Queer Inclusion in the United Methodist Church

By Amanda Udis-Kessler

The United Methodist Church has been in conflict over lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender inclusion issues since 1972. That year, in response to the gay liberation and gay rights...

Published May 13th 2008 by Routledge.

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Religion: The Basics

By Malory Nye

From the debates about faith schools to the polemics of Richard Dawkins, Religion is, more than ever, an important and hotly debated part of modern...

Published May 9th 2008 by Routledge.

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Islam and the Baha'i Faith

A Comparative Study of Muhammad ‘Abduh and ‘Abdul-Baha ‘Abbas

By Oliver Scharbrodt

Muhammad ‘Abduh (1849-1905) was one of the key thinkers and reformers of modern Islam who has influenced both liberal and fundamentalist Muslims today. ‘Abdul-Baha (1844-1921)...

Published April 25th 2008 by Routledge.

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Today and Tomorrow Volume 17 Religion and Folklore

Eutychus, or the Future of the Pulpit Apella or the Future of the Jews Vicisti, Galilaee? Perseus, of Dragons

By Reviewer, Powley, Stokes, Holtby

Eutychus

Or the Future of the Pulpit

Winifred Holtby

Originally published in 1928

"Few wittier or wiser books have appeared in this stimulating series." Spectator

"…delicious fun." Guardian

A dialogue...

Published April 11th 2008 by Routledge.

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Religion & Folklore: Mini-set J Today & Tomorrow 1 vol

Today and Tomorrow

By Various

Examining the establishment of Christianity as a major world religion, Jewish nationalism and the myths and customs of pre-historic Egypt, the volumes in this mini-set,...

Published April 11th 2008 by Routledge.

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The Metaphysics of Perfect Beings

By Michael J. Almeida

The Metaphysics of Perfect Beings addresses the problems an Anselmian perfect being faces in contexts involving unlimited options. Recent advances in the theory of vagueness,...

Published April 3rd 2008 by Routledge.

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Religion, Terror and Violence

Religious Studies Perspectives

Edited by Bryan Rennie, Philip L. Tite

September 11 and the subsequent War on Terror continues to cast a long shadow over the world. Religion, Terror and Violence brings together a group...

Published April 2nd 2008 by Routledge.

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Ethno-Religious Violence in Indonesia

From Soil to God

By Chris Wilson

Ethno-religious violence in Indonesia illustrates in detail how and why previously peaceful religious communities can descend into violent conflict.

From 1999 until 2000, the conflict in...

Published March 31st 2008 by Routledge.

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Religion, Language, and Power

Edited by Nile Green, Mary Searle-Chatterjee

Religion, Language and Power shows that the language of ‘religion’ is far from neutral, and that the packaging and naming of what English speakers call ‘religious’...

Published March 26th 2008 by Routledge.

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Christian Ethics

The End of the Law

By David S. Cunningham

Christian Ethics provides a biblical, historical, philosophical and theological guide to the field of Christian ethics. Prominent theologian David S. Cunningham explores the tradition of ‘virtue...

Published March 26th 2008 by Routledge.

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