Religious Foundations Of Western Civilization

Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426719418
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religious Foundations of Western Civilization written by Jacob Neusner and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Religions Religious Foundations of Western Civilization introduces students to the major Western world religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—their beliefs, key concepts, history, as well as the fundamental role they have played, and continue to play, in Western culture. Contributors include: Jacob Neusner, Alan J. Avery-Peck, Bruce D. Chilton, Th. Emil Homerin, Jon D. Levenson, William Scott Green, Seymour Feldman, Elliot R. Wolfson, James A. Brundage, Olivia Remie Constable, and Amila Buturovic. "This book provides a superb source of information for scientists and scholars from all disciplines who are trying to understand religion in the context of human cultural evolution." David Sloan Wilson, Professor, Departments of Biology and Anthropology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York This is the right book at the right time. Globalization, religious revivalism, and international politics have made it more important than ever to appreciate the significant contributions of the Children of Abraham to the formation and development of Western civilization. John L. Esposito, University Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Muslm-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology, and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. General Interest/Other Religions/Comparative Religion

Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 0687332028
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religious Foundations of Western Civilization written by Jacob Neusner and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious Foundations of Western Civilization

Author : Jacob Neusner
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ISBN 13 : 9780687332021
Total Pages : 712 pages
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Download or read book Religious Foundations of Western Civilization written by Jacob Neusner and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious Foundations of Western Civilization

Author : Samuel Gregg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621579069
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization written by Samuel Gregg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gregg's book is the closet thing I've encountered in a long time to a one-volume user's manual for operating Western Civilization." —The Stream "Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization offers a concise intellectual history of the West through the prism of the relationship between faith and reason." —Free Beacon The genius of Western civilization is its unique synthesis of reason and faith. But today that synthesis is under attack—from the East by radical Islam (faith without reason) and from within the West itself by aggressive secularism (reason without faith). The stakes are incalculably high. The naïve and increasingly common assumption that reason and faith are incompatible is simply at odds with the facts of history. The revelation in the Hebrew Scriptures of a reasonable Creator imbued Judaism and Christianity with a conviction that the world is intelligible, leading to the flowering of reason and the invention of science in the West. It was no accident that the Enlightenment took place in the culture formed by the Jewish and Christian faiths. We can all see that faith without reason is benighted at best, fanatical and violent at worst. But too many forget that reason, stripped of faith, is subject to its own pathologies. A supposedly autonomous reason easily sinks into fanaticism, stifling dissent as bigoted and irrational and devouring the humane civilization fostered by the integration of reason and faith. The blood-soaked history of the twentieth century attests to the totalitarian forces unleashed by corrupted reason. But Samuel Gregg does more than lament the intellectual and spiritual ruin caused by the divorce of reason and faith. He shows that each of these foundational principles corrects the other’s excesses and enhances our comprehension of the truth in a continuous renewal of civilization. By recovering this balance, we can avoid a suicidal winner-take-all conflict between reason and faith and a future that will respect neither.

Author : Vishal Mangalwadi
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1595554009
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book that Made Your World written by Vishal Mangalwadi and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand where we came from. Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its relevance, The Book That Made Your World will transform your perception of its influence on virtually every facet of Western civilization. Indian philosopher Vishal Mangalwadi reveals the personal motivation that fueled his own study of the Bible and systematically illustrates how its precepts became the framework for societal structure throughout the last millennium. From politics and science, to academia and technology, the Bible's sacred copy became the key that unlocked the Western mind. Through Mangalwadi's wide-ranging and fascinating investigation, you'll discover: What triggered the West's passion for scientific, medical, and technological advancement How the biblical notion of human dignity informs the West's social structure and how it intersects with other worldviews How the Bible created a fertile ground for women to find social and economic empowerment How the Bible has uniquely equipped the West to cultivate compassion, human rights, prosperity, and strong families The role of the Bible in the transformation of education How the modern literary notion of a hero has been shaped by the Bible's archetypal protagonist Journey with Mangalwadi as he examines the origins of a civilization's greatness and the misguided beliefs that threaten to unravel its progress. Learn how the Bible transformed the social, political, and religious institutions that have sustained Western culture for the past millennium, and discover how secular corruption endangers the stability and longevity of Western civilization. Endorsements: “This is an extremely significant piece of work with huge global implications. Vishal brings a timely message.” (Ravi Zacharias, author, Walking from East to West and Beyond Opinion) “In polite society, the mere mention of the Bible often introduces a certain measure of anxiety. A serious discussion on the Bible can bring outright contempt. Therefore, it is most refreshing to encounter this engaging and informed assessment of the Bible’s profound impact on the modern world. Where Bloom laments the closing of the American mind, Mangalwadi brings a refreshing optimism.” (Stanley Mattson, founder and president, C. S. Lewis Foundation) “Vishal Mangalwadi recounts history in very broad strokes, always using his cross-cultural perspectives for highlighting the many benefits of biblical principles in shaping civilization.” (George Marsden, professor, University of Notre Dame; author, Fundamentalism and American Culture)

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Download or read book Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reformation splits Europe into opposing camps, producing a series of bloodbaths culminating in the Thirty Years' War, the near-bankruptcy of Spain, and the eventual conviction that perhaps religious matters are best settled peacefully.

Author : Wayne State University. Department of History
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
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Download or read book Foundations of Western Civilization written by Wayne State University. Department of History and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wouter J. Hanegraaff
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004378936
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Age Religion and Western Culture written by Wouter J. Hanegraaff and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen a spectacular rise of the New Age movement and an ever-increasing interest in its beliefs and manifestations. This fascinating work presents the first-ever comprehensive analysis of New Age Religion and its historical backgrounds, thus providing the reader with a means of orientation in the bewildering variety of the movement. Making extensive use of primary sources, the author thematically analyses New Age beliefs from the perspective of the study of religions. While looking at the historical backgrounds of the movement, he convincingly argues that its foundations were laid by so-called western esoteric traditions during the Renaissance. Hanegraaff finally shows how the modern New Age movement emerged from the increasing secularization of those esoteric traditions during the 19th century. This ground-breaking publication is compulsive reading for all those involved or interested in the New Age movement.

Author : Thomas F. X. Noble
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Foundations of Western Civilization written by Thomas F. X. Noble and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Clarke Sellery
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 706 pages
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Download or read book Medieval Foundations of Western Civilization written by George Clarke Sellery and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: