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Die Entstehung des Monotheismus im Alten Testament hängt eng mit der Theodizeefrage zusammen. Ihr liegen die Zweifel an Gottes Macht, Güte und Weisheit zugrunde, die die Israeliten im babylonischen Exil umtrieben. Darauf antwortet Deuterojesaja in Gestalt einer...
Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2020-09-29
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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The Handbook takes as its subject the complex phenomenon of Christian monasticism. It addresses, for the first time in one volume, the multiple strands of Christian monastic practice. Forty-four essays consider historical and thematic aspects of the Catholic, Eastern...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2020-09-29
Format(s) : ePub
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Find power in your prayer like never before with this inspiring guide from #1 New York Times bestselling author Bishop T.D. Jakes.In a time when women carry more influence than any other generation, the power of prayer has never been more important to remind us that we...
Editeur : FaithWords
Parution : 2020-09-29
Format(s) : ePub
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Among the best-known and most esteemed people known from antiquity is the Babylonian king Hammurabi. His fame and reputation are due to the collection of laws written under his patronage. This book offers an innovative interpretation of the Laws of Hammurabi.
Ancient...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2020-09-24
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Who are America's creationists? What do they want? Do they truly believe Jesus rode around on dinosaurs, as sometimes depicted? Creationism USA reveals how common misconceptions about creationism have led Americans into a century of unnecessary culture-war histrionics...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2020-09-24
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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The Wisdom and Power of the Cross is the fifth and final entry in Richard Viladesau's well-regarded series on the theology of the cross, from the historical crucifixion of Jesus to the present day. Continuing his analysis of theological history through cultural...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2020-09-24
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Our knowledge of ancient Greece has been transformed in the last century by an increased understanding of the cultures of the Ancient Near East. This is particularly true of ancient religion. This book looks at the relationship between the religious systems of Ancient...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2020-09-23
Format(s) : ePub
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Our knowledge of ancient Greece has been transformed in the last century by an increased understanding of the cultures of the Ancient Near East. This is particularly true of ancient religion. This book looks at the relationship between the religious systems of Ancient...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2020-09-23
Format(s) : PDF
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This book elucidates the dynamism of culture and how cultural expressions are often intertwined with religious expressions. The Catholic Church, while conscious of the profound cultural diversity within her membership, earnestly seeks to inculturate the gospel message...
Editeur : Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution : 2020-09-21
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Engage students with the 'Philosophy of Religion' content for OCR A Level Religious Studies; build their knowledge, deepen their understanding and develop their skills using this accessible textbook, brought to you by subject specialists with examining experience and...
Editeur : Hodder Education
Parution : 2020-09-21
Format(s) : ePub
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Ritual has a primal connection to the idea that a transcendent order - numinous and mysterious, supranatural and elusive, divine and wholly other - gives meaning and purpose to life. The construction of rites and rituals enables humans to conceive and apprehend this...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2020-09-16
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book offers an overview of the emergence of Bodh Gaya as a sacred site within Gaya Dharmak?etra. It contextualizes the different encounters, incidents, and legends connected to the Buddha’s experiences shortly before and after he attained Bodhi – when, spiritually...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-09-16
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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The research presented in this book is a critical study of some effects of popular biblical interpretations in the context of an East African ethnic group, the Maasai.The book focuses on parallels between concepts of female inferiority in biblical texts and in Maasai...
Editeur : Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution : 2020-09-14
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book focuses on the clarion call by Pope Francis and the Second Vatican Council for an elaborate celebration of the Word. It is predicated on the dearth of the Word of God in liturgical assemblies and rituals. Basing its theological and liturgical framework upon...
Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2020-09-14
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Das vorliegende Werk analysiert die staatliche Strafverfolgung des Pfarrklerus, vornehmlich des Bistums Trier, im Kulturkampf zwischen 1873 und 1880, und zwar wegen unbefugter Vornahme geistlicher Amtshandlungen wie Gottesdienstzelebrierungen, Sakramentspendungen,...
Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2020-09-14
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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The doctrine of "the covenant of works" arose to prominence in the late sixteenth century and quickly became a regular feature in Reformed thought. Theologians believed that when God first created man he made a covenant with him: all Adam had to do was obey God's...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2020-09-14
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This interdisciplinary commentary ranges from early midrashic interpretation to contemporary rewritings introducing interpretations of the only biblical book not to mention God. Unearths a wealth of neglected rewritings inspired by the story’s relevance to themes of...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2020-09-09
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book proposes a radically new interpretation of the Comedy’s encyclopedism by focusing on Dante’s work in light of the medieval imago mundi tradition. The work opens with a discussion of how the Florentine poet transgressed every generic boundary in his effort to...
Editeur : Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution : 2020-09-08
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Solomon is the figurehead who holds the family of 'wisdom' texts together. In this study, Katharine Dell argues that a core of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes forms the inner sanctum of the 'Solomonic wisdom corpus', with the Song of Songs as a close relative, but Job at one...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2020-09-04
Format(s) : ePub
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Solomon is the figurehead who holds the family of 'wisdom' texts together. In this study, Katharine Dell argues that a core of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes forms the inner sanctum of the 'Solomonic wisdom corpus', with the Song of Songs as a close relative, but Job at one...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2020-09-04
Format(s) : PDF
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