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Meditation has flourished in different parts of the world ever since the foundations of the great civilizations were laid. It played a vital role in t

Behind the stereotype of a solitary meditator closing his eyes to the world, meditation always takes place in close interaction with the surrounding c

"This remarkable collection of essays explores the practice of meditation in the Abrahamic religion, proceeding phenomenologically, proposing to see m

Meditative practices have flourished in widely different parts of Eurasia, yet historical research on such practices is limited. Research to date has

Behind the stereotype of a solitary meditator closing his eyes to the world, meditation always takes place in close interaction with the surrounding c

The great German theologian Albert Schweitzer famously drew a line under nineteenth-century historical Jesus research by showing that at the bottom of

Constructing Early Christian Families explores the complex picture of family relations and the manifold attitudes to the family in the early Christian

Few documents in world history can match the inspirational impact of the New Testament. For all its variety - gospels, letters and visions - this firs

This volume argues that theistic philosophy should be seen not as an "armchair" enterprise but rather as a critical endeavor to bring philosophy of re

This volume argues that theistic philosophy should be seen not as an "armchair" enterprise but rather as a critical endeavor to bring philosophy of re

The family is a topical issue for studies of the Ancient world as family, household and kinship had different connotations in antiquity from their mod

This is a study of the historical Jesus that pays close attention to the role of space and place, from household to kingdom, for understanding Jesus'

This is a different book about Jesus. It does not study the Gospels as sources for the historical Jesus, but reads them as memories about Jesus, each

Few documents in world history can match the inspirational impact of the New Testament. For all its variety - gospels, letters and visions - this

The great German theologian Albert Schweitzer famously drew a line under 19th century historical Jesus research by showing that at the bottom of the w

In his work, Reinhold Ziegler (born in 1965) explores the meaning of jewelry. Through the reduction of visual forms of expression, his works go beyond