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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Templars
Book SynopsisArguably one of the most provocative, puzzling, and misunderstood organizations of medieval times, the legendary Knights Templar have always been shrouded in a veil of mystery, while inspiring popular culture from Indiana Jones to Dan Brown. In The Templars, author Michael Haag offers a definitive history of these loyal Christian soldiers of the Crusades—sworn to defend the Holy Land and Jerusalem, but ultimately damned and destroyed by the Pope and his church. A bestseller in the United Kingdom—the first history of the enigmatic warriors to include findings from the Chinon Parchment, the long-lost Vatican document absolving the Knights of heresy—The Templars by Michael Haag is fascinating reading.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Lost Book of Moses
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Nazi Officers Wife How One Jewish Woman
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Christianity
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Penguin Books Ltd The Reformation
Book SynopsisOwen Chadwick stands out as the trustsed authority on Reformation history. Not only is his scholorly knowledge outlined with enough precision to impress any aspiring historian, but Chadwick also manages to convey the facts with a level of underlying passion.Table of ContentsPart One: The Protest1. The Cry for Reformation2. Luther3. Calvin4. The Reformation in England to 15595. The Growth of Reformed Protestantism6. The Radicals of the Reformation7. The Assault upon CalvinismPart Two: The Counter-Reformation8. The Counter-Reformation9. The Conquistadors10. The Eastern Orthodox ChurchPart Three: The Reformation and the Life of the Church11. Divided Christendom12. The Decline of Ecclesiastical Power13. Ministry and Worship14. ConclusionSuggestions for Further ReadingIndex
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Penguin Books Ltd The Penguin History of the Church A History of
Book SynopsisMany of the world's religions have not actively sought converts, largely because they have been too regional in character. Buddhism, Islam and Christianity, however, are the three chief exceptions to this. This book traces the expansion of Christianity from its origins in the Middle East to Rome, the rest of Europe and the colonial world.Table of ContentsPrefacePublisher's NotePart One1. A Faith for the World2. The Conquest of the Roman World, A.D. 100-5003. The Dark Age, 500-10004. Early European Expansion, 1000-15005. The Age of Discovery, 1500-16006. The Roman Catholic Missions, 1600-17877. New Beginnings in East and West, 1600-1800Part Two8. Introduction9. New Forces in Europe and America, 1792-185810. The Heyday of Colonialism, 1858-191411. Rome, the Orthodox, and the World, 1815-191412. From Mission to Church13. Yesterday and Today, 1914 and AfterConclusionBibliographyIndex
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Penguin Putnam Inc Confessions
Book SynopsisGarry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustine’s Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Wills’s translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustine’s Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative
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Penguin Putnam Inc Crusaders
Book SynopsisA major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the author of Powers and Thrones.For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, sometimes at peace and sometimes at war. When Christian armies seized Jerusalem in 1099, they began the most notorious period of conflict between the two religions. Depending on who you ask, the fall of the holy city was either an inspiring legend or the greatest of horrors. In Crusaders, Dan Jones interrogates the many sides of the larger story, charting a deeply human and avowedly pluralist path through the crusading era.Expanding the usual timeframe, Jones looks to the roots of Christian-Muslim relations in the eighth century and tracks the influence of crusading to present day. He widens the geographical focus to far-flung regions home to so-called enemies of the Church, including Spain, North Africa, southern France, and the Baltic states. By telling intimate stories of individual journeys, Jones illuminates these centuries of war not only from the perspective of popes and kings, but from Arab-Sicilian poets, Byzantine princesses, Sunni scholars, Shi''ite viziers, Mamluk slave soldiers, Mongol chieftains, and barefoot friars. Crusading remains a rallying call to this day, but its role in the popular imagination ignores the cooperation and complicated coexistence that were just as much a feature of the period as warfare. The age-old relationships between faith, conquest, wealth, power, and trade meant that crusading was not only about fighting for the glory of God, but also, among other earthly reasons, about gold. In this richly dramatic narrative that gives voice to sources usually pushed to the margins, Dan Jones has written an authoritative survey of the holy wars with global scope and human focus.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Hindus
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Oxford University Press Inc Debating Truth
