Vaught identifies the place where religion and philosophy meet - and he does so in constant conversation with Augustine, Hegel, Heidegger, and Jaspers. Specifically, Vaught argues that both religious and philosophical discourse assume one of four modes: figurative, analytical, systematic, or analogical. Vaught contends that any real innovation ......
In this completely revised and expanded edition of the Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism , Randall Balmer gives readers the most comprehensive resource about evangelicalism available anywhere. With over 3,000 separate entries, the Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism covers historical and contemporary theologians, preachers, laity, cultural figures, ......
Archaeology has shown the riches of ancient Jewish buildings in Jerusalem, Judea, Galilee, and throughout the Mediterranean. The time is right for a book on ancient Jewish architecture Building Jewish in the Roman East first surveys the architecture of small rural villages in Galilee, concentrating on the early Roman period, before examining the ......
The university classroom is one of the chief places where socialization still occurs within American culture. Beyond political correctness and multiculturalism, universities will surely face the issue of "spirituality" in their efforts to educate the "whole person." In this book Chris Anderson takes up this task by carefully exploring how the ......
The Political and Social Contexts of Victorian Theology
This volume explores the cultural, political and intellectual forces that helped shape and define nineteenth-century British Christianity. Larsen challenges many of the standard assumptions about Victorian era Christians in their attempts to embody their theological commitments. In contrast to other studies of the period, Larsen highlights the way ......
New non-traditional religious movements are the most likely groups to offend mainstream culture and the least likely to have representatives in government to ensure that their liberty is protected. These new religious movements are sometimes ostracized and subject to various forms of discrimination. As America becomes increasingly pluralistic, ......
What Jewish Burial Practices Reveal About the Beginning of Christianity
The recent discovery and exhibition of an ancient Jewish ossuary (a burial box) that bears the inscription "James the son of Joseph, brother of Jesus" has stunned scholars and public alike. Could it really be that this small stone box actually contained the bones of James, the brother of Jesus Christ? While the preliminary scientific and ......
Going beyond merely charting biblical scholarship and how it has both influenced and been influenced by cultural influences, Jeffrey focuses upon the "art" of biblical interpretation - how sculptors, musicians, poets, novelists and painters have "read" the Bible. By doing so, he demonstrates how such cultural interpretation has deepened the ......
This book calls for churches to offer an unapologetically Christian witness to a post-modern world. It asks whether we are witnessing - due to the triumph of the autonomous and unattached self - the complete destruction of those institutions and practices that once shaped human character toward fulfillment in goods larger than our own ......
