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Kohlhammer W. Feministische Bibelwissenschaft im 21. Jahrhundert
£63.20
Brill U Schoningh Humanitarian Islam: Reflecting on an Islamic
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Brill U Schoningh Makarios - Ein Ostlicher Kirchenvater Im Spiegel
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£81.75
Brill I Schoeningh Theology of Prophecy in Dialogue
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£109.65
Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht Weltreligionen
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£23.75
Universitätsverlag Winter Indogermanische Religion
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£66.60
Tectum Verlag Jesus Ohne Kitsch: Irrtumer Und Widerspruche
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V&R unipress The Creed of Nicaea 325
Book SynopsisProceedings of the first international conference on the council of Nicaea and its creed
£42.39
Oxford University Press A World Upturned
Book SynopsisThe Dialogue of Ipuwer and the Lord of All is one of the major works from the golden age of Egyptian literature, the Middle Kingdom (c. 1980-1630 BC). The poem provides one of the most searching explorations of human motivation and divine justice to survive from Ancient Egypt, and its stark pessimism questions many of the core ideologies that underpinned the Egyptian state and monarchy. It begins with a series of laments portraying an Egypt overwhelmed by chaos and destruction, and develops into an examination of why these disasters should happen, and who bears responsibility for them: the gods, the king, or humanity. This volume provides the first full literary analysis of this poem for a century. It provides a detailed study of questions such as: its date of composition; its historicity; the identity of its protagonists and setting; its reception history within Egyptian culture; and whether it really is a unified literary composition, or a redacted collection of texts of heterogenousTrade ReviewWith full new translation at the close, this volume brings the work firmly within reach of other ancient historical disciplines as well as studies in comparative literature ... Enmarch offers meticulous and methodical literary commentary * Stephen Quirke, Orientalia *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Literary aspects of Ipuwer ; 2.1 Description of text ; 2.2 Survey of previous research ; 2.3 Textual unity ; 2.4 Dating ; 2.5 Reception ; 2.6 Speakers, section boundaries, and setting of the poem ; 2.7 Genre and intertext ; 2.8 Literary style ; 2.9 Style, structure, and meaning ; 2.10 Towards a reading of the poem ; 3. Commentary ; 3.1 Commentary on Lament I ; 3.2 Interpretation of Lament I ; 3.3 Commentary on Lament II ; 3,4 Interpretation of Lament II ; 3.5 Commentary on Lament III ; 3.6 Interpretation of Lament III ; 3.7 Commentary on Injunction I ; 3.8 Interpretation of Injunction I ; 3.9 Commentary on Injunction II ; 3.10 Interpretation of Injunction II ; 3.11 Commentary on Injunction III ; 3.12 Interpretation of Injunction III ; 3.13 Commentary on Reproach I ; .14 Interpretation of Reproach I ; 3.15 Commentary on the Meditation ; 3.16 Interpretation of the Meditation ; 3.17 Commentary on Reply I ; 3.18 Interpretation of Reply I ; 3.19 Commentary on Reproach II ; 3.20 Interpretation of Reproach II ; 3.21 Commentary on Reply II ; 3.22 Interpretation of Reply II ; 3.23 Excursus: the jottings of 17A.1-3 ; 4. Continuous transliteration and translation of Ipuwer
£65.00
The University of Chicago Press Empire of Religion Imperialism and Comparative
Book SynopsisProvides a counterhistory of the academic study of religion, an alternative to standard accounts that have failed to link the field of comparative religion with either the power relations or the historical contingencies of the imperial project.Trade Review"Elegantly pairing key themes and authors in each section, Chidester's lucid and powerful book will be of central importance to specialists in African religions and history and the larger genealogy of religion as a modern category." (Hugh B. Urban, Ohio State University)"
£88.35
The University of Chicago Press Empire of Religion
Book SynopsisHow is knowledge about religion and religions produced, and how is that knowledge authenticated and circulated? The author aims to answer these questions. He shows that race, rather than theology, was formative in the emerging study of religion in Europe and North America.Trade Review"Elegantly pairing key themes and authors in each section, Chidester's lucid and powerful book will be of central importance to specialists in African religions and history and the larger genealogy of religion as a modern category." (Hugh B. Urban, Ohio State University)"
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars Critical
Book SynopsisAssembles a collection of essays that both illustrates and reveals the benefits of his methodology, making a case for a critical religious studies that starts with skepticism but is neither cynical nor crude. This book tackles many questions central to religious study.Trade Review"Bruce Lincoln is a rara avis. His combination of precise technical analysis of ancient religious texts, allied to a grand, comparative vision of religion in society, past and present, informs a reflection, at once anxious and radical, anchored in the predicament of our own times. This combination produces a humanistic approach, devoid of grandiloquence, and this strikingly original book will be of great importance to all students of ancient religions and to historians of religion in general." -Guy Stroumsa, University of Oxford"
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Modern American Religion Volume 3 Under God
Book SynopsisThis third volume chronicling faith in 20th-century America, presents an account of American religious culture from the entry of the United States into World War II through the Eisenhower years. It addresses the role of religion in shaping the social and political life of mid-century America.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Mecca and Eden Ritual Relics and Territory in
Book SynopsisNineteenth-century philologist and Biblical critic William Robertson Smith famously concluded that the sacred status of holy places derives not from their intrinsic nature, but from their social character. Building upon this insight, this work uses Islamic legal texts to analyze the rituals and objects associated with the sanctuary at Mecca.Trade Review"Mecca and Eden is absorbing from the first paragraph of the introduction to the final footnote in the concluding chapter. It is a completely original work of scholarship and an exceptionally good comparative study." - Richard D. Hecht, University of California, Santa Barbara"
£30.00
Columbia University Press Kinship and Killing
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Hebrew Bible 2. Judaism 3. Christianity 4. Islam 5. Buddhism 6. Change and the Effective-Defensive Strategy 7. Seeing as a Whole: The Animal Perspective 8. The Problem of Oneness 9. Animal Rights: The Next Step in Human Moral Evolution Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
£25.20
Columbia University Press Mind in the Balance
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWallace is a master, guiding our inquiry into consciousness in exciting new directions. Shift Thought-provoking and at times insightful, this volume raises many interesting philosophical issues and presents many useful references. Choice Anyone interested in understanding more about the mind and consciousness would enjoy reading this book. -- Marcia Howton Inquiring MindTable of ContentsPreface Part I: Meditation: Where It Started and How It Got Here 1. Who Am I? 2. The Origins of Contemplation 3. The Scientific Externalization of Meditation 4. Scientific Studies of Meditation Part II: Meditation in Theory and Practice 5. Practice: Attending to the Breath of Life 6. Theory: Coming to Our Senses 7. Practice: The Union of Stillness and Motion 8. Theory: Knowing and Healing the Mind 9. Practice: Behold the Light of Consciousness 10. Theory: Exploring the Nature of Consciousness 11. Practice: Probing the Nature of the Observer 12. Theory: The Ground State of Consciousness 13. Practice: Oscillating Awareness 14. Theory: Consciousness Without Beginning or End 15. Practice: Resting in the Stillness of Awareness 16. Theory: Worlds of Skepticism 17. Practice: The Emptiness of Mind 18. Theory: The Participatory Worlds of Buddhism 19. Practice: The Emptiness of Matter 20. Theory: The Participatory Worlds of Philosophy and Science 21. Practice: Resting in Timeless Consciousness 22. Theory: The Luminous Space of Pristine Awareness 23. Practice: Meditation in Action 24. The Universe as a Whole 25. What Shall We Become? Notes Bibliography Index
£19.00
Columbia University Press The Implied Spider
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn entertaining and highly accessible look at how myths reveal what is common to all humanity. Parabola A racy, enjoyable book... Wendy Doniger brings to her study a wealth of story and folklore from many different traditions, exploring creatively the enduring role of myth through time and across cultures. Theological Book Review A timely meditation on what comparative studies might mean... a cross-cultural comparison of different stories from different areas of the world, different tribes, different languages. London Review of Books A book that is particularly worthy of the attention of readers in religious studies beyond the history of religions. Since it is Wendy Doniger's most methodological book, The Implied Spider is important, not for its analysis of myths, but for the arguments that it makes in support of the comparative study of myths. Religious Studies Review By analyzing the political, theological, and psychological structures of the sacred stories of various cultures through time, from the Hebrew Bible to Star Trek, Doniger shows how myths create a shared interdisciplinary narrative of all human creatures... Ranging widely, she offers a detailed, scholarly account. Library Journal Sparkling with erudite and often entertaining intertextual references, The Implied Spider is an impressive web delicately constructed of deft analysis together with a sustained argument about the myth's ability to convey and conjure the theological and the political. With its challenges to literary theorists, historians, and ethnographers, it takes various bulls by their respective horns. It will doubtless delight and surely provoke readers, whatever their ilk. Church HistoryTable of ContentsPreface to the Updated Edition: Context and History Acknowledgments Introduction: Myth and Metaphor 1. Microscopes and Telescopes 2. Dark Cats, Barking Dogs, Chariots, and Knives 3. Implied Spiders and the Politics of Individualism 4. Micromyths, Macromyths, and Multivocality 5. Mother Goose and the Voices of Women 6. Textual Pluralism and Academic Pluralism Notes Bibliography Index
