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This book consists of cutting-edge analyses of constructions of racial/ethnic identities in early Christian texts and contemporary contexts from the perspectives of minoritized nonwhite women New Testament scholars. The range of intersectionality comprises gender/sexuality, class, patriarchy, slavery, religion, and empire.

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The Acts of the Apostles and Philostratus' "Life of Apollonius", come from different faiths, but show similar cultural scripts at play. Investigating the social interactions in the two narrative worlds shows how legitimate miracle-workers were distinguished from illegitimate magicians.

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This is the first book to explore the technical revolution in the world of spiritual contact including using, radios, phones, faxes and computers.

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In the midst of the fierce controversies raging in France over the papal bull Unigenitus, worshipers at the tomb of a revered Jansenist deacon in Paris's Saint-Medard cemetery witnessed a variety of miraculous occurrences. These well-publicized events led to the emergence of a cult that came to affect and be affected by the most furious religious d

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This close look at what the Lord is doing to spread the gospel highlights the key scriptural principles that help Christians reach out in love to share the gospel in their own community.

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Investigates the origins of a female manifestation of God in Jewish mysticism. Examining Judaic history from the biblical Wisdom tradition to the Middle Ages, this work finds some precedents for the Kabbalah's feminine divinity.

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Biblical scholars agree that priesthood(s) played a critical role in the social, historical, cultural, and religious lives of the ancient Israelites. This study seeks to clarify the role of one such priesthood, the Zadokites.

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This book re-visits the principles and practices of mission and re-visions the Christian mission to account for and (en)counter context matters in the age of empire. The (en)countered contexts include transatlantic slavery and Trumpire, evangelical and refugee camps, conflict zones in Afghanistan and Cambodia, Mohi Nui, and more.

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Offers a constructive appraisal of the relationship between secular development and Christian mission, demonstrating the opportunities and problems associated with the work of faith-based organisations. This book considers the implications, consequences, opportunities and constraints faced when mission and development endeavours coincide.

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This book examines the history of Methodist mission work in Southeast Asia at the turn of the twentieth century by using metaphors taken from the language of globalization to help understand the transnational social, economic, political, and religious connections developed by the mission.

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Contains all you need to prepare your students for a cross-cultural experience--and tools to debrief them after they've returned to their worlds. Use this kit - to get on-site impact as well as long-term spiritual change in your kids.

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David Power, the doyen of sacramental theologians in North America, has written a magisterial work on the mission, ministry, and order of the church that is historically comprehensive, theologically progressive, ecumenically and globally focused, and practical in its prescriptions.

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David Power, the doyen of sacramental theologians in North America, has written a magisterial work on the mission, ministry, and order of the church that is historically comprehensive, theologically progressive, ecumenically and globally focused, and practical in its prescriptions.

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Contains short biographies of over 1000 Christian missionaries, mainly from Europe and the USA, who served in China before 1955 in an alphabetized reference style.

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Missionary Families Find a Sense of Place and Identity follows the lives of two generations of an American Lutheran missionary community as they live within Tanzania, the United States, and other parts of the world. John Benson compares the lives of the missionary generation to that of their children and focuses on the two themes of connection to place and religious development.

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