"Inilah salah satu buku sains terpenting yang ditulis oleh satu di antara para ilmuwan besar zaman kita, Stephen Hawking. Dalam buku ini Hawking membahas pertanyaan-pertanyaan besar seperti: Bagaimana alam semesta bermula—dan apa yang memulainya? Apakah waktu itu, dan apakah ia selalu bergerak maju? Adakah ujung alam semesta, dalam ruang maupun waktu? Adakah dimensi lain dalam alam semesta? A…
When Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo resigned in 1982 from the Roman Catholic see of Lusaka, Zambia, which he had occupied since 1969, many people must have wondered what sort of man this could be, around whom such violent controversy has raged within the Church. Of very humble origins, he only began his schooling at the age of 12 but, proving himself an outstanding student, he went on to be educat…
Can Christians contribute to the fight against poverty and environmental degradation? Is the Bible a source of inspiration for action and political strategies in this work? Ulrich Duchrow, Professor of Theology at the University of Heidelberg, shows us the answer is yes.
"When we captured Kigali, we thought we would face criminals in the state; instead, we faced a criminal population." So a political commissar in the Rwanda Patriotic Front reflected after the 1994 massacre of as many as one million Tutsis in Rwanda. Underlying his statement was the realization that, though ordered by a minority of state functionaries, the slaughter was performed by hundreds of …
In this collection of thirteen faith-biographies of literary and religious individuals from Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Indian beliefs, Kenneth Cragg, widely acknowledged as the premier Western Islamicist in the world, tells these stories in ways that emphasize the importance of religious tolerance and respect for others. All these figures stand "in the presence of mystery" and their stories…