A more complete picture of how procreation and childlessness are depicted in the BibleIn the Book of Genesis, the first words God speaks to humanity are "e;Be fruitful and multiply.
The rise, fall, and modern resurgence of an enigmatic book revered by yoga enthusiasts around the worldConsisting of fewer than two hundred verses written in an obscure if not impenetrable language and style, Patanjali's Yoga Sutra is today extolled by the yoga establishment as a perennial classic and guide to yoga practice.
"e;In the vast literature of love, The Seducer's Diary is an intricate curiosity--a feverishly intellectual attempt to reconstruct an erotic failure as a pedagogic success, a wound masked as a boast,"e; observes John Updike in his foreword to Soren Kierkegaard's narrative.
Walter Lowrie's classic, bestselling translation of Soren Kierkegaard's most important and popular books remains unmatched for its readability and literary quality.
An inside look at how religious diversity came to PrincetonIn 1981, Frederick Houk Borsch returned to Princeton University, his alma mater, to serve as dean of the chapel at the Ivy League school.
From Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Wills, the story of Augustine's ConfessionsIn this brief and incisive book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills tells the story of the Confessions--what motivated Augustine to dictate it, how it asks to be read, and the many ways it has been misread in the one-and-a-half millennia since it was composed.
A groundbreaking new theory of religionReligion remains an important influence in the world today, yet the social sciences are still not adequately equipped to understand and explain it.
A challenge has been issued on matters of faith and Becky Garrison meets it head on in this witty yet poignant answer to the Anti-God gurus Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett.
Der Inhalt dieses Büchleins ist gedacht als VADEMECUM für Menschen, die sich nach der innigen Vereinigung mit Gott sehnen und gerne ein Büchlein hätten, das ihnen hilft, den praktischen Weg dorthin zu beschreiten und im täglichen Gebetsleben den liebenden Kontakt mit Gott zu pflegen.
This set of seven sermons follows the traditional church sequence of "e;The Seven Last Words of the Cross,"e; utterances that the gospel narratives place on the lips of Jesus.
In seinen Kommentar nimmt Martin Meiser Einsichten aus der strukturalistischen wie poststrukturalistischen narrativen Analyse und dem Performance Criticism auf.
In 'The Pictures of Slavery in Church and State (Complete Edition)' by John Dixon Long, readers are taken on a thought-provoking journey delving into the complex relationship between slavery, religion, and government.
In this groundbreaking book, popular apologist Melissa Dougherty helps us understand how our society got to be so toxically subjective, why endless positivity is inherently destructive, and how we can live with faithful truth and genuine love in these self-obsessed times.
Vulnerabilität als existenzielles Grunddatum menschlichen Daseins wird von Hanna Braun mit einem inklusiven Verständnis von Gottebenbildlichkeit in einer Weise zusammengedacht, dass freiheitstheoretisch und im Rahmen einer relationalen Ontologie die Rede vom vulnerablen Menschen als Ebenbild Gottes fundamentaltheologisch plausibel wird.
Anders als in den biblischen Büchern spielt die "Freude" weder in der wissenschaftlichen Theologie der Gegenwart noch in der Kirche in der Regel eine zentrale Rolle; wird gar eher verdächtigt, Eskapismus und Jenseitsvertröstung zu fördern.
The first book to explore the modern history of Islam in South AsiaThe first modern state to be founded in the name of Islam, Pakistan was the largest Muslim country in the world at the time of its establishment in 1947.
A bold and persuasive case for abandoning old religions and still believing in GodIn this book, Mark Johnston argues that God needs to be saved not only from the distortions of the "e;undergraduate atheists"e; (Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris) but, more importantly, from the idolatrous tendencies of religion itself.
Although many of Edmund Schlink's writings have been available in English for several decades, the publication of the new German edition offered a significant impetus for providing a fresh and more accurate translation of them.
PrädikantInnen und LektorInnen finden in diesem Band fertige Lesepredigten zu wichtigen Themen und besonderen Anlässen – eine echte Alternative für die, die nicht (immer) der Perikopenordnung folgen wollen.
Krankheit gehört zu den alltagsprägenden Grunderfahrungen von Kindern: Jedes Kind wird krank, leichter oder schwerer, manchmal lebensbedrohlich und/oder mit lebenslangen Folgen.
