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Book SynopsisThis guide to the book of Psalms helps womenunderstand the original context of each psalm and see theirlives as part of theunfolding plan of God.

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Book SynopsisThrough this 10-week study, Lydia Brownback examines the twelve judges and how they exemplify the persistent grace of God in the face of human rebellion.

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Book SynopsisDesigned for children ages 812 as they transition from a beginner's Bible, theESV Following Jesus Biblewill strengthen children in their faith and teach them what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.

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Book SynopsisTheESV Women's Study Biblefeatures study and devotional contentalong with elegant artwork from artist Dana Tanamachi to help women in all seasons of life pursue a transformational understanding of Scripture.

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Book SynopsisWriting in the form of a letter to his college-age daughter, Michael Kruger'sSurviving Religion 101takes a topical approach to examining some of the toughest questions Christian students encounter at secular universities.

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Book SynopsisIn No Shortcut to Success, author and missionary Matt Rhodes encourages Christians to stop chasing silver-bullet strategies for missions and embrace long-term methods grounded on theological education, clear communication, and a devotion to ministry excellence.

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Book SynopsisThis 12-week study examines the Sermon on the Mount passage by passage and helps readers apply Jesus's words of wisdom in their daily lives.

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Book SynopsisExam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: Religious StudiesFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018An OCR endorsed textbookHelp students to build their subject knowledge and understanding with guidance and assessment preparation from a team of subject specialists; brought to you by the leading Religious Studies publisher and OCR''s Publishing Partner.- Develops students'' understanding of ''Philosophy of religion'' and ''Religion and ethics'' through accessible explanations of key theories and terms- Enables you to teach ''Developments in Christian thought'' confidently with comprehensive coverage of the key theological arguments- Supports assessment preparation with sample questions and revision advice written by subject specialists- Encourages students to reflect on their learning and develop their own ideas- Helps to extend learning and enhance responses with suggested idea

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Book SynopsisFirst published in Cuba in 1954 and appearing here in English for the first time, Lydia Cabrera’s El Monte is a foundational and iconic study of Afro-Cuban religious and cultural tradition that is essential for scholars, activists, and practitioners alike.Trade Review"A monumental compendium. . . . includes a priceless, botanical encyclopaedia that will be an essential resource for herbalists everywhere." -- Gavin O'Toole * Latin American Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisUncovers women''s participation and impact on defining historical moments and themes of Christian traditionsWomen in Christian Traditions offers a concise and accessible examination of the roles women have played in the construction and practice of Christian traditions, revealing the enormous debt that this major world religion owes to its female followers. It recovers forgotten and obscured moments in church history to help us to realize a richer and fuller understanding of Christianity.This text provides an overview of the complete sweep of Christian history through the lens of feminist scholarship. Yet it also departs from some of the assumptions of that scholarship, raising questions that challenge our thinking about how women have shaped beliefs and practices during two thousand years of church history. Did the emphasis on virginity in the early church empower Christian women? Did the emphasis on marriage during the Reformations of the sixteenth centurTrade ReviewA very useful introductory book to women's roles in Christian history. It provides a solid overview of feminist scholarship from the beginnings of Christianity to the present. It will play a key role in courses on this history. -- Rosemary Radford Ruether,Claremont School of Theology and Graduate UniversityA major contribution to the literature on women in Christianity. Moore effectively synthesizes the last thirty years of scholarship. . . . Using the template of saints, seers and scholars, she has managed to bewonder of wondersboth comprehensive and brief. Both readable and informative, this book will inform undergraduates in courses on the history of Christianity and in women's and gender studies classes. And some might want to buy it for a religious leader who should be better informed on the issues! -- Nadia Lahutsky,Texas Christian UniversityThe book would be an excellent source in an introduction to Christianity or a class on women in religion. * Religious Studies Review *An excellent conversation starter and would be a wonderful addition to any course syllabus looking to inspire classroom dialogue. * Reading Religion *Women in Christian Traditionsdirects a feminist lens at what would be, in less skilled hands, an unmanageable corpus of topics and source materials, and achieves a work that surveys the breadth and depth of its topic in a way that is informative, fresh, and engaging. * Sociology of Religion *Women in Christian Traditionsis a work that will be indispensible in course on gender and religion. Indeed, this work is essential reading for anyone interested in gender or religion. Its scope provides historians, scholars of religions, sociologists, and feminist theorists, as well as clergyand those interested in gender and religion outside of academia or religiona resource that is at once brief and thorough, concise and comprehensive. * Sociology of Religion *The scope is impressive, and this overview would serve as a valuable text in an introductory womens studies course. * Anglican and Episcopal History *Moore accomplishes a seemingly incredible feat: she tells the story of women in Christianity through 2,000 years of history...Noteworthy for itsbreadth and depth, Moores projectwill encourage smart conversations about women and Christianity. * Choice *What a pleasant surprise to find a book on women and Christianity that is not a rant against the evil inherent in this misogynistic religion. Rebecca Moore presents a balanced narrative of womens well-earned place in the history of Christianity, and a significant place it is indeed. Written with students in mind, it probably will succeed in making the reading list of many college courses. This is a good thing; it may be the best choice now available. * Catholic Historical Review *Moores volume is a thoroughly enjoyable book thateffectively outlines the continuous and significant role that women have played in the historical development of the Christian tradition. She provides an accessible sweep of Christian history with special attention to the way that women have affected its development by incorporating engaging narratives focused on the lives of influential women. * Catholic Book Review *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Why Study Women in Christian Traditions? 1 1. In the Beginning ... Eve 19 2. The Women Disciples in the Kingdom of God 27 3. Women and the Conversion of an Empire 47 4. Saints, Seers, and Scholars in the Middle Ages 67 5. Women Reformed, Women Resistant 87 6. Spirit-Filled Women in the Nineteenth Century 107 7. Churchwomen on the Margins and in the Mainstream 129 Conclusion: The Church of Martha and Mary 153 Questions for Discussion 157 Notes 159 Works Cited 181 For Further Reading 195 Subject Index 197 Index to the Bible and New Testament Apocrypha 207 About the Author 209

