Comparative Religions
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Between Eden And Armageddon
$215.00Table Of Contents
I. Introduction
1. Alternative Global Futures In The Balance
2. Between Religion And Conflict Resolution: Mapping A New Field Of Study
II. A Critique Of Current Secular Ad Religious Approaches To Conflict And Peace
3. Why Modern Culture Fails To Understand Religiously Motivated Violence
4. What Id Midding From Religious Approaches To War And Peace: Judaism An Islam As Paradigms
5. Modern Jewish Orthodox Theologies Of Interreligious Coexistence: Strengths And Weaknesses
III. Paradigms Of Religious Peacemaking In A Multicultural And Secular Context
6. Healing/Secular Conflict: The Case Of Contemporary Israel
7. Conflict Resolution As A Religious Experience: Contemporary Mennonite Peacemaking . 8. New Paradigms Of Religion And Conflict Resolution: A Case Study Of Judaism
IV Conclusion
9. Systematic Recommendations For Intervention In Contemporary Conflicts
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
IndexAdditional Info
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Recent years have seen a meteoric rise in the power and importance of organized religion in many parts of the world. Although violence is often perpetrated in the name of religion, history shows that religious people have played a critical role in peacemaking within numerous cultures. In the next century, will religion provide human civilization with methods of care, healing, and the creation of peaceful societies?
In this groundbreaking book, Marc Gopin attempts to integrate the study of religion with the study of conflict resolution. He argues that religion can play a critical role in constructing a global community of shared moral commitments and vision–a community that can limit conflict to its nonviolent, constructive variety. If we examine religious myths and moral traditions, Gopin argues, we can understand why and when religious people come to violence, and why and when they become staunch peacemakers. This innovative and carefully argued study also offers a broad set of recommendations for policy planners both inside and outside of government. Features
Unmasks the deeply embedded social, cultural, and psychological causes of conflictAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Book Of Heaven
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In every culture, in every epoch, human beings have yearned for heaven–the kingdom of God, abode of the elect, fount of enlightenment, mirror of hopes and desires. Now, in The Book of Heaven , Carol and Philip Zaleski provide the first wide-ranging anthology of writings about heaven, drawing from scriptures, myths, epics, poems, prayers, sermons, novels, hymns and spells, to illuminate a vast spectrum of beliefs about the world beyond.The Zaleskis present a fascinating array of ancient and modern, solemn and comic meditations, as they explore such topics as the often treacherous journey to heaven, heaven’s colorful inhabitants, its topographic features, and its moral architecture. The emphasis is on great literature, with substantial excerpts taken from classic works such as The Iliad , St. Augustine’s Confessions, The Prose Edda, The Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost , and The Pilgrim’s Progress ; from sacred texts such as the Bible, the Upanishads, the Qu’ran, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and the Bhagavata Purana; and from diverse writers such as Plato, Cicero, Thomas Traherne, Henry Fielding, Emanuel Swedenborg, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Henry Cardinal Newman, Hans Christian Andersen, William James, G. K. Chesterton, C. G. Jung, Rupert Brooke, and Arthur Conan Doyle. Selections highlight both the diversity and the universality of reflection on heaven: the sacred chants of the Buddhist Pure Land sutras reverberate alongside John Donne’s holy sonnets, and Shaker songs complement Jewish mystical hymns.
From the words of Sioux holy man Black Elk, to a sermon by Jonathan Edwards, to humorous musings by Mark Twain and fantastical passages from The Chronicles of Narnia , this rich anthology will deepen our understanding of the myriad ways in which human beings have envisioned heaven.
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Christianity Cults And Religions Pamphlet
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Compare 18 World Religions and Cults at a Glance!
