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Word on Fire The Pivotal Players: 12 Heroes Who Shaped the
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HigherLife Publishing Faith and the Marketplace: Becoming the Person of Influence God Intended You to Be
Book SynopsisWhether you work as a plumber or politician, manager or metal-worker--where you work is your mission field. Believe it or not, your business was created for Kingdom business. There is a level of fruitfulness and authority in which God wants you to operate. This life-transforming message has been newly revised and expanded to provide you with fresh insights and revelation on how you can be a person of tremendous influence in the arena where God has placed you. This Kingdom leadership playbook promises to catapult you to the next level of your career, profession, business, or ministry. Learn how to build your faith in God and understand His perfect plan for your life. Your faith was never meant to be separated from your work or business life. Using both scripture and personal stories, Bill Winston will show you how God is restoring this unbeatable team of kings and priests to advance His Kingdom and transform the marketplace through the superior principles of faith and fruitfulness.
£14.20
Brepols N.V. The Censorship and Fortuna of Platina's Lives of
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£89.95
Peeters Het Memoriaal Van Abt Jan Moors. 15 November
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£34.20
Kohlhammer Zeugnis Und Zeitgeschichte: Studien Zum
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£89.76
Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Die Greifswalder Lehrsynagoge Johann Friedrich
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£56.00
Bohlau Verlag Religiöse Grenzgänger im östlichen Europa:
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£80.20
Harrassowitz Religion Macht Politik: Hofgeistlichkeit Im
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£85.50
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Priester in Zeiten des Umbruchs: Identität und
Book SynopsisKatholische Priester sahen sich in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts angesichts der politisch-gesellschaftlichen Umbruchsprozesse im Zuge der Modernisierung mit einer Welt im Wandel konfrontiert. Forstner geht am Beispiel des Pfarrklerus in Oberbayern der Frage nach, wie der Klerus und die Verantwortlichen in der Kirchenhierarchie auf diese Veränderungen reagierten. Er untersucht dabei die Prozesse der Nachwuchsrekrutierung und -ausbildung ebenso, wie den Wandel in der sozialen und mentalen Disposition des Klerus. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt auf der priesterlichen Alltagskultur, deren unterschiedlichste Ausprägungen betrachtet werden: Das katholische Pfarrhaus mit seinen Hausgenossen, die materielle Situation des Klerus, seine geistigen und wissenschaftlichen Interessen ebenso wie sein Freizeitverhalten zwischen Wirtshaus und Sportplatz. Forstner zeigt, wie der Klerus in einem steten Spannungsverhältnis zwischen der Partizipation an den Errungenschaften der Moderne und der Wahrung der von der Obrigkeit geforderten Distanz zu diesen stand. Dem abweichenden Verhalten von Klerikern und den Strategien von dessen Verdeckung und Tabuisierung widmet sich die Studie anhand von Phänomenen wie dem Konkubinat, praktizierter Homosexualität und Eigentumsdelikten. Nicht zuletzt geht der Autor der Frage nach, wie der Klerus den gröÃten politischen und gesellschaftlichen Herausforderung seiner Zeit, dem nationalsozialistischen Herrschaftssystem mit seinen Folgen und dem Krieg, gegenÃ"bertrat.
£145.71
Schwabe Verlagsgruppe Aufklarung Uber Religion: Literarische
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£81.70
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Depredadores sagrados: Pederastía clerical en
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£15.26
Vida Publishers Comentario Al Evangelio de Lucas Y a Los Hechos
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£41.60
Roca Editorial de Libros, S.L. Intrigas y poder en el Vaticano / Intrigue and
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£20.36
Editorial Kairos Veinticuatro Horas de la Vida de Un Monje
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£18.63
Gregorian & Biblical Press La Riforma Della Vita Del Clero Nella Diocesi Di
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£999.99
Peeters Publishers Church and Order: A Reformed Perspective
Book SynopsisChurch and order. A reformed perspective. are the Onclin lectures given at the Faculty of Canon Law in Leuven during February 1998. The first four chapters give a perspective on the fundamental principles of Reformed Church Government. Follows a discussion of what a Church Order as a document of order in the church is all about - its scope, its authority, its relationship to Holy Scripture etc. The last chapter is a reflection on how the rights of people can and should be protected in reformed churches - a burning issue in our day. The book is also an attempt to take note of canon law developments within the Roman Catholic Church and also to contribute to the dialogue between Rome and the churches of the reformation.
