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Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination

Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity

de Wouter J. Hanegraaff ...

In Egypt during the first centuries CE, men and women would meet discreetly in their homes, in temple sanctuaries, or insolitary places to learn a powerful practice of spiritual liberation. They thought of themselves as followers of Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary master of ancient wisdom. While many of their writings are lost, those that survived have been interpreted primarily as ... Leer más

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In Egypt during the first centuries CE, men and women would meet discreetly in their homes, in temple sanctuaries, or insolitary places to learn a powerful practice of spiritual liberation. They thought of themselves as followers of Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary master of ancient wisdom. While many of their writings are lost, those that survived have been interpreted primarily as
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The End of Power

From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be

de Moises Naim ...

The provocative bestseller explaining the decline of power in the twenty-first century -- in government, business, and beyond.br> Power is shifting -- from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, and from presidential palaces to public squares. But power is also changing, becoming harder to use and easier to lose. In The End of Power, award ... Leer más

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The provocative bestseller explaining the decline of power in the twenty-first century -- in government, business, and beyond.br> Power is shifting -- from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, and from presidential palaces to public squares. But power is also changing, becoming harder to use and easier to lose. In The End of Power, award
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Early Mormonism and the Magic World View

de D. Michael Quinn ...

In this ground-breaking book, D. Michael Quinn masterfully reconstructs an earlier age, finding ample evidence for folk magic in nineteenth-century New England, as he does in Mormon founder Joseph Smith’s upbringing. Quinn discovers that Smith’s world was inhabited by supernatural creatures whose existence could be both symbolic and real. He explains that the Smith family’s treasure digging was ... Leer más

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In this ground-breaking book, D. Michael Quinn masterfully reconstructs an earlier age, finding ample evidence for folk magic in nineteenth-century New England, as he does in Mormon founder Joseph Smith’s upbringing. Quinn discovers that Smith’s world was inhabited by supernatural creatures whose existence could be both symbolic and real. He explains that the Smith family’s treasure digging was
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The Ornament of the World

How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain

de Maria Rosa Menocal ...

A brilliant and fascinating portrait of medieval Spain explores the golden age when Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance.This enthralling history, widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of medieval Spain, where for more than seven centuries Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an ... Leer más

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A brilliant and fascinating portrait of medieval Spain explores the golden age when Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance.This enthralling history, widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of medieval Spain, where for more than seven centuries Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an
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The Masnavi. Book Four

de Jalal al-Din Rumi ...

Traducido por Jawid Mojaddedi ...

Series Libro 4 - Oxford World's Classics
'Joking is teaching, so take care to listen - Don't look at just the joke's form of expression. To jesters every serious thing's hilarious, While to the wise hilarious jokes are serious' Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided into six books and consisting of some 26,000 verses, the poem was designed to convey a message of divine ... Leer más

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'Joking is teaching, so take care to listen - Don't look at just the joke's form of expression. To jesters every serious thing's hilarious, While to the wise hilarious jokes are serious' Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided into six books and consisting of some 26,000 verses, the poem was designed to convey a message of divine
... Leer más
Turn Poison into Medicine - 100 Prayers from the Heart of Nichiren Buddhism for Those Facing Illness and Suffering

de RYOMIKA WANG ...

Turn Poison into Medicine: 100 Prayers from the Heart of Nichiren Buddhism for Those Facing Illness and SufferingWhen illness arrives, faith is tested in its most intimate form. Turn Poison into Medicine offers 100 original prayers rooted in Nichiren Buddhist practice — written not around suffering, but straight into it.Drawing on the teachings of Nichiren Daishonin and the transformative power of ... Leer más

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Turn Poison into Medicine: 100 Prayers from the Heart of Nichiren Buddhism for Those Facing Illness and SufferingWhen illness arrives, faith is tested in its most intimate form. Turn Poison into Medicine offers 100 original prayers rooted in Nichiren Buddhist practice — written not around suffering, but straight into it.Drawing on the teachings of Nichiren Daishonin and the transformative power of
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The Multiplication Effect

Building a Leadership Pipeline that Solves Your Leadership Shortage

de Mac Lake ...

