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Buddhism in the Public Sphere
The core teachings and practices of Buddhism are systematically directed toward developing keen and caring insight into the relational or interdependent nature of all things. Hershock applies Buddhist thought to reflect on the challenges to public good, created by emerging social, economic, and political realities associated with increasingly complex global interdependence. In eight chapters, t…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9780415770521;9780415544436
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- -
- Series Title
- Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
- Call Number
- 294.307 HER b
Domestic Devotions in the Early Modern World
This volume sets out to explore the world of domestic devotions and is premised on the assumption that the home was a central space of religious practice and experience throughout the early modern world. The contributions to this book, which deal with themes dating from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, tell of the intimate relationship between humans and the sacred within the walls of t…
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- 9789004375888
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- 378
- Series Title
- Intersections, 59/2
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- 200 DOM d
An Epidemic among My People Religion, Politics, and COVID-19 in the United S…
The pandemic presented religion as a paradox: faith is often crucial for helping people weather life’s troubles and make difficult decisions, but how can religion continue to deliver these benefits and provide societal structure without social contact? The topical volume, An Epidemic among My People explains how the COVID-19 pandemic stress tested American religious communities and created a …
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- 9781439923399, 9781439923405
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- 200.2 EPI e
Handbook of Leaving Religion
The Handbook of Leaving Religion introduces a neglected field of research with the aim to outline previous and contemporary research, and suggest how the topic of leaving religion should be studied in the future. The handbook consists of three sections covering: 1) Major debates about leaving religion; 2) Case studies and empirical insights; and 3) Theoretical and methodological approaches. Sec…
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- 9789004331471
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- 200.2 HAN h
Confucianism: Its Roots and Global Significance
In Confucianism: Its Roots and Global Significance, English language readers get a rare opportunity to read the work in a single volume of one of Taiwan’s most distinguished scholars. Although Lee Ming-huei has published in English before, the corpus of his non-Chinese writings is in German. Readers of this volume will discover the hard-mindedness and precision of thinking associated with Ger…
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- 9780824878320; 9780824878313
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- -
- Series Title
- Confucian Cultures
- Call Number
- 299.512 CON c
Biblical Theology of Life in the New Testament
This publication deals with A Biblical Theology of Life based on the New Testament. It forms the second of a two volume publication on A Biblical Theology of Life. These two volumes trace the concept of life throughout Protestant canon, working with the final form of the biblical books in Hebrew (vol. 5) and Greek (vol. 6) Scripture. This is done by providing the reader with a book-by-book over…
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- 9781776341788, 9781776341764,
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- 268
- Series Title
- Reformed Theology in Africa Series, 6
- Call Number
- 261.2 BIB b
Interpreting and Living God's Law at Qumran: Migsat Ma'ase Ha-Torah, Some of …
The text Miq?at Ma?a?e Ha-Torah, Some of the Works of the Torah (4QMMT), is one of the most interesting texts among the famous Dead Sea Scrolls discovered near the settlement of Khirbet Qumran and its vicinity in the middle of the twentieth century and by now published in full. It is a writing in the form of a letter by an unknown author to an equally unknown addressee, written in second person…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783161553059, 9783161597060
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- 200.2 INT i
Obedience and Servant Leadership: Apollis, Appies, Buti, Buys
In celebrating a quarter of a century of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URSCA) (1994 2019), quite a few well-organised activities and events took place. These activities reflect a mix of serious academic seminars and liturgical celebrations of which the ones in the Cape, both in Belhar and at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) warrant special mention. In his sermon based …
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- 9781928424772, 9781928424765
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- 284
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- 221 OBE o
Composition Analysis of Writing Materials in Cairo Genizah Documents: Cambrid…
This work investigates the different writing materials in use in Egypt during the 11th century and the reason for their diversity.; Readership: Academics and specialists working in the Cairo Genizah and in writing material characterization.
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- Ed. 1
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- 9789004448872, 9789004469358
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- 228
- Series Title
- Études sur le judaïsme médiéval, 91
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- 208 COH c
Negotiating the Sacred II: Blasphemy and Sacrilege in the Arts
Blasphemy and other forms of blatant disrespect to religious beliefs have the capacity to create significant civil and even international unrest. Consequently, the sacrosanctity of religious dogmas and beliefs, stringent laws of repression and codes of moral and ethical propriety have compelled artists to live and create with occupational hazards like uncertain audience response, self-censorshi…
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- Ed. 1
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- -
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- 210
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- -
- Call Number
- 291.1 BUR n
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