Religious rivalries have been at the root of many human conflicts throughout history. Representatives of nine world religions offer insights into the teachings of nonviolence within their tradition, how practice has often fallen short of the ideals, and how they can overcome the contagion of hatred through a return to traditional teachings on nonviolence. Included are a new Foreword and Preface, a new Introduction by Daniel Smith-Christopher, two new chapters on Islam and the indigenous religion of the Maori, and a new Epilogue. In addition, study questions have been added to each chapter.

This book is founded on the premise that being a servant of 'the kingdom community' must become the heart of the church's mission. Unless this happens Christians will have little to offer to a world now facing an ultimate choice between community and chaos. To fulfil this mission the mould of Christendom needs to be broken so that a new form of church - the diaconal church - can come into being. This will mean a church open to dialogue, a laity liberated from clericalism and the creation of a servant leadership. The book includes an informative evaluation of five original case-studies of the diaconal church in action and the diaconal potential of five worldwide Christian 'renewal movements'.

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Alfred Edersheim (1825-1889) was a Jewish convert to Christianity and a Biblical scholar, best known for his 1883 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah. Edersheim believed that some knowledge of the intellectual and religious perspectives of people during Jesus' lifetime was necessary to fully understand His works. Volume II begins after the baptism of Jesus through his ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection.

The Talmudic exegesis is constructed on special hermeneutic rules which have the logical meaning in fact. On the basis of this circumstance it is possible to speak about a special logical culture of the Talmud and to call the logic used there.

Die Bybellennium – ’n Eenvolumekommentaar is ’n projek deur ken­ners van die Ou en Nu­we Testament. Met die Nuwe Lewende Vertaling as grondslag is hierdie boek ge­skryf in mak­lik lees­bare, eietydse taal sonder inge­wikkelde redena­sies en termino­lo­gie. Die bun­del is ’n be­kos­tigbare kommentaar van die Nuwe Lewnde Vertaling vir predikante, stu­dente en ernstige Bybel­le­sers.

Gelowiges wat meer van die Bybel wil weet, sal deur dié bundel ’n wyer insig van die Bybel verkry, sowel as die wêreld waarin dit afspeel en die be­te­kenis daarvan vir vandag. Die Bybellennium – ’n Eenvolumekommentaar ontsluit vir hedendaagse gelowiges wat die By­bel vandag nog vir ons wil sê.

The 1400-year-old schism between Sunnis and Shi'is is currently reflected in the destructive struggle for hegemony between Saudi Arabia and Iran - with no apparent end in sight. But how did this conflict begin, and why is it now the focus of so much attention? In this definitive account, John McHugo charts the history of Islam from the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day. He describes the conflicts that raged over the succession to the Prophet, how Sunnism and Shi'ism evolved as different sects during the Abbasid caliphate, and how the rivalry between the empires of the Sunni Ottomans and Shi'i Safavids ensured that the split would continue into the modern age. In recent decades, this centuries-old divide has acquired a new toxicity resulting in violence across the Arab and Muslim world.