£83.60
Columbia University Press Rewiring the Real In Conversation with William
Book SynopsisDigital and electronic technologies that act as extensions of our bodies and minds are changing how we live, think, act, and write. Some welcome these developments as bringing humans closer to unified consciousness and eternal life. Others worry that invasive globalized technologies threaten to destroy the self and the world. Whether feared or desired, these innovations provoke emotions that have long fueled the religious imagination, suggesting the presence of a latent spirituality in an era mistakenly deemed secular and posthuman. William Gaddis, Richard Powers, Mark Danielewski, and Don DeLillo are American authors who explore this phenomenon thoroughly in their work. Engaging the works of each in conversation, Mark C. Taylor discusses their sophisticated representations of new media, communications, information, and virtual technologies and their transformative effects on the self and society. He focuses on Gaddis's The Recognitions, Powers's Plowing the Dark, Danielewski's House Trade ReviewThis book exemplifies what an entire area within religious studies-'religion and literature'-should be yet has never quite become: a genuinely interdisciplinary, existentially attuned, and constructively ambitious enterprise engaged with our most timely social and cultural questions. -- Thomas Carlson, University of California, Santa Barbara Provocative, engaging, significant... -- N. Katherine Hayles Los Angeles Review of Books Rewiring the Real is a collection of wide-ranging and incisive conversations about contemporary fiction and useful... primer to Taylor's thought... Taylor is a gifted explainer with a remarkably direct and personable style... College LiteratureTable of ContentsList of Illustrations neXus 1. Counterfeiting Counterfeit Religion: William Gaddis, The Recognitions 2. Mosaics: Richard Powers, Plowing the Dark 3. Figuring Nothing: Mark Danielewski, House of Leaves 4. "Holy Shit!": Don DeLillo, Underworld 5. Concluding Unscientific Postscript: Two Styles of the Philosophy of Religion Acknowledgments Notes Index
£70.00
Columbia University Press Religion and Film
Book SynopsisReligion and Film introduces readers to both religious studies and film studies by focusing on the formal similarities between cinema and religious practices and on the ways they each re-create the world. S. Brent Plate shows that by paying attention to the ways films are constructed, we can shed new light on myths and rituals and vice versa.Trade ReviewContributes crucially to film theory as much as religious studies, marking a pivotal moment in the humanities in which religiosity, mythology, media, and narratology are once again being revisited in the continued critique of the Enlightenment, Western society, and secular humanism. * Reading Religion *This new standalone version is erudite yet accessible, with a truly inclusive and knowledgeable appreciation of both cinema and religion. -- Joel Mayward * Journal of Film and Religion *[This] volume is a stimulating contribution to the field of film and religion that will be read with profit by scholars in the field, graduate students and others with an interest in this conversation. -- Stefanie Knauss * Journal of Religion, Film, and Media *Plate gives us the best introduction into the exploration of religion and film by brilliantly interweaving the worldmaking of religious myths and rituals, sacred times, and spaces, with the worldmaking of cinema. Insightful and illuminating, Religion and Film helps us to understand the stagings, structures, and embodiments of film in the light of religion and to rethink the dynamics of religion in the light of film. -- David Chidester, author of Authentic Fakes: Religion and American Popular CultureA truly compelling comparative study. The analogues between filmic and religious worldmaking are richly illuminating, bringing the reader to fresh insights about the structure and dynamics of both mediums. Setting aside the customary approach of simply analyzing religious themes in movies, this volume compares mythic and ritual ways of constructing a world with cinematic processes such as framing, focus, editorial selection, lighting, camera angle, voice, use of time and space, and iconicity—doing so with lucidity, ingenuity, and masterful use of a repertoire of interpretive frameworks. -- William Paden, University of VermontSpiritual questions are still anathema to most film theorists. On the other hand, many religious scholars who dabble in cinema have treated it illustratively and shown a blunt insensitivity to the specifics of film form. This book is exemplary in the cogent and creative way it builds a bridge between these two alienated intellectual worlds. Plate’s unfailingly perceptive mise-en-scène analysis discovers the visual mythologizing at work in an eclectic filmography ranging from George Lucas to Dziga Vertov and Stan Brakhage. At the same time, he remains critically aware of politics and ideology, attempting a more inclusive definition of religion that goes beyond the dogmatic and the doctrinal. A wonderfully syncretic study that offers an amazing bricolage of ideas. -- Peter Matthews, University of the Arts LondonTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Worldmaking On-Screen and at the AltarPart I. Before the Show: Pulling the Curtain on the Wizard1. Audio-Visual Mythologizing2. Ritualizing Film in Space and Time3. Sacred and Cinematic Spaces: Cities and PilgrimagesPart II. During the Show: Attractions and Distractions4. Religious Cinematics: Body, Screen, and Death5. The Face, the Close-Up, and EthicsPart III. After the Show: Re-Created Realities6. The Footprints of Film: Cinematic After-Images in Sacred Time and SpaceNotesReferencesFilmographyIndex
£22.50
Columbia University Press Jews and the American Religious Landscape
Book SynopsisJews and the American Religious Landscape explores major complementary facets of American Judaism and Jewish life through a comprehensive analysis of contemporary demographic and sociological data. The volume adds empirical value to questions concerning the strengths of Jews as a religious and cultural group in America.Trade ReviewRebhun has produced a pioneering study that provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the sociopolitical and religious patterns of America's Jews and is a major contribution to our understanding of the place of Jews in America's religious landscape. -- Chaim I. Waxman, Rutgers University and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, author of American Aliya: Portrait of an Innovative Migration Movement Jews and the American Religious Landscape is an ambitious study of American Judaism in relation to the other religious traditions currently developing within the United States. It identifies American Judaism in terms of social class composition, demographic dynamics, educational attainment, religious versus ethnic adherence, native-born versus immigrant composition, religious practices, and voter choice in U.S. presidential elections. Rebhun's effort is masterful, and readers will both enjoy the work and be enlightened by its unique ability to combine structural analysis with cultural analysis. This book will be regarded as a landmark study of religion and politics in the United States. -- Thomas A. Hirschl, Cornell University, coauthor or Chasing the American Dream: Understanding What Shapes Our Fortunes Uzi Rebhun's elegant comparative study of Jews and the American Religious Landscape deftly situates American Jews in multiple, overlapping contexts that yield fascinating results. Whether he is examining demography, religiosity, politics, or education, Rebhun's multivariate analysis disrupts accepted wisdom and points to the enormous value of comparison when trying to understand American Jews. -- Deborah Dash Moore, author of Urban Origins of American Jews Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Religion in America 1. Population Size and Dynamics 2. Spatial and Socioeconomic Stratification 3. Interfaith Marriage 4. Religious Identification 5. Political Orientation Epilogue: Jews and the American Religious Landscape Appendix A1. Religious Identificational Variables Used in Analysis Appendix A2. Loading of Questions on Religious Identification Factors: Principle Component Varimax Rotation Notes References Index
£46.75
Columbia University Press Power Piety and People
Book SynopsisMichael Dumper explores the causes and consequences of contemporary conflicts in holy cities. He offers five case studies of important disputes, beginning with Jerusalem, often seen as the paradigmatic example of a holy city in conflict, and discussing Córdoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town in Malaysia.Trade ReviewHighly original and fascinating empirical research, combined with theoretical depth, positions this book on high ground. Dumper adroitly and expertly examines the nexus between religion and urbanity in five holy cities in Israel/Palestine, Spain, India, China, and Malaysia. The book foregrounds the intersection of structural determinants and street-level phenomena as key to understanding whether dominance or tolerance takes hold in urban space. -- Scott Bollens, University of California, IrvinePower, Piety and People brings together both political insights into the key dynamics that comprise religious conflicts in cities and detailed studies of relevant cases across two continents. Dumper examines the patterns of urban conflict that flow from the way key religious sites are used and how they are managed, financed, and protected. The result is a fascinating and informative analysis of the complexity and the intractability of religious conflicts which will inform those concerned with the growing challenges of an increasingly urbanized world. -- Lynn Meskell, author of A Future in Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of PeacePower, Piety, and People is a tour de force. Dumper explores the politics of contemporary “holy cities” through rich and thoughtful case studies of Jerusalem, the Mezquita of Cordoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town. His analysis highlights the complex ways belief, institutions, politics, and economies can interact to support exclusionary claims of communal priority or encourage more pluralist and integrative urban societies. -- Rex Brynen, McGill UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Jerusalem: Template of a Holy City in Conflict?2. The Politics of Regionalism: Cordoba’s Mezquita on the Frontline3. Hindu–Muslim Rivalries in Banaras: History and Myth as the Present4. A Very Secular Occupation: Buddhist Lhasa and Communism5. Branding Religious Coexistence: Malaysia’s George Town as a Model City of Harmony?6. Religious Conflicts in CitiesGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex
£105.30
Columbia University Press Power Piety and People
Book SynopsisMichael Dumper explores the causes and consequences of contemporary conflicts in holy cities. He offers five case studies of important disputes, beginning with Jerusalem, often seen as the paradigmatic example of a holy city in conflict, and discussing Córdoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town in Malaysia.Trade ReviewHighly original and fascinating empirical research, combined with theoretical depth, positions this book on high ground. Dumper adroitly and expertly examines the nexus between religion and urbanity in five holy cities in Israel/Palestine, Spain, India, China, and Malaysia. The book foregrounds the intersection of structural determinants and street-level phenomena as key to understanding whether dominance or tolerance takes hold in urban space. -- Scott Bollens, University of California, IrvinePower, Piety and People brings together both political insights into the key dynamics that comprise religious conflicts in cities and detailed studies of relevant cases across two continents. Dumper examines the patterns of urban conflict that flow from the way key religious sites are used and how they are managed, financed, and protected. The result is a fascinating and informative analysis of the complexity and the intractability of religious conflicts which will inform those concerned with the growing challenges of an increasingly urbanized world. -- Lynn Meskell, author of A Future in Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of PeacePower, Piety, and People is a tour de force. Dumper explores the politics of contemporary “holy cities” through rich and thoughtful case studies of Jerusalem, the Mezquita of Cordoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town. His analysis highlights the complex ways belief, institutions, politics, and economies can interact to support exclusionary claims of communal priority or encourage more pluralist and integrative urban societies. -- Rex Brynen, McGill UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Jerusalem: Template of a Holy City in Conflict?2. The Politics of Regionalism: Cordoba’s Mezquita on the Frontline3. Hindu–Muslim Rivalries in Banaras: History and Myth as the Present4. A Very Secular Occupation: Buddhist Lhasa and Communism5. Branding Religious Coexistence: Malaysia’s George Town as a Model City of Harmony?6. Religious Conflicts in CitiesGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex
£28.50
University of Illinois Press The Only True God
Book SynopsisA provocative reexamination of the shared monotheistic views of Jews and Christians in New Testament timesTrade Review“Sheds new light on the date and reasons for the division between Jewish and Christian monotheism. . . . Recommended.”--Choice"An important corrective to the view that tends to interpret New Testament Christology in terms of Nicaea and later developments, thereby missing the Jewish intertextual and hermeneutical keys to interpreting many New Testament texts."--Review of Biblical Literature"Provocative and valuable."--Journal of Ecumenical Studies"A provocative challenge to the 'Early High Christology Club.'"--Journal for the Study of the New Testament"This work puts forward a compelling thesis, questioning the default assumption that what separated first-century Jews and Christians was the Christian elevation of Jesus of Nazareth to divine status as equal with YHWH. McGrath shows decisively that this was not so, arguing with clarity and force and engaging the relevant bodies of primary and secondary literature with precision. A significant and useful book."--Paul J. Griffiths, author of Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity"If anyone thinks that the concept and definition of 'monotheism' are clear-cut, they need to read this book. Similarly, if you think that the issue of 'early Christian monotheism' or the question of Jesus's status within or in relation to 'early Christian monotheism' (as maintained by the writers of the New Testament) can be neatly resolved in straightforward terms, then McGrath will enable you to make a more informed judgment, and hopefully to reach a more mature view."--James D. G. Dunn, author of Christology in the Making: A New Testament Inquiry Into the Origins of the Doctrine of the IncarnationTable of ContentsPreface vii 1. Monotheism and Method: An Introduction to the Study of Early Jewish and Christian Thought about God 1 2. Worship and the Question of Jewish Monotheism in the Greco-Roman Era 23 3. Monotheism and the Letters Attributed to Paul 38 4. Monotheism and the Gospel of John 55 5. Monotheism and Worship in the Book of Revelation 71 6. Two Powers Heresy: Rethinking (and Redating) the Parting of Ways between Jewish and Christian Monotheism 81 Conclusion 97 Notes 105 Bibliography 131 Index of Modern Authors 149 Index of Subjects 152 Index of Ancient Sources 154
£77.35
University of Illinois Press Ritual Soundings Women Performers and World
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Ritual Soundings incorporates a remarkable range of diverse case studies that demonstrate Weiss's thorough scholarship and great knowledge surrounding women's performance practices within localized forms of major world religions." --Journal of Folklore Research Reviews"This study is a treasure trove of marriage-rituals that women perform within the context of the world religion they are affiliated to. It is a pleasure to savour the presentation of their variety." --Religion and Gender"As I read along, I found myself smiling and nodding at the text's cleverness and its validating evidence for women's agency in the performance of scandalous 'soundings' of protest and dissent. This is a fascinating, well-written, and extraordinarily well-research book."--Ellen Koskoff, author of A Feminist Ethnomusicology: Writings on Music and Gender"A fine book that synthesizes and analyzes a fascinating variety of case studies. She argues that comparative studies are ethically important because they enable us to see connections--how people in different contexts respond to situations in some interestingly similar ways--rather than focus on what divides us."--Lisa I. Knight, author of Contradictory Lives: Baul Women in India and Bangladesh
£77.35
University of Illinois Press Latterday Saint Perspectives on Atonement
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This is a landmark work that fills a desperate need for more serious attention to philosophy and theology in the Mormon tradition.”--Matthew Bowman, author of Christian: The Politics of a Word in AmericaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Atonement in Latter-day Saint Scripture and Thought Part I. Scriptural and Historical Foundations Chapter 1. Atonement in the Old Testament: Implications for Latter-day Saints T. Benjamin Spackman Chapter 2. Latter-day Saints and the Atonement in the New Testament Eric D. Huntsman Chapter 3. “He Shall Find Satisfaction Through His Knowledge”: Atonement in Early Christianity and the Middle Ages Ariel Bybee Laughton Chapter 4. “Atonement” in the Book of Mormon Nicholas J. Frederick Chapter 5. Saving the House of Israel: Collective Atonement in the Book of Mormon Sharon J. Harris Chapter 6. “This Perfect Atonement”: Agency, Law, Theosis, and Atonement Theology J. B. Haws Chapter 7. “I have, to be sure, been called to drink deep of the bitter cup”: Nineteenth-Century Latter-day Saint Women and Atonement Jennifer Reeder Part II. Theological Explorations Chapter 8. “Notes on Life, Grace, and Atonement” Adam S. Miller Chapter 9. Atonement and Retributive Justice Fiona Givens Chapter 10. Relational Atonement: Groundwork Benjamin Keogh Chapter 11. One Prophet’s Vision of a Non-Violent Atonement: The Book of Mormon as Theological Resource Joseph M. Spencer Chapter 12. Enveloping Grace Deidre Nicole Green Bibliography Contributors Index
£87.55
University of Illinois Press The Only True God
