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Author : Leslie Carbone
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781597976275
Explores the moral dimension of tax policy and calls for a fundamental tax reform
Author : Glenn S. Sunshine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Christianity and politics
ISBN : 195241072X
"Christians first expressed these political truths under Caesars, kings, popes, and emperors. We need them in the age of presidents. Leviathan is rising again, and the first weapon we must recover is the longstanding Christian tradition of resisting governmental overreach. Our bloated bureaucratic state would have been unrecognizable to the Founders, and our acquiescence to its encroachments on liberty would have infuriated them. But here is the point: our Leviathan would not have surprised them. They were well acquainted with the tendency of governments to turn tyrannical: "Eternal vigilance is the price we pay for liberty." In Slaying Leviathan, historian Glenn S. Sunshine surveys some of the stories and key elements of Christian political thought from Augustine to the Declaration of Independence. Specifically, the book introduces theories of limited government that were synthesized into a coherent political philosophy by John Locke. Locke, of course, influenced the American founders and was, like us, fighting against the spirit of Leviathan in his day. But his is only one of the many stories in this book"--
Author : Gregory A. Boyd
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830898305
In this bold and compelling work, Gregory Boyd undertakes to reframe the central issues of Christian theodicy. By Boyd's estimate, theologians still draw too heavily on Augustine's response to the problem of evil, attributing pain and suffering to the mysterious "good" purposes of God. Accordingly, modern Christians are inclined not to expect evil and so are baffled but resigned when it occurs. New Testament writers, on the other hand, were inclined to expect evil and fight against it. Modern Christians attempt to intellectually understand evil, whereas New Testament writers grappled with overcoming evil. Through a close and sophisticated reading of both Old and New Testaments, Boyd argues that Satan has been in an age-long (but not eternal) battle against God, and that this conflict "is a major dimension of the ultimate canvas against which everything within the biblical narrative, from creation to the eschaton, is to be painted and therefore understood." No less edifying than it is provocative, God at War will reward the careful attention of scholars, pastors, students and educated laypersons alike.
Author : Irving Jacobs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1995-02-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 052146174X
The purpose of this book is to re-examine those basic issues in the study of Midrash which to some extent have been marginalised by trends in scholarship and research. Irving Jacobs asks, for example, whether the early rabbinic exegetes had a concept of peshat, plain meaning, and, if so, what significance they attached to it in their exposition of the biblical text. He enquires if the selection of proemial and proof-texts was a random one, dependent purely upon the art or whim of the preacher, or rather if exegetical traditions linked certain pentateuchal themes with specific sections of the Prophets (and particularly the Hagiographa), which were acknowledged by preachers and audiences alike. As Midrash in its original, pre-literary form, was a living process involving both live preachers and live audiences in the ancient synagogues of the Holy Land, to what extent, he asks, did the latter influence the former in the development of their art and skills?
Author : Debra Scoggins Ballentine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199370269
There are many ancient West Asian stories that narrate the victory of a warrior deity over an enemy, typically a sea-god or sea dragon, and his rise to divine kingship. In The Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition, Debra Scoggins Ballentine analyzes this motif, arguing that it was used within ancient political and socio-religious discourses to bolster particular divine hierarchies, kings, institutions, and groups, as well as to attack others. Situating her study of the conflict topos within contemporary theorizations of myth by Bruce Lincoln, Russell McCutcheon, and Jonathan Z. Smith, Ballentine examines narratives of divine combat and instances of this conflict motif. Her study cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries as well as constructed time periods, focusing not only on the Hebrew Bible but also incorporating Mesopotamian, early Jewish, early Christian, and rabbinic texts, spanning a period of almost three millennia - from the eighteenth century BCE to the early middle ages CE. The Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition advances our understanding of the conflict topos in ancient west Asian and early Jewish and Christian literatures and of how mythological and religious ideas are used both to validate and render normative particular ideologies and socio-political arrangements, and to delegitimize and invalidate others.
Author : W. O. E. Oesterley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725210202
In this work, Oesterley presents an outline of the antecedents of the Christian doctrine of last things. He also endeavors to distinguish the fundamental differences between the Gospel teaching and its precursors.
Author : Thomas Hobbes
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486122144
Written during a moment in English history when the political and social structures were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world.