Do you wish you had more qualified, committed, and mission-oriented leaders in your church to share the ministry workload? Do you have a passion for cultivating the God-given leadership gifts in others?Most pastors say that the need to identify and develop leaders is critical to the health and growth of their church, yet most churches do not have an intentional plan for doing this. In The ... Leer más

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Do you wish you had more qualified, committed, and mission-oriented leaders in your church to share the ministry workload? Do you have a passion for cultivating the God-given leadership gifts in others?Most pastors say that the need to identify and develop leaders is critical to the health and growth of their church, yet most churches do not have an intentional plan for doing this. In The
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The Masnavi, Book Three

de Jalal al-Din Rumi ...

Traducido por Jawid Mojaddedi ...

Series Libro 3 - Oxford World's Classics
'Your soul each moment struggles hard with death - Think of your faith as though it's your last breath. Your life is like a purse, and night and day Are counters of gold coins you've put away' Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided into six books and consisting of some 26,000 verses, the poem was designed to convey a message of ... Leer más

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'Your soul each moment struggles hard with death - Think of your faith as though it's your last breath. Your life is like a purse, and night and day Are counters of gold coins you've put away' Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided into six books and consisting of some 26,000 verses, the poem was designed to convey a message of
... Leer más
The Missing Martyrs

Why There Are So Few Muslim Terrorists

de Charles Kurzman ...

Why are there so few Muslim terrorists? With more than a billion Muslims in the world--many of whom supposedly hate the West and ardently desire martyrdom--why don't we see terrorist attacks every day? Where are the missing martyrs? In this startlingly counterintuitive book, a leading authority on Islamic movements demonstrates that terrorist groups are thoroughly marginal in the Muslim world. ... Leer más

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Why are there so few Muslim terrorists? With more than a billion Muslims in the world--many of whom supposedly hate the West and ardently desire martyrdom--why don't we see terrorist attacks every day? Where are the missing martyrs? In this startlingly counterintuitive book, a leading authority on Islamic movements demonstrates that terrorist groups are thoroughly marginal in the Muslim world.
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Heaven on Earth

The Varieties of the Millennial Experience

de Richard Landes ...

Millennialists through the ages have looked forward to the apocalyptic moment that will radically transform society into heaven on earth. They have delivered withering critiques of their own civilizations and promised both the impending annihilation of the forces of evil and the advent of a perfect society. And all their promises have invariably failed. We tend, therefore, to dismiss these ... Leer más

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Millennialists through the ages have looked forward to the apocalyptic moment that will radically transform society into heaven on earth. They have delivered withering critiques of their own civilizations and promised both the impending annihilation of the forces of evil and the advent of a perfect society. And all their promises have invariably failed. We tend, therefore, to dismiss these
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Volume VII: The Energy of Life

de Vladimir Megre ...

Our civilization will be the first in the entire history of the planet to unite the opposites: the technocratic world and the achievements of the divine creations. This is not a fantasy, it is the great future. We can sense it already, today.Tens of thousands of Russian citizens have already begun to materialize it. They are doing so without support from governments and states. Millions are ... Leer más

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Our civilization will be the first in the entire history of the planet to unite the opposites: the technocratic world and the achievements of the divine creations. This is not a fantasy, it is the great future. We can sense it already, today.Tens of thousands of Russian citizens have already begun to materialize it. They are doing so without support from governments and states. Millions are
... Leer más
Small Miracles of the Camino Compostela

de Shiloh Noone ...

I have never met Shiloh, but we have been Facebook friends for fifteen years plus. I have read all his books and put his poem 'Amsterdam' to music, recorded by my group, Paul Brett's Sage. After reading the book I was so tempted to walk the Camino, but my health was not the best and neither, my beloved partner. I hope to meet Shiloh in the heavenly hills, his books, poetry and now this testament ... Leer más

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I have never met Shiloh, but we have been Facebook friends for fifteen years plus. I have read all his books and put his poem 'Amsterdam' to music, recorded by my group, Paul Brett's Sage. After reading the book I was so tempted to walk the Camino, but my health was not the best and neither, my beloved partner. I hope to meet Shiloh in the heavenly hills, his books, poetry and now this testament
... Leer más
Lost Christiantiy

de Jacob Needleman ...

