History of religion

This text challenges existing writing on 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri which divides his life into two juxtaposed phases separated by narratives of conversion: from Francophobia to Francophilia, from militarism to pacifism, from activism to quietism, from Islamism to pluralism, from politics to religion.

On the 30th of March, 1699, the Sikh Guru Gobind Singh called together a special assembly at the Keshgarh Fort at Anandpur.

As one of the fastest growing Pagan traditions, Feminist Wicca appeals to many through its emphasis on the deep interconnectedness of life and its focus on the woman's religious experience.

Gordon Jensen's careful analysis of the 1534 Luther Bible uncovers the central truth of Martin Luther's prodigious translation efforts: Luther's commitment to producing this physical object was founded in his desire that receiving the Gospel might become a lived experience.

Between the years 1677 and 1691 the Puritan minister Roger Morrice compiled an astonishingly detailed record of public affairs in Britain.

The book investigates facets of global Protestantism through Anglican, Quaker, Episcopalian, Moravian, Lutheran Pietist, and Pentecostal missions to enslaved and indigenous peoples and political reform endeavours in a global purview that spans the 1730s to the 1930s.

The Truth RevealedFreemasons have been connected to the all-seeing eye on the dollar bill, the French Revolution, the Knights Templar, and the pyramids of Egypt.

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For many of us, the question of whether or not God exists is one of the most perplexing and profound questions of our lives, and numerous philosophers and theologians have debated it for centuries.

Nach den galiläischen Anfängen ist das Christentum sehr bald zu einer städtischen Religion geworden.

Explores how similarities and differences between humans and animals were understood by medieval theologians, and their significance.

The last sixty years have witnessed a virtual explosion of interest in how modern science and traditional Christianity intersect.

This is the first volume that examines dangerous gift-giving across centuries and disciplines.

For nearly thirty years, James M.

A new study edition of the classic that has sold over 150,000 copies.

The question of how the Bible received its unusual form has been a question addressed by scholars since critical study of the text began.

Members of the Church of England until the mid-16th century, the Puritans thought the Church had become too political and needed to be "e;purified.

Though he lived in the thirteenth century, Meister Eckhart's deeply ecumenical teachings were in many ways modern.

Behind many of the challenges facing us today is a failure of leadership.

The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity.

Combines ancient coins and innovative digital technologies to study the citizens of Syrian Antioch and their imperial conquerors.

In the wake of England's break with Rome and gradual reformation, English Catholics took root outside of the country, in Catholic countries across Europe.

In John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, the pilgrims cannot reach the Celestial City without passing through Vanity Fair, where everything is bought and sold.

Apocalyptic millennialism is one of the most powerful strands in evangelical Christianity.

First published in 2001, Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive guide to the German and Dutch-speaking world in the Middle Ages, from approximately C.

What is Islamic Philosophy?

This volume offers a new translation of the Pseudo-Clementine family narrative here known as The Sorrows of Mattidia.

Enter God's Story of Faithfulness to His PeopleThe Christian faith extends beyond our personal experiences, our individual churches, and far beyond our present age.

Bridging the gap between cognition and culture, this handbook explores both social scientific and humanities approaches to understanding the physical processes of religious life, tradition, practice, and belief.

Like many other denominations, seventeenth-century Quakers were keen to ensure that members married within their own religious community.

First published in 1949, A History of Christianity in England is a kaleidoscopic view of the religious situation in England for readers and students who wish to eventually take it up as a serious study.

Biblical and progressive.

In her bestselling preaching autobiography, Barbara Brown Taylor writes of how she came to be a preacher of the gospel as a priest in the Episcopal Church.

The Earliest English Poetry (1971) offers a critical survey of Old English poetry, that is, of the vernacular verse composed in England from the seventh century to the Norman Conquest.

Drawing deeply from the wisdom writings of medieval English mystic Julian of Norwich,All Will Be Wellwelcomes even spiritual newcomers to the spirituality of this fourteenth-century visionary who was well ahead of her time.

This book uses the metaphor of walking to gain insight into the spiritual life.

Religion, Material Culture and Archaeology offers a new understanding of the materiality of religion.

Religious traditions in the United States are characterized by ongoing tension between assimilation to the broader culture, as typified by mainline Protestant churches, and defiant rejection of cultural incursions, as witnessed by more sectarian movements such as Mormonism and Hassidism.

Cultural and ethnic diversity is the reality of our world, and much more so in this age of heightened globalization.

In this personal memoir, a former evangelical Christian shares her journey away from her confining faith toward a happier, healthier, nonreligious life.

This volume, a survey of the Canadian scene that urged various reforms, appeared shortly after the First World War.