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Views that Wittgenstein, in his discussion of logic, describes the boundaries of factual discourse for the purpose of fixing a common language. This book argues that, he suggests when religious and ethical statements fall outside this common language, we should reconstruct them to make sense within the common language.

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The "Earth Bible" is an international project, including volumes on ecojustice readings of major sections of the Bible. Volume V reflects on responses to the ecojustice principles in the hermeneutic of the project, and on New Testament texts that seem to devalue Earth in favour of heaven.

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The contributors to this volume range over 2,000 years of history as they show how Confucian values spread throughout the region in premodern times and how these values were transformed in an age of modernization. The introduction by Gilbert Rozman discusses the special character of East Asia. In Part I Patricia Ebrey analyzes the Confucianization

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Should scientists challenge religious beliefs in modern society This book gives voice to those scientist and theologians whose experience holds direct relevance in the confrontational science and religion debate.

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Should scientists challenge religious beliefs in modern society This collection of essays gives voice to social scientists, natural scientists and theologians whose experience holds direct relevance on these major issues, and encourages a more forgiving dialogue between these two forces in modern society.

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This book examines the educated elite in 1 Corinthians through the development, and application, of an ancient education model. The research reads Pauls text within the social world of early Christianity and uses social-scientific criticism in reconstructing a model that is appropriate for first-century Corinth.

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Papers from a conference held in Limerick in 2008.

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Papers from a conference held in Limerick in 2008.

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The Eliot Tracts collects for the first time a series of 11 documents published in London between 1643 and 1671 that describe missionary work by the British among the Indians in New England.

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Deals with the Brahmanical cosmology from which Buddhism emerged, the stories and myths surrounding the Buddha's birth, his path to enlightenment, and the eventual spread of his teachings. This work helps readers understand concepts such as the natural law of cause and effect (karma), the birth/life/death/rebirth cycle (samsara), and more.

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Explores the emergence of Christianity in Rome during the first four centuries of the Roman Empire.

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Focusing on the Early Church during the 50 years that followed the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, The Emerging Ekklesia is a chapter-by-chapter reflection on the New Testament from Acts 1 through the book of Jude. Meant to be read as a companion to the actual Biblical text, it's filled with the author's personal insights, developed over a period of 60 years.

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The Emerging Religion of Science is a broad and erudite examination of the individual's place in the modern world. The author explores ways to face today's problems within the context of good and evil, freedom and restraint, probability and certainty, the real and the illusory, and the concept of self.

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At a time when Americans are searching for spiritual and moral renewal, millions of parishioners are abandoning the churches that once embodied the very values they seek. "The Empty Church" offers the first cogent explanation of why his has occurred--and tells what can be done about it.

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The Encounter, from best-selling author, counselor, and speaker Stephen Arterburn, artfully reveals the power of your story, the fierce need for acceptance, and the true hope of healing. Discover in its pages the radical joys of forgiveness both toward others as well as from the ultimate healer and forgiver: Jesus Christ.

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Explores the influence of Achaemenid ideology on the worldview and construction of community identity in Ezra-Nehemiah from the Old Testament.