Religion and beliefs

How is it that in America the image of Jesus Christ has been used both to justify the atrocities of white supremacy and to inspire the righteousness of civil rights crusades?

Eugene England (1933-2001)one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals in modern Mormonismlived in the crossfire between religious tradition and reform.

Christian Pilgrimage in Modern Western Europe is a commanding exploration of the importance of religious shrines in modern Roman Catholicism.

In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, college-age Latter-day Saints began undertaking a remarkable intellectual pilgrimage to the nations elite universities, including Harvard, Columbia, Michigan, Chicago, and Stanford.

Abortion is and always has been an arena for contesting power relations between women and men.

In this history of childbirth and contraception in Mexico, Nora E.

Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the terrible events of the day, but the standard narratives of the period pay scant attention to religion.

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

In the late nineteenth century, progressive reformers recoiled at the prospect of the justice system punishing children as adults.

How do people in the African diaspora practice Islam?

Irfan Ahmad makes the far-reaching argument that potent systems and modes for self-critique as well as critique of others are inherent in Islam indeed, critique is integral to its fundamental tenets and practices.

The rate of interfaith marriage in the United States has risen so radically since the sixties that it is difficult to recall how taboo the practice once was.

This study examines the complex relationship between theological conviction and artistic expression among a diverse group of religious dissidents.

The essays in this volume evaluate and build on Barth's theology from the perspective of Pentecostal theology and, thereby, contribute to constructive Pentecostal systematic theology by using Barth as a valuable dialogue partner.

The essays in this volume evaluate and build on Barth's theology from the perspective of Pentecostal theology and, thereby, contribute to constructive Pentecostal systematic theology by using Barth as a valuable dialogue partner.

Evangelical Protestant groups have dominated religious life in the South since the early nineteenth century.

Singing is a very important human activity, argues Charles Moseley.

Prepare your heart for Easter through forty days of Scripture, prayer, and thoughtful reflection.

Jesusita Aragon earned the title "e;la partera,"e; or midwife, at the age of fourteen.

Railroads, tourism, and government bureaucracy combined to create modern religion in the American West, argues David Walker in this innovative study of Mormonisms ascendency in the railroad era.

            Spiritual growth does not happen by accident.

Interest in the psychotherapeutic capacity of Buddhist teachings and practices is widely evident in the popular imagination.

Analyzing the modernist art movement that arose in Cairo and Alexandria from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s, Alex Dika Seggerman reveals how the visual arts were part of a multifaceted transnational modernism.

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

A Lent course that will help readers find spiritual solace in their lives and a sense of belonging in various aspects of their lives A Lent course that will help readers find spiritual solace in their lives and a sense of belonging in various aspects of their livesSuitable for both individual and group study at Lent Where do you feel most at home?

New Testament Interpretation through Rhetorical Criticism provides readers of the Bible with an important tool for understanding the Scriptures.

In this interdisciplinary work, William L.

Exploring the increasing impact of the Internet on Muslims around the world, this book sheds new light on the nature of contemporary Islamic discourse, identity, and community.

This new cultural history of Jewish life and identity in the United States after World War II focuses on the process of upward mobility.

What if the invitation has been open all along?

Thirteenth-century Sufi poet, mystic, and legal scholar Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi gave deep and sustained attention to gender as integral to questions of human existence and moral personhood.

In this book, Austin Stevenson argues that it is not the 'divinity' of Jesus that causes problems for historians, but his humanity.

In this book, Austin Stevenson argues that it is not the 'divinity' of Jesus that causes problems for historians, but his humanity.

Chiropractic is by far the most common form of alternative medicine in the United States today, but its fascinating origins stretch back to the battles between science and religion in the nineteenth century.

Islam is often described as abstract, ascetic, and uniquely disengaged from the human body.

Gary R.

Expanding the discussion of religious participation of women in ancient Rome, Celia E.

Summoning everyday Catholic laywomen to the forefront of twentieth-century Catholic history, Mary J.

First published in 1978, The Catholic Subjects of Elizabeth I traces the history of the Catholics who refused to accept the Elizabethan State Church.

The eleventh and twelfth centuries comprised a period of great significance in Islamic history.

This fascinating book takes readers inside the world of faith-based progressive community organizing, one of the largest and most effective social justice movements in the United States.

Doolittle and Heim examine the complex interplay between modern medicine, religion, and spirituality.

This rich volume is the second of two collecting 96 sermons by the late priest and theologian Robert D.

Avoiding the traps of sensational political exposes and specialized scholarly Orientalism, Carl Ernst introduces readers to the profound spiritual resources of Islam while clarifying diversity and debate within the tradition.

Lawrence Kessler uses the Jiangyin mission station in the Shanghai region of China to explore Chinese-American cultural interaction in the first half of the twentieth century.

A social-developmental psychologist and a social anthropologist describe what is known and what needs to be investigated concerning the development of race and color concepts in young children.

Borden reveals the ways in which many mainstream Protestants worked to maintain preferential treatment for Christians in common law, state constitutions, and federal practices, even attempting through interpretation and amendment to alter the meaning of the U.

Since Princeton College and Princeton Seminary were major radii of Realist influence, the conservative Presbyterianism headquartered there is an ideal choice for a case study in the American impact of Baconianism.

Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject Theology - Miscellaneous, grade: good, University of Leipzig, language: English, abstract: James Arthur Baldwin was born to Emma Berdis Jones and an unknown father on August 2, 1924, in New York City.