Religion: general Books

In this book Anthony O'Hear examines the reasons that are given for religious faith. His approach is firmly within the classical tradition of natural theology, but an underlying theme is the differences between the personal Creator of the Bible or the...

Since the first century, when Buddhism entered China, the foreign religion has influenced and been influenced in turn by traditional Chinese culture, and eventually became an important part of it. That is one of the great historical themes not only for...

Translating Religion advances thinking about translation as a critical category in religious studies, combining theoretical reflection about processes of translation in religion with focused case studies that are international, interdisciplinary, and...

This book relates the value present in the natural world and in human creativity to an underlying purpose which it traces in creation. It opens by invoking the wonder aroused by nature's value and celebrated by poets, and moves to a cosmic purpose as the...

First published in 1994, this volume brings together essays from the celebrated scholar of African history, Nehemia Levtzion. The articles cover a wide range of themes including Islamization, Islam in politics, Islamic revolutions and the work of the...

First published in 1980, this second edition of Islam in Tropical Africa presents specialist studies of the history and sociology of Muslim communities in Africa south of the Sahara. The studies cover an extensive and range of time and place, and include...

This volume, originally published in 1987, includes several of Edwards A. Park's influential essays and sermons, including Connection between Theological Study and Pulpit Eloquence, Duties of a Theologian and Unity Amid Diversities of Belief, Even on...

Originally published in 1988. This study examines women religious in the American community in the first half of the nineteenth century. The primary aim of this research was to determine who the women were who entered eight religious communities, and...

Originally published in 1987. The dispute between Leonard Woods, an American theologian and well known Calvinist, and Henry Ware, a preacher and theologian influential in the formation of Unitarianism, went on for four years and is reprinted here in its...

Originally published in 1988. The new-found freedom and changing attitudes towards Catholics after the American Revolution presented the Catholic Church with its first real opportunity to prosper in the English speaking "new world". But the Catholic...

This book explores how ethnic groups living in the Himalayan regions understand nature and culture. The first part addresses the opposition between nature and culture in Asia's major religious traditions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Shamanism...

At the time when existentialism was a dominant intellectual and cultural force, a number of commentators observed that some of the language of existential philosophy, not least its interpretation of human existence in terms of nothingness, evoked the...

Included in this bibliography, originally published in 1989, are books, pamphlets, dissertations, and articles from periodicals and collections, published for the most part since 1900, which present Catholic development in the nineteenth-century as its...

This study, originally published in 1977, demonstrates that a change in mentality in the nineteenth-century drifted from traditional sexual controls and allowed them greater sexual freedom and indulgence. The process occurred in such a way that the...

This volume, first published in 1982, examines the attempts of English liberal Catholics to reconcile their Church with secular culture and provides an account of the development of liberal Catholicism in England in the late nineteenth and early...

This collection originally published in 1985. This volume contains two of Charles F. Parham's influential works; A Voice Crying in the Wilderness and Everlasting Gospel. Charles F. Parham was an American preacher and evangelist, and was one of the two...

This title, first published in 1987, explores the phenomenon of militant freethought among England's working classes from 1840-1870. In particular, it is an effort to explain the peculiarly theological and evangelistic overtones of much Victorian working...

First published in 1975. In 1869 the Church of Ireland, until then part of the Church of England, was disestablished and partially disendowed. The author traces the changes in the Church of Ireland's organization and function and the decline of its...

This study, first published in 1997, attempts to fill a gap in the historiography of the African American church by analysing the role and place of the African American church in one city, Birmingham, Alabama. It traces the roles and functions of the...

This title, first published in 1988, examines accounts of religious conversion contained in the personal narratives of nineteenth-century American coverts to Roman Catholicism. Given their newly acquired status as members of an unpopular religious...

If God can be used by the powerful to justify violence in the name of order, he can also be used by the weak to illuminate the position of the victims of political conflict. Religion, Torture and the Liberation of God explores the theological...

The Social Influence of Christianity: With Special Reference to Contemporary Problems is a book written by David Jayne Hill in 1888. The book explores the impact of Christianity on society and its ability to address contemporary issues. Hill discusses...

The Heavenly Hope is a religious book written by William Kelly in 1904. It focuses on the biblical passage of John 14:1-3, which speaks about the promise of heaven and eternal life for believers in Jesus Christ. Kelly explores the meaning and...

""Evidences And Doctrines Of The Christian Religion, Part 1: On Buddhism"" is a book published in 1862 by an anonymous author. The book aims to provide evidence and doctrines of the Christian religion in comparison to Buddhism. The author argues that...

""The Churches of Rome and England Compared in Their Declared Doctrines and Practices"" is a book written by Richard Mant in 1837. The book provides a detailed comparison between the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England in terms of their...

L'Oeuvre Des Missions Evangeliques Au Point De Vue De La Divinite Du Christianisme (1867) est un livre �����crit par Nicolas Poulain. Ce livre explore le travail des missions �����vang�����liques et leur relation avec la divinit����� du christianisme...

Histoires Et Paraboles Pensees Et Maximes De L�������Evangile Medite (1845) est un livre �����crit par Giraudeau, Bonaventure. Il s'agit d'une collection d'histoires, de paraboles, de pens�����es et de maximes de l'�����vangile, m�����dit�����es et...

Histoire des Abbayes de Dommartin: et de Saint-Andr�����-au-Bois (1875) est un livre �����crit par De Calonne, Alberic. Ce livre relate l'histoire de deux abbayes, l'abbaye de Dommartin et l'abbaye de Saint-Andr�����-au-Bois. L'auteur explore les...

