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Christianity Made in India: From Apostle Thomas to Mother Teresa
Christianity Made in India: From Apostle Thomas to Mother Teresa discusses the indigenization of Christianity in the Indian context. It is set in the larger...
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Is God Christian?: Christian Identity in Public Theology: An Asian Contribution
Is God Christian? Christian Identity in Public Theology: An Asian Contribution is a sequel to Niles’s previous book, The Lotus and the Sun: Asian Theological...
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Time of Troubles: A New Economic Framework for Early Christianity
Economic realities have been increasingly at the center of discussion of the New Testament and early church. Studies have tended to be either apologetic in tone, or...
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How Christianity Came to China: A Brief History
Foreign missionaries who served in China ran the gamut of Christians, with differing views of their religion and differing ideas of how to spread it. When all foreign missionaries were forced to leave China in 1949 many thought their effort had been in vain. Yet some scholars predict that soon China will be the country with the largest Christian population in the world. Kathleen L. Lodwick tells the story of Christianity in China. It's essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the contemporary phenomena that is Christianity in China.
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Judaism: Practice and Belief, 63 BCE–66 CE
In this now-classic work, E. P. Sanders argues against prevailing views regarding the Judaism of the Second Temple period.
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Interreligious Learning and Teaching: A Christian Rationale for a Transformative Praxis
There is still resistance in Christian institutions to interreligious dialogue. this attitude belies the current culture in which we live, which constantly exposes us to the beliefs and practices of others. Kristin Johnston Largen sees this setting as an opportunity and seeks to provide not only the theological grounding for such a position but also some practical advice on how both to teach and live out this conviction.
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Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, Volume 1: Life, Culture, and Society
This accessible volume includes modern general studies of Galilee and of Galilean history, as well as specialized studies on taxation, ethnicity, religious practices, road systems, trade and markets, education, health, village life, houses, and the urban-rural divide.
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The Quest for the Historical Satan
The figure of Satan has for centuries embodied or incarnated absolute evil. Existing alongside more intellectualist interpretations of evil, Satan has figured...
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The Wrath of Jonah: Crisis of Religious Nationalism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The wrenching situation in the Middle East, recent events have shown, is as complex as it is volatile. In this immensely learned and clarifying...
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Toni Morrison's Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature
Toni Morrison's Spiritual Vision unpacks an oft-ignored but essential element of her work--her religion--and in so doing gives readers a deeper, richer understanding of her life and her writing. Nadra Nittle's wide-ranging, deep exploration of Morrison's oeuvre reveals the role of religion and spirituality in her life and literature.
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Jewish Interpretation of the Bible: Ancient and Contemporary
Although Jewish tradition gives tremendous importance to the Hebrew Bible, from the beginning Jewish interpretation of those scriptures has been practiced with remarkable freedom...
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The Invention of the Biblical Scholar: A Critical Manifesto
What is a "biblical scholar"? Stephen D. Moore and Yvonne Sherwood provide a thoroughly defamiliarizing and frequently entertaining re-description of this...
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Questioning Assumptions: Rethinking the Philosophy of Religion
Tom Christenson turns philosophy inside out in this remarkable new book. Starting with the ongoing public debate over God's existence, he approaches traditional...
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Contemporary Christologies: A Fortress Introduction
While many know of the signal contributions of such twentieth-century giants as Paul Tillich or Karl Barth or Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the important work...
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The Jewish Experience: An Introduction to Jewish History and Jewish Life
Steven Leonard Jacobs discusses his introductory textbook The Jewish Experience: Find more videos like this on Fortress Forum. This is a story of...
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The End of College: Religion and the Transformation of Higher Education in the 20th Century
The End of College chronicles the transformation of religion's role in higher education in the US during the first half of the twentieth century. This period witnessed an end to the religious college and its decidedly religious ends. In its place, the American university ushered in religion departments and religious studies, which sought to make a more complete democracy.
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The Spirit Shaped Church: A Spirit Ecclesiology in India
In The Spirit Shaped Church, Swarup Bar argues that the church is defined by its relationship with others. A relational church depends on porous borders, which means that, while a church has its distinctiveness, it ought to be open to negotiate relational engagements with the world around it. This sort of relationally distinct, permeable church is found to be possible through the leading of the Spirit and the work of Christ.
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Paul and Economics: A Handbook
The social context of Paul's mission and congregations has been the study of intense investigation for decades, but only in recent years have questions of economic realities...
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Sticky Learning: How Neuroscience Supports Teaching That's Remembered
Educators are engaging with neuroscientists to reshape classroom practices, content delivery, curriculum design, and physical classroom spaces to enhance students' learning and memory, primarily in elementary and secondary education. Why not in seminary education?
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Understanding Bible by Design: Create Courses with Purpose
This book introduces the reader to Understanding by Design: an approach to course design that is proven time-efficient and grounded in the instructor's most closely-held convictions about her subject matter's "big ideas and essential questions."
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