Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe
The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. This volume investigates the effect of the differing circumstances in these various national societies on these religious societies, and the challenges they had to overcome.
Keyboard Warriors
Geddes explores the kind of Islamophobic identity that is produced by supporters of the far-right English Defence League within networking sites, and discusses on how this identity is constructed around insecurities that are central to the lives of this population.
The Neo Abu Sayyaf
East follows the rise of criminality in the greater Mindanao region regarding the participation of major players in the suppression of the Moros—indigenous Muslims. He contemplates, among other things, why a murderous group such as the Abu Sayyaf has so much local support.
Episodes in Early Modern and Modern Christian-Jewish Relations
Bernardini documents the long history of friendship and diffidence, mutual understanding and dramatic disagreements in the encounters between Christianity and Judaism, which, even today, largely conditions the Western intellectual world.
Spirituality for Youth-Work
This title addresses the lack of studies discussing spirituality in human services and youth work. It offers a coherent vocabulary and narrative from which to construct a more deliberate practice of spiritual care, education and professional identity for youth workers.
Jackson offers historical data regarding the convent complexes, as well as extensive photographs of the surviving buildings, murals, and design elements, and documents the Franciscan doctrinas. He also reproduces ancient descriptions of the Franciscan missions.
Quality Enhancement in Madrasa Education
This study focuses on the different quality dimensions of the Madrasa education system in Kerala, southwestern India, much neglected in academia. It examines the Madrasa education system in terms of different quality dimensions, including curriculum planning and designing.
Becoming Jewish
A worldwide fascination with Judaism has led millions to convert. In this volume, leading scholars explain this global movement towards identification with the Jewish people, from Germany and Poland to China and Nigeria.
The Buddhist Voyage beyond Death
This book explores the central teachings of Buddha, of the Mahayana and of the Vajrayana. It focuses on memory, time and space, matter and energy and provides an answer to those grappling with their life difficulties.
Literary and Cultural Readings of Goddess Spirituality
Mukhopadhyay examines goddess spirituality in cultural critique, and presents literary readings and cultural phenomena from this perspective. He contemplates the possibilities of inserting the figure of the Great Mother into the critical domain of cultural pluralism.
The Root Causes of Terrorism
This publication discusses a range of themes related to terrorism, such as religious violence in scriptural monotheism, interpretations of religious texts, militancy and sacrifice, and religious terrorism.
Ten articles on contemporary Muslim thought, gathered here, give testimony to the existence of plurality in Muslim theology. They each focus on the thought of a contemporaneous Muslim theologian and deliberate the interdependence between theological debates and their context.
Serfaty translates the full text of Donato Manduzio’s Diary from Italian into English, making it available at last to a wider public. She provides a social and historical basis for the trajectory of Manduzio and retraces his mystical visions and spiritual development.
Essays on Moses from Buenos Aires
Deriving from a meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, this collection is concerned with Moses, helping to understand traditions concerning him. It provides information on the development of learned opinions on the biblical character.
Jews in an Illusion of Paradise
Simms looks into a small group of 19th and 20th century European Jewish intellectuals and artists in the light of their dreams, writings, and moments of crisis. His focus is on essential themes, images and generic patterns, beginning with a Talmudic legend about four scholars.
Autism, Humanity and Personhood
Cox takes a conservative evangelical approach to severe autism and its challenges to theological anthropology. She considers major aspects of salvation history—creation, incarnation, atonement and resurrection—to build a foundation for an inclusive theological anthropology.
The Letters of the Apostle Paul
For centuries, Paul’s letters have been read in a theological context, forming as they do part of the foundation of the Christian faith. Vergeer, however, maintains that it is important to learn to analyse these letters in their original, contemporary context.
This volume addresses fundamental questions about the interplay between ethics and spirituality. How can love, compassion, and tolerance encounter mistrust, enmity, and violence? And how can spirituality contribute to the newly emerging global ethics?
This study explores the survival of Roman Catholic doctrine and visual imagery in the alchemical treatises composed by members of the Lutheran and Anglican confessions during the Renaissance and Early Modern periods.
Ogbonnaya examines varieties of the intercultural process in world Christianity. He shows that the centrality of culture for world Christianity showcases the important position the scale of values occupies in world Christianity.