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Gefen Publishing House Why do Jewish?: A Manifesto for 21st Century
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Saint Paul and the Education Encounter: Lessons
Book SynopsisThis book connects the Biblical Paul’s work as an educator with the revival of interest in Paul’s impact on contemporary social and cultural experience, sometimes referred to as ‘Paul’s new moment’. It presents Paul's letters as being the testament of an educator who brought a radical emancipatory approach to the communities with whom he lived and worked. The book draws on history, philosophy, New Testament studies, and social theory to present the case for Paul as the initiator of a pedagogy of the event. This book explores the concept of a pedagogy of the event, and provides a case study of success in its implementation.Table of Contents1. Introduction - Re-conceptualizing Paul as the first educator of the first millennium.- 2. Understanding event and its possibility.- 3. Ekklēsia – education communities that respond to an event.- 4. relationships at the foundation of an event.- 5. Pedagogy of the event as an evolving pedagogy.- 6. Pedagogy of the event as a new ethic for educators.
£104.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore History of the Development of Chinese Chan
Book SynopsisThe book aims to describe the history of Chan (Japanese Zen) School thought from the standpoint of social history. Chan, a school of East Asian Buddhism, was influential on all levels of societies in the region because of its intellectual and aesthetic appeal. In China, Chan infiltrated all levels of society, mainly because it engaged with society and formed the mainstream of Buddhism from the tenth or eleventh centuries through to the twentieth century. This book, taking a critical stance, examines the entire history of Chan thought and practice from the viewpoint of a modern Chinese scholar, not a practitioner, but an intellectual historian who places ideological developments in social contexts. The author suggests that core elements of Chan have their origins in Daoist philosophers, especially Zhuangzi, and not in Indian Buddhist concepts. Covering the period from the sixth century into the twentieth century, it deals with Chan interactions with neo-Confucianism, Quanzhen Daoism, and Gongyang new text philology, as well as with literature and scholarship, its fusion with Pure Land Buddhism, and its syncretic tendencies. Chan’s exchanges with emperors from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasty, as well as the motives of some loyalists of the Ming Dynasty for joining Chan after the fall of the Ming, are described. The book concludes with an examination of the views of Chan of Hu Shi, D.T. Suzuki, and the scholar-monk Yinshun.Table of ContentsPreface. Forward. Section 1 The Formation and Branching of Chan Thought Chapter 1: An Investigation of Chan.Chapter 2: The Foundations and Formation of Chan Thought Chapter 3: The Branching of Chan Thought Section 2 The Synthesis and Infiltration of Song-period Chan Thought Chapter 4: An Outline of the Song-dynasty Chan School Chapter 5: The Tolerant Cooperation and Interpenetration of Chan Thought Part 1: Yanshou’s Convergence of Chan, Pure Land, and Doctrine. Part 2: Qisong’s Chan Thought that Unified Confucianism and Buddhism.Chapter 6. From Shanzhao to Chongxian’s Songgu baize (Hundred Old Cases with Hymns)Part 1: Shanzhao and the Beginnings of Hymns on Old Cases (songgu).Part 2. Chongxian’s Hymns on Old Cases and Their Successes and Failures.Part 3. Keqin’s Biyan lu (Blue Cliff Record) and the Deluge of Lettered Chan.Part 4. Huihong and Lettered Chan.Chapter 7. The Branch Roads in the Development of Chan Thought: Kanhua Chan and Silent Illumination Chan Part 1. Zonggao and kanhua Chan.Part 2. Zhengjue and Silent Illumination Chan.Part 3. Criticisms of kanhua Chan and Silent Illumination Chan.Chapter 8. Researches on Chan History and Chan Learning.Part 1. Zanning’s Chan History and Chan Learning.Part 2. Puji and the Wudeng huiyuan. Appendix. The Disputes over the Change of Affiliation to the Legitimate Lineage of Yunmen Chapter 9. The Attractive Force of Chan Learning and Its Outwards Diffusion.Part 1. The Chan Learning of the Gentry.Part 2. The Chan Learning of the Lixue Neo-Confucians. A.Part 3. The Chan Learning of the Lixue Scholars B.Part 4. Poetry, Poetics, and Chan Learning.Section 3 The Changes in Yuan and Ming Chan ThoughtChapter 10. The Vicissitudes of Chan Learning in the Early Yuan. Part 1. Wansong Xingxiu and the Evaluations (pingchang) of the Yuan Period. Part 2. The Chan of the Early Yuan Gentry and the Sanjiao pingxin lun.Part 3. The Dispute Between the Chan-influenced Quanzhen and the Chan Way. A.. Part 4. The Dispute Between the Chan-influenced Quanzhen and the Chan Way. Chapter 11. The Origins and Spread of Nianfo Chan.Part 1. Mingben’s This Mind is Buddha Nianfo Chan.Part 2. Weize’s Outward Chan and Inward Pure Land of the Imperishable Soul Part 3. Fanqi and His Pure Land Faith.Part 4. Zhuhong and His Theory of Rebirth in the Pure Land by the Joint Practice of Chan and Pure Land Chapter 12. The Lettered Chan that Blends the Three Religions Part 1. Zhenke’s Lettered Prajñā that Blends the Various Schools Part 2. Deqing and his Mengyu quanji (Complete Works of Dream Travels) that Survey the Three Essentials Part 3. Yuanlai’s Canchan jingyu (Warning Words on Investigating Chan) and Yuanxian’s Yiyan (Dream Words) that is the Chan that Saves Confucianism.Chapter 13: Wang Yangming Chan and the Escapist Chan of the Gentry. Part 1: The Chan Learning of the Early-Ming Grand Confucians and the Vanguard of Yangming-Chan Part 2. The Great Vehicle of Confucianism: Yangming-Chan.Part 3. The Descendants of Yangming-Chan.Part 4: