Comparative religion

The Emancipation of European Jewry during the nineteenth century led to conflict between tradition and modernity, creating a chasm that few believed could be bridged.

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.

A recent journal article stated, "e;There is something missing in the way the churches do Communion.

A unique interreligious dialogue provides needed context for deeper understanding of interfaith relations, from ancient to modern timesFreedom is far from straightforward as a topic of comparative theology.

The position and treatment of women in every religion, culture, and society have been subjects of concern for a long time.

In a single volume, In Times of Crisis and Sorrow: A Minister's Manual Resource Guide offers a practical and professional guide for dealing with grief, sorrow, crises, and other difficult situations in the life of a congregation.

In Living with Conflict: A Challenge to a Peace Church, Susan Robson explores the discomforts and denials that can arise when an organization committed to doing good suspects that it is not living up to its declared aims.

What standards should we use to evaluate culturally distinct philosophies?

Yoga classes and Zen meditation, New-Age retreats and nature mysticism-all are part of an ongoing religious experimentation that has surprisingly deep roots in American history.

The Encyclopaedia of World Religions and Interfaith Dialogues is an initiative to deal with the subject of religion and interfaith dialogue in its totality.

How is religious experience to be identified, described, analyzed and explained?

Faith orientates us towards transcendence; monotheistic belief supplies a lived environment for faith''s exploration and embodiment.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Christians carried on an intense debate concerning the doctrine of prayer.

This book analyzes the role that the physical body plays in foundational Mormon doctrine, and claims that such an analysis reveals a model of empathy that has significant implications for the field of Mormon aesthetics.

This book provides a philosophical account of the normative status of killing in Buddhism.

This book analyzes the development of Islam and Muslim communities in the West, including influences from abroad, relations with the state and society, and internal community dynamics.

How Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have reimagined Abraham in their own imagesJews, Christians, and Muslims supposedly share a common religious heritage in the patriarch Abraham, and the idea that he should serve only as a source of unity among the three traditions has become widespread in both scholarly and popular circles.

Right from the beginning of humankind, God has never deprived a people of his grace and revelation.

This book brings Christian, Jewish and Muslim scholars from different fields of knowledge and many places across the globe to introduce/expand the dialogue between the field of liturgy and postcolonial/decolonial thinking.

Mormons, or members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, form a growing population in both numbers and influence.

To a prepare for Christmasa , in our society is to be sucked into a vortex of indulgence, from decor to gifts to calorie-rich foods.

This book tells the story of the Lebanese Shi'a and their development from a marginalized, discriminated minority to a highly politicized community that has given birth to Hezbollah, one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the contemporary Middle East.

Chinese practices related to ancestors have long been the subject of conflicting interpretations.

John Fletcher's theology of Pentecost is generally unknown today, and this book is the first comprehensive treatise on this subject.

Currently there are at least four major, identifiable perspectives on how people best understand and recover from religious abuse.

What are spiritual gifts?

For decades, scholars and public intellectuals have been predicting the demise of religion in the face of secularization.

How can religious freedom be granted to people who do not have a religion?

Trends and skills for those who offer pastoral careChristian pastoral care has changed a great deal in the past few decades in response to many factors in our rapidly changing world.

From the very earliest days after its completion in 1646, the Westminster Confessions position on assurance has been a subject of controversy.

Pastoral theologians from Congo, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe address, in this book, the issues of leadership, Ubuntu (community), gender-based violence, political violence, healing, and deliverance faced by pastors and ministers in African contexts today.

In the development of Covenant Works I follow neither the way of the seventeenth-century Federal Theology, nor the way of nineteenth-century Critical Theology, nor the way of twentieth-century Federal Vision, nor the way of a compromise.

This revised study edition of the Book of Confessions contains the official creeds, catechisms, and confessional statements of the Presbyterian Church (U.

What is the distinctive Zoroastrian experience, and what is the common diasporic experience?

Provides a concise yet comprehensive guide to understanding the complexity and diversity of the American Catholic experience.

Beyond Belief collects fifteen celebrated, broadly ranging essays in which Robert Bellah interprets the interplay of religion and society in concrete contexts from Japan to the Middle East to the United States.

The relationship between the church and the scriptures of Israel is fraught with complexities, particularly in regard to how the first Christians read scripture in light of the gospel of Christ.

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

Unabashedly local and particular, these poems bring alive the sights, sounds, and people of Minneapolis and Saint Paul--the "e;twin cities"e; of Minnesota.

The important role of liberal ecumenical Protestantism in American historyThe role of liberalized, ecumenical Protestantism in American history has too often been obscured by the more flamboyant and orthodox versions of the faith that oppose evolution, embrace narrow conceptions of family values, and continue to insist that the United States should be understood as a Christian nation.

This book considers how the non-religious self is performed publicly online, and how digital culture and technology shapes this process.

In this book, Juli Gittinger argues that America's fascination (obsession?

This volume describes the interactions between religions and political and social institutions in Anatolia on the basis of religious ideas and practices, starting with archaeological evidence from the end of the third millennium BCE.

Annie Besant is primarily remembered as the international president of the Theosophical Society.

Roots Matter recognizes the impact of transgenerational trauma, as a result of chattel slavery, on the African American community.

At a time when people are yearning for good news, Cynthia Bourgeault's new book invites us to find our way to the hope that does not disappoint or fail.