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J.B. Metzler Die groen Religionsstifter Buddha Jesus Muhammad
Book SynopsisEinleitung. - Buddha und Mu?ammad im Westen. Kurzer Abriss einer langen Vorurteilsgeschichte.- Die Quellen.- Die Umwelt.- Empfängnis, Mutter, Geburt des Religionsstifters.- Kindheit, Jugend und frühe Jahre der Religionsstifter.- Die Wende im Leben der Religionsstifter.- Das öffentliche Auftreten.- Die Lehre der Religionsstifter.- Die Wunder der Religionsstifter.- Sterben und Tod der Religionsstifter.- Himmelsreise, Aufstieg in den Himmel, Himmelfahrt.- Das Bild der Religionsstifter im Glauben ihrer Gemeinde.- Literaturverzeichnis.- Personenregister.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Lessing und die Folgen
Book SynopsisDie Geschichte des modernen deutschen Dramas beginnt mit Lessing. Gleichwohl gilt er als Autor, der an einer Schwelle steht: Er bereitet den Klassikern den Weg, bleibt aber hinter ihnen zurück. Lessing ist der „Vorklassiker“ der deutschen Literatur, gerühmt und vereinnahmt als Kämpfer für die Nation und das Bürgertum, die Wahrheit und die Toleranz. Robert Vellusig kontrastiert die an Missverständnissen reiche Wirkungsgeschichte Lessings mit seinem facettenreichen Werk und porträtiert ihn als dichtenden Pfarrerssohn und Genie der Kritik, publizistisch versierten Intellektuellen und führenden Vertreter einer Aufklärung, die ihren Namen verdient.Trade Review“... Sehr anregend geschrieben und nicht nur für Germanisten interessant sondern für alle, die sich fragen, worin die bis heute bestehende Bedeutung von Lessings Dramen und Werk besteht. Dieses Buch gibt in aller Kürze (ohne zu verkürzen!) Antworten darauf.” (Frank Seeger, in: ekz-Informationsdienst, Heft 30, 2023)Table of ContentsDas Werk.- Die Folgen.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Laizität und Sozialdemokratie: Eine vergleichende
Book SynopsisDie Öffnung sozialdemokratischer und sozialistischer Parteien gegenüber Religions- und Weltanschauungsgemeinschaften hat zu uneinheitlichen Situationen in den ursprünglich religionskritischen, laizistischen Parteien geführt. Bei allen gemeinsam geteilten Werten der europäischen Schwesterparteien existieren divergierende laizistische Grundhaltungen und Auslegungsarten des Konzeptes der Laizität. Diese bilden den Gegenstand der vorliegenden Arbeit: Die laizistischen Grundhaltungen verschiedener sozialdemokratischer Parteien in Europa werden herausgestellt, verglichen und analysiert. Dies geschieht durch eine Inhaltsanalyse von Parteipublikationen, die ergänzt wird durch Experteninterviews mit prominenten Vertretern der Parteien – so u.a. mit dem früheren spanischen Ministerpräsidenten José Luis Zapatero, mit dem ehemaligen Bundestagspräsidenten Wolfgang Thierse oder mit dem früheren Nationalen Sekretär für Laizität in Frankreich Jean Glavany. Anschließend werden auf Grundlage einer vergleichend ausgerichteten Analyse laizistischer Deutungsmuster der Parteien perspektivisch mehrere Erklärungsansätze und Einflussfaktoren auf die unterschiedlichen laizistischen Ausprägungen formuliert.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Historische und gegenwärtige politische Konzeptualisierungen von Laizität.- Forschungsdesign: Fallauswahl und methodisches Vorgehen.- Fallstudie Frankreich: Laizistische Grundhaltungen der Parti Socialiste in Religions- und Weltanschauungspolitik.- Fallstudie Spanien: Laizistische Grundhaltungen der Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) in Religions- und Weltanschauungspolitik.- Fallstudie Deutschland: Laizistische Grundhaltungen der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands (SPD) in Religions- und Weltanschauungspolitik.- Vergleichende Analyse und Ergebnisdarstellung, Laizitätspolitik – ein neues Politikfeld?.- Fazit und Ausblick.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Studies on Tantra in Bengal and Eastern India
Book SynopsisThis book explores the tantric concept of Shakti, or the principal female cosmic entity and her pilgrimage sites. It offers a first-hand view of the multidimensional ways in which Shakti asserted its supremacy over existing Vaishnava and orthodox Brahmanical traditions in post mediaeval Bengal and India. The interdisciplinary chapters pave the way to understanding the intra-textual relationships between philosophical and conceptual ideas in literary texts and their oral transmission. Divided into three thematic sections: Cult Inclusiveness, Śakti Pithas, and the Śākta Philosophy, the book invites readers to explore a contested area of scholarship from unique perspectives, offering rich insights into the nature of negotiations between diverse religious streams. It also urges readers to examine the many innovative approaches and theoretical models on the goddess culture of East India. The book is of interest to students and scholars of religious textual studies, anthropology, pilgrimage studies, comparative religion, Sanskrit and Bengali languages, regional studies, South Asian cultures, goddess traditions and cultural history of mediaeval Bengal.Table of ContentsSection I: Cult Inclusiveness: Tantric Śākta and Vaiṣṇava Synthesis 1. The