| |
This book examines the theological worldview of the Taiping Rebellion (1850–64), a Chinese revolutionary movement whose leader, Hong Xiuquan (1814–64), claimed to be the second son of God and younger brother of Jesus. Despite the profound impact of Christian books on...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-26
PDF
|
Prophecy and millennial speculation are often seen as having played a key role in early European engagements with the new world, from Columbus’s use of the predictions of Joachim of Fiore, to the puritan ‘Errand into the Wilderness’. Yet examinations of such ideas have...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-22
PDF, ePub
|
We live in an age of scepticism. Our society places such faith in empirical reason, historical progress, and heartfelt emotion that it's easy to wonder: why should anyone believe in Christianity? What role can faith and religion play in our modern lives? In this...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2016-09-22
ePub
|
Material Eucharist interprets the Eucharist through its material elements of bread and wine. Drawing upon a rich variety of biblical, patristic, medieval, and modern texts and traditions, David Grumett brings together theological reflection and liturgical action and...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-22
ePub
|
Today is no ordinary day. You may perform simple routines, feel uninspired, or lack the excitement of hope. But today could be the most important one of your life -- depending on how you choose to spend it. Joyce Meyer encourages you not to waste another minute. There...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2016-09-22
ePub
|
The Demonic in the Political Thought of Eusebius of Caesarea explores how Eusebius of Caesarea's ideas about demons interacted with and helped to shape his thought on other topics, particularly political topics Hazel Johannessen builds on and complements recent work on...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-22
ePub
|
Recent interest in Confucianism has a tendency to suffer from essentialism and idealism, manifested in a variety of ways. One example is to think of Confucianism in terms of the views attributed to one representative of the tradition, such as Kongzi (Confucius) (551-479...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-09-20
PDF, ePub
|
When Lillian Daniel apologized to a total stranger for every bad thing that had ever been said or done in the name of Christianity, he was surprised that she was responsible for all that. "The Inquisition? Don't even raise it, I'm way ahead of you. I was mad about it...
Editeur :
FaithWords
Parution :
2016-09-20
ePub
|
In this book, Gavin Rae analyses the foundations
of political life by undertaking a critical comparative analysis of the
political theologies of Carl Schmitt and Emmanuel Levinas.In so doing, Rae
contributes to key debates in contemporary political philosophy,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-17
PDF, ePub
|
This book addresses issues central to today’s Catholic Church, focusing on the relationship between various religions in different contexts and regions across the world. The diverse array of contributors present an inclusively interfaith enterprise,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-15
PDF, ePub
|
Material Eucharist interprets the Eucharist through its material elements of bread and wine. Drawing upon a rich variety of biblical, patristic, medieval, and modern texts and traditions, David Grumett brings together theological reflection and liturgical action and...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-15
PDF
|
Freedom and Necessity in Modern Trinitarian Theology examines the tension between God and the world through a constructive reading of the Trinitarian theologies and Christologies of Sergii Bulgakov (1871-1944), Karl Barth (1886-1968), and Hans Urs von Balthasar...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-15
ePub
|
The Demonic in the Political Thought of Eusebius of Caesarea explores how Eusebius of Caesarea's ideas about demons interacted with and helped to shape his thought on other topics, particularly political topics Hazel Johannessen builds on and complements recent work on...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-15
PDF
|
The saints form a huge part of our world's history, on both a religious and secular level. Their shrines have attracted millions of pilgrims throughout the centuries, and their relics continue to be venerated today. In North America even atheists and non-Christians know...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-14
ePub
|
In this collection, black religious scholars and pastors whose expertise range from theology, ethics, and the psychology of religion, to preaching, religious aesthetics, and religious education, discuss the legacy of Albert B. Cleage Jr. and the idea of the Black...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-14
Collection :
Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice
PDF, ePub
|
An Anglican priest hands out brass knuckles to his congregation, preparing to battle anti-Christmas fanatics. Fascists insist that the Winter Solstice is the real Christmas, while Communists stage atheist musicals outside of churches on Christmas Eve. Activists...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-09-13
PDF, ePub
|
The book reveals the nexus between religion and politics today and shows that we live in an interdependent world where one global civilization is emerging and where the world’s peoples are continuing to coalesce around a series of values that contain potent Western...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-13
PDF, ePub
|
The book contains comparative analyses of the development of litanic verse in European poetry, from medieval to modern times. Litanic verse is based on different syntactic devices, such as enumeration, parallelism, anaphora and epiphora. However, it is not to be seen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-09-12
PDF, ePub
|
Exam Board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: RSFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018AQA approved.Trust the experts; let subject specialists with examining experience provide you with a comprehensive, creative and time-efficient teaching pathway through the 2016 AQA...
Editeur :
Hodder Education
Parution :
2016-09-12
ePub
|
Cyril of Alexandria is one of the major intellectuals of the early Byzantine Christian world. His approach to Christ is at the core of the classical Christian tradition, however, because his works were not translated into English in the post-Reformation environment, the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-09-09
PDF, ePub
|