Unavailable for several years, Lost Christianity is a profound reexamination of the essence of Christian thought and faith. Philosopher and bestselling author Jacob Needleman has sought out the ancient texts and modern practitioners of essential Christianity, whose message speaks directly to contemporary seekers. ... Leer más

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Unavailable for several years, Lost Christianity is a profound reexamination of the essence of Christian thought and faith. Philosopher and bestselling author Jacob Needleman has sought out the ancient texts and modern practitioners of essential Christianity, whose message speaks directly to contemporary seekers.
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Jesus and Temple

Textual and Archaeological Explorations

Edición de James H. Charlesworth ...

The New Testament provides abundant evidence that Jesus frequented the temple; according to Acts, so did his followers after his death. But the Gospels also depict Jesus in conflict with temple authorities, and questions about his attitude to the temple swirl around what the Gospels label false accusations from his opponents and around the dramatic but inconsistent accounts of Jesus “cleansing” ... Leer más

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The New Testament provides abundant evidence that Jesus frequented the temple; according to Acts, so did his followers after his death. But the Gospels also depict Jesus in conflict with temple authorities, and questions about his attitude to the temple swirl around what the Gospels label false accusations from his opponents and around the dramatic but inconsistent accounts of Jesus “cleansing”
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The Irish Buddhist

The Forgotten Monk who Faced Down the British Empire

de Alicia Turner, Laurence Cox, Brian Bocking ...

The Irish Buddhist is the biography of an extraordinary Irish emigrant, sailor, and migrant worker who became a Buddhist monk and anti-colonial activist in early twentieth-century Asia. Born in Dublin in the 1850s, U Dhammaloka energetically challenged the values and power of the British Empire and scandalized the colonial establishment of the 1900s. He rallied Buddhists across Asia, set up ... Leer más

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The Irish Buddhist is the biography of an extraordinary Irish emigrant, sailor, and migrant worker who became a Buddhist monk and anti-colonial activist in early twentieth-century Asia. Born in Dublin in the 1850s, U Dhammaloka energetically challenged the values and power of the British Empire and scandalized the colonial establishment of the 1900s. He rallied Buddhists across Asia, set up
... Leer más
Live Laugh Love

The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made

de Kristin Kobes Du Mez ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A smart, endlessly interesting exercise in connecting cultural dots to learn how we got here." —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Jesus and John Wayne, a revelatory history of white Christian womanhood in the United States.**In her “paradigm-influencing” (Christianity Today) bestseller Jesus and John Wayne, which has changed ... Leer más

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A smart, endlessly interesting exercise in connecting cultural dots to learn how we got here." —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Jesus and John Wayne, a revelatory history of white Christian womanhood in the United States.**In her “paradigm-influencing” (Christianity Today) bestseller Jesus and John Wayne, which has changed
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111 Questions on Islam

Samir Khalil Samir S.J. on Islam and the West

de Fr. Samir Khalil Samir S.J. ...

The terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, the Afghan conflict, waves of migration, and the presence of twelve million Muslims in the European Union: these are just a few of the things that have helped contribute to a growing interest in Islam, its culture, and its followers. They awaken old and new questions about a religious, cultural, and political reality that 1,200,000,000 people consider ... Leer más

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The terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, the Afghan conflict, waves of migration, and the presence of twelve million Muslims in the European Union: these are just a few of the things that have helped contribute to a growing interest in Islam, its culture, and its followers. They awaken old and new questions about a religious, cultural, and political reality that 1,200,000,000 people consider
... Leer más
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

de John Bunyan ...

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by John Bunyan Grace - Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, or a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ to his Poor Servant John Bunyan is a Puritan spiritual autobiography written by John Bunyan.It was composed while Bunyan was serving a twelve-year prison sentence in Bedford gaol for preaching without a license and was first published in 1666 ... Leer más

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Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by John Bunyan Grace - Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, or a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ to his Poor Servant John Bunyan is a Puritan spiritual autobiography written by John Bunyan.It was composed while Bunyan was serving a twelve-year prison sentence in Bedford gaol for preaching without a license and was first published in 1666
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The Power of Godliness

Mormon Liturgy and Cosmology

de Jonathan Stapley ...

