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In this book Christoph Stumpf investigates theological influences upon the legal theory of Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), who is regarded by many as the "father of modern international law." The author analyses how Grotius has contributed to the transformation and further development of international law from its roots in Christian theology to a trans-religious law of nations. From the theological substance in Grotius' views on international relations the author concludes that Grotius' legal theory can be perceived as a theological system of international law.

Der Sammelband enthalt dreizehn Aufsatze von Hanns Christof Brennecke, die zeigen, wie das Christentum der Kaiserzeit und der Spatantike in den Kontext des Imperium Romanum eingebettet ist. Das Themenspektrum reicht von den fruhen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Christentum und der paganen Welt uber trinitatstheologische und christologische Fragen bis zu Analysen des syrischen Monchtums. Die Aufsatze haben aufgrund ihrer detaillierten Quellenanalysen die Forschung nachhaltig beeinflusst.

Der koptische Psalmencodex aus al-Mudil ist auf Grund seines hohen Alters (spates 4. Jhd.) und des beinahe vollstandigen Textumfanges ein Kronzeuge fur den Septuaginta-Psalter. Wie andere Bibeltexte, die im mittelagyptischen Dialekt uberliefert sind, weist auch er viele eigentumliche Lesarten auf. Die hier vorgelegte umfassende Analyse des Textes und seiner Beziehungen zu anderen Psalterversionen fuhrt zur differenzierten Situierung in der Textgeschichte. Es zeigt sich, dass entgegen ersten Hypothesen die Textform nicht wesentlich alter als die Handschrift sein kann. Der koptische...

Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464), widely considered the most important original philosopher of the Renaissance, was born in Kues on the Moselle River. A polymath who studied canon law and became a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, he wrote principally on speculative theology, philosophy, and church politics. As a political thinker he is best known for De concordantia catholica, which presented a blueprint for peace in an age of ecclesiastical discord.

This volume makes most of Nicholas's other writings on Church and reform available in English for the first time, including...

Jesus is as American as baseball and apple pie.

But how this came to be is a complex story--one that Stephen Nichols tells with care and ease. Beginning with the Puritans, he leads readers through the various cultural epochs of American history, showing at each stage how American notions of Jesus were shaped by the cultural sensibilities of the times, often with unfortunate results.

Always fascinating and often humorous, Jesus Made in America offers a frank assessment of the story of Christianity in America, including the present. For those interested in the cultural...

Ancient Near Eastern Themes in Biblical Theology traces the many parallels between the Old Testament (and Bible as a whole) and the ancient Near East, including creation and flood narratives, common literary and legal forms, supposed acts of deities and the God of the Bible, and more. Instead of merely studying a random selection of parallels, however, Jeffrey Niehaus proposes that they represent "a shared theological structure of ideas in the ancient Near East, a structure that finds its most complete and true form in the Old and New Testaments." This comprehensive and enlightening...

In this magisterial volume Charles E. Curran surveys the historical development of Catholic moral theology in the United States from its 19th century roots to the present day. He begins by tracing the development of pre-Vatican II moral theology that, with the exception of social ethics, had the limited purpose of training future confessors to know what actions are sinful and the degree of sinfulness.

Curran then explores and illuminates the post-Vatican II era with chapters on the effect of the Council on the scope and substance of moral theology, the impact of Humanae vitae,...