Making And Breaking The Gods

Author : Troels Myrup Kristensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art and society
ISBN : 8771240896

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Making and Breaking the Gods by Troels Myrup Kristensen Pdf

"Drawing on both textual and archaeological sources, this book discusses how Christians in Late Antiquity negotiated the sculptural environment of cities and sanctuaries in a variety of ways, ranging from creative transformations to iconoclastic performances. Their responses to pagan sculpture present a rich window into the mechanisms through which society and culture changed under the influence of Christianity. The book thus demonstrates how Christian responses to pagan sculpture rhetorically continued an old tradition of discussing visual practices and the materiality of divine representations. Focusing in particular on the Egypt and the Near East, it furthermore argues that Christian responses encompass much more than mindless violence and need to be contextualised against other social and political developments, as well as local traditions of representation."--

Author : E. Allen Richardson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780786499441

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Hindu Gods in an American Landscape by E. Allen Richardson Pdf

In India, Hindu images have been cast for millennia through the lost wax process and brought to life by priests--becoming not merely venerated icons but actual embodiments of gods. Second and third generation Hindu Americans have increasingly adopted a more worldly perspective toward religious objects, viewing them as symbolic rather than actual presences of the deity. The author traces the origins of this important shift, and examines Western attitudes regarding sacred objects, as well as the complex layering of traditional and modern Hindu attitudes in a globalized world.

Author : Wesley Raphael
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781304493101

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Converting the Soul: Deuteronmy ~ Making Peace with God's Law by Wesley Raphael Pdf

Paperback 180 B&W pages: This book is an inspirational study guide to the Book of Deuteronomy. Why Deuteronomy? It is one of the most significant books of the law written in the Bible. Jesus Christ quoted from this book. Moses' final communications with the people of God is recorded prior to them entering the Promised Land as they stood at the border. This book attempts to discuss the truths and is organized to glean relevancy for Christians today who often struggle with their knowledge of Grace and the significance and application of the Law of God.

Author : Jon Bialecki
Publisher : Fordham University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780823299386

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Machines for Making Gods by Jon Bialecki Pdf

The Mormon faith may seem so different from aspirations to transcend the human through technological means that it is hard to imagine how these two concerns could even exist alongside one another, let alone serve together as the joint impetus for a social movement. Machines for Making Gods investigates the tensions between science and religion through which an imaginative group of young Mormons and ex-Mormons have found new ways of understanding the world. The Mormon Transhumanist Association (MTA) believes that God intended humanity to achieve Mormonism’s promise of theosis through imminent technological advances. Drawing on a nineteenth-century Mormon tradition of religious speculation to reimagine Mormon eschatological hopes as near-future technological possibilities, they envision such current and possible advances as cryonic preservation, computer simulation, and quantum archeology as paving the way for the resurrection of the dead, the creation of worlds without end, and promise of undergoing theosis—of becoming a god. Addressing the role of speculation in the anthropology of religion, Machines for Making Gods undoes debates about secular transhumanism’s relation to religion by highlighting the differences an explicitly religious transhumanism makes. Charting the conflicts and resonances between secular transhumanism and Mormonism, Bialecki shows how religious speculation has opened up imaginative horizons to give birth to new forms of Mormonism, including a particular progressive branch of the faith and even such formations as queer polygamy. The book also reveals how the MTA’s speculative account of God and technology together has helped to forestall some of the social pressure that comes with apostasy in much of the Mormon Intermountain West. A fascinating ethnography of a group with much to say about crucial junctures of modern culture, Machines for Making Gods illustrates how the scientific imagination can be better understood when viewed through anthropological accounts of myth.

