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'In the midst of life we are in death.'
The words of the Book of Common Prayer have permeated deep into the English language all over the world. For nearly 500 years, and for countless people, it has provided a background fanfare for a marriage or a funeral march...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-09-08
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British Christian leader John Stott was one of the most influential figures of the evangelical movement during the second half of the twentieth century. Called the pope of evangelicalism by many, he helped to shape a global religious movement that grew rapidly during...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-08-01
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Two billion people today identify as Christians, with the implication that Jesus is the focus of their relationship with God, and their way of living in the world. Such followers of Jesus are now more numerous and make up a greater proportion of the world's population...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-07-28
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Two billion people today identify as Christians, with the implication that Jesus is the focus of their relationship with God, and their way of living in the world. Such followers of Jesus are now more numerous and make up a greater proportion of the world's population...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-07-28
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Winner of the 2013 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise
Michael Peppard examines the social and political meaning of divine sonship in the Roman Empire. He begins by analyzing the conceptual framework within which the term ''son of God'' has...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-07-18
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Nachdem der Kölner Erzbischof Spiegel 1826 alle mehrtägigen und überdiözesanen Wallfahrtszüge verboten hatte, half der preußische Staat unter Polizeieinsatz bei der Durchsetzung des kirchlichen Wallfahrtsverbots im Nordrheinland. Diese staatliche Exekutivassistenz trug...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-07-08
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Winner of the Modern Language Association Prize for a Scholarly Edition
One of the most widely read and studied texts composed in Late Antiquity is the prison diary of Vibia Perpetua, a young woman of the elite classes who was martyred in March of the year 202 or 203...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-07-01
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This book provides a new way of understanding the role of the cult of the martyrs for the Cappadocian Fathers and their families. The study shows that the cult of the martyrs was so popular among all social levels of Christians, including the Cappadocian Fathers, that...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-03-10
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Self-restraint or self-mastery may appear to be the opposite of erotic desire. But in this nuanced, literary analysis, Diane Lipsett traces the intriguing interplay of desire and self-restraint in three ancient tales of conversion: The Shepherd of Hermas, the Acts of...
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Oxford University Press
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2010-12-21
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This book is about the life and thought of Origen (c.185-254 A.D.), the most important Greek-speaking Christian theologian and Biblical scholar in antiquity. His writings included works on the text of the Bible, commentaries and sermons on most of the books of the...
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OUP Oxford
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2010-11-26
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This book is about the life and thought of Origen (c.185-254 A.D.), the most important Greek-speaking Christian theologian and Biblical scholar in antiquity. His writings included works on the text of the Bible, commentaries and sermons on most of the books of the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-11-25
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Der Ostseeraum ist von jeher eine Kontaktzone, die nicht nur wirtschaftlichen, sondern auch kulturellen und wissenschaftlichen Austausch ermöglicht. Das gilt erst recht im gegenwärtigen Rahmen eines sich wandelnden Europa. Bei der hier dokumentierten «Ostsee-Konferenz...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2010-11-23
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This introduction presents Martin Luther as historians now see him. Instead of singling him out as a modern hero, the book emphasizes the context in which Luther worked, the colleagues who supported him, and the opponents who adamantly opposed his agenda for change.
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OUP Oxford
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2010-10-21
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This introduction presents Martin Luther as historians now see him. Instead of singling him out as a modern hero, the book emphasizes the context in which Luther worked, the colleagues who supported him, and the opponents who adamantly opposed his agenda for change.
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-10-21
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Robert Bellarmine was one of the pillars of post-Reformation Catholicism: he was a celebrated theologian and a highly ranked member of the Congregations of the Inquisition and of the Index, the censor in charge of the Galileo affair. Bellarmine was also one of the most...
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Oxford University Press
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2010-10-12
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The Bible contains four Gospels which tell the story of Jesus of Nazareth. And yet, many more Gospels once existed. Who, then, determined which Gospels would, for the next two thousand years, serve as the main gateways to Jesus and his teaching?
Recent books and films...
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OUP Oxford
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2010-10-01
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The Bible contains four Gospels which tell the story of Jesus of Nazareth. And yet, many more Gospels once existed. Who, then, determined which Gospels would, for the next two thousand years, serve as the main gateways to Jesus and his teaching?
Recent books and films...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-09-30
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Tracing the subject from the Middle Ages to the present, David Nash outlines the history of blasphemy as a concept - from a species of heresy to modern understandings of it as a crime against the sacred and individual religious identity. Investigating its appearance in...
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OUP Oxford
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2010-09-16
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