From Jeremiad to Jihad: Religion, Violence, and America, Paperback - John D. Carlson

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Reducere. The Bible frequently depicts God as angry and violent, and also sometimes depicts human violence as positive or even as commanded by God. This form...

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Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Jerome (Research associate at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHE...

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The first assessment of religious violence throughout the whole of Antiquity, with a particular focus on Late Antiquity where a much more nuanced p...

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A world-renowned scholar explores and explains the two views of God in the Bible - the violent God of vengeance and retribution and the non-violent...

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Publisher: American Oriental SocietyAuthor(s): Michael BonnerNumber of pages: 238Collection: American Oriental SeriesPublication date: 2013Dimensio...

What do you get when dare-devil Jihadists, mad English missionaries and proud, stubborn, warring natives meet in a clash? Nigeria. Formation: From ...

John D. Roth's straightforward, accessible narrative invigorates this contemporary introduction to the Mennonite story. Whether readers are new to ...

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Reducere. In 2001, as Reinhard Bonnke debated whether or not to move his ministry to America, he did something he had never done before: he prayed for a sign...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Asma (Professor of Islamic Studies, Professor of Islamic Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington)...

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A two-volume introductory survey of church history from its origins to the present day Designed for an educated lay audience and students in introd...

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Reducere. This newly revised and enlarged edition of John Witte's authoritative historical study explores the interplay of law, theology, and marriage in the...