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A unique, wide-ranging volume exploring the historical, religious, cultural, political, and social aspects of Christian martyrdom Although a well-studied and researched topic in early Christianity, martyrdom had become a relatively neglected subject of scholarship by...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2020-01-27
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Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
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The twenty-first century opened with the religiously-inspired attacks of 9/11 and in the years since such attacks have become all too common. Over against the minority who carry out violence at God's direction, however, there are millions of believers around the world...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-01-24
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C. S. Lewis is one of the most influential and beloved Christian writers of the past century, and interest in him continues to grow as books about his fantasy, fiction, and biography continue to appear. Although Lewis's personal journey was a deeply philosophical search...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-01-24
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A comprehensive and accessible textbook which explores the traditions and beliefs of the world’s living religions – the fully updated and revised new edition The World Religions Reader is an inclusive, student-friendly examination of the history, teaching, practices,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2020-01-24
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Drawing on qualitative research conducted in Brussels, Wallonia and Flanders, Islam and Turks in Belgium examines the interdependence between Muslim community and association.
With a focus on social groups, religious structures and circles within Turkish populations,...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2020-01-23
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There was once a time in Amanda Hart's life when she did not know how to be secure in her own worth, was a stranger to self-love and found herself constantly trapped in a cycle of toxic relationships, coercive control and an overwhelming sense of lonliness. Somehow she...
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Orion Spring
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2020-01-23
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'Wonderfully learned, wonderfully written, a microscopic examination of the acorn from which a truly mighty oak would spring. I learnt a huge amount.' - Tom Holland, author of Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind2020 sees the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the...
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Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2020-01-23
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The tension between secular politics and religious fundamentalism is a problem shared by many modern states. This is certainly true of the State of Israel, where the religious-secular schism provokes conflict at every level of politics and society. Driving this schism...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-01-22
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The Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity examines the fate of Jews living in the Mediterranean Jewish diaspora after the Roman emperor Constantine threw his patronage to the emerging orthodox (Nicene) Christian churches.
By the fifth century, much of the rich...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-01-21
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Salafism is a fundamentalist Sunni vision of Islam that is growing in popularity in many countries. In this book, Mohamed-Ali Adraoui focuses on quietist Salafism, which he calls a study in contradictions. Strongly opposed to political action, terrorism, and the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-01-21
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In 2013, when the state of Oklahoma erected a statue of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the state capitol, a group calling themselves The Satanic Temple applied to erect a statue of Baphomet alongside the Judeo-Christian tablets. Since that time, The Satanic...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-01-20
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Medieval Considerations of Incest, Marriage, and Penance focuses on the incest motif as used in numerous medieval narratives. Explaining the weakness of great rulers, such as Charlemagne, or the fall of legendary heroes, such as Arthur, incest stories also reflect on...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-01-16
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Atheism Revisited is a collection of essays that explore the multifaceted nature of atheism. Starting from the notion that today’s atheism is shaped by the defining processes of Modernity—such as secularization and the breakup of science, philosophy, and theology—the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-01-14
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The most comprehensive and up-to-date English-language guide on hadith scholarshipThe source of much of our knowledge of the first two centuries of Islamic history, the hadith literature is made up of thousands of traditions collected during the formative years of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2020-01-14
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
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The Ancient Greek Grammar for the Study of the New Testament is a tool for theologians and others interested in interpreting the Greek New Testament. It is a reference grammar that systematically covers all areas relevant to well-founded text interpretation including...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2020-01-10
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THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SCHOLARLY SURVEY OF KARL BARTH’S THEOLOGY EVER PUBLISHED Karl Barth, perhaps the most influential theologian of the 20th century, is widely considered one of the greatest thinkers within the history of the Christian tradition. Readers of Karl...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2020-01-10
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
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Branded as "the new Falun Gong" by local authorities, The Church of Almighty God is the most persecuted religious movement in China today. Thousands of police officers are deployed full time to identify and arrest its members. Hundreds of thousands of its devotees are...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-01-10
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"God is like a drug, a high, [I] can't wait for the next hit." This direct quote from a megachurch member speaking about his experience of God might be dismissed as some sort of spiritually-induced drug riff. However, according to the research in this book, it was not...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-01-10
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This book examines key issues in Christianity from various philosophical points of view. It brings together European authors with American theologians and philosophers on an interconfessional basis. Coverage combines analytical and continental approaches in a unique...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-01-09
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Despite Mongolia's centrality to East Asian history and culture, Mongols themselves have often been seen as passive subjects on the edge of the Qing formation or as obedient followers of so-called "Tibetan Buddhism," peripheral to major literary, religious, and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-01-06
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