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Download or read book Holy Mayhem written by Pat G'Orge-Walker and published by Dafina. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They've been laid off, they're broke, and their faith is really being tried. Nonetheless dedicated Mount Kneel Down Baptist Church members Patience Kash and Joy Karry figure now is the perfect time to pursue their other true calling - becoming private detectives. If that means putting up with their cousin Porky's delusions while hilariously interfering with their famous detective godson Percy's investigations, well it's still a heaven-sent opportunity.
Book Synopsis The Prehistory of the Crusades by : Burnam W. Reynolds
Download or read book The Prehistory of the Crusades written by Burnam W. Reynolds and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a vigorous debate on the exact beginnings of the Crusades, as well as a growing conviction that some practices of crusading may have been in existence, at least in part, long before they were identified as such. The Prehistory of the Crusades explores how the Crusades came to be seen as the use of aggressive warfare to Christianise pagan lands and peoples. Reynolds focuses on the Baltic, or Northern, Crusades, an aspect of the Crusades that has been little documented, thus bringing a new perspective to their historical and ideological origins. Baltic Crusades were distinctive because they were not directed at the Holy Land, and they were not against Muslim opponents, but rather against pagan peoples. From the Emperor Charlemagne's wars against the Saxons in the 8th and 9th centuries to the Baltic Crusades of the 12th century, this book explores the sanctification of war in creating the ideal of crusade. In so doing, it shows how crusading ultimately developed in the 12th and 13th centuries. The Prehistory of the Crusades provides a valuable insight into the topic for students of medieval history and the Crusades.
Book Synopsis Sanctified Violence by : Alfred J. Andrea
Download or read book Sanctified Violence written by Alfred J. Andrea and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This rich and engaging book looks at instances of sanctified violence, the holy wars related to religion. It covers it all, from ancient to present day, including examples of warfare among Sikhs, Hindus and Buddhists, as well as Christians, Jews and Muslims. It is a comprehensive and readable overview that provides a lively introduction to the subject of holy war in its broadest sense—as ‘sanctified violence’ in the service of a god or ideology. It is certain to be a useful companion in the classroom, and a boon to anyone fascinated by the dark attraction of religion and violence." —Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara Contents: Introduction: What Is Holy War? Chapter 1: Holy Wars in Mythic Time, Holy Wars as Metaphor, Holy Wars as RitualChapter 2: Holy Wars of Conquest in the Name of a DeityChapter 3: Holy Wars in Defense of the SacredChapter 4: Holy Wars in Anticipation of the Millennium Epilogue: Holy Wars Today and Tomorrow Also included are a description of the Critical Themes in World History series, Preface, index, and suggestions for further reading.
Download or read book Acid Christ written by Mark Christensen and published by IPG. This book was released on 2010 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the literary wonder boy to the countercultural guru whose cross-country bus trip inspired The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, this candid biography chronicles the life and times of cultural icon Ken Kesey from the 1960s through the 1980s. Presenting an incisive analysis of the author who described himself as "too young to be a beatnik, and too old to be a hippie," this account conducts a mesmerizing journey from the perspective of Mark Christensen, an eventual member of the Kesey "flock." Featuring interviews with those within his inner circle, this exploration reveals the bestselling author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in his many forms, placing him within the framework of his time, his generation, and the zeitgeist of the psychedelic era.
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Book Synopsis The Little Minister by : Michael J. O'Hara
Download or read book The Little Minister written by Michael J. O'Hara and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Michael J. O’Hara provides a heart-wrenching probe into the mind of a nine-year-old child. The boy must navigate his way through the loss of his mother and the Christian family he has just met, while coming to grips with the spirit to serve God. The Little Minister: Part 1 is a family relationships book set mainly in a church, with a man child coming of age both spiritually and physically. This back-and-forth journey into the history of the characters shows just how much history repeats itself.
Book Synopsis Mysticism in the Theater by : Tom Block
Download or read book Mysticism in the Theater written by Tom Block and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mysticism in the Theater introduces theater makers to the power and possibility of using historical mystical ideas to influence all aspects of a production. Historical mysticism represents ideas developed by recognized spiritual thinkers in all religions and time periods: individuals who stilled their ego, and perceived the unity of all, hidden within the apparent multiplicity of existence. This unique manner of spiritual inlay allows theatrical presentations to find the height of artistic expression: art at the intersection of our historical moment and the eternal. This study introduces theater makers to the history of mystical inspiration within performance work and develops strategies for inserting mystical ideas into their productions. The book ties this model into theatre’s history, as mystical ideas and quotes have been inserted into productions from Greek theatre through Shakespeare and into the present day. This book explores how teachings and ideas of specific historical mystical thinkers might influence all aspects of contemporary theatrical productions including writing, directing, acting, stagecraft/set design, lighting design, costume design, sound design, and choreography.
