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Die Forschung der letzten Jahre hat sich verstärkt dem «Sichtbaren und Unsichtbaren» bzw. der Nacht oder Rückseite der Aufklärung zugewandt und das Fortleben hermetischer Elemente im Denken des 18. Jahrhunderts verdeutlicht. Elisa von der Recke galt zu ihrer Zeit als...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-06-15
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Für den mittelalterlichen Menschen waren das Bewusstsein und der Lebensalltag vom Glauben an das konkret vorgestellte Jenseits in einer Selbstverständlichkeit und Intensität geprägt, die für den modernen Menschen kaum noch nachvollziehbar ist. Wenngleich die Bildsprache...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-06-15
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What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds -- two men, two faiths, two communities -- that will inspire readers...
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Grand Central Publishing
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2011-06-14
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A New History of Christianity in China, written by one of the world's the leading writers on Christianity in China, looks at Christianity's long history in China, its extraordinarily rapid rise in the last half of the twentieth century, and charts its future direction. ...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
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2011-06-09
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Wiley Blackwell Guides to Global Christianity
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Too often these days Christianity is seen as just part of our cultural background, rather than a living, breathing faith that sets out to challenge the norms we live by. Here R. T. Kendall brings the scandalous nature of Christianity back to the forefront of our faith,...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-06-09
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In these secular times, confessing to a belief in the apocalypse consigns a person to Christian fundamentalism or to cult status. But for centuries the Judaeo-Christian version of apocalypse - its Revelations-driven belief in the destruction of evil and the Second...
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Vintage Digital
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2011-06-08
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Taking the most famous 'prophet' of recent times, David Koresh, as a starting point, this is an analytical look at the troubled history of charlatan messiahs around the world. But Koresh was neither the first, nor the most excessive, nor even the most misguided, and...
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Virgin Digital
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2011-06-08
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The book investigates three situations in the Catholic Church that point to Catholicism's weak spot: the role of women in the Church. Zagano sheds light on the Catholic Church's hierarchically-imposed laws that keep women at a distance from the holy, whether as...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-06-06
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Jesus instructed his followers to "love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you" (Luke 6:27-28). Not only has this theme long been among the Church's most oft-repeated messages, but in everything from...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-06-03
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Neither a book about the psychology of spirituality nor America’s ongoing turf wars between religion and science, Psychology, Religion, and the Nature of the Soul takes to task many of the presumed relationships between the two—from sharing common concerns to...
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Springer
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2011-06-02
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'If we focus on the meaning and purpose of our lives, we might acquire a better way of living.' In this insightful book, Julia Neuberger considers what it is that makes life worthwhile. Drawing upon her considerable experience as a religious leader and social reformer,...
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Ebury Digital
Parution :
2011-06-02
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Does heaven exist? If so, what is it like? And how does one get in? Throughout history, painters, poets, philosophers, pastors, and many ordinary people have pondered these questions. Perhaps no other topic captures the popular imagination quite like heaven.
Gary...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-06-01
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What role does art play in unravelling the theological problem of evil?What can aesthetics show us about God's goodness in a world of iniquity? Philip Tallon constructs an aesthetic theodicy through a fascinating examination of Christian aesthetics, ranging from the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-06-01
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Hilal Elver offers an in-depth study of the escalating controversy over the right of Muslim women to wear headscarves. Examining legal and political debates in Turkey, several European countries including France and Germany, and the United States, Elver shows the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-06-01
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TAMING THE TIGER offers a simple approach to finding happiness for oneself that also brings happiness to others. Based on twenty years of Buddhist teaching in the West, Taming the Tiger aims to help anyone seeking the truth about suffering and happiness. The first part...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2011-05-31
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"A hard-hitting polemic against religious fundamentalism" - Foreword by Richard Dawkins' Thousands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic, as Christians...
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Transworld Digital
Parution :
2011-05-31
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There is widespread confusion about the nature of religious truth. For the first time in history, a significantly large number of people want nothing to do with God. Militant atheists preach a gospel of godlessness with the zeal of missionaries and find an eager...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2011-05-31
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Paganism means living in harmony with nature and respecting all that nature has to offer. It is a sustainable way of life that has existed in the British Isles for thousands of years and that has survived secretly among scattered households throughout the UK. Although...
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Ebury Digital
Parution :
2011-05-31
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"A penetrating analysis of political extremism, with a moving and at times hilarious account of growing up in one of the Christian right's most influential families. Few writers command Frank Schaeffer's intimate understanding of right-wing radicalism, and even fewer...
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Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2011-05-31
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