A Communion Of Shadows

Author : Rachel McBride Lindsey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
ISBN : 1469633744

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A Communion of Shadows by Rachel McBride Lindsey Pdf

"When the revolutionary technology of photography erupted in American culture in 1839, it swiftly became, in the day's parlance, a 'mania.' In this ... illustrated book, Rachel McBride Lindsey places vernacular photography at the center of the study of nineteenth-century American religious culture and lived religion. As an empirical tool, photography captured many of the signal scenes of American life, from the Gold Rush to the bloody battlefields of the Civil War. But photographs did not simply display neutral records of people, places, and things--commonplace photographs became inscribed with spiritual meaning, disclosing, not merely signifying, a power that lay beyond"--

Author : Rachel McBride Lindsey
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781469633732

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A Communion of Shadows by Rachel McBride Lindsey Pdf

When the revolutionary technology of photography erupted in American culture in 1839, it swiftly became, in the day's parlance, a "mania." This richly illustrated book positions vernacular photography at the center of the study of nineteenth-century American religious life. As an empirical tool, photography captured many of the signal scenes of American life, from the gold rush to the bloody battlefields of the Civil War. But photographs did not simply display neutral records of people, places, and things; rather, commonplace photographs became inscribed with spiritual meaning, disclosing, not merely signifying, a power that lay beyond. Rachel McBride Lindsey demonstrates that what people beheld when they looked at a photograph had as much to do with what lay outside the frame--theological expectations, for example--as with what the camera had recorded. Whether studio portraits tucked into Bibles, postmortem portraits with locks of hair attached, "spirit" photography, stereographs of the Holy Land, or magic lanterns used in biblical instruction, photographs were curated, beheld, displayed, and valued as physical artifacts that functioned both as relics and as icons of religious practice. Lindsey's interpretation of "vernacular" as an analytic introduces a way to consider anew the cultural, social, and material reach of religion. A multimedia collaboration with MAVCOR—Center for the Study of Material & Visual Cultures of Religion—at Yale University.

Author : Rachel McBride Lindsey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1469636484

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A Communion of Shadows by Rachel McBride Lindsey Pdf

When the revolutionary technology of photography erupted in American culture in 1839, it swiftly became, in the day's parlance, a "mania." This richly illustrated book positions vernacular photography at the center of the study of nineteenth-century American religious life. As an empirical tool, photography captured many of the signal scenes of American life, from the gold rush to the bloody battlefields of the Civil War. But photographs did not simply display neutral records of people, places, and things; rather, commonplace photographs became inscribed with spiritual meaning, disclosing, not merely signifying, a power that lay beyond. Rachel McBride Lindsey demonstrates that what people beheld when they looked at a photograph had as much to do with what lay outside the frame--theological expectations, for example--as with what the camera had recorded. Whether studio portraits tucked into Bibles, postmortem portraits with locks of hair attached, "spirit" photography, stereographs of the Holy Land, or magic lanterns used in biblical instruction, photographs were curated, beheld, displayed, and valued as physical artifacts that functioned both as relics and as icons of religious practice. Lindsey's interpretation of "vernacular" as an analytic introduces a way to consider anew the cultural, social, and material reach of religion. A multimedia collaboration with MAVCOR--Center for the Study of Material & Visual Cultures of Religion--at Yale University.

Author : T. Broussard
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781304187604

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The Testament of Shadows: Coming Forth by Night and Descent from the Stars by T. Broussard Pdf

Author : Gereon Goldmann
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781681495552

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The Shadow of His Wings by Gereon Goldmann Pdf

We had to do it. We had to reprint this book. Rarely has a book had such an impact on so many of us here at Ignatius Press. It is one of the most powerful and moving books we have come across. If you can only buy one book this season, this must be the one. Here is the astonishing true story of the harrowing experiences of a young German seminarian drafted into Hitler's dreaded SS at the onset of World War II. Without betraying his Christian ideals, against all odds, and in the face of Evil, Gereon Goldmann was able to complete his priestly training, be ordained, and secretly minister to German Catholic soldiers and innocent civilian victims caught up in the horrors of war. How it all came to pass will astound you. Father Goldmann tells of his own incredible experiences of the trials of war, his many escapes from almost certain death, and the diabolical persecution that he and his fellow Catholic soldiers encountered on account of their faith. What emerges is an extraordinary witness to the workings of Divine Providence and the undying power of love, prayer, faith, and sacrifice. Illustrated

Author : Peter McVerry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113926963

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The Meaning is in the Shadows by Peter McVerry Pdf

In 1974, as a newly ordained priest, Fr Peter McVerry SJ chose to live and work in the Inner City with a small group of other Jesuits. He began working with young people who had dropped out of school, were involved in crime, living in dysfunctional families and on a straight road to prison. To a young priest from a middle class background, the experience was a complete culture shock. It challenged his attitudes, revealed to himself his prejudices, opened his eyes to what is happening in our very divided society and called into question his understanding of God. A ministry intended to last a few years became a life-long commitment. This book contains his reflections on these experiences. He reflects critically on the structures and systems in our society which push people to the margins and ensure that they remain there. Issues affecting prisoners, school drop-outs, drug users and homeless people are discussed in a way that challenges and provokes. He also questions the structures which affect the lives of those on the margins and makes specific suggestions for change.

Author : Whitley Strieber
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Wolf of Shadows by Whitley Strieber Pdf

One quiet spring evening, the animals of the north woods see a great light mushroom up from the human territories. Most ignore it, but Wolf of Shadows, sitting alone on his hill, knows that something is very wrong. The next day dark clouds block out the sun, and an icy black rain comes, washing away the smells of all living things. It gets colder, then colder still. Nuclear winter has begun. As sleet changes to snow in wolf country, a desperate human mother and her daughter appear and join Wolf of Shadows as he leads his pack south. This is the story of their journey through the desolate, frozen wasteland that was once the United States. Always near freezing and starvation, threatened by savage dog packs and marauding humans, the wolves and the two women soon come to depend on one another for survival. Strieber masterfully captures how the wolf interprets the actions of the adopted humans and compares them to the feelings and actions of wolves. As their journey progresses, an unspoken but deeply felt love grows between them. This alone sustains them in their search for a place where life can be reborn. "Wolf of Shadows" is a bold and brutal novel, a compelling tale of survival in the wild, and a unique vision told from the viewpoint of a wolf of the horrors we may bring to every living creature on earth.

Author : William Gomes
Publisher : William Gomes
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-03
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Symphony of Shadows and Light: Verses of the Cosmos and Soul by William Gomes Pdf

Embark on a poetic odyssey with William Gomes's "The Symphony of Shadows and Light: Verses of the Cosmos and Soul," a collection that weaves together the vastness of the cosmos with the depths of the human spirit. This anthology is a celebration of the beauty found in life's contrasts and contradictions, a journey that spans from the starlit expanses of the universe to the intimate corners of the human heart. With each verse, Gomes crafts a tapestry that reflects the intricate dance of light and shadow defining our existence. The poems serve as explorations of the tangible and ethereal, the visible and invisible, capturing the whispers of the cosmos alongside the silences of the soul. This collection mirrors the universe's infinite mysteries and awe-inspiring beauty, paralleling the depths of human emotion and the quest for meaning, connection, and understanding. "The Symphony of Shadows and Light" invites readers to traverse landscapes of love and loss, hope and despair, and growth and rebirth. It is an invitation to explore the varied terrains of nature and the human experience, to discover the bonds uniting us with the world beyond our reach. This collection is meant to be experienced, to resonate, comfort, and inspire awe. It is an offering to all who seek beauty in the universe's ballet, to hear the stars' silent songs, and to recognize the shared heartbeat of the universe and ourselves. Dive into "The Symphony of Shadows and Light" and let the cadence of Gomes's words guide you through moments of profound connection and reflection. This book is a journey through the dualities that shape our existence and the symphony arising when we embrace the full spectrum of light and shadow. Welcome to a world where every word is a step on the path to uncovering the boundless landscapes within us and around us.

