1864 results for 'chri offset'

A driving force in the history of American Jews has been the pursuit of religious equality under law. Jews reasoned that state and federal legislation or public practices which sanctioned religious,...

In the year 2000--and beyond--what will the church be like? What challenges will it face? Will the church be able to provide a strong sense of community? Will it be an ethical force in the lives of...

"Sarduy's 'inventory of marks,' both physical and mnemonic, is a collection of 26 essays that, in Sarduy's words, 'outline a possible autobiography.' Afterword by collaborative translators Suzanne...

This interdisciplinary volume draws together essays by prominent scholars in the fields of New Testament, classics, and Jewish studies. These essays examine the intersection of three worlds.

Addresses contemporary socioeconomic concerns from a biblical and mission-based perspective. Offers a tool (a social justice inventory) for evaluating ourselves in light of a biblical theology of...

Comprising forty-two selections from primary source materials, each translated with an introduction and commentary by a specialist in the field, this collection illustrates the religious cycles,...

** A New York Times New and Noteworthy Book **Library of America and Connie Willis present 150 years of diverse, ingenious, and uniquely American Christmas storiesChristmas took on its modern cast in...

Explorations of design, use, and reuse of information technology in diverse historical and cultural contexts.This book explores alternative cultural encounters with and around information...

"Long celebrated as the quintessential New England regionalist, Winslow Homer (1836-1910) in fact brushed a much wider canvas, traveling throughout the Atlantic world and frequently engaging in his...

A searing satire of political corruption and social injustice from the celebrated author of Things Fall Apart"Achebe has written a story that sidesteps both ideologies of the African experience and...

The classic guide to the birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti—now fully revised and updatedField Guide to the Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti is the essential guide to birdwatching in...

This clear and comprehensive anthology, culled from the vast corpus of Christian mystical literature by the renowned theologian and historian Bernard McGinn, presents nearly one hundred selections,...

Nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize, Thich Nhat Hanh is one of today’s leading sources of wisdom, peace, compassion and comfort.The 20th anniversary edition of the classic...

Bishop John Shelby Spong has devoted his life to championing an authentic Christianity based on love, not hatred. In his bestselling book Why Christianity Must Change or Die, Spong convincingly...

Exposes the invisible ways in which white Christian privilege disadvantages racial and religious minorities in AmericaThe United States is recognized as the most religiously diverse country in the...

Wer ist Jesus Christus? Nicht erst heute beherrschen Problemanzeigen das Feld. Schon das Neue Testament ist starker durch die Suche nach Begriffen und Aussagestrukturen gepragt als durch Losungen...

The Rule of Benedict, one of the most influential documents in Western civilization, has its roots planted deeply in the scriptures. As a result, the forms of monastic life and the spirituality it...

The Christian Right is frequently accused of threatening democratic values. But in The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right, Jon Shields argues that religious conservatives have in fact...

2017 Wilbur Non-Fiction Award RecipientWinner of the 2018 Author's Award in scholarly non-fiction, presented by the New Jersey Studies Academic AllianceWinner, 2020 Kornitzer Book Prize, given by...