A captivating look at the history of the pure females of Islamic paradise known as the houri The fascination with the houri, the pure female of Islamic paradise, began long before September 11, 2001. Beauty of the Houri: Heavenly Virgins, Feminine Ideals demonstrates...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2021-07-06

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The Book asserts that: Violence at Family level, Clan level, upto State level is a reality in Africa in general and Uganda in particular. In systematic and critical exposure of the history of violence in Uganda using secondary sources, interviews and personal...

Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2021-07-06

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This book is a vibrant investigation on a deeply human subconscious desire: the desire for omnipresence, or in a nutshell, the desire to be here, there, and everywhere at the same time. After all, why is it not enough just to be in the offline ordinariness of the here...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2021-07-04

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George Lindbeck lamented that his most widely read work, The Nature of Doctrine, had often been read apart from his ecumenical focus. In this book, Shaun Brown seeks to provide a corrective to misreadings of Lindbeck’s work by focusing upon his “Israelology”—his...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2021-07-02

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This book approaches the Dhamma, the Buddha’s teaching, from a Buddhistic perspective, viewing various individual teachings presented in hundreds of early discourses of Pali canon, comprehending them under a single systemic thought of a single individual called the...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2021-06-25

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European Bible manuscripts and their Masorah traditions are still a neglected field of studies and have so far been almost completely disregarded within text-critical research. This volume collects research on the WesternEuropean Masorah and addresses the question of...

Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2021-06-24

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Dieses Open-Access-Buch führt in das noch relativ junge Konzept des gerechten Friedens ein. Es verhandelt seine drei Grundpfeiler: das Verständnis einer Friedensordnung als Rechtsordnung, die Beschränkung militärischer Gewalt zur Rechtsdurchsetzung sowie den Vorrang...

Editeur : Springer VS
Parution : 2021-06-23

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In Melville's Wisdom: Religion, Skepticism, Literature in Nineteenth-Century America, Damien B. Schlarb explores the manner in which Herman Melville responds to the spiritual crisis of modernity by using the language of the biblical Old Testament wisdom books to...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2021-06-18

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The book deals with the philosophy of the human person as worked out by Karol Wojtyla. It presents a number of fundamental issues necessary to understand Karol Wojtyla’s personalism. Thus, first it undertakes Wojtyla’s move from the philosophy of the human being to the...

Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2021-06-17

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The centre of gravity of World Christianity has moved to the South.The numerical growth of African Christians however does not manifest itself in academic theology. Kwame Bediako (1945–2008) is a voice from Ghana that claims a space for African contributions in...

Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2021-06-16

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The number of people claiming no religious affiliation has skyrocketed in recent years, and that growth shows no signs of slowing down. But while the religiously unaffiliated demonstrate a variety of attitudes toward religious belief-including, in many cases, a complete...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2021-06-16

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This book focuses on G. K. Chesterton’s apology for Catholicism in the context of his epoch. It shows how he portrays Catholicism as English and universal at the same time and thus seeks to put an end to its isolation from England's mainstream culture. Organized around...

Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2021-06-16

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Font of Pardon and New Life is a study of the historical development and impact of John Calvin's doctrine of baptism, both adult (or believer) baptism and infant baptism. Did Calvin intend to teach a kind of baptismal forgiveness and regeneration, that is, did he...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2021-06-15

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Unleash your can-do attitude and find power in your mindset with renowned Bible teacher and #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer.Joyce Meyer has a knack for coining phrases (Joyce-isms) and one of her best loved is "Where the mind goes, the man...

Editeur : FaithWords
Parution : 2021-06-15

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You weren't born to be like everyone else because God made you to stand out—so use this inspirational book to discover the amazing adventures He has planned for you!You can certainly survive without adventure—keep your head down and live in your comfort...

Editeur : Worthy Books
Parution : 2021-06-15

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Benjamin Franklin grew up in a devout Protestant family with limited prospects for wealth and fame. By hard work, limitless curiosity, native intelligence, and luck (what he called "providence"), Franklin became one of Philadelphia's most prominent leaders, a world...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2021-06-11

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Benjamin Franklin grew up in a devout Protestant family with limited prospects for wealth and fame. By hard work, limitless curiosity, native intelligence, and luck (what he called "providence"), Franklin became one of Philadelphia's most prominent leaders, a world...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2021-06-11

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'a fiercely intelligent theologian and historian' - The Independent'Miranda gives us the confidence to sit and taste the Bible's profound and life-changing goodness.' - Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of YorkAs a vicar, Miranda Threlfall-Holmes is used to being asked to...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2021-06-10

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Bloggers confessing that they waste food, non-governmental organizations naming corporations selling unsustainably harvested seafood, and veterans apologizing to Native Americans at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation for environmental and social devastation caused by...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2021-06-09

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Bloggers confessing that they waste food, non-governmental organizations naming corporations selling unsustainably harvested seafood, and veterans apologizing to Native Americans at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation for environmental and social devastation caused by...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2021-06-09

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