Book SynopsisA provocative reexamination of the shared monotheistic views of Jews and Christians in New Testament timesTrade Review“Sheds new light on the date and reasons for the division between Jewish and Christian monotheism. . . . Recommended.”--Choice"An important corrective to the view that tends to interpret New Testament Christology in terms of Nicaea and later developments, thereby missing the Jewish intertextual and hermeneutical keys to interpreting many New Testament texts."--Review of Biblical Literature"Provocative and valuable."--Journal of Ecumenical Studies"A provocative challenge to the 'Early High Christology Club.'"--Journal for the Study of the New Testament"This work puts forward a compelling thesis, questioning the default assumption that what separated first-century Jews and Christians was the Christian elevation of Jesus of Nazareth to divine status as equal with YHWH. McGrath shows decisively that this was not so, arguing with clarity and force and engaging the relevant bodies of primary and secondary literature with precision. A significant and useful book."--Paul J. Griffiths, author of Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity"If anyone thinks that the concept and definition of 'monotheism' are clear-cut, they need to read this book. Similarly, if you think that the issue of 'early Christian monotheism' or the question of Jesus's status within or in relation to 'early Christian monotheism' (as maintained by the writers of the New Testament) can be neatly resolved in straightforward terms, then McGrath will enable you to make a more informed judgment, and hopefully to reach a more mature view."--James D. G. Dunn, author of Christology in the Making: A New Testament Inquiry Into the Origins of the Doctrine of the IncarnationTable of ContentsPreface vii 1. Monotheism and Method: An Introduction to the Study of Early Jewish and Christian Thought about God 1 2. Worship and the Question of Jewish Monotheism in the Greco-Roman Era 23 3. Monotheism and the Letters Attributed to Paul 38 4. Monotheism and the Gospel of John 55 5. Monotheism and Worship in the Book of Revelation 71 6. Two Powers Heresy: Rethinking (and Redating) the Parting of Ways between Jewish and Christian Monotheism 81 Conclusion 97 Notes 105 Bibliography 131 Index of Modern Authors 149 Index of Subjects 152 Index of Ancient Sources 154
£21.59
University of Illinois Press Latterday Saint Perspectives on Atonement
Book SynopsisNew approaches to a central area of Latter-day Saint belief The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Christians have always shared a fundamental belief in the connection between personal salvation and the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. While having faith in and experiencing the atonement of Christ remains a core tenet for Latter-day Saints, some thinkers have in recent decades reconsidered traditional understandings of atonement. Deidre Nicole Green and Eric D. Huntsman edit a collection that brings together multiple and diverse approaches to thinking about Latter-day Saint views on this foundational area of theology. The essayists draw on and go beyond a wide range of perspectives, classical atonement theories, and contemporary reformulations of atonement theory. The first section focuses on scriptural and historical foundations while the second concentrates on theological explorations. Together, the contributors evaluate what isTrade Review“This is a landmark work that fills a desperate need for more serious attention to philosophy and theology in the Mormon tradition.”--Matthew Bowman, author of Christian: The Politics of a Word in AmericaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Atonement in Latter-day Saint Scripture and Thought Part I. Scriptural and Historical Foundations Chapter 1. Atonement in the Old Testament: Implications for Latter-day Saints T. Benjamin Spackman Chapter 2. Latter-day Saints and the Atonement in the New Testament Eric D. Huntsman Chapter 3. “He Shall Find Satisfaction Through His Knowledge”: Atonement in Early Christianity and the Middle Ages Ariel Bybee Laughton Chapter 4. “Atonement” in the Book of Mormon Nicholas J. Frederick Chapter 5. Saving the House of Israel: Collective Atonement in the Book of Mormon Sharon J. Harris Chapter 6. “This Perfect Atonement”: Agency, Law, Theosis, and Atonement Theology J. B. Haws Chapter 7. “I have, to be sure, been called to drink deep of the bitter cup”: Nineteenth-Century Latter-day Saint Women and Atonement Jennifer Reeder Part II. Theological Explorations Chapter 8. “Notes on Life, Grace, and Atonement” Adam S. Miller Chapter 9. Atonement and Retributive Justice Fiona Givens Chapter 10. Relational Atonement: Groundwork Benjamin Keogh Chapter 11. One Prophet’s Vision of a Non-Violent Atonement: The Book of Mormon as Theological Resource Joseph M. Spencer Chapter 12. Enveloping Grace Deidre Nicole Green Bibliography Contributors Index
£25.19
Indiana University Press HinduCatholic Encounters in Goa
Book SynopsisThe state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. This study traces the history of Hindu-Catholic syncretism in Goa.Trade Review[A]n important, persuasive, and enduring work for its primary audience, as well as engaging reading for Christians and Hindus interested in learning from a painful moment of cultural encounter. * Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies *This is a passionate and honest book in its approach and contents. And it is worth reading for that very reason. Henn's account is at its best in the detailed anthropological and ethnographic descriptions of his chosen—and obviously much cherished—field: Goan village culture. * Journal of Jesuit Studies *[A] number of fine monographs have added further depth and nuance to questions of syncretism and hybridity . . . Alexander Henn's 'Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa' stands in this scholarly trajectory, and contributes significantly to it. March 2016 * Journal of Hindu Studies *Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa is a rich work in which the author shows the processes of religious interaction and development. The writing is clear and concise and would be great required reading for upper division undergraduate courses on religion that could easily range from courses on South Asia, Christianity, Hinduism, Religion and modernity, and a whole host of others. * newbooks.asia *[T]his is a refreshing and inspiring book, necessary to this ongoing debate on the Goan religious experience, and it should be read as a challenge and a complement to other recent literature that has the religious history of Goa as an object of analysis. * Studies in History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on TransliterationIntroduction1. Vasco Da Gama's Error: Conquest and Plurality 2. Image Wars: Iconoclasm, Idolatry, and Survival3. Christian Puranas: Hermeneutic, Similarity, and Violence4. Ganv: Place, Genealogy, and Bodies 5. Demotic Ritual: Religion and Memory 6. Crossroads of Religions: Shrines and Urban Mobility Conclusion. Religion and religions: Syncretism ReconsideredNotesReferences Index
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Indiana University Press HinduCatholic Encounters in Goa
Book SynopsisThe state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. This study traces the history of Hindu-Catholic syncretism in Goa.Trade Review[A]n important, persuasive, and enduring work for its primary audience, as well as engaging reading for Christians and Hindus interested in learning from a painful moment of cultural encounter. * Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies *This is a passionate and honest book in its approach and contents. And it is worth reading for that very reason. Henn's account is at its best in the detailed anthropological and ethnographic descriptions of his chosen—and obviously much cherished—field: Goan village culture. * Journal of Jesuit Studies *[A] number of fine monographs have added further depth and nuance to questions of syncretism and hybridity . . . Alexander Henn's 'Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa' stands in this scholarly trajectory, and contributes significantly to it. March 2016 * Journal of Hindu Studies *Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa is a rich work in which the author shows the processes of religious interaction and development. The writing is clear and concise and would be great required reading for upper division undergraduate courses on religion that could easily range from courses on South Asia, Christianity, Hinduism, Religion and modernity, and a whole host of others. * newbooks.asia *[T]his is a refreshing and inspiring book, necessary to this ongoing debate on the Goan religious experience, and it should be read as a challenge and a complement to other recent literature that has the religious history of Goa as an object of analysis. * Studies in History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on TransliterationIntroduction1. Vasco Da Gama's Error: Conquest and Plurality 2. Image Wars: Iconoclasm, Idolatry, and Survival3. Christian Puranas: Hermeneutic, Similarity, and Violence4. Ganv: Place, Genealogy, and Bodies 5. Demotic Ritual: Religion and Memory 6. Crossroads of Religions: Shrines and Urban Mobility Conclusion. Religion and religions: Syncretism ReconsideredNotesReferences Index
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Indiana University Press The Spirits of Crossbones Graveyard
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis monograph would be best for people grounded in anthropology, religion, and English history, but offers many insights to nonexperts. It would be a good addition to any university library. * Religion and Gender *Hausner's is an affectionate and sympathetic portrayal of the Crossbones ritualists, and it is excellent to see this tradition receiving scholarly attention * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsIntroduction Set And Setting1. The Myth of the Winchester Goose2. Medieval Bankside3. Shamanism and the Ritual Oscillation of Time4. The Virgin Queen and the English Nation5. Southwark, Then and NowConclusion Making the PresentEpilogue Crossbones Garden
