Comparative religion

The Oxford Handbook of Divine Revelation offers a systemic approach to the notion of revelation in its various theoretical contexts.

Much philosophical thinking about religion in the Anglophone world has been hampered by the constraints of Eurocentrism, colonialism and orientalism.

The ways in which religious communities interact with one another is an increasing focus of scholarly research and teaching.

This book explores the religious foundations, political and social significance, and aesthetic aspects of the theatre created by the leaders of the Occult Revival.

Death, Ritual and Belief, now in its third edition, explores many important issues related to death and dying, from a religious studies perspective, including anthropology and sociology.

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

The first book-length study of the biblical villain Haman, examining his depiction across Judaism, Christianity, and IslamHaman, infamous as the antagonist in the book of Esther, appears as a villainous figure in virtually all varieties of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Provides the first extensive collection of traditional and academic Jewish approaches to the religions of the world, focusing on those Jewish thinkers that actually encounter the other world religions -that is, it moves beyond the theory of inclusive/exclusive/pluralistic categories and looks at Judaism's interactions with other faiths.

The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is the most influential, organized, social, and political movement in Kuwait.

Since the 1980s, religion has been most visible in American public life when issues of sexuality and reproduction are at stake.

"e;For readers in search of a thoughtful, thorough, and approachable survey of the history of religion, this book is an excellent place to start.

Drawing from the folklore and scripture of other cultures, as well as her own monastic tradition, Sister Joan Chittister develops a spirituality that understands what it means to be human and the importance of seeing others for what they truly are-sacred.

This book sheds new light on Jerusalem's status in early Islam.

Our faith is full of heroes who experienced God powerfully in solitude.

Der vorliegende zweite Band der Schriftenreihe "Interreligiöser Dialog in gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung" der Eugen-Biser-Stiftung beleuchtet unterschiedliche Aspekte des Wandels der deutschen und europäischen Gesellschaft im Zuge der zunehmenden Präsenz des Islam in Europa.

Jede Gemeinde wird von etwas angetrieben.

How does today's context of radical pluralism affect Christian theology?

In recent years scholars have begun to question the usefulness of the category of 'religion' to describe a distinctive form of human experience and behavior.

 This book brings the Cappadocian Fathers to life and explores their contributions to subsequent Christian thought.

This volume offers unique insights into the mutually constitutive nature of social media practices and religious change.

All couples walk to the altar dreaming of happily-ever-after, but many forces in our society work against healthy lifelong commitment.

This volume assesses contemporary church responses to multicultural diversity and resisted categories of social difference, with a central focus on whether or how racial, ethnic, religious, sexual, and gender differences are validated by churches (and especially black churches) torn between competing inclusive and exclusive tendencies.

Liberation theology emphasizes the Christian mission to bring justice to the poor and oppressed.

In Soft Shepherd or Almighty Pastor?

In the Bible, there is a drama of defining who are truly God's people-and who are not.

"e;A dark but brilliantly original work .

This book argues that an active memory of and grief over structural wrongs yields positive agency.

This book expands the current axiology of theism literature by assessing the axiological status of alternative conceptions of God and the divine.

The present volume of Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses offers a fascinating insight into the history, the main ideas and current developments in economic thought from the perspective of the three major monotheistic faiths Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

This book is based on the 1967 Jordan Lectures in Comparative Religion and discusses the Biblical concept of human dominion and the Qur'anic doctrine of Adam as caliph.

This book explores the relationship of clergy to Twelve Step programs.

Spirit and Sacrament by pastor and author Andrew Wilson is an impassioned call to join together two traditions that are frequently and unnecessarily kept separate.

Der perfekte Begleiter für die Rauhnächte: Wenn du diese Zeit der Besinnung für deine persönliche Entwicklung nutzen möchtest und dich besser kennenlernen möchtest, dann ist dieses Rauhnacht-Tagebuch genau das richtige für dich.

This inspired collection offers a new paradigm for moving the world beyond violence as the first, and often only, response to violence.

This book is an interdisciplinary and multicultural study of ancient and contemporary texts that encode women's spirituality.

The Origins of Ethical Thought: A Comparative Study Between Hellenism and Hebraism is the first text to analyze both Greek and Hebrew ethical thought based on a comprehensive and ideological interpretation of the two systems on their own and in relation to one another.

Der vorliegende zweite Band der Schriftenreihe "Interreligiöser Dialog in gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung" der Eugen-Biser-Stiftung beleuchtet unterschiedliche Aspekte des Wandels der deutschen und europäischen Gesellschaft im Zuge der zunehmenden Präsenz des Islam in Europa.

Robert Eisler, the polymathic Jewish Austrian scholar and Holocaust survivor, faded into obscurity after his death in 1949.

Over the course of his career, Luther H.

Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed addressed Jews of his day who felt challenged by apparent contradictions between Torah and science.