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Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time (Hardback - 16 Feb 2010)

It is a commonηand fundamentalηmisconception that Paul told people how to live. Apart from forbidding certain abusive practices, he never gives any precise instructions for living. It would have violated his two main social principles: human freedom and dignity, and the need for people to love one another. Paul was a Hellenistic Jew, originally named Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, who made a...

By (author) Sarah Ruden

ISBN-13: 9780375425011 ; ISBN-10: 0375425012

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Anchorites, Wombs, and Tombs: Intersections of Gender and Enclosure in the Middle Ages (Paperback / softback - 15 Apr 2010)

Until recently, the figure of the medieval anchorite and the underlying ideological concepts that framed her day-to-day existence have escaped detailed examination, despite the anchorite’s importance to the study of medieval culture. This collection brings together leading scholars in the field of gender and anchoritic studies in order to examine anchoritic enclosure from a variety of different perspectives....

Edited by Liz Herbert McAvoy; Mari Hughes-Edwards

ISBN-13: 9780708322000 ; ISBN-10: 070832200X

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SERMON TO THE PRINCES: WU MING PRESENTS (Paperback - 1 Jan 2010)

Discusses about the Reformation which was originally an attack on a corrupt Church, sparked by Martin Luther.

By (author) THOMAS MUNTZER

ISBN-13: 9781844673209 ; ISBN-10: 1844673200

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HERESY: A HISTORY OF DEFENDING THE TRUTH (Paperback - 1 Dec 2009)

McGrath presents the fascinating story of heresy throughout Christian history and sheds light on those shunned beliefs and their consistent appeal today. McGrath's provocative thesis is that the categories of heresy and orthodoxy must be preserved by the church today.

By (author) ALISTER MCGRATH

ISBN-13: 9780281062157 ; ISBN-10: 0281062153

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Bembaland Church: Religious and Social Change in South Central Africa 1891-1964 (2 Oct 1993)

A history of the development of the Roman Catholic Church in Bembaland (North Eastern Zambia) from its missionary foundations in 1891 to the eve of national independence. Roman Catholic missionaries entered the territory of Bemba-speakers in Central Africa in 1891. Seventy years later the Church in Bembaland was about to enter a new phase as an independent religious community within a newly established African...

By (author) B. Garvey

ISBN-13: 9789004099579 ; ISBN-10: 9004099573

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Life and Loyalty: A Study in the Socio-Religious Culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Graeco-Roman Period Based on Epigraphical Evidence (2 Oct 1995)

In this volume a particular class of mainly Aramaic votive inscriptions dating from roughly the first three centuries A.D., featuring, next to dedicators, human beneficiaries, is examined in order to establish its social and religious meaning and function. The formula 'for the life of' is often found in votive inscriptions, cast in Aramaic and other languages, which originate from the Syrian-Mesopotamian desert and...

By (author) K. Dijkstra

ISBN-13: 9789004099968 ; ISBN-10: 9004099964

Price: £185.89 £136.62 Not Available

Religion and Reductionism: Essays on Eliade, Segal, and the Challenge of the Social Sciences for the Study of Religion (2 Oct 1993)

This volume focuses on the writings of Robert A. Segal and his defense of reductionism and criticism of Mircea Eliade's non-reductive interpretation of religion. Related questions on religion and reductionism are explored by major scholars of religion in major departments of religion in the United States and Canada. This volume on Religion and Reductionism grew out of a conference convened in November, 1990, where...

Edited by T.A. Idinopulos; E.A. Yonan

ISBN-13: 9789004098701 ; ISBN-10: 9004098704

Price: £95.14 £73.10 Not Available

The Imperial Cult in the Latin West, Volume 146 Volume III: Provincial Cult. Part 2: The Provincial Priesthood (31 Oct 2002)

This original study is the first attempt to map the extent and principal features of the provincial priesthood in the Latin west in the period from the reign of Augustus down to the mid third century A.D. This volume analyzes the priesthood of the provincial cult in every province of the Latin west where evidence has survived in the period from Augustus down to the mid third century. Particular attention is paid to...

