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Discusses crucial moments in the historical development of natural theology in England from the time of Francis Bacon to that of Charles Darwin. While the argument from design remains the rhetorical method of choice for natural theologians throughout the three centuries...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-08-20
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Krankheit und Sterben bilden die allgemeinsten und zugleich verbindlichsten Tatsachen des menschlichen Lebens. Vor dem Hintergrund eines Befundes der Todesverdrängung der Moderne rückt dieser Sammelband die menschliche Versehrbarkeit und Sterblichkeit ins Zentrum und...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-17
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In the course of his work as a vicar, Dave Tomlinson meets lots of people who describe themselves as 'not good enough' to be a Christian, thinking that faith involves going to church a lot, or believing in a list of strange things, or following certain rules. But being...
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Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2012-08-16
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It's one of the most difficult questions that Christians face, and a problem that keeps many away from faith: why does a good God allow bad things to happen? And how do we keep on trusting him when they do? Having written bestselling books on how to forgive both others...
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Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2012-08-16
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'Why anyone would pick up a book with that formidable title eludes me,' writes Philip Yancey of G. K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy. 'But one day I did so and my faith has never recovered. I was experiencing a time of spiritual dryness in which everything seemed stale, warmed...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2012-08-16
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Memory is the least studied dimension of Augustine's psychological trinity of memory-intellect-will. This book explores the theme of 'memory' in Augustine's works, tracing its philosophical and theological significance. The first part explores the philosophical history...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-08-16
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This book constructs a profile of the Matthean Community by using insights from sociology and studies of oral and chirographic cultures, together with a careful investigation of the material unique to the Gospel of Matthew. A picture emerges of a self-regulating,...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-15
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Using the method of critical intertextual research, this book demonstrates that Deuteronomy (written c. 500 BC) is an Israelite sequential hypertextual reworking of Ezekiel, that Genesis and Exodus-Numbers (written c. 400 BC) are Israelite sequential hypertextual...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-15
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Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity, published by Peter Lang since 1975, is nowadays the largest series in the wide field of missiology, intercultural theology, and comparative religion/theology. The present editors decided to celebrate the publication...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-15
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Readers of these books will learn to approach God in honesty through prayer, how to hear His voice through scripture, and be encouraged by examples from the Bible so that she can deal with her own "voices".
Editeur :
Worthy Inspired
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2012-08-14
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Readers of these books will learn to approach God in honesty through prayer, how to hear His voice through scripture, and be encouraged by examples from the Bible so that she can deal with her own "voices".
Editeur :
Worthy Inspired
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2012-08-14
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Winner of the Sixteenth Century Society's Roland H. Bainton Prize for History or Theology
Paul C. H. Lim offers an insightful examination of the polemical debates about the doctrine of the Trinity in seventeenth-century England, showing that the philosophical and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-08-13
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The term «person» has been important in the development of the doctrine of the Trinity. Modern uses of the word, however, have changed drastically its meaning and have raised serious questions about the lasting significance of the definition of the Trinity produced by...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2012-08-10
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Who are the Jews--a race, a people, a religious group? For over a century, non-Jews and Jews alike have tried to identify who they were--first applying the methods of physical anthropology and more recently of population genetics.
In Legacy, Harry Ostrer, a medical...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-08-10
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Religious Lessons tells the story of Zellers v. Huff, a court case that challenged the employment of nearly 150 Catholic sisters in public schools across New Mexico in 1948. Known nationally as the "Dixon case," after one of the towns involved, it was the most famous in...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-08-08
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Most readers first encounter Augustine's love for Scripture's words in the many biblical allusions of his masterwork, the Confessions. Augustine does not merely quote texts, but in many ways makes Scripture itself tell the story. In his journey from darkness to light,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-08-08
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Kommunale Kirchenbaulasten reichen in ihrer Entstehungsgeschichte meist bis ins Mittelalter zurück. Trotzdem sind sie nicht nur ein Relikt rechtshistorischer Vergangenheit, sondern bilden noch heute die Rechtsgrundlagen finanzieller Leistungen der Kommunen an die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-08
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Just as our life is in our blood, the life for Christ’s body is in His blood. Changing a church is more than a new goal or direction. Our churches need more than an organizational transition; we need a full transfusion of Jesus' blood, His life, within every disciple....
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
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2012-08-07
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Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series
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Revised and updated for the 21st century: the legendary resource on the universality, spirituality, and grandeur of the post-Vatican II Catholic Church. Filled with detailed information that will fascinate any Catholic (What is a zucchetto and who wears one? Why do...
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Sterling Ethos
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2012-08-07
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This work is a Festschrift to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Umuahia, Nigeria. Its title draws from his Episcopal Coat of Arms – Caritas et Veritas. The focus of this book is Moral Theology. It contains...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-07
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