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From a preeminent authority on the Catholic Church and papal biographer, "an intimate understanding of John Paul II" (Weekly Standard) In Lessons in Hope, George Weigel tells the story of his unique friendship with St. John Paul II. As Weigel learns the pope "from...
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Basic Books
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2017-09-19
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Until the modern period the integration of church (or other religion) and state (or political life) had been taken for granted. The political order was always tied to an official religion in Christian Europe, pre-Christian Europe, and in the Arabic world. But from the...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-09-15
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This study considers the relationship of Deuteronomy 28 to the curse traditions of the ancient Near East. It focuses on the linguistic and cultural means of the transmission of these traditions to the book of Deuteronomy. Laura Quick examines a broad range of materials,...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-09-15
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This book is concerned with the ideology of Islamophobia as a cultural racism, and argues that in order to understand its prevalence we must focus not only on what Islamophobia is, but also why diversely situated individuals and groups choose to employ its narratives...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-09-15
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Something in the Church is broken. For Christianity to move beyond business as usual, Christians must learn it's not about what you do, but who you are and who you will become. Based on a survey of 75,000 people in churches from 65 denominations and 5,000 one-on-one...
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FaithWords
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2017-09-12
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This fourth edition of the international bestseller is the ideal introduction for those who are new to Christian theology. In this revised and expanded edition, the author introduces readers to the central ideas and beliefs, the key debates and the leading thinkers of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-09-12
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At age 30 Evan Moffic became the leader of a large congregation. He had great success. But he couldn't find happiness. Then he found a 2000-year-old prayer. In it were hidden elements of Jewish wisdom. They became a part of his life and those of his congregation and...
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Center Street
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2017-09-12
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God's presence permeates our lives and activities, reverberating throughout all he has created. As we open our lives to that presence, we hear the truth of the gospel spoken to our hearts: the kingdom of God has come to us. Chris Webb, an Anglican priest and retreat...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2017-09-07
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This book sheds light on how Hizbullah has transformed religious rituals and supernatural narratives in order to mobilize the Shi’a community. The author examines how Hizbullah has altered its institutional structure and reconstructed Lebanese Shi’a history in a manner...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-09-07
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In this landmark work, Richard Foster examines the 'streams of living water' - the six dimensions of faith and practice - that have defined Christian tradition around the world and down the centuries.In this inspiring book he looks at: - the Contemplative tradition -...
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Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2017-09-07
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From Chinese Chan to Japanese Zen investigates the remarkable century that lasted from 1225 to 1325, during which the transformation of the Chinese Chan school of Buddhism into the Japanese Zen sect was successfully completed. Steven Heine reveals how this school of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-09-06
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This book addresses the question of human rights education in a world that is witnessing a resurgence of religion in public life, and a continuation of religion across much of the globe, long after secularization theories predicted its decline. Promoting a universal...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2017-09-06
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This book presents a reading of Martin Heidegger’s philosophy as an effort to strike a middle position between the philosophies of Plato and Friedrich Nietzsche. Duane Armitage interprets the history of Western philosophy as comprising a struggle over the meaning of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-09-06
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October 2017 marks five hundred years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg and launched the Protestant Reformation. At least, that's what the legend says. But with a figure like Martin Luther, who looms so large in the historical...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-09-05
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Rich Mullins was a once-in-a-lifetime singer/songwriter whose impact on Christian music and the church is still felt today, even twenty years after his passing. His words and music softened and inspired the most hardened hearts to believe. His was a ragged and raw faith...
Editeur :
Worthy Inspired
Parution :
2017-09-05
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Start your day right or refresh your mood with these sixty uplifting devotions to remind you of His grace and peace. It's okay to take a moment to stop and disconnect. Close your eyes. Pray. When time and options are running low, when anxiety, fear, or worry are...
Editeur :
Worthy Inspired
Parution :
2017-09-05
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Think you don't have time or space for spiritual stuff? That intimacy with God is impossible?Here's how-in the life you already live-you can make time and space for God.Godspace offers seven practices that help busy Christians pay attention to God. They help us align...
Editeur :
FaithWords
Parution :
2017-09-05
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This innovative work is an introduction to Christian theology with a difference. Not only does it interpret, with clarity and energy, fundamental Christian beliefs but it also shows how and why these beliefs arose, promoting an understanding of theological reflection...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-09-05
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The Reformation Theologians is the ideal introduction to the study of the sixteenth-century Reformations. It introduces the theological context, though, and contributions of theologians from this period, offering students and scholars an essential resource and insight....
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-09-05
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The Great Theologians
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Ever since the state of Israel was established in 1948, it has been plagued by war, and that has presented religious Zionists with an immense challenge. Jewish law prior to 1948 includes little material on war because it developed during centuries when Jews had neither...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-09-01
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