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This collection of papers by one of Britain’s leading authorities on social ethics covers a wide range of issues of part......more
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While the modern world has largely dismissed the figure of the saint as a throwback, we remain fascinated by excess, mar......more
An anthology that examines the historical and contemporary relationship between religion and violence This groundbreakin......more
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Based on decades of research, A Privilege of Intellect is D. A. Drennen s portrait of the English cardinal John Henry Ne......more
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The Summa Theologiae is Thomas Aquinas undisputed masterwork, and it includes his thoughts on the elemental forces in h......more
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Without a doubt, the late Edward Schillebeeckx (1914-2009) remains one of the most important and inspiring theological v......more
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Princeton s Mark Lewis Taylor has always worked at the intersection of the political and theological. Now, in this inten......more
Ali Mirsepassi s book presents a powerful challenge to the dominant media and scholarly construction of radical Islamist......more
This work is laid out as guide first, to help the individual believer understand God s order for their soul-life; next, ......more
In Rethinking Poverty, James P. Bailey argues that most contemporary policies aimed at reducing poverty in the United St......more
This book contains a two-fold purpose: it shares the experiences of an African woman who developed from powerlessness to......more
An ambitious and creative treatise on the roots of human violence, bringing together insights from theology and cultural......more
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An edition of the myth commonly known as Istar’s Descent was first published in 1901. Since then, no complete critical e......more
This book, by a brilliant young Dutch scholar, provides an attractive and up-to-date introduction to gnosticism as it re......more
Of the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, matrimony is the most discussed, debated, disputed, and adjudicate......more
Colorful and outrageous, influential yet despicable, J. Frank Norris was a preacher, newspaper publisher, political acti......more
Elisabeth Behr-Sigel (1907-2005) was one of the most important Orthodox theologians of the twentieth century. For sevent......more
Spirituality in Ministerial Formation traces the origin and evolution of the formation model of training and identifies ......more
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Being in the shadow of an older sibling never sat well with Ezekiel Hart, whose temperament and sense of propriety diffe......more
The Declaration Nostra Aetate issued by the Second Vatican Council on October 28, 1965, on the relationship of the Chur......more
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In recent study Greek religion has often dissolved itself into many religions. The eleven original essays here focus bot......more
It would seem unlikely that one could discover tolerant religious attitudes in Spain, Portugal, and the New World coloni......more
Since the publication of her first book, Emmanuel Levinas: The Problem of Ethical Metaphysics, in 1974-the first book ab......more
One Man s Adventure in Faith... Only God could have foreseen the incredible life and adventures of a German missionary n......more
In Vergil’s Aeneid, the poet implies that those who have been initiated into mystery cults enjoy a blessed situation bot......more
This chronology begins with an overview of religious life in the United States, and then focuses on developments from th......more
More than a series of rites of passage through the landmarks of growing up and growing old, Jewish and Christian life-cy......more
This is a 3-part Ministry Book and royal transcript to the heirs to the Kingdom of God for our King Jesus. Book 1 Protoc......more
This book is a biography of Pope Innocent III. Avoiding the many scholarly controversies concerning the pope, it offers ......more
The authors explain how and why we must understand the conditions that spur youths to become martyrs by making them thin......more
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After the 1939 Soviet and 1941 Nazi invasions, the people of Southeast Poland underwent a third and even more terrible o......more
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Humans have long turned to gardens--both real and imaginary--for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds the......more
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In recent years, as government agencies have encouraged faith-based organizations to help ensure social welfare, many bl......more
Max Weber s sociological theories of secularization have vastly influenced the study of Protestant belief. Protestant Mo......more
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In Spoils of the Kingdom, Anson Shupe investigates clergy misconduct as it has recently unfolded across five faith-based......more
Among the many fruitful and challenging sites for mutual engagement of theology and philosophy, the renewed study of St.......more
Jews, Christians, and Muslims all believe that their Scriptures preserve God s words to humanity, and that those words w......more
Since her death at the age of nineteen in 1431, Joan of Arc has maintained a remarkable hold on our collective imaginati......more
Between Heaven and Earth explores the relationships men, women, and children have formed with the Virgin Mary and the sa......more
In Lubianka’s Shadow chronicles the extraordinary life of a young American Catholic priest, Father Léopold Braun, who, a......more
Religion is an undiscovered country for much of the secular academy, which remains deeply ambivalent about it as an obje......more
After identifying early conflicts between churches and baseball in the late-nineteenth century, Price examines the appro......more
Dialogue and Antithesis: A Philosophical Study on the Significance of Herman Dooyeweerd s Transcendental Critique is a c......more
The autobiography is in three parts with and appendix of her publications and life history until 1750, and her famous le......more
Jeanne de Jussie (1503-61) experienced the Protestant Reformation from within the walls of the Convent of Saint Clare in......more
Although countless books have been devoted to the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., few, if any, have focused on......more
A considerable amount of public debate and media print has been devoted to the "war between science and religion." In hi......more
Emmanuel Levinas was a significant contributor to the field of philosophy, phenomenology and religion. A key interpreter......more
Devotion to religion was the distinguishing characteristic of the Etruscan people, the most powerful civilization of Ita......more
This book is a centenary tribute to the distinguished French Dominican theologian Cardinal Yves Congar (1940-95). In the......more
Spanning from the birth of Christianity through the Crusades and the Protestant Reformation to John XXIII and the Second......more
This examination of the texts of the Lutheran Confessions gathers together those references pertinent to the contemporar......more
The Platonic Theology is a visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), the Florenti......more
This collection of essays looks at missions, their complicity in European colonialism, and their postcolonial aftermath.......more
This collection of first-rate essays aims to provide an accurate scholarly assessment of the relationship between the Ro......more
In this book a group of renowned international scholars seek to discern the ways in which Simone Weil was indebted to Pl......more
Die Reihe Beiruter Texte und Studien (BTS) ist die Buchreihe des Orient-Instituts fur Grundlagenforschung des historisch......more
"Gospel" initially referred to oral proclamation concerning Jesus Christ, but was later used to refer to four written ac......more
The Sword of the Lord explores the development of the military chaplaincy across history and geography and shows the leg......more
The Renaissance popes were among the most enlightened and generous patrons of arts and letters in the Europe of their da......more