Theology

For millennia, messianic visions of redemption have inspired men and women to turn against unjust and oppressive orders.

Konrad Schmid, Komtur der Johanniterkomturei Küsnacht am Zürichsee und enger Freund Ulrich Zwinglis, hielt am 24.

With the majority of the world's Christians now living in the non-Western world, Christian mission has become a global movement.

This selection of writings from the most important moments in the history of Christianity has become established as a classic reference work, providing insights into 2000 years of Christian theological and political debate.

Introduces a novel approach to post-metaphysical theology, developing an alternative account of language and its relation to God.

Grundlegende Kenntnisse der verschiedenen christlichen Kirchen und Konfessionsfamilien sind nicht nur für das Theologiestudium, sondern auch für das religionswissenschaftliche Studium des Christentums unabdingbar.

Today the Christian faith is moving through one of the greatest sea changes in its two thousand year history, and we can no longer assume we know exactly what kind of animal preaching is or ought to be.

Die Kulturgeschichte kennt eine Vielzahl an unterschiedlichen Variationen des Spiels.

Did Jesus really call the Jews of his day children of the devil?

Ali Zaidi discloses a largely unnoticed dialogue between Muslim and Western social thought on the search for meaning and transcendence in the human sciences.

This book explores the contributions of Eastern female pioneers in science, politics and arts from Ancient Egypt to modern times, and discusses the possible psychological and social impact of this knowledge on today's gender role in Eastern and Western Societies.

Challenging recent rejections of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s groundbreaking study of Karl Barth’s theology, Stephen Long argues that these interpreters are myopically impatient with the nuances of Balthasar’s reading of Barth and fail to appreciate the longstanding theological friendship that perdured.

Nach weit verbreiteter Leseweise der Bibel führt Israel seine Herkunft auf die Erzväter zurück.

Christliche Sozialethik muss ihre Grundsätze und Empfehlungen auch für religiös unmusikalische Menschen plausibel formulieren.

Sacrosanctum Concilium (SC) was the first document promulgated by the Second Vatican Council.

This volume is the first English-language anthology to engage with the fascinating phenomena of recent surges in New Age and alternative spiritualties in Israel.

The growing housing crisis cries out for solutions that work.

Empowering English Language Learners showcases strategies of those who teach English as a second language in pre-schools, graduate schools, secular public schools, and private Christian schools.

The Jewish study of Jesus has made enormous strides within the last two hundred years.

Over the centuries, Baptists have labored to follow Christ in faithful devotion and service.

Churches are traditionally among the first to respond to the call to aid strangers in distress.

Through personal stories, proven experience, and a thorough analysis of the biblical text, Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church illustrates both the biblical mandate for the multi-ethnic church and the seven core commitments required to bring it about.

Across the world, grassroots movements for change are growing in number, skill, and impact on society.

Thomas Hobbes, one of the most important figures in the history of political philosophy, is still widely regarded as a predominantly secular thinker.

This is first English edition of Ethical Concepts and Problems (1971) by Danish philosopher and theologian K.

The Letter of Aristeas has been an object modern scholarly interest since the seventeenth century.

In this journal of short, lyrical reflections, Andrew Rumsey takes the reader on an exploration of faith, place and identity.

A Boy Grows in Brooklyn is an educational and spiritual memoir that recounts stories from life in the Midwood interfaith neighborhood during the fifties and sixties.

Following the classic form of a summa, each chapter begins with a question and offers answers in the context of the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church.

Against the background of a changing society in terms of religious socialisation, this volume discusses children's strategies for coping with theodicy.

"Führen" und "Geführt werden" sind existentielle und essentielle Erfahrungen: Die biographisch-wechselseitige Wirkmächtigkeit als Träger, Vermittler und Trigger von Werte:Bildung wird in der Studie mit Führungskräften aus dem österreichischen Top-Management manifest.

Toward the end of his life, the Lord Jesus told the disciples the church would do the work that he had done and greater works in these last days.

The connections between religion and violence are complex and multifaceted.

Theological determinism and its relationship to creation, free will, evil, and other topics, are analyzed by fifteen philosophers and theologians.

The Collected Critical Writings of Geoffrey Hill gathers more than forty years of Hill's published criticism, in a revised final form, and also adds much new work.

This book explores and formulates a response to the question: How best can those held in modern systems of mass incarceration be cared for pastorally when many prisons diminish both hope and humanity?

Jeremy Halstead graduated from college with a degree in Specialized Ministries and an emphasis in Youth Ministry.

Where in the world is the church?

Mit den vielfältigen Feiern zum "Christusfest" im Jahr 2017 ist die Hoffnung auf einen "neuen ökumenischen Frühling" – so Papst Franziskus – wieder entflammt.

In its attempt to ascertain the mechanisms of nature, contemporary science seems to be generating unanswerable questions.

Was sind die Ressourcen und Belastungen der in der Seelsorge Tätigen?

The present volume is the first in a five-volume study of church doctrine.