Aspects of religion

Die auf den ersten Blick provozierende Verbindung zweier fernstehender Begriffe zielt auf ein Dilemma der Theologie: Gott wird zur beliebig einsetzbaren Legitimation von ganz verschiedenen Inhalten und Positionen.

This book explores the technological innovations and management practices of evangelical Christian religions.

This book examines the theology of spiritual formation developed by fourteenth-century Flemish mystic John of Ruusbroec, arguing that his formational path clearly and consistently displays the characteristics of the archetypal narrative structure of the hero's journey.

Understanding the Hebrew Bible has never been easy.

Carsten Leinhäuser ist katholischer Priester und setzt sich mal zornig, mal humorvoll dafür ein, dass die Kirche wieder wird, was sie einst war: ein Hoffnungsschimmer, ein Rettungsboot, agil, mutig, verständlich und greifbar.

The book of Job has captivated readers for centuries, yet its sprawling dialogues set beside its seemingly simple narrative have also puzzled those who have attempted to understand the ancient book.

Praise is a hidden doorway in the world that enables us to see things outside of the universe.

Standing in the small foyer of his first ministry assignment, Desmond Barrett prayed, "e;Lord send us someone new.

Is the Trinity biblical?

The evolution of Christianity as it is known today began in Antioch, but as Becoming Christian reveals, it had once been quite different.

With All Your Mind makes a compelling case for the value of thinking deeply about education in America from a historically orthodox and broadly ecumenical Christian point of view.

By popular demand, Follow the Star returns for 2019 with 12 brand-new reflections for the Christmas period.

Still your soul and rest your mind as you cultivate a purposeful prayer life by focusing your thoughts on God's Word.

Priests and pastoral caregivers often accompany people who are struggling to negotiate experiences of sickness, bereavement or anxiety.

How you can learn to focus like a monk without living like oneDistraction isn't a new problem.

The official prayer book for Orthodox Jews in the UK, with supporting commentary by Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

In a season of loneliness?

In the spirit of the popular poem 'Desiderata', world-renowned ethicist, theologian and preacher Samuel Wells offers eight exhortations in this extended meditation on being alive in the world and making our way through life.

Misunderstanding of Paul had started already in his lifetime, and his letters offer many examples of this.

Increasingly, many Christians and spiritual seekers feel they are in a sort of wilderness space where the familiar, settled, and normal parts of life have become unsettled, out of balance.

The present volume "Learning to Make Judgements, Part III" continues with the reflections and discourses carried out so far on how to form a judgement and looks into possibilities for practising and putting this skill to the test.

Das Buch ist so angelegt, dass das Thema in fünf Themenkreisen - Gericht und Vergeltung, Willkür und Gewalt, Zorn und Rache, Leiden und Sünde, Opfer und Sühne - sowie einem Einleitungs- und einem Schlusskapitel entfaltet wird.

What Roger Ferlo did for the Bible in Opening the Bible, volume 2 of The New Church's Teaching Series, Jeffrey Lee now does for the prayer book in volume 7 of the series.

Genesis offers insight and encouragement to those who live and minister in urban environments.

"e;Extraordinarily rich, lively and illuminating.

Deepen the lay minister's knowledge of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and the various duties of this ministry with this guidebook to lay participation in the Eucharist and Offices of the Church.

A meditation on holiness and beauty through the study of Saint Mary of Egypt.

Many of the key problems and concepts of ethics go back to the time of the Vedas and the origins of Vedic Philosophy.

A black social gospel movement arose after the Civil War to mitigate the broken promises of reparations and the reestablishment of white supremacy.

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Tsong kha pa (14th-century) is arguably the most important and influential philosopher in Tibetan history.

This book is the second volume in the definitive anthology of early Christian texts, focusing on practice.

Narrative critics of the Hebrew Bible often describe the biblical narrators as ';laconic,' ';terse,' or ';economical.

Katalin Peter offers is a vigorous and stimulating reassessment of the history of the Protestant Reformation in Hungary.

The Christian faith has always stood in a place of tension between its transcendent nature and the surrounding culture.