Book SynopsisA graphic history that uses a theological disputation to explore interfaith relations, the complicated dynamics between Christians and Jews in medieval Spain, and the nature of truth.Trade ReviewCaputo has created a work that is intellectually fascinating and visually stimulating. * Ben Rothke, Israel Times *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Part I: Graphic history Chapter 1."Our lord king ordered me to debate Friar Paul..." Chapter 2. "We have three types of books..." Chapter 3. "Jesus never walked with the righteous in the Garden of Eden..." Chapter 4. "Moses, called master, having been summoned by the lord king..." Chapter 5. "I write this letter to you from Jerusalem..." Part II: The Primary Sources Document I: Nahmanides' Hebrew Account of the Barcelona Disputation Document II: The Latin Account of the Barcelona Disputation Document III: A letter from King James I permitting the Dominicans to compel Jews to attend public sermons and protecting the property and freedoms of those who convert Document IV: A letter from James I calling for the burning of copies of one of Maimonides' books on charges that it contained statements blaspheming Jesus Document V: Letter from James I to the Jewish communities of the Crown of Aragon instructing them to attend Friar Paul's sermons Document VI: Letter from James I limiting the friars' freedom to compel Jews to attend their sermons Document VII: James I's report of tribunal investigating charges that Nahmanides had blasphemed Document VIII: Letter of reprimand from Pope Clement IV to James I Document IX: Letter from Nahmanides to his son describing the physical landscape of Palestine. This document includes important demographic and political information as well as details about daily life in late thirteenth-century Palestine Document X: Selected canons from the Fourth Lateran Council concerning the statement of the Catholic creed, definition of heresy, a call for regulations governing Jewish business and public conduct, and a statement of privileges and rewards for those who participate in renewed military campaigns to the Holy Land Part III: Context 1. Reconquista and the Boundaries of Christendom 2. King James the Conqueror (1213-1276) 3. The Jews of Spain 4. Disputation in Medieval Society and Culture Part IV: Historiography Modern and Medieval Traces of the Barcelona Disputation Making This Book: Sources, Historical Narrative, and Visual Media Part V: Resources for Further Research Questions Sources for Additional Reading Glossary Maps and Figures
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OUP India Perpetuas Journey
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Oxford University Press Inc The Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha Oxford
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewReaders looking for material on the Christian apocrypha must look to The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Apocrypha...some of the contributions here are excellent and informed starting places for their respective subjects, and there is much value in the new Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha. * Daniel M. Gurtner, Journal for the Study of Judaism *This volume is a remarkable achievement and sure to be a standard reference tool going forward. Students will especially benefit from the essays, as will scholars working on adjacent fields. The volume would make an excellent textbook on a course on the Apocrypha. * Jason Maston, Religious Studies Review *The comprehensive, up-to-date volume ends with indexes of passages, subjects and ancient texts and modern authors. The authors have provided an introduction to the Apocrypha and their scholarly discussion which has the full potential to become the point of reference for the next two decades. * C. Stenschke, Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses *authoritative * HYWEL CLIFFORD, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *The Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha will be an important volume for students, scholars, and interested laypeople. It accomplished exactly what one would hope for in the title ... I was impressed and informed, then, by this collection of essays by top scholars. * Lawrence M. Wills, RBL *Table of ContentsPreface Contributors Part I: The Apocrypha in Judaism and Christianity The Apocrypha: An Introduction 1. The Apocrypha in the Context of Early Judaism 2. The Apocrypha, the Septuagint, and other Greek Witnesses 3. A Canonical History of the Old Testament Apocryphay 4. The Apocrypha in the History of Christianity 5. The Protestant Reception of the Apocrypha Part II: The Apocrypha Historical and Legendary: 6. Apocrypha, Genre, and Historicity 7. 1 Esdras (Greek Ezra) 8. Baruch 9. Book of Judith 10. 1 Maccabees' Ethics, Etiquette, Political Theology, and Structure 11. 2 Maccabees 12. 3 Maccabees 13. 4 Maccabees Apocalyptic: 14. The Apocrypha and Apocalypticism 15. 2 Esdras Didactic: 16. Wisdom Literature of the Apocrypha and Related Compositions of the Second Temple Era 17. Sirach 18. Tobit 19 .The Wisdom of Solomon Additions to Biblical Books: 20. The Additions to Daniel 21. The Additions of the Greek Book(s) of Esther 22. Epistle of Jeremiah 23. Prayer of Manasseh 24. Psalm 151-155 Part III: Major Themes in the Apocrypha 25. Jewish Religion in the Apocrypha: Between Biblical Precepts and Early Rabbinic Thought 26. Women and Gender in the Apocrypha 27. Theology and Ethics in the Apocrypha 28. Sexuality in the Apocrypha 29. Biblical Theology and the Apocrypha Index
