History of religion

En el marco del jubileo por los 450 años de historia de la Arquidiócesis de Bogotá, se presentan de manera crítica y desde distintas miradas disciplinares, no solo la impronta arquidiocesana en el ámbito evangelizador, sino a una institución, que lejos de aquella mirada monolítica de su quehacer, ha sido dinámica y dinamizadora de diversos procesos socioculturales, económicos y políticos en la historia nacional, cuya incidencia o repercusión puede constatarse a través de los diferentes capítulos escritos por los expertos sobre el tema convocados para esta obra.

Jewish tradition is rich in stories, many of which center around the lives and work of the great chasidic rabbis, known as rebbes.

Heresy studies is a new interdisciplinary, supra-religious, and humanist field of study that focuses on borderlands of dogma, probes the intersections between orthodoxy and heterodoxy, and explores the realms of dissent in religion, art, and literature.

Originally published in 1963, this book covers one of the least known parts of Jewish history: the golden age of Jewish culture in Spain with the interaction of Jewish, Muslim and Christian cultures, the horrors of the Inquisition and the final banishment of the race from the Iberian peninsula.

Some of the most fascinating sculptures to have survived from ancient Egypt are the colossal statues of Akhenaten, erected at the beginning of his reign in his new temple to the Aten at Karnak.

As her body lay dying, her spirit began to travelA Second Chance at Heaven is an unforgettable account of one young woman's encounter with the Lord of Life.

The history of the church is full of revivals.

Elite Women in Early Modern Catholic Europe offers a new look at early modern Catholic Europe through the lens of the diverse experiences of elite women, using a historiographical approach to analyze women's roles through changing political, social, and cultural contexts.

Hundert Jahre nach dem Erscheinen des ersten Bandes der Italia Pontificia (1906) zieht der vorliegende Band in 24 Einzelbeiträgen namhafter italienischer und deutscher Autoren eine Bilanz des Erreichten, formuliert noch ausstehende Desiderata für den Abschluss der Italia Pontificia und demonstriert beispielhaft die Nutzbarkeit des Grundlagenwerkes für moderne Fragestellungen.

The papers in this second selection of articles by Professor Colish focus on thinkers of the patristic age, and relate to her three monographic studies in this area published over the last two decades.

The Saxon Age (1979) presents a vivid portrait of the daily life of Saxon England.

This book examines one of the most fundamental issues in twelfth-century English politics: justice.

"e;There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us.

A 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThis volume offers students a broad examination of the impact of religion on the lives of women around the world, focusing on differences among women, Indigenous religions, the impact of religion in colonization, and resistance to religious oppression.

The Augsburg Confession is the single most-important confession of faith among Lutherans today.

Why did non-Muslims convert to Islam during Muhammad's life and under his immediate successors?

Leading architect E.

Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches analyzes the hagiographic traditions of seven missionary saints in the Syriac heritage during late antiquity: Thomas, Addai, Mari, John of Ephesus, Simeon of Beth Arsham, Jacob Baradaeus, and Ahudemmeh.

Heresy is a central concept in the formation of Orthodox Christianity.

Benvenuto Olivieri was a Florentine banker active in Rome during the first half of the sixteenth century.

You are writing a new chapter in the story of your life.

Bestselling author, speaker, editor, and media personality Bert Ghezzi has been a leading figure in American Catholic life for more than forty years.

When Tara McMullen said ';Yes' to marrying an Air Force fighter pilot, she knew she was stepping into a life of unpredictability, sacrifice, and separation.

This is a substantially expanded and completely revised edition of a book originally published in 1988 as Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics.

In 1768, Ahmad al-Damanhuri became the rector (shaykh) of al-Azhar, which was one of the most authoritative and respected positions in the Ottoman Empire.

This study of modernism's high imperial, occult-exotic affiliations presents many well-known figures from the period 1880-1960 in a new light.

Die Lectura Eckhardi wird in diesem vierten Band mit Interpretationen von sechs deutschen Predigten (Prr.

Zahlreiche kirchliche, politische und theologische Entwicklungen und Veränderungen in der neueren Geschichte des Christentums gingen aus umgreifenden kirchlichen und gesellschaftlichen Reform- und Erneuerungsprozessen hervor.

The development of Martin Luther's thought has commanded much scholarly attention because of the Reformation and its remarkable effects on the history of Christianity in the West.

In pre-modern religions in the geographical context of Asia we encounter unique scripts, number systems, calendars, and naming conventions.

Terrorism motivated by Islamist religious ideology has been on the rise for the last forty years.

All Christian colleges and universities hail the integration of faith and learning as a premier mission objective.

Early Modern Ireland: New Sources, Methods, and Perspectives offers fresh approaches and case studies that push the field of early modern Ireland, and of British and European history more generally, into unexplored directions.

A selection of themes from the two religions of Hinduism and Christianity, chosen to highlight the central concerns of both, while not neglecting their internal diversity and also maintaining a balance between doctrine and practice, in order to compare like with like.

In an important feminist study, Rosa Bruno-Jofre offers a sensitive and nuanced picture of how a women's organization, the Missionary Oblate Sisters, a bilingual teaching congregation in Manitoba, dealt with both the larger patriarchal structures and the

This volume seeks to increase understanding of the origins, ideology, implementation, impact, and historiography of religion and conflict in the medieval and early modern periods.

Presenting a comprehensive survey of the historical underpinnings of baptismal liturgies and theologies, Bryan Spinks presents an ecumenically and geographically wide-ranging survey and discussion of contemporary baptismal rites, practice and reflection, and sacramental theology.

This is a cultural and intellectual biography of a neglected but important figure, Thomas Morgan (1671/2-1743).

For thirty years, Mark as Story has introduced readers to the rhetorical and narrative skill that makes Mark so arresting and compelling a story.

The time in college is such a precious time of freedom and searching for students walking the maze of new ideas and new relationships.

THE FIVE TERRACOTI'A BOWLS which are the subject of this study are commonplace in appearance, their only distinction being that each has on its inside surface (and in one case on the outside as well) a spiral inscription in a dialect of Aramaic.