By (author) D. Fishwick

ISBN-13: 9789004125391 ; ISBN-10: 9004125396

Price: £104.51 £79.66 Not Available

Mission to Educate: A History of the Educational Work of the Scottish Presbyterian Mission in East Nigeria, 1846-1960 (2 Oct 1996)

This study of 150 years' educational pioneering in Eastern Nigeria re-appraises many of the stereotypes about mission schools in Africa. It suggests that Scottish Presbyterian educationalists were usually less at ease with British colonialism than with preparing for a politically independent Nigeria. By using primary sources, this case study seeks to shed new light on the nature and extent of European (in this case...

By (author) W.H. Taylor

ISBN-13: 9789004107137 ; ISBN-10: 9004107134

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The Imperial Cult in the Latin West, Volume 1 Studies in the Ruler Cult of the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire (2 Oct 1993)

By (author) D. Fishwick

ISBN-13: 9789004071797 ; ISBN-10: 9004071792

Price: £205.27 £151.19 Not Available

The Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos: A Study of Religious Interaction in Roman Syria (16 Oct 1999)

This volume provides a reconstruction of the religion of Palmyrenes in Dura-Europos on the basis of archaeological remains, and focuses upon the religious interaction between this migrant community and their new residence. This volume deals with the religion of Palmyrenes in Dura-Europos during the first three centuries of the Common Era, and focuses upon the religious interaction between this migrant community and...

By (author) L. Dirven

ISBN-13: 9789004115897 ; ISBN-10: 9004115897

Price: £151.53 £112.57 Not Available

Attis: Between Myth and History: King, Priest and God (1 Oct 2002)

This volume deals with the figure of Attis and aims to reconsider the mythical and cultic information about this character, studying the processes of "construction" and "reconstruction" that contributed to the moulding of the different forms of Attis that developed as a result of various demands within different (Anatolian, Greek, Roman) cultures. This volume deals with the figure of Attis. The work aims to...

By (author) G. Lancellotti

ISBN-13: 9789004128514 ; ISBN-10: 9004128514

Price: £91.62 £70.63 Not Available

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 13 (30 Oct 2002)

Various articles are presented covering psychological, sociological and cross-cultural topics or relevance to religious/spiritual researchers and academics. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion (RSSSR) publishes reports of innovative studies that pertain empirically or theoretically to the scientific study of religion, including spirituality, regardless of their academic discipline or professional...

Edited by R.L. Piedmont; D.O. Moberg

ISBN-13: 9789004126206 ; ISBN-10: 9004126201

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Études sur les Hymnes Orphiques (24 Oct 2001)

This is the first modern book entirely dedicated to the Orphic Hymns, an intriguing corpus of texts providing material not only to scholars interested in the literary genre of the hymn, but also to historians of religion. The Orphic Hymns are unique in that they link Orphic beliefs, offerings, and mysteries with an actual cult-group. The book is a study of the Orphic Hymns, a collection of 87 Greek texts in...

By (author) A.-F. Morand

ISBN-13: 9789004120303 ; ISBN-10: 9004120300

Price: £130.34 £97.74 Not Available

Sacred Rights of Conscience, The: Selected Readings on Religious Liberty and Church-State Relations in the American Founding (Hardback - 30 Nov 2009)

Edited by Daniel Dreisbach; Mark David Hall

ISBN-13: 9780865977143 ; ISBN-10: 0865977143

Price: £24.95 £21.22 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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The Russian-Orthodox Tradition and Modernity (16 Oct 2003)

The book attempts to identify the uniqueness of the Russian-Orthodox religious tradition from a historical and comparative perspective and to contrast it with two of modern Western society's characteristics: its particular economic ethics and individualism. The book attempts to identify the uniqueness of the Russian-Orthodox religious tradition and to contrast it with two of the characteristics of modern Western...

By (author) A.E. Buss

ISBN-13: 9789004133242 ; ISBN-10: 9004133240

Price: £73.12 £57.18 Not Available

De Memphis à Rome: Actes du Ier Colloque international sur les études isiaques, Poitiers - Futuroscope, 8-10 avril 1999 (17 Oct 2000)

The studies of the Isiac Cults are forty years old. Many of the scholars who have contributed to the development of this particular field of research, - the diffusion of the Egyptian cults in the Graeco-Roman world -, met in the Futuroscope of Poitiers for a three-day colloquium, to establish the progress of research, and the subjects which need more discussion. The synthesis of this colloquium is presented in this...

