Religious issues and debates

The companion series to renowned theologian Herman Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics masterworkHerman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century.

The demise of socialism in Southeast Europe coincided with the breakout of wars and genocidal violence against local Muslim populations.

Today we find ourselves in an anomaly in human history: many of our lives are empty of animals.

Im Kontext der modernen Gesellschaften mit ihren beschleunigten Veränderungs- und Globalisierungsprozessen stellen sich für die orthodoxe wie für die katholische Kirche dieselben dringlichen Fragen.

Few would deny that the American Evangelical church is in a time of crisis; division, confusion, and distraction reign.

"e;Disruption"e; is a buzzword for many economists and businesses, but how do we ethically disrupt the way we do business and economics in order to lift people up?

Celebrating the contributions of Panayotis Pachis to the field, this book discusses the past, present, and future of the study of religion in antiquity and modernity.

Philosopher of science Michael Ruse is an influential and provocative voice in current debates on biology, religion, and ethics.

Historically and culturally, Sufism and Zen may not seem to have anything in common.

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In dem Sammelband "Die Kraft des Kreuzes" herausgegeben von Frauke Bielefeldt, geht es um ein umstrittene Kernfrage des christlichen Glaubens: die Bedeutung des Todes Jesu am Kreuz.

The seeds of this book were sown in the fertile ground of a growing unease with the state of the world.

This book explores how Catholics should speak about sin and grace in a world where structural injustice holds sway causing violence and harm.

This book examines the relationship between the rabbinate and politics in religious Zionism during the early years of the State of Israel.

The life and times of Dante's soaring poetic allegory of the soul's redemptive journey toward GodWritten during his exile from Florence in the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy describes the poet's travels through hell, purgatory, and paradise, exploring the state of the human soul after death.

Answering the hard and painful questions in a sexually confused world.

A call for Christianity to recover its confidenceThe mainstream Churches are faltering - or even at risk of dying out - in their Western and Middle Eastern heartlands.

The Bible was composed by and for people who farmed animals and observed them every day.

Religion in Diverse Societies: Crossing the Boundaries of Prejudice and Distrust contributes to existing cutting-edge research on the constructive way in which religion can support the promotion of respect, dignity, and justice for all people, considered as essential features in shaping sustainable, diverse, and peaceful societies.

This book offers the first substantial account of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten's significant influence on Kant's ethics.

Recently the scholarly community and popular media have highlighted the denial of science by conservative Christians, linking a low view of scientific expertise to the United States' current cultural turmoil.

Providing an intensive and up-to-date analysis of far-right, ethno-purist and nationalistic currents as well as the inclusive visions for social and ecological change, this book explores the complexities of contemporary Slavic and Germanic Paganisms.

"e;If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?

This first of two volumes introduces the tradition of social Catholicism, not only in its earlier realizations, but regarding how a contemporary renewal might address the crisis in which constitutional democracies and the postwar liberal order are under assault by populist and even neo-fascist movements that could soon usher in a frighteningly dark future unless a broad movement in defense of constitutional democracy quickly arises.