Author : Austin Fischer
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830874026

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Faith in the Shadows by Austin Fischer Pdf

"People don't abandon faith because they have doubts. People abandon faith because they think they're not allowed to have doubts." Too often, our honest questions about faith are met with cold confidence and easy answers. But false certitude doesn't result in strong faith—it results in disillusionment, or worse, in a dogmatic, overweening faith unable to see itself or its object clearly. Even as a pastor, Austin Fischer has experienced the shadows of doubt and disillusionment. In Faith in the Shadows, he leans into perennial questions about Christianity with raw and fearless integrity. He addresses contemporary science, the problem of evil, hell, God's silence, and other issues, offering not only fresh treatments of these questions but also a fresh paradigm for thinking about doubt itself. Doubt, Fischer contends, is no reason to leave the faith. Instead, it's an invitation to a more honest faith—a faith that's not in control, but that trusts more fully in its Lord.

Author : Robin Wasserman
Publisher : Ember
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375872778

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The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman Pdf

While working on a project translating letters from sixteenth-century Prague, high school senior Nora Kane discovers her best friend murdered with her boyfriend the apparent killer and is caught up in a dangerous web of secret societies and shadowy conspirators, all searching for a mysterious ancient device purported to allow direct communication with God.

Author : Erik R. Seeman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812296419

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Speaking with the Dead in Early America by Erik R. Seeman Pdf

In late medieval Catholicism, mourners employed an array of practices to maintain connection with the deceased—most crucially, the belief in purgatory, a middle place between heaven and hell where souls could be helped by the actions of the living. In the early sixteenth century, the Reformation abolished purgatory, as its leaders did not want attention to the dead diminishing people's devotion to God. But while the Reformation was supposed to end communication between the living and dead, it turns out the result was in fact more complicated than historians have realized. In the three centuries after the Reformation, Protestants imagined continuing relationships with the dead, and the desire for these relations came to form an important—and since neglected—aspect of Protestant belief and practice. In Speaking with the Dead in Early America, historian Erik R. Seeman undertakes a 300-year history of Protestant communication with the dead. Seeman chronicles the story of Protestants' relationships with the deceased from Elizabethan England to puritan New England and then on through the American Enlightenment into the middle of the nineteenth century with the explosion of interest in Spiritualism. He brings together a wide range of sources to uncover the beliefs and practices of both ordinary people, especially women, and religious leaders. This prodigious research reveals how sermons, elegies, and epitaphs portrayed the dead as speaking or being spoken to, how ghost stories and Gothic fiction depicted a permeable boundary between this world and the next, and how parlor songs and funeral hymns encouraged singers to imagine communication with the dead. Speaking with the Dead in Early America thus boldly reinterprets Protestantism as a religion in which the dead played a central role.

Author : Coté Renault
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781669868170

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A•T•I•L• "Dark Shadows" Episode #1. by Coté Renault Pdf

On this episode of A•T•I•L, it has been six years since the return of a young attorney needing a fresh start as she starts over with her high-strung career as a cutthroat attorney in New York. Where most of her family are living in New York with hidden secrets. This is being seen through the eyes and told by Michelle “Elle” Madden as a voice over. Michelle “Elle” Madden has consistent battles with night terrors and flashbacks of a devastating rape from years ago as she is sleeping. Frenemies Lorraine “Lori” Reznik (née Hale) and Melina “Mila” Deluarentiz reconnect in order to find out what happened to Elle while also touching on some of their own past issues.

