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The Golden Bough (Mobi Classics)

by James George Frazer ...

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging comparative study of mythology and religion, written by Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941). It was first published in two volumes in 1890; the third edition, published 1906-15, comprised twelve volumes. It was aimed at a broad literate audience raised on tales as told in such publications as Thomas Bulfinch ... Read more

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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging comparative study of mythology and religion, written by Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941). It was first published in two volumes in 1890; the third edition, published 1906-15, comprised twelve volumes. It was aimed at a broad literate audience raised on tales as told in such publications as Thomas Bulfinch
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Between Constantinople, the Papacy, and the Caliphate

The Melkite Church in the Islamicate World, 634-969

by Krzysztof Kościelniak ...

This volume examines the Melkite church from the Arab invasion of Syria in 634 until 969. The Melkite Patriarchates were established in Antioch, Jerusalem and Alexandria and, following the Arab campaigns in Syria and Egypt, they all came under the new Muslim state. Over the next decades the Melkite church underwent a process of gradual marginalization, moving from the privileged position of the ... Read more

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This volume examines the Melkite church from the Arab invasion of Syria in 634 until 969. The Melkite Patriarchates were established in Antioch, Jerusalem and Alexandria and, following the Arab campaigns in Syria and Egypt, they all came under the new Muslim state. Over the next decades the Melkite church underwent a process of gradual marginalization, moving from the privileged position of the
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The Bible's Answers to 100 of Life's Biggest Questions

by Jason Jimenez, Norman Geisler ...

Every believer has questions about God, the Bible, Jesus, and the purpose and meaning of life. The vexing problem is that so few believers are able to answer even the most basic ones. Without answers, doubt creeps in and the future of the church is in jeopardy.With insight and precision, Geisler and Jimenez address one hundred penetrating questions that the culture asks and Christians must be ... Read more

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Every believer has questions about God, the Bible, Jesus, and the purpose and meaning of life. The vexing problem is that so few believers are able to answer even the most basic ones. Without answers, doubt creeps in and the future of the church is in jeopardy.With insight and precision, Geisler and Jimenez address one hundred penetrating questions that the culture asks and Christians must be
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Managing Leadership Anxiety

Yours and Theirs

by Steve Cuss ...

You Can Learn to Handle the Onslaught of Internal and External PressuresDoes anxiety get in the way of your ability to be an effective leader? Is your inability to notice when you and those around you are anxious keeping you "stuck" in chronic unhealthy patterns? In Managing Leadership Anxiety, pastor and spiritual growth expert Steve Cuss offers powerful tools to help you move from being managed ... Read more

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You Can Learn to Handle the Onslaught of Internal and External PressuresDoes anxiety get in the way of your ability to be an effective leader? Is your inability to notice when you and those around you are anxious keeping you "stuck" in chronic unhealthy patterns? In Managing Leadership Anxiety, pastor and spiritual growth expert Steve Cuss offers powerful tools to help you move from being managed
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The Human Soul - Pseudo Spirituality

The Human Soul, #11

by Jesus (AJ Miller), Mary Magdalene (Mary Luck) ...

Series Book 11 - The Human Soul
Jesus and Mary Magdalene describe the attributes and characteristics of pseudo spirituality. They contrast pseudo spirituality with true spirituality, and explain the importance of being able to recognise pseudo spirituality, so as to avoid being misled by false spiritual teachings.Document source filename: 20120609 The Human Soul - Pseudo Spirituality.This ebook is a transcript of a seminar ... Read more

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Jesus and Mary Magdalene describe the attributes and characteristics of pseudo spirituality. They contrast pseudo spirituality with true spirituality, and explain the importance of being able to recognise pseudo spirituality, so as to avoid being misled by false spiritual teachings.Document source filename: 20120609 The Human Soul - Pseudo Spirituality.This ebook is a transcript of a seminar
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Henry VIII: History in an Hour

by Simon Court ...

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.King of England, claimant King of France, Lord – and later King – of Ireland, Supreme Head of the Church of England and, perhaps most famously, six times a husband, Henry VIII is England’s most notorious monarch.Succeeding his father, Henry VII, he allied with the Holy Roman Emperor and began his many obsessive invasions of France. Meanwhile ... Read more

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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.King of England, claimant King of France, Lord – and later King – of Ireland, Supreme Head of the Church of England and, perhaps most famously, six times a husband, Henry VIII is England’s most notorious monarch.Succeeding his father, Henry VII, he allied with the Holy Roman Emperor and began his many obsessive invasions of France. Meanwhile
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Buried

An alternative history of the first millennium in Britain

by Alice Roberts ...