Author : Graham Hancock
Publisher : Crown
Page : 779 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307829054

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Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock Pdf

Could the story of mankind be far older than we have previously believed? Using tools as varied as archaeo-astronomy, geology, and computer analysis of ancient myths, Graham Hancock presents a compelling case to suggest that it is. Graham Hancock is featured in Ancient Apocalypse, a Netflix original docuseries. “A fancy piece of historical sleuthing . . . intriguing and entertaining and sturdy enough to give a long pause for thought.”—Kirkus Reviews In Fingerprints of the Gods, Hancock embarks on a worldwide quest to put together all the pieces of the vast and fascinating jigsaw of mankind’s hidden past. In ancient monuments as far apart as Egypt’s Great Sphinx, the strange Andean ruins of Tihuanaco, and Mexico’s awe-inspiring Temples of the Sun and Moon, he reveals not only the clear fingerprints of an as-yet-unidentified civilization of remote antiquity, but also startling evidence of its vast sophistication, technological advancement, and evolved scientific knowledge. A record-breaking number one bestseller in Britain, Fingerprints of the Gods contains the makings of an intellectual revolution, a dramatic and irreversible change in the way that we understand our past—and so our future. And Fingerprints of God tells us something more. As we recover the truth about prehistory, and discover the real meaning of ancient myths and monuments, it becomes apparent that a warning has been handed down to us, a warning of terrible cataclysm that afflicts the Earth in great cycles at irregular intervals of time—a cataclysm that may be about to recur. “Readers will hugely enjoy their quest in these pages of inspired storytelling.”—The Times (UK)

Author : Willem H. Vanderburg
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Religion and politics
ISBN : 9781487523039

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Secular Nations under New Gods by Willem H. Vanderburg Pdf

The ongoing political muscle-flexing of diverse Christian communities in North America raises some deeply troubling questions regarding their roles among us. Earlier analyses including Herberg's Protestant, Catholic, Jew showed that these three branches of the Judaeo-Christian tradition correspond to three forms of the American way of life; while Kruse's One Nation Under God showed how Christian America was shaped by corporate America. Willem H. Vanderburg's Secular Nations under New Gods proceeds based on a dialogue between Jacques Ellul's interpretation of the task of Christians in the world and Ellul's interpretation of the roles of technique and the nation-state in individual and collective human life. He then adds new insight into our being a symbolic species dealing with our finitude by living through the myths of our society and building new secular forms of moralities and religions. If everything is political and if everything is amenable to discipline-based scientific and technical approaches, we are perhaps treating these human creations the way earlier societies did their gods, as being omnipotent, without limits. Vanderburg argues that until organized Christianity becomes critically aware of sharing these commitments with their societies, it will remain entrapped in the service of false gods and thereby will continue to turn a message of freedom and love into one of morality and religion.

Author : Charlie Trimm
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884142379

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Fighting for the King and the Gods by Charlie Trimm Pdf

The most up-to-date sourcebook on warfare in the ancient Near East Fighting for the King and the Gods provides an introduction to the topic of war and the variety of texts concerning many aspects of warfare in the ancient Near East. These texts illustrate various viewpoints of war and show how warfare was an integral part of life. Trimm examines not only the victors and the famous battles, but also the hardship that war brought to many. While several of these texts treated here are well known (i.e., Ramses II's battle against the Hittites at Qadesh), others are known only to specialists. This work will allow a broader audience to access and appreciate these important texts as they relate to the history and ideology of warfare. Features References to recent secondary literature for further study Early Greek and Chinese illustrative texts for comparisons with other cultures Indices to help guide the reader

Author : Thom Stark
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498276979

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The Human Faces of God by Thom Stark Pdf

Does accepting the doctrine of biblical inspiration necessitate belief in biblical inerrancy? The Bible has always functioned authoritatively in the life of the church, but what exactly should that mean? Must it mean the Bible is without error in all historical details and ethical teachings? What should thoughtful Christians do with texts that propose God is pleased by human sacrifice or that God commanded Israel to commit acts of genocide? What about texts that contain historical errors or predictions that have gone unfulfilled long beyond their expiration dates? In The Human Faces of God, Thom Stark moves beyond notions of inerrancy in order to confront such problematic texts and open up a conversation about new ways they can be used in service of the church and its moral witness today. Readers looking for an academically informed yet accessible discussion of the Bible's thorniest texts will find a thought-provoking and indispensible resource in The Human Faces of God.

