The postmodern saints of France : refiguring 'the holy' in contemporary French philosophy / by Bloomsbury Religion Collection

Table of Contents: “…8 Divine Dissipation: Criminal Sanctity and the Atheological Abrupt in Georges Bataille19 St Lyotard on the Differend/Difference Love Can Make; Introduction; A postmodern 'saint'; A Christian saint?; Retrieving Lyotard for theology; An open narrative of love; Conclusion; 10 Paul Ricoeur and the Symbolism of Sainthood: From Imitation to Innovation; The problem of imitative action; Ricoeur on symbol; The figure of the prophet and the original bond; The figure of the saint and the new; 11 Saint versus Hero: Girard's Undoing of Romantic Hagiology; Introduction: Modern loss and postmodern recovery.…”
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Theology and literature after postmodernity / by Hampson, Peter J., 1954-, Milbank, Alison, 1954-, Bloomsbury Religion Collection

Table of Contents: “…Literary Apologetics beyond Postmodernism: Duality and Death in Philip Pullman and J.K. …”
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Paul's letters and the construction of the European self / by Tofighi, Fatima, Bloomsbury Religion Collection

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Lyotard and theology : beyond the Christian master narrative of love / by Boeve, L. (Lieven), Bloomsbury Religion Collection

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The presence of Christ in the gathered assembly / by Kubicki, Judith Marie, Bloomsbury Religion Collection

Table of Contents: “…Perception, presence, and sacramentality in a postmodern context --…”
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The pursuit of the soul : psychoanalysis, soul-making, and the Christian tradition / by Tyler, Peter, 1963-, Bloomsbury Religion Collection

Table of Contents: “…-- Wittgenstein, Tagore and Merton: the postmodern turn -- Edith Stein and love of the soul -- The symbolic language of the soul.…”
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Beyond our lights and shadows : charism and institution in the church / by Merkle, Judith A. (Judith Ann), 1946-, Bloomsbury Religion Collection, Library of Catholic Thought

Table of Contents: “…-- Charism and institution: Max Weber, alienation and the spirit in Christian life -- Beyond our lights and shadows: community and transformation in the church -- Charism in the church -- Primary charisms: calling and postmodern society-a church in transition -- The restructuring of ministry and spirituality: groups and communities -- Christian identity and charism: beyond ideology -- Charism, institution and society -- Globalization, multiculturalism and technology-the stirring of charism -- A new lens on charism: sacramentality, mediation and community.…”
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The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies. by Bennett, Clinton, Bloomsbury Religion Collection.

Table of Contents: “…The Works of al-Wāqidī and Ibn SadBiographical Dictionaries; Academic Study of Hadīth in the West; Hadīth Studies in the Digital Age; English Language Hadīth Resources; Browsing the Collections; 3 Researching Sufism in the Twenty-First Century: Expanding the Context of Inquiry; The Scientifi c-Materialist Underpinning of Academic Methodologies/Perspectives; The Taboo of Subjectivity; Easing into the Subjective: Authorial Transparency; Transparency in Translation; Before Postmodernism: A Brief Twentieth-Century Overview; Modernity, Postmodernism, and Sufi Studies.…”
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The future as God's gift : explorations in Christian eschatology / by Society for the Study of Theology. Conference, Bloomsbury Religion Collection

Table of Contents: “…Signs of the times: towards a theology for the year 2000 as a grammar of grace, truth and eschatology in contexts of so-called postmodernity /…”
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Introduction to biblical studies / by Moyise, Steve, Bloomsbury Religion Collection

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 7 The role of readers: Gender, ethnicity and social locationGender; Ethnicity; Social location; Conclusion; Further reading; Questions; Chapter 8 The role of readers: Reading against the grain; Feminist resistance; Political resistance; Postmodernism resistance; Conclusion; Further reading; Questions; Chapter 9 Theological approaches; Evangelical interpretation; Christological interpretation; Ecclesiocentric interpretation; Canonical interpretation; Trinitarian interpretation; Conclusion; Further reading; Questions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References.…”
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Sacrifice in pagan and Christian antiquity / by Daly, Robert J., 1933-, Bloomsbury Religion Collection

Table of Contents: “…Foreword Part I: -- Introduction, Methodological and Hermeneutical Issues Preliminary Notes The History of Religions Postmodern Approaches The Elites in Antiquity and Christianity What Is Sacrifice? …”
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Pre-exilic Israel, the Hebrew Bible, and archaeology : integrating text and artefact / by Frendo, Anthony J., Bloomsbury Religion Collection

