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In a review published in The Christian Century, she praised the report, saying it should be read by every Christian in America and, ironically mimicking the Biblical literalism of the fundamentalists, "I think this is the only book I have ever read that seems to me literally true in its every observation and right in its every conclusion."
The Religion was a novel published by Tim Willocks in 2006. While not entirely set in the 21st century, Willocks' novel takes place in the historical context of the Crusades and reflects how cult-like movements and religious extremism have always been part of human history. It critiques the way religious fervor can justify violence and ...
Philip Zaleski is the author and editor of several books on religion and spirituality, including The Recollected Heart, [1] The Benedictines of Petersham, [2] and Gifts of the Spirit. [3] In addition, he is coauthor with his wife Carol Zaleski of The Book of Heaven , [ 4 ] Prayer: A History , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and The Fellowship: The Literary Lives ...
Until the latter part of the 20th century, only the names of very few women who contributed to the formation of Christianity in its earliest years were widely known: Mary, the mother of Jesus; [83] Mary Magdalene, disciple of Jesus and the first witness to the resurrection; and Mary and Martha, the sisters who offered him hospitality in Bethany ...
The Social History of Religion in Scotland Since 1730 (Methuen, 1987) Davie, Grace. Religion in Britain since 1945: Believing Without Belonging (Blackwell, 1994) Gajano, Sofia Boesch., "Italian Religious Historiography in the 1990s", Journal of Modern Italian Studies (1998) 3#3 pp 293–306; Hsia, Po-Chia, ed. A Companion to the Reformation ...
Thus, though being very vociferous in his attacks on Hinduism, Nehemiah Goreh could say that ‘Most erroneous as is the teaching of such books as the Bhagvadgita, the Bhagvata, etc., yet they teach something of ananyabhakti (undivided devotedness to God), of vairagya (giving up the world), of namrata (humility), of ksama (forbearance), etc ...
Neo-orthodoxy is a branch of Protestant thought which arose in the early 20th century in the context of the rise of the Third Reich in Germany and the accompanying political and ecclesiastical destabilization of Europe in the years before and during World War II. Neo-orthodoxy's highly contextual, dialectical modes of argument and reasoning ...
In the book Political Islam: Religion and Politics in the Arab World (1994), the author N. Ayubi explained what he believes to be the two main concerns of Islamic political movements and extremist groups in the Middle East: The Western belief in a bureaucratic state; and; The secular values and beliefs associated with concepts such as modernity ...