""Die P�����dagogischen Bestrebungen Ernst des Frommen von Gotha (1888)"" ist ein Buch von Woldemar Boehne, das sich mit den p�����dagogischen Bem�����hungen von Ernst II., Herzog von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg, auseinandersetzt. Das Buch beschreibt die...

Le Saint-Esprit est un livre �����crit par Emile Guers en 1865. Ce livre explore le r�����le du Saint-Esprit dans la religion chr�����tienne, en particulier dans la Bible et dans l'histoire de l'�����glise. Guers examine les diff�����rentes...

Le livre ""Le Sacre Etudes Historiques, Philosophiques Et Religieuses"" de Queant, Constant, publi����� en 1868, est un ouvrage qui explore les diff�����rentes significations et interpr�����tations du sacre dans l'histoire, la philosophie et la religion...

Essai sur la divine autorit����� du Nouveau Testament (1803) est un livre �����crit par David Bogue. Dans ce livre, l'auteur examine la nature de l'autorit����� divine dans le Nouveau Testament. Il explore �����galement les preuves de l'authenticit�����...

Das Buch ""System Der Ethik V2, Teil 1"" wurde von Immanuel Hermann Fichte im Jahr 1851 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine umfassende Abhandlung �����ber die Ethik und Moral. Der Autor besch�����ftigt sich darin mit Fragen der Freiheit,...

Das Buch ""Die Quelle der kanonischen Kindheitsgeschichte Jesu"" von Ludwig Conrady wurde 1900 ver������ffentlicht. In diesem Werk untersucht der Autor die Quelle der Geschichten �����ber die Kindheit Jesu im Neuen Testament. Conrady geht davon aus, dass...

Le livre ""Etudes Sur La Philosophie Dans Le Moyen Age, Partie 2 (1841)"" �����crit par Housselot, Xavier est une �����tude approfondie de la philosophie m�����di�����vale. La deuxi�����me partie de cet ouvrage est consacr�����e ������ l'�����tude de la...

Histoire Des Persecutions Religieuses En Espagne (1860) est un livre �����crit par La Rigaudiere, E. qui relate l'histoire des pers�����cutions religieuses en Espagne. Ce livre examine les �����v�����nements qui ont conduit ������ la pers�����cution des...

Das Buch ""Luthers Reisen Und Ihre Bedeutung Fur Das Werk Der Reformation"" von Karl Friedrich Kohler, ver������ffentlicht im Jahr 1873, besch�����ftigt sich mit den Reisen Martin Luthers und ihrer Bedeutung f�����r die Reformation. Der Autor untersucht...

Das Buch ""Das Christenthum und die �����ltesten Religionen des Orients"" von Johann Andreas Lebrecht Richter wurde im Jahr 1819 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine umfassende Studie �����ber die verschiedenen Religionen des Orients und deren...

Das Buch ""Das Alte und Neue Morgenland V2"" wurde im Jahr 1818 von Friedrich Ernst ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine umfassende Darstellung der Geschichte und Kultur des Nahen Ostens, insbesondere des Alten und Neuen Morgenlandes. Der Autor...

Le livre ""Le Socialisme Chr�����tien"" de Henri Joly, publi����� en 1892, explore l'id�����e d'un socialisme bas����� sur les principes chr�����tiens. L'auteur examine comment les enseignements de J�����sus-Christ peuvent ������tre appliqu�����s ������...

Die Speculative Theologie In Ihrer Entwicklung Durch Daub (1847) von Herrmann, Wilhelm ist ein Buch, das sich mit der Entwicklung der spekulativen Theologie durch Johann Friedrich Daub besch�����ftigt. Daub war ein deutscher Theologe und Philosoph des 19...

Das Buch ""Die Lehre von der Willensfreiheit des Menschen: Vom theologischen und philosophischen Standpunkt"" wurde im Jahr 1868 von Tadeusz von Wolanski ver������ffentlicht. In diesem Werk besch�����ftigt sich der Autor mit der Frage nach der...

Das Buch ""Alethophilus: �����ber den neuen Glauben in der Christenheit (1831)"" von Erich Paurenski besch�����ftigt sich mit dem Thema des neuen Glaubens, der sich in der Christenheit zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts entwickelte. Der Autor untersucht die...

Le livre ""M�����langes de Religion V1: De Morale et de Critique Sacr�����e"" (1820) publi����� par l'�����diteur Vincent est une collection d'essais sur des sujets religieux, moraux et critiques. L'auteur explore des th�����mes tels que la nature de...

Histoire G�����n�����rale de la Franc-Ma�����onnerie (1851) est un livre �����crit par Emmanuel Rebold. Il s'agit d'une �����tude d�����taill�����e de l'histoire de la franc-ma�����onnerie, une organisation fraternelle et secr�����te qui remonte au Moyen...

Il libro ""Storico Armeno Del Quinto Secolo"" ����� stato scritto da Mose Corenese nel 1841. Si tratta di un'opera storica che racconta la storia dell'Armenia nel quinto secolo. Il libro ����� scritto in lingua italiana e presenta una descrizione...

Le livre ""Histoire des Isra�����lites"" de Mo�����se Schwab, publi����� en 1866, est une �����tude approfondie de l'histoire du peuple juif. L'auteur explore les origines et l'�����volution de la religion juive, ainsi que les �����v�����nements cl�����s...

""Die Kabbala oder die Religionsphilosophie der Hebr�����er"" ist ein Buch, das im Jahr 1844 von Adolphe Franck ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es ist eine umfassende Studie �����ber die Kabbala, die mystische Tradition des Judentums. Das Buch besch�����ftigt...