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John Calvin as Sixteenth-Century Prophet examines Calvin's sense of vocation. Jon Balserak argues that Calvin believed himself to be a prophet "placed over nations and kingdoms to tear down and destroy, to build and to plant" (Jer 1: 10). With this authority, Calvin...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-02-06
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Named A Best Spiritual Book of the Year by Spirituality & Practice
The last twenty years have seen a dramatic increase in "nones": people who do not claim any religious affiliation. These "nones" now outnumber even the largest Protestant denominations in America....
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Oxford University Press
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2014-02-05
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This book explores the parameters of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's dual existence as evangelical Christians and as children of Ham, and how the denomination relied on both the rhetoric of evangelicalism and heathenism.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-02-05
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Matthew Bowman explores the world of a neglected group of American Christians: the self-identified liberal evangelicals who began in late nineteenth-century New York to reconcile traditional evangelical spirituality with progressive views on social activism and...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-02-04
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Best Review at the Catholic Press Association Convention
Studies of young American Catholics over the last three decades suggest a growing crisis in the Catholic Church: compared to their elders, young Catholics are looking to the Church less as they form their...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-02-04
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This volume of essays presents a compelling and comprehensive analysis of the intriguing issue of the gift of the land of Israel and the fate of the Canaanites as presented in diverse biblical sources. Jewish thought has long grappled with the moral and theological...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-01-31
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Many important contemporary debates cross economics and religion, in turn raising questions about the relationship between the two fields. This book, edited by a leader in the new interdisciplinary field of economics and religion and with contributions by experts on...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-01-31
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Die Werke Alfred de Vignys und Gérard de Nervals gelten nicht als religiöse Literatur. Dennoch rezipieren diese beiden französischen Autoren des 19. Jahrhunderts religiöse Formen und Inhalte, die sie ihrer theologischen Bedeutung entledigen, um ihnen eine rein...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-30
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In Deuteronomy and the Judaean Diaspora Ernest Nicholson challenges the widely accepted view that Deuteronomy was the 'book of the law' described in 2 Kings 22-3 as the basis of king Josiah's cultic reformation in 621 BCE. He argues that the notice in this narrative...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-01-30
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Der überwiegende Teil der Evangelischen und Katholischen Kirche ist in Formen der Tradition gefangen. Diese rückwärtsgewandte kirchliche Verkündigung erreicht viele Menschen des 21. Jahrhunderts mit ihren Erfahrungen nicht mehr. Auf Religionskritik der Aufklärung hat...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-30
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The Igboman who embraces Christianity wants to remain a Christian without rejecting his Igbo identity and culture. In view of this, there is an urgent need to foster and promote marriage preparation in Igboland as a way of rediscovering the Christian and traditional...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-01-30
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Diese Studie untersucht die Auswirkungen von drei Judikaten des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte aus den Jahren 2010 und 2011 auf das kirchliche Individualarbeitsrecht in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Methodisch verfolgt die Arbeit einen rechtsdogmatischen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-01-30
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What do we mean when we talk about 'being Christian' in Late Antiquity? This volume brings together sixteen world-leading scholars of ancient Judaism, Christianity and, Greco-Roman culture and society to explore this question, in honour of the ground-breaking...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-01-30
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What does it mean to be Jewish?What is an anti-Semite? Why does the enigmatic identity of the men who founded the first monotheistic religion arouse such passions? We need to return to the Jewish question. We need, first, to distinguish between the anti-Judaism of...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-29
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Are You Not a Man of God? challenges the accepted readings of several iconic supporting characters from canonical stories of Jewish tradition. These characters have been appropriated throughout history to represent and reinforce central cultural values: the binding of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-01-24
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In Bezug auf den Römerbrief des Paulus werden nach wie vor intensive kontroverse Diskussionen geführt. Besonders das Thema Rechtfertigung wurde durch die Neue Paulusperspektive noch wesentlich verstärkt. Diese Studie zeigt die Entwicklung hin zur «neuen Perspektive» auf...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-22
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Mit der Erinnerung an das II. Vatikanische Konzil ist eine Besinnung auf das funktionierende Zusammenspiel von kirchlichem Lehramt, wissenschaftlicher Theologie und gesellschaftlicher Öffentlichkeit verbunden. Diesen Zusammenhängen von Konzil und Theologie im Kontext...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-22
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Drawing on the graphic and revealing evidence recorded by the different courts in early modern Saragossa, this book captures the spirit of an age when religious faith vied for people's hearts and minds with centuries-old beliefs in witchcraft and superstition.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-01-21
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Coach, cheerleader, confidant, chef and chauffeur -- the job description of a mom is as broad as the horizon. Perhaps this is why so many mothers deal with insecurity and uncertainty as they do their best to raise their children in a challenging and ever-changing world....
Editeur :
FaithWords
Parution :
2014-01-21
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Over the past year, Robert Jeffress has received more national media exposure than any other pastor with multiple appearances on O'Reilly, Bill Maher, Fox News and CNN shows. Jeffress is considered by the media as the go-to person for evangelical views, assuring...
Editeur :
Worthy Books
Parution :
2014-01-21
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