Making of Tāntric Rādhā: A Reading from the Śrī-Krṣṇayāmala Madhu Khanna 2. Prema and Śakti: VaiṣṇavaSahajiyā Appropriations of GauḍīyaVaiṣṇavism and Śāktism in the Ānandabhairava of Prema-dāsa Glen Hayes 3. Tantra from Below: Inclusivity, Secrecy and Non-Conceptual Yogas in the Bāul-Sahajiyā Traditions Kaustabh Das Section II: Śakti Pithas 4. Weaving the Body and the Cosmos: Yantric Homologies at a Goddess Temple in Northeastern India Frederique Appfel Marglin, Julia A. Jean 5. The Metamorphosis of the “Gāchh Tar Vālī ” and the Making of a Śakti-Pīṭha in Mithila (Pages: 27) Kamal Mishra 6. Power and Desire in the worship of the Goddess Kāmākhyā (Pages: 32) Brenda Dobia Section III: Śākta Philosophy 7. Gynocentric Cosmogony in the DevībhāgavataPurāṇa Arghya Dipta Kar 8. The Monistic Śākta Philosophy in the Guhyopaniṣad Sthaneshvar Timalsina
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Hardpress Publishing Dieu Et Les Dieux Ou Un Voyageur Chrtien Devant Les Objets Primitifs Des Cultes Anciens Les Traditions Et La Fable Monographie Des Pierres Dieux Et De Leurs Transformations 1
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Hardpress Publishing Recherches Sur Le Culte De Bacchus Symbole De La Force Reproductive De La Nature Considr Sous Ses Rapports Gnraux Dans Les Mystres Dleusis Et Dans Les Dionysiaques Et Les Tritriques 1
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Hardpress Publishing Mans Origin and Destiny Sketched from the Platform of the Sciences in a Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Lowell Institute in Boston in the Winter of 18656 1
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Hardpress Publishing The Marrow of Modern Divinity in Two Parts 1
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Diccionario teológico del Nuevo Testamento II
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Ediciones Sgueme, S.A. El evangelio de la justificacin del impo
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Editorial Kairs SA La verdad olvidada el factor comn de todas las
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Indigo El Cuzary
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Fragmenta Editorial Hacia Un Tiempo de Sintesis
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Oxford University Press Inc Jealous Gods and Chosen People
Book SynopsisEsteemed scholar David Leeming, who has authored more than twelve books on mythology, here offers the first comprehensive narrative study of the mythology of the Middle East, that tumultuous region that was the cradle of civilization. Leeming begins with a brief, engaging history of the Middle East, spanning Neolithic cultures, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, the invention of writing and the rise of Egypt and Babylonia, Israel and Roman rule, and the early history of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims. This is followed by an in-depth discussion of the mythology of the region, covering individual pantheons, cosmic myths, mythic heroes, and much more. Leeming ranges from prehistoric figures such as the Mother Goddess of Çatal Hüyük to Mesopotamian gods such as Marduk and mythic heroes such as Gilgamesh, to the pantheon of Egyptian mythology, including the falcon-headed sky-sun god Horus and jackal-headed Anubis. The author also offers an illuminating exploration of the mythology of the Trade Review"An excellent introduction to the important mythologies formulated by peoples whose descendents still shape the conflicts in the Middle East. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all arose in the Middle East, and in accessible and graceful prose, Leeming illuminates the archaelogical and cultural background for the emergence of those warring-cousin belief systems."--Booklist"Leeming's useful survey offers an introductory guide to tales that for centuries have influenced people's religion and culture."--Publishers Weekly"In this accessible survey of Middle Eastern mythology, Leeming chooses not to dwell on competing ideologies and predicaments of the troubled region and instead demonstrates that spiritual truth and religion, like mythology, make for metaphorical rather than factual history.... This book offers an accessible treatment of a dense and complex topic that will be equally useful to nonspecialists and scholars seeking a quick and informed understanding of Middle Eastern mythology. Highly recommended for any public or academic library."--Library Journal
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Oxford University Press SECULAR REL INNOV NORTH ATL WORLD C
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Oxford University Press Inc Religious Education and the Challenge of Pluralism
