In search of an explanation of how a sense of ethnic identity evolves to create the concept of nation, Armstrong analyzes Islamic and Christian cultures from antiquity to the nineteenth century.
In this first detailed examination of Varieties of Religious Experience, Levinson locates James securely in the academic study of religion, demonstrates Jamess debts to Darwin, and reconstructs the case for the supernatural that James thought so critical to his work.
In this modern account of the genesis of a great medieval myth, celebrated science fiction author Robert Silverberg's explores the mysterious origins of Prester John, the astonishing Christian potentate of the East.
In this modern account of the genesis of a great medieval myth, celebrated science fiction author Robert Silverberg's explores the mysterious origins of Prester John, the astonishing Christian potentate of the East.
From the Mormon Churchs public announcement of its sanction of polygamy in 1852 until its formal decision to abandon the practice in 1890, people on both sides of the Mormon question debated central questions of constitutional law.
Margaret Meuse Clay, who barely escaped a public whipping in the 1760s for preaching without a license; Old Elizabeth, an ex-slave who courageously traveled to the South to preach against slavery in the early nineteenth century; Harriet Livermore, who spoke in front of Congress four times between 1827 and 1844 these are just a few of the extraordinary women profiled in this, the first comprehensive history of female preaching in early America.
The last several years have seen a sharpening of debate in the United States regarding the problem of steadily increasing medical expenditures, as well as inflation in health care costs, a scarcity of health care resources, and a lack of access for a growing number of people in the national health care system.
This award-winning social history of death and funeral rites during the early decades of Brazils independence from Portugal focuses on the Cemiterada movement in Salvador, capital of the province of Bahia.
Using the concept of classical republicanism in his analysis, Kenneth Winn argues against the common view that the Mormon religion was an exceptional phenomenon representing a countercultural ideology fundamentally subversive to American society.
The important role of the Prophet Muhammad in the everyday lives of Muslims is usually overlooked by Western scholars and has consequently never been understood by the Western world.
Imaginatively retrieves the ancient Christian tradition of the spiritual senses to explore how we sense and make sense of God and God's world, and resource Christian communities today Helps Christians contemplate and feel the presence of Christ in a turbulent world where God sometimes feels absentExpertly links the ancient spiritual senses with contemporary concerns from social invisibility to racism Early and medieval Christianity developed a varied spiritual senses tradition to describe the grace-filled capacity to pierce the thin crystal membrane that separates the sensible world from the divine.
A lyrical and spiritually profound eight-day retreat through the Bible's poetic allegory of divine love, the Song of Songs Presents short passages from the Song of Songs (NRSV) and a 300-500 word reflection, specially designed according to the time of dayForeword by Michael Burrows, the Bishop of Limerick (Church of Ireland) This attractive little book offers an eight-day retreat through the Bible's poetic allegory of divine love, the Song of Songs.
Originally published in 1992, this scarce, long out-of-print book draws together the varied evidence for the pagan religion of the early Saxons and interprets this evidence.
This book explores the resilience of the Spanish Monarchy by uncovering the practices that sustained Philip IV's monarchy as a major diplomatic power between 1648 and 1660.
Abu Hamid al-Ghazl, a Muslim jurist-theologian and polymath who lived from the mid-eleventh to the early twelfth century in present-day Iran, is a figure equivalent in stature to Maimonides in Judaism and Thomas Aquinas in Christianity.
A highly original new book that challenges the underlying assumption of both believers and atheists that their arguments depend on proof that God either exists or that God doesn't exist Deftly underscores a long tradition in Jewish and Christian writings of viewing God not as a particular entity, but as the mystery which underlies all that existsAllows a more fruitful dialogue when talking about God cantered around justice, peace and compassion God as Nothing challenges the underlying assumption of both believers and atheists that their arguments depend on proof that God either exists or that God doesn t exist.
A compelling and beautifully-illustrated prison journal of a priest and climate activist and the beauty and humanity he encountered while navigating the harsh realities of prison life Written by a priest in his seventies with an unwavering commitment to climate activism, imprisoned for engaging in non-violent environmental protestThrows light on the climate emergency, why activists take the actions they do, and how we can each harness our own potential to act on behalf of humanity and the natural world The compelling journal of a passionate climate activist imprisoned for engaging in peaceful, non-violent climate protests.
