A Study and Translation of Zanning and the Topical Compendium of the Buddhist Clergy (Da Song Seng shilue)
Albert Welter
ISBN13: 9781604979428
Date: 23-Mar-18
"Albert Welter’s magisterial study and translation of Zanning’s Da Song Seng shilüe is a scholarly tour de force. It confirms his reputation as the premier exegete of his generation on the Song-dynasty Buddhist tradition." —Robert Buswell, Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Humanities, Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies, and Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies, UCLA
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A Competency Framework for the Development of Standards for Soft Skills
Peter Carblis
ISBN13: 9781604975482
Date: 28-Oct-08
In this groundbreaking book, the author advocates that many relational collapses are the result of ineptitude rather than the ill will. That is, they are the result of a lack of skills rather than a lack of goodwill. To put it in the way that will be addressed in this book, many of society’s relational problems may be competency related.
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Soteriological Controversy and Diversity
Bradley Clough
ISBN13: 9781604978292
Date: 28-Dec-12
Prior to this study, past scholarship--which preferred to portray early
Indian and Theravada Buddhism as wholly rationalist systems--has shied away from giving ample treatment on the noble person who possesses supernormal powers. This book examines the dichotomy between two Theravada monastic vocations that have grown out of the vocational and soteriological tensions.
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Putting Ethics First
Joshua James Shaw
ISBN13: 9781604975215
Date: 28-Jul-08
This bold book departs from trends in Levinas scholarship and is an important work for Levinas scholars, particularly those interested in his relevance for contemporary ethical debates and for social and political philosophy.
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Madagascar’s Indigenous Christian Movement
Cynthia Holder Rich
ISBN13: 9781604975819
Date: 22-Dec-08
The Fifohazana is one of the most intriguing current instances of indigenous Christianity in the world. This volume provides the reader with a very clear understanding of what the Fifohazanamovement is all about historically, theologically, in terms of the main characters involved, its tremendous contributions to what a Christian healing ministry might ideally be, and as it relates to the larger world of church and society. The book is strengthened by the contributions of a diverse international group of scholars and participants in the movement.
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Paolo Santangelo
ISBN13: 9781621965497
Date: 03-Sep-21
“A timely masterpiece … A major strength of the book is its comparative perspective. Santangelo not only compares and contrasts the terms and reflections within Buddhist, Confucian, and Daoist contexts, but he also expertly brings Western concepts into conversation with the East Asian constructions of self, destiny, shame, and pleasure." —Guotong Li, California State University, Long Beach
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Mubarak-i Wakhani and the Esoteric Tradition of the Pamiri Muslims
Abdulmamad Iloliev
ISBN13: 9781934043974
Date: 28-May-08
There has been no serious scholarly research conducted on Mubarak-i Wakhani’s life and works. This book is the first introductory study on the subject, and provides the first systematic presentation of the seminal Islamic figure.
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Discourse, Gaze and Gender in the Basel Mission in Pre-Colonial West Africa
Seth Quartey
ISBN13: 9781934043448
Date: 08-Jul-07
A valuable scholarly analysis of the ways that the practices of members of the Basel Mission informed the nineteenth-century mission field of the Gold Coast.
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Gray Kochhar-Lindgren
ISBN13: 9781604977882
Date: 28-Nov-11
Although there is a significant literature on the philosophy of Jacques Derrida, there are few analyses that address the deconstructive critique of phenomenology as it simultaneously plays across range of cultural productions including literature, painting, cinema, new media, and the structure of the university. Using the critical figures of “ghost” and “shadow”—and initiating a vocabulary of phantomenology—this book traces the implications of Derridean “spectrality” on the understanding of contemporary thought, culture, and experience.
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The Journey from Azusa Street to the "Miracle of Memphis"
Joe Newman
ISBN13: 9781934043554
Date: 28-May-07
Utilizing the extensive archival holdings of the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center, this is the first book to chronicle the treatment of African Americans by the largest, predominantly white, Pentecostal denomination in the United States.
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Marianne Dacy
ISBN13: 9781604977004
Date: 08-Jul-10
This book covers an enormous amount of material on the relationship between
early Christianity and Judaism, but presents this in a highly accessible
manner, clearly showing how the separation between the two emerged over
time. It also reveals the ways they continued to be related. The author pinpoints
two pervasive issues that impelled the separation: the relationship of
the early church to Jewish law and the increasing divinization of Jesus.
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Learning from the Communities of L'Arche
Michael Hryniuk
ISBN13: 9781604976946
Date: 18-Apr-10
There is an emerging recognition of the need for a fuller understanding of the nature and dynamics of spiritual growth and its implications for human development and social change. The book examines the psychological dimensions of spiritual transformation through the lens of contemporary affect theory and explores how caregivers experience a profound healing of shame in their felt sense of identity and self-worth.
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Interreligious Encounters and Dialogue
Prince Sorie Conteh
ISBN13: 9781604975963
Date: 28-Feb-09
Provides for the first time a historical, chronological, and comparative study of interreligious encounters and dialogue among Traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians in Sierra Leone. This book fills a gap in the study of interreligious dialogue in Africa and is important for collections in African studies and religious studies.
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Steven M. Studebaker
ISBN13: 9781604977936
Date: 31-Dec-11
This book addresses these areas of evangelical theology by drawing on a well-known figure in the evangelical tradition—Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758)—and a contemporary Roman Catholic theologian—David Coffey (1934–). Though they may seem theological worlds apart, their use of a common trinitarian theology—the Augustinian mutual love model—led them to similar conclusions on Christology, pneumatology, and the theology of grace. Their common trinitarian vision provides resources to develop a transformational and relational vision of redemption and an inclusivist theology of religions within the evangelical tradition.
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Guo Wu
ISBN13: 9781604977059
Date: 28-May-10
In this first critical study of Zheng Guanying’s career, cultural
milieu, political and economic thoughts, as well as his spirituality,
Guo Wu steers us into examining Zheng Guanying as a hybrid
product of the late Qing treaty port culture, professionalism, and
tradition, and he illuminates the contribution that this Chinese merchant
made in the social and political transformation of China into
an urban, commercial environment.
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