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Book SynopsisThis 15th anniversary edition has been updated to include new materials and analysis, a review of developments in the field, prospects for new research, and new illustrations.Trade ReviewServants of Allah opens a new door on the African Diaspora and provides readers with even more insight into Islam, as well as enslaved Africans. Diouf's study greatly enhances current literature on the Diaspora. -- Jason Zappe * Copley News Service Dec '98 *Servants of Allah is constructed in a highly classical manner: the sobriety of its analysis lets the facts speak for themselves, with a minimum of editorializing; it is structured logically and symmetrically in a manner that illuminates the nodal point of the Muslim's distinctiveness within the slave system, namely, their mastery of writing....Servants of Allah has a wealth of arguments that provoke reflection and that will not leave the reader indifferent or lacking in references for further reading * Quarterly Black Review *Sylviane Diouf'sServants of Allah is a welcome contribution to our understanding of a critical moment in the African Diaspora. Her focus is the collective experience of African Muslims enslaved in the New World. Diouf's premise is that Muslims maintained their religious and cultural integrity, indeed their identity, in the face of daunting oddsThe author's insight into Islamic almsgiving in the form of saraka cakes in the Georgia Sea islands is intriguing. The section on Muslim dress in the third chapter is well presented. Perhaps the most fascinating parts of the work concern the probability that Muslim holy books were transferred from the Old World to the New via networks of black sailors and that the blues are most likely informed by the musical creativity of West African Muslims. * Journal of Southern History *Sylviane A. Diouf's book makes a major contribution by focusing on Muslim participation in the slave trade and Muslims' impacts on the Americas...Diouf presents a convincing and original picture of the life of enslaved Muslims, who, she claims, remained primarily servants of Allah than subjects of Christian masters...The chapter on resistance and revolts is especially interesting. According to the author, Muslims, as a result of their literacy and military skills, played essential roles in the Haitian Revolution and the early-nineteenth-century revolts in Bahia. Diouf's well-written and interesting book opens new avenues of inquiry and research. It will interest and perhaps inspire students of the African diaspora and slavery in the Americas. * Journal of American History *Table of Contents" vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction to the 15th Anniversary Edition 1 1 African Muslims, Christian Europeans, and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 20 2 Upholding the Five Pillars of Islam in a Hostile World 71 3 Th e Muslim Community 99 4 Literacy: A Distinction and a Danger 159 5 Resistance, Revolts, and Returns to Africa 210 6 Th e Muslim Legacy 251 Notes 285 Select Bibliography 315 Index 327 About the Author 341 Illustrations appear as a group following page 142.

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Book SynopsisWhy did Christianity produce the special organizational form church in the first place? Is it possible to be a Christian without the church? To what extent is Christian faith in community with other believers an alternative to the mere self-optimization of individuals?In this accessible and questioning new work, Hans Joas traverses theological, church-historical, sociological, and ethical territory in search of a viable conception of the church adequate to contemporary globalized societies. Across eleven essays that draw on work by Ernst Troeltsch, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, H. Richard Niebuhr, Leszek Kolakowski and others, Joas reflects on key debatesfrom the failure of so-called secularization theory to explain religiosity in modern society, to the role of Christianity and the church in relation to rampant nationalism and refugee crises, and to the question of whether or not human dignity ever was, or still is, the highest value in the West. Addressing the sociology of the

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide to the ins and outs of the Old and New Testaments.Get a crash course in the most beloved book of all time—the bible. Simplifying the words and concepts of the Bible doesn’t have to be an overwhelming undertaking.From Exodus to the prophets and the Psalms and Revelation, Bible 101 gives you a basic overview of every part of this important book. Written in easy-to-understand language, Bible 101 offers a fascinating—and memorable—glimpse at the sacred stories, traditions, and doctrines that appear in the New and Old Testaments. No matter what your familiarity with the bible is currently, Bible 101 can help you understand the word of God.

