Matthew J. Lynch 
Portraying Violence in the Hebrew Bible [PDF ebook] 
A Literary and Cultural Study

What is secular biblical criticism? ”Secularism and Biblical Studies” presents a selection of essays that examine the nature of secular biblical studies and its hermeneutical principles. The essays …

Though the people of Burma, now called Myanmar, are formally Buddhist, their folk religion a type of animism or supernaturalism is so unlike classical Buddhism that it seems contradictory. For years …

The purpose of this book is to help Christians understand the importance of studying and training in God”s word. This is my testimony. In the book I talked about 17 things that a Christians should k …

In a thoroughly updated second edition of his popular and engaging book, John D. Caputo revisits Augustine’s ancient question ‘what do I love when I love my God?’ and presses it into service in the p …

This handbook explores the central theme of Christian faith from various disciplinary approaches and different contexts of black experience in the United States. The central unifying theme is freedom …

For courses in Religion, Judaism and Ethics. This text offers an overview of the Jewish ethical tradition as it has evolved from biblical times to the present. Provides an overview of the central bel …

Christian Ethics: The Basics sets out clearly and critically the different ways that Augustine, Aquinas and Luther continue to shape ethics today within and across Christian denominations. It assumes …

Studying a rural village in northern Syria during a period of tremendous social and political change (1940s to 1970s), this book offers a unique perspective on how agrarian transformations in land di …

Bahá’í Faith: The Basics provides a thorough and accessible introduction to a fascinating, independent world religion. Examining its historical development, current “community-building” efforts and t …