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Indiana University Press Osun across the Waters
Book SynopsisA collection of essays exploring the many dimensions of the Yoruba deity Osun in Africa and the Americas. It presents an example of the resilience and renewed importance of traditional Yoruba images in negotiating spiritual experience, social identity, and political power in contemporary African and the African diaspora.Table of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents:IllustrationsPrefaceOrthography1 Introduction:Joseph M. Murphy and Mei-Mei Sanford2 Hidden Power: Osun the Seventeenth OduRowland Abiodun3 A River of Many Turns: the Polysemy of Ochún in Afro-Cuban TraditionIsabel Castellanos4 Orisa Osun: Yoruba Sacred Kingship and Civil Religion in Osogbo, NigeriaJacob Olupona5 Nesta Cidade Todo Mundo E D'Oxum, In This City Everyone is Oxum'sIeda M. R. dos Santos6 Mãe MenininhaManuel Vega 7 Yéyé Cachita: Ochún in a Cuban MirrorJoseph M. Murphy8 Oshun Brass: An Insight into Yoruba Religious SymbologyC.O. Adepegba9 Overflowing with Beauty: Ochún Altars in Lucumi AestheticsYsamur Flores-Peña10 Authority and Discourse in the Orin Odún OsunDiedre Badejo11 The Bag of Wisdom: Osun and the Origins of Ifa Divination'Wande Abimbola12 Ochún in the Bronx George Brandon13 What Part of the River You're In: African American Women in Devotion to ÒsunRachel Elizabeth Harding14 Eerindinlogun: the Seeing Eyes of Sacred Shells and StonesDavid Ogungbile15 Mama Oxum: Reflections of Gender and Sexuality in Brazilian UmbandaLindsay Hale16 An Oxum Shelters Children in São PauloTânia Cypriano17 Living Water: Osun, Mami Wata, and Olokun in the Lives of Four Contemporary Nigerian Christian WomenMei-Mei Sanford18 Orchestration of the Waters and the Breeze: the Emblems of Oshun in Atlantic PerspectiveRobert Farris Thompson ContributorsIndex
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Indiana University Press Religion and Personal Law in Secular India A
Book SynopsisA multidisciplinary exploration of the major challenges for religion and law in India today.Table of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents: PrefaceIntroduction: The Secular State in a Religious Society Gerald James LarsonPart 1. The Secular State and Legal Pluralism: The Current Debate and Its Historical Antecedents1. Religion, Personal Law and Identity Granville Austin2. Religious Minorities and the Law Ruma Pal3. Living with Difference in India: Legal Pluralism and Legal Universalism in Historical Context Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. RudolphPart 2. Religious Endowments, Reservations Law, and Criminal Law4. Religious and Charitable Endowments and a Uniform Civil Code John H. Mansfield5. Personal Law and Reservations: Volition and Religion in Contemporary India Laura Dudley Jenkins6. The Uniform Civil Code Debate: Lessons from the Criminal Procedures Arvind VermaPart 3. Personal Law and Issues of Gender7. Gender Implications for a Uniform Civil Code Robert D. Baird8. The Personal and the Political: Indian Women and Inheritance Law Srimati Basu9. Colonialism, Nationalism, and Gendered Legal Subjectivities: Observations on the Historical Destruction of Separate Legal Regimes Kunal M. Parker10. Who Was Roop Kanwar? Sati, Law, Religion, and Post-Colonial Feminism in Contemporary India Paul Courtright and Namita Goswami11. "Where Will She Go? What Will She Do?" Paternalism towards Women in the Administration of Muslim Family Law in Contemporary India Sylvia VatukPart 4. Cross-Cultural Perspectives12. Affirmative Action in the United States and the Reservation System in India: Some Comparative Perspectives Kevin Brown13. Personal Law Systems and Religious Conflict: A Comparison of India and Israel Marc Galanter and Jayanth Krishnan14. The Road to Xanadu: India's Quest for Secularism Rajeev DhavanSome Continuing Issues William D. PopkinBibliographical Note Gerald James LarsonContributorsIndex
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Indiana University Press Who Knows
Book SynopsisInvites reader to explore some beautiful and some horrible ideas related to religious and mystical thought. This book focuses on the doctrine of Hell and its justification, presenting arguments on both sides of the controversy.Table of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents:PrefaceI Wherefore the Why'sII Through Dark CloudsIII Cosmic ConsciousnessIndex
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Indiana University Press Sàngó in Africa and the African Diaspora
Book SynopsisSango - the Yoruba god of thunder and lightning - is a powerful, fearful deity who controls the forces of nature. This title explores Sango religious traditions in West Africa and beyond. It considers the spread of polytheistic religious traditions from West Africa, the mythic Sango, the historical Sango, and syncretic traditions of Sango worship.Trade Review[This] volume gives u a glimpse at how cultural identity is tied to religion in pervasive ways. Whether it be Nigeria, Cuba, Brazil, Trinidad, or the United States, belief in Orisha traditions deeply influences the contours of nationality, history, and place.43.1 2010 * Intnl Journal African Historical Studies *Because of the wide range of scholarship included in this volume it has great potential in many different venues, from undergraduate class- rooms and research projects to the work of graduate students to that of senior scholars. This book will be a welcome addition to both university libraries and the personal collection of anyone interested in either the Yoruba-based traditions highlighted or African-based traditions in general. * Nova Religio *For those who want to expand their knowledge of African religion, this is an important addition to a growing series of probing studies. Vol. 52, 2011 * The Journal of African History *The contributions demonstrate the breadth of variation and difference residing within this singular name, Sango, while elucidating the struggles and stakes faced by communities and individuals interacting and identifying with this deity.2010, Vol. 41 no. 1 * Research in African Literatures *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction / Joel E. Tishken, Tóyìn Fálolá, and Akíntúndé AkínyemíPart 1. Defining Sàngó in West Africa 2. The Place of Sàngó in the Yorùbá Pantheon / Akíntúndé Akínyemí 3. The Practice and Worship of Sàngó in Contemporary Yorùbáland / Arìnpé Gbekelólú Adéjùmo 4. Sàngó's Eerìndínlógún Divinatory System / George Olúsolá Ajíbádé 5. Yorùbá Thunder Deities and Sovereignty: Ará versus Sàngó / Marc SchiltzPart 2. Representations of Sàngó in Oral and Written Popular Cultures 6. Sàngó and the Elements: Gender and Cultural Discourses / Diedre L. Bádéjo 7. Reconfiguration of Sàngó on the Screen / Dúrótoyè A. Adélékè 8. Art in the Service of Sàngó/ Stephen Folárànmí 9. The Ambivalent Representations of Sàngó in Yorùbá Literature / Akíntúndé AkínyemíPart 3. Sàngó in the African Diaspora 10. The Cultural Aesthetics of Sàngó Africanization / Kamari Maxine Clarke 11. Wither Sàngó? An Inquiry into Sàngó's "Authenticity" and Prominence in the Caribbean / Stephen D. Glazier 12. Xangô in Afro-Brazilian Religion: "Aristocracy" and "Syncretic" Interactions / Luis Nicolau Parés 13. The Literary Manifestation of Xangô in Brazil: Esmeralda Ribeiro's "A procura de uma borboleta preta" / Laura Edmunds 14. Drums of Sàngó: Bàtá Drum and the Symbolic Reestablishment of Oyo in Colonial Cuba, 1817-1867 / Henry B. LovejoyPart 4. The Voices of Sàngó Devotees 15. Sàngó beyond Male and Female / Olóyè Aìná Olomo 16. Searching for Thunder: A Conversation about Changó / Michael Atwood Mason and Ernesto PichardoList of ContributorsBibliographyIndex
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University of Notre Dame Press Friendship and Ways to Truth
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University of Notre Dame Press On What Cannot Be Said
Book SynopsisApophasis has become a major topic in the humanities, particularly in philosophy, religion, and literature. This monumental two-volume anthology gathers together most of the important historical works on apophaticism and illustrates the diverse trajectories of apophatic discourse in ancient, modern, and postmodern times. William Franke provides a major introductory essay on apophaticism at the beginning of each volume, and shorter introductions to each anthology selection. The second volume, Modern and Contemporary Transformations, contains texts by Hölderlin, Schelling, Kierkegaard, Dickinson, Rilke, Kafka, Rosenzweig, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Weil, Schoenberg, Adorno, Beckett, Celan, Levinas, Derrida, Marion, and more.Trade Review“One of the most important and original contributions to the discussion of apophasis in recent years. . . . Franke’s historical and disciplinary range, in light of his well-written and compelling essays, provides an illuminating insight into the pervasiveness of apophatic discourse. . . . Franke’s anthology is a resource which should not be ignored. Few others, maybe no others, provide the same clarity, coherence, and scope.” —Christianity and Literature“The genius of Franke’s two-volume critical anthology on apophatic discourses is the work’s breadth and depth of engagement with the concept in variously distinct and even conflicting contexts. . . . Franke manages his sweeping and inclusive exploration of apophatic discourses by identifying a thematic lens for selecting his sources as part of a larger, conceptually-rooted genre of discourse. . . . The greatest strength of Franke’s two-volume collection resides in the sheer fact that nothing like it exists.” —Essays in Philosophy“The second volume, stretching from Holderlin to Jean-Luc Marion, provides readings from sources as diverse as Schelling, Dickinson, Kafka, Wittgenstein, John Cage, and Maurice Blanchot. . . . Franke observes that these modern and contemporary apophatic currents, as ra dical as they truly are, are nevertheless thoroughly indebted to the 'ancient theological matrices' out of which they indirectly (or not so indirectly) spring. . . . I recommend these two volumes as essential reading for philosophers, theologians, literary scholars, intellectual historians, critical theorists—in short, anyone interested in an illuminating and vital perspective on just about any facet of Western arts and letters." —Religion and Literature
