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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.
The conversion of Spanish Roma to Pentecostal Evangelical
Protestantism is one of the most unknown yet important religious
movements of the past century. Its current transnational extension
and its spectacular boom are due, among others factors, to the fact
that it is directed, organized and composed of gypsies. This volume
provides an important historical, theological, and ethnographic
account of the Pentecostal Revival movement that has been sweeping
through the Southern European Roma/Gypsy communities of France and
Spain especially. Written by Manuela Canton-Delgado, an
anthropologist from the University of Seville, together with three
others collaborators, it is a fascinating and careful account of
the social impact of this movement in contemporary Europe. As such,
it represents one of the first serious analyses of a religious,
ethnic and political movement largely unknown in North American, to
be made available in English.
From the Wisdom of Ben Sira to the writings of Paul, many Second
Temple Jewish and early Christian texts recognize the inescapable
role of testing and temptation in human experience. Though God is
often presented as one who tests, testing is also attributed to
Satan, Mastema, the people of God, and individual humans. How did
ancient interpreters react to texts that depict the God of Israel
as testing, tested, or intervening on behalf of those undergoing a
test? What assumptions do authors have about the role of testing in
human experience? How does the vocabulary used for testing and
temptation influence the meaning of the text? The essays in the
present volume constitute an opening foray into addressing these
questions, and this volume aims to catalyze further research into
additional dimensions of testing and overlooked motifs in the
relevant literature.
Is there a controversial issue in the contemporary world that does
not involve religion? Whether it's a debate over the beginning of
life, or on sexuality and family life, or on the stewardship of
humans over the environment, almost all of the most contentious
matters that impact today's society involve people's deeply held
religious beliefs. Battleground: Religion helps clarify these
complex topics by examining how various religious beliefs and
practices impact current political, social, and cultural debates.
Each of the approximately 100 entries examines a hot-button issue -
from war and peace to the culture wars - and discusses, in a
balanced and objective way, the points of view on these topics from
all parts of the religious spectrum. Students will come away from
Battleground: Religion with a better understanding of the issues
that they will be encountering for years to come. Battleground:
Religion contains dozens of entries that address how religion
impacts the major debates of contemporary society: BLWar and Peace
- "Just War," Religion and Genocide BLSexuality and Personal Ethics
- Homosexuality, Abortion, Divorce BLHuman Rights - Religion and
Organized Labor, Poverty and Hunger, Missionary Work BLCrime and
Punishment - Capital Punishment, "Jailhouse Conversions," the War
on Drugs BLMedia and the Arts - Blasphemy vs. Artistic Expression,
Religion in the Movies. Each entry includes a bibliography or
resources for further information.
The Christian church continues to seek ethical and spiritual models
from the period of Israel's monarchy and has avoided the gravity of
the Babylonian exile. Against this tradition, the author argues
that the period of focus for the canonical construction of biblical
thought is precisely the exile. Here the voices of dissent arose
and articulated words of truth in the context of failed power.
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