Religion: general

Judaism and Christianity are religions bound together by their claims to the same biblical covenant initiated by God with Abraham and his descendants.

Born in 1713 of French Huguenot stock, Philadelphia Quaker Anthony Benezet was probably the most significant force in advancing the cause against slavery and the African slave trade in the eighteenth century.

Born in 1713 of French Huguenot stock, Philadelphia Quaker Anthony Benezet was probably the most significant force in advancing the cause against slavery and the African slave trade in the eighteenth century.

This book describes the history and characteristics of ethnic and multicultural children's literature in the U.

Judaism and Christianity are religions bound together by their claims to the same biblical covenant initiated by God with Abraham and his descendants.

Marriage as an institution faces many challenges today.

The Liturgy of Motherhood: Moments of Grace is a unique invitation to mothers and parents to pause and reflect on the rhythms, cycles, symbols, and rituals that define who they are, both as caregivers and members of a larger community.

In the first anthology of its kind, Thomas O'Brien and Scott Paeth have gathered unique pieces from across religious perspectives to illustrate the growing influence and contribution of religion to the field of business ethics.

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Inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, these essays are the fruit of a series of seminars sponsored by the Center for Catholic Studies and the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity at the University of St.

Holy War, Just War explores the 'dark side' in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism by examining how the concept of ultimate value contributes to religious violence.

What does a big fish story like the Book of Jonah have to tell us about our relationship with God?

"e;I see clearly,"e; Pope Francis said at the outset of his papacy, "e;that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity.

From teen pregnancy and single parenting to athletics and HIV/AIDS, myths about African American families abound.

For centuries conquerors, missionaries, and political movements acting in the name of a single god, nation, or race have sought to remake human identities.

Many in continental philosophy of religion aver that we are in a new moment, one where the intellectually marginalized and religiously bastardized traditions of mystical, intuitive, and esoteric apprehensions must be re-articulated and appreciated anew.

Simone Weil is an often-overlooked thinker whose insights could radically reshape contemporary discourses on religion, nature, art, ethics, work, politics, and education.

In 2008, the authors wrote Steps toward Vatican III which explored developments occurring in the Catholic Church including its teachings on social justice, interreligious dialogue, and Small Christian Communities.

More than seventy-five years have passed since the Holocaust and the terrors visited by German Nazis on occupied Europe.

First published in 2009, this ground-breaking work introduced a new field in Africana studies and laid the groundwork for positioning the teachings of Elijah Muhammad in academia.

Contemporary environmental Philosophy has overwhelmingly continued certain materialist assumptions toward nature.

More than seventy-five years have passed since the Holocaust and the terrors visited by German Nazis on occupied Europe.

In 21st century America, personhood is under daily assault, sometimes with dire consequences.

In 2008, the authors wrote Steps toward Vatican III which explored developments occurring in the Catholic Church including its teachings on social justice, interreligious dialogue, and Small Christian Communities.

One Family: Before, During, and After the Holocaust, Third Edition, written by the son of a survivor, revisits and expands the author's research on his relatives while they lived in Poland, France, Denmark and the U.

What did it feel like to be an openly Jewish soldier fighting alongside German troops in WWII?

This anthology consists of fourteen topically arranged essays that explore a form of humanism characterized by epistemic humility, a progressive ethical orientation, as well as a respect for the positive features of religion.

A collection of short essays and stories, Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities: The Xenophobic Era of Trump and Beyond focuses on one of the most vilified, demonized, and scapegoated groups in the United States: Latina/o immigrants.

Empowering Bernard Lonergan's Legacy offers an interdisciplinary approach to Lonergan's work.

From the trues of nature, man reasons his truths, the sum of which is TRUITY.

This book uses rhetorical analysis to illuminate one of the most fascinating and complicated speeches by Saint Paul: 2 Cor 10-13.

Comprised of debates among the rabbis of late antiquity in the aftermath of the destruction of the Second Temple (70 C.

This book is an exercise in the systematic recourse to anachronism as a theological-exegetical mode of apologetics.

Zadokite Propaganda in the Late Second Temple Period is a monumental epoch-breaking work of scholarship in ancient history and Jewish studies.

The basis of this collection of essays is the reading of a common topic from different perspectives.

This study uses early Jewish sources to analyze the significance of Day of Atonement and High Priest imagery in the narrative of Simon Peter's threefold denial of Jesus.

African religion is ancestor worship; it revolves around the dead, now thought to be alive and well in heaven (the Samanadzie) and propitiated by the living on earth.

In Questioning Martin Heidegger, Martin Heidegger's "e;Overcoming Metaphysics"e; provides the jumping-off point for a wide-ranging critique and deconstruction of Western metaphysics from the Pre-Socratics and Sophists to Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Derrida.

This book asserts that the better one understands the causes of behavior, the better one can apply that knowledge to produce a better world.

Long ago, mystics believed that along with every renewal of the phases of the Moon came shifts within the souls of all stones, plants, animals, and yes, even humans.

This book identifies the barriers between social work intervention in education and government-funded programs that impact African American students.

Theodore Parker was one of the most controversial theologians and social activists in pre-Civil War America.

Applying recent psychological and neuropsychological studies of emotions, Erika Wilson explores the role of emotions in major Eastern, Western, and primal religions, as well as in some contemporary spiritual movements.

What is said can be understood only when seen in the context of what is not said.

In this book, Marta T.

Raising Multicultural Awareness in Higher Education is written for teacher-candidates who are becoming culturally responsible and informed reflective practitioners.

For those who believe America is worth defending, The Control Factor explores the psychological maneuvers, fantasies, and entanglements we engage in to avoid clearly seeing the Islamic threat that confronts us.

This book uses the discourse of religious liberty, often expressed as one favoring a separation between church and state, to explore racial differences during an era of American empire building (1750-1900).

"e;Abrahamic religion"e; has long been a buzzword in ecumenical discourse.

New religious movements-commonly known as cults-are defined as organizations that have arisen within the last 200 years.