Theology

Religious Diversity examines whether believing in a religion''s truth increases intolerance and how the existence (and growth) of multiple religions affects political societies.

Flourishing in Faith: Theology Encountering Positive Psychology explores the fascinating dialogue between two scholarly traditions concerned with personal wellbeing, Christian theology and Positive Psychology, primarily from the perspective of theology.

Adding her distinctive voice to lively conversations about the work and legacy of Jonathan Edwards, Larsen shows that Edwards thinks boldly about the freedom of the Father and the Son within their blessed fellowship in the Spirit.

Im Jahr 1988 eröffnete Konrad Baumgartner zusammen mit Werner Rück in Verbindung mit Ludwig Mödl, Josef Müller und Ehrenfried Schulz die Reihe "Studien zur Theologie und Praxis der Seelsorge".

John Swinton has indelibly shaped the discipline of practical theology not only in the United Kingdom but globally, and has been especially influential in the areas of disability theology, dementia, health care, and chaplaincy.

The 21st century has seen a renewed interest in cultivating positive character traits, or virtues, to foster personal growth.

Our creation and redemption by God and our discipleship to Jesus are all one story, and it is an odd story.

In the distant future an enemy of Mankind is destroying space colonies, causing human expansion among the stars to come to a halt.

Der Band behandelt in sieben großen Kapiteln die Geschichte des Christentums vom Spätmittelalter über die Reformation im deutschsprachigen Raum und in Europa, das Konfessionelle Zeitalter, das Zeitalter von Pietismus und Aufklärung, das "lange 19.

The Christian faith is full of apparent paradoxes:- a compassionate God who sanctions genocide- an all-powerful God who allows horrific suffering- a God who owns everything yet demands so much from his followers- a God who is distant and yet present at the same timeMany of us have big questions that the Christian faith seems to leave unanswered.

What did Paul mean when he wrote that the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom?

Draußen ist mehr drinUnter freiem Himmel sind Gottesdienste entstanden, die mit dem Unverfügbaren rechnen, ins liturgische Spiel führen und besondere spirituelle Erfahrungen ermöglichen.

Must the church be either charismatic or sacramental?

"e;Eschatology is the explication of what must be true of the end, both of history and of the individual, if God is to be the God of the biblical faith.

Nach dem Gesetzbuch der katholischen Kirche ist die Ehe nicht nur auf Nachkommenschaft hingeordnet, sondern auch auf das bonum coniugum, das Wohl der Gatten: Damit ist die erneuerte Ehelehre des II.

In Anbetracht einer anstehenden Revision der bisherigen Trauagenden nimmt ein Beitrag deren historische Traditionen, die Begriffe Verlobung und Trauung, das Verhältnis von staatlichem und kirchlichem Handeln, die theologischen Verständnisse von Ehe ebenso wie die Vermittlung von Tradition und Situation in den Blick.

This book examines slavery and gender through a feminist reading of narratives including female slaves in the Gospel of Luke, the Acts of the Apostles, and early Christian texts.

This pivot sets Muslim shrines within the wider context of Heritage Studies in the Muslim world and considers their role in the articulation of sacred landscapes, their function as sites of cultural memory and their links to different religious traditions.

What Dorothy discovered in Oz and Alice discovered in Wonderland you'll discover here: a parallel reality where a third temple rose and fell in antiquity, women were ordained in the fifth century CE, and alternate sages and texts ripple in and out of the ones we know from history.

This volume offers a detailed analysis of how the current phase of capitalism is eating away at social, interpersonal, and psychological health.

Die elektronischen Medien haben in den letzten Jahren bei vielen Menschen zu drastischen Veränderungen im Kommunikationsverhalten geführt.

Anthropologists have invariably engaged in their discipline as a form of redemption, whether to escape from social restriction, nourish their souls, reform their home polities, or vindicate "e;the natives.

No twentieth-century American understood Luther's law-gospel distinction better than Gerhard O.

The Oxford Handbook of Vatican II is a rich source of information and reflections on many aspects of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), one of the most significant religious events of the twentieth century.

The aim of the present conference volume is to study the interrelationship of literary and material approaches to historical investigation of gender.

The five-volume Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions series is governed by a motif of migration ('out-of-England').

In einem performanztheoretischen Rahmen stellen Überzeugungen praktisch erhandelte Wissensformen dar.

How Hysterical reads scenes from the films Light It Up , Three Kings , Remember the Titans , Paris is Burning , Boys Don't Cry , and Magnolia alongside biblical texts from Numbers , Exodus , Isaiah , Micah , Ezekiel and Revelation .

This volume draws together a selection of high-quality presentations at the 13th International Bonhoeffer Congress held in January 2020 in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

For decades, scholars have assumed that the genius of John Henry Newman remained underappreciated among his Roman Catholic contemporaries.

This book provides an intimate picture of Lebanon, exploring the impacts of the Arab uprisings of 2011 which are deeply affecting Lebanese politics and society.

Rudolf Bultmann was the most significant New Testament scholar we have known in the twentieth century.

Volume 11 in the sixteen-volume Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works English Edition, Ecumenical, Academic, and Pastoral Work: 1931-1932, provides a comprehensive translation of Bonhoeffers important writings from 1931 to 1932, with extensive commentary about their historical context and theological significance.

Offering a decisive challenge to the older reception of Pusey as a paragon of backwards scholarship, Tobias A.

How can we speak of God as Father in a world that is inhumane?

We are caught up in the cycle of so-called "e;holy wars.

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The Making of Modern English Theology is the first historical account of theology’s modern institutional origins in the United Kingdom.

Alte helfen sich selbst, Alte helfen Jungen, Alte engagieren sich – für sich, für die Gemeinde, für andere.