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in China
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Oxford University Press Buddhism
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Oxford University Press Religion in America
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OUP India Angels Tapping at the WineShops Door
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Oxford University Press The Kingdom of Matthias A Story Of Sex And
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe book reads much like a novel....The authors relate this offbeat tale like the good storytellers they are, sqeezing the story out of a number of sources in a creative and imaginative way. * Journal of Social History *Table of ContentsPrologue: Two Prophets at Kirtland ; One: Elijah Pierson ; Two: Robert Matthews ; Three: The Kingdom ; Four: The Downfall ; Epilogue ; A Note on Sources ; Notes ; Acknowledgments
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The University of Chicago Press The Languages of Political Islam
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University of Chicago Press Displacing Christian Origins Philosophy
Book SynopsisTraces the critical engagement of Agamben, Derrida, and Zizek, among others, back to nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century philosophers of early Christianity. This work offers a different way for critical theory to construe the relationship between the modern past and the biblical traditions to which we seem to be drawn once again.Trade Review"The time is ripe for Displacing Christian Origins. Over the past two or more decades, there has been a growing interest among many biblical scholars in continental philosophy. At the same time, there seems to be growing interest among some philosophers in moving beyond simply reading biblical texts without reference to or engagement with biblical scholarship. This brings much to the table, pushing biblical scholars and philosophers to engage one another with higher levels of literacy in the other's field." - Timothy K. Beal, Case Western Reserve University"
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The University of Chicago Press Sundays at Sinai
Book SynopsisFirst established 150 years ago, Chicago Sinai is one of America's oldest Reform Jewish congregations. This title brings modern Jewish history, immigration, urban history, and religious history together to trace the roots of radical Reform Judaism from across the Atlantic to this rapidly growing American metropolis.
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The University of Chicago Press The Fourth Great Awakening the Future of
Book SynopsisSurveying conservatism and religious revivalism, the author sees America in the midst of its fourth awakening. He looks to the past to discover the link between technologically-based cycles of religiousness and attitudes toward poverty, education and social equality.Trade Review"To take a trip around the mind of Robert Fogel, one of the grand old men of American economic history, is a rare treat. At every turning, you come upon some shiny pearl of information." - The Economist "Ideologically refreshing...Fogel's book is remarkable for weaving insights from history, religion, biology, nutrition, demography, economics and even a field called 'technophysio evolution' into an integrated perspective that suggests how the priorities of today's left and right might meld into a powerful new egalitarian agenda to complete the nation's unfinished business." - Matthew Miller, New York Times Book Review "A bold and fascinating argument....Fogel uses the idea of egalitarianism, which he calls our 'national creed,' to see cultural and social transformation through a political lens. If that sounds complicated - and it is - don't worry. Mr. Fogel is equal to his task." - Susan Lee, Wall Street Journal
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The University of Chicago Press Parables of Coercion
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The University of Chicago Press Jews Christians and the Abode of Islam
Book SynopsisLooks at the debates occasioned by modern Western scholarship on Islam to throw new light on the social and political status of medieval Jews and Christians in various Islamic lands from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries. This title shows just what medieval Muslims meant when they spoke of tolerance.Trade Review"Written in clear language and with immense erudition by a serious scholar, Jews, Christians, and the Abode of Islam is a unique and thoroughly unconventional work that will certainly stimulate a great deal of critical discussion." (Ross Brann, Cornell University)"
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The University of Chicago Press Socrates and the Jews
Book SynopsisTaking on the question of how the glories of the classical world could be reconciled with the Bible, this book explains how Judaism played a vital role in defining modern philhellenism. It illustrates how the encounter between Athens and Jerusalem became a lightning rod for intellectual concerns.Trade Review"An extraordinarily rich and multilayered book that is at once intellectual history, reception studies, and philosophical-cum-philological inquiry. A remarkable achievement." (Elizabeth Wingrove, University of Michigan)"
