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Clothed-in-Fur and Other Tales

An Introduction to an Ojibwa World View

By: Thomas W. Overholt,Baird J. Callicott

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Clothed-in-Fur and Other Tales

An Introduction to an Ojibwa World View

By: Thomas W. Overholt,Baird J. Callicott

A selection of twenty-two narratives reprinted from William Jones' Ojibwa Texts.

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University Press of America

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1461678838

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9781461678830

Channels of Prophecy

The Social Dynamics of Prophetic Activity

By: Thomas W. Overholt

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The Social Dynamics of Prophetic Activity

By: Thomas W. Overholt

This edition of Channels of Prophecy: The Social Dynamics of Prophetic Activity by Thomas Overhold, published in 2003, is a digitally scanned reprint of the 1989 Augsburg Fortress Press edition.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1592443036

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9781592443031

Christian Origins and the Question of God

By: Nicholas Thomas Wright

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Christian Origins and the Question of God

By: Nicholas Thomas Wright

Volume 1: This first volume in the series Christian Origins and the Question of God provides a historical, theological, and literary study of first-century Judaism and Christianity. Wright offers a preliminary discussion of the meaning of the word god within those cultures, as he explores the ways in which developing an understanding of those first-century cultures are of relevance for the modern world. Volume 2: In this highly anticipated volume, N.T. Wright focuses directly on the historical Jesus: Who was he? What did he say? And what did he mean by it? Wright begins by showing how the questions posed by Albert Schweitzer a century ago remain central today. Then he sketches a profile of Jesus in terms of his prophetic praxis, his subversive stories, the symbols by which he reordered his world, and the answers he gave to the key questions that any world view must address. The examination of Jesus' aims and beliefs, argued on the basis of Jesus' actions and their accompanying riddles, is sure to stimulate heated response. Wright offers a provocative portrait of Jesus as Israel's Messiah who would share and bear the fate of the nation and would embody the long-promised return of Israel's God to Zion. Volume 3: Why did Christianity begin, and why did it take the shape it did? To answer this question, which any historian must face, renowned New Testament scholar N.T. Wright focuses on the key question: what precisely happened at Easter? What did the early Christians mean when they said that Jesus of Nazareth had been raised from the dead? What can be said today about this belief? This book ... sketches a map of ancient beliefs about life after death, in both the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds. It then highlights the fact that the early Christians' belief about the afterlife belonged firmly on the Jewish spectrum, while introducing several new mutations and sharper definitions. This, together with other features of early Christianity, forces the historian to read the Easter narratives in the gospels, not simply as late rationalizations of early Christian spirituality, but as accounts of two actual events: the empty tomb of Jesus and his 'appearances.' How do we explain these phenomena? The early Christians' answer was that Jesus had indeed been bodily raised from the dead; that was why they hailed him as the messianic 'son of God.' No modern historian has come up with a more convincing explanation. Facing this question, we are confronted to this day with the most central issues of worldview and theology. Volume 4: This highly anticipated two-book ... volume in N.T. Wright's magisterial series ... is destined to become the standard reference point on the subject for all serious students of the Bible and theology. The mature summation of a lifetime's study, this landmark book pays a rich tribute to the breadth and depth of the apostle's vision, and offers an unparalleled wealth of detailed insights into his life, times, and enduring impact. Wright carefully explores the whole context of Paul's thought and activity Jewish, Greek and Roman, cultural, philosophical, religious, and imperial and shows how the apostle's worldview and theology enabled him to engage with the many-sided complexities of first-century life that his churches were facing. Wright also provides close and illuminating readings of the letters and other primary sources, along with critical insights into the major twists and turns of exegetical and theological debate in the vast secondary literature. The result is a rounded and profoundly compelling account of the man who became the world's first, and greatest, Christian theologian."--Publisher descriptions.

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0800626818

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9780800626815

The New Testament and the People of God

By: Nicholas Thomas Wright

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The New Testament and the People of God

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Provides a historical, theological and literary study of first-century Judaism and Christianity, offering a preliminary discussion of the meaning of the word god within those cultures and explores the ways in which developing an understanding of those first-century cultures are of relevance for the modern world. Original.

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Fortress Press

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1451414986

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9781451414981

Cultural Anthropology and the Old Testament

By: Thomas W. Overholt

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Cultural Anthropology and the Old Testament

By: Thomas W. Overholt

Overholt shows the usefulness of cultural anthropology to enhance our understanding of ancient Israelite society and to shed light on some puzzling features of Old Testament stories, especially in the Elijah and Elisha cycles."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Augsburg Fortress Publishing

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0800628896

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9780800628895

Channels of Prophecy

The Social Dynamics of Prophetic Activity

By: Thomas W. Overholt

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The Social Dynamics of Prophetic Activity

By: Thomas W. Overholt

This edition of Channels of Prophecy: The Social Dynamics of Prophetic Activity by Thomas Overhold, published in 2003, is a digitally scanned reprint of the 1989 Augsburg Fortress Press edition.

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1592443036

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What Experience Has Taught Me

An Autobiography of Thomas William Burton

By: Thomas William Burton,Joe Henry Mitchell

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What Experience Has Taught Me

An Autobiography of Thomas William Burton

By: Thomas William Burton,Joe Henry Mitchell

What Experience Has Taught Me An Autobiography of Thomas William Burton: By way of introduction to the reading public of Dr. Thomas W. Burton, the author of this book, I desire to say that the effort that is made a success, though it may be opposed by difficulties, encourages many a hitherto despondent one. Encouragement is what humanity stands in need of, and especially those who have not been in the midst of the most favorable surroundings for mental and moral development. I am sure that anyone reading this volume will find much to inspire him to earnest and continued effort. We have here the history of a man who, like Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, has come up from obscurity and by dint of hard study and honesty, and above all by being a man of God, has come to honorable distinction.

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145059168X

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Book's by Thomas W. Overholt

Clothed-in-Fur and Other Tales

Clothed-in-Fur and Other Tales

Channels of Prophecy

Channels of Prophecy

Christian Origins and the Question of God

Christian Origins and the Question of God

The New Testament and the People of God

The New Testament and the People of God

Cultural Anthropology and the Old Testament

Cultural Anthropology and the Old Testament

Channels of Prophecy

Channels of Prophecy

What Experience Has Taught Me

What Experience Has Taught Me

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