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A groundbreaking new look at the story of America. At the heart of the nation's spiritual history are audacious and often violent scenes. But the Puritans and the shining city on the hill give us just one way to understand the United States. Rather than recite American...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2015-01-27
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The Reformation was a seismic event in history, whose consequences are still working themselves out in Europe and across the world.The protests against the marketing of indulgences staged by the German monk Martin Luther in 1517 belonged to a long-standing pattern of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-01-22
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A myth exists that Jews can embrace the cultural components of Judaism without appreciating the legal aspects of the Jewish tradition. This myth suggests that law and culture are independent of one another. In reality, however, much of Jewish culture has a basis in...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-01-22
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At its heart, Buddhism blossoms from one source: the words and life of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. Chad Mercree, a lifetime student of Buddhist philosophy and meditation, reveals in simple language how Buddhism can yield personal growth in the modern world. Because...
Editeur :
Sterling Ethos
Parution :
2015-01-20
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Little Bit Series
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A simple guide to helping couples find happiness in their marriage.
Editeur :
Worthy Inspired
Parution :
2015-01-20
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In diesem Band wird zum ersten Mal innerhalb der Mediävistik versucht, das vom Konzept des performative turn geprägte Bild vom interaktiven Mittelalter zu hinterfragen. Ausgangspunkt ist Robert Pfallers Entwurf eines interpassiven Aktionsmodus: Das Mittelalter wird...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-01-19
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Willem A. Visser ’t Hooft (1900–1985), Dutch pastor and theologian, was one of the most significant personalities in the Protestant Ecumenical movement. Deeply influenced by Karl Barth, and filled with a strong Ecumenical spirit, he was closely involved in the founding...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2015-01-19
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A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when the Catholic Church waged war against heretics in its own ranksIn 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade against a country of fellow-Christians. The new enemy was Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, one of the greatest...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2015-01-12
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This is the first work available in any language to extensively document and critically discuss traditions of 'Alid piety and their modern contestations in the region. The concept of 'Alid piety allows for a reframing of our views on the widespread reverence for 'Ali,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-01-11
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The Apostates is the first major study of apostasy from Islam in the western secular context. Drawing on life-history interviews with ex-Muslims from the UK and Canada, Simon Cottee explores how and with what consequences Muslims leave Islam and become irreligious....
Editeur :
Hurst
Parution :
2015-01-07
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Does God exist? Using an intellectually rigorous, scientific approach, Marshall Brain—the founder of HowStuffWorks.com and author of the How Stuff Works series—sets out to resolve the eternal debate once and for all. With a compelling sense of curiosity, he...
Editeur :
Sterling Ethos
Parution :
2015-01-06
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Der Vulgata Verein Chur, organisierte im November 2013 den ersten Vulgata-Kongress. Dabei wurden philologische Erkenntnisse aus der Übersetzung der Vulgata ins Deutsche und Rumänische zusammengetragen, theologische und andere Hintergründe um die Vulgata und Hieronymus...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-01-06
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Catholicism has been a prominent Christian sect for more than 1,700 years, and is professed by more than 1.2 billion people worldwide. People outside the faith who seek to understand it sometimes have trouble comprehending its structure, values, traditions, and beliefs....
Editeur :
Dk
Parution :
2015-01-06
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Bioethische Probleme sind keine realen Probleme, sondern in Phantasien verstrickt. Diese Phantasien richten sich auf Allwissenheit im Informationszeitalter, Sehnsucht nach Unsterblichkeit, Schöpfung humanoider Maschinen oder Erschaffung des Lebens. Virtualität...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-01-06
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Celebrating Biblical and Jewish holidays is most characteristic of the Messianic Jewish movement, and it arouses much interest among Gentile Christians. This practice arose in the struggle of Hebrew Christians in the 19th century against «Christian assimilation». From...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-01-06
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More than mere whimsy, joy is the weapon we can use to fight life's greatest battles.
Editeur :
Worthy Books
Parution :
2015-01-06
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If you are looking for God, or if you are a believer who feels something is missing, Joyce Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author, wants to show you how to achieve the profound joy that comes from a truly intimate relationship with God. Using Scripture and powerful...
Editeur :
FaithWords
Parution :
2015-01-06
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With the extraordinary growth of Christianity in the global south has come the rise of "reverse missions," in which countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America send missionaries to re-evangelize the West. In The Spirit Moves West, Rebecca Kim uses South Korea as a case...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-01-02
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The bestselling Catholicism has now been revised and updated for an eagerly-anticipated second edition. This lucid and accessible account explains how Roman Catholicism and its beliefs and practices came to be what they are. Renowned scholars Gerald O'Collins and Mario...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-12-25
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The bestselling Catholicism has now been revised and updated for an eagerly-anticipated second edition. This lucid and accessible account explains how Roman Catholicism and its beliefs and practices came to be what they are. Renowned scholars Gerald O'Collins and Mario...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-12-25
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