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Islam & Europe
challenges and opportunities
Dedicated to increasing our knowledge and awareness of the ever-growing diversity and pluralism of global society, Forum A. & A. Leysen has initiated an annual debate/lecture series, beginning with a focus on Islam in today's world and in Europe in particular. Seven well-known influential authorities - each an active participant in the public debate on the global role of Islam past, present and future - recently presented papers at the first Intercultural Relations Conference sponsored by Forum A.&...
Non-fictie
Engels | 192 pagina's (PDF, 3,1 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Kadoc The intimate
polity and the catholic church; laws about life, death and the family in so-called catholic countries
The waning influence of the Catholic church in the ethical and political debate. For centuries the Catholic Church was able to impose her ethical rules in matters related to the intimate, that is, questions concerning life (from its beginning until its end) and the family, in the so-called Catholic countries in Western Europe. When the polity started to introduce legislation that was in opposition to the Catholic ethic, the ecclesiastical authorities and part of the population reacted. The media...
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Engels | 224 pagina's (PDF, 2,1 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Gender and christianity in modern Europe
beyond the feminization thesis
Case studies upon the use of concepts like feminization and masculinization in relation to christianity. Since the 1970s the feminization thesis has become a powerful trope in the rewriting of the social history of Christendom. However, this 'thesis' has triggered some vehement debates, given that men have continued to dominate the churches, and the churches themselves have reacted to the association of religion and femininity, often formulated by their critics, by explicitly focusing their appeal...
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Engels | 240 pagina's (PDF, 15 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Kadoc Mission & science
missiology revised
Science as an instrument to justify religious missions in secular society. The relationship between religion and science is complex and continues to be a topical issue. However, it is seldom zoomed in on from both Protestant and Catholic perspectives. By doing so the contributing authors in this collection gain new insights into the origin and development of missiology. Missiology is described in this book as a "project of modernity," a contemporary form of apologetics. "Scientific apologetics" was...
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Engels | Frans | 438 pagina's (PDF, 3,4 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Everyday life practices of Muslims in Europe
Bijdragen over de dagelijkse gewoonten van moslims in Europa.
Non-fictie
Engels | 234 pagina's (PDF, 1,4 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Dan Jones The Templars
the rise and fall of God's holy warriors
De geschiedenis van de Tempeliers vanaf het ontstaan eind 11e eeuw tot een met het tragische einde van deze religieuze ridderorde aan het begin van de 14e eeuw.
Non-fictie
Engels | 494 pagina's | Head of Zeus, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Barbara J. King Evolving god
a provocative view on the origins of religion
Engels | 289 pagina's | The University of Chicago Press, Chicago | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Stephen Greenblatt The rise and fall of Adam and Eve
Non-fictie
Engels | 419 pagina's | W.W. Norton, New York | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Richard Holloway A little history of religion
Non-fictie
Engels | 244 pagina's | Yale University Press, New Haven | 2017
Gedrukt boek
John G. Gager Who made early Christianity?
the Jewish lives of the Apostle Paul
Non-fictie
Engels | 192 pagina's | Columbia University Press, New York | 2017
Gedrukt boek
E. Fuller Torrey Evolving brains, emerging gods
early humans and the origins of religion
Non-fictie
Engels | 291 pagina's | Columbia University Press, New York | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Samuel Fleischacker The good & he good book
revelation as guide to life
Filosofische verdediging van het geloof op basis van een openbaring (een heilig boek zoals Thora, Koran of Bijbel)
Non-fictie
Engels | 164 pagina's | Oxford University Press, Oxford | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Christian Smith Religion
what it is, how it works and why it matters
Non-fictie
Engels | 277 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Ian Johnson The souls of China
the return of religion after Mao
Engels | 455 pagina's | Pantheon Books, New York | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Ilija Trojanow Mumbai to Mecca
a pilgrimage to the holy sites of Islam
In 2003 reisde Ilija Trojanow van Mumbai naar Mekka. Zijn reisverslag is geschreven in de traditie van de klassieke Arabische literatuur. Hij beschrijft de Hadj door de ogen van een westerling, maar met het hart van een moslim.
Non-fictie
Engels | 142 pagina's | Armchair Traveller, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Diana Lobel Philosophies of happiness
a comparative introduction to the flourishing life
Non-fictie
Engels | 385 pagina's | Columbia University Press, New York | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Phaidon Press Destination architecture
the essential guide to 1000 contemporary buildings
Afbeeldingen van 1000 iconische eigentijdse bouwwerken, gesorteerd naar land.
Non-fictie
Engels | 559 pagina's | Phaidon, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Everyday life practices of Muslims in Europe
Bijdragen over de dagelijkse gewoonten van moslims in Europa.
Non-fictie
Engels | 233 pagina's | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2015
Gedrukt boek
Food and museums
Non-fictie
Engels | 368 pagina's | Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc, London, New York | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Joseph Prince Live the let-go life
breaking free from stress, woryy, and enxiety
Engels | 294 pagina's | Faith Words, New York, Nashville | 2017
Gedrukt boek