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Informal customs have become the norm for most young adults in matters of sexual intimacy. Unfortunately, the sexual revolution has not proven to be as beneficial to women as was hoped, and society offers young men little preparation for future roles as husbands and...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-11-03
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The First Amendment guarantee that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" rejected the millennium-old Western policy of supporting one form of Christianity in each nation and subjugating all other faiths.The exact meaning and application of...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-11-02
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Although raised Roman Catholic, Susan Stabile was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun and devoted 20 years of her life to practicing Buddhism before returning to Catholicism in 2001. In Growing in Love and Wisdom, she draws on this unique dual perspective to explore the...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-11-01
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This book is the first exploration of the remarkable odyssey of Thomas Aquinas in the Orthodox Christian world, from the Byzantine to the modern era. Aquinas was received with astonishing enthusiasm across the Byzantine theological spectrum. By contrast, modern Orthodox...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-11-01
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The aim of this book is twofold: One is to counter the huge weight of column inches being spent on the perceived, and actual, persecution of Islam.The second is to turn up the volume on the side of Christians rather than Atheists (a position which has been underpinned...
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Ebury Digital
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2012-11-01
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In The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism Michael Ing describes how early Confucians coped with situations where their rituals failed to achieve their intended aims.In contrast to most contemporary interpreters of Confucianism, Ing demonstrates that early...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-11-01
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This work attempts to uncover the function of religion for those degraded on the basis of race. Accordingly, Recalibrating Spirit reveals the role of religion in critical reflection on and active protest against negative assertions about racial identity in general, and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-10-31
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Trentaz proposes an inclusive, complex framework for understanding the creation and maintenance of risk of contracting HIV & AIDS, takes a hard look at dominant theologies and proposes a new way of approaching a theo-ethical response to the pandemic within a communal...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-10-30
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This companion is not intended as another interpretation of the ancient text, but rather as an aid for contemporary students to develop their own interpretive reading of it, in the hope of thereby aiding them in the search for meaning, purpose, and service in their own...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2012-10-29
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The Sefer Yetsirah (the Book of Creation ) is a core text of the early kabbalah, yet scholars have struggled to establish even the most basic facts about the work. This project attempts to discover the ways in which diagrams accompanying the text and its commentaries...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-10-29
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RETHINKING CHRISTIAN IDENTITY “A brilliant, compelling, agenda-setting book … Volpe has written this thoughtful, passionate, informed critique that invites us all to think through precisely what is involved in being formed in the Christian tradition.” Ian Markham,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-10-26
Collection :
Challenges in Contemporary Theology
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Recent years have seen a significant shift in the study of new religious movements. In Satanism studies, interest has moved to anthropological and historical work on groups and inviduals. Self-declared Satanism, especially as a religion with cultural production and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-10-26
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Buddhism, from Abhidharma to Zen, offers a practical path to harmony of head and heart. For over 2,000 years Buddhists have been developing sophisticated psychologies to guide the work of achieving freedom from mental suffering. Now East and West are beginning to...
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Robinson
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2012-10-25
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This engaging argument for the future of Jewish theology, written by a renowned Jewish scholar, provides a rounded introduction to the faith, its history, and its place in the modern world. Explores foundational Jewish structures and concepts through the discussion...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-10-25
Collection :
Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
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Die Rota Romana ist eine der ältesten bestehenden Institutionen des Abendlandes. Als Ausdruck des päpstlichen Primates in Gerichtssachen nahm sie im Laufe des Spätmittelalters Gestalt an. Ihre konkrete Aufgabenstellung hat sich seitdem mehrfach gewandelt. Papst Pius X....
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-10-24
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Winner of the Award for Excellence in Religion: Analytical-Descriptive Studies from the American Academy of Religion
Anna Fedele offers a sensitive ethnography of alternative pilgrimages to French Catholic shrines dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene. Drawing on more than...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-10-24
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Jews have sometimes been reluctant to claim Jesus as one of their own; Christians have often been reluctant to acknowledge the degree to which Jesus' message and mission were at home amidst, and shaped by, the Judaism(s) of the Second Temple Period. In The Jewish...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-10-23
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'An inspiring book of simple spirituality' Galway AdvertiserOriginally published a decade ago, the number one bestseller Calm the Soul: A Book of Simple Wisdom and Prayer was written by the Poor Clares, Galway with the intention of showing us how prayer and moments of...
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Hachette Books Ireland
Parution :
2012-10-18
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Recently, the term "Abrahamic religions" has been used with exceeding frequency in the academy. We now regularly encounter academic books, conferences, and even positions (including endowed chairs) devoted to the so-called "Abrahamic religions." But what exactly are...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-10-18
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