Aspects of religion

Dieser Sammelband widmet sich der vielschichtigen Thematik von Armut, Erniedrigung und Beleidigung aus hermeneutischer, praktisch-theologischer und biblischer Perspektive.

Popkultur pragt unsere Lebenswelt - aber wie klingt ein Gottesdienst, der diese Wirklichkeit lebendig aufgreift?

Charity after Augustine explores why the Augustinian tradition's attempts to build solidarity in the societies of the Latin West have ended in disaster just as often as they have brought about justice.

The deuterocanonical books, otherwise called the Apocrypha, have been a part of Christian Bibles for as long as there has been a Christian Bible.

First brought to the United States in the nineteenth century by Chinese and Japanese immigrants, Buddhism has become a major feature of the North American religious, cultural, and social landscape.

The deuterocanonical books, otherwise called the Apocrypha, have been a part of Christian Bibles for as long as there has been a Christian Bible.

First brought to the United States in the nineteenth century by Chinese and Japanese immigrants, Buddhism has become a major feature of the North American religious, cultural, and social landscape.

Charity after Augustine explores why the Augustinian tradition's attempts to build solidarity in the societies of the Latin West have ended in disaster just as often as they have brought about justice.

Challenging Contextuality: Bibles and Biblical Scholarship in Context provides a new and innovative contribution to the study of biblical texts by bringing together current approaches to biblical interpretation.

Challenging Contextuality: Bibles and Biblical Scholarship in Context provides a new and innovative contribution to the study of biblical texts by bringing together current approaches to biblical interpretation.

In 1981, a satellite television station called Star of Hope began broadcasting from Israeli-occupied South Lebanon.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringWhat is faith?

This volume brings together representative case studies and surveys that explore research into ritual language, covering theoretical and methodological approaches that reflect traditional inquiries and more recent studies.

This volume brings together representative case studies and surveys that explore research into ritual language, covering theoretical and methodological approaches that reflect traditional inquiries and more recent studies.

This Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the intriguing and provocative life and ideas of twentieth century French philosopher, mystic, and social activist Simone Weil.

St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) saw religion as part of the natural human propensity to worship.

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That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither-whatever they do prospers.

Building on his paradigm-shifting work on the incarnation in The Contradictory Christ (OUP, 2021), Jc Beall extends a robust contradictory theology with an account of the trinity.

God is speaking to all of us.

Angels have filled sacred texts, mystical traditions, paintings, visions, grimoires, and modern spirituality for more than two thousand years - but the beings we call "e;angels"e; have never belonged to one simple, universal system.

Mankind is evolving.

The group has told us that we are gods, creators.

Building on his paradigm-shifting work on the incarnation in The Contradictory Christ (OUP, 2021), Jc Beall extends a robust contradictory theology with an account of the trinity.

Recent political events around the world have raised the spectre of an impending collapse of democratic institutions.

This book traces developments in Christology--and specifically the metaphysics of the union of divine and human natures in one person--from 1050 (the age of Anselm of Canterbury) to 1250 (the age of Albert the Great).

This book traces developments in Christology--and specifically the metaphysics of the union of divine and human natures in one person--from 1050 (the age of Anselm of Canterbury) to 1250 (the age of Albert the Great).

This book presents Gregory of Nyssa's On the Six Days of Creation (In Hexaemeron) as a specimen of Early Christian philosophy.

The end of the fourteenth century was a time of upheaval and contested authority among the traditional institutions of medieval Europe.

While there has been renewed scholarly interest in paratextual features of early Christian manuscripts, that interest has rarely extended to the size of manuscripts, particularly the format known as the miniature codex.

More than twenty years after 9/11, what has changed for Muslims in the West?

This book presents Gregory of Nyssa's On the Six Days of Creation (In Hexaemeron) as a specimen of Early Christian philosophy.

The end of the fourteenth century was a time of upheaval and contested authority among the traditional institutions of medieval Europe.

Do dogs really go to heaven?

Reading Psalms with the Scribes argues for a new approach to the study of the Hebrew Bible, "e;reading with the scribes,"e; which puts variation in the ancient witnesses at the center of the endeavor.

While there has been renewed scholarly interest in paratextual features of early Christian manuscripts, that interest has rarely extended to the size of manuscripts, particularly the format known as the miniature codex.

The idea that improving our character requires modelling ourselves on another will seem natural to many.

The Philocalia of Origen is a collection of texts excerpted from the third century church father Origen's numerous works.

The idea that improving our character requires modelling ourselves on another will seem natural to many.

The churches of the Reformation highlight the righteousness of faith (Iustitia Dei) as the core of their theology.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringWhat is faith?

'Immaculate Misconceptions: A Black Mariology begins with this claim to challenge how Christian thinking of salvation, possibility, and identity are challenged when we rethink assumptions about race, gender, and divine significance through the lens of the Virgin Mary, and specifically, through a return to the Black Madonna.

This unique book investigates the real-world complexities, challenges, and mistakes that are often encountered when researching religion, values, and culture.

This unique book investigates the real-world complexities, challenges, and mistakes that are often encountered when researching religion, values, and culture.

The book intricately examines secularity in India, presenting it as a complex tapestry of social struggles which introduces assumptions not shared by traditional Hindu culture.

More than twenty years after 9/11, what has changed for Muslims in the West?

Darwin in the Jewish Imagination provides an overview of Jewish responses to Darwinian evolution, one of the most transformative and challenging ideas of the industrial age.

The book intricately examines secularity in India, presenting it as a complex tapestry of social struggles which introduces assumptions not shared by traditional Hindu culture.

Origen was one of the great thinkers of the third-century Church and the most influential of the Greek Church Fathers.

Darwin in the Jewish Imagination provides an overview of Jewish responses to Darwinian evolution, one of the most transformative and challenging ideas of the industrial age.