During the westward expansion of America, white middle-class ideals of home and domestic work were used to measure differences between white and Native American women.
In this theoretically rich work, Mason Kamana Allred unearths the ways Mormons have employed a wide range of technologies to translate events, beliefs, anxieties, and hopes into reproducible experiences that contribute to the growth of their religious systems of meaning.
Unterrichtsentwurf aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Theologie, Religionspädagogik, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In diesem vollständigen Unterrichtsentwurf zum Propheten Amos für den Religionsunterricht Klasse 7/8 sind sämtliche Unterrichtsmaterialien sowie ein Stundenverlauf und eine Klassenarbeit enthalten.
In the years of expanding state authority following the Black Death, English common law permitted the leasing of parishes by their rectors and vicars, who then pursued interests elsewhere and left the parish in the control of lay lessees.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Theologie - Systematische Theologie, Note: 14 Punkte, Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Seminararbeit verfolgt - unter anderem unter Einnahme einer kritischen Perspektive - die Fragestellung, inwiefern das Sakrament der Taufe als Schmutzabwehr, Schmutzumkehr oder Reinigung gelten kann.
Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2022 im Fachbereich Theologie / Religionswissenschaft, Note: 1,5, Universität Bielefeld, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der Arbeit stellt die Exegese des Gleichnisses den ersten Teil der Masterarbeit dar.
Document from the year 2025 in the subject Theology - Practical Theology, Namibia Evangelical Theological Seminary, language: English, abstract: Helmuth Garoeb, a Namibian missionary working in Finland, examines the phenomenon of African reverse mission in his host country that historically sent missionaries to his southern African homeland.
Exegesis from the year 1996 in the subject Theology - Biblical Theology, grade: A, University of Dayton, Ohio, language: English, abstract: The pericope of the Syrophoenician woman (Mk 7:24-31) marks the breakthrough point of the Gentile mission in Mark's Gospel.
Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2025 im Fachbereich Theologie - Praktische Theologie, Note: 0,7, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Gesellschaftswissenschaften und Philosophie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit untersucht das symbiotische Verhältnis zwischen georgischem Nationalismus und der Orthodoxie anhand eines konkreten Fallbeispiels: eines Skandals um phallusförmige Kerzen in einem Souvenirladen in Tiflis.
Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Theologie, Religionspädagogik, Note: 1,3, Universität Bielefeld (Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft, Philosophie und Theologie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Was macht die Liebe Gottes zu den Menschen so bemerkenswert anders?
The first monograph to address Ben Jonson's thought on the visual arts, Image, Word, and Catholicism in Ben Jonson's Works: Curating Pictures, shows how Jonson placed a high value on the visual arts and the extent to which he designed his poetics around visual frames.
An inspiring and original Lent course that will be ideal for both group and individual study at Lent, based on the BAFTA award-winning smash hit film, Wicked An inspiring and original Lent course that will be ideal for both group and individual study at Lent, based on the BAFTA award-winning smash hit film, WickedRachel Mann has already written two bestselling Lent courses with film tie-ins for DLT Gravity Defied continues the tradition of DLT s popular movie-based Lent course series for small groups.
The Fountain of Youth – Guaranteed GraceFinding Eternal Life Through Grace, Peace, and Everlasting LoveWhat if the thing you have been searching for your entire life was never something you had to earn?
Originally published in 1992, this scarce, long out-of-print book draws together the varied evidence for the pagan religion of the early Saxons and interprets this evidence.
In the 1950s and 1960s, images of children appeared everywhere, from movies to milk cartons, their smiling faces used to sell everything, including war.
The first monograph to address Ben Jonson's thought on the visual arts, Image, Word, and Catholicism in Ben Jonson's Works: Curating Pictures, shows how Jonson placed a high value on the visual arts and the extent to which he designed his poetics around visual frames.
Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2022 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Theologie, Religionspädagogik, Note: 1,3, Universität Bielefeld (Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft, Philosophie und Theologie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der vorliegenden Masterarbeit wird untersucht, was die Liebe Gottes zu den Menschen so einzigartig macht und ob vor Gott tatsächlich alle Menschen gleich viel wert sind.
