Autore	Atherton John
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London, [England] ; ; Norwich, England : , : SCM Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (232 p.)
Disciplina	207.5
Soggetto topico	Religion - Study and teaching Religion - Philosophy
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-334-05338-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""â€?That They Might Have Life, And Have It More Abundantlyâ€? (John 10.10) The Argument Emerges""; ""Part 1 Getting Better-ish""; ""Great Escapes and Divergences""; ""â€?I Came That They Might Have Lifeâ€? Christianity and Wellbeing""; ""Part 2 Getting Better-ish in Historical Contexts Putting Christianity to Work on Progressive Change""; ""A Nation Under God The American Case Study""; ""An Ecclesiastical History of the English Peoplesâ€? Journey to Greater Wellbeing The British Case Study""; ""On Living in More Than One Place at Once""; ""Bibliography"" ""Acknowledgements of Sources""""Index""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910466658103321

Autore	Adogbo Michael P
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lagos [Nigeria], : Malthouse Press Ltd., 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (132 p.)
Disciplina	299.6
Soggetto topico	Religion - Study and teaching Religion - History - Study and teaching
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-59350-5 9786613905956 978-8422-94-2 978-8422-92-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter I. Religious Experience and expression; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What is a Religious experience?; 1.3 The manifestation of the Sacred; 1.4 The object of apprehension in religious experience; 1.5 Indigenous experience of Deity; Conclusion; Chapter II. History of Religions; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The primordial nature of religion; 2.3 Stages of religious development; 2.4 The higher religions; 2.5 Conclusion; Chapter III. Early Christian Church to 451 AD; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The formation and growth of the early church 3.3 The church in conflict3.4 Early heresies; 3.5 The Apologists and early Catholic fathers; 3.6 Persecutions and ecumenical councils; 3.7 The church after Nicaea; Chapter IV. Methodological problems in the study of African traditional religions; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The study of African traditional religions; Conclusion; Chapter V God and man in African traditional religions; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 God in African traditional religions; 5.3 The worship of God; 5.4 The phenomenon in Urhoboland; Chapter VI. The relevance of the divinities in African traditional religions; 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Focus on African traditional religions6.3 Divinities in Urhobo traditional religion; 6.4 Ancestors as core of Divinity in Urhoboland; 6.5 Orha, Edjorawha and Edjorame; Concluding remarks; Chapter VII. Evil spirits and mysterious forces in Africa; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Evil spirits in Urhobo religion; 7.3 Mysterious forces; 7.4 Redressive or rituals of affliction; Chapter VIII. Pollution in African and Biblical traditions; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The concepts of taboo and pollution in African traditional religions; 8.3 Totams and taboos in Biblical traditions 8.4 Evaluations of taboos in African and Biblical traditionsConcluding remarks; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462082003321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (338 p.)
Disciplina	200.7
Altri autori (Persone)	HangesJames Constantine <1954-> IdinopulosThomas A WilsonBrian C
Collana	Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions
Soggetto topico	Religion - Methodology Religion - Study and teaching Religions
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-281-39982-5 9786611399825 90-474-1040-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Comparison as a theoretical exercise / Anthony J. Blasi -- Questions of judgment in comparative religious studies / George Weckman -- The role of the authoritative in the comparative process / David Cave -- The mothering principle in the comparison of religions / Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos -- Theaters of worldmaking behaviors : panhuman contexts for comparative religion / William E. Paden -- Comparing religious ideas : there's method in the mob's madness / Wesley J. Wildman -- Comparative religion for undergraduates : what next? / John Stratton Hawley -- Socrates and Jesus : comparing founder-figures in the classroom / James Constantine Hanges -- Christianity's emergence from Judaism : the plus and minus of Joseph Klausner's comparative analysis / Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos -- Interpreting glossolalia and the comparison of comparisons / James Constantine Hanges -- Towards a post-colonial comparative religion? : comparing Hinduism and Islam as Orientalist constructions / Arvind Sharma -- Circling the wagons : the problem with the insider/outsider in the comparative study of religions / Russell T. McCutcheon -- The postmodernist challenge to the comparative method / Robert A. Segal -- The only kind of comparison worth doing : history, epistemology, and the "strong program" of comparative study / Ivan Strenski.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451068603321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (338 p.)
Disciplina	200.7
Altri autori (Persone)	HangesJames Constantine <1954-> IdinopulosThomas A WilsonBrian C
Collana	Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions
Soggetto topico	Religion - Methodology Religion - Study and teaching Religions
ISBN	1-281-39982-5 9786611399825 90-474-1040-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Comparison as a theoretical exercise / Anthony J. Blasi -- Questions of judgment in comparative religious studies / George Weckman -- The role of the authoritative in the comparative process / David Cave -- The mothering principle in the comparison of religions / Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos -- Theaters of worldmaking behaviors : panhuman contexts for comparative religion / William E. Paden -- Comparing religious ideas : there's method in the mob's madness / Wesley J. Wildman -- Comparative religion for undergraduates : what next? / John Stratton Hawley -- Socrates and Jesus : comparing founder-figures in the classroom / James Constantine Hanges -- Christianity's emergence from Judaism : the plus and minus of Joseph Klausner's comparative analysis / Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos -- Interpreting glossolalia and the comparison of comparisons / James Constantine Hanges -- Towards a post-colonial comparative religion? : comparing Hinduism and Islam as Orientalist constructions / Arvind Sharma -- Circling the wagons : the problem with the insider/outsider in the comparative study of religions / Russell T. McCutcheon -- The postmodernist challenge to the comparative method / Robert A. Segal -- The only kind of comparison worth doing : history, epistemology, and the "strong program" of comparative study / Ivan Strenski.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910816498403321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (204 p.)
Disciplina	200
Soggetto topico	Religion Religion - Study and teaching
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	90-04-29932-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preliminary Material -- Religion as Concept and Measure / Hans Schilderman -- Religion in Childhood and Adolescence: How should it be studied? A Critical Review of Problems and Challenges in Methodology and Research / Friedrich Schweitzer -- Semantics of Faith. Methodology and Results Regarding Young People’s Ability to Speak about their Beliefs / Tobias Faix -- Defining and Measuring the Contribution of Anglican Secondary Schools to Students’ Religious, Personal and Social Values / Leslie J. Francis , David W. Lankshear , Mandy Robbins , Andrew Village and Tania ap Siôn -- Religious Coping Among Rural Clergy: Measuring Ways in Which Rural Clergy Draw on Coping Strategies Informed by Their Theological Beliefs / Christine Brewster -- From Ministry Towards Spiritual Competence. Changing Perspectives in Spiritual Care in the Netherlands / Wim Smeets and Tessa Morice-Calkhoven -- Comparison in Religion. A Methodological Contribution / Chris A.M. Hermans and Carl Sterkens -- Believing and Belonging in Europe: Cross-National Comparisons of Longitudinal Trends (1981-2007) and Determinants / Jan Reitsma , Ben Pelzer , Peer Scheepers and Hans Schilderman -- Defining Religion: A Humanities Perspective / Hans Schilderman.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910461000403321