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University of Notre Dame Press On What Cannot Be Said
Book SynopsisApophasis has become a major topic in the humanities, particularly in philosophy, religion, and literature. This monumental two-volume anthology gathers together most of the important historical works on apophaticism and illustrates the diverse trajectories of apophatic discourse in ancient, modern, and postmodern times. William Franke provides a major introductory essay on apophaticism at the beginning of each volume, and shorter introductions to each anthology selection. The second volume, Modern and Contemporary Transformations, contains texts by Hölderlin, Schelling, Kierkegaard, Dickinson, Rilke, Kafka, Rosenzweig, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Weil, Schoenberg, Adorno, Beckett, Celan, Levinas, Derrida, Marion, and more.Trade Review“One of the most important and original contributions to the discussion of apophasis in recent years. . . . Franke’s historical and disciplinary range, in light of his well-written and compelling essays, provides an illuminating insight into the pervasiveness of apophatic discourse. . . . Franke’s anthology is a resource which should not be ignored. Few others, maybe no others, provide the same clarity, coherence, and scope.” —Christianity and Literature“The genius of Franke’s two-volume critical anthology on apophatic discourses is the work’s breadth and depth of engagement with the concept in variously distinct and even conflicting contexts. . . . Franke manages his sweeping and inclusive exploration of apophatic discourses by identifying a thematic lens for selecting his sources as part of a larger, conceptually-rooted genre of discourse. . . . The greatest strength of Franke’s two-volume collection resides in the sheer fact that nothing like it exists.” —Essays in Philosophy“The second volume, stretching from Holderlin to Jean-Luc Marion, provides readings from sources as diverse as Schelling, Dickinson, Kafka, Wittgenstein, John Cage, and Maurice Blanchot. . . . Franke observes that these modern and contemporary apophatic currents, as ra dical as they truly are, are nevertheless thoroughly indebted to the 'ancient theological matrices' out of which they indirectly (or not so indirectly) spring. . . . I recommend these two volumes as essential reading for philosophers, theologians, literary scholars, intellectual historians, critical theorists—in short, anyone interested in an illuminating and vital perspective on just about any facet of Western arts and letters." —Religion and Literature
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University of Notre Dame Press Incarnate Love
Book SynopsisIncarnate Love is a major contribution to both Orthodox ethics and to Christian self-understanding. Completely revised with a new preface and two additional chapters, this work aims to articulate a social ethic that can make sense of the Orthodox experience in the United States, as well as challenge the Orthodox tradition to formulate a new strategy for church and societal interaction.Trade Review“This is a fine and provocative work, one whose theological and historical insights become more telling with each re-reading. . .” —Westminster Theological Journal“[Guroian’s] book breaks new ground by confronting in a radical but constructive manner the teaching of Eastern Christianity with the ethical thought of the Western church.” —Theological Book Review“This is a good book . . . it deserves careful and attentive reading as a well-informed, competent, and well-articulated piece of theological writing.” —Greek Orthodox Theological Review“. . . here is a striking breakthrough into the field of ethics by a scholar of the Armenian Orthodox Church in America. In this collection of well-crafted, provocative essays, Guroian interacts creatively with such contemporary ethicists as R. J. Neuhaus, J. C. Murray, S. Hauerwas, J. H. Yoder, and S. Harakas.” —Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society“. . . insightful and provocative . . . these essays provide rich food for thought. This is a welcome volume—devoted to thinking about ethics within a theological context, but concerned with large social questions . . . one of the very few accessible works in Orthodox ethics.” —Religious Studies Review"[A] superb collection of essays.... Vigen Guroian's remarkable offering of Orthodox Christian perspectives in ethics has stood the test of time and this new edition hopefully will allow more readers to encounter the singular, liturgical and spiritual approach to ethics of the Eastern Church." —St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly“It is a great delight to encounter a fresh voice in the field of Christian ethics, especially when that voice speaks for a very rich strand within the Christian tradition and one which is seldom heard in contemporary discussion of ethical questions. . . . The dialogue among Christian ethicists is greatly enriched by the active participation of such a well-informed, perceptive, and challenging voice from the Orthodox tradition.” —Heythrop Journal
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University of Notre Dame Press Strangers Religion
Book SynopsisThis timely book brings together distinguished scholars who reflect on the fascination and fear that humans inevitably experience when confronted with diverse religious beliefs and practices. Contributors argue that fear of the stranger and his or her religion can only be overcome through education, and they suggest ways in which we can better understand one another and the world in which we live.The first part of the collection, entitled Talking with Strangers, explores avenues for finding common ground between religious strangers. In this set of essays Stephen Prothero examines the American reception of Hinduism, John de Gruchy analyzes the relationship between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in South Africa, and Bhikhu Parekh imagines a dialogue between Osama bin Laden and Mahatma Gandhi. The second set of essays addresses the theme of understanding difference, with a particular focus on methodological approaches within philosophy of religion. Wendy Doniger argues for an Trade Review"As discrete lectures aimed at a broad audience, [these essays] succeed in revealing various approaches to the comparative study of religion as well as tensions endemic to the field. Even readers already familiar with religious studies will find a number of the case histories and narratives, as well as the restatements of familiar problems, of some interest." —Journal of Church and State“. . . a very readable collection. . .” —Contact
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University of Notre Dame Press Strangers Religion
Book SynopsisThis timely book brings together distinguished scholars who reflect on the fascination and fear that humans inevitably experience when confronted with diverse religious beliefs and practices. Contributors argue that fear of the stranger and his or her religion can only be overcome through education, and they suggest ways in which we can better understand one another and the world in which we live.The first part of the collection, entitled Talking with Strangers, explores avenues for finding common ground between religious strangers. In this set of essays Stephen Prothero examines the American reception of Hinduism, John de Gruchy analyzes the relationship between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in South Africa, and Bhikhu Parekh imagines a dialogue between Osama bin Laden and Mahatma Gandhi. The second set of essays addresses the theme of understanding difference, with a particular focus on methodological approaches within philosophy of religion. Wendy Doniger argues for an Trade Review"As discrete lectures aimed at a broad audience, [these essays] succeed in revealing various approaches to the comparative study of religion as well as tensions endemic to the field. Even readers already familiar with religious studies will find a number of the case histories and narratives, as well as the restatements of familiar problems, of some interest." —Journal of Church and State“. . . a very readable collection. . .” —Contact
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University of Notre Dame Press Modest Claims
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University of Notre Dame Press Redefining FirstCentury Jewish and Christian
