A completely new, expanded edition of this classic college text book about two key kinds of writing in the Old Testament: wisdom and law. Completely revised and updated, the book also includes much more on literary interpretation.
This handbook innovatively combines the ways in which scholars diverse fields (including philosophy, psychology, literary studies, history, sociology, anthropology,... Læs mere
The book provides an exploration of how Christianity has thought about what it is to live a human life and asks how Christianity's understanding of being relates to and challenges alternative contemporary accounts as they are mapped and explored in social anthropology.
This work explores the social histories of the twentieth-century Marian apparitions in Europe, looking at the ecclesiastical response, and examining the Mariology that is adopted by the devotees.
A historical and a theological analysis of the most important movement in twentieth-century Roman Catholic theology.
This book traces the development of the Jewish calendar from its origin until it reached, in the tenth century... Læs mere
Denying Divinity examines the 'negative theologies' of Christianity and Zen Buddhism. Using classic texts of both... Læs mere
Professor Barr has brought together aspects of controversy about the Bible at the end of the millennium with an... Læs mere
An edition, with introduction and comprehensive notes, of one of Newman's best-known works. The sermons, which explore the relation of faith and reason, are a key document of the Oxford Movement.
Liberalism forms the dominant political ideology of the modern world. Despite its pervasive influence, this is the first book-length treatment of liberal political... Læs mere
Could a Pope ever consent to be the subject of a political power? Owen Chadwick presents an analysis of the causes and consquences of the end of the historic Papal... Læs mere
An introduction to the full range of Aquinas' thinking, which makes no arbitrary division between his philosophical and theological ideas. The text relates Aquinas' thought to writers both earlier and later than Aquinas himself.