Studies in Theology and Religion
The STAR-series is an initiative of the NOSTER Board. It aims at making proceedings of conferences better available to scholars, at publishing quality monographs, including outstanding dissertations. STAR will give high priority to the publication of the results of interdisciplinary research in an ecumenical, interreligious and intercultural context. The series will also incorporate introductions to specific fields of theological and religious studies, serving both the senior and junior researcher.
Editor in Chief: prof.dr. J.W. van Henten
Editorial assistant: Winnifred Jelier
Publisher: Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands
(Volumes 1 and 2 published by Deo Publishing, Leyden, The Netherlands; Volumes 3-11 published by Royal Van Gorcum Publishers, Assen, The Netherlands)
Information for those who wish to publish a volume in the STAR-series>>
NOSTER will send you adobe files for STAR templates and German Style on request.
NOSTER members receive a discount of 35% on all volumes of the STAR series. For ordering please go to Brill's website at www.brill.nl.
When placing your order, please mention: NOSTER discount code: 48186 (in the box 'your remarks')
Overview of series
Scholasticism Reformed. Essays in Honour of Willem J. van Asselt (STAR 14)
Wisse, M., Sarot, M. & Otten, W.
ISBN-13 (i): 978 90 04 18317 9
ISBN-10: 90 04 18317 5
2010, 390 pp.
Brill
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€ 130.00 / US$ 185.00
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The Boundaries of Monotheism. Interdisciplinary Explorations into the Foundations of Western Monotheism. (STAR 13)
Korte, A.J.A.C.M., de Haardt, M.A.C.
ISBN-13 (i): 978 90 04 17316 3
2009, vi 250 pp.
Brill
NOSTER members:
Actual price € 89,00/US$ 139.00
Description:
What is the significance of monotheism in modern western culture, taking into account both its problematic and promising aspects?
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Religions Challenged by Contingency. Theological and Philosophical Approaches to the Problem of Contingency (STAR 12)
Grube, D.M., Jonkers, P.H.A.I.
ISBN 978 90 04 16749 0
2008, 248 pp.
Brill
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Actual price € 79,00/US$ 118.00
Description:
In this volume, the relationship between religion and contingency is investigated.
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Religious Polemics in context (STAR 11)
Hettema, T.L , Kooij van der, A. (eds.)
ISBN 90 232 4133 9
2005. 624 pp. Bound.
Royal Van Gorcum, Assen, The Netherlands.
Actual price € 119,50
Description:
Polemics, as "the art or practice of disputation or controversy", is a living issue in matters of religion, and is a major object of research for scholars in religious studies and theology.
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Religion and the Good Life (STAR 10)
Sarot, M., Stoker, W. (eds.)
ISBN 90 232 4069 3
2004. 294 pp. Bound.
Royal Van Gorcum, Assen, The Netherlands.
NOSTER members who order through NOSTER are eligible for a 35% discount. Actual price € 64,50
Description:
In this volume, fourteen philosophers of religion reflect on religious views of the good life.
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Evangelien-harmonien des Mittelalters (STAR 9)
Burger C., Hollander A. den, Schmid U. (eds.)
June 2004. 152 pp. Bound. ISBN 90 232 405209
Royal Van Gorcum, Assen, The Netherlands.
NOSTER members who order through NOSTER are eligible for a 35% discount. Actual price € 45,- .
Description
Evangelienharmonien sind in Westeuropa zumindest vom sechsten Jahrhundert an nachweisbar, wurden aber im Hoch- und Spätmittelalter verstärkt tradiert, bearbeitet oder auch neu verfasst.
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Recent Developments in Textual Criticism (STAR 8)
Wim Weren en Dieter Koch (eds.)
November 2003. 270 pp. Bound. ISBN 90 232 3985 7
Royal Van Gorcum, Assen, The Netherlands.
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Description
From 4 to 6 January 2001, a three-day international conference on textual criticism took place in Münster. This conference was remarkable for its multi-disciplinary set-up. The speakers included experts in the field of New Testament textual criticism as well as researchers who specialise in preparing critical editions of documents from early-Jewish and rabbinic literature.
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'Welche unendliche Fülle offenbart sich da …' Die Wirkungsgeschichte von Schleiermachers 'Reden über die Religion' (STAR 7)
Papers read at the symposium of the Theological Faculty Tilburg, 15 april 1999.
Nico F.M. Schreurs (ed.)
October 2003. 182 pp. Bound. € 48.50. ISBN 90 232 3975 X
Royal Van Gorcum, Assen, The Netherlands.
NOSTER members who order through NOSTER are eligible for a 35% discount. Actual price: € 31.50
Description of contents
Am 15. April 1799 beendete Friedrich Schleiermacher seine „Reden über die Religion“. Die rhetorisch und stilistisch sehr geschickt verfasste (und anoniem veröffentliche) Erstlingsschrift des später berühmten Lehrer und Schriftsteller hat bis heute ihre Anziehungkraft behalten. Aus Anlass der Zweihundertjahrfeier hat die Niederländische Forschungsgesellschaft für Theologie und Religionswissenschaften (NOSTER) zusammen mit der Theologischen Fakultät Tilburg einen Studientag belegt.
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Theology between Church, University, and Society (STAR 6)
Book presentation in September/October 2003, Amsterdam, Free University
Martien E. Brinkman, Nico F.M. Schreurs, Hendrik M. Vroom, Conrad J. Wethmar (eds)
April 2003. 249 pp. Bound. € 59.50. ISBN 90 232 3917 2
Royal Van Gorcum, Assen, The Netherlands
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Contents
In the current academic world theologians are often suspected of confessionalism, bias and narrow-mindedness. They in turn try to regain respect by producing specialist historical, empirical and analytical studies that are in line with other academic research.
This retreat into neutrality renders them suspect in the eyes of their religious communities.
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Yahwism after the Exile (STAR 5)
perspectives on Israelite Religion in the Persian Era.
Reinier Albertz and Bob Becking (eds.)
January, 2003. 300 pp. Bound. € 67,50. ISBN 90 232 3815 X
Royal Van Gorcum, Assen, The Netherlands.
NOSTER members who order through NOSTER are eligible for a 35% discount.
Actual price: € 43.88
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Towards Religious Identity (STAR 4)
An Exercise in Spiritual Guidance
Tjeu van Knippenberg
2002. 201 pp. Bound. € 48,50. ISBN 90 232 3815 X
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Actual price: € 31,53
Religious Identity and the Invention of Tradition (STAR 3)
Jan Willem van Henten & Anton Houtepen (eds.)
Papers Read at the NOSTER conference, Soesterberg, January 4-6, 1999
July 2001. 368 pp. Bound. € 77,14. ISBN 90 232 3714 5
Distributed in the United States and Canada by Eisenbrauns, Inc.
NOSTER members who order through NOSTER are eligible for a 35% discount.
Actual price: € 50,15
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Families and Family Relations (STAR 2)
Families and Family Relations as Represented in Early Judaisms and Early Christianities.
A. Brenner and J.W. van Henten (eds.)
(2000). 276 pp. Paperback. € 34,03. ISBN 90 5854 014 6
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Recycling Biblical Figures (STAR 1)
Recycling Biblical Figures: Papers read at a NOSTER Colloquium in Amsterdam, 12-13 May 1997, 336 pp.
A. Brenner and J.W. van Henten (eds.)
(2000). 352 pp. Bound. € 67,15. ISBN 90 5854 004 9
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