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The sword, the cross, and the eagle The sword, the cross, and the eagle Davis Brown "Cutting across religion, law, and political theory, The Cross, the Sword, and the Eagle presents a comprehensive just war theory that prioritizes justice over peace and is based on time-honored Chri… OL11903326W
Flickering pixels Flickering pixels Shane Hipps Flickering pixels are the tiny dots of light that make up the screens of life - from TVs to cell phones. They are nearly invisible, but they change us. In this provocative book, author Shane Hipps ta… OL13648850W
Creation Untamed Creation Untamed Terence E. Fretheim The Bible often speaks of natural disasters, but its insights have been insufficiently explored. Terence Fretheim offers fresh readings of familiar Old Testament passages--creation, the flood, Sodom … OL15060617W
Jesus Freak Jesus Freak Sara Miles "I came late to Christianity," writes Sara Miles, "knocked upside down by a mid-life conversion centered around eating a literal chunk of bread. I hadn't decided to profess an article of doctrine, bu… OL15184563W
Reconciliation Reconciliation Thích Nhất Hạnh "Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, author of Anger, offers insights on how mindfulness practice can encourage wellness and balanced mental health, and help heal childhood suffering and trauma. With persona… OL15457290W
Food and faith Food and faith Norman Wirzba "This book provides a comprehensive theological framework for assessing eating's significance, demonstrating that eating is of profound economic, moral, and theological significance"-- OL16011353W
Islam in the modern world Islam in the modern world Seyyed Hossein Nasr "As Muslims grow in numbers, and as Islam's role in world affairs becomes larger, we've begun to see the breakdown in a united fellowship among believers. Certainly the misunderstandings and friction… OL16516829W
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
Sacred sound Sacred sound Guy L. Beck "This innovative book explores religion through music - the source of spiritual elation, social cohesion, and empowerment in cultures around the world."--BOOK JACKET OL18487117W
Zeit und Ewigkeit als Raum göttlichen Handelns Zeit und Ewigkeit als Raum göttlichen Handelns Reinhard G. Kratz,Hermann Spieckermann Main description: The volume contains the papers from an international symposium held in 2007 by the Göttingen Graduate School on Images of Gods- Images of God- World Views: Polytheism and Monotheism… OL19912151W
Women and Islam Women and Islam Zayn Kassam A collection of essays to stimulate discussion and help readers achieve a more sober understanding of the lives of Muslim women around the world. OL20547262W
New faiths, old fears New faiths, old fears Bruce B. Lawrence "As a result of immigration from Asia in the wake of the passage of the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act, the fastest-growing religions in America - faster than all Christian groups combined - are Is… OL20946150W
God's bounty? God's bounty? Peter D. Clarke,Tony Claydon "Christianity has long sought to learn from nature as a 'book', full of examples to illustrate religious teaching and signs of divine and saintly interventions in human history. Some Christians have … OL20952570W
The African Christian diaspora The African Christian diaspora Afeosemime U. Adogame The last three decades have witnessed a rapid proliferation of African Christian communities, particularly in Europe and North American diaspora, thus resulting in the remapping of old religious land… OL20953885W
The Oxford handbook of religion, conflict, and peacebuilding The Oxford handbook of religion, conflict, and peacebuilding Little, David,R. Scott Appleby,Atalia Omer This volume provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of the scholarship on religion, conflict, and peacebuilding. Looking far beyond the traditional parameters of the field, the contrib… OL20973866W
Educating early Christians through the rhetoric of hell Educating early Christians through the rhetoric of hell Meghan Henning Meghan Henning explores the rhetorical function of the early Christian concept of hell, drawing connections to Greek and Roman systems of education, and examining texts from the Hebrew Bible, Greek a… OL20974166W
Democracy, human rights and law in Islamic thought Democracy, human rights and law in Islamic thought Muḥammad ʻĀbid Jābirī "Mohammad Abed al-Jabri is one of the most influential political philosophers in the contemporary Middle East. A critical rationalist in the tradition of Avincenna and Averroes, he emphasises the dis… OL28591849W
Feminism in Islam Feminism in Islam Margot Badran "Many in the West regard feminism and Islam as a contradiction in terms. However, this is a grave misconception as Margot Badran illustrates in this career-spanning collection of influential essays. … OL3483650W
One Step Closer One Step Closer Christian Batalden Scharen U2 is widely hailed as the greatest rock and roll band in the world, and lead singer Bono is often seen in the media touting humanitarian goals. Now Christian Scharen provides a thoughtful look at th… OL5836292W
What is truth? What is truth? John M. Rist This book studies the nature, growth and prospects of Roman Catholic culture, viewed as capable of appropriating all that is noble both from internal and external sources. John Rist tests his argumen… OL94418W
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