Religion: general

Mara Benjamin argues that Rosenzweig''s reinvention of scripture illuminates the complex interactions between modern readers and ancient sacred texts.

The concept of inspiration is part and parcel of the theological tradition in several religious confessions, but it has largely receded to the background, if not vanished altogether, in the discussions of biblical scholars.

Despite recent advances in Locke scholarship, philosophers and political theorists have paid little attention to the relations among his three greatest works: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Two Treatises of Government, and Epistola de Tolerantia.

Find academic sophistication, pastoral sensitivity, and accessibility in the award-winning BECNT seriesRobert Yarbrough, coauthor of the bestselling Encountering the New Testament, offers a historical and theological commentary on the Johannine Epistles in this addition to the BECNT series.

The seer (mantis), an expert in the art of divination, operated in ancient Greek society through a combination of charismatic inspiration and diverse skills ranging from examining the livers of sacrificed animals to spirit possession.

The Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981, is the only universal human rights instrument specifically focusing on religious intolerance and discrimination.

The CSB Day-by-Day Chronological Bible features a narrative approach to the Bible, arranging the full text into a clear chronological reading plan with daily readings guided by Dr.

This reference work incorporates the insights and expertise of leading liturgists and scholars of liturgy at work today, comprising 200 entries on important topics in the field, from vestments and offertories to ordination and divine unction.

Almond places Otto's theory of religion within the context of his life (1869-1937), looking closely at the significant influences on Otto's thought, among them thinkers as different as Kant and the German Pietists.

Blaise Pascal began as a mathematical prodigy, developed into a physicist and inventor, and had become by the end of his life in 1662 a profound religious thinker.

This accessible primer sets out the core elements and methods of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), and shows how to use it most effectively to improve clinicians' capacity for spiritual care.

Wahrheit - in ihrem Namen wurden und werden Kriege geführt, Menschen zu Ketzern erklärt oder als Verräter getötet.

This first book-length study of religious schisms as a general phenomenon draws widely from different traditions and geographical areas.

Sixteen years and a half have gone since Helena Petrovna Blavatsky passed away from this mortal world.

Moses Maimonides's Guide of the Perplexed is the greatest philosophical text in the history of Jewish thought and a major work of the Middle Ages.

In volume one of Henry Buckberry's stories (Get Poor Now, Avoid the Rush), we followed Henry from his early childhood in central North Dakota to the dark, dangerous woods of northern Wisconsin.

What kind of decolonial possibilities exist in today's world?

Public theology is an emerging constructive tool.

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This book provides a significant and insightful exploration of the so-called 'theological turn' in contemporary French thought.

The "e;transcendental imagination"e; is a philosophical conception used in this essay to illuminate the ontological significance of the continuing proclamation of the Word of God.

The multi-national region of Europe situated between the German-speaking lands and those of the former Soviet Union has witnessed many varied manifestations of nationalism over the last two centuries.

Is America a Christian nation?

The old craft of the witches was a close order.

This book is a collection of papers presented and discussed at the 1992 Claremont Conference.

Few topics are as broad or as daunting as the God of Israel, that deity of the world's three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, who has been worshiped over millennia.

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.

Although several scholars have written about how Luke portrays Jesus and the apostles as prophets, no one has yet provided a comprehensive theory as to why Luke’s protagonists resemble the prophets.

This book provides a sustained, critical and theological engagement with arguably the most crucial aspect of contemporary society - its diversity.

Im Alten Testament können wir von einem Gott Jahwe lesen, der weder allmächtig noch barmherzig ist; er agiert dort schlicht und ergreifend äußerst grausam und ist auch überhaupt nicht allmächtig.

Title first published in 2003.

Recent studies have increasingly downplayed, and in a few cases even wholly denied, the influence of Martin Luther's theology of Law and Gospel on early English evangelicals such as William Tyndale.

An introductory level overview of the central topics in this fundamental branch of philosophy from immortality to intelligent design.

Originally published in 1924, this is the first of four volumes to discuss Christian Theology, under the guidance of the historic decisions of the Christian Church and the prevailing tendencies of Catholic thought in the early 20th Century.

This pioneering work explores the many-faceted relationship between Judaism and Christianity through the centuries.

This book reassesses the case for single authorship via an innovative statistical analysis that reveals significant stylistic differences between Luke and Acts.

This book focuses on the value and necessity of modern sociology to Pope Francis's church reform project known as the Synod on Synodality.

This title was first published in 2001.

Most Catholics can recite the Hail Mary but haven't actually reflected on the meaning of the prayer.

The politics of inclusion is about more than hate, exclusion, and discrimination.

By the end of the nineteenth century, William Gladstone was arguably the most popular statesman in America since Lincoln.

This book explores the anti-Islamic turn and expansion of the far right in Western Europe, North America and beyond from 2001 and onwards.