Religious Life
Le provides a detailed study of the theological understanding of charism and of mission in relation to Religious Life within the Catholic Church, drawing particularly on the work of two major theologians, Jean-Marie Roger Tillard OP and Sandra Marie Schneiders IHM.
Ancient Mediterranean Religions
Stephens offers a clear and concise historical overview of the major religious movements of the ancient Mediterranean world existing from the time of the second millennium BCE up until the fourth century CE, including both the Judeo-Christian and pagan religious traditions.
Christian Humanism and Moral Formation in “A World Come of Age”
Does Christian humanism matter in our secular age? This book brings theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and writer Marilynne Robinson into conversation with current ethical issues, demonstrating the profound affirmation of human dignity that defines their work.
This collection outlines practical approaches to theology’s most intriguing subjects: The Bible, Cultural Identity, and Mission. Contributors blend academic exactness with cultural analogies to explore the core of Christian belief and its missionary imperative.
Restoring the Balance
Morrow presents a penetrating reflection upon the reality of Islam in the modern world, addressing a myriad of pressing issues that impact Muslims in the East, West, North, and South, topics that are both difficult and troubling.
This volume revisits the concepts of reality and realism with regard to their relation to religion and the religious real, presenting ten essays that offer methodologically diverse and intellectually challenging analyses.
Negotiating a Presence-Centred Christian Counselling
Kwan navigates between two counselling frameworks: one Eastern, secular, social scientific, and modern; the other Western, Christian, theological, and traditional; negotiating a revised presence-centred form of counselling that is cross-culturally sensitive.
The Bible and Art
Letellier and Mellor explore how the revelation of God’s love in the mystery of the covenant has inspired artists to reflect on the nature of divine interaction with mankind, showing that the Christian world has always sought to use art to aid understanding of biblical texts.
This publication discusses the main dynamics of political and social change in Muslim societies using specific examples from each country, offering the reader a practical understanding of the historical turning points in the Muslim world in recent years.
Divine Rite of Kings
This monograph presents a social-historical-political analysis of the religion of the Latter-day Saints as deeply indebted to a variety of esoteric systems of belief, discussing the connections between its current homophobic policies and its earlier racist practices.
God and the Financial Crisis
This volume of essays brings together contributions by theologians and social scientists to explore the theological, economic, and moral implications of the financial crisis of 2008 and the years that followed.
Triune God
The contributions to this collection discuss the importance of the ideas of St Gregory Palamas and his followers in understanding of God in terms of divine energies, and for contemporary approaches to solving perennial problems in science, metaphysics, aesthetics, and ethics.
Jews in Eastern Europe
This volume presents a detailed analysis of Jewish self-perceptions and attitudes towards other societies and communities living in the same lands, showing that the “methods of assimilation” of eastern European Jews were often rather complicated and multifaceted.
Providing research from scholars from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, this collection of essays explores how the theological sector of education, drawing upon its scriptural heritage, can come to grips with the digital age.
Mysticism and Narcissism
This personal narrative of a long-serving Cenacle nun applies psychoanalytic theory to questions of theological and Marian identity and relationality, and is an historical resource for the study of women’s religious orders in the twentieth century.
Creation, Sin and Reconciliation
Through a close reading of chapters 1–11, 32–33 and 37–50, Letellier investigates the unique position of the Book of Genesis in its provision of the foundational stories of Creation and the emergence of mankind, paying particular attention to the language and style of the text.
Thomas and Charity Rotch
This study of Quakers Charity and Thomas Rotch explores their role in transforming the Ohio frontier from wilderness to a prosperous town. The letters of Charity Rotch suggest how Quaker women forged relationships crucial to building their faith communities.
Islam-Oriented Parties’ Ideologies and Political Communication in the Quest for Power in Morocco
Unlike many other prominent Islam-oriented parties, Morocco’s PJD does not focus on commonly used precepts such as madawiyya and al da’awa al nidaliyya. This book explores the party’s recent political ideologies and its use of the internet in political advertising strategies.
Alexandrian Legacy
These interdisciplinary essays explore the complex and often neglected Alexandrian patristic tradition. Combining historiography, theology, and philosophy, they reveal a vibrant Christian spirit striving for the reformation and transformation of the human being.
Laws of Nature, Laws of God?
How should we view scientific laws? In this book, scientists, historians, and philosophers tackle this topic, sparked by Nancy Cartwright’s provocative question: “How could laws make things happen?” Her answer was “They couldn’t!”