This masterful six-volume encyclopedia provides comprehensive, global coverage of
religion, emphasizing larger religious communities without neglecting the world's smaller …

This book is for anyone who has an interest in the theology of the Reformation, irrespective
of one's prior training in the field. Undergraduate students and laypersons will find it …

This thesis examines the influence of religion on the advent of the South African democracy.
It gives a complete picture of the interplay of religion and politics in South Africa, beginning …

This dissertation examines the doctrines of effectual calling and regeneration and argues
that the biblical view is that God's saving grace is monergistic—meaning that God acts alone …

Why this study now? As the Catholic Church advances through the twenty first century it
continues to be deeply influenced by the great legacy of its previous pontiff Pope John Paul …

O texto em seguimento trata da difícil análise do Protestantismo brasileiro, que no decorrer
de pouco tempo de existência foi de um crescimento considerável à estagnação …

Abstract The New Apostolic Movement (NAM), also and originally known as the New
Apostolic Reformation, is marked by two tenets: the legitimacy of the ministry of modern-day …

With the papacy of Gregory I (590–604) the popes became the champions of a renewed
idea of Roman universalism which granted them spiritual authority over Europe's “national” …

This thesis will examine the iconography of late-thirteenth-through fifteenth-century images
of St. Veronica's veil, also known as vernicles. In the late Middle Ages, vernicle iconography …

I claim in my dissertation that post-Vatican Council II conflicts regarding the nature and
mission of the church can be traced to the failure to adequately understand the relationship …