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This book is a review of preachers who made significant contributions to Baptist preaching in the South. Contents: Introduction. Chapter 1: "Very Respected Citizens": 1670's-1800. Chapter 2: "A Divine Operation": 1800-1845. Chapter 3: "Fly Like An...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556126246Author James J. BacikFormat PaperbackPage Count 171Imprint Sheed & Ward,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 213mm...

While people are learning about the identities and accomplishments of various racial and ethnic minorities, Jewish identity and accomplishments are ignored. Programs educate and sensitize people to racism, sexism, and homophobia, but antisemitism is...

Renewal of Worship is designed for individuals studying for pastoral ministry as well as for the seasoned pastor. It serves as a resource guide to strengthen ministry in pastoral care, worship services, public prayer, music selection, and special...

Joan Chittister writes from the perspective of decades of deep involvement in religious life. She writes about religious life in the here and now, not about the value of its past nor about the possible shape of its future, asking a simple question: What,...

To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Book InformationISBN 9781568213484Author David R. BlumenthalFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Jason Aronson PublishersPublisher Jason Aronson...

Tens of thousands of Jews were injured or killed in the pogroms of the early 1880s and those of the early 1900s. Ninety-five percent of the Jewish population was restricted to a life of poverty and starvation in the ghetto and barred from schools and...

One need only browse the shelves of a bookstore (in both the Judaica and "New Age" sections) or listen to the media to know that Kabbalah is a popular subject these days. From Hollywood personalities to local adult education classes, the interest in...

Conflicts over homosexuality and gay rights threaten to break apart denominations, if not North American society. These heated theological and political debates have, as well, obscured the fact that many gays and lesbians are religiously active...

To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit www.rlpgbooks.com.Book InformationISBN 9781568219455Author Rabbi Niles GoldsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Jason Aronson PublishersPublisher Jason Aronson...

To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Book InformationISBN 9781568219011Author Moshe KoppelFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Jason Aronson Inc. PublishersPublisher Jason Aronson Inc...

A classified annotated bibliographical guide to over 700 works useful for theological research. Designed to serve both as a textbook for the study of such tools and as a tool for the rapid location of appropriate reference works when doing theological...

To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.About the AuthorJoseph Patai Joseph Patai was a Hungarian Jewish poet, author, translator, editor, lecturer, and Zionist leader. For close to four...

Are there heroes anymore? What role, if any, does faith play in the life of high-paid, famous athletes? Through the words of a wide range of popular athletes, Champions of Faith reveals that heroes still exist and that for many of those who take their...

As the 20th Century draws to a close, cultural conflict plays an increasingly dominant role in American politics, with religion acting as a catalyst in the often bitter confrontations ranging from abortion to public education. These insightful essays by...

Emphasizes the English hymn as a literary entity within denominational and historical contexts, from the early Church through the twentieth century. With a listing of works for further reading and an index to all hymns discussed.About the AuthorSamuel J...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876685815Author Moshe Z. SokolFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Jason Aronson Inc. PublishersPublisher Jason Aronson Inc. PublishersWeight(grams)...

Let My People Go: Insights to Passover and the Haggadah offers an analysis of ancient and modern perspectives on the themes of slavery and freedom. Rabbi Jeffrey M. Cohen provides an original interpretation of the central biblical sources of Passover,...

There were fifteen important prophets in Israel, whose lives covered nearly four centuries, beginning about 750 B.C.E. Known as the literary prophets because they wrote down their prophecies, they were chosen by God at a time of social and political...

To find more information on Jason Aronson titles, please visit us at http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com/AronsonP/.About the AuthorLinda Loewenstein is director of the Boulder Jewish Community Center.Book InformationISBN 9780765761996Author Linda...

To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit www.rlpgbooks.com.Book InformationISBN 9780765760333Author Richard S. ChapinFormat PaperbackPage Count 193Imprint Jason Aronson PublishersPublisher Jason Aronson...

Immanuel Kant is often thought of as a great skeptic of religion. His onslaught against the traditional arguments for the existence of God in the Critique of Pure Reason is considered decisive evidence of his efforts to destroy theology. This text...

In separate multi-volumed works, form-analytical English translations of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi, and Bavli have been set forth. Outlines of the Yerushalmi and the Bavli have been brought about, and those outlines of the two Talmuds have been...

To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Book InformationISBN 9781568219264Author Aliza ShevrinFormat HardbackPage Count 346Imprint Jason Aronson PublishersPublisher Jason Aronson...

A book-length study of the wisdom that Judaism imparts upon relationships with God, self, and others.About the AuthorGershon Winkler is a widely recognized scholar in the fields of Jewish law, lore, theology, and mysticism. A descendant of a scion of...

The easy-to-read format invites readers to explore some of the most sensitive and troubling questions about becoming part of the Jewish community. Plenty of inspirational anecdotes and true stories about converts illustrate the vibrant and exciting...

The translator writes: "The Jews' State" is over one hundred years old. The work is both catalyst and prophecy. Catalyst: Speaking both to Jews and to the international community, it virtually launched the modern debate about a modern state for...

Award-winning storyteller Barbara Diamond Goldin has collected and retold twenty-four stories about tzedakah in this inspiring volume. Some of these stories are based on oral tales, like "The Two Beggars," which is from Afghanistan, and "The Rabbi's...

The first book of its kind, Progressive Dispensationalism presents a comprehensive and collaborative look at the arguments against, and the errors within, the progressive dispensationalist movement. The authors begin with a history of dispensationalism...

Discussions of any religion can easily raise passions. But arguments tend to become even more heated when the religion under discussion is characterized as new. Divisions around the study of new religious movements (NRMs), or cults, or nontraditional or...

To find more information about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Book InformationISBN 9780765761071Author Nehemiah BlavinFormat HardbackPage Count 255Imprint Jason Aronson PublishersPublisher Jason Aronson...

Besides recounting the exemplary life of Monsignor John Joseph Egan, An Alley in Chicago briefs us on the firebrand priests and lay people who radiated the power and elan that made Catholics across the country look to the heartland, to Chicago's Catholic...

To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Book InformationISBN 9781568210476Author Mordechai StaimanFormat HardbackPage Count 293Imprint Jason Aronson Inc. PublishersPublisher Jason Aronson Inc...

Alongside the older and more established religions, there are hundreds, indeed, thousands more, which have recently emerged. These "new religious movements" or NRMs-for lack of a better name-are not only numerous, they are also extremely varied and stem...

Now more than ever, people are turning to their rabbis and communities to seek the consolation they need in times of mourning and bereavement. As such, the field of pastoral care is becoming increasingly important to clergy of all faiths. To Walk in...

With a history of over three and a half millennia, and over 800 million adherents, Hinduism is one of the world's largest and most diverse religious traditions. This book presents the Hindu religious tradition's major events, individuals, texts, sects,...

Essays linking Roman Catholic tradition and American cultural moral issues in the last fifty years.Book InformationISBN 9781556126017Author Richard McCormickFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Sheed & Ward,U.S.Publisher Rowman &...

To find out more information about Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Book InformationISBN 9781573093859Author Robert M. FowlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint International Scholars Publications,U.S.Publisher...

A dark comedy, with a luminous ending, about the difficulty of representing God.Book InformationISBN 9781573092982Author Keith D. ManoFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint International Scholars Publications,U.S.Publisher Rowman &...

In separate multi-volumed works, form-analytical English translations of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Yerushalmi, and Bavli have been set forth. Outlines of the Yerushalmi and the Bavli have been brought about, and those outlines of the two Talmuds have been...