Comparative Religion category: 1410 books

Cette enquête approfondie sur Marthe Robin fera date : après des investigations poussées, à la lumière de nombreux témoignages directs inédits, certaines révélations bouleversent des pans cachés de son existence. Trente ans après sa mort, Marthe Robin reste un mystère et soulève...

Ecrit sans complaisance et avec une hauteur de vue qui témoigne d'une incontestable probité intellectuelle, L'anti-Traité d'athéologie est une réponse sur le fond à Michel Onfray, dont le best-seller Traité d'athéologie est une charge inacceptable contre le monothéisme en général et le...

Jy sal beslis verbaas wees, dalk selfs geskok wees as jy ontdek wat regtig aangaan in die Joodse wêreld. Het jy geweet dat die Jode nie toegelaat word om toiletpapier op die Sabbat te skeur nie? Hoekom kan Joodse vrouens nie Bybel lees nie? Het jy al gehoor daar is spesiale Coca-Cola net vir...

Verborge geheime van die Joodse wêreld nou aan die lig gebring Deur Bernard Levine Julle het vir meer gevra! So, hier is die nuwe uitgawe met opwindende geheime en onthullings oor die Joodse manier van leef. In hierdie boek word die verborge geheimenisse van die Joodse...

Ek is seker jy sal verbaas wees om te hoor dat daar in die meeste Joodse huise nie 'n Bybel is nie. Maar is dit nie baie snaaks dat die nasie, bekend as die "Mense van die Boek", nie eers 'n Bybel in hul huise het nie? Wat nog meer verrassend is, is dat mens sou dink dat die Joodse mense...

The debate on “political theology” that ran throughout the twentieth century has reached its end, but the ultimate meaning of the notion continues to evade us. Despite all the attempts to resolve the issue, we still speak its language—we remain in its horizon. The reason for this, says...

When property rights and environmental legislation clash, what side should the Rule of Law weigh in on? It is from this point that Jeremy Waldron explores the Rule of Law both from an historical perspective - considering the property theory of John Locke - and from the perspective of modern legal...

Christian Law: Contemporary Principles offers a detailed comparison of the laws of churches across ten distinct Christian traditions worldwide: Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, Reformed, Presbyterian, United, Congregational and Baptist. From this comparison, Professor Doe proposes...

In Egypt's modern history, reform of personal status laws has often formed an integral part of political, cultural, and religious contestations among different factions of society. From the beginning of the twenty-first century, two significant reforms were introduced in Egyptian personal status laws:...

Organized as a series of authoritative discussions, this book presents the application of Jewish law - or Halakhah - to contemporary social and political issues. Beginning with the principle of divine revelation, it describes the contents and canons of interpretation of Jewish law. Though divinely...

Charity Law and the Liberal State considers questions relating to state action and public discourse that are raised by the law of charity. Informed by liberal philosophical commitments and of interest to both charity lawyers and political philosophers, it addresses themes and topics such as: the justifiability...

This book discusses legal rules for three functional commercial conflict situations under the laws of the U.S.A., mainly analyzing the U.C.C., the Bankruptcy Code, Common Law and Equity. In this context, the term conflict situation is meant to address a certain type of conflict arising between certain...

A myth exists that Jews can embrace the cultural components of Judaism without appreciating the legal aspects of the Jewish tradition. This myth suggests that law and culture are independent of one another. In reality, however, much of Jewish culture has a basis in Jewish law. Similarly, Jewish law...

Drawing on a wide range of primary historical and sociological sources and employing sharp philosophical analysis, this book investigates medical ethics from a Chinese-Western comparative perspective. In doing so, it offers a fascinating exploration of both cultural differences and commonalities exhibited...