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After slavery was abolished, how far would white America go toward including African Americans as full participants in the country's institutions? Conventional historical timelines mark the end of Reconstruction in the year 1877, but the Methodist Episcopal Church...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2022-02-25
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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In World of Wonders, Alf Hiltebeitel addresses the Mahabharata and its supplement, the Harivamsa, as a single literary composition. Looking at the work through the critical lens of the Indian aesthetic theory of rasa, "juice, essence, or taste," he argues that the...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2022-02-25
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This Handbook contains forty essays by an international team of experts on the antecedents, the content, and the reception of the Dionysian corpus, a body of writings falsely ascribed to Dionysius the Areopagite, a convert of St Paul, but actually written about 500 AD....
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2022-02-25
Format(s) : ePub
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This Handbook contains forty essays by an international team of experts on the antecedents, the content, and the reception of the Dionysian corpus, a body of writings falsely ascribed to Dionysius the Areopagite, a convert of St Paul, but actually written about 500 AD....
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2022-02-25
Format(s) : PDF
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'This is the kind of book that make you different when you're done.' - Ashley C. Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Somebody's Daughter'From the womb, we must repeat with regularity that to love ourselves is to survive. I believe that is what my father wanted...
Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2022-02-24
Format(s) : ePub
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This comparative introduction explores the mission obligation as it is expressed across seven traditions: the Bahá’í Faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Mormonism, and nonreligion.
In a structure that facilitates side-by-side comparison and contrast, the...
Editeur : Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution : 2022-02-21
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book examines the evolution of the Catholic vote in the United States and the role of Catholic voters in the 2020 national elections more specifically. There is a paucity of academic books on Catholic voters, even though Catholics comprise nearly one-quarter of the...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2022-02-18
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Uniquely authoritative and wide-ranging in its scope, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church is the indispensable reference work on all aspects of the Christian Church. It contains over 6,500 cross-referenced A-Z entries, and offers unrivalled coverage of all...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2022-02-17
Format(s) : ePub
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This interrogation of Origen's legacy for the 21st Century returns to old questions built upon each other over eighteen centuries of Origen scholarship-problems of translation and transmission, positioning Origen in the histories of philosophy, theology, and orthodoxy,...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2022-02-17
Format(s) : PDF
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This interrogation of Origen's legacy for the 21st Century returns to old questions built upon each other over eighteen centuries of Origen scholarship-problems of translation and transmission, positioning Origen in the histories of philosophy, theology, and orthodoxy,...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2022-02-17
Format(s) : ePub
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This book brings together an impressive group of scholars to critically engage with a wide-ranging and broad perspective on the historical and contemporary phenomenon of Zen. The structure of the work is organized to reflect the root and branches of Zen, with the root...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2022-02-15
Collection :
Chinese Culture
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Why is the New Testament considered a "sacred" text for Christians? For some, this ancient text is viewed simply as an influential and interesting artifact with no real impact on their lives. But for believing Christians it is an integral part of the Bible and normative...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2022-02-15
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Tantra has formed an integral part of Asian religious history for centuries, but since "Arthur Avalon" introduced the concept to a global readership in the early twentieth century, Tantric traditions have exploded in popularity. While it was long believed that Sir John...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2022-02-15
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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A comprehensive journey through the history of "meaning," from antiquity to modern day.
The word meaning appears often in our daily lives: religious leaders holding out the promise of meaning for their followers, self-help manuals seeking to demonstrate the power of...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2022-02-15
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Das Bekenntnis zum Weg der Gewaltfreiheit nimmt in der Kundgebung der EKD-Synode 2019 „Kirche auf dem Weg der Gerechtigkeit und des Friedens“ den ersten Rang unter den Aussagen zum Thema Frieden ein. Aber der kirchliche Diskurs kennt auch eine zweite Option, die unter...
Editeur : Springer VS
Parution : 2022-02-14
Collection :
Gerechter Frieden
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This book analyzes the role that the physical body plays in foundational Mormon doctrine, and claims that such an analysis reveals a model of empathy that has significant implications for the field of Mormon aesthetics.This volume achieves three main goals: It...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2022-02-11
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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'A delightful book from a gentle, generous spirit.' - SIMON RUSSELL BEALE'Philosophical speculation, country lore, rock music, spiritual exploration, erudite and beautifully written, this collection of reflections and meditations is a surprise and a delight. The kind of...
Editeur : Short Books
Parution : 2022-02-10
Format(s) : ePub
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Mit der neuzeitlichen Säkularisierung verliert auch der Protestantismus seinen Volkskirchencharakter. Das hat eine Neuorientierung zur Folge. An die Stelledes theistischen Gottesbildes tritt das Paradox vom ‚abwesenden‘ Gott. Der Autor interpretiert das Glaubensparadox...
Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2022-02-10
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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