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Book SynopsisChristianity is bound up with the very idea of the West: we cannot evade it even if we would like to. While many people no longer believe in Christianity, we cannot deny that it has left a deep imprint on Western thought. But how might we develop a philosophy of Christianity that is not a Christian philosophy? How can we take a view that is external to the traditions of apologetics and criticism? For there is a question that concerns us all here: are the coherences of Christianity still useful for thought, and especially for thought about existence? To address this question, François Jullien considers Christianity as constituting a set of resources. Resources are available to all and can be used by those who discover and exploit them; they belong to no one. Christianity offers us resources inasmuch as we can draw some benefit from it, inasmuch as it can be the source of an effect, without our having to believe it or determine its truth in advance. Jullien reads the Gospels, and especially the Gospel of John, as he would read any other text, seeking to account for the text's coherence (rather than its ‘meaning’), seeking to account for its pertinence (rather than its ‘truth’), but without any need to adhere – the exploitation of resources demands no conversion. And in reading the Gospel of John in this way, we discover the fertile veins of a theory of existence. This fresh and erudite reflection on Christianity will be of great value to anyone interested in religion and its relevance today.Trade Review“Christianity is written deep into our cultural and collective imaginations. What an excellent and important contribution, then, to consider the resources of the Christian faith beyond the buttressed walls of churches.”Graham Ward, University of OxfordTable of ContentsI. Refusal to avoid (the question of Christianity)II. Resources III. An event is possible IV. What is it to be alive? V. The logic of de-coincidenceVI. Reconfiguration of truth VII. Ex-istence: to dwell in the Other by abiding outside of the world

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Book SynopsisThe idea of a connection between poetry and religion is as old as civilization. Homer consulted the Olympian gods on the fate of the fighters on the plain before Troy, and the poet made the heavenly ones speak. It was through poetry that the gods were brought within reach of human hearing. In the centuries after Homer, the Athenian stage became the setting where gods made their poetic interventions, resolving human impasses and contributing to the emotional synchronization of the public life of the city. Sloterdijk argues that, as with the culture of the Ancient Greeks, all religions inscribe a kind of “theopoetry” at the heart of their cultural life and thought, even as they strenuously obscure these poetic origins through the cultivation and enforcement of orthodox norms. Sloterdijk also shows how, in conditions of religious pluralism, religions poetically reshape themselves to accommodate the demands of the religious marketplace. This highly original study of the poetic devices that inform accounts of the otherworldly offers a new interpretation of religious practice and its theological elaboration through history, as well as a fresh perspective on our contemporary age in which collective life, interwoven with imaginative fabrications, is fraying under critical stress.Trade Review"Religion is poetry, poetry is religion, and both are concerned with the 'overarching' that is at once cosmic and political. The avatars of this triple connectivity, and what happens to it when the overarching becomes paradoxically contested, are brilliantly explored in this new book. Agree with Peter Sloterdijk or not, he will assist you to think further about what is truly fundamental to our human existence and its future."—John Milbank, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface I Deus ex machina, Deus ex cathedra 1 The gods in the theater 2 Plato's contestation 3 Of the true religion 4 Representing God, being God: an Egyptian solution 5 On the best of all possible heaven dwellers 6 Poetries of power 7 Dwelling in plausibilities 8 The theopoetical difference 9 Revelation whence? 10 The death of the gods 11 'Religion is unbelief': Karl Barth's intervention 12 In the garden of infallibility: Denzinger’s world II Under the high heavens 13 Fictive belonging together 14 Twilight of the gods and sociophany 15 Glory: poems of praise 16 Poetry of patience 17 Poetry of exaggeration: religious virtuosos and their excesses 18 Kerygma, propaganda, supply-side offense, or, When fiction is not to be trifled with 19 On the prose and poetry of the search 20 Religious freedom In lieu of an afterword Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe virtue of obedience is seen as outdated today, if not downright toxic – and yet, are we any freer than our forebears? In this provocative work, Jacob Phillips argues not. Many feel unable to speak freely, their opinions policed by the implicit or explicit threat of coercion. Impending ecological disaster is the ultimate threat to our freedoms and wellbeing, and living in a disenchanted cosmos leaves people enslaved to nihilistic whim. Phillips shows that the antiquated notion of obedience to the moral law contains forgotten dimensions, which can be a source of freedom from these contemporary fetters. These dimensions of obedience – such as loyalty, discipline and order – protect people from falling prey to the subtle forms of coercion, control and domination of twenty-first-century life. Fusing literary insight with philosophical discussion and cultural critique, Phillips demonstrates that in obedience lies the path to true freedom.Trade Review‘This book is not a thunderous polemic, still less a dry work of abstract argumentation. Phillips, writing in effective and elegant prose, draws on literature, modern history and personal experience to craft richly human insights into thinking and living well […] stimulating and insightful.’The Critic‘A thoughtful, fascinating read.’Tim Stanley, author of Whatever Happened to Tradition? 'Obedience is Freedom ​musically weaves together high and low culture, ancient and modern, the sacred and profane, in a richly resonant texture of ideas. This is a book that will surprise and delight both the very well-read and the very online.'Mary Harrington, Contributing Editor, UnHerd ‘We live in the wreckage created by the individual liberationist transformations of the twentieth-century Left and Right. More an exploration than a polemic, Phillips uses literary criticism, storytelling and the history of ideas to envision another path based on solidarity, loyalty and obligations, without which we are liberated from all duties, only to find ourselves alone in a harsh and unjust world.’Angela Nagle, author of Kill All Normie“Jacob Phillips has written a book which needed to be written and which needs to be read […] this work cements his reputation as a fine essayist in the best of English traditions.”European Conservative“Utterly unique.”Seamus Flaherty, Merion West"Phillips calls on an eclectic range of philosophers, poets, and novelists as tutelary spirits; and he extracts unexpected lessons from disparate, real-world events."The Irish Examiner"brilliant and unusual”Spiked“Paragraph after paragraph, a seductive threnody unfolds, structured by an almost syllogistic order.”Henry Hopwood-Phillips, The Critic“erudite…crowded with well-expressed insights”Chronicles MagazineTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Allegiance 2 Loyalty 3 Deference 4 Honour 5 Obligation 6 Respect 7 Responsibility 8 Discipline 9 Duty 10 Authority Notes

