Religion

Interludes of Peace in the Medieval Latin East undertakes a multifaceted examination of peacemaking processes as they unfolded in the medieval Latin East. Perhaps less heroic than war, these peacemaking endeavours make a significant contribution to our understanding of life in the medieval Middle East during the Crusades.

Unholy Sensations tells the story of the first cult scandal in California and examines religion, gender, sexuality, and race in the Gilded Age from a fresh perspective.

This is the first ever verse translation into English of the entirety of Book Six of Rumi's Masnavi. Book Six is the longest of the books, focusing on self-annihilation in God and the oneness experienced at the end of the Sufi path by the realized mystic.

Is Your Supply Flowing Freely?God has a unique design, destiny, and purpose for your life, and He doesn't want anything to clog up the supply of the Spirit He has put inside you to help you walk in that divine plan! But the truth is, there is an enemy who is determined to stop you if he can. So what should you do?In this insightful series, Denise Renner shares her personal testimony as well as powerful stories from Scripture to reveal that when you access the power and supply of the Holy Spirit in you, you are unstoppable no matter what comes against you!In this ten-part series, Denise will show you:The power of forgiveness.How to turn away from negative opinions.How to have faith for a miracle.And so much more!Don't wait to dive into these ten lessons and learn how to release the magnificent supply that is in you!

Oh How He Loves You!First Corinthians 2:9 declares, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him." He is a good God, and we lift our hands, hearts, and voices often to express our love for Him. But do we really understand how much He loves us?Join Denise Renner as she dives into Psalm 139 - David's love song to the Lord. Like us, David often felt unworthy of God's love. But God is not looking at our accomplishments or achievements; He's not keeping a tally of how many times we "get it right" or "hit the mark." God created us, and He knows us better than we know ourselves. So how does He still love us so much?In this tender four-part series, How Good Is God?, you'll discover:The one who made you knows you.The overwhelming love of God.Darkness will never overcome the light of God in you.God has a wonderful book about you.You're invited on an intimate journey to begin to discover the depth of God's love. Prepare for your heart to be overwhelmed as your eyes are opened to the marvelous and expansive love He has for you!

This book provides a new reading of the famous Egyptian Islamist Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) beyond the traditional paradigm of Islamic fundamentalism. Dragos Stoica opens a fresh analytical and comparative path by approaching Sayyid Qutb's work as the first anti-modern political theology developed in the modern Muslim space.

This book provides a snapshot and assessment of the state of comparison in Biblical Studies and has significant implications for the future of the field. These ten studies illustrate just how expansive and sound comparative studies can be in both method and materials compared.

This volume describes Dungeons & Dragons as a generative and creative space by exploring the tabletop role-playing game's intersections with the academic disciplines of Theology and Religious Studies. Readers might not gain advantage on all religion checks, but they will recognize the deeply formative potential of the game.

This book explores the profound and enduring impact of The Office, and delves beyond its humor to uncover deeper philosophical, religious, and theological insights. It will be a compelling read for academics interested in the intersections of religion, theology, and popular culture.

The Function of Narrative Comments in the Gospel of John is a comprehensive study of a major feature of the Fourth Gospel. It provides a clear and accessible overview of scholarship in this field, as well as providing fresh insights from contemporary literary and linguistic theories.

Theology, Religion and The Witcher: Gods and Golden Dragons explores the power of a popular culture phenomenon like The Witcher to illuminate and question real-world theology, religion and spirituality.

Theology and the Blues showcases theological themes inherent within the organic and expressive genre of the blues. The blues offers safe space to explore the raw material of our fallen condition, urging our voices to join the universal, primal cry for new creation.

What happens to the racial identity of those who follow Jesus? Abraham, Ancestry, and Ethnicity in Luke's Gospel: From These Stones explores how Luke employs the concept of ancestry-especially descent from Abraham-to recategorize believers and nonbelievers. Luke's use of the patriarch is informed by his function in Second Temple literature, as the ancestor of the Israel, but also the father of several other races, and a point of surprising contact between Jews and gentiles. In his gospel, Luke offers a new layer of ethnic identity to gentile believers, as adjunct members of Abraham's family tree.

This book bridges economics and biblical scholarship, challenging the misconception that economics is limited to neo-classical models. Through detailed examples, the book demonstrates the value of New Institutional Economics in analyzing the economic landscape of the Roman Empire and its influence on New Testament teachings.

This book engages in constructive dialogue with the legacy of the eminent Protestant theologian, Eberhard Jüngel (1934-2021). The essays bring Jüngel's wide-ranging thought to bear on today's theological, philosophical, and socio-cultural challenges.

Evangelicals should be good news people. Come and find out how, so that the world would know Jesus.

The preaching of the truth, brother, and the confession of Orthodoxy is more needful for us than everything else, and we must make this confession before all mankind. For this is the foundation of all who believe. On account of this confession Peter was called blessed and was appointed to bear the keys of the kingdom of God. Paul, too, bore the hope of receiving the crown of life, since he kept and preached the faith. Indeed, the whole choir of the saints who did likewise and finished the race well has been glorified. We must also build up our neighbor, as much as we are able. However, we are not required to convince every last person, since neither is it possible to convince everyone. Nevertheless, it must be said that, to the extent that you can, you should do what is in your power, if we are talking about edification. If you build someone up, the benefit both to you and to the one who is benefited by you will be great. But if you are not given this gift, you gain nothing from God for your efforts, for you have simply carried out something of your own. And again, you should take care that you do not take on more than is in your power, lest in attempting to raise one who has fallen, you yourself fall down to his level. For according to the most divine Paul, confessedly great is the mystery of Orthodoxy, and the one who would discourse about it has need of the greatest possible reverence and care in discoursing about it. Such a man should be thoroughly proven and gifted with the grace of teaching, lest, by declaiming on things he knows nothing about, he fall into the net of blasphemies, or the snare of disagreements, or the doctrines of impiety on account of his unorthodox words. For we have known many unstable men who have come to ruin in this way.- from the prologue to Against All Heresies

Dr. Rich provides practical steps to deepen your spiritual hunger and ability to carry the fire of God's presence wherever you go.

Upside-Down Utopia: Directionality for the City of God demonstrates that determining an appropriate heading for utopian affect entails identifying its genesis within past loss, an initial catastrophe defining humankind's nature and struggle, highlighting the need for divine aid to orient the quest for the city of God.

Prominent Holocaust educator Leon Weissberg, born in a displaced persons camp and ordained at 74, has led thousands to Poland and Israel on the March of the Living. His stirring story and insights into the role of divine providence, Judaism and Israel are a beacon of light in difficult times.

This book provides new unprecedented research on Buddhism in the five Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Aiming at comparisons between the different Nordic countries, the chapters identify possible unique characteristics of Nordic Buddhism.

This book presents Ahmadu Bamba as one of the pioneers of decolonization and non-violence in West Africa to examine his legacy as a man of unshakable faith, a humanist, a socio-cultural reformer, and a key agent in the decolonization of minds and spaces.