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University of Chicago Press Make Yourselves Gods Mormons and the Unfinished
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Coviello writes a genealogy of foreclosed intimacies and vexed affiliations, a tale of queer worlds lost or at least winnowed by the wages of U.S. whiteness, citizenship, and territorial recognition. An indispensable intervention in 'postsecular critique, ' this book contains multitudes."--Molly McGarry, University of California, Riverside "Full of splendid insight and erudition, Make Yourselves Gods explores the 'imaginative wildness' of early Mormon thought in tandem with the orthodoxies of secularism that attempted to suppress and discipline this distinctive cosmology, providing an unprecedented way of thinking about how religion and 'bad belief' are vital to American biopolitics."--Nancy A. Bentley, University of Pennsylvania "From a reviled set of bad beliefs and practices, Mormonism became a good white American religion by the end of the nineteenth century by redirecting the carnal life of the spirit to the reproduction of the domestic nuclear family. Make Yourselves Gods is at once a revisionist history of Mormonism and a critical engagement with theories of secularism, told with shining clarity in breathless, gorgeous prose."--Joan Wallach Scott, author of Sex and Secularism
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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"
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University of Chicago Press Hyechos Journey
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The University of Chicago Press The Story of Radio Mind A Missionarys Journey on
Book SynopsisAt the dawn of the radio age in the 1920s, a settler-mystic living on northwest coast of British Columbia invented radio mind: Frederick Du VernetAnglican archbishop and self-declared scientistannounced a psychic channel by which minds could telepathically communicate across distance. Retelling Du Vernet's imaginative experiment, Pamela Klassen shows us how agents of colonialism built metaphysical traditions on land they claimed to have conquered. Following Du Vernet's journey westward from Toronto to Ojibwe territory and across the young nation of Canada, Pamela Klassen examines how contests over the mediation of storiesvia photography, maps, printing presses, and radiolucidly reveal the spiritual work of colonial settlement. A city builder who bargained away Indigenous land to make way for the railroad, Du Vernet knew that he lived on the territory of Ts'msyen, Nisga'a, and Haida nations who had never ceded their land to the onrush of Canadian settlers. He condemned the devastati
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The University of Chicago Press Ashes of Immortality
Book SynopsisThis work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Funereal Prelude A Burning in Bali A Question of Words Immortality: Time Reckoned The Truth about Women Speech as Instrument Sexual Colorings Living Satis Blue as Blood Trial by Fire Fire and the Fault of Karma Handprint, Dagger, and Lemon Mutilation and Voluntary Death Rhetoric of Protest Suicide Dizzying Heights of Violence The Trammels of Resentment A Rite of Exorcism The Offering of the Self The Fruits of One's Acts The Corporality of the Dead Death in the Telling Rite and Belief A Sati on the Shore of the Ganges (Stavorinus) A Sati in Surat (Durlabh Ram) The Dream as Proof The Transmission of the Deadly Vow Love in the Extreme Under the Spell of Sacrifice The Goddess's Body Sati Divine, Earthly Satis Cult and Apotheosis Shekhavati, an Endangered Region Belief and Mystification True and False Traditions Cross-Examination of a District The Rite, the Law, and the Custom Ritual and How to Use It A Sati in Poona Shared Passions Menstruation and the Final Oblation The Seasonal Fault A Foreword in Retrospect Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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University of Chicago Press Church Mother The Writings of a Protestant
Book SynopsisKatharina Schutz Zell (1498 - 1562) was an outspoken religious reformer in sixteenth-century Germany who campaigned for the right of clergy to marry. This book contains the translations of her publications, aiming to offer modern readers an opportunity to understand the important work of women in the formation of the early Protestant church.Trade Review"The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe series allows little-known women's voices to be heard, with translations of sixteenth- to eighteenth-century European texts. The approach is feminist, and each volume is prefaced with a historical account of the systematic oppression and frustration of women." - Maya Slater, Times Literary Supplement"
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MO - University of Illinois Press Holy Dogs and Asses