Book SynopsisFor nearly four decades, E. P. Sanders has been the foremost scholar in shaping and refocusing scholarly debates in three different but related disciplines in New Testament studies: Second Temple Judaism, Jesus and the Gospels, and Pauline studies. This collection of essays by an impressive array of colleagues and former students presents original scholarship that extendsor departs fromthe research of Sanders himself. Both apologists and dissenters find their place in this volume, as the authors actively debate Sanders's innovative positions on central issues in all three disciplines. The introductory group of essays includes a substantive intellectual autobiography by E. P. Sanders himself. The next three parts examine in turn the three areas in which Sanders made his important contributions. The essays in part 2 engage Sanders''s notion of common Judaism. Those in part 3 deal with issues that Sanders raised respecting the historical Jesus and the Gospels. And the essays in part 4 Trade Review“This volume is a fitting tribute to the single most influential scholar in the fields of New Testament and early Judaism of the last half century. . . . A real strength of this volume is that most of the essays not only directly engage the work of Ed Parish Sanders but confirm, refine, and even extend various aspects of his innovative and widely debated positions on central issues in the study of Jesus, Paul, and Second Temple Judaism.” —Daniel C. Harlow, Calvin College“No scholar of our generation has done more to advance the study of the New Testament than E. P. Sanders, whose work has revolutionized our understanding of early Judaism, the historical Jesus, and the apostle Paul. These are three enormously significant areas of research; most good scholars need an entire career to master, let alone influence, any one of them. The present collection of essays by leading researchers of early Judaism and early Christianity—including an insightful intellectual autobiography by the great man himself—is a fitting tribute to the career and thought of a giant in the field.” —Bart D. Ehrman, James A. Gray Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill“A celebratory testimonial to the far-ranging interests of the most influential intertestamental historian of our age, this stellar, seminal, stimulating compendium—one exciting essay on the heels of another—is a veritable ‘scholarly page-turner.’ Gloriously rich in content, provocatively diverse in perspective, and brilliant in categorization and sequence, this volume will be indispensable to all of E. P. Sanders' followers and reactors as well as to present and future newcomers to his distinctive contributions.” —Michael J. Cook, Sol & Arlene Bronstein Professor of Judeo-Christian Studies, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion“This volume is a tribute to Professor Ed Parish Sanders of Duke University, who is one of the foremost biblical scholars on the topic of the relationship of Judaism and early Christianity. A thread that binds together Sanders' work and is apparent in most of these essays is his fundamental contention that running through the midst of the cultural and theological diversity of first-century Judaism there was also a “common Judaism” expressed in some fundamental convictions and common practice.” —The Bible Today“The 21 essays originated as papers presented at an April 2003 conference at the University of Notre Dame, which focused on the principal themes of Sanders’ work: Judaism, Jesus and the Gospels, and Paul. Among the topics are the problem of self-definition, common Judaism in Greek and Latin authors, historiography for an age of destruction, the place of the Sadducees in first-century Judaism, Jesus in Jewish Galilee, Hellenism and the high priesthood in life-of-Jesus narratives, the incident at the temple as the occasion for Jesus’ death, the source of Paul’s problem in Judaism, Pauline soteriology, and grace and the transformation of agency in Christ.” —Research Book News“ . . . a gem of a volume and a fitting tribute to Sanders, the foremost scholar of Second Testament Studies. It contains informative and often controversial portraits of Jesus, first-century Judaism, and Pauline Christianity, as well as detailed information on Jesus’ missions in the Galilee region and his activities in Jerusalem.” —Journal of Ecumenical Studies“No contemporary New Testament scholar’s work is more important than the work of Sanders. No scholar of ancient Judaism or of early Christianity can afford to overlook this volume. Each of the contributors is a distinguished scholar in his or her own right and the contributions offer generally appreciative, but always stimulating, dialogue with Sanders’s seminal ideas. Every theological library should have a copy of this work.” —Religious Studies Review“Some of the papers from a 2003 conference in honour of E. P. Sanders form this fine Festschrift. It is organized around the three foci of Sanders’s achievement. . . . Professor Sanders might justifiably view with satisfaction the way his research has stimulated further theological reflection on scripture as well as hugely advancing the study of early Judaism, including Jesus and Paul.” —Journal of Theological Studies
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University of Notre Dame Press Constructing Civility
Book SynopsisIn Constructing Civility, Richard Park bridges Christian and Islamic political theologies on the basis of an Aristotelian ethics. He argues that modern secularism entails ideological commitments that can work against the promotion of public civility in pluralistic societies. A corrective outlook on public life and the public sphere is necessary, an outlook that aligns with and recovers the notion of the human good. Park develops a framework for a universally applicable public civility in multifaith and multicultural contexts by engaging the central concepts of the image of God (imago Dei) and human nature (fitra) in Roman Catholicism and Islam.The study begins with a critique of the social fragmentation and decline of public life found in modernity. Park''s central contention is that the construction of public civility within Christian and Islamic political theologies is more promising and sustainable if it is reframed in terms of the human good rather thTrade Review"Citing sympathetic Catholic and Muslim philosophers, legal scholars, and ethicists, Park devotes well-crafted chapters to elaborating his claim that to be human is to be intrinsically relational, rational, and purposive. These inherent attributes of human nature, he submits, shape the way we interpret experience, history, and culture, derive universally binding moral principles, and establish the criteria for adjudicating competing applications of them." — Reading Religion"In this highly original book, Richard S. Park succeeds in redirecting political ethics towards a conception of the ‘human good’ as a means for reconstructing public civility. Displaying an impressive command of the literature across many disciplines and religions, he offers a way forward for peacebuilders as they seek what he calls ‘dialogical friendships’ across the world today. This carefully argued study is one of the most creative contributions to interfaith dialogue in a very long time." —Mark D. Chapman, University of Oxford"Constructing Civility offers a timely and imaginative corrective to the fragmentation of modern societies caught in the tussle between relativistic multiculturalism and reactionary nativism. Drawing on an incredible array of ancient wisdom and modern scholarship across several disciplines, Park points us toward the 'human good' as a universal normative vision with particular resonance within Catholicism and Islam—two traditions that the author treats, as a Protestant, with equal seriousness and respect, thus modeling his message of civility." —Judd Birdsall, managing director, Cambridge Institute on Religion & International Studies"Richard Park advances a crucial and variant aspect of public civility, based on an articulation of the human good that transcends tradition and offers conceptual resources and motivations for intercommunal engagement, which is stultified by a modernist view of the state that admits of no universal conception of the human self. Park correctly argues that without such an articulation, peace building in conflict-torn regions of the world is next to impossible." —Abdulaziz Sachedina, IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies, George Mason UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Religious Diversity and Public Civility 2. Modernity’s Mayhem and the Need for Moral Political Theory 3. The Decline of Public Life 4. A Case for the Human Good 5. The Human Good and Catholic Social Thought 6. The Human Good within Islamic Political Ethics 7. Public Civility and Islamic Political Theology 8. The Prospects of Public Civility 9. The Human Good and the Scope of Public Civility Conclusion Bibliography
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University of Notre Dame Press Constructing Civility
Book SynopsisPark develops a framework for universally applicable public civility in multi-faith and multicultural contexts by combining concepts of Roman Catholicism and Islam.Trade Review"Citing sympathetic Catholic and Muslim philosophers, legal scholars, and ethicists, Park devotes well-crafted chapters to elaborating his claim that to be human is to be intrinsically relational, rational, and purposive. These inherent attributes of human nature, he submits, shape the way we interpret experience, history, and culture, derive universally binding moral principles, and establish the criteria for adjudicating competing applications of them." — Reading Religion"In this highly original book, Richard S. Park succeeds in redirecting political ethics towards a conception of the ‘human good’ as a means for reconstructing public civility. Displaying an impressive command of the literature across many disciplines and religions, he offers a way forward for peacebuilders as they seek what he calls ‘dialogical friendships’ across the world today. This carefully argued study is one of the most creative contributions to interfaith dialogue in a very long time." —Mark D. Chapman, University of Oxford"Constructing Civility offers a timely and imaginative corrective to the fragmentation of modern societies caught in the tussle between relativistic multiculturalism and reactionary nativism. Drawing on an incredible array of ancient wisdom and modern scholarship across several disciplines, Park points us toward the 'human good' as a universal normative vision with particular resonance within Catholicism and Islam—two traditions that the author treats, as a Protestant, with equal seriousness and respect, thus modeling his message of civility." —Judd Birdsall, managing director, Cambridge Institute on Religion & International Studies"Richard Park advances a crucial and variant aspect of public civility, based on an articulation of the human good that transcends tradition and offers conceptual resources and motivations for intercommunal engagement, which is stultified by a modernist view of the state that admits of no universal conception of the human self. Park correctly argues that without such an articulation, peace building in conflict-torn regions of the world is next to impossible." —Abdulaziz Sachedina, IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies, George Mason UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Religious Diversity and Public Civility 2. Modernity’s Mayhem and the Need for Moral Political Theory 3. The Decline of Public Life 4. A Case for the Human Good 5. The Human Good and Catholic Social Thought 6. The Human Good within Islamic Political Ethics 7. Public Civility and Islamic Political Theology 8. The Prospects of Public Civility 9. The Human Good and the Scope of Public Civility Conclusion Bibliography
