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'Ali Shari'ati and the Shaping of Political Islam in Iran
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 95.00While Ayatollah Khomeini is considered the face of the Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979, 'Ali Shari'ati is considered a much greater influence on shaping the revolutionary consciousness. Acceptable to both modernists as well as Islamists, Shari'ati's radicalism inspired much of the resistance in urban Iran in the closing years of the Shah. This... more...
'Behind' the Text: History and Biblical Interpretation
Zondervan 2011; US$ 31.99The fourth in a series of books that result from annual conferences of the top evangelical hermeneutical scholars in the world. The topic for this book probes contemporary theories on the philosophy and theology of history and analyzes how those views intersect with the concept of the Bible as history. more...
"Do What You Can" Plan, The (Ebook Shorts)
Baker Publishing Group 2013; US$ 2.99No matter what change you'd like to see in your life, you can make progress in just three weeks with this devotional that guides you closer to God's best for you. more...
"Freie Kirche im freien Staat"
Mohr Siebeck 2011; US$ 133.72Hauptbeschreibung Mit dem FDP-Kirchenpapier "Freie Kirche im freien Staat" stellte erstmals seit Bestehen der BRD eine regierungsverantwortliche Partei das bestehende Verhältnis von Staat und Kirche in Frage. Kaum ein anderes Thema, das im Spannungsfeld von Kirche und Staat bzw. Kirche und Politik stand, wurde in den Jahren 1973 und 1974 so ausführlich... more...
"From a Sacred Source"
BRILL 2010; US$ 216.00In August 2007, leading scholars from the world of Genizah Studies assembled in Cambridge for a conference marking the retirement of Stefan Reif, Professor of Medieval Hebrew at the University of Cambridge and founder of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit. This collection of papers demonstrates the breadth and vitality of Genizah Studies today,... more...
"Genizat Germania" - Hebrew and Aramaic Binding Fragments from Germany in Context
BRILL 2010; US$ 185.00This volume presents the discovery of several hundred new Hebrew and Aramaic manuscript fragments in Germany. It is a collection of conference papers that discuss the historical, paleographical, and cultural significance of these fragments. It is the first in a series of studies of similar findings in Europe. more...
"Geschenke an Aufmerksame"
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 91.00This book provides access to the Jewish mystic side of selected poems by Paul Celan. The reader is led to a crossing point in the poem with the poet's consciously or unconsciously instilled cultural knowledge. Here an interpretation is proposed which correlates with the poet?s cultural knowledge and reading experience. Thus many of Celan?s poems follow... more...
"Hellenisten" in der Apostelgeschichte
Mohr Siebeck 2009; US$ 90.59Hauptbeschreibung Die Apostelgeschichte bezeichnet drei Gruppen als "Hellenisten": eine Gruppe der Urgemeinde (6,1), jüdische Gegner des Paulus (9,29) und heidnische Adressaten der frühchristlichen Missionspredigt (11,20). Gemeinsam ist diesen Gruppen die gemeinsame griechische Sprache: Die Analyse des Verbs hellenizein zeigt, dass hellenistes... more...
"His Dominion" and the "Yellow Peril"
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006; US$ 48.95A history of Chinese immigrants encounter with Canadian Protestant missionaries, "His Dominion" and the "Yellow Peril": Protestant Missions to Chinese Immigrants in Canada, 1859-1967 , analyzes the evangelizing activities of missionaries and the role of religion in helping Chinese immigrants affirm their ethnic identity in a climate of cultural... more...
"How Long This Road"
Palgrave Macmillan 2003; US$ 34.00In light of the recent death of C. Eric Lincoln, the renowned theorist of race and religion, scholars came together and created this compelling collection that represents twenty years of critical intellectual reflection in Lincoln's honor. "How Long this Road" is a social study of African American religious patterns and dynamics. C. Eric Lincoln's... more...