Book SynopsisThe essays in this volume offer a groundbreaking comparative analysis of religious education, and state policies towards religious education in seven different countries and in the European Union as a whole. They pose a crucial question: can religious education contribute to a shared public sphere and foster solidarity across different ethnic and religious communities? In many traditional societies and even in what are largely secular European societies, our place in creation, the meaning of good and evil, and the definition of the good life, virtue, and moral action, are all primarily addressed in religious terms. It is in fact hard to come to grips with these issues without recourse to religious language, traditions, and frames of reference. Yet, religious languages and identities divide as much as unite, and provide a site of contestation and strife as much as a sense of peace and belonging Not surprisingly, different countries approach religious education in dramatically different Trade ReviewThis is an important collection of essays that juxtaposes religious education in countries rarely ever juxtaposed in this fashion. More than showcasing different countries, the juxtaposition offers significant, and at times even startling, insights about religious education as a particularly contested site, which in turn reveals the fluidity of identity across different facets of belonging, and community that dont always fit easily together. An impressive work that should be read by anyone interested in how education centrally features in current debates about law, religion, and politics. * Anver M. Emon, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto *The authors also move past description to suggest a way beyond the separation of sacred and secular spheres: education for knowledge about one another for the purpose of common action in 'shared civil life.' * L. J. Alderink, CHOICE *Table of ContentsContributors ; Preface ; Introduction: Living Together Differently, Education, and the Challenge of Deep Pluralism - Adam Seligman ; 1. Teaching Religion in the European Union: A Legal Overview - Silvio Ferrari ; 2. Religion and Ethical Education in Divided Societies: The Case of Cyprus - Dilek Latif ; 3. Teaching Religion in Bulgarian Schools; Historical Experience and Post-Atheist Developments -Maria Schnitter & Daniela Kalkandjieva ; 4. The Vanishing State: Religious Education and Intolerance in French Jewish Schools - Kimberly Arkin ; 5. The Crises of Liberal Citizenship: Religion and Education in Israel - Shlomo Fischer ; 6. Secularism(s), Islam, and Education in Turkey: Towards E Pluribus Unum? - Ahmet Kuru ; 7. Walking the Tightrope: Prospects for Civil Education and Multiculturalism in <"Ketuanon Melayu>" Malaysia - Joseph Liow ; 8. Educating Citizens in America: The Paradoxes of Difference and Democracy - Ashley Berner and James D. Hunter ; 9. Afterword - Adam Seligman ; Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Theology Without Walls
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Taylor & Francis Refractions of the Scriptural
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Magic in the Roman World Pagans Jews and Christians Religion in the First Christian Centuries
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Comparative History of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian Religions Vol I History of the Egyptian Religion Vol 1 Trubners Oriental Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Freedom To Do Gods Will Religious Fundamentalism and Social Change
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Escaping the World Women Renouncers Among Jains South Asian History and Culture
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge International Handbook of Religious Education Routledge International Handbooks of Education
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Biblical Prophets in the Quran and Muslim Literature Routledge Studies in the Quran
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Religion and Change in Modern Britain
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Religion and Change in Modern Britain
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook of MuslimJewish Relations
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations invites readers to deepen their understanding of the historical, social, cultural, and political themes that impact modern-day perceptions of interfaith dialogue. The volume is designed to illuminate positive encounters between Muslims and Jews, as well as points of conflict, within a historical framework. Among other goals, the volume seeks to correct common misperceptions about the history of Muslim-Jewish relations by complicating familiar political narratives to include dynamics such as the cross-influence of literary and intellectual traditions. Reflecting unique and original collaborations between internationally-renowned contributors, the book is intended to spark further collaborative and constructive conversation and scholarship in the academy and beyond.Trade Review'This volume [is] an important contribution to the growing literature on Muslim-Jewish relations'- Mark R. Cohen, Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East, Emeritus, Princeton University, USA'Josef Meri and thirty-five other scholars lift a reader’s imagination above the current quagmire to the richness and complexities of Muslim-Jewish Relations over 13 centuries. This text is a post-modern exercise confronting the absolutes of power rhetoric with multiple perspectives from an ancient narrative.