David Jasper
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Truth And The Church In A Secular Age
$46.00Add to cartPerhaps more than ever before, the concept of ‘truth’ is hard to pin down.
Exploring the place of Christianity, the Church and their claims to uphold the truth in an age of `post-truth’, Truth and the Church in a Secular Age takes an approach both historical in its depth and contemporary in its concerns.
Beginning with a consideration of truth within the biblical tradition, contributors also approach the topic from historical, theological and philosophical starting points, setting out the groundwork for discussions of Christian truth and science, prayer, ethics and the liturgy.
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Short Introduction To Hermeneutics
$30.00Add to cartHermeneutics defines the rules used to search out the meaning of Scripture. Throughout church history, interpreters have approached biblical interpretation in different ways, using different tools and methods. This book conveniently and accessibly surveys major biblical interpreters and approaches to hermeneutics from the patristic period to the present days. It provides a theoretical basis for understanding the processes of hermeneutics in different faith traditions.
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Religion And Literature
$38.00Add to cart1. History Of The Field And Theoretical Issue
2. The Expoloration Of Origins
3. The Interpretive Tradition Of Literature And Religion
4. The Language And Literature Of Worship
5. The Literary Structres Of Religious Text Genres
6. Religious Dimesions Of Literary Text Genres
7. The Great Themes Of Literature And Religion
8. Interations New Challenges To And From Other FieldsAdditional Info
Religion and literature contains selections from more than seventy sources, ranging from the ancient classics, the Bible, Western materpieces, and contemporary literature. Study questions for each chapter appear at the end of the book. The insights of two internationally renowned scholars in the field of religion and literature provide a magisterial and accessible entree into this important acedemic discipline. Religion and Literature is destined to become a classic in its own right.