Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Companions to Religion

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the past and present of American Muslim communities. Chapters discuss demographics, political participation, media, cultural and literary production, conversion, religious practice, education, mosque building, interfaith dialogue, and marriage and family, as well as American Muslim thought and Sufi communities. No comparable volume exists to date.

Groups in the United States dominated early Pentecostal histories, but recent global movements have expanded and complicated the definition of Pentecostalism. This volume provides a nuanced and multidisciplinary overview of Pentecostalism's various manifestations throughout the world and explores what it means to be Pentecostal from the perspectives of both insiders and outsiders.

Groups in the United States dominated early Pentecostal histories, but recent global movements have expanded and complicated the definition of Pentecostalism. This volume provides a nuanced and multidisciplinary overview of Pentecostalism's various manifestations throughout the world and explores what it means to be Pentecostal from the perspectives of both insiders and outsiders.

Sufism, the mystical or aesthetic doctrine in Islam, has occupied a very specific place in the Islamic tradition, with its own history, literature and devotional practices. The Cambridge Companion to Sufism traces its evolution from the formative period to the present, shedding light on a multifaceted and alternative aspect of Islamic history and religion.

This accessible volume provides a concise overview of the development of contemporary Christian political theology and its key issues while making important critical and constructive contributions to the field. An invaluable resource for students and scholars in theology, it will also be beneficial to those in history, philosophy, and politics.

Featuring essays from both specialists in Aquinas' thought and constructive contemporary theologians, this Companion provides an accessible, comprehensive guide to his main mature theological work, the Summa Theologiae. The authors demonstrate how to read the text effectively and how to relate it to past and current theological issues.

This volume features an impressive array of leading biblical scholars and presents an illuminating and lively cross-section of this traditional field of study. Treating core topics and changing methodologies within twenty-three comprehensive chapters, this Companion provides an outstanding introduction to the historical origins and literary character of the canonical literature.

This book explores the Jewish conception of law from biblical to modern times. It traces the political, social, intellectual, and cultural circumstances that spawned competing Jewish approaches to the nomian character of the tradition, and its relationship to secular legal systems, including that of the modern state of Israel.

Terrorist acts are often viewed as resulting from religious 'fanaticism' or, alternately, assertions that the 'real' causes of terrorism are political and economic, with religion being a mere afterthought. The present collection brings together a selection of researchers with widely varying approaches that prompt readers to reach their own conclusions.

The Cambridge Companion to the Problem of Evil offers a state-of-the-art contribution, providing critical analyses of and creative insights on the longstanding philosophical and theological problem of evil. Written by leading scholars in clear and accessible prose, this book is ideal for students, teachers, and scholars across the disciplines.

An up-to-date, innovative, highly accessible introduction to Quaker studies, the first that is explicitly global in its authorship and giving full coverage of the different branches of Quakerism. Includes major sections on the history of Quaker faith and practice, expressions of Quaker faith, regional studies, and emerging spiritualities.

This Companion introduces the New Testament in its historical context, as well as critical approaches, for a non-specialist audience. It provides an up-to-date 'snapshot' of scholarship, with essays by leading scholars who presume no prior knowledge on the reader's part yet go into greater detail than a typical introductory textbook.

This Companion introduces the New Testament in its historical context, as well as critical approaches, for a non-specialist audience. It provides an up-to-date 'snapshot' of scholarship, with essays by leading scholars who presume no prior knowledge on the reader's part yet go into greater detail than a typical introductory textbook.

The volume provides a broad overview of American Catholicism, in all its richness and diversity. Designed for classroom use and accessible to the general reader, it serves those looking to deepen their knowledge of US Catholicism from a historical and contemporary perspective.

Written by leading authorities representing various disciplines, this volume offers readers with an up-to-date guide to the Book of Genesis. The essays summarize the most pertinent developments since the Enlightenment, and explore the unique contributions the Book of Genesis has made to literature, the history of religions, and theological studies.

Written by leading authorities representing various disciplines, this volume offers readers with an up-to-date guide to the Book of Genesis. The essays summarize the most pertinent developments since the Enlightenment, and explore the unique contributions the Book of Genesis has made to literature, the history of religions, and theological studies.

This Companion serves as an essential guide to wisdom texts, a body of biblical literature with ancient origins that continue to have universal and timeless appeal. The twenty-two contributions provide a wide-ranging overview of biblical and non-biblical wisdom literature.