Value theory, or axiology, looks at what things are good or bad, how good or bad they are, and, most fundamentally, what it is for a thing to be good or bad.
After a long struggle, Jewish emancipation was formally completed in Germany in 1871, when Wilhelm I abolished religious discrimination across the entire Reich.
Modelling Early Christianity explores the intriguing foreign social context of first century Palestine and the Greco-Roman East, in which the Christian faith was first proclaimed and the New Testament documents were written.
Diese "kurzgefasste neutestamentliche Theologie" beginnt mit der Entstehung des Kanons und ihren theologischen Aspekten und beschreibt dann die Grundlagen der Botschaft im Erbe Israels und im Wirken und in der Verkündigung Jesu.
The purpose of this collection of papers is to introduce English- speaking philosophers and theologians to something of the variety of the contemporary debate about the religious relevance of Hegel's thought.
The book that changed the American church, with new essays that "e;prove that one can be a dedicated Christian and a social reformer at the same time"e; (The New York Times Book Review).
Although many scholars consider Luke 17:22-37 to be "e;the most important eschatological passage in Luke-Acts,"e; few agree on the precise meaning of the enigmatic proverb which forms its conclusion (Luke 17:37).
Diese Einleitung zum Alten Testament, herausgegeben von Hendrik Koorevaar und Walter Hilbrands beleuchtet die Hintergründe der Entstehung der Bücher des Alten Testaments und gibt Einblicke in deren Aufbau und Theologie.
This book brings together selected papers from scientists, theologians and philosophers who took part in the 2021 conference of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology based in Madrid, Spain.
The problems with the Bible that New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman discussed in his bestseller Misquoting Jesusand on The Daily Show with John Stewart, NPR, and Dateline NBC, among othersare expanded upon exponentially in his latest book: Jesus, Interrupted.
Christine Valters Paintner, author of Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire, invites readers to discover and develop their creative gifts in a spirit of prayer and reflection.
First published in 1972 Death in the Secular City grapples with questions like is resurrection and immortality a meaningful concept in the age of lunar expedition, what are the appropriate symbols for renewed belief in heaven etc.
This book discusses spirituality as an emerging scientific topic from a historical perspective, with extensive discussion of the mind-body problem and of scientific concepts of consciousness.
Dignity is a fundamental aspect of our lives, yet one we rarely pause to consider; our understandings of dignity, on individual, collective and philosophical perspectives, shape how we think, act and relate to others.
Evangelical Gothic explores the bitter antagonism that prevailed between two defining institutions of nineteenth-century Britain: Evangelicalism and the popular novel.
