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This accessible and authoritative introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from its colonial beginnings to the latest Supreme Court cases. The authors analyze closely the formation of the First Amendment religion clauses and describe the unique and...
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Oxford University Press
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2022-05-13
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The Persian Empire was the world's first hyperpower, with territory stretching from Central Asia to Northeastern Africa and from Southeastern Europe to the Indus Valley. It was the dominant geopolitical force from the later sixth century to its conquest by Alexander in...
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Oxford University Press
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2022-05-13
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This groundbreaking, five-volume series offers a comprehensive, fully illustrated history of Egypt and Western Asia (the Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Iran), from the emergence of complex states to the conquest of Alexander the Great. Written by a diverse,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2022-05-13
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An accessible and up-to-date survey of scholarly thinking about Hinduism, perfect for courses on Hinduism or world religions The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Hinduism examines the historical trajectories that have led to the modern religion of Hinduism. Covering main...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2022-05-13
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Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
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From the Archaic to the Roman imperial period, an impressive number of gods and goddesses are attested in the Greek world under the titles of Soter and Soteira ('Saviour'). Overseeing the protection of individuals and cities, these gods had the power to grant an...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2022-05-12
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From the Archaic to the Roman imperial period, an impressive number of gods and goddesses are attested in the Greek world under the titles of Soter and Soteira ('Saviour'). Overseeing the protection of individuals and cities, these gods had the power to grant an...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2022-05-12
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Following a survey of the biblical and classical background, Wisdom in Christian Tradition offers a detailed exploration of the theme of wisdom in patristic, Byzantine, and medieval theology, up to and including Gregory Palamas and Thomas Aquinas in Greek East and Latin...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2022-05-12
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Following a survey of the biblical and classical background, Wisdom in Christian Tradition offers a detailed exploration of the theme of wisdom in patristic, Byzantine, and medieval theology, up to and including Gregory Palamas and Thomas Aquinas in Greek East and Latin...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2022-05-12
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This book is about the relationship between belief, credibility, and credulity in post-Reformation Catholicism. It argues that, starting from the end of the sixteenth century and due to different political, intellectual, cultural, and theological factors, credibility...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2022-05-12
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This book argues that “race” and “whiteness” are central to the construction of the modern world. Constructive Theology needs to take them seriously as primary theological problems. In doing so, Constructive Theology must fundamentally change its approach, and draw from...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-05-10
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Conquer the most common obstacles to life with this 50-day guide as #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer draws upon the teachings of the apostle Paul to help you experience joy-filled living each day of your life. In this 50-day guide, #1 New York...
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FaithWords
Parution :
2022-05-10
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The primary aim of this book is to reconsider the meaning of darkness within mystical and contemplative thought and practice--especially as the ground and source of love.The book examines how a sustained, critical attention to apophatic spiritual traditions can help us...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2022-05-10
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Increasingly, North Americans and Western Europeans identify as 'spiritual but not religious'. But what does 'spirituality' actually mean? And what does this recent 'spiritual turn' reveal about the nature of twenty-first century liberal democracies?
Secularization...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2022-05-10
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Increasingly, North Americans and Western Europeans identify as 'spiritual but not religious'. But what does 'spirituality' actually mean? And what does this recent 'spiritual turn' reveal about the nature of twenty-first century liberal democracies?
Secularization...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2022-05-10
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The book offers a comprehensive discussion on the Buddhist liberation and meditation concepts based on the original Pali scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. It interprets the early Buddhist soteriology critically and sympathetically by interweaving the Buddhological and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-05-09
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Sowohl in der biblischen Traditionals auch im Bereich der Neurowissenschaften steht die „Leiblichkeit" des Menschen im Zentrum der Wahrnehmung. Dies darf als gemeinsamer Ausgangspunkt für ein konstruktives Gespräch zwischen biblischer Theologie und gegenwärtiger...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2022-05-09
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This book deals with the ecclesiological themes in the writings of Mar Jacob of Sarug, a West Syrian Church father, who lived in the sixth century. Mar Jacob of Sarug (ca. 451-521) stands next to Ephrem the Syrian as a poet theologian of the West Syrian Church. His...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2022-05-09
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This book explores the protests of Job from the perspectives of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religious and philosophical traditions. Shira Weiss examines how challenges to divine justice are understood from a Jewish theological perspective, including the pro-protest...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-05-06
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In this thesis the author firstly investigates various terms related to tathagatagarbha in the Srimalasutra. Secondly he focuses on the languages features of its Sanskrit fragments in the Schøyen Collection. It turns out that none of their noticeable language features...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2022-05-05
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This is the first book of its kind about the Turkish Muslim scholar, Fethullah Gülen, since the July 2016 events in Turkey, the trauma experienced by Gülen, and the disruption to initiatives inspired by his teaching, known as Hizmet. Drawing on primary interviews...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-05-04
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