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This book presents the first three Christian centuries through the lens of what Foucault called “the care of the self.”This lens reveals a rich variation among early Christ movements by illuminating their practices instead of focusing on what we...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-05
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In this real-life Christmas fable, when a Dad decides to let his kids select the family Christmas tree, he gets an unexpected lesson about God's love.In this thoroughly contemporary holiday story, a father lets his children choose the family Christmas tree. To his...
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FaithWords
Parution :
2017-10-03
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In traditional China, a funeral and the accompanying death rituals represented a critical moment for the immediate family of the deceased to show their filial piety, a core value of the society. At the same time, death rituals were social occasions, and channels for the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-10-03
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David was a man after God's own heart, not because he was perfect, but because he always sought God through prayer. It is through his example we can learn to pray in all things at all times. The Prayers ofDavid combines faithful scholarship with accessible writing to...
Editeur :
Museum of the Bible Books
Parution :
2017-10-03
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Found in Translation takes a close look at the original meanings and contexts of Hebrew words to offer profound inspirational reflections that encourage a deeper understanding of Scripture. Many Hebrew words have multiple meanings and most Bible translators often select...
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Museum of the Bible Books
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2017-10-03
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Immerse yourself in the captivating world of 1000 BC AS Everyone watches the small nation of Israel make it's move after the death of it's beloved King David. Shepherd. Warrior. King. Psalmist. Father. Fugitive. Hero. Villain. No single word is sufficient to encompass...
Editeur :
Museum of the Bible Books
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2017-10-03
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An interdisciplinary conversation between law and Christian thought exists, but has so far been centered in the legal academy. Law scholars have fruitfully critiqued contemporary legal and jurisprudential issues by drawing upon concepts and norms from the field of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-10-02
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Though a minority religion in Vietnam, Christianity has been a significant presence in the country since its arrival in the sixteenth-century. Anh Q. Tran offers the first English translation of the recently discovered 1752 manuscript Tam Giáo Chu Vong (The Errors of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-10-02
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Mothers appear throughout the New Testament. Called "blessed among women" by Elizabeth in the Gospel of Luke, Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the most obvious example. But she is far from the only mother in this canon. She is joined by Elizabeth, a chorus of unnamed...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-10-02
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The Oxford History of Anglicanism is a major new and unprecedented international study of the identity and historical influence of one of the world's largest versions of Christianity. This global study of Anglicanism from the sixteenth century looks at how was Anglican...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-09-29
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Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts is the first book-length work on personhood in ancient Israel. T. M. Lemos reveals widespread intersections between violence and personhood in both this society and the wider region. Relations of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-09-29
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Scriptural Authority and Biblical Criticism in the Dutch Golden Age explores the hypothesis that in the long seventeenth century humanist-inspired biblical criticism contributed significantly to the decline of ecclesiastical truth claims. Historiography pictures this...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-09-29
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For decades, scholars have assumed that the genius of John Henry Newman remained underappreciated among his Roman Catholic contemporaries. In order to find the true impact of his work, one must therefore look to the century following his death. Newman's Early Roman...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-09-29
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Were there groups in Ancient Judaism that cultivated esoteric knowledge and transmitted it secretly? With the discovery and burgeoning study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and particularly of the documents legislating the social structure of the Qumran group, the foremost...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-09-27
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*Gold Indie Winner, Silver Medalist in the Illumination Awards, and Selah FinalistRhinestones On My Flip Flops offers the message Jane lives by: prove people wrong and laugh while living your dreams.Has your life ever flipped? The challenge is to not become a flop!...
Editeur :
FaithWords
Parution :
2017-09-26
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This powerful book from the author of the bestselling Heaven is for Real, addresses soul-searching questions about God, like: What is God like? Why are things the way they are in spite of who God is? If Todd's first book, Heaven Is for Real, was about...
Editeur :
FaithWords
Parution :
2017-09-26
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Until the modern period the integration of church (or other religion) and state (or political life) had been taken for granted. The political order was always tied to an official religion in Christian Europe, pre-Christian Europe, and in the Arabic world. But from the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-09-22
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This study considers the relationship of Deuteronomy 28 to the curse traditions of the ancient Near East. It focuses on the linguistic and cultural means of the transmission of these traditions to the book of Deuteronomy. Laura Quick examines a broad range of materials,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-09-22
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The Oxford History of Anglicanism is a major new and unprecedented international study of the identity and historical influence of one of the world's largest versions of Christianity. This global study of Anglicanism from the sixteenth century looks at how was Anglican...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-09-22
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Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts is the first book-length work on personhood in ancient Israel. T. M. Lemos reveals widespread intersections between violence and personhood in both this society and the wider region. Relations of...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-09-22
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