The Power of Godliness is a key work to understand Mormon conceptions of priesthood, authority, and gender. With in-depth research and never previously used documents, Jonathan A. Stapley explores the rituals of ordination, temple "sealings," baby blessings, healing, and cunning-folk traditions. In doing so, he demonstrates that Mormon liturgy includes a much larger and more complex set of ... Leer más

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The Power of Godliness is a key work to understand Mormon conceptions of priesthood, authority, and gender. With in-depth research and never previously used documents, Jonathan A. Stapley explores the rituals of ordination, temple "sealings," baby blessings, healing, and cunning-folk traditions. In doing so, he demonstrates that Mormon liturgy includes a much larger and more complex set of
... Leer más
Slave Religion

The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South

de Albert J. Raboteau ...

Twenty-five years after its original publication, Slave Religion remains a classic in the study of African American history and religion. In a new chapter in this anniversary edition, author Albert J. Raboteau reflects upon the origins of the book, the reactions to it over the past twenty-five years, and how he would write it differently today. Using a variety of first and second-hand sources-- ... Leer más

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Twenty-five years after its original publication, Slave Religion remains a classic in the study of African American history and religion. In a new chapter in this anniversary edition, author Albert J. Raboteau reflects upon the origins of the book, the reactions to it over the past twenty-five years, and how he would write it differently today. Using a variety of first and second-hand sources--
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The Seven Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism

A Call to Action

de Carter Heyward ...

Series series Religion in the Modern World
Hear the call to overcome today’s culture of hate and bring healing and hope into our life together. While right-wing conservatives dare to call themselves Christians as they tear down equality and justice, commit horrific acts of violence, and fan the flames of fascism in America, Carter Heyward issues a call to action for Christians to truly hear God’s message of peace and love.Heyward shows how ... Leer más

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Hear the call to overcome today’s culture of hate and bring healing and hope into our life together. While right-wing conservatives dare to call themselves Christians as they tear down equality and justice, commit horrific acts of violence, and fan the flames of fascism in America, Carter Heyward issues a call to action for Christians to truly hear God’s message of peace and love.Heyward shows how
... Leer más
Pope John XXIII: 101 Facts & Trivia

de Anura Guruge ...

A 'Twitter-age', bullet-point biography of the 'Good Pope', still the most popular pope ever (Pope Francis notwithstanding), to mark his April 27, 2014 canonization by Anura Guruge, the author of 'The Next Pope 2011' [which had Cardinal Bergoglio in the 'Top 10'], 'Popes and the Tale of their Names', 'The Last 10 Conclaves' etc. He is also the publisher of the blogs 'popes-and-papacy' and 'papam ... Leer más

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A 'Twitter-age', bullet-point biography of the 'Good Pope', still the most popular pope ever (Pope Francis notwithstanding), to mark his April 27, 2014 canonization by Anura Guruge, the author of 'The Next Pope 2011' [which had Cardinal Bergoglio in the 'Top 10'], 'Popes and the Tale of their Names', 'The Last 10 Conclaves' etc. He is also the publisher of the blogs 'popes-and-papacy' and 'papam
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Rethinking Christianity

A Thoughtful Guide to a Life-Changing Faith

de Alister E. McGrath ...

Rediscover meaning, identity, and hope as you encounter a renewed vision of an ancient faith.In Rethinking Christianity, join renowned theologian and professor, Dr. Alister McGrath, as you explore why Jesus Christ continues to captivate thoughtful people in every generation across human history.Why can't the world just get over Christianity? What is it about this ancient religion that continues to ... Leer más

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Rediscover meaning, identity, and hope as you encounter a renewed vision of an ancient faith.In Rethinking Christianity, join renowned theologian and professor, Dr. Alister McGrath, as you explore why Jesus Christ continues to captivate thoughtful people in every generation across human history.Why can't the world just get over Christianity? What is it about this ancient religion that continues to
... Leer más
A Chosen Faith

An Introduction to Unitarian Universalism

de John Buehrens, Forrest Church ...

For those contemplating religious choices, Unitarian Universalism offers an appealing alternative to religious denominations that stress theological creeds over individual conviction and belief. In this new edition of the classic introductory text on Unitarian Universalism, which includes a revealing, entertaining foreword by best-selling author Robert Fulghum (All I Really Need to Know I Learned ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

For those contemplating religious choices, Unitarian Universalism offers an appealing alternative to religious denominations that stress theological creeds over individual conviction and belief. In this new edition of the classic introductory text on Unitarian Universalism, which includes a revealing, entertaining foreword by best-selling author Robert Fulghum (All I Really Need to Know I Learned
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