Best-seller Christianity, Cults & Religions wall chart compares the beliefs of 18 world religions and cults at a glance! Know what each group believes about God, Jesus, Salvation, and more. Researched by some of the top scholars in the field, the chart features more groups than any other side-by-side chart and contains the most up-to-date information. Includes information regarding:
* Christianity
* Judaism
* Islam
* Buddhism
* Hinduism
* Mormonism
* Unification Church
* Jehovah’s Witnesses
* Christian Science
* Scientology
* Unity School of Christianity
* New Age
* Spiritualism
* Hare Krishna
* Armstrongism (latest updates)
* Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism
* Bahi World Faith
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Jewish Christian Debates
$25.00“We know the other but we do not understand the other.” This quote from the introduction sums up the driving force behind this book. Two eminent scholars, each an expert in his own tradition, take Jewish-Christian dialogue to a new level. Aiming at neither mere description nor conversation,each presents the classical elements of his tradition’s understanding of three fundamental, common religious questions: where to meet God, how to live and what to hope for.
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Rural Ministry : The Shape Of The Renewal To Come
$30.99Grounded in social research, Rural Ministry evaluates the diminishing establishment of the church in rural America, which is linked to the fifty-year-old crisis in rural ministry. It names the primary issues for leaders of Protestant and Catholic churches to ponder: the graying of the population; the closing of schools, hospitals, and factories; and the corporate buyout of farms during the 1980s. In addition to retelling the history of this crisis, Shannon Jung and the other contributors to this volume offer a set of Christian principles that respond to social problems in rural life. The situation is so intense that the book offers examples from around the heartland of cooperative or collaborative parishes that blend denominational and theological differences across the Protestant and Catholic spectrum.
Key Benefits: Offers a vision of nationwide renewal in rural America; Advocates true ecumenical solutions to issues confronting the rural church in America; Sidebars feature examples and illustrations; Informs new rural ministers of the culture and issues about to confront them, allowing them to better handle the challenges and opportunities of the rural environment; Motivates congregations to activate ministries in new and provocative ways, insuring the spread of the gospel; Can help troubled churches survive.
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No Other Gods A Print On Demand Title
$23.99This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.
In today’s pluralistic culture, Christianity is no longer the dominant belief system. Interest in religion is on the increase again after having declined in the seventies, but this does not mean that people are returning to the same positions they once held. Eastern religions, especially, have attracted wide interest.
This significant work by Hendrik Vroom presses the theological an dialogical dimensions of religious pluralism. Vroom here makes a broad study of the views of Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam, especially their views on truth, and explores their mutual relationships. In the process, he seeks to answer a crucial question for our time: For what reasons would a person who has read extensively on Buddhist, Hindu, or Islamic thought continue to be a Christian?
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Christian Theology Of Religions
$33.00John Hick examines the intellectual problems facing Christians in the late twentieth century. Where exactly does Christianity fit into the scheme of the world in light of other world religions? and is it possible to remain Christian while accepting the truth of other beliefs? Hick explores the validity of other religions and Christianity’s place among them, and argues that it is no longer tenable to believe that Christianity is the only true religion. Hick argues for a new understanding of the uniqueness of Christianity among world religions. John Hick is a fellow at the University of Birmingham, England.
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Jews And Christians
$24.99This eye-opening dialogue between a rabbi and a Christian scholar challenges Jews and Christians to examine their misconceptions and prejudices about each other’s faith. Here a Christian and a Jew stand on common ground. Rather than simply interpreting their own respective heritages each seeks to present his own insights into the other’s religions. Topics discussed in this volume include Scripture,God concepts, Jesus, the Holocaust, election, covenant, and mission. This book is a living dialogue of faith designed to foster mutual understanding and respect between the two religions.
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New Testament And Mythology And Other Basic Writings
$29.00“The volume begins with a new . . . translation of Bultmann’s original programmatic essay of 1941, ‘New Testament and Mythology’. . . It is followed by ‘Theology as Science’. . . {Two} essays on hermeneutics, ‘The Problem of Hermeneutics’ and ‘Is Exegesis without Presuppositions Possible?’ are here combined with ‘Science and Existence’ and a 1961 essay, ‘On the Problem of Demythologizing.'” (Christian Century) Bibliography. Index.
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Judaism In The Beginning Of Christianity
$19.00Neusner has written this book to answer the central questions about the world of Judaism in which Christianity was born. He gives an overview of the history and religion of Israel and an analysis of the Judaic legacy as it endured among those who did not become Christians. He also discusses the troubling issue of the Pharisees and investigates the identity of the “historical Hillel.”
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