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University of Notre Dame Press The Church in Pluralist Society Social and
Book SynopsisThe fundamental presumption of this collection of essays is that it is timely, indeed imperative, to keep alive the question of the church's self-understanding in its journey alongside ""the complex, often rebellious, always restless mind of the modern world.Trade Review"This is a well-structured anthology of essays that bear effectively on the challenges and limits of pluralism as well as the inevitable tensions of the church's engagement with such social settings. The Church in Pluralist Society is a useful resource for the ways in which Catholic intellectuals grapple with the challenge of living in the midst of the growing incomprehension of a secular world." —David Walsh, Catholic University of America"The topic of Social and Political Roles of Church in Today's Pluralist Society is of critical, current interest. The work includes an impressive range and reputation from its contributors, as well as a large variety of disciplines and ecclesial contexts. Casey and Ryan's collection could very well be used in a course on contemporary or global Catholicism." —M. Cathleen Kaveny, Boston CollegeTable of ContentsPreface 1. Church-World and Church-State: The Journey since Vatican II by J. Bryan Hehir 2. Against Pluralism by Terry Eagleton 3. Hegemonic Liberalism and the End of Pluralism by Patrick J. Deneen 4. The Church in a World of Options by Hans Joas 5. The Church’s Place in a Consumer Society: The Hegemony of Optionality by William T. Cavanaugh 6. The Established Church Dilemma by Massimo Faggioli 7. “On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine”: The Twenty-First Century by Fáinche Ryan 8. The Secular Is Not Scary by Patrick Riordan, SJ Epilogue by Cornelius J. Casey Contributors Index
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University of Notre Dame Press Value and Vulnerability
Book SynopsisValue and Vulnerability brings together scholars of many religionsincluding Catholicism, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Islam, and Humanismto identify and examine conceptions and interpretations of dignity within different religious and philosophical perspectives and their applications to contemporary issues of conflict, such as gendered, religious, and racial violence, immigration, ecology, and religious peacemaking. Value and Vulnerability also includes response chapters that clarify and refine these interpretations from interfaith perspectives. Through this volume, Matthew R. Petrusek and Jonathan Rothchild offer recommendations for advancing the conversation about dignity within and among traditions and for addressing urgent global issues and threats to dignity. Together, Petrusek, Rothchild, and the contributors create a comparative framework constituted by seven questions: What sources justify dignity's existence, nature, and purpoTrade Review“This is an ambitious book that engages the nature and scope of dignity as a normative claim, a topic of enduring interest to religious ethics at both the theoretical and practical level.” —Andrew Lustig, co-editor of Altering Nature"Though often referenced in connection with legal, theological, and human rights issues, human dignity remains a vague concept at best, varying according to its interpreters. In the present collection Petrusek and Rothchild seek to clarify different beliefs and issues related to the understanding of dignity. . . . Providing an excellent analysis, this collection will be a wonderful addition to the literature on ethics, philosophy of religion, and theology and contemporary social issues." —Choice"The collection is a wellspring of traditional, conceptual, practical, and innovative resources able to advance the effectiveness of dignity as the fundamental platform for vulnerably engaging in mutual recognition wherein we discover in the other what makes us capable of solidarity in the ongoing agenda of becoming more evidently human." —Theological Studies
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University of Notre Dame Press Balthasar in Light of Early Confucianism
Book SynopsisIn this original study, Joshua Brown seeks to demonstrate the fruitfulness of Chinese philosophy for Christian theology by using Confucianism to reread, reassess, and ultimately expand the Christology of the twentieth-century Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar. Taking up the critically important Confucian idea of xiao (filial piety), Brown argues that this concept can be used to engage anew Balthasar's treatment of the doctrine of Christ's filial obedience, thus leading us to new Christological insights. To this end, Brown first offers in-depth studies of the early Confucian idea of xiao and of Balthasar's Christology on their own terms and in their own contexts. He then proposes that Confucianism affirms certain aspects of Balthasar's insights into Christ's filial obedience. Brown also shows how the Confucian understanding of xiao provides reasons to criticize some of Balthasar's controversial claims, such as his account of intra-Trinitarian obedience. Trade Review“Balthasar in Light of Early Confucianism is unique in its comparison between Western Catholic Christology’s concept of Jesus’s Sonship, especially as developed by Balthasar, and the Confucian ideal of sonship. Academic theologians, specifically comparative or constructive theologians, and religious scholars will benefit from this project.” —Sunggu Yang, author of King’s Speech and Evangelical Pilgrims from the East“In this highly original book, Joshua Brown approaches the dialogue between traditional Chinese culture and Christianity in a fresh way, showing how the ancient Confucian institution of filial piety can cast a surprisingly helpful light on Hans Urs von Balthasar’s central notion of the Son’s obedience to the Father. Balthasar in Light of Early Confucianism not only deepens our understanding of Confucius and Balthasar, but gives us a whole new way to think about what the ‘inculturation of faith’ could mean.” —D.C. Schindler, author of Freedom from Reality"The book began as a doctoral dissertation but has become much more than that: a full-fledged, original treatise on intercultural and comparative theology. The main thesis is that the early Confucian concept of xiao or 'filial piety' has a unique potential to shed new light on the nature of Jesus Christ's obedience to God as Father." —Religious Studies Review"Recent years have seen a fortunate surge in contributions to Confucian-Christian comparison. Joshua Brown’s Balthasar in Light of Early Confucianism stands tall among them. Brown matches rigorous methodology with original insights. ...as accessible as it is scholarly." —Reading Religion
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University of Notre Dame Press Confucianism and Catholicism
Book SynopsisConfucianism and Catholicism, among the most influential religious traditions, share an intricate relationship. Beginning with the work of Matteo Ricci (15521610), the nature of this relationship has generated great debate. These ten essays synthesize in a single volume this historic conversation. Written by specialists in both traditions, the essays are organized into two groups. Those in the first group focus primarily on the historical and cultural contexts in which Confucianism and Catholicism encountered one another in the four major Confucian cultures of East Asia: China, Vietnam, Korea, and Japan. The essays in the second part offer comparative and constructive studies of specific figures, texts, and issues in the Confucian and Catholic traditions from both theological and philosophical perspectives. By bringing these historical and constructive perspectives together, Confucianism and Catholicism: Reinvigorating the Dialogue seeks not only to understand better tTrade Review“Confucianism and Catholicism is a fascinating book that explores the dialogue between Confucianism and Christianity and highlights how the two traditions have enriched each other in the past four hundred years, and how they can continue to promote further their intellectual, moral, and spiritual visions.” —Thierry Meynard, S.J., author of The Jesuit Reading of Confucius“This is a rich and stimulating collection of essays that is in many ways a model for multi-authored comparative work in religious and philosophical thought. Confucianism and Catholicism will appeal to all students of comparative religious thought and interreligious dialogue.” —Aaron Stalnaker, author of Religious Ethics in a Time of Globalism“Confucianism and Catholicism is a unique collection of essays that provides ample testimony to the complexities of cross-cultural comparisons of religions, but demonstrates that religions with significantly different cosmologies share many aspects of thought and practice that emerge from their common foundation in human experience.” —Harold D. Roth, coeditor of The Essential Huainanzi
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