Religion: general

In tenth- and eleventh-century England, Anglo-Saxon Christians retained an old folk belief in elves as extremely dangerous creatures capable of harming unwary humans.

The problem of mourning is the last and hardest part of the problem of evil.

The problem of mourning is the last and hardest part of the problem of evil.

Catholics and Treason takes the narratives generated by the contemporary law of treason as it applied to Roman Catholics, during and after the Reformation of the Church in the sixteenth century, and uses them to explore the Catholic community's writing of its own history.

Catholics and Treason takes the narratives generated by the contemporary law of treason as it applied to Roman Catholics, during and after the Reformation of the Church in the sixteenth century, and uses them to explore the Catholic community's writing of its own history.

Known as the ';Father of Church History,' Eusebius was bishop of Caesarea in Palestine and the leading Christian scholar of his day.

English bibles, from Tyndale's 1525 New Testament to the 1611 King James, feature calendars, woodcuts, maps, chronologies, prayers, philological glosses, inset historical essays, elaborate multi-page diagrams, single-leaf summaries of scripture, prefaces by eminent churchmen, doctrinal notes by leading theologians, a dialogue on predestination, a twelfth-century genealogy of Christ, a ninth-century Jewish chronicle--most widely available, given the hundreds of editions printed between those dates.

English bibles, from Tyndale's 1525 New Testament to the 1611 King James, feature calendars, woodcuts, maps, chronologies, prayers, philological glosses, inset historical essays, elaborate multi-page diagrams, single-leaf summaries of scripture, prefaces by eminent churchmen, doctrinal notes by leading theologians, a dialogue on predestination, a twelfth-century genealogy of Christ, a ninth-century Jewish chronicle--most widely available, given the hundreds of editions printed between those dates.

This collection of essays treats a topic that has scarcely been approached in the literature on Hebrew and Hebraism in the early modern period.

This collection of essays treats a topic that has scarcely been approached in the literature on Hebrew and Hebraism in the early modern period.

Devotion to the Name of Jesus in Medieval English Literature, c.

Devotion to the Name of Jesus in Medieval English Literature, c.

Does gaining power, possessions, and popularity lead to happiness and fulfillment?

In contemporary culture, accountability is usually understood in terms of holding people who have done something wrong accountable for their actions.

In contemporary culture, accountability is usually understood in terms of holding people who have done something wrong accountable for their actions.

The final volume of Princeton's Kierkegaard's Writings series, the Cumulative Index provides wide-ranging navigation to the preceding twenty-five volumes.

Anselm of Canterbury gave the first "e;modal"e; ontological argument for God's existence.

Anselm of Canterbury gave the first "e;modal"e; ontological argument for God's existence.

The Book of Light is an accessible guide for readers seeking a deeper understanding of spiritual light, ascensions, the Ascended Masters, Archangels, Divine Rays, and Etheric Temples.

The Dark Bible explores early modern England's interactions with difficult aspects of the Bible.

The Dark Bible explores early modern England's interactions with difficult aspects of the Bible.

Combining history, detective story, and memoir, a surprising and revealing account of the antisemitic myth of ';the Wandering Jew'The story behind the mythical figure of ';the Wandering Jew' is one of the most fascinating tales in European history.

Reason, Faith, and Purpose: The Ultimate Gamble is a guide for believers and inquiring skeptics.

The Reformation of the Heart: Gender and Radical Theology in the English Revolution offers fresh insight into the relationship between radical theology and gender radicalism in the English Revolution.

What is the highest potential of human consciousness?

What if Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are not completely separate religions, but different expressions of a shared historical architecture?

In the Mongol Empire, the interfaith court provided a contested arena for a performance of the Mongol ruler's sacred kingship, and the debate was fiercely ideological and religious.

For too long, Native American people in the United States have been stereotyped as vestiges of the past, invisible citizens in their own land obliged to remind others, ';We are still here!

Will the religious confrontations with secular authorities around the world lead to a new Cold War?

The Crisis of Political Legitimacy: Western Liberal and Islamic Political Thought in an Age of Convergent CrisisDr.

Shakespeare's Second Tetralogy explores the profound and multifaceted relationship between William Shakespeare's historical dramas and biblical intertextuality.

This book offers a fresh interpretation of covenantal theology in the Reformation by demonstrating how the writings of the Zurich reformers Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) and his successor Heinrich Bullinger (1504-75) decisively shaped a foundation of the Reformed tradition.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Theologie - Historische Theologie, Kirchengeschichte, Note: 1,7, Universität Paderborn, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Anliegen dieser Arbeit ist es, die Verse der Paulusbriefe, in denen homosexuelles Verhalten verurteilt wird, unter historisch- kritischen Gesichtspunkten zu untersuchen und dabei der Frage nachzugehen, ob man bei Paulus überhaupt von Homosexualität, so wie wir sie heute kennen, sprechen kann.

Qur'anic Abrogation After Muhammad: The Eternal Flux presents a bold new interpretive framework for reconciling classical Qur'anic injunctions with the ethical imperatives of the modern world.

The Confederate States of America was born in defense of slavery and, after a four-year struggle to become an independent slaveholding republic, died as emancipation dawned.

How did the Jerusalem high priests go from being cultic servants in the sixth century BCE to assuming political supremacy at some point during the third or second century?

This book argues that abbatial authority was fundamental to monastic historical writing in the period c.

What should a believer do when a dream feels too weighty to dismiss?

Forgiveness has often been viewed as a religious obligation but is increasingly being advocated as a means of healing, release and promoting wellbeing.

Christianity Today Book of the Year award of MeritWe generally assume that those sitting around us in church share our beliefs.

From the closing decades of the eighteenth century, German theology has been a major intellectual force within modern western thought, closely connected to important developments in idealism, romanticism, historicism, phenomenology, and hermeneutics.

Scientific Essay from the year 2023 in the subject Theology - Islamic theology, Leuven Catholic University, course: LEST XIV: 60 Years Vatican II: The End of the Western Church?

This book argues that abbatial authority was fundamental to monastic historical writing in the period c.

In the Mongol Empire, the interfaith court provided a contested arena for a performance of the Mongol ruler's sacred kingship, and the debate was fiercely ideological and religious.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Theologie - Islamische Religionswissenschaft, Note: 1,0, Universität Potsdam (Institut für Lebensgestaltung - Ethik - Religionskunde), Veranstaltung: Einführung in den Islam – Geschichte, Gegenwart und Herausforderungen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der Öffentlichkeit ist man damals wie heute weit davon entfernt, einen Konsens hinsichtlich des Umgangs mit dieser weiblichen Kopfbedeckung zu finden.

Glorification Spells from a Priestly Milieu in Ancient Egypt presents the first comprehensive edition of an ancient Egyptian ritual composition entitled the Glorification Recited on Each Due Occasion of the Embalming Place, a collection of glorification spells attested in five papyri from around 300 BCE.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Theologie - Islamische Religionswissenschaft, Note: 1,0, Universität Osnabrück (Institut für Islamische Theologie), Veranstaltung: Ḥadīṯwissenschaft, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit werden zwei gegensätzliche Gedanken zur Authentizität des Hadīt analysiert.

Walter Benjamin's "e;Critique of Violence,"e; widely considered his final word on law, proposes that all manifestations of law are false stand-ins for divine principles of truth and justice that are no longer available to human beings.

What expectations did the women and men living in early monastic communities carry into relationships of obedience and advice?

What expectations did the women and men living in early monastic communities carry into relationships of obedience and advice?