Competing for Caesar brings together key scholars working on various issues related to religion and public life in Zambia. They explore the interplay between religion and politics in Zambian society and how these religions manage and negotiate their identities in public life.
This book demonstrates how counselors can help people to use the resources they already have so they can address issues that come up in life. The authors show that most people have within themselves the strengths and resources to confront the issues positively that trouble their lives. The counseling method elicits resiliency, assets, and ......
Common Judaism, Paul, and the Inner and the Outer in Ancient Religion
E. P. Sanders shaped the contemporary debate on the relation of early Christianity to early Judaism and produced a clearer vision of that relationship as it was expressed in Paul the apostle. Sanders presents formative essays that show the structure of his approach and the insights it produces into Paul's relationship to Judaism and the Jewish ......
The study of comparative religious ethics is at a critical juncture, given the growing awareness of non-Christian ethical beliefs and practices and their bearing on social change. Christine Gudorf is at the forefront of rendering comparativeand competingreligious beliefs meaningful for students, especially in the area of ethics. Unlike other ......
What did Jews share in the period of the Second Temple, and what divided them? In Common Judaism: Explorations in Second-Temple Judaism, landmark essays by renowned scholars provide state-of-the-art perspectives on commonalities and differences in early Judaism in its local settings, in partisan Judaism, and in the influence of Hellenism.
Exploring the Spirituality and Identity of Younger Men
What is the state of faith among younger men in the church? How is the church responding to their spiritual needs? Armed with these questions, the authors conducted interviews with young men of differing life and faith experiences, and differing ethnic backgrounds in six regions of the US. This book is based on the results of this study.
Coming Full Circle provides a working constructive dogmatics in Native Christian theology. Drawing together leading scholars in the field, this volume seeks to encourage theologians to reconsider the rich possibilities present in the intersection between Native theory and practice and Christian theology and practice.
For all those times when a friend or loved one needs words of assurance and encouragement -- The Comfort Series. The small format and price make these ideal gifts from a friend, pastor, counselor, Stephen minister, or lay visitor.When You Are Suffering -- When You're Sick -- When Grief Won't Let You Go -- When Death ls at the Door -- When Prayers ......
