Das Lachen ist zwar seit Aristoteles als Wesensmerkmal des Menschen anerkannt und wurde doch in der christlich geprägten Gelehrtenkultur marginalisiert und dämonisiert.
Too often we see reality in black and white, overlooking nuances that require the discernment of tensions between the brokenness of our world and our desires for reconciliation.
A first of its kind critical engagement with the collected documents of Catholic Family TeachingCatholic Family Teaching (CFT) has developed in parallel with Catholic Social Teaching (CST), yet has not similarly been critically explored as a documentary tradition.
Mit dieser synoptischen Edition der lateinischen Übersetzung des Fließenden Lichts der Gottheit Mechthilds von Magdeburg und ihrer alemannischen Rückübersetzung werden zwei Versionen eines der wichtigsten Texte der mittelalterlichen Mystik erstmals wissenschaftlich zugänglich.
To what extent can semiotics illuminate key problems in religious studies, given the centrality of symbols, language, and other modes of signification in religion and theology?
Religion, like any other domain of culture, is mediated through symbolic forms and communicative behaviors, which allow the coordination of group conduct in ritual and the representation of the divine or of tradition as an intersubjective reality.
How have humans sought to prevent viable assumptions about themselves and their world from being in force, how does this propensity manifest itself, and in what terms has it been theorized and criticized throughout the ages?
Erstmals wird in einer Ganzschrift das Wahrheitsverständnis des Theologen Paul Tillich ausgehend von dessen Frühwerk mit dem Schwerpunkt auf der Vorlesung zur Religionsphilosophie (1920) und der Dresdner-Dogmatik-Vorlesung (1925) analysiert.
The work of the later Schelling (in and after 1809) seems antithetical to that of Nietzsche: one a Romantic, idealist and Christian, the other Dionysian, anti-idealist and anti-Christian.
Science and Catholicism in Argentina (1750-1960) is the first comprehensive study on the relationship between science and religion in a Spanish-speaking country with a Catholic majority and a "e;Latin"e; pattern of secularisation.
Ideology and Royal Power is a collection of essays describing and assessing the ways in which royal publicists in medieval France conceived the authority of the crown, especially with regard to protecting and defending its Christian subjects from their alleged enemies at home and abroad--corrupt officials, Jews (particularly moneylenders), heretics, and Muslims.
The complex matter of Orphism has so far been addressed by scholars through studies focusing on one of its components each time, primarily the Derveni Papyrus and the Gold Tablets while the text of the Orphic Rhapsodies has remained under-examined mostly due to its fragmentary nature and the lack of a reconstruction.
The eighth volume of the series "e;Key Concepts of Interreligious Discourses"e; investigates the roots of the concept of "e;peace"e; in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and its relevance for the present time.
The edited volume aims to present a critical analysis of the current state of research on religion and belief systems in the realm of the 'Digital Social'.
Al-Fārābīs 942-43 entstandene Schrift Die Prinzipien der Ansichten der Bewohner der vortrefflichen Stadt ist eine philosophische Summe, die zentrale Themen der frühen islamischen Philosophie in maßgeblicher Form erörtert.
IDH Religion provides a series of short introductions to specific areas of study at the intersections of digital humanities and religion, offering an overview of current methodologies, techniques, tools, and projects as well as defining challenges and opportunities for further research.
Hilaire Belloc's thinking on the economy constitutes, by its originality and acuity, a heterodox approach of the greatest interest in addressing the economic problems of his time and those of our own.
The New Testament writings reflect a sense of wrestling to understand what the world-shattering events of Jesus's life, death, resurrection, and ascension mean in the rough-and-tumble of daily life in a conflicted world.
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This volume addresses the diversification of mental healthcare provision and patients' health-seeking behavior by putting Brazilian Spiritism and its translocal relations at the center of its inquiry.
A beautifully curated and translated collection of the Qur'anic surahs and verses that are most cherished and memorized by Muslims the world over Muslim devotional practices vary greatly over time and across regions, communities, and denominations, but they share core Qur'anic surahs (chapters) and verses rooted in the practice of earlier figures-the Prophet Muhammad, his closest Companions, the Shiite Imams, saintly figures, learned scholars, Sufi masters, local imams and religious teachers, forebears, and parents.
This volume addresses the diversification of mental healthcare provision and patients' health-seeking behavior by putting Brazilian Spiritism and its translocal relations at the center of its inquiry.
The eighth volume of the series "e;Key Concepts of Interreligious Discourses"e; investigates the roots of the concept of "e;peace"e; in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and its relevance for the present time.
This book offers various perspectives on children's spirituality and its relation to life and values education from diverse socio-cultural and educational contexts.
Folklore has been a phenomenon based on nostalgic and autochthonous nuances conveyed with a story-telling technique with a penchant for over-playing and nationalistic pomp and circumstance, often with significant consequences for societal, poetic, and cultural areas.
This novel and contemporary anthology brings important topics about race, religion, and identity to the foreground to address the challenges facing Muslim schoolchildren today.