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Taking Liberties: Why Religious Freedom Doesn't Give You the Right to Tell Other People What to Do by Boston Robert
epub |eng | 2014-03-04 | Author:Boston, Robert [Boston, Robert]

The interaction of religion and politics raises two issues, one relatively straightforward and one more nuanced. The straightforward issue concerns what United States law says about nonprofit organizations and how ...
( Category: Conservatism & Liberalism January 6,2016 )
The Great and Holy War by Philip Jenkins
epub |eng | 2016-01-04 | Author:Philip Jenkins

The “Hate Song” remained popular throughout both world wars. Yet despite receiving high praise from the court and the army, the song’s fanatical sentiments made it controversial among the Far ...
( Category: General January 6,2016 )
Myth: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Segal Robert A
epub |eng | 2004-07-07 | Author:Segal, Robert A. [Segal, Robert A.]

Chapter 5 Myth and literature The relationship between myth and literature has taken varying forms. The most obvious form has been the use of myth in works of literature. A ...
( Category: General January 5,2016 )
Angels: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Jones David Albert
mobi |eng | 2011-10-26 | Author:Jones, David Albert [Jones, David Albert]

Angels at the beginning of life When the three angels visit Abraham, they inform him that, by the time they return next year, Sarah will have given birth to a ...
( Category: General January 5,2016 )
Empire of Fear : Inside the Islamic State by Hosken Andrew
epub, pdf |eng | 2015-06-24 | Author:Hosken, Andrew

10 Scourge of Syria 2011–2014 In January 2013, the Sunni MP Dr Alaa Makki was in Washington DC and paid a visit to his friends in the US state department. ...
( Category: Middle Eastern December 29,2015 )
Christianity's Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution--A History From the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-First by Alister McGrath
mobi |eng | 2007-09-25 | Author:Alister McGrath

PROTESTANT VIEWS ON MUSIC IN WORSHIP Modern Protestant worship makes extensive use of music, especially hymns, choruses, and worship songs. Indeed, Protestants have become so used to singing hymns as ...
( Category: Christianity December 21,2015 )
Intellectuals Don't Need God and Other Modern Myths: Building Bridges to Faith Through Apologetics by McGrath Alister E
epub |eng | 2010-12-21 | Author:McGrath, Alister E. [McGrath, Alister E.]

But consider my friend Francis, who is fortunate enough to have dual nationality. Francis is British. Francis is Swiss. A logical contradiction exists if, and only if, being British excludes ...
( Category: Christianity December 21,2015 )
Vinaya Texts, Part II: The Mahâvagga, V-X, The Kullavagga, I-III by Pâli
mobi |eng | 2010-12-07 | Author:Pâli

( Category: Buddhism December 18,2015 )
Why I Am Not a Calvinist by Jerry L. Walls & Joseph Dongell
epub |eng | 2004-03-26 | Author:Jerry L. Walls & Joseph Dongell [Walls, Jerry L. & Dongell, Joseph]

6 While the Westminster Confession can be read in a way that is broadly coherent, we believe it is still inconsistent at a deeper lever because it also has strands ...
( Category: Christianity December 18,2015 )
The Birth of the Church by Ivor J Davidson
epub | | 2012-07-25 | Author:Ivor J Davidson

Esteemed Martyrs: Ignatius and Polycarp Nevertheless, the most famous instances of Christian martyrdom in the first half of the second century actually became famous, in part, because they represented fairly ...
( Category: Christianity December 17,2015 )
Augustine: A Very Short Introduction by Chadwick Henry
epub, mobi |eng | 2001-02-21 | Author:Chadwick, Henry [Chadwick, Henry]

The rules of discipline were not casually administered. We (once only) hear of corporal punishment being administered to a young monk found chatting with the nuns at an ‘unfitting hour’. ...
( Category: Christianity December 16,2015 )
Merchants in the Temple by Gianluigi Nuzzi
epub |eng | 2015-12-13 | Author:Gianluigi Nuzzi

The Vatican Colonies in Europe Another aspect of the Vatican’s real estate patrimony are the “colonies,” prudent real estate investments abroad into marquee buildings in various parts of Europe—downtown Paris, ...
( Category: Christianity December 15,2015 )
The History of the Catholic Church by Hitchcock James
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2012-11-26 | Author:Hitchcock, James [Hitchcock, James]

10 Reason and Revolution Religion and Politics Religion never exerted greater influence in Europe than in the period 1500 to 1660, and perhaps at no time in history was it ...
( Category: Christianity December 13,2015 )
Judaism: A Very Short Introduction by Norman Solomon
epub, pdf |eng | 2000-01-31 | Author:Norman Solomon [Solomon, Norman]

The liturgy The Psalmist prayed seven times a day (Ps. 119: 164), and Daniel, in Babylon, three times (Dan. 6: 11). Though some scholars demur, it seems certain that Jewish ...
( Category: Judaism December 11,2015 )
Saint Peter by Stephen J. Binz
epub |eng | 2015-08-31 | Author:Stephen J. Binz [Binz, Stephen]

This scene demonstrates the fullness of Jesus’ humanity. He is grieved, agitated, distressed, fearful, and worried, needing the supportive companionship of his dearest friends as he prepares for the ordeal ...
( Category: Christianity December 11,2015 )

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