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Information Processing In Bible Study Groups, Darin Freeburg Jan 2015

Information Processing In Bible Study Groups, Darin Freeburg

Darin Freeburg

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Worlds Without End: The Many Lives Of The Multiverse, Mary-Jane Rubenstein Dec 2013

Worlds Without End: The Many Lives Of The Multiverse, Mary-Jane Rubenstein

Mary-Jane Rubenstein

Worlds without End explores the recent proliferation of "multiverse" cosmologies, which imagine our universe as just one of a vast, even infinite, number of others. While this idea has been the stuff of philosophy, religion, and literature for millennia, it is now under consideration as a scientific hypothesis, with wildly different models emerging from the fields of cosmology, quantum mechanics, and string theory. Beginning with the Atomistic and Stoic philosophies of ancient Greece, this book assembles a genealogy of the multiverse, seeking to map contemporary models in relation to their forerunners, and to ask why the proposition has become such …


Odnos Žrtve I Milosti U Oblicima Obožavanja I Postizanja Mira, Matija Kovačević Jun 2013

Odnos Žrtve I Milosti U Oblicima Obožavanja I Postizanja Mira, Matija Kovačević

Matija Kovačević

Žrtva je jedan od najrasprostranjenijih pojmova diljem svjetskih kultura. Prisutan je u sekularnom i religijskom rječniku, svakodnevnim i izvanrednim prilikama, privatnoj i javnoj sferi. U skladu s time, neki oblik žrtvenog rituala našao se u praktički svim svjetskim kulturama i tradicijama. Iako umanjeni i promijenjenih oblika, ni danas nisu nestali iz čovječanstva, a u prošlosti su sačinjavali uobičajeni dio svakodnevnog života. Svrha žrtvenih rituala bila je raznovrsna, ali jedan od najčešćih motiva kojim su bili prožeti jest pomirenje s božanstvom, zajedno s izbjegavanjem kazne i osiguranjem života i sigurnosti pojedincu i/ili svijetu. S druge strane, koncept milosti i milosrđa nije …


To The Jew First: A Socio-Historical And Biblical-Theological Analysis Of The Pauline Teaching Of `Election' In Light Of Second Temple Jewish Patterns Of Thought, Anthony Thornhill Dec 2012

To The Jew First: A Socio-Historical And Biblical-Theological Analysis Of The Pauline Teaching Of `Election' In Light Of Second Temple Jewish Patterns Of Thought, Anthony Thornhill

A. Chadwick Thornhill

Paul's "doctrine" of election has remained a controversial and enigmatic topic for centuries. Few studies, however, have approached Paul's doctrine through the context of Second Temple Judaism. This study examines Paul's view of election through the lens of Second Temple Jewish texts written prior to 70 CE. In doing so, it is argued that the best framework through which to view Paul's discussion of election is through a primarily corporate model of election. While such a model is rooted in Judaism, Paul departs from his Jewish contemporaries in arguing that the locus of election is in God's Messiah, Jesus.


Roy Rappaport, Brian Hoey Dec 2012

Roy Rappaport, Brian Hoey

Brian A. Hoey, Ph.D.

Roy Abraham Rappaport, an American anthropologist recognized as a key figure in ecological anthropology and the study of religious ritual in human evolution.