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Devoting especial attention to questions of rationality, scriptural fidelity, and the construction of 'orthodoxy', this volume introduces key Muslim theories of revelation, creation, ethics, scriptural interpretation, law, mysticism, and eschatology. The treatment is firmly set in the historical, social and political context in which Islam's distinctive understanding of God evolved.

This Companion serves as an essential guide to wisdom texts, a body of biblical literature with ancient origins that continue to have universal and timeless appeal. The twenty-two contributions provide a wide-ranging overview of biblical and non-biblical wisdom literature.

Written by leading authorities representing various disciplines, this volume offers readers with an up-to-date guide to the Book of Genesis. The essays summarize the most pertinent developments since the Enlightenment, and explore the unique contributions the Book of Genesis has made to literature, the history of religions, and theological studies.

Written by leading authorities representing various disciplines, this volume offers readers with an up-to-date guide to the Book of Genesis. The essays summarize the most pertinent developments since the Enlightenment, and explore the unique contributions the Book of Genesis has made to literature, the history of religions, and theological studies.

An important and accessible new collection of original articles, written by international scholars for students and non-experts. This volume explores the history, literature, and philosophy of antisemitism, showing how antisemitism existed throughout centuries and how it reappears today all over the world in both left-wing and right-wing circles.

An important and accessible new collection of original articles, written by international scholars for students and non-experts. This volume explores the history, literature, and philosophy of antisemitism, showing how antisemitism existed throughout centuries and how it reappears today all over the world in both left-wing and right-wing circles.

The volume provides a broad overview of American Catholicism, in all its richness and diversity. Designed for classroom use and accessible to the general reader, it serves those looking to deepen their knowledge of US Catholicism from a historical and contemporary perspective.

The volume provides a broad overview of American Catholicism, in all its richness and diversity. Designed for classroom use and accessible to the general reader, it serves those looking to deepen their knowledge of US Catholicism from a historical and contemporary perspective.

This Companion introduces the New Testament in its historical context, as well as critical approaches, for a non-specialist audience. It provides an up-to-date 'snapshot' of scholarship, with essays by leading scholars who presume no prior knowledge on the reader's part yet go into greater detail than a typical introductory textbook.

This Companion introduces the New Testament in its historical context, as well as critical approaches, for a non-specialist audience. It provides an up-to-date 'snapshot' of scholarship, with essays by leading scholars who presume no prior knowledge on the reader's part yet go into greater detail than a typical introductory textbook.

The Council of Nicaea was one of the most important events in the history of Christianity. This volume includes fifteen original studies that explore a different aspect of the Council and its legacy and will be of interest to scholars and students of theology, religious studies, and history.

For students, teachers, lecturers, clergy and lay people who are curious about the gospels: why are there four gospels, not just one or more than four?; what is a gospel anyway?; what is the distinctive flavour of each gospel?; why have the gospels had such an impact down through history?; and what do scholars make of the gospels today?

For students, teachers, lecturers, clergy and lay people who are curious about the gospels: why are there four gospels, not just one or more than four?; what is a gospel anyway?; what is the distinctive flavour of each gospel?; why have the gospels had such an impact down through history?; and what do scholars make of the gospels today?

This work is unique in treating Augustine's The City of God book by book in depth with expertise commentary. It will prove valuable to any student interested in Augustine and to any advanced scholar working with issues of theology, philosophy, cultural studies and political theory in the ancient world and today.

This work is unique in treating Augustine's The City of God book by book in depth with expertise commentary. It will prove valuable to any student interested in Augustine and to any advanced scholar working with issues of theology, philosophy, cultural studies and political theory in the ancient world and today.

This Companion is for students, lay people, and scholars who want a one volume review of the tradition of Jewish Theology from the Bible to the present. Established world scholars present up to date and accessible essays on all aspects of Jewish Theology.

This Companion is for students, lay people, and scholars who want a one volume review of the tradition of Jewish Theology from the Bible to the present. Established world scholars present up to date and accessible essays on all aspects of Jewish Theology.

Drawing connections between ancient and contemporary ethical problems, this Companion addresses a variety of topics, including student loan debt, criminal justice reform, ethnicity and inclusion, family systems, and military violence. It is important reading for a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate level courses in ethics.

Drawing connections between ancient and contemporary ethical problems, this Companion addresses a variety of topics, including student loan debt, criminal justice reform, ethnicity and inclusion, family systems, and military violence. It is important reading for a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate level courses in ethics.

Long recognized as 'America's theologian', Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is seen as instrumental in the Great Awakening of the 1740s. This Cambridge Companion offers a general, comprehensive introduction to Jonathan Edwards and examines his life and works from various disciplinary perspectives including history, literature, theology, religious studies, and philosophy.

Orthodox Christian theology is often presented as the direct inheritor of the doctrine and tradition of the early Church. But continuity with the past is only part of the truth; it would be false to conclude that the eastern section of the Christian Church is in any way static. Orthodoxy, building on its patristic foundations, has blossomed in the modern period. This volume focuses on the way Orthodox theological tradition is understood and lived today. It explores the Orthodox understanding of what theology is: an expression of the Church's life of prayer, both corporate and personal, from which it can never be separated. Besides discussing aspects of doctrine, the book portrays the main figures, themes and developments that have shaped Orthodox thought. There is particular focus on the Russian and Greek traditions, as well as the dynamic but less well-known Antiochian tradition and the Orthodox presence in the West.