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Saint Francis and the Sultan - The Curious History of a Christian-Muslim Encounter (Hardcover): John V. Tolan Saint Francis and the Sultan - The Curious History of a Christian-Muslim Encounter (Hardcover)
John V. Tolan
R2,401 Discovery Miles 24 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In September, 1219, as the armies of the Fifth Crusade besieged the Egyptian city of Damietta, Francis of Assisi went to Egypt to preach to Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil.
Although we in fact know very little about this event, this has not prevented artists and writers from the thirteenth century to the twentieth, unencumbered by mere facts, from portraying Francis alternatively as a new apostle preaching to the infidels, a scholastic theologian proving the truth of Christianity, a champion of the crusading ideal, a naive and quixotic wanderer, a crazed religious fanatic, or a medieval Gandhi preaching peace, love, and understanding. Al-Kamil, on the other hand, is variously presented as an enlightened pagan monarch hungry for evangelical teaching, a cruel oriental despot, or a worldly libertine.
Saint Francis and the Sultan takes a detailed look at these richly varied artistic responses to this brief but highly symbolic meeting. Throwing into relief the changing fears and hopes that Muslim-Christian encounters have inspired in European artists and writers in the centuries since, it gives a uniquely broad but precise vision of the evolution of Western attitudes towards Islam and the Arab world over the last eight hundred years."

The Prayer Who Searched For God - Using Prayer And Breath To Find God Within (Hardcover): Andrew Sam Newman The Prayer Who Searched For God - Using Prayer And Breath To Find God Within (Hardcover)
Andrew Sam Newman; Illustrated by Alexis Aronson
R75 R70 Discovery Miles 700 Save R5 (7%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days
Mindfulness - Walking with Jesus and Buddha (Paperback): Anabel Laity Mindfulness - Walking with Jesus and Buddha (Paperback)
Anabel Laity
R396 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Save R29 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Intercultural Theology, Volume One – Intercultural Hermeneutics (Hardcover): Henning Wrogemann, Karl E. Böhmer Intercultural Theology, Volume One – Intercultural Hermeneutics (Hardcover)
Henning Wrogemann, Karl E. Böhmer
R770 R669 Discovery Miles 6 690 Save R101 (13%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Christianity is not only a global but also an intercultural phenomenon. The diversity of world Christianity is evident not merely outside our borders but even within our own neighborhoods. Over the past half century theologians and missiologists have addressed this reality by developing local and contextual theologies and by exploring issues like contextualization, inculturation, and translation. In recent years these various trajectories have coalesced into a new field called intercultural theology. Bringing together missiology, religious studies, social science research, and Christian theology, the field of intercultural theology is a fresh attempt to rethink the discipline of theology in light of the diversity and pluriformity of Christianity today. Henning Wrogemann, one of the leading missiologists and scholars of religion in Europe, has written the most comprehensive textbook on the subject of Christianity and culture today. In three volumes his Intercultural Theology provides an exhaustive account of the history, theory, and practice of Christian mission. Volume one introduces the concepts of culture and context, volume two surveys theologies of mission both past and present, and volume three explores theologies of religion and interreligious relationships. In this first volume on intercultural hermeneutics, Wrogemann introduces the term "intercultural theology" and investigates what it means to understand another cultural context. In addition to surveying different hermeneutical theories and concepts of culture, he assesses how intercultural understanding has taken place throughout the history of Christian mission. Wrogemann also provides an extensive discussion of contextual theologies with a special focus on African theologies. Intercultural Theology is an indispensable resource for all people—especially students, pastors, and scholars—that explores the defining issues of Christian identity and practice in the context of an increasingly intercultural and interreligious world. Missiological Engagements charts interdisciplinary and innovative trajectories in the history, theology, and practice of Christian mission, featuring contributions by leading thinkers from both the Euro-American West and the majority world whose missiological scholarship bridges church, academy, and society.

Lead, Kindly Light - Gandhi on Christianity (Paperback): Robert Ellsberg Lead, Kindly Light - Gandhi on Christianity (Paperback)
Robert Ellsberg
R597 R542 Discovery Miles 5 420 Save R55 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Earth Cries Out - How Faith Communities Meet the Challenges of Sustainability (Paperback): Gary Gardner The Earth Cries Out - How Faith Communities Meet the Challenges of Sustainability (Paperback)
Gary Gardner
R621 R561 Discovery Miles 5 610 Save R60 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reconciling Religion and Human Rights - Faith in Multilateralism (Hardcover): Ibrahim Salama, Michael Wiener Reconciling Religion and Human Rights - Faith in Multilateralism (Hardcover)
Ibrahim Salama, Michael Wiener
R3,266 Discovery Miles 32 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Projecting a global interdisciplinary vision, this insightful book develops a peer-to-peer learning methodology to facilitate reconciling religion and human rights, both in multilateral contexts and at the national level. Written by leading human rights practitioners, the book illuminates the tension zones between religion and rights, exploring how the 'faith' elements in both disciplines can create synergies for protecting equal human dignity. Ibrahim Salama and Michael Wiener analyse the place of religion in multilateral practice, including lessons learned from the 'Faith for Rights' framework. Based on the jurisprudence of international human rights mechanisms, the book clarifies ambiguities of human rights law on religion. It also unpacks the potential positive role of non-State actors in the religious sphere, demonstrating that the relationship between religion and human rights is not a zero-sum game. Ultimately, the book empowers actors on both sides of the ideological fence between religion and human rights to deconstruct this artificial, politically instrumentalized dichotomy. This innovative book will be a vital resource for faith-based actors, human rights defenders and policymakers working at the intersection between religion, culture and human rights. With the co-authors' commentary on the #Faith4Rights toolkit, it will also be invaluable for peer-to-peer learning facilitators, scholars and students of human rights law, public international law and religious studies.

The Ministry of Reconciliation - Strategies and Spirituality (Paperback): Robert J. Schreiter The Ministry of Reconciliation - Strategies and Spirituality (Paperback)
Robert J. Schreiter
R556 R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Save R49 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In a world of conflict in which religious differences play a significant role, reconciliation grows increasingly important. The Ministry of Reconciliation shows how with a spirituality of reconciliation we can create the spaces in which reconciliation can happen, and with human strategies, how the process of reconciliation can move forward.

From wide-ranging travels Schreiter has gained a profound wisdom and hope as well as the questions and struggles to be faced. In Part One, "Reconciliation as Spirituality, " Schreiter poses this key question: "If God did indeed raise Jesus up to a new life that breaks the grip of violence and sin on the world, what should be the concrete object of our hope?" Each of the next six chapters then meditates on post-Easter appearances as recorded in Scripture. Schreiter's explorations of such events as "the breakfast at the seashore" (John 21:1-17) and "what the women saw" (Mark 16:1-8; John 20:1-18) reveal a direct pastoral style reminiscent of Rahner and Barth at their best.

From this profound and hope-filled beginning Schreiter goes on to emphasize how a spirituality of reconciliation without sound social and theological reflection on its implementation will fail. Part Two, "Elements of a Strategy for Reconciliation, " tackles such vexing questions as individual and social responsibility; truth and justice; amnesty and pardon; and how the church can aid in reconciliation. Schreiter explores questions as: How can forgiveness happen? What is justice, and how should it be sought and administered? How can a society be rebuilt that includes the perpetrators of evil?

A Common Word - Text and Reflections: A Resource for Parishes and Mosques (Paperback, First): Lejla Demiri A Common Word - Text and Reflections: A Resource for Parishes and Mosques (Paperback, First)
Lejla Demiri
R159 Discovery Miles 1 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Christianity Through Non-Christian Eyes (Paperback, New edition): Paul J. Griffiths Christianity Through Non-Christian Eyes (Paperback, New edition)
Paul J. Griffiths
R716 R639 Discovery Miles 6 390 Save R77 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Eye-opening essays by Buddhist, Hindus, Jews, Muslims provide insights to how Christianity is viewed in their communities--and why.