**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Tender, fascinating … Lucid and illuminating’ Robert Macfarlane**Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss; what they believed came next. From Roman cremations and graveside feasts, to deviant burials with heads rearranged, from richly furnished Anglo Saxon graves to the first Christian burial grounds in Wales, Buried ... Read more

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**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Tender, fascinating … Lucid and illuminating’ Robert Macfarlane**Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss; what they believed came next. From Roman cremations and graveside feasts, to deviant burials with heads rearranged, from richly furnished Anglo Saxon graves to the first Christian burial grounds in Wales, Buried
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Prayer Is Good Medicine

How to Reap the Healing Benefits of Prayer

by Larry Dossey ...

Can prayer truly heal? A practicing physician investigates the laboratory evidence uniting modern clinical medicine and spiritual practice.'With the elegance of simplicity and the precision of science, Dossey shows us how we can create a lasting partnership between faith and medicine.'DEEPACK CHOPRA, M.D.Experience the Healing Power of PrayerThe book examines how distant intercessory prayer ... Read more

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Can prayer truly heal? A practicing physician investigates the laboratory evidence uniting modern clinical medicine and spiritual practice.'With the elegance of simplicity and the precision of science, Dossey shows us how we can create a lasting partnership between faith and medicine.'DEEPACK CHOPRA, M.D.Experience the Healing Power of PrayerThe book examines how distant intercessory prayer
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Revelation Explained

by K.J. Soze ...

Revelation Explained answers the most difficult prophetic questions about the last days of the age we live in.Who is the Antichrist?What is Mystery Babylon?What is the Mark of the Beast?When is the Great Tribulation Period?Is the Rapture Mentioned in Revelation?Will Christians Go Through the Great Tribulation Period?What is the Sequence of Events in the Book o... ... Read more

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Revelation Explained answers the most difficult prophetic questions about the last days of the age we live in.Who is the Antichrist?What is Mystery Babylon?What is the Mark of the Beast?When is the Great Tribulation Period?Is the Rapture Mentioned in Revelation?Will Christians Go Through the Great Tribulation Period?What is the Sequence of Events in the Book o...
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Tao Te Ching

A New Translation

by Laozi ...

Translated by David Bentley Hart, Patrick Robert Hart ...

In this new translation, a world-renowned scholar brings out the metaphysical, moral, and poetic power of Laoziâ€™s classical Chinese textDrawing on his extensive study of philosophy, religion, and literature across traditions, David Bentley Hart, with the help of Patrick Robert Hart, presents Laoziâ€™s timeless work and its paradoxical wisdom with clarity and grace.Mesmerized by the Tao Te Chingâ ... Read more

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In this new translation, a world-renowned scholar brings out the metaphysical, moral, and poetic power of Laoziâ€™s classical Chinese textDrawing on his extensive study of philosophy, religion, and literature across traditions, David Bentley Hart, with the help of Patrick Robert Hart, presents Laoziâ€™s timeless work and its paradoxical wisdom with clarity and grace.Mesmerized by the Tao Te Chingâ
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World War IV: Militant Islam's Battle For World Domination

by Sheldon Cohen ...

Militant Islamic believers represents a small, but significant percentage of those who embrace the Muslim religion, it is powerful, well financed, and according to their own statements, hopeful of destroying the United States who they see as the Great Satan, the usurper of Muslim lands, the pilferer of Muslim resources and the one obstacle that stands in the way of their stated goal—an Islamic ... Read more

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Militant Islamic believers represents a small, but significant percentage of those who embrace the Muslim religion, it is powerful, well financed, and according to their own statements, hopeful of destroying the United States who they see as the Great Satan, the usurper of Muslim lands, the pilferer of Muslim resources and the one obstacle that stands in the way of their stated goal—an Islamic
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The I Ching

A Biography

by Richard J. Smith ...

Series series Lives of Great Religious Books
How the I Ching became one of the most widely read and influential books in the worldThe I Ching originated in China as a divination manual more than three thousand years ago. In 136 BCE the emperor declared it a Confucian classic, and in the centuries that followed, this work had a profound influence on the philosophy, religion, art, literature, politics, science, technology, and medicine of ... Read more

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How the I Ching became one of the most widely read and influential books in the worldThe I Ching originated in China as a divination manual more than three thousand years ago. In 136 BCE the emperor declared it a Confucian classic, and in the centuries that followed, this work had a profound influence on the philosophy, religion, art, literature, politics, science, technology, and medicine of
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The Friend

Mind, Body, Soul, Well-Being

by Sri M., Lady Mohini Kent ...

