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Der vorliegende Band der Zeitschrift Morgen-Glantz (23/2013) enthält die überarbeitete Fassung der Vorträge, die bei der 22. Tagung der Christian Knorr von Rosenroth-Gesellschaft vom 29.–30. Juni 2012 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg gehalten wurden. Thema der Tagung war:...
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This book analyses religious identity transformations through inter-religious relations. It aims to highlight the link between religious discourse and social cohesion, or the lack of such a link, and ultimately seeks to contribute to the dominant discourse on...
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This book is an attempt to reveal the advantages and disadvantages rendered in the ongoing dialogue between Orthodoxy and modernity, by way of Thermos’s discussions of the complex interaction between Orthodox pastoral theology and psychoanalysis. The author seeks to...
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This study aims to understand how the nineteenth-century African agent of mission appropriated change without losing cultural integrity. Drawing essentially from the contexts that produced the man, from Sierra Leone to the Yoruba country, the study shows Samuel Johnson...
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The world of the Bible is a textual world. Its composition and intertextuality are what make it a representation of reality. To understand biblical world making, it is important to understand how biblical books are made and read.The Textual World of the Bible explores...
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There is a great deal of popular belief in the connection between religious extremism and terrorism.There are also numerous statistical analyses that reject that connection. Upon a deeper analysis, however, both of these approaches are oversimplifications. To adequately...
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In dieser Gerfried W. Hunold gewidmeten Festschrift werden Einsichten der allgemeinen Ethik in die Bereichsethiken transformiert. Die Autoren arbeiten in unterschiedlichen Erfahrungskontexten und wissen sich der ethischen Reflexion verpflichtet: Der Freiheit, neue...
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Zunehmend wird Religion als ein störender Faktor für das gesellschaftliche Zusammenleben wahrgenommen. Dennoch enthalten Religionen eigene Ressourcen, die Autonomie des Politischen zu achten. Diese Ressourcen werden in dem Band präzise beschrieben. Dabei spielt der...
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Il presente studio mette in luce l’insistenza con cui il tema della trasmigrazione delle anime ricorre nell’opera di Goethe e, più in generale, nei testi da lui letti e nel clima culturale da lui respirato. La monografia si apre con la presentazione delle fonti...
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Liberation from Empire investigates the phenomenon of demonic possession and exorcism in the Gospel of Mark. The Marcan narrator writes from an anti-imperialistic point of view with allusions to, yet never directly addressing, the Roman Empire. In his baptism, Jesus was...
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Benjamin Fondane: A Poet-Philosopher Caught Between the Sunday of History and the Existential Monday examines the life and work ofBenjamin Fondane, a poet and a literary critic, a philosopher and a playwright, who wrote film scripts and worked as a director on the stage...
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God the Father in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas is an exposition of Aquinas’ theology ofGod the Father as a coherent whole. Surprising as it might be, there has not been an extended treatment of Aquinas’ theology ofGod the Father. Three misconceptions are...
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The Festschrift in Honor of Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi includes a collection of articles discussing the latest scholarly findings in the field of the Old Testament studies. Scholars from around the world conducting research in the Old Testament text, theology, canon,...
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The key to a balanced and accurate understanding of the book of Ecclesiastes lies in the inter-dependent relationships between the prominent motifs within the book. An Analysis of the Inter-Dependency of the Prominent Motifs Within the Book of Qohelet explores this...
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Religion, Law, and the Present Water Crisis documents current and impending global water shortages and opposes policies of commodification and privatization of water ownership by multinational water corporations. On the basis of the religions of the world, Richard A....
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Maritain, Religion, and Education: A Theocentric Humanism Approach offers a comprehensive study of Jacques Maritain’s philosophy of education as applied to the specific field of religious education. This book demonstrates that his philosophy is still relevant and that...
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The question of how to interpret scripture and whether there is a distinctively Anglican approach to doing so is one of the leading theological questions in the Anglican Communion. An Anglican Hermeneutic of the Transfiguration analyzes major Anglican interpretations of...
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In the twenty-first century, no one can ignore the complex paradigms connected with the precarious relationship between Christians and Muslims all over the globe. Since the seventh century, Christians and Muslims have interacted with one another in a variety of ways....
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Der Band enthält Aufsätze, die sich mit dem Sinn von Religion als Auseinandersetzung mit dem dialektischen Verhältnis der Existenz und mit zentralen Themen der Religionskultur vergleichend und historisch befassen. Im thematischen Zentrum der Abhandlungen stehen die...
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The role and place of metaphor in biblical language keeps attracting scholarly interest. Of all the books of the Bible, the Psalms provide the richest cache of metaphors for God.The Psalter is a cornucopia of metaphor.The biblical authors bring us back to the concrete...
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