£25.14
Peeters Publishers History of Vatican II: English Version Edited by
Book SynopsisThis third volume of the History of Vatican II describes the period during which the Second Vatican Council began to assume its mature and distinct character. With the succession of Pope Paul VI to Pope John XXIII the Council had a new head. With the revisions of texts accomplished during the firts intersession the council had a new agenda more in line with the desires of the majority that had emerged during the first period. With the appointment of four Moderators the Council had a new leadership. The volume describes the peculiar situation of Paul VI as a pope elected in the midst of an ecumenical council and the vision of the Council - and the Church - that he outlined in his opening speech, which was followed immediately by a consideration of the text on the Church. Both in this discussion and in the one that followed, on bishops, the issue of collegiality would be passionately debated. The Council also completed its work on the first two documents promulgated: the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy and the Declaration on the Communications Media. The ecumenical commitment of the Council became visible, not only in the discussion of a decree on ecumenism, but in the visit of Paul VI to the Holy Land. During the second intersession the work of the Council continued, the most important features of which were the beginnings of the liturgical reform, the revision of the major texts still to be considered or voted on, and a plan to reduce many other texts to simple sets of propositions that was designed to make it possible for the Council to end with the third period.
£82.75
Peeters Publishers Mysterium Ecclesiae: Images of the Church and Its
Book SynopsisStarting-point of this book is that for Origen the object of religious knowledge is a mystery. Therefore he shrinks from using 'definitions', by which in his opinion the mystery is literally 'restricted'. This also applies to the Church. About her can only be spoken 'in a manner of speaking' and by means of images. The Bible itself leads the way in this respect. Therefore one must not stick to the literal meaning of the text, but one must try to understand it spiritually. Origen traces the meaning of the biblical images of the Church. Sometimes he elaborates them or puts them in a new context. But he also creates new images to describe the Church and already detects in the Old Testament all kinds of types of the Church. Analyzing all these images the author gives insight in Origen's ecclesiology.
£99.77
Peeters Publishers The Teaching of Church-state Relations in
Book SynopsisThere is great concern nowadays regarding the character and position of University studies all over Europe as the result of a possible coordination of University studies. Within this context, the subject of this book is the teaching and research activities of Universities and other European institutions in the field of Church-State relations. Four University scholars, Basdevant-Gaudemet, Puza, Kotiranta and Garcia Pardo, report along similar lines on the situation of University studies in this field in the different countries of the European Union. The first report also contains a historical description of the origins and development of the University studies of Church-State relations.
£47.89
Peeters Publishers History of Vatican II: v. 5: Council and the
Book SynopsisIn the 40th year after the close of the second Vatican Council, here is the final volume of its most definitive history. "History of Vatican II, Volume V" takes the reader through the approval of texts such as the "Constitution on Divine Revelation," the "Decree on Religious Liberty," the "Decree on the Church's Missionary Activity" and the "Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World."Reconstructing and commenting on the final session and the transition to a post-Conciliar world Volume V includes chapters on the critical period between the third and fourth sessions by Giovanni Turbanti and the beginning of the fourth session by Gilles Routhier. The third chapter by Mauro Velati deals with events that settled how the fourth session would approve key texts, and the fourth chapter by Christophe Theobald reveals how "the Church under the Word of God" came to be the central focus of Vatican II Theology. Chapters by Peter Hunermann, Lukas Vischer, and Giuseppe Alberigo tell the story of the final days, interpret the Council as an ecumenical event, and show how the reception of the Council's work by the Church at large foreshadows the struggles over the meaning of the Council that continue to this day.An unprecedented and unsurpassed effort of international scholars, "History of Vatican II", will remain a key resource for historians, theologians, and religious professionals for years to come.