Book SynopsisRecognizing animals in the Christian traditionTrade Review"A welcome contribution to the growing field of animals and religion. . . . Recommended."--Choice “Raises some important theological and historical questions about the role of animals in the Christian tradition, questions that encourage thoughtful reflection among people of faith.”--Religious Studies Review"A pioneering study."--Church History"Laura Hobgood-Oster's incisive contribution to the emerging field of 'religion and animals' is at once scholarly and caring--this remarkable volume models for all of us how valuable new works on the issue of nonhumans in the Christian tradition can be."--Paul F. Waldau, director of the Center for Animals and Public Policy, Tufts University, and coeditor of A Communion of Subjects: Animals in Religion, Science, and Ethics"This study persuasively analyzes popular visual images in an effort to recover the lost significance of animals in Christian iconography. Hobgood-Oster's search in Christian history for a realization of the animal as more than mere sacred symbol is very important."--Belden C. Lane, Theological Studies, Saint Louis University
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University of Washington Press On Cold Mountain
Book SynopsisTrade Review"It's a fascinating book that's a pleasure to read for both specialist and general readers." -- Carla Nappi * New Books Network *"Readers and writers of English and American literature can find some kind of enlightenment in On Cold Mountain’s presentation of the processes of poetic transmission and Buddhist poetics in its earlier contexts." -- Lucas Klein * Tang Studies *"Paul Rouzer’s new monograph is a welcome contribution to the field, a shaft of light illuminating the brillance of one jewel in a vast, neglected mine. . . . It is a pioneering work, an essential guide for anyone who would wish to make the journey across the strange landscape of Hanshan." -- Thomas J. Mazanec * Journal of the American Oriental Society (JAOS) *"In this first major study of Hanshan, Paul Rouzer adds new dimensions to our understanding of the poet and proposes inventive methodological directions in reading Hanshan from a Buddhist perspective and by formulating a study that is at once scholarly and popularly accessible." -- Christopher Byrne * Journal of Chinese Religions *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction | Who Gets to Climb Cold Mountain? Part One | The Poet 1. Who Was Hanshan? 2. Who Was Hanshan, Again? Part Two | The Poems 3. Juxtapositions 4. At Home and Abroad 5. Tropes 6. Satire Part Three | Reading Buddhists 7. Who Gets to Climb the Matterhorn? Afterword Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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University of Washington Press The Jewish Bible
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A carefully plotted, awe-awakening journey through the evolution and adaptation of the Jewish Bible within a variety of cultures and settings. . . . Enrapturing. . . . Bibliophiles will find much here that fascinates. . . . The Jewish Bible is a fascinating look at a work whose materiality is shown to be inseparable from its meaning." -- Michelle Anne Schlingler * Foreword Reviews *"The Jewish Bible: A Material History will give you a great sense of the gift ancient and medieval scribes and scholars bequeathed to those who came after them." * Association of Mormon Letters *"Brilliant and fascinating. . . . In The Jewish Bible, Stern masterfully synthesizes this scholarship, offering a chronological history of Jewish sacred books from Qumran to the JPS Tanakh." -- Adam Kirsch * Jewish Review of Books *
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University of Washington Press On Cold Mountain A Buddhist Reading of the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"It's a fascinating book that's a pleasure to read for both specialist and general readers." -- Carla Nappi * New Books Network *"Readers and writers of English and American literature can find some kind of enlightenment in On Cold Mountain’s presentation of the processes of poetic transmission and Buddhist poetics in its earlier contexts." -- Lucas Klein * Tang Studies *"Paul Rouzer’s new monograph is a welcome contribution to the field, a shaft of light illuminating the brillance of one jewel in a vast, neglected mine. . . . It is a pioneering work, an essential guide for anyone who would wish to make the journey across the strange landscape of Hanshan." -- Thomas J. Mazanec * Journal of the American Oriental Society (JAOS) *"In this first major study of Hanshan, Paul Rouzer adds new dimensions to our understanding of the poet and proposes inventive methodological directions in reading Hanshan from a Buddhist perspective and by formulating a study that is at once scholarly and popularly accessible." -- Christopher Byrne * Journal of Chinese Religions *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction | Who Gets to Climb Cold Mountain? Part One | The Poet 1. Who Was Hanshan? 2. Who Was Hanshan, Again? Part Two | The Poems 3. Juxtapositions 4. At Home and Abroad 5. Tropes 6. Satire Part Three | Reading Buddhists 7. Who Gets to Climb the Matterhorn? Afterword Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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Random House USA Inc Thomas Jeffersons Quran
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Zondervan Evangelical Scholarship Retrospects and Prospects
Book SynopsisA fitting Festschrift to Stan Gundry, a man known by many people for many things, but never for being one-dimensional. As a pastor, scholar, publisher, mentor, and trusted friend, Stan has played diverse roles and worn numerous hats in his professional tenure.