Sri M is widely known as a spiritual leader and teacher. However, he believes, for him to truly connect with someone and guide them, they must be friends. In this book, Mohini Kent asks him about love, life, religion, marriage, death and everything in between making it a one-stop shop complete collection of Sri M's teachings and philosophy. Following the ancient form of a conversation between a ... Read more

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Sri M is widely known as a spiritual leader and teacher. However, he believes, for him to truly connect with someone and guide them, they must be friends. In this book, Mohini Kent asks him about love, life, religion, marriage, death and everything in between making it a one-stop shop complete collection of Sri M's teachings and philosophy. Following the ancient form of a conversation between a
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The Cross in the Shadow of the Crescent

An Informed Response to Islams War with Christianity

by Erwin W. Lutzer ...

Islam is on the rise all over the West, including America. In this compelling new book, bestselling author Erwin Lutzer urges Christians to see this as both an opportunity to share the gospel and a reason for concern. We have now reached a tipping point—the spread of Islam is rapidly altering the way we live. These changes are cause for alarm, for they endanger our freedoms of speech and religion. ... Read more

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Islam is on the rise all over the West, including America. In this compelling new book, bestselling author Erwin Lutzer urges Christians to see this as both an opportunity to share the gospel and a reason for concern. We have now reached a tipping point—the spread of Islam is rapidly altering the way we live. These changes are cause for alarm, for they endanger our freedoms of speech and religion.
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The Good Heart

A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus

by His Holiness the Dalai Lama ...

Translated by Thupten Jinpa Ph.D., Ph.D. ...

In this landmark book of interfaith dialogue, the Dalai Lama provides an extraordinary Buddhist perspective on the teachings of Jesus, commenting on well-known passages from the four Christian Gospels including the Sermon on the Mount, the parable of the mustard seed, the Resurrection, and others. Drawing parallels between Jesus and the Buddha--and the rich traditions from which they hail--His ... Read more

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In this landmark book of interfaith dialogue, the Dalai Lama provides an extraordinary Buddhist perspective on the teachings of Jesus, commenting on well-known passages from the four Christian Gospels including the Sermon on the Mount, the parable of the mustard seed, the Resurrection, and others. Drawing parallels between Jesus and the Buddha--and the rich traditions from which they hail--His
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The Snake in 2013: Your Chinese Horoscope

by Neil Somerville ...

What the year of the snake holds in store for the snake.This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need for your Chinese zodiac sign to take you into the year ahead.The ancient art of Chinese astrology, which predates the Western zodiac, is a detailed system of divination that has been in use in the Orient for thousands of years.The depth of its wisdom and the accuracy of its ... Read more

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What the year of the snake holds in store for the snake.This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need for your Chinese zodiac sign to take you into the year ahead.The ancient art of Chinese astrology, which predates the Western zodiac, is a detailed system of divination that has been in use in the Orient for thousands of years.The depth of its wisdom and the accuracy of its
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Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality

Edited by Edward B. Davis, Everett L. Worthington Jr., Sarah A. Schnitker ...

Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
This handbook aims to bridge the gap between the fields of positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality. It is the authoritative guide to the intersections among religion, spirituality, and positive psychology and includes the following sections: (1) historical and theoretical considerations, (2) methodological considerations, (3) cultural considerations, (4) developmental ... Read more

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This handbook aims to bridge the gap between the fields of positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality. It is the authoritative guide to the intersections among religion, spirituality, and positive psychology and includes the following sections: (1) historical and theoretical considerations, (2) methodological considerations, (3) cultural considerations, (4) developmental
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When God Spoke Greek

The Septuagint and the Making of the Christian Bible

by Timothy Michael Law ...

How did the New Testament writers and the earliest Christians come to adopt the Jewish scriptures as their first Old Testament? And why are our modern Bibles related more to the Rabbinic Hebrew Bible than to the Greek Bible of the early Church? The Septuagint, the name given to the translation of the Hebrew scriptures between the third century BC and the second century AD, played a central role in ... Read more

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How did the New Testament writers and the earliest Christians come to adopt the Jewish scriptures as their first Old Testament? And why are our modern Bibles related more to the Rabbinic Hebrew Bible than to the Greek Bible of the early Church? The Septuagint, the name given to the translation of the Hebrew scriptures between the third century BC and the second century AD, played a central role in
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Human Relationships - The World’s Definition of Love Session 3

Love, #7

by Jesus (AJ Miller) ...

Series Book 7 - Love
Jesus discusses the differences between the world's definition of love and God's definition of love, such as; love is logical, love never abuses, love results in change, love never compromises and love never lies. He also describes the process of how to come to learn God's definition of love in our souls by releasing fear and other emotional errors.Document source filename: 20110924 Human ... Read more

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Jesus discusses the differences between the world's definition of love and God's definition of love, such as; love is logical, love never abuses, love results in change, love never compromises and love never lies. He also describes the process of how to come to learn God's definition of love in our souls by releasing fear and other emotional errors.Document source filename: 20110924 Human
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Breath of Life: God as Spirit in Judaism

God as Spirit in Judaism

by Rabbi Rachel Timoner ...

