Religion and beliefs

Common views of religion typically focus on the beliefs and meanings derived from revealed scriptures, ideas, and doctrines.

In the early 1960s, thousands of Black activists used nonviolent direct action to challenge segregation at lunch counters, movie theaters, skating rinks, public pools, and churches across the United States, battling for, and winning, social change.

Muhammads Body introduces questions of embodiment and materiality to the study of the Prophet Muhammad.

A compelling history of the 1846 Mormon expulsion from Illinois that exemplifies the limits of American democracy and religious tolerance.

A globetrotting mom of five chronicles her family's life-changing trip to over 20 countries in a year and shares transforming takeaways to inspire readers' own adventures.

This unique volume brings together intergenerational survivors of genocide and mass atrocities, who are actively engaged in producing knowledge related to their lived and inherited experiences, to share their stories.

Examining the administration of assets during the trial of the French Templars, as well as the settlement process that took place after the Order's dissolution, this book focuses on material aspects of the proceedings in France that have never been analysed in detail.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE'An engrossing tale of cruel prejudice and resilience' - The Times'A stunning account of a dark history .

2017 Foreword INDIES Book Award Honorable MentionPublishers Weekly's Five Best Religion Titles of 2017Is privilege real or imagined?

Twelve principles that will enable you to succeed as CEO of Your Life

This new history of the Christian right does not stop at national or religious boundaries.

This invaluable anthology examines histories of esotericism, mysticism and occultism in modern Asia, understood here as the period roughly stretching from the late-nineteenth through the twentieth century, and paving eventually the way for the so-called 'New Age'.

This invaluable anthology examines histories of esotericism, mysticism and occultism in modern Asia, understood here as the period roughly stretching from the late-nineteenth through the twentieth century, and paving eventually the way for the so-called 'New Age'.

Im Jahr 2026 wäre die feministische Theologin Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel 100 Jahre alt geworden.

Ist Religion ein Ausdruck für die spätmoderne Sehnsucht nach Eindeutigkeit oder eröffnet sie Räume der Toleranz von Mehrdeutigkeit und Vielfalt?

Entre spiritualite, rites et civilisations, le vin traverse l'histoire des hommes comme un symbole universel.

Why did dreams matter to Jews, Byzantine Christians, and Muslims in the first millennium?

This book is an edited transcript of teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche from December 22 to 26, 2000, as part of the inaugural Mani Retreat at Chenrezig Institute in Queensland, Australia.

New Testament scholar Gerd Ldemann continues his exploration of the life and teachings of Paul in this groundbreaking monograph, which synthesizes the research of his four previous books on Christianity's leading apostle.

In this book, the author critically interrogates the construction of gender, community and nation in the work of progressive women poets.

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Theologie, Religionspädagogik, Note: 1,3, Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe (Katholische Theologie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Streben nach ewigem Leben und die Faszination für das Mysterium des Lebens nach dem Tod sind Fragen, welche die Menschheit seit Jahrtausenden beschäftigen.

A Congolese refugee turned Christian humanitarian shares his inspiring story of survival, faith, and finding your purpose.

A spiritual approach to anger management from the psychologist, Christian minister, and author of the international bestseller Stop Arguing with Me.

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Nigeria offers an innovative interdisciplinary perspective into Africa's most populous country.

Der Deutsche Evangelische Kirchentag wurde mit seiner Gründung vier Jahre nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges zu einer gewichtigen Bewegung und Diskursformation des sich neuformierenden Protestantismus im geteilten Deutschland.

Discover how participating in religion or having information about Jesus is not the same as knowing Jesus personally.

Life After Breath is a faithful friend and companion to a widow's grief that will enable her to look into grief and heal when others want to look away.

The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals play a strikingly unified, powerful role in the disunion.

With emancipation, a long battle for equal citizenship began.

In this transnational history of World War II, Kelly A.

In this immersive ethnography, Tony Tian-Ren Lin explores the reasons that Latin American immigrants across the United States are increasingly drawn to Prosperity Gospel Pentecostalism, a strand of Protestantism gaining popularity around the world.

Muhammads Body introduces questions of embodiment and materiality to the study of the Prophet Muhammad.

This new history of the Christian right does not stop at national or religious boundaries.

This new history of the Christian right does not stop at national or religious boundaries.

By the time of early modernity, a widely deployed tenet of Christian thought had begun to vanish.

Ohne Vertrauen ist menschliches Leben nicht möglich.

In this study of Christian Science and the culture in which it arose, Amy B.

Common views of religion typically focus on the beliefs and meanings derived from revealed scriptures, ideas, and doctrines.

In the early 1960s, thousands of Black activists used nonviolent direct action to challenge segregation at lunch counters, movie theaters, skating rinks, public pools, and churches across the United States, battling for, and winning, social change.

The overall rate of incarceration in the United States has been on the rise since 1970s, skyrocketing during Ronald Reagans presidency, and recently reaching unprecedented highs.

The conversion of African-born slaves and their descendants to Protestant Christianity marked one of the most important social and intellectual transformations in American history.

The overall rate of incarceration in the United States has been on the rise since 1970s, skyrocketing during Ronald Reagans presidency, and recently reaching unprecedented highs.

Gerhart Hauptmanns Schilderung seiner Reise, welche 1908, ein Jahr nach seiner tatsächlichen Reise, veröffentlich wurde, handelt von seiner "Wahlheimat" Griechenland, von der er überschwänglich schwärmt.

A spiritual approach to anger management from the psychologist, Christian minister, and author of the international bestseller Stop Arguing with Me.

William of Ockham (1287-1347) is oft considered the most important nominalist thinker of the Middle Ages.

William of Ockham (1287-1347) is oft considered the most important nominalist thinker of the Middle Ages.

A new history of two centuries of Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire, drawing on recent archeological discoveries and new scholarship by leading historian Barry Strauss.

A Pilgrimage of Faith, Doubt, and RediscoveryIn Chasing Francis, bestselling author Ian Morgan Cron's modern and penetrating novel, the timeless wisdom of Saint Francis of Assisi is blended with the very real struggles of a modern-day pastor.

English Demonologies presents the first comprehensive study of theoretical writings on witchcraft in England during the early modern period.