- Professor Joseph T. Kelley, Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations, Merrimack College, USATable of ContentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsTransliterationIntroduction - Josef (Yousef) Meri1. Historical Themes: Medieval - Josef (Yousef) Meri2. Historical Themes: Modern - Orit Bashkin and Daniel J. Schroeter3. Scripture and Exegesis - Shari Lowin and Nevin Reda4. Theology - Aaron Hughes5. Medicine – Paulina B. Lewicka and Gad Freudenthal6. Literature (Medieval) - Arie Schippers7. Literature (Modern) - Masha Itzhaki and Soubhi Boustani8. Islamic and Jewish Legal Traditions - Judith Frishman and Umar Ryad9. Philosophy - Oliver Leaman10. Education - Moshe Sokolow and Matthew Wilkinson11. Mysticism - Aaron Hughes12. Communities and Identity - Ben Gidley and Nasar Meer13. Constructive Dialogue –Akbar Ahmed and Edward Kessler14. Palestinian-Israeli Conflict - Donna Divine15. Women - Ibtissam Bouachrine and Judith L. Goldstein16. Nationalism-Arab - Yousef Choueiri17. Nationalism-Jewish - Yair Wallach18. Antisemitism and Islamophobia - Ivan Kalmar and Tariq Ramadan19. The Holocaust - Peter Wien20. The Nakba - Alexander Flores21. Cinema - Dinah Stillman and Aomar Boum22. Music - Edwin Seroussi23. Art - Aaron Rosen and Yasser Tabbaa24. Food and Foodways - David Waines and Sami ZubaidaGlossaryIndex
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Taylor & Francis Understanding Religious Ritual
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women and Religion in Old and New Worlds
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Wisdom in Early Confucian and Israelite Traditions A Comparative Study Ashgate World Philosophies Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West
Book SynopsisThis book explores an area of contemporary religion, spirituality and popular culture which has not so far been investigated in depth, the phenomenon of astrology in the modern west. Locating modern astrology historically and sociologically in its religious, New Age and millenarian contexts, Nicholas Campion considers astrology''s relation to modernity and draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews with leading modern astrologers to present an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the origins and nature of New Age ideology. This book challenges the notion that astrology is either ''marginal'' or a feature of postmodernism. Concluding that astrology is more popular than the usual figures suggest, Campion argues that modern astrology is largely shaped by New Age thought, influenced by the European Millenarian tradition, that it can be seen as an heir to classical Gnosticism and is part of the vernacular religion of the modern west.Trade Review'This is a wonderful book, which has a lot of important things to say, not just about astrology, but about the nature of modern Western society.' Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol, UK 'Not concerned with the truth of its claims, Campion establishes a foundation for sociological inquiry to close a lacuna in understanding astrology's cultural status in contemporary Anglo-American society. To this end, he examines apocalyptic millenarianism, the New Age movement, Christian and "scientistic" rivalry in relation to the persistent fascination with the language of zodiac signs and the "judicial" astrological industry that has arisen from it. Campion's comprehensive approach ranges from fortune telling, media popularity and the complex skills involved with the discipline to philosophical and theological concerns with ethics.' Michael York, Cherry Hill Seminary, USA and Co-director London Academy for Cultural and Educational StudiesTable of Contents1 Introduction: a million-dollar business?2 Cosmic liberation: the pursuit of the millennium3 The shock of the new: the age of Aquarius4 Celestial enlightenment: the new age5 End times: the new age and the age of Aquarius6 The writing of heaven: new age astrology7 Oracles to the vulgar: sun-sign astrology8 An evolutionary paradox: the survival of belief in astrology9 Salvation and the stars: astrology, religion and belief10 Superstitious times: the extent of belief in astrology11 Belief in astrology: a public survey12 In their own words: the astrologers' universe of discord13 With their own voices: interviews with astrologers14 Conclusion: modernity and normality
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Cambridge University Press The Christian Attitude to Other Religions
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Cambridge University Press The Meanings of Death Canto original series
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Cambridge University Press Religion and the Workplace
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Cambridge University Press Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective
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Cambridge University Press Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective
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Cambridge University Press Sacred Schisms How Religions Divide
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