Religion in the Roman Empire
Religion in the Roman Empire

Author: Jörg Rüpke

Publisher: Kohlhammer Verlag

Published: 2021-10-06

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 3170292250

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The Roman Empire was home to a fascinating variety of different cults and religions. Its enormous extent, the absence of a precisely definable state religion and constant exchanges with the religions and cults of conquered peoples and of neighbouring cultures resulted in a multifaceted diversity of religious convictions and practices. This volume provides a compelling view of central aspects of cult and religion in the Roman Empire, among them the distinction between public and private cult, the complex interrelations between different religious traditions, their mutually entangled developments and expansions, and the diversity of regional differences, rituals, religious texts and artefacts.

Language of Religion, Language of the People
Language of Religion, Language of the People

Author: Ernst Bremer

Publisher: Brill Fink

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13:

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Judentum, Christentum und Islam - Band 11 der MittelalterStudien widmet sich den drei großen Kultgemeinschaf-ten im europäischen Mittelalter, drei monotheistischen Religionen, die sich und ihr Verhältnis zu einem Gott schriftlich konstituiert und damit die Sprache zu einer grundsätzlichen Kategorie gemacht haben. Im Zentrum der Fragestellung stehen die jeweiligen Umstände und Auswir-kungen der Verschriftlichung als Über-führung eines Kommunikationssystems in das neue Medium der Schriftlich-keit.

Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality
Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality

Author: Bob Larson

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 9780842364171

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In this indispensable reference tool for parents, students, and pastors alike, Larson analyzes dozens of world religions and spiritual movements from Islam to UFOs, New Age movements to witchcraft. This volume helps address tough questions from a biblical perspective.

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Publisher: UTB

Published:

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 3825285197

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Political Religion Beyond Totalitarianism
Political Religion Beyond Totalitarianism

Author: J. Augusteijn

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-01-29

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1137291729

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The success of fascist and communist regimes has long been explained by their ability to turn political ideology into a type of religion. These innovative essays explore the notion that all forms of modern mass-politics, including democracies, need a form of sacralization to function.

Die Religionswissenschaft und das Christentum
Die Religionswissenschaft und das Christentum

Author: Hjelde

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-09-24

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9004378839

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What are religious studies? What is theology? And what is their relationship to each other? In the light of such theoretical and methodological questions this historical inquiry asks what characterizes the study of Christianity within comparative religion—as distinguished from that of Christian theology? In the three main sections of the book representative texts from the history of comparative religion—including Schleiermacher and some other theological forerunners in the 19th century—are analyzed from a methodological and a material point of view. On this basis an answer is sought to the following questions: What has been the place of the study of Christianity within this discipline? On which methodological principles has it been based? And what kind of picture of Christianity has it presented?

Catholic Engagement with World Religions
Catholic Engagement with World Religions

Author: Karl Josef Becker

Publisher: Orbis Books

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 1052

ISBN-13: 157075828X

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Twenty-Five Element International Scholars show how roman catholic theology has grappled with religious pluralism. Catholic Engagement with World Religions outlines, clarifies, and defends official Roman Catholic teaching on the relationship between Christianity and other religious traditions in light of the Catholic belief that "We must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all the possibility of being made partners, in a way known to God, in the paschal mystery".(Gaudium et Spes, 22) Part I studies the history of these issues while Part II examines their theological framing. Part III addresses Christianity and other religions since Vatican U. Part IV deals specifically with Judaism, Confucianism, Hinduism and Islam as these religions see themselves in relation to Christianity. A final chapter by Bishop Michael Fitzgerald offers a theological reflection on the foundations of interreligious dialogue today. For scholars, students, and practitioners of interreligious encounter, Catholic Engagement with World Religions is necessary and absorbing reading. Karl J. Becker, S.J., and Ilaria Morali teach at the Gregorian University in Rome.

Houses of Religions
Houses of Religions

Author: Martin Rötting

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2021-04-09

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 364391203X

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Houses of Religions are a new phenomenon in urban settings and promise to create a space with religious meaning for everyone in the city; or at least, to be much more than an ecumenical chapel, a church, a synagogue, a temple or a mosque. Projects of Houses and Centers around the globe have contributed to this volume: Bern, Hannover, Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm, Munich, London, New York, Jerusalem, Taipei and Abu Dhabi. Theoretical attempts to understand Houses of Religions and their creation of meaning within multicultural societies set the final accord.

Rethinking the Religious Factor in Foreign Policy
Rethinking the Religious Factor in Foreign Policy

Author: Maria Toropova

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-01-11

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 3658337761

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The authors of this book analyze the mechanisms and strategies that allow specific religious actors to affect the foreign policy agenda and decisions of the countries in which they are active. Paying special attention to events and phenomena that have had a decisive impact on regional and global development, this book provides an international outlook on how the activities of religious actors can influence foreign policy. The research subject was inspired by the idea of identifying what dynamics are occurring and whether there are any discernible trends.