Edited by Bricault

ISBN-13: 9789004117365 ; ISBN-10: 9004117369

Price: £103.07 £78.65 Not Available

The Sacred and its Scholars: Comparative Methodologies for the Study of Primary Religious Data (2 Oct 1996)

This volume of essays is devoted to a careful examination of the importance of methodology in the study of primary religious data. The essays focus on the "Sacred" as an ultimate object of descriptive analysis and critical scrutiny on the part of a select number of North American and European methodologists in the study and teaching of the history of religions and its allied disciplines. This volume of essays is...

Edited by T.A. Idinopulos; E.A. Yonan

ISBN-13: 9789004106239 ; ISBN-10: 9004106235

Price: £73.12 £57.18 Not Available

How Religion Works: Towards a New Cognitive Science of Religion (16 Oct 2001)

This book presents a detailed argument to support the view that religion as a cultural practice cannot be properly explained without knowledge of the evolved cognitive mechanisms by which humans process information. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details. Recent findings in cognitive science and evolutionary psychology provide important insights to the processes which...

By (author) I. Pyysiäinen

ISBN-13: 9789004123199 ; ISBN-10: 9004123199

Price: £54.62 £43.73 Not Available

Portraits of Spiritual Authority: Religious Power in Early Christianity, Byzantium and the Christian Orient (27 Oct 1999)

This study of several figures of spiritual authority in early Christianity (2nd-8th centuries) examines how the struggle for religious power developed with the changing relationships between church and society. This volume deals with several figures of spiritual authority in Christianity during late antiquity and the early middle ages, and seeks to illuminate the way in which the struggle for religious influence...

Edited by J.W. Drijvers; J.W. Watt

ISBN-13: 9789004114593 ; ISBN-10: 9004114599

Price: £85.45 £66.31 Not Available

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History of religion

Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time (Hardback - 16 Feb 2010)

Anchorites, Wombs, and Tombs: Intersections of Gender and Enclosure in the Middle Ages (Paperback / softback - 15 Apr 2010)

SERMON TO THE PRINCES: WU MING PRESENTS (Paperback - 1 Jan 2010)

HERESY: A HISTORY OF DEFENDING THE TRUTH (Paperback - 1 Dec 2009)

Bembaland Church: Religious and Social Change in South Central Africa 1891-1964 (2 Oct 1993)

Life and Loyalty: A Study in the Socio-Religious Culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Graeco-Roman Period Based on Epigraphical Evidence (2 Oct 1995)

Religion and Reductionism: Essays on Eliade, Segal, and the Challenge of the Social Sciences for the Study of Religion (2 Oct 1993)

The Imperial Cult in the Latin West, Volume 146 Volume III: Provincial Cult. Part 2: The Provincial Priesthood (31 Oct 2002)

Mission to Educate: A History of the Educational Work of the Scottish Presbyterian Mission in East Nigeria, 1846-1960 (2 Oct 1996)

The Imperial Cult in the Latin West, Volume 1 Studies in the Ruler Cult of the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire (2 Oct 1993)

The Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos: A Study of Religious Interaction in Roman Syria (16 Oct 1999)

Attis: Between Myth and History: King, Priest and God (1 Oct 2002)

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 13 (30 Oct 2002)

Études sur les Hymnes Orphiques (24 Oct 2001)

Sacred Rights of Conscience, The: Selected Readings on Religious Liberty and Church-State Relations in the American Founding (Hardback - 30 Nov 2009)

The Russian-Orthodox Tradition and Modernity (16 Oct 2003)

De Memphis à Rome: Actes du Ier Colloque international sur les études isiaques, Poitiers - Futuroscope, 8-10 avril 1999 (17 Oct 2000)

The Sacred and its Scholars: Comparative Methodologies for the Study of Primary Religious Data (2 Oct 1996)

How Religion Works: Towards a New Cognitive Science of Religion (16 Oct 2001)

Portraits of Spiritual Authority: Religious Power in Early Christianity, Byzantium and the Christian Orient (27 Oct 1999)