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Law and Theology in the Middle Ages
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 50.95An unrivalled introduction to a fascinating subject, Law and Theology in the Middle Ages explores the relationship between law and theology in medieval Europe. Focusing on legal and theological responses to justice, mercy, fairness, and sin, this text examines the tension between ecclesiastical and secular authority in medieval Europe, illustrating... more...
Just in Time! Baptism Services, Sermons, and Prayers
Abingdon Press 2007; US$ 12.99Alternative and creative liturgies and sermon helps for the service of baptism. Few services are more important in the life of the congregation than the service of baptism. In this volume pastor and author Ken Carter provides prayers, litanies, sermon ideas, and other resources designed to render baptism meaningful to the entire congregation.... more...
Canon Law and the Letters of Ivo of Chartres
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 88.00Major new study of Ivo of Chartres, providing a new interpretation of the authorship of works attributed to him. more...
Dire l?interdit
BRILL 2010; US$ 147.00The essays gathered in this volume explore church discipline and the Reformed consistory across Europe from the mid-sixteenth through the late eighteenth centuries. They offer imaginative, often unanticipated perspectives on the nature of censure and excommunication. Les articles réunis dans ce volume analysent disciplines ecclésiastiques et consistoires... more...
Luther und das Konzil
Mohr Siebeck 2010; US$ 122.94Hauptbeschreibung Das Konzil als kirchliche Institution und christliche Autoritätsinstanz avancierte während der Reformationszeit zu einem zentralen, religionspolitisch höchst strittigen Thema. Ausgelöst hatte die auf theologischen, kirchlichen und politischen Ebenen geführten Debatten Martin Luther, dessen Haltung zum Konzil bisher nicht eingehend... more...
Birth Control in China 1949-2000
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95This comprehensive volume analyzes Chinese birth policies and population developments from the founding of the People's Republic to the 2000 census. The main emphasis is on China's 'Hardship Number One Under Heaven': the highly controversial one-child campaign, and the violent clash between family strategies and government policies it entails. Birth... more...
Canons in Conflict
Oxford University Press 1997; US$ 109.99This text examines current literary theory and theological discussions and then applies these theories to a consideration of true and false biblical prophecy to reach an integrative resolution of authority and canon in a pluralistic context. more...
What God Has Joined Together
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 54.99Since Vatican II, there has been a sizeable increase in the number of Catholic marriage annulments in the USA - previously a rarity. This text offers a study of this annulment "American-style", exploring how and why the American system has become geared to the mass-production of annulments. more...
A Problem of Presence
University of California Press 2007; US$ 21.95The Friday Masowe apostolics of Zimbabwe refer to themselves as ?the Christians who don?t read the Bible.? They claim they do not need the Bible because they receive the Word of God ?live and direct? from the Holy Spirit. In this insightful and sensitive historical ethnography, Matthew Engelke documents how this rejection of scripture speaks to longstanding... more...
Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 196.00The election of a new bishop was a defining moment for local Christian communities in Late Antiquity. This volume contributes to a reassessment of the phenomenon of episcopal elections from the broadest possible perspective, examining the varied combination of factors, personalities, rules and habits that played a role in the process. Building on the... more...









