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• Author(s): Michael Hoelzl • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Religion, Politics & StateThis book provides an essential resource for studies in religion and politics. It is divided into three parts, beginning with...

• Author(s): Ron Geaves • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • Subject: Religion and PhilosophyAbout the Book Continuum Glossary of Religious Terms provides a comprehensive glossary of terms from seven major religions: Judaism, C...

• Author(s): Michael Walsh • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • Subject: Religion and PhilosophyAbout the Book This dictionary is a rapid reference to those men and women who have, over the last two millennia, contributed to th...

• Author(s): Joan Price • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: GeneralAs we increasingly move toward a global worldview, it is important that we understand the traditions of other members of the global community. Sacred Sc...

• Author(s): Wayne Teasdale | George Cairns • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Comparative ReligionGathered on the centenary and in the same city of Chicago where the first Parliament took place, the 1993 Parliament of...

• Author(s): Brendan Sweetman • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: PhilosophyThe philosophy of religion is a core area in the study of philosophy, as well as being a subject of growing contemporary interest. It encompass...

• Author(s): Donald Capps • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Christian Living - GeneralReligion is impoverished when it fails to reveal and develop the humerous aspect of itself. Humor is a part of the tough tissue of ...

• Author(s): William H. Brackney • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Christianity - GeneralThis is an essential guide to the study of Christianity. Clearly structured to cover all the major areas of study, including cha...

• Author(s): Duncan S. Ferguson • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: SpiritualityThis book is an insightful guide to the diverse ways that religious faith is practiced and spirituality is understood. Discussing contempor...

• Author(s): George D. Chryssides • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Christianity - GeneralA series of case studies illustrate the contemporary issues facing Christianity in contemporary society. This new introduction ...

• Author(s): Jeffrey J. Jordan • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: PhilosophyArguments concerning the existence and nature of God have been a staple of western philosophy for over 2,000 years. Philosophy of Religion: Th...

• Author(s): Stephen R. Rock • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralExamines how the attitudes and preferences of various Christian groups in the United States can influence US foreign poli...

• Author(s): Stephen Sykes • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: PhilosophyIn Power and Christian Theology, Stephen Sykes examines the ambiguous role played by the concept of power in Christian theology. Centuries of expe...

• Author(s): Paul Oliver • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: CultsNew Religious Movements: A Guide for the Perplexed examines the phenomenon of new faiths and alternative spiritualities which has become a feature of the...

• Author(s): Rosemary Boys • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Schools - Levels - ElementaryTo be published alongside Primary Curriculum - Teaching the Core Subjects, this textbook focuses on how to teach the following ...

• Author(s): W. Owen Cole • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Comparative ReligionIt is now recognised that in a pluralistic world of which a multi-faith Britain is a part, it is important for everyone to understand the...

• Author(s): Justin Beaumont • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Sociology of ReligionThis book reflects the wide-spread belief that the twenty-first century is evolving in a significantly different way to the twentieth...

• Author(s): Terrence W. Tilley • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: TheologyThis book surveys the 8 basic approaches to religious pluralism, ranging from exclusivism (evangelical right) through classic inclusivism (Rahn...

• Author(s): Rita M. Gross • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Comparative ReligionThis book adopts the format of the editors previous book, Buddhists Talk about Jesus, Christians Talk about the Buddha. In that book ei...

• Author(s): Jacob Neusner • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Christianity - GeneralThe Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be treated. This ethical dictum is a part of most of the world's religions and has ...

• Author(s): Rob Warner • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Sociology of ReligionSecularization and Its Discontents provides an illuminating overview of major current debates in the sociology of religion, exploring chan...

• Author(s): Moshe Halbertal • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Judaism - GeneralMuch more than a particular period in world history, modernity has fundamentally transformed how we think and live, and especially how we...

• Author(s): Ursula King • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Sexuality & Gender StudiesGender, Religion and Diversity provides an introduction to some of the most challenging perspectives in the contemporary study o...

• Author(s): George D. Chryssides • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: CultsAn objective, well-researched history of contemporary new religions and cults.New religious movements - popularly known as cults - arouse strong...

• Author(s): Gerald A. Arbuckle • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: LeadershipFormation is a rite of passage or initiation ritual. This book draws on the findings of social anthropological studies of initiation tiruals ...

• Author(s): Richard Kearney • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: PhilosophyHosting the Stranger features ten powerful meditations on the theme of interreligious hospitality by eminent scholars and practitioners from the...

• Author(s): Karin A. Fry • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: PhilosophyThis new volume in the Impacts series brings together an important collection of essays by Emmanuel Levinas, a leading philosopher of the 20th cent...

• Author(s): John Williams • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Educational SoftwareThis textbook advises on how to use ICT in the teaching of the primary foundations subjects: HistoryGeographyDesign & Technology Art...

• Author(s): Anna Yeatman • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: PeaceState, Security, and Subject Formation addresses the question of how to secure the conditions for a civil and peaceful life together. It brings together...

• Author(s): Peter Losonczi • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Religion, Politics & StateDuring the last two decades we have witnessed what José Casanova has characterised as "religion going public". This has not ...

• Author(s): Caroline Williams • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: History & Surveys - Modern"Caroline Williams marks what is distinctive about 20th Century French philosophy's interrogation of the subject and demon...

• Author(s): Bethan Marshall • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Study & TeachingAbout the Book This work considers why summative assessment in English is difficult and explores viewing...

• Author(s): Guy Arnold • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs