Comparative religion

Spirituality is always developed and nurtured in community, and communities have particular spiritualities.

While trying to revive Jewish national life by teaching Hebrew and Judaism in the Soviet Union, Ephraim Kholmyansky is arrested and threatened with long years of imprisonment and exile.

The trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens made a strong impression on fans.

The essays in this volume offer a groundbreaking comparative analysis of religious education, and state policies towards religious education in seven different countries and in the European Union as a whole.

An analysis of the problems surrounding different religious and spiritual commitments in the workplace.

Over the past few decades, humanistic inquiry has been problematized and invigorated by the emergence of what is referred to as the digital humanities.

God Is Up to Something BigThe Bible dedicates more space to prophecy than to any other subject.

Focuses on the journey from darkness to light inherent in Lent.

In every whisper of the wind and rustle of the leaves lies a story waiting to be heard.

In this stimulating dialogue these two great men, who stand on opposite sides of the church door, discuss some of the most controversial issues of the day.

You probably speak 20,000 words a day, give or take, and each one influences those who listen.

Jutta Sperber untersucht die christlich-muslimischen Dialoge des Vatikan bis zum Tod Papst Johannes Paul II und alle ihnen vorlaufenden Texte nach Elementen, die den Menschen und seine Stellung vor Gott und in der Welt charakterisieren.

Suicide in the forms of martyrdom, self-sacrifice, or self-immolation is perennially controversial: Should it rightly be termed suicide?

Twenty years ago, Anthony Pinn‘s engrossing survey highlighted the rich diversity of black religious life in America, revealing expressions of an ever-changing black religious quest in four non-Christian religious movements.

Humanity's long history of intermittent conflicts and contemporary violence undermines Christian's (and their Jewish and Muslim fellow believers) religious confidence in and moral commitment to world peace.

In a study that challenges familiar Western modes of thought, Jacob K.

What's working and not working in your congregation?

Tricksters are known by their deeds.

Over the last several decades, perceptive observers of Western civilization have documented what virtually everyone has perceived: as the old foundations of society have toppled, morality and personal character have been set adrift and often vanished altogether.

In this book Tatiana Zachar Podolinska explores how post-modern Marian devotion represents both the continuation and restoration of tradition in the modern world.

Many feel that work for Christian unity or ecumenism is not especially urgent or important in the complexities of our contemporary world.

There is an urgent need today to deepen and enrich the pastoral dimension of Sunday worship.

For Lewis Carroll, a deacon in the Church of England, faith in Christ and belief in a loving God stood at the core of his being, but little has been written about what the church or faith meant to the celebrated author of the Alice books.

This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to autonomous driving technology design and development.

This masterful survey of world religions presents a clear and concise portrait of the history, beliefs, and practices of Eastern and Western religions.

John Wesley was an Anglican priest and major leader in the eighteenth-century Evangelical awakening whose theology and practice continues to influence the church today.

Early in the nineteenth century Ernst Troeltsch, the great German liberal thinker, published the influential essay "e;The Place of Christianity Among the World Religions.

At the heart of American studies is the idea of America itself.

Compares monumental designs and performance spaces of Christian, Buddhist, and related sanctuaries, exploring how brain networks, animal-human emotions, and cultural ideals are reflected historically and affected today as "e;inner theatre"e; elements.

For counselors, pastors, women's ministry leaders, and any Christian woman who wants a user-friendly quick reference guide to Scripture, here is an essential resource!

Throughout their shared history, Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches have lived through a very complex and sometimes tense relationship --not only theologically, but also politically.

Atheists are a growing but marginalized group in the American religious patchwork and they have been the target of ridicule and discrimination throughout the nation's history.

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, thousands of American Jews were drawn to the teachings of Christian Science.

When debating the need for prophets, Muslim theologians frequently cited an objection from a group called the Barahima - either a prophet conveys what is in accordance with reason, so they would be superfluous, or a prophet conveys what is contrary to reason, so they would be rejected.

In this insightful book, accounts of voice hearers are presented, evaluated and interpreted by a Christian theologian and psychiatrist.

'Healing for the City' is a book for counseling urban dwellers in need, whether they be inside or outside the church.

A comprehensive, theological guide to everything the Bible has to say about spiritual warfare.

From New York Times bestselling author of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus Nabeel Qureshia former Muslimcomes his deeply personal, challenging, and respectful answer book to the many questions surrounding jihad, the rise of ISIS, and Islamic terrorism.

Conventional wisdom would have it that believing in one God is straightforward; that Muslims are expert at monotheism, but that Christians complicate it, weaken it, or perhaps even abandon it altogether by speaking of the Trinity.

Leo Schaya (1916-1986) was a brilliant author and editor whose only book to appear in English was the much-acclaimed The Universal Meaning of the Kabbalah, which is often cited in books on Jewish mysticism.

In this volume, Jason Radcliff offers an introduction, critical appreciation, and constructive extension of the Orthodox-Reformed Theological Dialogue spearheaded by Thomas F.

The story of Lutherans in America is one of mutual influence.

Together at the Table is the personal story and public message of Bishop Karen Oliveto, the first openly LGBTQ person to be elected a bishop in The United Methodist Church.

This book acts as a bridge between the critical study of 'religion' and empirical studies of 'religion in the real world'.

Trinity, Revelation, and Reading (TRR) is a theological introduction to the Bible and biblical interpretation.