Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Christianity - Orthodox

In 1930, about 750,000 Jews called Romania home. At the end of World War II, approximately half of them survived. Only recently, after the fall of Communism, are details of the history of the Holocaust in Romania coming to light. Ion Popa explores this history by scrutinizing the role of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1938 to the present day. Popa unveils and questions whitewashing myths that covered up the role of the church in supporting official antisemitic policies of the Romanian government. He analyzes the church's relationship with the Jewish community in Romania, with Judaism,...

Following a paradigm shift in his own personal understanding of mission, Vladimir Ubeivolc proposes the adoption of mission principles based on missio Dei to meet the social and spiritual needs of people in Moldova. Biblically grounded and insightful, the lessons to be learned from this book apply far beyond Eastern Europe.

Dr Ubeivolc uses his knowledge from six years of research, twenty years of pastoral ministry and a lifetime of experience to summarize the landscape of the Moldovan Evangelical and Orthodox churches and their historical approaches to mission. His...

Many Christians see the Old Testament as "the other Testament" a source of exciting stories to tell the kids, but not very relevant to the Christian life. The Christian Old Testament reveals the Hebrew Scriptures as the essential context of Christianity, as well as a many-layered revelation of Christ Himself. Follow along as Fr. Lawrence Farley explores the Christian significance of every book of the Old Testament.

The Teller Review of Books(TM) (Editor-in-Chief: Nadine L. Jackson) provides succinct overviews and critical reviews of the seminal books shaping contemporary culture in the areas of law, faith, society and public policy. Milestones in political, cultural and religious thought, whether contemporary publications or the classics, form part of the corpus of reviewed works.

Each Volume of the Teller Review of Books(TM) consists of concise reviews of books that follow specific themes, including: Christianity, Culture & the State; Political Science and Public Policy; and Natural Law...

The Teller Review of Books (Editor-in-Chief: Nadine L. Jackson) provides succinct overviews and critical reviews of the seminal books shaping contemporary culture in the areas of law, faith, society and public policy. Milestones in political, cultural and religious thought, whether contemporary publications or the classics, form part of the corpus of reviewed works.

Each Volume of the Teller Review of Books consists of concise reviews of books that follow specific themes, including: Christianity, Culture & the State; Political Science and Public Policy; and Natural Law Thinking....

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"Hoe groter de erkenning van onze nietigheid en onze zwakheid, zowel als onze zelfverloochening in de nederwaartse tocht naar omlaag, waar Christus is, hoe dieper en steviger de fundamenten zullen zijn van de tempel Gods die binnenin ons wordt opgebouwd, en hoe volmaakter de inwoning zal zijn van Christus in ons hart, en de afdruk daarin van Zijn hemels beeld ..." (uit hoofdstuk V.3)

"Het zegelbeeld van Christus in het hart van de mens" biedt een rijke verzameling inspirerende teksten van...

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"Wat is de mens, dat Gij hem hebt grootgemaakt? Of dat Gij uw aandacht op hem vestigt? Dat Gij hem bezoekt tot aan de vroege morgen en hem oordeelt tot aan zijn rust? ... Waarom hebt Gij mij tot uw doelwit gemaakt?" (Job 7:17-18)

In de hartekreet van de veellijdende Job weerklinkt de vraag naar het 'waarom' van het leven, het 'waarom' van zijn bestaan. Doch diegenen die, evenals Job, ondanks alles zijn voortgegaan op de weg des Heren, en uiteindelijk met heel hun wezen voor het Aangezicht...

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Tension, Transmission, Transformation (JCIT) brings together innovative volumes exploring the reception and mediation of ideas and practices in the three monotheistic traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, from antiquity to the twenty-first century. Monographs, collected works, text editions, and bibliographic databases address their intertwining relations in various historical and geographical contexts. The series is intentionally interdisciplinary, inviting proposals across disciplines dealing with at least two of these three...