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'Through the lens of neuroscience, McHargue makes his case for valuing religion not for its factual explanatory power but rather for its ability to give meaning to human existence . . . For those who fear science will rob them of both God and Christian community,...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2016-10-27
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The history of the Western church in the Middle Ages is the history of the most elaborate and thoroughly integrated system of religious thought and practice the world has ever known. It is also the history of European society during eight hundred years of sometimes...
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Penguin
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2016-10-27
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This book argues that Christians have a stake in the sustainability and success of core cultural values of the West in general and America in particular. Steven M. Studebaker considers Western and American decline from a theological and, specifically, Pentecostal...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-26
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Enchantment and Creed in the Hymns of Ambrose of Milan offers the first critical overview of the hymns of Ambrose of Milan in the context of fourth-century doctrinal song and Ambrose's own catechetical preaching. Brian P. Dunkle, SJ, argues that these settings inform...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-10-20
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Enchantment and Creed in the Hymns of Ambrose of Milan offers the first critical overview of the hymns of Ambrose of Milan in the context of fourth-century doctrinal song and Ambrose's own catechetical preaching. Brian P. Dunkle, SJ, argues that these settings inform...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-10-13
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'How can we turn our knowledge about God into knowledge of God? The rule for doing so is simple but demanding. It is that we turn each truth that we learn about God into matter for mediation before God, leading to prayer and praise to God.'Knowing God is a more complex...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2016-10-06
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After a life of sex, drugs and the Communards, recounted in his acclaimed memoir Fathomless Riches, the Reverend Richard Coles devoted himself to God and Christianity. So what is life like for the parson in Britain today? From his ordination, through Advent and...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2016-10-06
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The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theology, 1600-1800 will offer a comprehensive and reliable introduction to Christian theological literature originating in Western Europe from, roughly, the end of the French Wars of Religion (1598) to the Congress of Vienna (1815)....
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-10-04
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This book examines the theological worldview of the Taiping Rebellion (1850–64), a Chinese revolutionary movement whose leader, Hong Xiuquan (1814–64), claimed to be the second son of God and younger brother of Jesus. Despite the profound impact of Christian books on...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-09-26
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Today is no ordinary day. You may perform simple routines, feel uninspired, or lack the excitement of hope. But today could be the most important one of your life -- depending on how you choose to spend it. Joyce Meyer encourages you not to waste another minute. There...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2016-09-22
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The Demonic in the Political Thought of Eusebius of Caesarea explores how Eusebius of Caesarea's ideas about demons interacted with and helped to shape his thought on other topics, particularly political topics Hazel Johannessen builds on and complements recent work on...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-22
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This book addresses issues central to today’s Catholic Church, focusing on the relationship between various religions in different contexts and regions across the world. The diverse array of contributors present an inclusively interfaith enterprise,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-15
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The Demonic in the Political Thought of Eusebius of Caesarea explores how Eusebius of Caesarea's ideas about demons interacted with and helped to shape his thought on other topics, particularly political topics Hazel Johannessen builds on and complements recent work on...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-15
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The saints form a huge part of our world's history, on both a religious and secular level. Their shrines have attracted millions of pilgrims throughout the centuries, and their relics continue to be venerated today. In North America even atheists and non-Christians know...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-14
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The saints form a huge part of our world's history, on both a religious and secular level. Their shrines have attracted millions of pilgrims throughout the centuries, and their relics continue to be venerated today. In North America even atheists and non-Christians know...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-08
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Our Greatest Gift is a meditation on dying. Dying and death can often bring fear. But the experience of dying and caring for the dying can become the deepest experience of love. Nouwen encourages us to ask: 'How can my death become fruitful in the lives of others?'...
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Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2016-08-25
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The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.Life of the Beloved asks how one can live a spiritual life in a Western secular culture.The greatest challenge, concludes Nouwen, is to bridge the gap between secular...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2016-08-25
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Joyce Meyer has a knack for coining phrases - her fans call them 'Joyceisms' - and one of her best loved is 'Where the mind goes, the man follows.' This was the basis for BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND, and in her latest book, Meyer provides 'power thoughts', bringing the...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2016-08-25
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This work offers a detailed reconstruction of the campaigns for and trials resulting in the beatification (in 1626) and subsequent canonization in 1169 of the Florentine mystic nun, Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi (1566-1607). Clare Copeland places her findings in the wide...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-08-18
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This work offers a detailed reconstruction of the campaigns for and trials resulting in the beatification (in 1626) and subsequent canonization in 1169 of the Florentine mystic nun, Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi (1566-1607). Clare Copeland places her findings in the wide...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-08-18
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