for the traditional station churches pilgrimage, offering a vivid and informative guide to the Eternal City and the Lenten season. The annual Lenten pilgrimage to dozens of Rome's most striking churches is a...
Editeur :
Basic Books
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2013-10-29
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The idea that there is a truth within the person linked to the discovery of a deeper, more fundamental, more authentic self, has been a common theme in many religions throughout history and an idea that is still with us today. This inwardness or interiority unique to me...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-10-25
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The senses are used within New Testament texts as instruments of knowledge and power and thus constitute important mediators of cultural knowledge and experience. Likewise, those instances where sensory faculty is perceived to be 'disabled' in some way also become key...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-10-24
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This Very Short Introduction provides both the believer and non-believer with a balanced survey of the central questions of theology. David Ford's approach draws us in to considering the principles underlying religious belief, including the centrality of salvation to...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-10-24
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This Very Short Introduction provides both the believer and non-believer with a balanced survey of the central questions of theology. David Ford's approach draws us in to considering the principles underlying religious belief, including the centrality of salvation to...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-10-24
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Ascetic Pneumatology from John Cassian to Gregory the Great presents three interconnected arguments. The first argument concerns scholarly readings of antiquity: there are developments in 5th and 6th century Latin pneumatology which we have overlooked. Theologians like...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-10-24
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Bob Tennant presents a history of the missionary work, cultures, and rhetoric of the Church of England in 1760-1870, when it was the predominant organizer of Protestant overseas missions. Through close attention to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK,...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-10-24
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Genius. With hints of madness and mystery, moral license and visionary force, the word suggests an almost otherworldly power: the power to create, to divine the secrets of the universe, even to destroy. Yet the notion of genius has been diluted in recent times. Today,...
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Basic Books
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2013-10-22
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This volume brings together a range of critical studies that explore diverse ways in which processes of globalization pose new challenges and offer new opportunities for religious groups to propagate their beliefs in contemporary Asian contexts. Proselytizing tests the...
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Springer
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2013-10-21
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The path of practice as taught in ancient India by Gotama Buddha was open to both women and men.The texts of early Indian Buddhism show that women were lay followers of the Buddha and were also granted the right to ordain and become nuns. Certain women were known as...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-10-18
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The Religions Book clearly and simply explains all of the important information about the world's major, and many minor, religions, in an easy-to-access format.Using easy-to-follow graphics and artworks, succinct quotations, and thoroughly accessible text,The Religions...
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Dorling Kindersley
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2013-10-17
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Jesus' ascension into Heaven-the end of his earthly life-is one of the most puzzling moments in the Gospels. It marks the moment when Jesus was no longer limited to a specific point in space and time. In The Father and Son, Timothy Keller, pastor of New York's Redeemer...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
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2013-10-10
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'I believe there are many of us who have been wounded by God's people. And I believe there are those of you who have been so wounded, that you have confused God's people with God, and so have run from Him. The purpose of this book is to help you get past your...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
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2013-10-10
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What first prompted prehistoric man, sheltering in the shadows of deep caves, to call upon the realm of the spirits? And why has belief thrived ever since, leading us to invent heaven and hell, sin and redemption, and above all, gods?Religion reflects our deepest hopes...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2013-10-10
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The problem of pain is a perennial one; and for those who undergo particular sufferings it can often be the largest obstacle for trusting in a good and loving God. If such a God exists, why is there so much suffering in the world? And how do we deal with it when it...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2013-10-10
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The announcement of Jesus' birth by the angel to Mary is one of the most rich and beautiful moments in the Gospels.The angel's revelation of Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah is one of the key passages of the Christian faith, and Mary's response to the news has long...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2013-10-10
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From Abelard to Zwingli, via a multitude of saints and sinners, Nick Page guides us through the creeds, the councils, the buildings and the background of the Christian church in an illuminating, and perhaps ever so slightly irreverent way.Well-known as a writer,...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2013-10-10
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