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Examines basic Christian truths and the experience of resurrection through terminal illness.

The Practical Shepherding series of guides provides pastors and ministry leaders with practical help to do the work of pastoral ministry in a local church. In Gather Gods People, experienced pastors Brian Croft and Jason Adkins help you to understand how to apply biblical doctrine and spirituality to the practice of Christian worship.

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The lives of sixty-eight gay male Christian couples in Britain are documented in this well-written and important study. Focusing on the internal and external dimensions of their partnerships, the book presents extensive interview data that illustrates how these couples manage their partnerships.

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Throughout human history twins have been an unsettling and ambiguous presence. Rarely treated neutrally, in any cultural context, twins present an anomaly: the appearance from the same womb of two human beings when only one is expected. The anxiety they caused could often only be resolved through ritual and belief.

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Investigates the statement that the major world religions consider women to be inferior to men by reviewing the religious tracts and laws relating to women. Presenting the socio-political context in which these ideas developed, this book reveals that none of them invented the concept, but accepted it as the custom of human society.

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Investigates the statement that the major world religions consider women to be inferior to men by reviewing the religious tracts and laws relating to women. Presenting the socio-political context in which these ideas developed, this book reveals that none of them invented the concept, but accepted it as the custom of human society.

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Women have shaped Judaism and other religions through their leadership in many different ways. This volume analyzes the historical context, current developments, and personal experiences of women in religious leadership that have redefined not just the role of religion, but also the way women understand themselves.

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Gender and Second Temple Judaism examines the myriad constructions of gender in Second Temple Judaism including early Christianity. The chapters examine the state of the field and methodology and hone in on specific texts.

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Gender and Second Temple Judaism examines the myriad constructions of gender in Second Temple Judaism including early Christianity. The chapters examine the state of the field and methodology and hone in on specific texts.

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Challenges the traditional view that no significant distinction exists between male and female names in the Hebrew Bible by comparing all female names from the Hebrew Bible, Hebrew inscriptions, and Elephantine documents with comparable male names

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This text is about both the fear of gender reversal and its expression, in the prophet Ezekiel's reworking of the marital metaphor. The author argues that Ezekiel 16 in particular reflects the gender chaos that arises as an aftermath of social and theological crises.

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Surveying both the Bible and church history, author and professor Alice Mathews demonstrates the full partnership that God calls men and women to within his kingdom.

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Sylvia Jane Burrow explores self-confidence as integral to autonomy development within everyday contexts threatening gender violence, arguing that self-defense training is significant to resistance and resilience.

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Explores the role of gender in Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian creation myths and their reception traditions from antiquity to the present day.

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This volume joins several feminist commentators in showing how crucial Romans is for understanding Paul's view of gender.

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Provides an exposition and analysis of the main philosophical theories, ideas and arguments that inform, and are raised by, questions of gender and sexuality. This work explores both early feminist arguments, which stress 'sameness' between sexes in the interests of equality, and later theories, which emphasise difference.

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Theologies of survival emerge from religious communities that must invest most, if not all, of their efforts into maintaining membership and preserving their religious thought and praxiswhich, the author argues, can have a strong impact on womens visibility and agency.

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