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A Nobel Peace Prize winner who embodies the martyrdom of Tibet, beneath the Chinese yoke. The very image of wisdom, who brings people together all over the world. Sacred and adored—who would dare question this living god who claims to carry within himself the hope of...
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This edited collection sheds new light on the complex dialogue between religion and science that played out at universities in South-East Europe during the 19th and early 20th centuries.This discourse took place against a backdrop of great political, cultural,...
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Was prägt menschliche Existenz in einer Welt des Wandels? So fragt der Religionsphilosoph Thomas Brose aus Anlass seines 60. Geburtstags.
Dieses Buch ist kein sentimentales Lagerfeuer, das zwischen Tür und Angel Trost stiften will, sondern nimmt die Spur eines...
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Die lateinische Bibel, in den ersten christlichen Jahrhunderten entstanden und zu einem großen Teil von Hieronymus um das Jahr 400 geschaffen, ist das bedeutendste Literaturwerk des abendländischen Christentums. Bis heute wirkt es in Theologie, kirchlichem Leben, Kunst...
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In this monograph, the author demonstrates that the Acts of the Apostles is a highly creative hypertextual reworking of the Letter to the Galatians, with over 500 strictly sequentially organized conceptual and linguistic correspondences between Acts and Galatians. This...
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Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464), thinker, polymath, and cardinal, had a long-standing interest in Islam. To date, however, no work has satisfactorily dealt with his volatile attitude towards the Islamic faith and the Ottoman Turks. This book revisitsNicholas of Cusa’s...
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Through a careful psychological re-reading of the Qur'an and other biographical sources about Muhammad, the author identifies the pathological symptoms of the prophet of Islam. His diagnosis is unambiguous: the man suffered from a querulous paranoia with dissociative...
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A childhood marked by religion classes, his passion for the Koran, his father's homophobia and his impulses, Ludovic-Lotfi Zahed is the author of an unpublished and rare book on the possible reconciliation between homosexuality and Islam. The man who, as a teenager,...
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The temple is packed. "It stinks in here," says the master in English. "You mustn't do any more prostrations, or else you'll have to open the windows." A tall, skinny steward discreetly points out that it's pouring rain, and that perhaps this isn't entirely appropriate....
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Literary Allusions in Esther: A Study on the Convergence of Intertexts and Narrative examines the robust intertextual nature of MT Esther. Its textual landscape is filled with a plethora of allusions to other texts scattered throughout the Old Testament canon. While...
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When the Norman and Breton armateurs sent their ships to the New World in the sixteenth century, they had faith that through the ability to negotiate with the Indigenous peoples with whom they sought to trade, the leaders of these expeditions would return to Saint-Malo...
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Libro con 20 canciones tradicionales,ilustrado con partituras y dibujos en color en papel satinado. Canciones en español, francés, italiano e inglés ejecutadas por millones de niños de todas las razas y nacionalidades. Melodías de piezas musicales que estamos...
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«You have done a magnificent study of Julian. The initial chapters are splendidly researched though I missed the Syon Abbey contribution. Then I loved your final chapters where the footnotes keep giving Julian's text. I especially applaud your seeing the Carmelite...
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Since the dawn of humanity, people have traveled in search of meaning and to petition for worldly and otherworldly blessings. In the twenty-first century, the number of people traveling to religious sacred sites on pilgrimage has increased more than at any point in...
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Dieser Sammelband beschäftigt sich mit der Islamdebatte in der deutschen Öffentlichkeit und mit der Rolle, die die Religion bei der Integration von Muslimen in Deutschland spielt. Während die gegenwärtigen integrationspolitischen Debatten und der interreligiöse Dialog...
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The prophecy of Hananiah in Jeremiah 28, presents a typical example of the phenomenon of misleading prophecies that existed in Judah during the politically unstable period leading to the exile of 586 B.C. A similar situation as the one that existed in the days of...
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This book focuses on Luther’s very last lectures, which interpret the Joseph story in the final chapters of Genesis. Scholars have frequently neglected the later Luther and the Genesis Lectures, making this an important new contribution to the field. Luther’s lectures...
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Über 1,8 Milliarden Muslime leben auf allen Kontinenten. Doch was wissen wir über ihren Glauben? Häufig kaum mehr, als dass der Koran ihre heilige Schrift ist, Gläubige fünf Mal am Tag beten und sie zum Ramadan fasten. Dieses Buch ändert das. Malcolm Clark erzählt vom...
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The Nso’ Concept of Time explores cosmology among the Nso’ people of north-western Cameroon. It examines the concept of time within the Nso’ world view, along with its implications for culture and traditional religion. The author addresses a wide range of metaphysical,...
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