£99.95
Peeters Publishers Priests and Prophets Among Pagans, Jews and
Book SynopsisThe emperor Julian pointed out that the duties of priesthood were better understood among 'the impious Galileans' (i.e. Christians) than among his pagan contemporaries. Like the emperor, the essays in this volume look in both directions. Its pages are populated by very diverse figures: Plutach, Aelius Aristides, Alexander of Abonouteichos, Daniel the Stylite, Gregory of Nazianzus, Shenoute of Atripe, Mani, Muhammad, and a host of anonymous Greek and Roman priests, prophets, and diviners. The priests of second temple Judaism are considered too. Both in the Greco-Roman and the early Christian worlds the neat division between priests and prophets proves hard to sustain. But in terms of fame and influence a strong contrast emerges between Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian prophets; this is why it is only among Jews and Christians that 'false prophets' are feared. Two recurrent preoccupations are the relation of priests and prophets to secular power, and the priest/prophet not as reality but as idea, an imagined figure. Leading scholars of the religions of antiquity come together in this wide-ranging and innovative volume.
£55.98
Peeters Publishers Challenges of Moral Leadership
Book SynopsisWhat is it about leadership that makes being a moral leader such a challenge? Why do leaders typically make the same mistakes over and over again, throughout history, across cultures and over time? How do expectations of heroic leadership impact a leader's moral integrity? How do followers contribute to (or undermine) a robust ethical stance of their leaders? This volume addresses these and other questions from a variety of interdisciplinary, practitioner and faith perspectives. It contains, for example, a historical account of leadership challenges, an engagement with the responsibility ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and a contextual study of the specific challenges of ethical leadership in Russia. This second volume of the series Christian Perspectives on Leadership and Social Ethics, published by the Institute of Leadership and Ethics, of the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit in Leuven (Belgium), serves leaders to face an increasingly complex reality.
£57.00
Peeters Publishers History of Vatican II: v. 1
Book SynopsisIn this first volume, Giuseppe Alberigo begins with the extraordinary announcement of the newly-elected Pope John XXIII to convene "a general council for the universal church." Etienne Fouilloux explores the gradual development and shaping of the preparatory commissions. Joseph A. Komonchak then describes the internal struggles to define the scope and nature of the council; J. Oscar Beozzo examines the external climate and focus of the world media, governments, and other religious leaders. Finally, Karl Wittstadt recounts the organizational and logistical refinements that lead up to the eve of the council itself.
£69.82
Peeters Publishers History of Vatican II: English Version Edited by
Book SynopsisThis second volume of The History of Vatican II describes the dramatic first session of the Council as it was electrified by Pope John XXIII's inspiring and liberating speech. It tells the story of how the bishops repudiated the doctrinal texts they had been expected to rubber stamp and gave overwhelming approval of the call to reform the church. Volume II describes the main protagonists, the issues at stake in the debates, and the gradual emergence and triumph of the desire for spiritual renewal and pastoral reform. It concludes with a study of the Council's agenda, an agenda that permitted this desire to become effective in subsequent sessions. In the pages of The Formation of the Council's Identity, such important ecclesiastical personages as the Cardinals Siri of Genoa and Suenens - virtual polar opposites on questions of aggiornamento - and soon-to-be famous periti such as Ives Congar, Hans Kung, and Karl Rahner make their appearances. The mood of the conservatives was one of trepidation in the face of unknown possibilites; the mood of the progressives a mixture of gloom and apprehension in the face of reactionary legalistic preparatory documents and commissions. In the midst of such contradictory expectations, John XXIII injected something completely unexpected in his "moonlight address" on the evening the Council opened. His deep humanity impressed itself upon the Council delegates and the world at large. Chapters include a preface by G. Alberigo; (1) "The Dramatic Opening Days" by A. Ricardi; (2) "The Council Gets Underway" by G.P. Fogarty; (3) "The Debate on the Liturgy" by M. Lamberigts; (4) "A Portrait of the Assembly" by H. Raguer; (5) "The Clash over Divine Revelation" by G. Ruggieri; (6) "The Brief Debate on Communications Media" by M. Lamberigts; (7) "Beyond an Ecclesiology of Polemics; The Debate on the Church" by G. Ruggieri; (8) "The Second Preparation of the Council during the Intersession" by J. Grootaers; (9) "Ebb and Flow: Conciliar Dynamics during the Intersession" by J. Grootaers; and (10) "The Conciliar Experience" by G. Alberigo.
£70.38
