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Jewish thought is, in many ways, a paradox. Is it theology or is it philosophy? Does it use universal methods to articulate Judaism's particularity or does it justify Judaism's particularity with appeals to illuminating the universal? These two sets of claims are...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-12-23
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This cool, clear-sighted comparative study has no theological axe to grind. It offers a trusty thematic guide to the figureheads of three of the largest religions in the world. The comparative approach is descriptive and even-handed, highlighting both similarities and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-12-23
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Georges Florovsky is the mastermind of a 'return to the Church Fathers' in twentieth-century Orthodox theology. His theological vision-the neopatristic synthesis-became the main paradigm of Orthodox theology and the golden standard of Eastern Orthodox identity in the...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-12-20
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Mit diesem Jahrbuch informiert die gemeinnützige Gesellschaft im 40. Jahr ihres Bestehens über ihre Aufgaben und Ziele. Sie pflegt und fördert mit ihren 325 Mitgliedern die Zusammenarbeit unter den im Großraum Berlin tätigen Wissenschaftlern aller Disziplinen und...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-19
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The Reformed Church historian and orientalist Johann Heinrich Hottinger (1620-1667) is a key figure in the history of Arabic and Islamic studies in early modern Europe. His life and his work have been almost completely neglected and there has never been a full-length...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-12-19
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Die Forschungsarbeit liefert den Entwurf einer Spiritualitätskritik. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Ausarbeitung von Kriterien für eine lebensförderliche Spiritualität. Als Inspiration dienen dafür die Gefängnisbriefe Dietrich Bonhoeffers. Sie sind das Zeugnis eines Theologen...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-19
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Die Konversion zum Islam, vor allem in vorwiegend nichtmuslimischen Gesellschaften, ist ein wachsendes Forschungsphänomen. Diese Studie konzentriert sich auf die akuten Herausforderungen von deutschen wie britischen Konvertiten zum Islam hinsichtlich ihrer kulturellen...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-19
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The Black Church is an institution that emerged in rebellion against injustice perpetrated upon black bodies. How is it, then, that black women's oppression persists in black churches? This book engages the Chalcedonian Definition as the starting point for exploring the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-12-18
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Anatomy of Dissent in Islam is an interdisciplinary study of political and legal dissent in Islamic civilization from the seventh century on. (7th century). Using Ibadism as a case study, this work explores the events and teachings that shaped legitimacy and rebellion,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-12-17
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For two-and-a-half millennia these two psalms have been commented on, translated, painted, set to music, employed in worship, and adapted in literature, often being used disputatiously by Jews and Christians alike. Psalm 1 is about the Law; at the heart of Psalm 2 is...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-12-13
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In the last century St. Catherine of Siena, an Italian lay woman and mystic of the fourteenth century, was named first a Doctor of the Church and then one of six patron saints of Europe. This recognition of her life and spirituality has been accompanied by increased...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-12-13
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Explaining the Cosmos analyzes the writings of three thinkers associated with Gaza: Aeneas, Zacharias and Procopius. Together, they offer a case study for the appropriation, adaptation, and transformation of classical philosophy in late antiquity, and for cultural...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-12-13
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Previous research on Mesopotamian Flood traditions tended to focus on a few textual sources. How the traditions originated and developed as a whole has not been seriously investigated. By systematically examining a large body of relevant cuneiform sources of diverse...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-12-12
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This book is about a sacred place called Balkh, known to the ancient Greeks as Bactra. Located in the north of today's Afghanistan, along the silk road, Balkh was holy to many. The Prophet Zoroaster is rumoured to have died here, and during late antiquity, Balkh was the...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-12-12
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Royal Priesthood in the English Reformation assesses the understandings of the Christian doctrine of royal priesthood, long considered one of the three major Reformation teachings, as held by an array of royal, clerical, and popular theologians during the English...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-12-12
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Written by a leading authority on Chinese philosophy, Decoding Dao uniquely focuses on the core texts in Daoist philosophy, providing readers with a user-friendly introduction that unravels the complexities of these seminal volumes. Offers a detailed introduction to...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-12-11
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Kevin M. Watson offers the first in-depth examination of an essential early Methodist tradition: the band meeting, a small group of five to seven people who focused on the confession of sin in order to grow in holiness. Watson shows how the band meeting, which figured...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-12-10
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In Making Things Better, A. David Napier demonstrates how anthropological description of non-Western exchange practices and beliefs can be a tonic for contemporary economic systems in which our impersonal relationship to ''things'' transforms the animate elements of...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-12-09
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Some days, the news seems too much to bear. Yet another tsunami or earthquake or flood or fire or war atrocity. One more gun-toting madman stalking young people in idyllic Norway or moviegoers in Colorado or schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut. We turn off the news...
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Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2013-12-05
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In a richly illustrated, revelatory study of Philadelphia's Germantown Avenue, home to a diverse array of more than 90 Christian and Muslim congregations, Katie Day explores the formative and multifaceted role of religious congregations within an urban...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-12-05
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