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To open the Book of Psalms is to enter the world of God. To read the Psalms is to read the words of God and hear the words of these ancient people in response to this God who has graciously drawn them into an eternal covenant. The Book of Psalms is one continuous conversation that ranges over many centuries–perhaps nearly a millennium–between the God of Israel and the people of Israel; or more accurately, the God of glory and this particular people who have been called to live life on the edge...
| Автор | Lorne E. Weaver |
How can we live in such a way that we die only once? How can we organize a society that gives us a better chance to be fully alive? How can we reinvent religion so that it liberates us instead of consoling us? These questions stand at the center of Roberto Mangabeira Unger’s The Religion of the Future: an argument for both spiritual and political revolution. It proposes the content of a religion that can survive without faith in a transcendent God or in life after death. According to this...
| Автор | Roberto Mangabeira Unger |
"Gaatjie-kinders word mos nie gekies nie." Ivor Swartz kom van die Gaatjie in Grabouw, 'n plek sonder hoop. Sy pa is vroeg dood en sy ma maak hom en sy sibbe alleen groot. Hulle oudste broer, hulle selfaangestelde"oppasser", terroriseer die gesin. Een aand besluit Ivor hy kan net nie meer nie. Hy en sy vriend neem 'n vreeslike besluit wat sy lewe ingrypend verander. Hierdie aangrypende verhaal, eerlik vertel deur Ivor self, sal jou aan die hart ruk en met verwondering oor God se...
| Автор | Ivor Swartz |
This book has been prepared to assist and remind Muslims how to perform salah, prayer in Islam. It is ideal for new Muslims as it includes pictures, step-by-step instructions, and the words Muslims must recite during the prayer in transliteration and English. Mary Batool Al-Toma is the director of the New Muslims Project, United Kingdom, a pioneering project related to the support, education, and continued development of the growing Muslim convert community in the United Kingdom. Batool...
| Автор | Batool Al-Toma |
Today, the issue of Muslim women is held hostage between two perceptions: a conservative Islamic approach and a liberal Western approach. At the heart of this debate Muslim women are seeking to reclaim their right to speak in order to re-appropriate their own destinies, calling for the equality and liberation that is at the heart of the Qur'an. However, with few female commentators on the meaning of the Qur'an and an overreliance on the readings of the Qur'an compiled centuries...
| Автор | Asma Lamrabet |
This classic and popular introduction to the sciences developed to interpret and understand Islam's holy book is ideal for all serious students of the Koran. Precise, yet comprehensive, it covers the traditional disciplines, including the meaning and contexts of revelation, the history and transmission of the text, and exegesis, as well as more contemporary topics like the recording of the Koran, the history of Orientalist approaches, and a survey of translations. It ends with a guide for...
| Автор | Ahmad Von Denffer |
"This book is a valuable addition to the Qur'anic literature in English and it is worth having in every Muslim home as . . . a reference book." ¬—Professor Syed Salman Nadvi, Durban University This book provides a concise and authoritative guide to 140 keywords in the Qur'an. The full meaning of each keyword is given, with Qur'anic citations and discussions of allied and related terms. Ideal for students of the Qur'an as well as general readers.
| Автор | Abdur Rashid Siddiqui |
Offers a critique of existing economic systems, including those implemented by Muslims.Presents a history of economic systems, with a particular focus on those that have existed throughout Islamic history.Details a moral and economic path that will lead to the use of economics as a driver for a better, and more just, world.The author is widely recognized for his contributions to Islamic economics, and has been awarded the two most coveted prizes in the field: The Islamic Development Bank Award...
| Автор | M. Umer Chapra |
Author Karen Barnstable wanted to leave her family with a journal and legacy of her significant life events, experiences and memories showing how in retrospect God had walked her through every life situation. This exercise of personal reflection and journaling led to the development of a unique process that will help others look at what God has done and is doing in each of our own lives. For those who have been thinking about capturing their life experiences on paper, or writing their...
| Автор | Karen Y. Barnstable |
addressed to the English-speaking reading public interested in grasping the meaning and message of the Qur’ansome basic Qur’anic terms, concepts and themes are explained in simple languageintended to help readers get an idea of the Qur’anic worldview – the articles of faith, particularly the concepts of God, Messengership and the HereafterReligious duties in Islam – Prayer, Fasting, Zakah and Hajj are elucidated mainly in terms of their rationale, and their all-pervading impact on man’s personal...
| Автор | Abdur Raheem Kidwai |
Preaching Black Lives (Matter) is an anthology that asks, “What does it mean to be church where if Black lives matter?” Prophetic imagination would have us see a future in which all Christians would be free of the soul-warping belief and practice of racism. This collection of reflections is an incisive look into that future today. It explains why preaching about race is important in the elimination of racism in the church and society, and how preaching has the ability to transform hearts....
| Автор | Gayle Fisher-Stewart |
The Courageous Gospel is intended for use alongside a commentary (Ashton, Brown, Bultmann, Barrett, other) in a class introducing the Fourth Gospel. The book has four parts: –A succinct summary of key matters of introduction; –A collection of sermons on the Gospel's core chapters, with reflective reminiscence and remembrance of what Raymond Brown said in lecture about the Gospel thirty years ago; –A series of background lectures that attempt, on the one hand, to honor the key...
| Автор | Robert Allan Hill |
