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This book includes studies of main conflict areas in modern Western societies where religion has been a central element, ranging from popular movements and narratives of opposition to challenges of religious satire and anti-clerical critique. Special attention is given...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-05-05
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Contemporary Judaism is transforming, especially in America, from a community experience to more of a do-it-yourself religion focused on the individual self. In this book Christopher L. Schilling offers a critique of this transformation. Schilling discusses problematic...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-05-04
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This is a rare piece of empirical research, which reveals the workings of a spiritual order, its leadership, as well as their approaches, methods and tools. It demonstrates how the seekers, who were partly drug addicts and HIV patients, and the general segment of this...
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Springer
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2021-05-04
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This book offers ecumenical essays that focus on Reformation Christianity and on current Lutheran-Catholic understandings and relationships. It addresses important issues, including the meaning of the Reformation, the reception of Luther in Germany and beyond,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-05-04
Collection :
Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue
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Target exam success with My Revision Notes. Our updated approach to revision will help students learn, practise and apply their skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategies to create a revision...
Editeur :
Hodder Education
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2021-05-04
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Stars of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On Jeremy and Jinger Vuolo share their love story, a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their lives together, and the hope that drives them every day. Jinger Duggar Vuolo did not have what you'd call a...
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Worthy Books
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2021-05-04
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Hope Carpenter opens up about her personal struggles that nearly destroyed her family, her church, and her ministry, but then God did something miraculous—out of her brokenness, He made something beautiful.As co-pastor of one of the nation's largest...
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FaithWords
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2021-05-04
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Weil manche Philosophen des 19. Jahrhunderts das Wort „Tugend“ mit Moralismus gleichsetzten und sich die Bedeutung Platons für die Praktische Philosophie erst allmählich erschloss, geriet das platonische System der Kardinaltugenden im 20. Jahrhundert aus dem Blick. Die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-05-03
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This book explores the fascinating world of religious hair observances within six religious traditions that account for 77% of the world’s adherents: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. Symbolic use of hair has been, and remains, prevalent in...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-04-30
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Es gibt nur wenige wissenschaftliche Forschungen zur islamistischen Radikalisierung im Strafvollzug. Auch ist wenig erforscht, wie mit diesem Pha¨nomen umzugehen ist.Es fehlen Informationen daru¨ber, welche Personen oder -gruppen sich im Strafvollzug oder nach der...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2021-04-30
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'Absorbing, fascinating, arresting' The Observer 'Intensely moving, luminous and rather magnificent' The TimesIt was one of the most startling moments in the history of the City of London. In 2011, the Occupy movement set up camp around St Paul's Cathedral. Giles...
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Penguin
Parution :
2021-04-29
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Reformation Thought Praise for previous editions:“Theologically informed, lucid, supremely accessible: no wonder McGrath’s introduction to theReformation has staying power!”—Denis R. Janz, Loyola University“Vigorous, brisk, and highly stimulating. The reader will be...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2021-04-29
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This volume offers an interdisciplinary approach to some pivotal topics of (de-) colonization. It examines the early modern debate on just war, transatlantic conquest and slavery, followed by the shift of the debate in the 18th and 19th centuries towards assertions of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-04-28
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This book discusses the Lord’s Resistance Army’s (LRA) use of Old Testament texts and motifs in their rhetoric to mobilise and sustain the rebellion in Northern Uganda, specifically in Gulu district, the area that has been particularly affected by the LRA’s actions...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2021-04-28
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This in-depth study on preaching to second generation Korean Americans, the first of its kind, is based on empirical and ethnographic fieldwork. Matthew D. Kim conducted surveys and semi-structured qualitative interviews with Korean American pastors and second...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2021-04-27
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Situating the church within the context of post-World War II globalization and the Cold War, American Catholicism Transformed draws on previously untapped archival sources to provide deep background to developments within the American Catholic Church in relationship to...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-04-27
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UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE AS A SCRIPTURE IN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND RELIGION The Bible is a popular subject of study and research, yet biblical studies gives little attention to the reason for its popularity: its religious role as a scripture. Understanding the Bible as a...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2021-04-27
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Texts after Terror offers an important new theory of rape and sexual violence in the Hebrew Bible. While the Bible is filled with stories of rape, scholarly approaches to sexual violence in the scriptures remain exhausted, dated, and in some cases even un-feminist,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-04-23
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Die Publikation präsentiert den kürzesten und kompaktesten Text der Vision einer Jenseitsreise des Hochmittelalters. Sie wurde im 12. Jahrhundert von einem Mönch aus Lüttich erstellt und zeichnet mit minimalistischen Mitteln ein eigenwilliges Bild von Himmel, Fegefeuer...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-04-23
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Is dialogue between the major religions of the world possible? If it is possible, under what conditions? In this book, Michael H. Mitias argues that it is possible provided various conditions are met. These conditions include mutual respect, mutual understanding, and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-04-22
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