This volume lays out the charged, complicated beginnings of the independent Jewish state founded by the Maccabees in the second century BCE. Contributors offer focused analyses of the archa...
Regarding the question of office in the Christian churches, this volume illuminates with heightened ecumenical sensitivity the arguments for the participation of women in all church offices and ...
This book contains forty-five sermons that Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, arguably the greatest Sufi teacher, delivered at his school in Baghdad in the middle of the sixth century Hijra (the tw...
This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Alexander I era, and are about the Infantry regiments in use from 1801 to 1825. Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 a...
Rushing to Self-Perdition rings the alarm on the naivete of the Israeli and Western world, which has been numbed by peaceful and soothing Arab declarations, both domestically and intern...
The Moon Year is a facinating recording the mysterious and somewhat elusive traditions of the Chinese. Juliet Bredon and Igor Mitrophanow trace their way through the intimate life of Chinese religi...
Elder Orphan Care provides help and hope for older adults in need, both in western Romania, where our ministry was birthed, and in Rowan and Cabarrus coun...
In the 1960s, a new generation of university-educated youth in Japan challenged forms of capitalism and the state. In Coed Revolution Chelsea Szendi Schieder recounts the crucial stories of ...
Bernie Calaway is a retired Navy chaplain and biblical scholar, positions attained not without some struggle. He's a native Texan who quickly learned he'd be a happier minister than a cotton far...
The book includes author's personal experiences and reflections on the Cultural Revolution. The essence of the Cultural Revolution is that bypassing the resistance from bureaucrats at various level...
Jonathan Edwards is the greatest theologian of colonial America as well as its first important philosopher. As a theologian, he represents without any concession Calvinistic Orthodoxy, re-thought a...
Among those who visit 'Akká, some have made great forward strides. Lightless candles, they were set alight; withered, they began to bloom; dead, they were recalled to life and went home with...
In this landmark book, Daniel Crofts examines a little-known episode in the most celebrated aspect of Abraham Lincoln's life: his role as the "Great Emancipator." Lincoln always hated slavery, but...
In this compelling book, G. Kurt Piehler and Sidney Pash bring together a collection of essays offering a fresh examination of American participation in the Second World War, including a long overd...
One of the most contested questions in historical theology concerns John Calvin's understanding of the so-called ""extent of the atonement."" On a popular level, Calvin's name is closely associated...
We begin our study of Islam by examining the story the patriarch Abraham and difference between the Islamic and the Judeo-Christian interpretation of the events. We then look at Pre-Islamic Arabia ...
It is never too late, and you are never too old to begin your journey with the Qur'an. Make a change today. Recite it, ponder on it, and put it into action. By connecting to the Qur'an, you will...
You may never have thought of yourself as a runner, much less a marathon runner. The thought may even be repugnant to you as memories arise of high school Physical Ed. class or some other sport you...