This essential introduction to Judaism’s notions of spirit as they relate to God is designed to inform both Jews and Christians who are studying what it means when we say that God is spirit. Exploring the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and other rabbinic writings, Rabbi Timoner uncovers surprising insights about how God as spirit influences Jewish ideas of creation, revelation, and redemption. Written ... Read more

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This essential introduction to Judaism’s notions of spirit as they relate to God is designed to inform both Jews and Christians who are studying what it means when we say that God is spirit. Exploring the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and other rabbinic writings, Rabbi Timoner uncovers surprising insights about how God as spirit influences Jewish ideas of creation, revelation, and redemption. Written
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The Imitation of Christ

by Thomas À Kempis, Digital Fire ...

This classic of Christian devotional literature has brought understanding and comfort to millions for centuries. Both Protestants and Catholics — as well as mystics and historians of religious thought — have studied these meditations on the life and teachings of Jesus, finding in them a path to prayer and spiritual guidance. Written in a candid and conversational style, The Imitation of Christ ... Read more

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This classic of Christian devotional literature has brought understanding and comfort to millions for centuries. Both Protestants and Catholics — as well as mystics and historians of religious thought — have studied these meditations on the life and teachings of Jesus, finding in them a path to prayer and spiritual guidance. Written in a candid and conversational style, The Imitation of Christ
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The Great and Holy War

How World War I Became a Religious Crusade

by Philip Jenkins ...

The Great and Holy War offers the first look at how religion created and prolonged the First World War. At the one-hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the war, historian Philip Jenkins reveals the powerful religious dimensions of this modern-day crusade, a period that marked a traumatic crisis for Western civilization, with effects that echoed throughout the rest of the twentieth century.The ... Read more

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The Great and Holy War offers the first look at how religion created and prolonged the First World War. At the one-hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the war, historian Philip Jenkins reveals the powerful religious dimensions of this modern-day crusade, a period that marked a traumatic crisis for Western civilization, with effects that echoed throughout the rest of the twentieth century.The
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The Little Red Book of Wisdom

Timeless Insights for a Wise and Deliberate Life

by Mark DeMoss ...

The search for wisdom invariably leads us back to the places we've overlooked.The Little Red Book of Wisdom takes the reader on a journey so often sidestepped in favor of the newer, quicker, easier. If you're seeking simplicity in a complicated world, Mark DeMoss's insights will illuminate your path to a wiser and more deliberate way of living. By illuminating the notions of integrity, humility, ... Read more

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The search for wisdom invariably leads us back to the places we've overlooked.The Little Red Book of Wisdom takes the reader on a journey so often sidestepped in favor of the newer, quicker, easier. If you're seeking simplicity in a complicated world, Mark DeMoss's insights will illuminate your path to a wiser and more deliberate way of living. By illuminating the notions of integrity, humility,
... Read more
The Desire of Ages

Conflict of the Ages Volume Three

by Ellen G. White ...

Volume 3 of the 'Conflict of the Ages' book series, 'The Desire of Ages,' covers the life and ministry of Jesus. This key Seventh Day Adventist text explains in detail the SDA understanding of the conflict between God and Satan and their understanding of the Bible and much of world history. White wrote the series based on her research of other authors and special information which she claimed to ... Read more

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Volume 3 of the 'Conflict of the Ages' book series, 'The Desire of Ages,' covers the life and ministry of Jesus. This key Seventh Day Adventist text explains in detail the SDA understanding of the conflict between God and Satan and their understanding of the Bible and much of world history. White wrote the series based on her research of other authors and special information which she claimed to
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The Golden Bough (Mobi Classics)

Between Constantinople, the Papacy, and the Caliphate

The Bible's Answers to 100 of Life's Biggest Questions

Managing Leadership Anxiety

The Human Soul - Pseudo Spirituality

Henry VIII: History in an Hour

Buried

Prayer Is Good Medicine

Revelation Explained

Tao Te Ching

World War IV: Militant Islam's Battle For World Domination

The I Ching

The Friend

The Cross in the Shadow of the Crescent

The Good Heart

The Snake in 2013: Your Chinese Horoscope

Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality

When God Spoke Greek

Human Relationships - The World’s Definition of Love Session 3

Breath of Life: God as Spirit in Judaism

The Imitation of Christ

The Great and Holy War

The Little Red Book of Wisdom

The Desire of Ages

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