Religion Fall 2018 Title Catalog by Cognella, Inc

RELIGION TITLE CATALOG

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RELIGION AND ETHICS TODAY

Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World and Human Responsibilities, Volume 1 Emmanuel K. Twesigye The first of two volumes this text combines the major themes and topics that are at the core of Western religions and ethics. The material examines central religious and moral issues and their correlative founders, teachers, and systems from an evolutionist approach. Written from a theistic evolution as a new standard approach to teaching theology and ethics, the text explores its topics outside the borders or confines of a single, traditional religious denomination and its concomitant confessions or dogmas. Written for intellectually inquiring students and educators and designed to be used with the second volume of the same name, Religion and Ethics Today is well-suited to introductory religious survey courses, classes on comparative religion, and any course that deals with theology, ethics, or the philosophy of religion.

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Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World and Human Responsibilities, Volume 2 Emmanuel K. Twesigye The second volume presents students with a holistic, postmodernist approach to central topics and issues in religion and ethics. It places Western Christian moral theology and ethics within a global context by presenting comparative moral theories as found in Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and African religions. Each religion is explored and evaluated based upon a set of moralistic criteria, including nonviolence, environmental protection, inclusion, and more. Emmanuel K. Twesigye, who holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, is Benedict Professor of Christian Studies and the Sharp-Davies-Trimble Professor of Religion at Ohio Wesleyan University. He has held faculty visiting fellowships at Princeton University, Harvard University, and Boston College. Dr. Twesigye is also an Episcopal priest in the United States.

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THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS Select Readings Kim Woodring

ÂŠ 2018 This text addresses the importance of religion in ancient civilizations and encourages readers to evaluate civilizations historically and critically. The selected readings help readers understand civilizations as whole systems with not only social and political characteristics, but also religious ones. The articles demonstrate both the uniqueness of each religion and the traditions and practices that became interconnected and sometimes even fused to form new religions.

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THE EARLY CHURCH HISTORIANS The Works of Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius David Miano

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This text introduces readers to English translations of what may be the three most important histories of the early Church: those of Eusebius Pamphilus of Caesarea, Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople, and Evagrius Scholasticus of Antioch. The book includes explanatory footnotes, maps, and a glossary of important names and terms to provide important background information and enhance comprehension.

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SLAVIC BLOOD The Vampire in Russian and East European Cultures Thomas J. Garza

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This unique volume brings together a wide variety of historical, critical, and literary texts that reveal and explore the origins, growth, and development of the vampire myth from its beginnings to the 21st century. It examines the myth within the region of its origin and reviews the earliest recorded tales, as well as recent portrayals of Russian vampires on film. The book is ideal for courses ranging from folklore to gothic studies, and Slavic to religious studies.

ELEMENTARY BIBLICAL HEBREW An Introduction to the Language and its History Chet Roden

© 2017 This text takes an ancient language and places it in an engaging, relevant context to make it come alive. It is enriched with charts, illustrations, and full-color photography. Students are exposed to commentaries and word studies that provide a strong linguistic foundation while introducing Biblical Hebrew’s primary components. Chapters include strategies and hints for learning the language, as well as activities and exercises that allow for application.

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RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD Expressions of Faith and Pathways to the Divine F.C. La Spina

© 2017 This anthology explores the twelve most common expressions of religious faith in today’s world and introduces students to religions which may be unknown to them. It demonstrates how customs of differing faith traditions relate to familiar aspects of American culture and religious expression. In addition to Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism, the book discusses Confucianism, Jainism, Shintoism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, and Sikhism.

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LIVING THE LIFE I SING Gospel Music from the Dorsey Era to the Millennium Alphonso Simpson Jr. and Thomas A. Dorsey, III

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This book compiles an outstanding selection of resources to chronicle Gospel music from its blues-based foundation to its role in the lives of a post-millennial generation. It discusses the foundations of gospel music and how the form has developed across time to create a genre that reaches far beyond its geographical borders. It also addresses the future of the genre and considers its place in the general music industry.

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RELIGION AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES Politics, Ecology, and Women’s Rights Ivanessa Arostegui

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This anthology explores three areas of life in which religion has a profound impact: political policy, ecology, and women’s rights. Through the lens of six religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – the text encourages readers to think critically about how the power of religion both shapes and frames important issues.

MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT, AND RELIGION IN THE MEDIA Liam D. Murphy

© 2017 This anthology presents media reports of inexplicable supernatural events involving the Occult, mythology, vampires, zombies, ghosts and apparitions, and paranormal activity, and analyzes these reports through an anthropological lens. The essays selected for this text, which are drawn from a variety of news media and online sources, are clustered around important themes and discussed in terms of their impact on society.

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THE RIGHTFUL PLACE OF WOMEN Female Leadership in World Scriptures Olfat El-Mallakh

ÂŠ 2016

This text iis dedicated to teaching that the sacred scriptures of major world religions endow female leadership. It explores the role of women in religious stewardship since the time of Ancient Egypt. Each section examines a different religion and cites extensively from its major writings, artfully presenting examples of how the women are meant to be treated, as opposed to the way they are often dealt with.

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RELIGION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE William J. Cook, Jr.

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This book adds a new dimension to the study of the criminal justice system by asking readers to consider how aspects of that system may be grounded in religious beliefs both past and present. It helps readers become religiously literate and addresses the influence of religion on the development of the justice system in the United States and enables readers to understand how this influence extends into the present day.