Author : Timothy Beal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000786194
Religious encounters with mystery can be fascinating, but also terrifying. So too when it comes to encounters with the monsters that haunt Jewish and Christian traditions. Religion has a lot to do with horror, and horror has a lot to do with religion. Religion has its monsters, and monsters have their religion. In this unusual and provocative book, Timothy Beal explores how religion, horror, and the monstrous are deeply intertwined. This new edition has been thoughtfully updated, reflecting on developments in the field over the past two decades and highlighting its contributions to emerging conversations. It also features a new chapter, "Gods, Monsters, and Machines," which engages cultural fascinations and anxieties about technologies of artificial intelligence and machine learning as they relate to religion and the monstrous at the dawn of the Anthropocene. Religion and Its Monsters is essential reading for students and scholars of religion and popular culture, as well as for any readers with an interest in horror theory or monster theory.
Author : Sandy Toussaint
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 052285074X
Ever since the 1992 Mabo decision put an end to the legal fiction that Australia was without owners before the arrival of the British colonisers, the work associated with resolving native title claims has developed as a significant but often difficult arena of professional practice. Increasingly, anthropologists, linguists, historians and lawyers have been encouraged to work collaboratively, often in the context of highly charged public controversy about who owns the land. In Crossing Boundaries, editor Sandy Toussaint and her contributors have created a cross-disciplinary exploration of native title work. In all, twenty professionals share their experience and expertise. As Toussaint concludes, 'Chapters in this volume reveal the extent to which native title workers need to communicate more cogently and, in some cases, to redefine their practice.'
Author : Jonathan Teram
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532672521
Illuminating Counsel: How the Least Holy Books of the Hebrew Bible Explore Life's Most Important Issues is a study of eleven books of the Hebrew Bible, known collectively as the Ketuvim, or "Writings." Judaism considers these books to be less holy than the other books of the Hebrew Bible. Most people don't even know the Jewish order of the books of the Hebrew Bible is different than the Christian order. Many people seem to think the Hebrew Bible is antiquated and has little relevance to modern life. Even Christians, who value the Hebrew Bible as "Holy Scripture," tend to favor the New Testament. Herein it is argued that the least holy books of the Hebrew Bible are life-changing pieces of literature. Their poetry and prose cover virtually every emotion, every behavior, and every aspect of the human condition. They are as relevant to the committed nonreligious as they are to the religious. So, if you want to plunge the depths of literary sublimity; if you want to explore what it means to be human, to struggle with your mortality, to go through death's dark valley and come out on the other side, to confront your pain and in so doing find healing, then I invite you to read on and discover how the Hebrew Bible illuminates counsel.
Author : Kitty Cohen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111392172
Author : Bernard Bailyn,Patricia L Denault
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674053533
Drawn together in a comprehensive Introduction by Bernard Bailyn, these innovative essays include analyses of the climate and ecology that underlay the slave trade, pan-Atlantic networks of religion and commerce, as well as the inter-ethnic collaboration in the development of tropical medicine, science as a product of imperial relations, and the awareness of the Atlantic world in the mind of David Hume.
Author : Donald C. Polaski
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004116079
This work presents a postmodern approach to Jewish proto-apocalyptic literature, breaking with common views on this literature as directly reflecting certain social realities. Isaiah 24-27 supports second-Temple Judaism through successful management, rather than exegesis, of earlier texts and traditions.
Author : Aryeh Wineman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1998-04-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0691058334
Zohar is the central text of the Jewish Kabbalah. This collection presents original translations of eight of the most well developed narratives in the Zohar along with notes and detailed commentary. These tales deal with themes of sin and repentance, death, exile, redemption, and resurrection. Most importantly, they are literature and are here analyzed as such.
Author : ISik Abla
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780768453751
Jesus is the Ultimate Deliverance Minister! You may not realize how many of your struggles are the direct result of demonic forces seeking to intercept your destiny. Today is the day to break free of this invisible oppression! When Işik Abla, TV show host and respected Christian teacher, couldnt find a deliverance minister to help her, she heard Jesus say, come to me! The principles she learned at His feet transformed her life. In Cast Out Demons and Slay Your Giants, Işik shows you how to break free from demonic bondage by going directly to Jesus with boldness! Discover the secrets of the spirit world, including: What opens doors to demons in your life? Strategies for discerning between Gods voice and the voice of Satan. Keys to fight and win your spiritual battles. Bible blueprints for complete freedom over generational curses and demonic strongholds. Evil spirits assignments and how to cancel them. How to receive and maintain your spiritual freedom. Featuring powerful warfare prayers and declarations, Cast Out Demons and Slay Your Giants will empower you for victory in every spiritual attack!
