"e;Vicchio believes that by understanding how much Muslim tradition overlaps with the biblical traditions of Judaism and Christianity, we might begin to expose a wedge of common ground on which understanding and respect might begin to be built.
Filled with All the Fullness of God looks at the truths of Christian faith which pertain to spiritual growth and the 'lived theologies' or spiritualities which have derived from them.
It will be argued that Zechariah 9-14 consists of four collections of traditional eschatological hope (9:1-17; 10:3b-12; 12:1-4a, 5, 8-9; and 14:1-13, 14b-21).
In this book, contributors argue that the Black Church must begin to address the significance of sexuality if it is to actually present liberation as a mode of existence that fully appreciates the body.
Black Men Worshipping analyzes the discursive spaces where Black masculinity is constructed, performed, and contested in American religion and culture.
This book explores a hitherto neglected area of theological anthropology: the unity of human emotionality and rationality embodied in the biblical concept of the heart.
In The Audacity of Peace, Scot McKnight sketches a peace ethic, or a peace witness, that embraces the embodied self-denial of Jesus to the point of the cross, which through the resurrection is vindicated by God.
Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer represents a late development in "e;midrash"e;, or classical rabbinic interpretation, that has enlightened, intrigued and frustrated scholars of Jewish culture for the past two centuries.
Während die Volkskirchen und manch andere über Jahrzehnte als stabil geltende Institutionen erodieren, tummeln sich vielfältige alte und neue religiöse Anbieter auf dem wachsenden spirituellen Markt.
The contributors, who each work with spiritual issues, either explicitly as spiritual directors or accompaniers, or as an implicit part of their therapeutic work, offer a psychologically-informed approach to Spiritual Accompaniment and Direction, and to working with others on a spiritual level more generally.
This study addresses the centrality of Christ in Paul's thought, recognizing at the same time that he does not express the meaning of Christ as an existing teaching.
This is a new interpretation of Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov that scrutinizes it as a performative event (the polyphony of the novel) revealing its religious, philosophical, and social meanings through the interplay of mentalit s or worldviews that constitute an aesthetic whole.
Seit den Anfängen der Kirche dienten die Passionsgeschichten der vier Evangelien auch dazu, die Entfremdung vom jüdischen Volk, alsbald Feindschaft, Verunglimpfung und Verfolgung "der" Juden zu begründen.
Following the familiar and powerful style of the biblical Psalms, Gateley openly reflects on her own life and ministry, and ultimately on the nature of faith itself.
From its English publication in 1973, Jrgen Moltmanns The Crucified God garnered much attention, and it has become one of the seminal texts of twentieth-century theology.
Theology is inherently theatrical, rooted in God's performance on the world stage and oriented toward faith seeking performative understanding in the theatre of everyday life.
Since the groundbreaking publication of Postmissionary Messianic Judaism (2005), Mark Kinzer has challenged theologians and religious leaders to consider the essential ecumenical vocation of Jewish disciples of Jesus.
In The Holy Spirit as Space for the Living, George Evans recognizes the significance of the Spirit in pneumatology within the New Testament, emphasizing the Spirit's indwelling presence as a person.
This volume argues that the notion of affections discussed by Jonathan Edwards (and Christian theologians before him) means something very different from what contemporary English speakers now call emotions.
Seine Selbstvorstellung als Bischof von Rom, seine Bitte um den Segen und das Gebet des Volkes vor der Spendung seines eigenen Segens, sein Verzicht auf die päpstlichen Gemächer, seine Betonung eines einfachen Lebensstils, sein Eintreten für "eine arme Kirche der Armen".