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GREEN LIKE THE SKY Readings in Missionary Anthropology Monte Coxl

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This book draws from both classic and contemporary sources in missiology and anthropology to create a resource for those preparing for Christian service in cultures other than their own. Designed to prepare readers to engage with others in culturally sensitive ways, the book includes both faith-based and secular material.

INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY James W. Gustafson

This text engages students in philosophical topics that can support their academic work and enable them to participate in society’s ongoing conversation about the basic principles that underlie western civilization. The book exposes readers to the ideas that have shaped the world since the time of Socrates. It challenges students’ assumptions about questions of life, death, and community.

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An anthology of 142 important political and religious writings from the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, these works provide historical, political, cultural and religious context for the writings in the Bible, and help students better understand the time and the world that produced the biblical texts. The carefully selected readings represent literary genres that complement those in the Bible.

This book shimmers with fascinating history and literary analysis, providing helpful background, structure, and cultural dynamics that enliven the reading and rereading of the most famous book in the world. The text shows how the various later biblical writings fit into patterns of ancient covenant documents and their historical supplements.

This text gives students a concise synopsis of the Catholic and Franciscan ethical traditions. The chapters examine the two separately, yet also show how they are historically entangled and related and how together they create a rich, multidimensional ethical framework.

JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM DIFFERENCES, COMMONALITIES, AND COMMUNITY

This text seeks to provide a guided examination of what unites and divides the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic communities. An emphasis is placed on the specific teachings of each religion, with consideration given to their practices and their historical development. Readers will learn that tolerance, while a start, does not suffice; rather, that shared basic beliefs should give rise to mutual appreciation, leading to genuine friendship.

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The four sections of this book address religious morality and transcendence, virtue ethicists, rational norms and secular morality, and ethics and social change. As students engage with these overarching concepts, they are exposed to the writings of great philosophical thinkers ancient and contemporary, including Aristotle, Maimonides, Avicenna, Bentham, Rand, Marx, King, Gandhi, and the Dalai Lama.

This book explores the entwined nature of religion and politics in the history and construction of the U.S. Using the text, students are empowered to deeply explore common ideas and narratives about religion and politics. Its contents are designed to provoke conversation and critical thinking about the impact of religious ideas and actions on the geopolitical self-identity of the country.

A QUESTION OF BALANCE THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS

This book helps readers recognize and explore the nature of the religious phenomenon and its diverse expression across cultures. The material examines how the concept of religion spans social and cultural boundaries and encompasses multiple meanings. It places the discussion of religion within the context of religious studies as an academic discipline.

SONGS, SCRIPTURES, AND STORIES

PRIMARY SOURCES FROM THE RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS OF ASIA

This book offers readers a wide selection of primary sources chosen for both their cultural importance and their potential to spark student interest in Asian religious traditions. The reading selections typify specific cultural idioms, yet speak to global human themes that prompt debate and discussion.

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This text explores the universal principles, stories, and commonalities that all cultures share, examining them from anthropological, philosophical, and theological perspectives. From this students will gain an understanding that regardless of religious and cultural differences, in many ways we have much in common.

MODERN JUDAISM

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM

This book includes selected texts and basic Hebrew prayers to help readers with important religious rituals both at home and in the synagogue. It also reviews important technical Hebrew vocabulary to provide readers with a better understanding of some of the concepts that stand at the center of rich Jewish traditions.

Whether ancient or modern in its applications, Ekphrasis is an ancient Greek word that essentially has to do with literary versions inspiring visual artistic versions, or vice versa. Visual literacy can be as important as verbal literacy, and tracing these symbiotic influences and looking at their backgrounds are some of the primary foci of Myth and Art in Ekphrasis.

JUDGING RELIGION JUSTLY

A CATHOLIC INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS STUDIES

This text treats the Judeo-Christian tradition at length; Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Zen, and Islam are introduced in a rudimentary fashion, with just enough detail to give some sense of the history, culture, philosophy, and theology of these religions.

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This book includes variety of scholars and specialists’ contributions, helping the reader learn from many different views on the world’s religions and gain a sense of the accompanying spiritualities. In addition to the religious and spiritual themes, a study of humanity’s relationship to ecology, compassion, social justice, food, art and music are explored.

HUMAN DIGNITY FOR ALL

AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGION IN AFRICA

This text examines numerous aspects of indigenous African religions, including the importance of Supreme Beings, Super Human Beings, and Extra-Human Beings, touching on the importance of magic, witchcraft, and sorcery. The book gives students a comprehensive understanding of major world religions and their place in Africa, historically and in the modern world.

This book will give readers an understanding of and appreciation for the religious dimensions of sports. The selections in the text demonstrate that the appeal and popularity of sports is based on viewing them, not just as business or entertainment, but as ceremony.

CANONICAL TEXTS

SELECTIONS FROM RELIGIOUS WISDOM TRADITIONS

This collection of readings of sacred texts is drawn from the central canons of religious traditions from around the world. Selections from Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Native Traditions are compiled for their readability.

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RELIGIOUS THOUGHTS IN PERSPECTIVE

AN INTRODUCTION TO CONCEPTS, APPROACHES, AND TRADITIONS

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of religion. Based on over thirty years of teaching, this single, concise volume offers students of religion and religious philosophy everything they need to effectively learn about the study and practice of religion.

ART OF CHRISTMAS PUER NATUS EST

Art of Christmas: Puer Natus Est (A Child is Born) is lavishly illustrated with over 75 beautiful color images that celebrate almost two thousand years of art on the theme of Advent. The book pairs artwork, including sculpture, painting, and other media, with narratives of the gospels and related literature. The written texts support the art and fill in perceived gaps in the story of Christ’s birth.

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