Comparative religion

Christmas season is a time to reflect on the life-altering, universe-shaking event that took place approximately 2000 years ago in a small village in Palestine.

The modern and contemporary legacy of Luther's theology is a vital topic of continuing investigation, assessment, and construction.

This volume offers a sample of reflections from scholars and practitioners on the theme of death and dying from scholars and practitioners, ranging from the Christian tradition to Hinduism, Lacanian psychoanalysis, while also touching on the themes of the afterlife and near-death experiences.

Why Islam is more political and fundamentalist than other religionsWhy does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions?

With clarity, wisdom, and wit, Brian Taylor offers a fresh look at contemplative prayer as the pathway to genuine healing and spiritual transformation.

This book is a comparative study of miracles in the major world religions and explores the value of miracles in religious belief.

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In recent years, the extent to which contemporary societies are secular has come under scrutiny.

This volume of the series "e;Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses"e; investigates the roots of the concept of "e;soul"e; in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Meditative practices have flourished in widely different parts of Eurasia, yet historical research on such practices is limited.

Schlafer's book is an adventure in homiletical spirituality and imagination.

Mutual understanding between the faithful of the world's great religions is no longer a luxury; all over the world, religions are challenged to find common ground in the cause of peace and justice, and in the face of war and exploitation.

Der Band präsentiert Babylon, wie es als Thema, Idealbild, Vorstellung die westliche Kultur Zeit ihres Bestehens geprägt hat: Durch die eindrücklichen Erzählungen der Bibel; durch andere klassisch gewordenen Texte; durch Geschichten und Legenden mittelalterlicher Reisender; durch seinen Turm, der als Motiv in der westlichen Kunst diejenige Verewigung erfahren hat, für die er der biblischen Erzählung nach erbaut wurde; durch wirkmächtige Opern- und Oratorienkompositionen.

In some respects, the contrasts of Christmas are what make it the most delightful time of the year.

Russell Jeung's spiritual memoir shares the difficult, often joyful, and sometimes harrowing account of his life in East Oakland's Murder Dubs neighborhood and of his Chinese-Hakka history.

Free in Deed serves as a primer in Lutheran ethics for faith and the church as the body of Christ.

This volume is the first trilateral exploration of medieval scriptural interpretation.

A contribution to the field of theological aesthetics, this book explores the arts in and around the Pentecostal and charismatic renewal movements.

Mirage of the Saracen analyzes the growth of monasticism and Christian settlements in the Sinai Peninsula through the early seventh century C.

Religious freedom is so often presented as a timeless American ideal and an inalienable right, appearing fully formed at the founding of the United States.

This book, in two volumes, breathes fresh air empirically, methodologically, and theoretically into understanding the rich ceremonial lives, the philosophical-religious knowledge, and the impressive material feats and labor organization that distinguish Hopewell Indians of central Ohio and neighboring regions during the first centuries CE.

Confucius, the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad are among the most thoughtful and influential people in history.

Volume 2 of The Annotated Luther series contains a number of the writings categorized under the theme Word and Faith.

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Geared toward both the student and the interested general reader, What You Need to Know About Islam and Muslims is an all-you-need-to-know-and-more book about the Islam.

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is widely recognized as one of the greatest philosopher-theologians America has ever produced, and recent years have seen a remarkable increase in research on his writings.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music is the first comprehensive analysis of the most important themes and concepts in this field.

Integrating counseling--theory and practice--with the biblical revelation has now been attempted many times and with considerable success.

Understanding Islam's sacred text is integral to understanding your Muslim neighbor Cross-cultural missionary and scholar Matthew Aaron Bennett blends the insights of Islamic believers, secular Qur'an scholars, and missionaries to Muslims, making The Qur'an and the Christian like no other resource for Christian ministry to Muslims.

The medicalization of death is a challenge for all the world's religious and cultural traditions.

This contributed volume considers the notions of person and logos from different approaches.

An important interfaith dialogue examines causes of global inequality and explores solutions.

In this work, respected scholar Andrew Lester discusses and incorporates the newest behavioral research models, contemporary biblical and theological scholarship, constructivist philosophy, and narrative theory into a comprehensive pastoral theology of anger.

This new edition of William Doty's critically acclaimed study provides a comprehensive guidebook to the many schools of interpretation in this burgeoning field William Doty's popular text has been hailed as the most comprehensive work of its kind.

"e;Fascinating and thought-provoking.

Over the course of a career of more than forty years, Jonathan Z.

This book brings together academic scholars from across various religious traditions to reflect on the beauty they find in traditions other than their own.

A study tour to Leipzig in the former East Germany (GDR) raised new questions for Roger Newell about the long struggle of the Protestant church with the German state in the twentieth century.

Purity, Community, and Ritual in Early Christian Literature investigates the meaning of purity, purification, defilement, and disgust for Christian writers, readers, and listeners from the first to third centuries.

This cool, clear-sighted comparative study has no theological axe to grind.

For more than fifty years, Lutherans and Catholics in the United States have listened to the word of God in dialogue with one another.

Loving Stones is a study of devotees' conceptions of and worshipful interactions with Mount Govardhan, a sacred mountain located in the Braj region of north-central India that has for centuries been considered an embodied form of Krishna.

Pressure, stress, and the threat of losing control all have the power to inhibit a tennis player's professional, athletic, and sometimes even everyday performance.

Superhero phenomena exploded into 20th- and 21st-century popular culture by way of the visual medium of comic books.

After years of discussion within the field of anthropology concerning how to properly engage with theology, a growing number of anthropologists now want to engage with theology as a counterpart in ethnographic dialogue.

Exploring Religious Diversity analyzes the philosophical questions raised by the fact that many religions in the world often appear to contradict each other in doctrine and practice.