Overview: Mengapakah masyarakat kita semakin tertarik pada soal kematian dan pengalaman hidup masa lampau? Penulis berkesimpulan bahwa kepopuleran dan pengaruh filsafat reinkarnasi terjadi antara lain karena pertumbuhan yang cepat dari Gerakan Zaman Baru serta ketakjuban masyarakat terhadap pemikiran penulis. Penulis menyelidiki beberapa kasus ingatan spontan pada kehidupan lampau dan menunj…
Outline: In this book, renowned Bach scholar Eric Chafe challenges the scholarly consensus, arguing that Cantata 21 is a carefully designed work, and that it displays a convergence of musical structure and theological purpose that is paradigmatic of Bach's sacred work as a whole. Drawing on a wide range of Lutheran theological writing, the author shows that Cantata 21 reaches beyond the scope…
Outline: Throughout history Christian thinkers have attempted to come to terms with the validity of views of scholars committed to non-Christian views of reality. This book gives twelve case studies of how important Christian thinkers in ancient, medieval and modern times have led the way in relating to non-Christian wisdom. The reader is given a sympathetic insight into the personal struggl…
Outline: In a sweeping reconsideration of the relation between religion and modernity, the author surveys the roles that religions may play in the public sphere of modern societies. During the 1980s, religious traditions around the world, from Islamic fundamentalism to catholic liberation theology, began making their way, often forcefully, out of the private sphere and into public life, causi…
Outline: Filsafat mengajukan pertanyaan dan masalah yang sering dianggap mengacaukan iman Kristen. Orang Kristen tidak perlu menghindar dari diskusi ini. Ada kabar baik filosofis bagi orang Kristen, kata penulis. Posisi Kristen adalah bukan sekedar alternatif yang masuk akal, tetapi posisi yang konsisten, meyakinkan, dan sekaligus masuk akal yang mampu menawarkan solusi untuk masalah yang dia…
Outline: Offering dramatic evidence of the transformative power of forgiveness, this book shares the stories of people of diverse faiths and cultures who, despite all odds, found the courage to reconcile with their enemies. Gathering the voices of Desmond Tutu, Benazir Bhutto, Rajmohan Gandhi, Jonathan Sacks, the Dalai Lama and others, the author's masterful anthology is an insipiring step f…
Outline : Buku-buku pelajaran untuk mata kuliah Sejarah Gereja yang terbit dalam bahasa Indonesia cenderung mengikuti pola buku-buku pelajaran Barat dengan mengutamakan sejarah gereja Eropa, yang sebenarnya dianggap sebagai Sejarah Gereja Am. Sejarah gereja Amerika, Asia, dan benua-benua lainnya paling-paling dibicarakan sebagai lampiran sejarah gereja Eropa. Buku ini mengikuti pola Asia-sentri…
Outline: The cold-hearted Scrooge (played by Dean Jones) is a man in fear ... a man in bondage ... a man whose life is about to be changed forever! Based on the author's book, What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?, Scrooge & Marley is a surprising and powerful spin-off from the Charles Dickens classic. Through this beautifully presented drama with a unique modern twist, the questions of the wel…
Outline: The modern canon of the short story is magnificently displayed in this new selection from the world's best offerings in the twentieth century. Probably the shrewdest and most experienced anthologist in America, Clifton Fadiman has been assembling distinguished writing since 1931. He brings to his work of selection a lifelong pleasure in the short story form and a literary critic's k…
Outline: Jika masih hidup, dan diminta melukiskan situasi sekarang, Mohammad Hatta hanya perlu mencetak ulang tulisannya yang terbit pada 1962: Pembangunan tak berjalan sebagaimana mestinya... Perkembangan demokrasi pun terlantar karena percekcokan politik senantiasa. Pelaksanaan otonomi daerah terlalu lamban sehingga memicu pergolakan daerah. Demokrasi dapat berjalan baik, menurut Hatta, jika …
Outline: Sertillanges asks in the preface of the 1934 edition: Do you want to do intellectual work? He follows with the prescription: Begin by creating within you a zone of silence, a habit of recollection, a will to renunciation and detachment which puts you entirely at the disposal of work: acquire that state of soul unburdened by desire and self-will which is the state of grace of the intell…
Outline: This book was created to aid in the study of the Greek New Testament, using sophisticated computer resources to ensure an accurate, helpful, and in-depth analysis of the word forms that make up the New Testament. Its combination of features sets it apart from all previously analytical lexicons...
Outline: World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab offers a practical companion and field guide to his previous book, The Fourth Industrial Revolution...
Outline: Demons, witches, and ghosts: drugs, divination, and the occult; shamans, priests, and prophets ... All these await you in Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion - an anthropological study of religious beliefs and practices both strange and familiar. This fascinating anthology of readings, now in its second edition, contains 16 new articles and provides a rich blend of modern and traditional t…
Outline : The most important and, indeed, exciting bookon the resurrection to have emerged in half a century"rnIn this book, Murray Rae explains that the resurrection is the turning point of history and the decisive clue to what is going on in the world. Rae investigates what it means to participate in the resurrection life made possible through encounter with the risen Lord."