A Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations

Edited by Edward Kessler, Neil Wenborn

This reference is a pioneering work which explores and defines the many factors which characterize the historic and ongoing relationship between the two traditions.

An Introduction to World Anglicanism

Bruce Kaye

What is the nature of world Anglicanism in a postcolonial, global age? This book provides the key to understanding both the character of this Christian tradition and the essential nature of current disputes.

An Introduction to the New Testament Manuscripts and their Texts

D. C. Parker

This is the first major English-language introduction to the earliest manuscripts of the New Testament to appear for over 40 years.

An Introduction

Edited by John Witte, Jr., Frank S. Alexander

What impact has Christianity had on the law from its beginnings to the present day? This introduction explores the main legal teachings of Western Christianity, set out in the texts and traditions of scripture and theology, philosophy and jurisprudence.

Legal Revision and Religious Renewal in Ancient Israel

Bernard M. Levinson

This book examines the doctrine of transgenerational punishment found in the Decalogue-that is, the idea that God punishes sinners vicariously and extends the punishment due them to three or four generations of their progeny.

A History of Movements and Ideas

David Cortright

Veteran scholar and peace activist David Cortright offers a definitive history of the human striving for peace and an analysis of its religious and intellectual roots.

The Soul of Containment

William Charles Inboden

The Cold War was in many ways a religious war. Presidents Truman and Eisenhower and other American leaders believed that human rights and freedoms were endowed by God, that God had called the United States to defend liberty in the world, and that Soviet communism was especially evil because of its atheism and its enmity to religion.

Religion, Law, Courts

Michael J. Perry

Toward a Theory of Human Rights makes a significant contribution both to human rights studies and to constitutional theory.

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From the Academy to the Vatican

John M. Rist

n this wide-ranging and provocative book, John Rist brings his expertise in ancient philosophy, theology and history to bear on these questions as they relate to Roman Catholicism and to human society at large, both in the early Christian centuries and in our own times.