Book Synopsis Subject to Debate by : Katha Pollitt
Download or read book Subject to Debate written by Katha Pollitt and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2001-02-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subject to Debate, Katha Pollitt's column in The Nation, has offered readers clear-eyed yet provocative observations on women, politics, and culture for more than seven years. Bringing together eighty-eight of her most astute essays on hot-button topics like abortion, affirmative action, and school vouchers, this selection displays the full range of her indefatigable wit and brilliance. Her stirring new Introduction offers a seasoned critique of feminism at the millennium and is a clarion call for renewed activism against social injustice.
Book Synopsis NIV, Voices of Faith Devotional Bible by : Zondervan,
Download or read book NIV, Voices of Faith Devotional Bible written by Zondervan, and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 3429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NIV Voices of Faith Devotional Bible combines Scriptural insights from both the past and present to reveal God’s truth for your life today. Writers such as C.S. Lewis and Eugene Peterson, Oswald Chambers and Joni Eareckson Tada, St. Augustine and Brennan Manning, Thomas à Kempis and Dallas Willard—voices from yesterday and voices from today—join together to address a topic for a timeless and relevant devotional experience every day.
Download or read book Cease Fire written by Tom Sine and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1996-12-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. Three abortion doctors and eight aides are gunned down and six are killed. More than 150 abortion clinics are firebombed. A church is vandalized by gay prostitutes. A pro-choice activist calls for "massive militant action" against anti-abortionists. In Cease Fire Tom Sine takes up the concerns of millions of Christians -- evangelical and mainline Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox -- who feel uneasy with some of the excesses of the politically correct left but who recoil at the stance taken by Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Ralph Reed and the Christian Coalition that the extreme religious right, with its quest for political power, is the only place to turn. Sine looks at the tactics and agendas of extremists on both sides and asks what society would look like if their particular visions were to win out. He then argues that the positions of the religious right and of the left are not the only available choices. The Bible offers a third choice, God's "better way" -- a biblical center represented by neither right nor left in the current debate. Cease Fire is written to enable readers to understand why America's culture wars are so adversarial, polarizing, and increasingly violent; to anticipate which side is likely to gain the upper hand in these contentious conflicts and how it is likely to shape our common future; and to offer a third way -- a radical biblical alternative to the political ideologies of the religious right and the left -- for those searching for a new place to stand in a new millennium.
Book Synopsis The Unquenchable Worshipper by : Matt Redman
Download or read book The Unquenchable Worshipper written by Matt Redman and published by Gospel Light Publications. This book was released on 2001-09-11 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Unquenchable Worshipper issues a passionate call for a return to an unadulterated, first-love lifestyle of worship. In his first book release, respected worship leader and songwriter Matt Redman writes: "The revelation of God is the fuel for the fire of our worship. And there is always more fuel for the fire. When we open the eyes of our heart, God’s revelation comes flying at us from so many different angles." Open the eyes of your heart and let the gut-level message of The Unquenchable Worshipper cause you, like martyred missionary Jim Elliot, to say, "Saturate me with the oil of Thy Spirit, that I may be aflame. Make me Thy fuel O flame of God." It’s time to dive into the heart of worship—will you take the plunge?
Book Synopsis Christianity without God by : Daniel C. Maguire
Download or read book Christianity without God written by Daniel C. Maguire and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that Christianity does not require its supernatural aspects. Christianity without an omnipotent god, without a divine savior, without an afterlife? In this bold and hopeful book, theologian Daniel C. Maguire writes that traditional, supernatural aspects of Christianity can be comforting, but are increasingly questionable. A century of scholarly research has not been supportive of the dogmatic triad of personal god, incarnate savior, and life after death. Demonstrating that these beliefs have questionable roots in historical traditions, Maguire argues for a return to that brilliant and revolutionary moral epic of the Hebrew and Christian Bible. Rescued from god, Christianity can offer a realistic global ethic to heal a planet sinking under the effects of our ungrateful mismanagement. Once again Dan Maguires new book is at the cutting edge. Passionate, yet crystal clear, Christianity without God distills the essential Christian message from the mythological and theological accretions that have distorted it. Its a message we need today, more than ever. David R. Loy, author of Awareness Bound and Unbound: Buddhist Essays For many of us, Maguires book will be a kind of homecoming. Someone, at last, has had the courage to write what so many of us have been thinking. John C. Raines, author of The Justice Men Owe Women: Positive Resources from World Religions With immense learning and considerable charm, Daniel Maguire evokes a Christianity freed from dogma, literalism, self-righteousness, and terror. Believers and skeptics alike can delight in whats left: poetry, morality, a sense of awe and wonder. In a word, humanity. Katha Pollitt, author of The Mind-Body Problem: Poems
Download or read book Alpha written by SM Reine and published by Red Iris Books. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No longer an Omega, Deirdre Tombs has found her animal. She only had to die and rise from her own ashes to discover it. And she’s returned with a purpose. For the first time in history, the role of Alpha is up for election. If Everton Stark took charge, he would disband the ruthless government organization that has made life miserable for shifters like Deirdre. One problem: Stark doesn’t want to run. He only wants vengeance against his wife, Rhiannon, who killed many of his followers and stole the Ethereal Blade. While Stark is focused on revenge, Rhiannon is focused on winning the election for Alpha. Victory means tearing the Winter Court apart with civil war. It means riots. It means unleashing a deadly unseelie assassin that devours souls. Anything to get her dragon shifter mate in power…with Rhiannon at his side.