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Book SynopsisNavid Kermani is not only one of Germany’s most distinguished writers and public intellectuals, he is also an outstanding public speaker who mesmerizes audiences with his well-crafted sentences and turns of phrase. Whether he is speaking about the plight of refugees or delivering a eulogy at his father’s graveside, Kermani finds words that surprise his listeners, enlighten them, provoke them, disturb them or move them to tears. As a German of Iranian descent whose parents settled in Germany, Kermani is particularly sensitive to the issues raised by migration and the perceived tensions between Islam and the West. His speeches are a powerful demonstration of how much we stand to gain by adhering to the values of openness, tolerance and mutual respect for the beliefs and practices of those from other cultures who live among us.Trade Review"Navid Kermani is a brilliant scholar and public intellectual, a perfect diasporic figure in that he is both fully German and deeply engaged with the Iranian Muslim culture that he inhabits with full critical commitment. These are speeches that will change the way that people see the world, especially the world of Iran."Daniel Boyarin, author of The No-State Solution: A Jewish Manifesto"Navid Kermani’s essays and speeches have established themselves as some of the most brilliant and wide-ranging statements of any German public intellectual. Whether reflecting on politics and the state or mourning his late father, Kermani knows how to be both a public figure and a moving private individual. To read him is to be in touch with both the nerve-ends of modern Europe and its manifold links to the Orient."Jeremy Adler, King’s College London"Navid Kermani has established himself as one of Germany’s foremost public intellectuals… He has the preacher’s skill of connecting the personal and the general, and of using each occasion as an opportunity to say what he feels needs to be said at that moment without its seeming forced or arbitrary."Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsEditorial Note Preface On the Presentation of the Special Award of the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize to the Iranian Writers’ Association On the Death of the Unborn Sofía On the 65th Anniversary of the Promulgation of the German Constitution On Receiving the Joseph Breitbach Prize At the Public Commemoration of the Victims of the Paris Attacks On Receiving the Peace Prize of the German Publishers’ Association Eulogy for Rupert Neudeck Eulogy for Jaki Liebezeit On the Twentieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Department of Jewish History and Culture On Receiving the State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia Eulogy for Djavad Kermani Eulogy for Karl Schlamminger On the Seventieth Birthday of FC Cologne In Memory of Egon Ammann Dinner Speech at the Investment Conference of Flossbach von Storch AG Keynote Address to the Congress of the International Association for Analytical Psychology Statement before the Opening Reading of the Harbour Front Literature Festival On Receiving the Hölderlin Prize of the City of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe On a Concert by the WDR Symphony Orchestra in the Broadcast Series ‘Music in Dialogue’ Epilogue: On My Bookseller, Ömer Özerturgut Notes

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