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Remembering Marielle Franco from a Theological Perspective
In this Open Access book, Katharina Merian discusses memories of Marielle Franco from the perspective of the concept of dangerous memory introduced by the political theologian Johann Baptist Metz. Franco was an Afro-Brazilian human-rights activist and city councilor of Rio de Janeiro who was assassinated on March 14, 2018. Her murder elicited worldwide protest and empathy. Today she is consider…
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- 978-3-031-65353-7
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- New Approaches to Religion and Power
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- XVIII, 299
Fethullah Gülen’s Teaching and Practice
This is the first book of its kind about the Turkish Muslim scholar, Fethullah Gülen, since the July 2016 events in Turkey, the trauma experienced by Gülen, and the disruption to initiatives inspired by his teaching, known as Hizmet. Drawing on primary interviews with Gülen and Hizmet participants and a literature review, this Open Access book locates the clear origins of Gülen’s teaching…
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- 978-3-030-97363-6
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- XXI, 250
Hizmet in Transitions
In this open-access monograph, Paul Weller explores how the movement known as Hizmet (meaning “service”) is undergoing a period of transitions in Europe. Inspired by the teaching and practice of the Turkish Islamic scholar, Fethullah Gülen, Hizmet has been active in Europe (and other continents) for several decades. It has always been subject to some degree of contestation, which has inten…
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- XXI, 253
Why Not "Russellism"? : alias "Millennial Dawnism"
Why Not "Russellism"? Alias "Millennial Dawnism" is a critical examination of the beliefs and teachings of Charles Taze Russell, founder of the Bible Student movement and the origin of what later became known as Jehovah’s Witnesses. This work addresses Russell’s interpretations of biblical prophecy, his approach to eschatology, and his controversial Millennial Dawn teachings, which outlined…
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- p. 159-270
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The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic?
A militant Marxist atheist and a "Radical Orthodox" Christian theologian square off on everything from the meaning of theology and Christ to the war machine of corporate mafia.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262254816
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- 1 online resource (311 pages).
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God & Golem, Inc : a comment on certain points where cybernetics impinges on …
The new and rapidly growing field of communication sciences owes as much to Norbert Wiener as to any one man. He coined the word for it--cybernetics. In God & Golem, Inc. , the author concerned himself with major points in cybernetics which are relevant to religious issues.The first point he considers is that of the machine which learns. While learning is a property almost exclusively ascribed …
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- 9780262286152
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- 1 online resource (99 pages).
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- 001 WIE g
A natural history of natural theology :the cognitive science of theology and …
"Questions about the existence and attributes of God form the subject matter of natural theology, which seeks to gain knowledge of the divine by relying on reason and experience of the world. Arguments in natural theology rely largely on intuitions and inferences that seem natural to us, occurring spontaneously--at the sight of a beautiful landscape, perhaps, or in wonderment at the complexity …
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- 0262326833
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 246 pages)
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Contested body
Within the plenitude of Pauline studies, Contested body: Metaphors of dominion in Romans 5–8 provides a cohesive scholarly investigation into metaphors of dominion employed by Paul. This book advances the understanding that the body is the specific space where forces vie in Romans 5-8.
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- 9781928523697
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Muslima Theology : The Voices of Muslim Women Theologians
This pioneering volume defines the contours of the emerging engagements of Muslim women scholars from around the world with the authoritative interpretive traditions of Islam, classical and contemporary. Muslima theology, encompassing a range of perspectives and arising from multiple social locations, now claims a place alongside womanist and mujerista readings that interrogate scripture and ot…
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- 9783631628997
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- 340 halaman
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- 200 MUS
A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches
Coinciding with the four-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Baptist movement, this book explores and assesses the cultural sources of Baptist beliefs and practices. Although the movement has been embraced, enriched, and revised by numerous cultural heritages, the Baptist movement has focused on a small group of Anglo exiles in Amsterdam in constructing its history and identity. Robert E.…
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- 9780511781148
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- Introduction to Religion
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