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Zondervan The Global ChurchThe First Eight Centuries
Book SynopsisDiscover the Variety and Unity of the Early ChurchThe Christian church of the early centuries spread throughout much of Asia, Africa, and Europe, spoke many languages, was situated within diverse cultural settings, and had varied worship practices; yet it maintained a vital unity on core teachings at the heart of the Christian faith. In The Global Church--The First Eight Centuries: From Pentecost through the Rise of Islam, author Donald Fairbairn helps readers understand both the variety and unity of the church in this pivotal era by: Re-centering the story of the church in its early centuries, paying greater attention to Africa, Turkey, and Syria, where most of the church''s intellectual energy was nurtured Highlighting Christian communities outside the Roman Empire, as far afield as Persia and India, alongside those within it Identifying key events by their global, not merely Western, significance and taking int
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Zondervan Early New Testament Apocrypha
Book SynopsisBroaden the scope of your New Testament studies with this introduction to early Christian apocryphal literature.To understand the New Testament well, it is important to study the larger world surrounding it, and one of the primary avenues for this exploration is through reading related ancient texts. But this task is daunting for scholars and novices alike given the sheer size of the ancient literary corpora. The Ancient Literature for New Testament Studies series aims to bridge this gap by introducing the key ancient texts that form the cultural, historical, and literary context for the study of the New Testament.Early New Testament Apocrypha offers an entry point into the corpus of early Christian apocryphal literature through twenty-eight texts or groups of texts. While the majority of the texts fall within the first four centuries CE, and therefore are useful for uncovering the earliest interpretations assigned to the New Testament, select
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Zondervan The Color of Compromise Video Study The Truth
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Zondervan A History of the Quests for the Historical Jesus
Book SynopsisA History of the Quests for the Historical Jesus, Volume 2 is an extensive survey and analysis of historical Jesus debates, assessing not only the quests' historical, exegetical, critical details but also their philosophical and theological underpinnings.Trade Review'. . .A fresh, lucid, and insightful history of life of Jesus research that will be a vital addition to any library where the subject is taught. Moving away from standard models, Brown creates a nuanced schematic history and also points to a new path ahead. Important too are his own erudite contributions to key topics.' * JOAN E. TAYLOR, professor of Christian origins and Second Temple Judaism, King’s College London *'[A] remarkable achievement that makes for a significant contribution to the field of historical Jesus research. Colin Brown provides an in-depth, detailed, and learned analysis of the study of the historical Jesus, taking the changing cultural context into regard as he skillfully guides the readers through the centuries. This is an important book that fills a definite gap in scholarship.' * CECILIA WASSÉN, Uppsala University *'A fascinating tour of our field's past and present. Given the scope of Brown's research, even long-time adepts will learn much.' * DALE C. ALLISON JR., Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary *'Brown (with Craig A. Evans) offers a comprehensive, reliable, and insightful guide to the variety of original quests (beginning with the New Testament), the New Quest, the Third Quest, the Jewish Jesus, and ongoing phases of the movement, highlighting how the social circumstances of the individual participants influenced the discussion.' * CLARE K. ROTHSCHILD, professor of Scripture studies at Lewis University, professor extraordinary in the Department of Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University *'Brown and Evans break the boundaries of the 'three-quest scenario' to move in multiple fresh directions. The result is a one-stop resource for historical Jesus research that uncovers historical, exegetical, and theological treasures.' * ELIZABETH E. SHIVELY, senior lecturer in New Testament, St. Mary’s College, University of St. Andrews, Scotland *'Brown here reconstitutes his topic away from the classic and still-dominant scholarly template for these quests, both by stressing the importance of Jesus research well before Schweitzer and by extending his purview to chronicle the exciting and far-reaching debates of the later twentieth century.' * MARKUS BOCKMUEHL, Dean Ireland’s Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford *'In this comprehensive two-volume study, the late Colin Brown brings together the rich fruits of his lifelong studies on Jesus in Christian theology. . . . A broad framework for the study of Jesus in Christian theology. For future Jesus research, this thorough study is an indispensable tool.' * JENS SCHRÖTER, Humboldt University *'Not since the grand survey of Albert Schweitzer at the beginning of the twentieth century have we seen--especially in English--such a vast review of academic (and at times popular) literature on the historical Jesus.' * JOHN P. MEIER, University of Notre Dame *'With characteristic lucidity, learning, and touches of humor, Colin Brown here examines what it means to think critically about Jesus. . . . Brown is a master at putting differing views into conversation with one another, sometimes across time, in his sweeping, socially sensitive account of what investigators have proposed and how scholarship might tool up to face present and future challenges. Evangelical theology in particular is the richer for this precise, creative, well-written account.' * BRUCE CHILTON, Bard College *
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HarperChristian Resources The Rock the Road and the Rabbi Study Guide with
Book SynopsisBegin your journey to a deeper faith by traveling to the land where the Bible was written.Kathie Lee Gifford and Rabbi Jason Sobel will take you and your group beyond the typical Sunday school teaching to examine the true texts of the Bible.In this six-session video Bible study (video streaming code included), Kathie Lee invites you to join her as she visits sites in Israel that have impacted her faith and understanding of Scripture. As she shares her story, coauthor Rabbi Jason—a messianic Jewish rabbi—provides fascinating background details that make the story of the New Testament come alive.As Kathie Lee and Rabbi Jason reveal in this study, Jesus (the Rock) came into this world and walked the lands of Israel (the Road) to show us the way to God. And when we are introduced to the mysteries of God’s Word (the Rabbi) and understand it in the context in which it was written, radical transformation begins to renew our hearts and
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HarperChristian Resources The Rock the Road and the Rabbi Bible Study Guide
Book SynopsisThis Bible Study Guide includes an access code to stream all six video teaching sessions.Begin your journey to a deeper faith by traveling to the land where the Bible was written.Kathie Lee Gifford and Rabbi Jason Sobel will take you and your group beyond the typical Sunday school teaching to examine the true texts of the Bible.In this six-session video Bible study (video streaming code included), Kathie Lee invites you to join her as she visits sites in Israel that have impacted her faith and understanding of Scripture. As she shares her story, coauthor Rabbi Jason—a messianic Jewish rabbi—provides fascinating background details that make the story of the New Testament come alive.As Kathie Lee and Rabbi Jason reveal in this study, Jesus (the Rock) came into this world and walked the lands of Israel (the Road) to show us the way to God. And when we are introduced to the mysteries of God’s Word (
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Zondervan Priests of History
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Zondervan Church History Volume Two From PreReformation to
Book SynopsisChurch History, Volume Two: From Pre-Reformation to the Present Day displays the growth of the church from the Reformation times to the present within the contexts of the world around it. It represents a follow-up and companion to Everett Ferguson’s Church History, Volume One: From Christ to Pre-Reformation.
