This Guide to Jesus provides an outline of international Jesus research. It presents interpretations of the figure of Jesus in the history of Christianity from its beginnings until the first decades of the twenty-first century. Furthermore, the activity, teaching, and fate of Jesus in its religious, social, and political context are dealt with. Thereby, actual discourses in the hermeneutics of history as well as recent archaeological findings are considered. The last part of the Guide to Jesus is devoted to receptions of Jesus in early Christianity. It therefore provides an overview on the person of Jesus, his activity, and fate as well as receptions of Jesus in the history of Christianity. Because its contributors are all internationally renowned scholars from different countries, the compendium thus provides a representative overview of current Jesus research.

This Guide to Paul focuses on the life, letters and theology of Paul. These main subjects are framed by research history and a description of the impact and the reception of the apostle. More than forty authors depict the path of Paul the Pharisee to Paul the apostle to the Gentiles, analyze his letters and reconstruct the origins of his Christian theology. All those who read the entire Guide will find themselves in a broad research landscape which for some may be new and unfamiliar in that it deals with issues of ancient history, epistolography as well as cultural and social history. Paul's theology, his letters and his language have had a distinctive impact on Christianity. It is the goal of the Guide to Paul to provide students, lecturers and all those interested in a central figure in early Christianity with an introduction to a lively research environment on Paul as a person and on his work.

What are the most important concepts and methods of modern international macroeconomics? Philipp Harms presents them in a comprehensive yet accessible way and enables the reader to assess the contributions of various theoretical approaches and results.

Additional material (solutions to exercises, a dictionary) is available here: http://www.international.economics.uni-mainz.de/274_ENG_HTML.php

A slide set for teaching is available from the author on request.

Law and Religion. Contributions on Religious Constitutional and Canon Law.

In the context of social and religious pluralisation, establishing the relationship between religion, religious actors, and the secular state is challenging. And while religion is not only a potential source of meaning for individuals, it is also of public significance, with still large Christian churches, along with other religious communities and their institutions, continuing to perform important functions in society. However, due to increasing secularisation and a decline in church membership, the traditional rights of religious communities are becoming less widely accepted. The transformation of religious sociological milieus and affiliations necessitates significant adjustments to the law and organisation of shrinking religious communities. This volume brings together contributions from the last two decades that address these developments from the perspective of constitutional law on religion and Protestant church law.

Upload filters promise automated internet regulation, but do they cross a line when it comes to censorship? Maximilian Schmidt's sharp interdisciplinary analysis dissects filter algorithms, constitutional and European Union law to ask: Do they merely regulate or actually control public discourse?

A Cruel God ?
Divine Command Theories as a Challenge for Theological Ethics.

Edited by Hendrik Klinge and Heiko Schulz 2026. 341 pages.