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This book conveys the essence of a series of guided conversations with leading Malaysian intellectuals—predominantly writers, journalists, academicians, some artists, and other thinkers—in the early 1970s. Based on interviews with 133 intellectuals, supplemented by...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-08-27
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This revised and updated second edition of Paulo Freire: The Man from Recife recounts the life, thought, and experiences of a remarkable man who has left an indelible mark on the social sciences, education, and theology. As one who was born in the northeastern part of...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2024-08-26
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Counter-hagiography and counter-biography besmirch foundational figures held dear by different religious, political, or social groups. Such phenomena figure prominently in the history of religion and conflicts. For example, what we know of the Mazdakite revolution in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-08-22
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This book deals with the origins and history of anti-Catholicism among Seventh-day Adventists in North America. These anti-Catholic sentiments were rooted in the history of nineteenth-century America, as well as in Adventist interpretation of particular apocalyptic...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2024-08-21
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In this Open Access book, Katharina Merian discusses memories of Marielle Franco from the perspective of the concept of dangerous memory introduced by the political theologian Johann Baptist Metz. Franco was an Afro-Brazilian human-rights activist and city councilor of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-08-20
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This book employs an experimental approach to critically re-examine the Catholic Church’s traditional teachings on homosexuality, heterosexual marriage, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersexual (LGBTQI) inclusivity in light of Pope Francis’s...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-08-19
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This book provides the only comprehensive analysis of concordats, the international treaties of the Apostolic See in Rome. Identifying the 167 treaties between the papacy and civil commonwealths from 1865 to 2022 at the intersection of canon, comparative, and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-08-13
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Live boldly and act on your most powerful beliefs with this life-changing guide to faith, positive thinking, and spiritual fulfillment with this book from #1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen, now updated and expanded with the study guide included...
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FaithWords
Parution :
2024-08-13
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This volume explores current methodological developments in the interpretation of the Bible from an African perspective. Previous scholarship has explored the relevance of Eurocentric biblical interpretive methods to African experiences and contexts.This book furthers...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-08-10
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From contrails and Covid-19 to Area 51, 9/11 and the moon landings, explore the shocking world of conspiracy theories in this pocket guideThe curious world of conspiracy theories is unbelievable and scarily believable in equal measure - perhaps that's why it fascinates...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2024-08-08
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The Islamic positioning of Islamophobia is presented in this book. Through ‘Islamic’ or ‘Muslim’ perspectives, the book engages with various Islamic texts and discourses (spoken and written) emanating from preachers and scholars of Islam to discuss the points of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-08-06
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Das Konzept der Wahrheit begründet das Fundament der Theologie (?ilm al-kalam) im klassischen Islam. Deshalb beginnt die berühmte Glaubensabhandlung des an-Nasafi (gest. 1142) mit der Verteidigung des Wahrheitskonzeptes gegenüber den Sophisten. In diesem Buch werden der...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2024-08-05
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This book focuses primarily on evolutionary processes (rather than evolutionary history). Topics covered are abiotic framework conditions, morphology and physiology of living organisms, fossil and molecular evidence of evolutionary developments. The basic processes of...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-08-02
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Challenging Contextuality: Bibles and Biblical Scholarship in Context provides a new and innovative contribution to the study of biblical texts by bringing together current approaches to biblical interpretation.
The volume sets the agenda for the future of the field...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-07-31
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Challenging Contextuality: Bibles and Biblical Scholarship in Context provides a new and innovative contribution to the study of biblical texts by bringing together current approaches to biblical interpretation.
The volume sets the agenda for the future of the field...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-07-31
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In The Great Initiates, Édouard Schuré embarks on a profound exploration of the hidden currents that have shaped the world’s most influential spiritual traditions. Through a study of the lives and teachings of legendary figures such as Rama, Krishna, Hermes, Moses,...
Editeur :
V Bros.
Parution :
2024-07-27
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The classics
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In Insights into Christian Esotericism, René Guénon unveils the hidden, initiatic dimension of Christianity—often obscured by centuries of dogmatic and exoteric interpretation. Drawing on traditional symbolism, sacred texts, and metaphysical principles, Guénon reveals...
Editeur :
V Bros.
Parution :
2024-07-27
Collection :
The classics
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In Satanism and Magic, Jules Bois offers a provocative exploration of the darker, often misunderstood realms of occultism. Drawing on historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives, Bois delves into the origins, practices, and beliefs associated with Satanism,...
Editeur :
V Bros.
Parution :
2024-07-27
Collection :
The classics
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This book examines cross-cultural encounters of the Jesuit missionary enterprise in early modern Southwest Asia. It analyzes the early mission to Syria, paying attention to the key interlocutors of the Jesuits and the many challenges they experienced in their exchanges...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-07-26
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Scholars of religion have mostly abandoned the concept of "syncretism" in which certain apparent deviations from "standard" practice are believed to be the result of a mixture of religions. This is particularly relevant to Thailand, in which ordinary religious practice...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2024-07-26
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