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Harperchristian Resources The Gods Arent AngryRob Bell
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Zondervan Captivating Grace
Book SynopsisReformed theology informs our view of God’s sovereignty, mercy, and the gospel. The spiritual leaders of the Protestant Reformation influence our faith every day. Learn more about their world-changing thoughts, biblical foundations, and passion for God’s grace in Captivating Grace: 365 Devotions for the Reformed Thinker. Scripture Alone, Faith Alone, Grace Alone, Christ Alone, and To the Glory of God Alone--these are the five Solas and the basis for this beautiful collection of devotions. Inside this yearlong devotional you’ll find: 365 devotions drawn from the books, sermons, and commentaries of the most influential figures of reformed thinking, including Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Charles Spurgeon Each entry in this daily devotional includes a Scripture and a short reading A purple ribbon marker and gorgeous interiors Captivating Grace is a thoughtful gift for
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Zondervan Americas Religious History
Book SynopsisReligion, race, and American history.America''s Religious History is an up-to-date, narrative-based introduction to the unique role of faith in American history. Moving beyond present-day polemics to understand the challenges and nuances of our religious past, leading historian Thomas S. Kidd interweaves religious history and key events from the larger story of American history, including: The Great Awakening The American Revolution Slavery and the Civil War Civil rights and church-state controversy Immigration, religious diversity, and the culture wars Useful for both classroom and personal study, America''s Religious History provides a balanced, authoritative assessment of how faith has shaped American life and politics.Trade Review'America's Religious History offers a comprehensive account of the history we must know in order to understand our present and pave a better way forward. The book is remarkable in its breadth and depth, in its precision and scholarship, and in its sheer readability. Thomas Kidd is a great gift to the contemporary American church, and this book demonstrates why.' * KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, author of On Reading Well and Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist *'In this survey, Thomas Kidd provides a rich and complex survey of American Christianity, featuring a wonderful diversity of characters and actors, and he does so for both a general audience and for students. It is particularly strong for including sources on Latino Catholicism and Protestantism, a topic often ignored in textbooks. He incorporates the best of modern scholarship in a language accessible to all.' * PAUL HARVEY, professor and presidential teaching scholar, Department of History, University of Colorado *'Kidd's learned entry into the crowded field of American religious textbooks offers a fresh perspective on a complex story. Ranging from European incursions into an already well-established Native civilization to the clashes that the Trump has engendered, his narrative shows the continual entwining of sacred and secular, calming and violent, dominant and resistant, private and public, and pious and irreligious. General readers will find an account as simple as it is lively, while specialists will find one marked by nuance and insight. And it is all executed with the graceful strokes of a master craftsman.' * GRANT WACKER, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Christian History, Duke Divinity School, author of One Soul at a Time: The Story of Billy Graham *'Thomas Kidd is an authoritative voice on American religion. Not only is he today's most prolific historian of American religious history, but he is an active commentator on social media who brings his expertise to bear on issues that matter. In this book, he joins his academic expertise with his acute insight into the present-day religious landscape. The result is an outstanding history of American religion that should be of interest to academics, ministers, and anyone else who wishes to understand the deeply significant influence of religion in the United States.' * JAMES P. BYRD, chair of the Graduate Department of Religion, associate professor of American religious history, Vanderbilt University *'Thomas Kidd's brisk narrative of America's religious story brings together a variety of historical strands to create a highly readable, engaging introduction to the many traditions that constitute our contemporary landscape. Kidd's deep knowledge of his subject sharpens his eye for both underexamined but important episodes and significant historical trends. He has created a lively, rich account that will appeal to a wide audience. His excellent suggestions for further reading will satisfy readers wanting to dig more deeply.' * ANNE BLUE WILLS, professor of religious studies, Davidson College *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Religious Vitality, Conflict, and Liberty in America 1. Early America 2. Awakenings and Empire 3. Religion and the American Founding 4. The Era of the Second Great Awakening 5. Global and Domestic Missions 6. Moral Reform and Slavery 7. The Civil War 8. Immigration, Temperance, and Gilded Age America 9. Evolution, the Bible, and the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy 10. The World Wars and the Rise of Neo-Evangelicalism 11. Protest and the Revolutions of the 1960s 12. Immigration and New Religious Diversity Since 1965 13. Church-State Relations, the “Silent Majority,” and Jimmy Carter 14. The Reagan Revolution and the Moral Majority 15. Post 9-11 America Conclusion: A Post-Christian America?