Interfaith Marriage (Hardcover): Bonni-Belle Pickard Interfaith Marriage (Hardcover)
Bonni-Belle Pickard
R1,028 R873 Discovery Miles 8 730 Save R155 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Christ Is Dead, Long Live the Christ (Hardcover): Andrew Oberg The Christ Is Dead, Long Live the Christ (Hardcover)
Andrew Oberg
R1,409 R1,175 Discovery Miles 11 750 Save R234 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Hebraic Inkling (Hardcover): P. H. Brazier A Hebraic Inkling (Hardcover)
P. H. Brazier; Foreword by Alan Shore
R1,294 Discovery Miles 12 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Formation for Transformation (Hardcover): Bruce Myers Formation for Transformation (Hardcover)
Bruce Myers; Foreword by Linda Nicholls
R1,052 R891 Discovery Miles 8 910 Save R161 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Journals of Brother Roger of Taize (Hardcover): Brother Roger of Taize Journals of Brother Roger of Taize (Hardcover)
Brother Roger of Taize
R850 R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Save R116 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Probing the Sutras (Hardcover): Guy Gibbon Probing the Sutras (Hardcover)
Guy Gibbon; Foreword by Roger Jackson; Preface by Tim Burkett
R903 R776 Discovery Miles 7 760 Save R127 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
George Lindbeck (Hardcover): Shaun C. Brown George Lindbeck (Hardcover)
Shaun C. Brown
R960 R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Save R145 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Faith in the Face of Militarization (Hardcover): Jude Lal Fernando Faith in the Face of Militarization (Hardcover)
Jude Lal Fernando; Foreword by Colin Isaiah Cowan; Preface by Sudipta Singh
R1,320 Discovery Miles 13 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Christianity and World Religions - Paths to Dialogue with Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism (Paperback): Hans; Ess Kung Christianity and World Religions - Paths to Dialogue with Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism (Paperback)
Hans; Ess Kung
R880 R775 Discovery Miles 7 750 Save R105 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Kung joins with three esteemed colleagues to address the question: "Can we break through the barriers of noncommunication, fear, and mistrust that separate the followers of the world's great religions?" The authors analyze the main lines of approach taken by Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, and give Christian responses to the values and challenges each tradition presents.

Heaven Heals - Finding Hope in the Reunion with Your Lost Loved One (Hardcover): Kristin Landgren Heaven Heals - Finding Hope in the Reunion with Your Lost Loved One (Hardcover)
Kristin Landgren
R779 R719 Discovery Miles 7 190 Save R60 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Open to the Full Dimension (Hardcover): Dominiek Lootens Open to the Full Dimension (Hardcover)
Dominiek Lootens; Foreword by Daniel S. Schipani
R916 R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Save R133 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
All Who Love Our Blessed Redeemer (Hardcover): Lon Graham All Who Love Our Blessed Redeemer (Hardcover)
Lon Graham
R1,018 Discovery Miles 10 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Love, Loss and Endurance - A 9/11 Story of Resilience and Hope in an Age of Anxiety (Hardcover): Bill Tammeus Love, Loss and Endurance - A 9/11 Story of Resilience and Hope in an Age of Anxiety (Hardcover)
Bill Tammeus; Foreword by Adam Hamilton; Afterword by Mindy Corporon
R904 Discovery Miles 9 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
At the Feet of Abraham (Hardcover): Levi Uc Nkwocha At the Feet of Abraham (Hardcover)
Levi Uc Nkwocha; Foreword by Peter J Casarella
R1,408 R1,168 Discovery Miles 11 680 Save R240 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Restoration Appreciation (Hardcover): John C Nugent Restoration Appreciation (Hardcover)
John C Nugent
R928 R795 Discovery Miles 7 950 Save R133 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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