The Delight in Chan of the End of the Ming Confucians and the Gentry Escape into Chan Chapter 14. Lineage Disputes and the Books on Chan Learning. Part 1. Fazang’s Wuzong yuan (On the Origins of the Five Lineages) and Yuanwu’s Three Treatises of Biwang (Exorcising Falsity) Part 2. Luo Qinshun’s Du Foshu bian (Judgements on Reading Buddhist Books) and Qu Ruji’s Zhiyue lu (Records of Pointing at the Moon) Part 3. Monk Biographies and Lamplight Records.Section 4 The Turn Towards the Human World of Qing-dynasty Chan Thought Chapter 15. The Early Qing Monk Disputes and Yongzheng’s Protection of the Dharma.Part 1. The Linji Chan Masters of the Early Qing (A) Part 2. The Linji Chan Masters of the Early Qing (B) Part 3. The Caodong Chan Masters of the Early Qing. Part 4. Yongzheng’s Chan Learning and His Jianmo bianyi lu. Chapter 16. The Qing Confucians’ Sublation and Reformation of Chan Learning. Part 1. Early Qing Practical Learning and Dai Zhen’s Criticism of Chan Learning. Part 2. The Early Qing Confucians and Peng Shaosheng’s Praise of Chan Learning. Part 3. The New Text Classicists’ Use of Their Own Ideas to Promote or Dismiss Chan Learning and Their Use of Chan Learning. Chapter 17. The Particpatory Spirit of the Chan Monks of the End of the Qing and the Early Republican Period Part 1. The Four Great Venerable Elders of the End of the Qing, and Others.Part 2. Jing’an’s Chan Poetry on Protecting the Teachings and Loving the Country and Taixu’s Buddhist Reform Movement Section 5 A Comparison of Research into the Chan School in Recent Times: A Contemporary Explanation of Chan Chapter 18. A Comparison of the Genesis of the Research into the Chan School by Hu Shi, Suzuki Daisetsu, and Yinshun.Chapter 19. A Comparison of the Core Concepts of the Chan Learning of Hu Shi, Suzuki Daisetsu, and Yinshun Chapter 20: A Comparison of the Research Methodology of the Chan Learning of Hu Shi, Suzuki Daisetsu, and YinshunChapter 21. A Comparison of Concrete Problems in the Research on the History of the Chan School of Hu Shi, Suzuki Daisetsu, and Yinshun. Postscript Conventions. Further Reading
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Chung Yuan Christian University A Dialogue with Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Collected
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Chung Yuan Christian University Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Sino-Theology
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Chung Yuan Christian University Criticism of Heaven: The Author's Cut
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Ediciones Lea El anticristo: Una maldición contra el
Book SynopsisIn El anticristo, Friedrich Niezsche presents his sharpest critique of Judeo-Christian morality. Under attack are compassion, weakness, and the beliefs that came to constitute Western society after the death of Christ, as Niezsche calls for a return to the values of aristocracy—power, force, and the search for truth beyond superstition. Polemical and a little mad, this book of Nietzsche's opened up new paths of thought, some of which have yet to be explored.
£11.35
Juxia Publishing Ltd Minimalism: A Bridge Between Classical Philosophy and the Baha'i Revelation
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Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Le Devoilement Des Ignominies Grecques Et Les
Book SynopsisText in French: "LE DÉVOILEMENT DES IGNOMINIES GRECQUES ET LES ASPERSIONS PAR DE PIEUX CONSEILS"
£22.49
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press On Qur'anic Exegesis
Book SynopsisAn abridged version of the Introductions of Muhammad Tahir bin Ashur (d. 1393 AH/1973 CE) popularly known as Ibn Ashur to his Tafsir Al-Tahrir wa Al-Tanwir. Muhammad Bin Hamad Al Thani Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization, had so far been publishing translations of classical works of the Islamic civilization. Owing the expansion of their work's scope, they have now included works which might not be termed classical in the general sense of the word, but which are certainly imbued with that sense of classicism. Ibn Ashur's Al-Tahrir wa Al-Tanwir is one such work in their estimation, and merited translation into English and publication owing to its comprehensive nature and significance. Qur'anic studies has long since become an important research area among the Islamists of the West and the modernists if the Muslim world, in addition to its permanently paramount status in the eyes of Muslim scholars.
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WestBow Press Real Happy: Jesus' Surprising Path to Genuine Joy
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Independently Published The First Book: Hunter-Gatherers, God and
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State University of New York Press God in PostChristianity
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Post Hill Press Embracing Infinite Possibilities
Book SynopsisDr. Bernard Harris shares his journey, and an honest discussion of his struggles, ambitions, hopes and dreams, as a testimony to the voyage that we all face with a desire to discover the power from within.
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers God on Trial
Book SynopsisHow do we know if God is benevolent? Can we trust God, or is our faith finally in vain? Noted philosopher Paul Moser takes up this concern with a rigorous and persuasive argument that God is constantly seeking to vindicate divine goodness and to self-manifest God's divinity as perfect goodness to humans.
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Experiment The Jewish Way to a Good Life
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Academic Studies Press The Terror of Evil
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