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Zondervan Zondervan Essential Companion to Christian
Book SynopsisThe Zondervan Essential Companion to Christian History gives you what it promises: the essentials.Following a brief introduction that outlines the key events of the New Testament era, there is a chapter devoted to each century of Christian history beginning with the year 100 and ending roughly at the year 2000. Each chapter flows chronologically featuring: A brief overview, highlighting the main threads and issues running through the relevant century Key historical developments explained Thematic connections between centuries Color-coded sidebars on Persons, Ideas, or Events Persons: key figures either within or without the Church who have impacted Christian history significantly or who otherwise deserve special mention Ideas: important Christian books, as well as heresies, doctrines, or political movements Events: world-historical occurrences such as battles, natural disasters, invTrade ReviewBackhouse describes the history of official Christendom “from above,” but crucially, he also tells the story of the numerous movements renewing Christianity “from below.” No history of the church is complete that does not give time to these radical reforming men and women. A brilliant and beautiful book! * Pete Greig, founder of 24-7 Prayer International; senior pastor at Emmaus Rd, Guildford; author of Dirty Glory *Rich, concise, and built for our most dynamic leaders (who will never darken the door of a seminary), this short volume is Backhouse’s latest masterpiece tool for the local church. If locally-deployed church planters knew their history, they would be far less likely to repeat its mistakes. * Graham Singh, executive director of Church Planting Canada, rector of St. Jax Montreal *The Zondervan Essential Companion to Christian History is visually captivating---every page a joy to behold. But what makes this book so special is how Stephen Backhouse tells the Christian story. Facts and stories about saints, martyrs, heretics, monks, and missionaries fill the pages. This is a history book that reads like an adventure novel. * Richard Beck, professor at Abilene Christian University, author of Unclean and Stranger God *This book is well-named. It is indeed an essential companion to those entering into the study of church history. It gives students an outstanding way of orienting themselves, putting the towering figures of history into their social and theological contexts. It is full of helpful detail without being overwhelming, and it is written in a clear and engaging style, which draws the student in, teaching without daunting them. * Jane Williams, assistant dean and tutor in theology, St. Mellitus College *This gathering together of snapshots from two thousand years of church history refreshingly lets each century tell its own part of the tale; and Stephan Backhouse is a brilliant guide through the bewildering twists and turns. * David Benjamin Blower, Nomad Podcast, writer and musician *This volume is an invaluable resource for anyone looking for a compact yet remarkably comprehensive summary of Christian history. It includes a welcome emphasis on a global perspective, as well as highlighting the role of women in relation to many of the key developments in the church. It comes highly recommended. * Lucy Peppiatt, principal of Westminster Theological Centre *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Servants and Leaders: 0-100 AD 2. Love and Courage: 100-200 AD 3. Martyrs and Heretics: 200-300 AD 4. Establishment and Resistance: 300-400 AD 5. East and West: 400-500 AD 6. Centres and Margins: 500-600 AD 7. Soldiers and Missionaries: 600-700 AD 8. Monks and Emperors: 700-800 AD 9. Conversion and Culture: 800-900 AD 10. Green Shoots, Dead Branches: 900-1000 AD 11. Popes, Kings, and Peasants: 1000-1100 AD 12. War and Peace: 1100-1200 AD 13. Empire and Wilderness: 1200-1300 AD 14. Humility and Power: 1300-1400 AD 15. Church and State: 1400-1500 AD 16. Expansion and Consolidation: 1500 -1600 AD 17. Reform and Revival: 1600-1700 AD 18. Reason and Revolution: 1700-1800 AD 19. Progress and Preservation: 1800-1900 AD 20. Sacrifice and Invention: 1900-2000 AD
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