Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> General

This book explores a cross-cultural worldview called 'radical apocalypticism' that underlies the majority of terrorist movements in the twenty-first century.

Although not all apocalypticism is violent, in its extreme forms radical apocalypticism gives rise to terrorists as varied as members of Al Qaeda, Anders Behring Breivik, or Timothy McVeigh. In its secular variations, it also motivates ideological terrorists, such as the eco-terrorists Earth Liberation Front or The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski. This book provides an original paradigm for distinguishing between peaceful and violent...

This book offers the first detailed examination of the life and works of biblical commentator Thomas Brightman (1562-1607), analysing his influential eschatological commentaries and their impact on both conservative and radical writers in early modern England. It examines in detail the hermeneutic strategies used by Brightman and argues that his method centred on the dual axes of a Jewish restoration to Palestine and the construction of a strong English national identity. This book suggests that Brightman's use of conservative modes of "literal" exegesis led him to new interpretations...

Der vorliegende Band 26 der Zeitschrift Morgen-Glantz enthalt die uberarbeitete Fassung der Vortrage, die an der 25. Tagung der Christian Knorr von Rosenroth-Gesellschaft vom 19. 21. Juni 2015 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg gehalten wurden. Thema der Tagung war: Nicht-aristotelisches Theater in der Fruhen Neuzeit. Es werden ausserdem weitere Beitrage und Rezensionen im Band veroffentlicht, die zum Aufgabenbereich der Gesellschaft und ihrer Zeitschrift gehoren.

Die Zeitschrift Morgen-Glantz, deren Name dem bekanntesten Kirchenlied des Christian Knorr von Rosenroth entlehnt...

This book examines in detail both historical and current legal concepts of religious cultural heritage within the context of the European continent. The latter group is primarily based on the variety of sacred cultural elements emanating from the different religious traditions of the peoples of Europe, which are deemed worthy of protection and preservation due to their outstanding value, in terms of their social, cultural and religious significance. In view of this, the study provides evidence of the European States active involvement with their sacred/cultural treasures, on the...