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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Die Erwählte Die Erwählte Melvyn Bragg 895 S. 19 cm OL15215429W
Christian Anarchism Christian Anarchism Alexandre Christoyannopoulos Christian anarchism has been around for at least as long as “secular” anarchism. The existing literature cites Leo Tolstoy as its most famous (sometimes even as the only) proponent, but there are man… OL15670474W
Women & Catholicism Women & Catholicism Phyllis Zagano "Award-winning Catholic scholar Phyllis Zagano investigates three distinct situations in the Catholic Church, each pointing to Catholicism's global weak spot: the role of women in the Church. Each of… OL16011296W
God is red God is red Yiwu Liao When journalist Liao Yiwu first stumbled upon a vibrant Christian community in the officially secular China, he knew little about Christianity. In fact, he'd been taught that religion was evil, and t… OL16238040W
War in the Bible and terrorism in the twenty-first century War in the Bible and terrorism in the twenty-first century Elmer A. Martens,Richard S. Hess In February 2004, Denver Seminary's annual Biblical Studies conference addressed the question of modern war and the teachings of biblical ethics regarding it. The conference was envisioned as a colla… OL16801551W
Digital Jesus Digital Jesus Robert Glenn Howard In the 1990s, Marilyn Agee developed one of the most well-known amateur evangelical websites focused on the "End Times", The Bible Prophecy Corner. Around the same time, Lambert Dolphin, a retired St… OL16806088W
Christianity in Bakhtin Christianity in Bakhtin Ruth Coates The work of the great Russian theorist Mikhail Bakhtin has been examined from a wide variety of literary and theoretical perspectives. None of the many studies of Bakhtin begins to do justice, howeve… OL1807298W
Abraham's curse Abraham's curse Bruce Chilton When they arrived at the place which God had indicated to him, Abraham builtan altar there, and arranged the wood. Then he bound his son and put him onthe altar on top of the wood. Abraham stretched … OL1829788W
For the sake of heaven and earth For the sake of heaven and earth Irving Greenberg A pioneer in the area of pluralism and interfaith relations, Rabbi Irving Greenberg has spent a lifetime working to overcome the history of hostility between Judaism and Christianity. This book is st… OL1841542W
The secular state under siege The secular state under siege Christian Joppke "Throughout human history, religion and politics have entertained the most intimate of connections as systems of authority regulating individuals and society. While the two have come apart through th… OL19997285W
Dressing Judeans and Christians in antiquity Dressing Judeans and Christians in antiquity Alicia J. Batten,Kristi Upson-Saia,Carly Daniel-Hughes "This volume aims to understand religious aspects of dress in the ancient world by examining a diverse range of religious sources, including literature, art, performance, coinage, economic markets, a… OL20973536W
Getrennt - für immer? Getrennt - für immer? Gary D. Chapman Auch unter Christen ist die Trennung der Partner kein Tabu mehr. Aber eine Trennung muss nicht das Ende der Ehe bedeuten. Chapman weist Wege aus der Krise und macht viel Mut, nach einer Trennungsphas… OL24266993W
The outrageous idea of Christian scholarship The outrageous idea of Christian scholarship George M. Marsden This book is a thought-provoking text on the relationship between religious faith and intellectual scholarship. The book argues that mainstream American higher education needs to be more open to expl… OL3274839W
Fragmentation and Redemption Fragmentation and Redemption Caroline Walker Bynum *Fragmentation and Redemption* is first of all about bodies and the relationship of part to whole in the high Middle Ages, a period in which the overcoming of partition and putrefaction was the very … OL3481003W
Conservative Christians and political participation Conservative Christians and political participation Glenn H. Utter Conservative Christians and Political Participation examines the involvement and influence of the growing number of Conservative Christians in America. A historical overview of the interaction of rel… OL479716W
American Theocracy American Theocracy Kevin Phillips From America's premier political analyst, an explosive examination of the axis of religion, politics, and borrowed money that threatens to destroy the nationIn his two most recent New York Times best… OL7986316W
Always Reforming Always Reforming Craig D. Atwood "Always Reforming highlights the fact that in the modern era the notion of heresy has fallen apart. Every church has been declared heretical at some time or other by another church, and it is not the… OL8671800W