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This reference provides a thorough survey of the theology of and from Africa. The bibliography is divided into four chapters, which contain entries on historical and social analysis, traditional religion in Africa, African theology during different periods, and Black South African theology.

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This book discusses selected works on Chinese religion in the People's Republic of China (PRC) published since World War II. The work begins with brief overviews of religion in premodern and modern China, first by scholars in China, and then as understood by Western scholars.

This volume offers a blend of historical analysis and bibliographic data. It examines the course of the voluntary association for religious purposes and analyses prominent primary and secondary literature in the field of voluntarism. Hundreds of voluntary associations prior to 1900 are listed.

Because the sources dealing with the Soviet Union are most numerous, they have been broken down into materials dealing with general and inclusive religious policies and issues, the Russian Orthodox Church, the Oriental Apostolic Churches (Georgian and Armenian), the Roman Catholic Church, and the Protestants and sectarians.

This guide offers detailed reviews of over 600 works that have established the importance of Christianity in South African history, society, and religious experience. It should be of interest to scholars and students of religious studies, cultural anthropology, African Studies and history.

one listing archbishops of Canterbury, bishops of London, and bishops and archbishops in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, and another listing Lambeth degrees.

This is a guide to three global religions that have established strong local communities in South Africa. The guide begins with a general introduction to the immigrant origins, minority status and global connections of each tradition.

An annotated bibliography of writings from the 1960s through the 1990s on feminism and Christian tradition. Themes are presented in both a historical and a topical framework, aiding further research into feminist theology and sociology.

Over 500 books are described. Each entry includes full bibliographic information, a description of the contents, and additionally, in most cases, an excerpt is included that gives the flavor of the book. This will be of interest to religious scholars and students and anyone interested in this fascinating topic.

All but one of Forsyth's books lack indices, and this volume provides indices to the modern British editions of Forsyth's 22 major works. The indexes include a cumulative Scripture index, a cumulative index of names and cited works, and individual Scripture and name indexes for each of Forsyth's books.

This reference provides a comprehensive survey of human rights in Judaism. The second chapter includes studies of human rights in the Bible and Talmud. The third chapter includes works on Jewish theories of human rights. The fourth chapter, broken down into smaller sections, includes works on Judaism and particular human rights.

The special strengths of the Graham Center's Library, Museum, and Archives are documented here. Also included are 61 photographs of artifacts and documents from the Graham Center. This guide includes three main chapters on the Library, Museum, and Archives of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College.

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This bibliography will facilitate research in the history of American Presbyterianism in particular and American history in general. institutionalized forms of church work, i.e., home and foreign missions, publications, Christian education; A thorough topical index to the entries gives easy access to all of these areas of study.

The two volumes include all historically-oriented titles related to theology, religious institutions, liturgy, church music and art, individual religious leaders, church-state relations, and religious influences on science and literature, and include full bibliographic information down to UMI order numbers.

An introduction to the documentary heritage and tradition of the third largest group of prostestants in the southern United States. A companion to Harold Prince's "A Presbyterian Bibliography", it locates and describes the unpublished papers of PCUS ministers.

A comprehensive bibliographical survey of all substantial publications on Aboriginal religions appearing between 1798 and 1990. The volume opens with a three-chapter narrative section which provides the historic and analytic contexts for the cataloguing that follows.

The New Testament doctrine of the dual nature of Jesus Christ--his historical existence as a man and his simultaneous reality as a god--has stimulated a resurgence of christological studies by twentieth-century scholars and theologians.

This bibliography documents and annotates the various articles and books devoted to Jewish ethics. The bibliographical survey is divided into five major sections: general works and anthologies, the history of Jewish ethics, issues in Jewish ethics, themes in Jewish ethics, and Jewish ethics and non-Jewish ethical theories.

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Lippy makes a case for the importance of exploring popular religion if one is to understand the dynamics of modern religious life. Lippy provides a critical assessment of the state of the study of popular religion, including an examination of theoretical materials that wrestle with trying to define precisely what popular religion is.

Entries in this section are grouped in clusters for particular movements and denominations, and the clusters are arranged alphabetically for ease of use. The next section contains bibliographic entries arranged in topical clusters, with topics presented in alphabetical order.

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This critically annotated bibliography includes entries for over 1300 books on ecumenism published between 1950 and 1992.

The introductory survey includes discussions of the comparative study of religious social action, the role that religious organizations play in modern societies, contemporary studies of other societies, and churches and social action throughout history.

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For approximately three decades, the abortion debate has polarized America. This comprehensive volume includes bibliographic citations that address the moral and religious aspects of abortion. It covers such topics as the various arguments both for and against abortion, the status of the fetus, and overviews of several religions' stances on abortion. Citations also include references on how Christianity has influenced abortion politics and law, discussions of Operation Rescue, and official statements on abortion by religious organizations.

The 20th century, especially the latter decades, was a time of explosive growth and importance in hymnody, and yet published material about the hymnody of this period has been scattered and difficult to come by.