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Religion, Fundamentalism, and Violence An Interdisciplinary Dialogue

Gluck Andrew L.

ISBN: PB: 9781589662049, University of Chicago Press, University of Scranton Press, November 2010
312 pp., 23x15 cm

In "Religion, Fundamentalism, and Violence", Andrew Gluck brings together distinguished scholars to address a fiercely debated topic: the intersection of religion and violence. Among the contributions is an anthropological analysis of the violence as...

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Christianity, Politics and Public Life in Kenya

Gifford Paul

ISBN: PB: 9781850659358, ISBN: HB: 9781850659341, Hurst Publishers, September 2009
296 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Since independence in 1963, Kenya has been a classic personalised patronage state, run by a corrupt elite for its own benefit, as became tragically evident in December 2007's stolen election and its aftermath. Kenya is also sai...

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Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library

No Ordinary Angel Celestial Spirits and Christian Claims About Jesus

Garrett Susan R.

ISBN: HB: 9780300140958, Yale University Press, January 2009
304 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

In this provocative, intelligent, and highly original addition to the Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library, Susan R. Garrett argues that angel talk has never been merely about angels. Rather, from ancient times until the present, talk about angels has...

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Vatican Secret Diplomacy

Gallagher Charles R.

ISBN: HB: 9780300121346, Yale University Press, June 2008
288 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 15 black&white illus.

In the corridors of the Vatican on the eve of World War II, American Catholic priest Joseph Patrick Hurley found himself in the midst of secret diplomatic dealings and intense debate. Hurley's deeply felt American patriotism and fixed ideas about con...

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I Maccabees

Goldstein Jonathan A.

ISBN: HB: 9780300140736, Yale University Press, December 2007
624 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, maps, figures

"The Apocryphal book of "I Maccabees" (Volume 41 in the acclaimed "Anchor Bible" series) is an inspirational thriller. " With the help of God, the aged priest Mattathias and his sons – Judas Maccabaeus, Jonathan, and Simon – dramatically lead the Jew...

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II Maccabees

Goldstein Jonathan A.

ISBN: PB: 9780300139976, Yale University Press, December 2007
624 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, illus., maps

"II Maccabees" continues the chronicle of the "Time of the Troubles" (167-64 B. C. E. ), begun in "I Maccabees". It recounts the stories of conflict between militant Jews, led by Judas Maccabaeus, and their Hellenistic oppressors. Aside from the stor...

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Peoples of an Almighty God Competing Religions in the Ancient World

Goldstein Jonathan A.

ISBN: HB: 9780300140590, Yale University Press, December 2007
592 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, maps

Some ancient civilizations, notably the Babylonians and the Israelites, held fast to the belief that their particular god (or gods) were stronger than all other heavenly powers and gods combined, supremely able to protect their well-being and success...

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Ezekiel 1-20

Greenberg Moshe

ISBN: PB: 9780300139662, Yale University Press, December 2007
408 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, black&white illus.

In "Ezekiel 1-20", the first of two volumes of commentary on the Scripture attributed to the third major "Old Testament" prophet, Moshe Greenberg uses accessible prose to explain Ezekiel's ecstatic, erratic, almost incomprehensible otherworldly visio...

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Ezekiel 21-37

Greenberg Moshe

ISBN: PB: 9780300139679, Yale University Press, December 2007
372 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, black&white tables

Ezekiel was and is perhaps the most misunderstood and challenging Hebrew prophet. His prophecies and visions transport us to almost indescribable realms, completely uncharted territory this side of heaven. But as one of Israel's three major prophets,...

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Priests A Calling in Crisis

Greeley Andrew M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226306452, ISBN: HB: 9780226306445, University of Chicago Press, May 2005
156 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 6 line drawings, 10 tables

For several years now, the Roman Catholic Church and the institution of the priesthood itself have been at the center of a firestorm of controversy. While many of the criticisms lodged against the recent actions of the Church – and a small number of...

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