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Eerdmans commentary on the Bible / by Bloomsbury Religion Collection

Table of Contents: “…Premodern, Modern, and Postmodern in Old Testament Study /…”
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The politics of writing Islam : voicing difference / by Mutman, Mahmut, Bloomsbury Religion Collection.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Ethnographies: Writing Culture; 1 Writing Culture: The Name of Man; The ethnographic site; ... or the scene of writing; At the threshold of knowledge; The inscription of man; A lesson of writing?; The postmodern as a foreclosure of the native informant; 2 Native Speaker, Master Audience; Knowledge, ethics, dialogue; Native autobiography and the return of the ethnographic authority; The Qur'anic dialogics: The passion of the Other; Native speaker, master audience: A postcolonial scene.…”
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Pauline Letters : Texts @ Contexts by Goh, Menghun, Bloomsbury Religion Collection.

Table of Contents: “…Paul of Tarsus and Mary of Magdala: Virtual History, Politics of Identity, Postmodern Encounters -- Ingrid Rosa Kitzberger, Independent Scholar Bibliography Index…”
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A phenomenology of Indigenous religions : theory and practice / by Cox, James L. (James Leland), Bloomsbury Religion Collection

Table of Contents: “…Religious Typologies and the Postmodern Critique ; 5. African Identities as the Projection of Western Alterity ; 6. …”
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Sacrifice unveiled : the true meaning of Christian sacrifice / by Daly, Robert J., 1933-, Bloomsbury Religion Collection, Library of Catholic Thought

Table of Contents: “…The many meanings of sacrifice -- A trinitarian view of sacrifice -- The sacrifice of the mass -- Sacrifice in the ancient world -- General theory of sacrifice -- Sacrifice in the Hebrew Scriptures -- From the Old Testament to the New -- The Synoptic Gospels -- The Acts of the Apostles -- The Pauline theology of sacrifice -- The temple as community in Qumran and the New Testament -- The Epistle to the Hebrews -- The Gospel and First Letter of John -- The history-of-religions context of 'worship in spirit' and in truth' -- The Book of Revelation -- Summary of New Testament teaching on Christian sacrifice -- The early writings -- The apologists : Justin and Athenagoras -- Irenaeus of Lyons -- Hippolytus of Rome -- The early treatises on the Passover -- The second-century acts of the martyrs -- The Alexandrian tradition I : the antecedents : Philo and Barnabas -- The Alexandrian tradition II : Christianity coming of age : Clement and Origen -- Augustine of Hippo -- Paul and problems with sacrificial atonement -- Anselm, Abelard, Aquinas, and Julian of Norwich -- The sacrifice of the mass -- Sacrifice and the Reformation -- Sacrifice among the writers of Late (Post-Enlightenment) Modernity -- Moment-of-consecration theology -- Mass-stipend theology : theology in transition -- The monasteries -- Mystery theology -- Liturgical conferences, institutes, academies, and societies -- A high point of restorationism : the new worship books -- The constitution on the sacred liturgy of Vatican II -- Liturgical work in an ecumenical context -- General introduction to Girardian mimetic theory -- Grand narratives in a postmodern age -- Desire -- Original sin as disordered desire -- Original sin : a scientific view -- René Girard as Christian theorist -- A phenomenology of redemption : imitate the desire of Jesus -- A post-scientific epilogue -- Beginnings -- Early work on Christian sacrifice -- Christian sacrifice : liturgical and phenomenological -- The trinitarian insight -- The final turning -- The journey ahead.…”
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Scholars reading Romans 1 with Daniel Patte : critique, dialogue, and pedagogy / by Bloomsbury Religion Collection.

Table of Contents: “…Brooten, Brandeis University, USA -- Part IV: FUTURE APPLICATION AND PAST INFLUENCE -- 9: Patte's Romans in the Classroom: Can the Introduction and Chapter 1 Provide Students an Entrée into Postmodern Hermeneutic Theory and Practice? - John Jones, La Sierra University, USA -- 10: The Taproot of My Perception of Romans as Necessarily Multivalent and Contextual - Daniel Patte, Vanderbilt University, USA -- Bibliography -- Author Index.…”
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A politics of grace : universal redemption for political theology in a post-Christendom context / by Alpers, Christiane, Bloomsbury Religion Collection

Table of Contents: “…Defending Christian Theology: Solving Postmodern Problems --…”
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Genesis: An Introduction and Study Guide : A Past for a People in Need of a Future / by Warner, Megan, Bloomsbury Religion Collection.

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