Author : Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802848222

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The Sacraments by Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer Pdf

Becoming a vampire saved Alyssa from death, but the price was high: the loss of everything and everyone attached to her mortal life. She's still learning to cope when a surprise confrontation with Santino Vitale, the Acta Sanctorum's most fearsome hunter, sends her fleeing back to the world she once knew, and Fallon, the friend she's missed more than anything. Alyssa breaks vampire law by revealing her new, true self to her old friend, a fact which causes strong division in the group that should support her most: her clan. Worse yet, her revelation entangles Fallon in the struggle between vampires and hunters and The Acta Sanctorum is ready to attack again, with a new army of hybrid creations: the Frenzy Soldiers. If Alyssa hopes to survive and keep her mortal friend safe, she'll have to be willing to make a deal with the enemy, and regain her clan's support. It will take everyone working together in a precarious truce to fight against the Acta Sanctorum's new threat.

Author : George MacDonald
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9788026845706

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ADELA CATHCART - The Complete Fantasy Tales Series: The Light Princess, The Shadows, Christmas Eve, The Giant's Heart, The Broken Swords, The Cruel Painter, The Castle and many more by George MacDonald Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: “ADELA CATHCART - The Complete Fantasy Tales Series: The Light Princess, The Shadows, Christmas Eve, The Giant's Heart, The Broken Swords, The Cruel Painter, The Castle and many more” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Excerpt: “I confess I was a little dismayed to find what a solemn turn the club-stories had taken. But this dismay lasted for a moment only; for I saw that Adela was deeply interested, again wearing the look that indicates abstracted thought and feeling. I said to myself: "This is very different mental fare from what you have been used to, Adela." But she seemed able to mark, learn, and inwardly digest it, for she had the appearance of one who is stilled by the strange newness of her thoughts. I was sure that she was now experiencing a consciousness of existence quite different from anything she had known before. But it had a curious outcome.” George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence". Table of Contents: CHRISTMAS EVE CHURCH THE CHRISTMAS DINNER THE NEW DOCTOR THE LIGHT PRINCESS THE BELL THE SCHOOLMASTER'S STORY SONG THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE THE SHADOWS THE EVENING AT THE CURATE'S PERCY AND HIS MOTHER THE BROKEN SWORDS MY UNCLE PETER THE GIANT'S HEART A CHILD'S HOLIDAY INTERRUPTION PERCY THE CRUEL PAINTER THE CASTLE WHAT NEXT? GENERALSHIP AN UNFORESEEN FORESIGHT

Author : Eldritch Veil
Publisher : Eldritch Veil
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Shadows of the Abandoned Mine by Eldritch Veil Pdf

Grimhaven, a tranquil town nestled within the ancient Appalachian Mountains, conceals a dark secret within the skeletal remains of the Blackened Gold Mine. Once a thriving symbol of prosperity, the mine now harbors an unspeakable malevolence that awakens shadows and whispers from the depths of the abyss. Samantha Mitchell, a local historian with an affinity for the supernatural, unwittingly becomes the guardian of Grimhaven's descent into the cosmic unknown. As symbols etched into the mine's walls pulse with an otherworldly energy, Samantha is drawn into a surreal dance where reality blurs, and the Veil of Shadows reveals its ancient secrets. The first whispers, haunting and distorted, emerge from the mine, casting an eerie hush over the cobblestone streets. Shadows, once benign, contort into nightmarish forms that linger in the corners of the town. Grimhaven, now ensnared in a cosmic tempest, stands on the brink of an unspeakable reckoning. In this supernatural thriller, the symbols, whispers, and shadows converge to create a chilling symphony that defies the laws of nature. As Samantha delves deeper into the cosmic abyss, the town transforms into a canvas for a malevolent force that challenges the very essence of reality. "The Shadows of the Abandoned Mine" unfolds as a tale of cosmic horror, beckoning the audience into a world where the unknown shadows cast are far more than remnants of the past—they are harbingers of an unimaginable terror.