Author : Liz R. Goodman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498234344

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Breaking and Entering by Liz R. Goodman Pdf

When Elizabeth Goodman first arrived at the tiny congregation that would become her home as a pastor--a congregation of about seven people in a town of just under a thousand--the longest-standing member told her that though the congregation was small, her preaching need not be. In this collection of sermons, readers will witness a mind at work amidst a faithful congregation (whose numbers are now around thirty), mutually nurtured, and together having no small amount of fun. Meanwhile, the ramifications of the gospel in the world will sneak up and surprise. Guided always by a spirit of play and by scripture, as it is in conversation with life, Goodman illuminates both the quiet suggestions that undo what we think we know and the startling demands that are to be both feared and desired. This congregation has a tagline: "It's not what you think." They are probably right.

Author : James SHARPE (Jesuit.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1630
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021456229

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The Triall of the Protestant Priuate Spirit. Wherein Their Doctrine, Making the Sayd Spirit the Sole Ground&meanes of Their Beliefe, is Confuted ... The Second Part ... By I.S. of the Society of Iesus [i.e. James Sharpe]. by James SHARPE (Jesuit.) Pdf

Author : Richard Baxter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1076 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Dissenters, Religious
ISBN : HARVARD:AH65CL

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The Practical Works of Richard Baxter by Richard Baxter Pdf

Author : Xu Ze gang
Publisher : Publicationsbooks
Page : 2474 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781304487001

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The god of otherworldly Pleasure by Xu Ze gang Pdf

Ha ha ha! Zheng Ershao, I have to say that you are too simple, simple and lovely, simple and ridiculous! " Opposite the white man ferocious laugh, hand slowly pulled out the dagger inserted in Cheung Nam abdomen, he knew that Cheung Nam had to die. "Zheng 2 less you don't forget, we are not the same family, we are competitors. People die for money, birds die for food, and it's only natural that I kill you for treasure

Author : Ranbir Vohra
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317455905

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The Making of India by Ranbir Vohra Pdf

Designed for undergraduate and graduate courses on Indian civilization and history, this text provides a sweeping look at the long and varied history of India and how this complex legacy has shaped, and is shaping, the nation's modern polity. It offers unique political-historical coverage of India from pre-history into the 21st century.

Author : Anna Della Subin
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250296887

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Accidental Gods by Anna Della Subin Pdf

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE, THE IRISH TIMES AND THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT A provocative history of men who were worshipped as gods that illuminates the connection between power and religion and the role of divinity in a secular age Ever since 1492, when Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World and was hailed as a heavenly being, the accidental god has haunted the modern age. From Haile Selassie, acclaimed as the Living God in Jamaica, to Britain’s Prince Philip, who became the unlikely center of a new religion on a South Pacific island, men made divine—always men—have appeared on every continent. And because these deifications always emerge at moments of turbulence—civil wars, imperial conquest, revolutions—they have much to teach us. In a revelatory history spanning five centuries, a cast of surprising deities helps to shed light on the thorny questions of how our modern concept of “religion” was invented; why religion and politics are perpetually entangled in our supposedly secular age; and how the power to call someone divine has been used and abused by both oppressors and the oppressed. From nationalist uprisings in India to Nigerien spirit possession cults, Anna Della Subin explores how deification has been a means of defiance for colonized peoples. Conversely, we see how Columbus, Cortés, and other white explorers amplified stories of their godhood to justify their dominion over native peoples, setting into motion the currents of racism and exclusion that have plagued the New World ever since they touched its shores. At once deeply learned and delightfully antic, Accidental Gods offers an unusual keyhole through which to observe the creation of our modern world. It is that rare thing: a lyrical, entertaining work of ideas, one that marks the debut of a remarkable literary career.

Author : Viola Grace
Publisher : Devine Destinies
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781771119184

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Breaking Gods by Viola Grace Pdf

Abandoned at the doors of an abbey, Lieta began life with knowledge of how to use any talent she was in contact with. As she grew, so did her collection of accessible power. When the Citadel came to the abbey to ask for her assistance, she was astonished to learn she was not only not the only one of her kind, but she was one of the only sane ones. Her species enjoys being worshipped and that is rarely a good result for their people. Lieta has to stop them, nullify them and make sure that they wonêt hurt others. Running into one of her previous arrests and finding out that she is expected to let him be her shadow is a shock. Muraz once fancied himself a god, but after being shown that he was not alone, he has decided that working with the only being more powerful than himself might be educational.