| |
A challenging critique of narrative theologies, including the works of George Lindbeck, Robert Jenson, and Herbert McCabe. Francesca Aran Murphy argues that the use of the concept of story or narrative in theology is circular and self-referential, and that the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-07-19
ePub
|
Brent Waters examines the historical roots and contemporary implications of the virtual disappearance of the family in late liberal and Christian social and political thought. Waters argues that the principal cause of this disappearance is late liberalism's fixation on...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-07-19
PDF
|
Christianity is widely understood to be a "universal" religion that transcends the particularities of history and culture, including differences related to kinship and ethnicity. In traditional Pauline scholarship, this portrait ofChristianity has been justified by the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2007-07-13
PDF, ePub
|
'You don't seek guidance from those drunken men,
So why insist they mend their rags again?
God's lovers stand beyond all faiths, as they
Are shown by God Himself a higher way.'
Book Two of Rumi's Masnavi is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-07-12
ePub
|
'You don't seek guidance from those drunken men,
So why insist they mend their rags again?
God's lovers stand beyond all faiths, as they
Are shown by God Himself a higher way.'
Book Two of Rumi's Masnavi is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-07-12
PDF
|
Tracing the subject from the Middle Ages to the present, David Nash outlines the history of blasphemy as a concept - from a species of heresy to modern understandings of it as a crime against the sacred and individual religious identity. Investigating its appearance in...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-07-12
PDF
|
This book explores conceptual and institutional developments of the notion of the public sphere in the West and in the Islamic world, tackling historic ruptures spanning the formation and transformation of the Euro-Mediterranean world. Set against an imploding grammar...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2007-06-25
PDF
|
Why does agency -- the capacity to make choices and to act in the world -- matter to us?Why is it meaningful that our intentions have effects in the world, that they reflect our sense of identity, that they embody what we value? What kinds of motivations are available...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2007-06-25
PDF, ePub
|
In the West Krishna is primarily known as the speaker of the Bhagavad Gita. But it is the stories of Krishna's childhood and his later exploits that have provided some of the most important and widespread sources of religious narrative in the Hindu religious landscape....
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2007-06-18
PDF, ePub
|
In The Lost Apostle award-winning journalist Rena Pederson investigates a little known subject in early Christian history—the life and times of the female apostle Junia. Junia was an early convert and leading missionary whose story was “lost” when her name was...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2007-06-15
PDF
|
What the Kabbalah can do for you?According to the authors of this comprehensive guide, the Kabbalah that Madonna popularized is far from authentic. In fact, the Kabbalah is much bigger and better. Here, readers will discover how it can deliver money, love, health, and...
Editeur :
Dk
Parution :
2007-06-05
ePub
|
This collection includes groundbreaking essays, and interviews with scholars and writers which reveal that despite pressures of assimilation, personal goals, and in some cases, anti-Semitism, they have never been able to divorce their lives or literature from their...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2007-05-28
PDF
|
A new way for Christians to think about sexuality Author Miguel De La Torre, a well-respected ethicist and professor known for his innovative readings of Christian doctrine, rejects both the liberal and conservative prejudices about sex. He instead develops an ethic...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2007-05-22
PDF
|
#1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer points out, "You can't give away something you don't have!"Many people who are trying to walk in God's love are doing so in their own strength, but they can't demonstrate God's love because they never stop to receive it...
Editeur :
FaithWords
Parution :
2007-05-22
ePub
|
In today's world, peace is hard to come by.When personal desires are followed, serenity is forfeited. By submitting one's life to God, a peace-filled life is ensured. Maintaining peace is a choice, says Joyce Meyer, as she discusses how to be at peace with yourself, the...
Editeur :
FaithWords
Parution :
2007-05-21
ePub
|
When Phyllis Tickle's marvelous devotional trilogy The Divine Hours™ appeared, readers responded with gratitude, praise, and a great many requests for an edition of hourly prayers that they could easily carry with them--an edition that would make this ancient form of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2007-05-15
PDF, ePub
|
As a religion concerned with universal liberation, Zen grew out of a Buddhist worldview very different from the currently prevalent scientific materialism. Indeed, says Taigen Dan Leighton, Zen cannot be fully understood outside of a worldview that sees reality itself...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2007-05-11
PDF, ePub
|
There is a great deal of interest in bringing a better appreciation of ritual into religious studies classes, but many teachers are uncertain how to go about doing this. Religious studies faculty know how to teach texts, but they are often unprepared to teach something...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2007-05-11
PDF, ePub
|
Is the Christian church in Europe doomed to collapse under the weight of globalization, Western secularism, and a flood of Muslim immigrants?Is Europe on the brink of becoming "Eurabia"?
Though many pundits are predicting just such a scenario, God's Continent reveals...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2007-05-11
ePub
|
Since the earliest days of the Church, theologians have struggled to understand how humanity and divinity coexisted in the person of Christ. Proponents of the Arian heresy, which held that Jesus could not have been fully divine, found significant scriptural evidence of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2007-05-03
PDF, ePub
|