Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Theology

The last twenty years have seen a dramatic increase in "nones": people who do not claim any religious affiliation. These "nones" now outnumber even the largest Protestant denominations in America. They are not to be confused with secularists, however, for many of them identify themselves as "spiritual but not religious" (SBNR). The response to this dramatic change in American religion has been amazingly mixed. While social scientists have been busy counting and...

What sense, if any, does it make to speak of God? This question, of such vital importance to religious commitment, occupies an important place in discussion among Anglo-American philosophers of religion whose orientation is logical analysis.

Metatheological scepticism is the view that denies the intelligibility of religious discourse, derived from a theory of meaning which holds that a sentence has cognitive significance only if it makes a statement that is conclusively verifiable on empirical grounds. Dr Heimbeck s argument for the cognitive nature of religious discourse is twofold....

Lord, have mercy.

A raw plea for intervention. The mostcommon prayer in the Bible. And-most remarkably-a request that God has never failed to grant . . . often in surprisingways that have radically transformed individual lives and the trajectory ofhistory itself.

In TheMercy Prayer, Robert Gelinas exploresthe richness of God's unfailing compassion by blending biblical insights with penetratingpersonal encounters and keen insight into familiar stories. The resultis a practical guide for receiving the mercy we all desperately need andletting...

Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, established in 1849, has evolved into the world's most venerable and extensive series of editions of Greek and Latin literature, ranging from classical to Neo-Latin texts. Some 4-5 new editions are published every year.