Book Synopsis Somebody's Sinning in My Bed by : Pat G'Orge-Walker
Download or read book Somebody's Sinning in My Bed written by Pat G'Orge-Walker and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wickedly funny, uplifting novel of love and betrayal. . .good karma and bad karma. . .sin and redemption. . . Chyna and her sister, Janelle, are always moments away from a catfight. They love each other, but Janelle has never forgiven her sister for swiping her first love, Cordell. That was ages ago, and now Chyna is showing off as the First Lady of New Hope Assembly, a church caught between the old ways of Holiness and new ways of serving its community. New Hope's leader, Reverend Grayson Young, is also caught--in the infamous Sweet Bush lounge, an establishment well-known for adult pleasures. . . With the church congregation running wild in the aftermath of her husband's scandalous behavior, Chyna turns to Janelle for guidance. But if Chyna thinks she's getting sympathy, she'd better think again, because Janelle's got her own crisis. And when Cordell suddenly reappears in their lives, what follows are squabbling, chaos, and surprises that show just how hard the road to salvation really is. "Filled with characters that jump off the page. . . . Pat G'Orge-Walker has a way of showing us our flaws in a humorous manner." --Shelia M. Goss, author of Delilah
Book Synopsis When Dreams Come True by : Eric Ludy
Download or read book When Dreams Come True written by Eric Ludy and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2004-01-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This daringly real, intensely moving love story gives vision and hope to everyone in search of a love worth waiting for. In their bestseller When God Writes Your Love Story, Eric and Leslie Ludy described the breathtaking perfection of God's plans for each young person and offered fresh guidelines for being Christlike in relationships with the opposite sex. When Dreams Come True shares the Ludys' personal story, illustrating how they lived out the principles of the first book in their own romance and marriage. Includes an all-new chapter from Eric Ludy, "What Happened Next?" “I had a God who knew my every desire. He also knew how I would fall. And yet He was waiting on the other side of my failure and my shattered dreams with some dreams of His own...” Here’s hope for anyone in search of a love worth waiting for. From the bestselling authors of When God Writes Your Love Story comes this daringly real, true-life account of Eric and Leslie Ludy’s own journey through the struggles and triumphs of a God-written romance. Story Behind the Book Eric and Leslie Ludy know that most young people today have never seen a successful, Christ-centered relationship modeled, and believe that “happily ever after” is a thing of the past. The Ludy’s wrote When Dreams Come True to offer their own example of a God-written love story, providing the vision for that “something better” that so many young people have never seen.
Book Synopsis Intrepedda Series: Kumlani by : Autumn
Download or read book Intrepedda Series: Kumlani written by Autumn and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mortina, a young girl, and her talking Rottweiler, Gabe, unknowingly, become mere victims of a practical joke played on them by the fairy-like creatures called Snippets. They wind up on the Island of Kumlani in fantasy world of Intrepedda. She and her dog enter the be...autiful, yet dangerous island where they are attacked by more Snippets, all packing weapons. She and her dog befriend these vicious little women and get introduced to King Tazahzar and his group of fierce looking Gargryphons when the travel to Castle Yelrah Nos Divada. She falls in love with her new friends and her new found paradise. BUT. Turmoil happens when Mortinas curiosity takes her to the shore where she meets the dwarf-like creatures, the Maramids. While out in the ocean, she enjoys the ride on a Maramids back but the huge and very scary loch ness monster, Heathusala, torments them relentlessly, bringing their little game of water ball to a drastic end. Mortina gets separated from the group and winds up, alone, on the center Island where she gets kidnapped by two of the evil Pig King, Alvator Sinsissero, men. She becomes his prisoner and is to be stuffed away in a cell in the cruel harsh Island of Draxxonia, forever. Yet, the race is on to rescue Mortina, for she and her dog must be sent back to earth. Intrepedda is no place for a human child."
Download or read book Let's Go Mad written by Rob Binkley and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In my madness I bought the ticket. I took the ride. I needed to live. I needed to suffer. I had to go.” —Rob Binkley Rob Binkley is a young Silicon Valley entrepreneur who has it all at twenty-seven: a thriving business, beautiful girlfriend, and great life. But something is missing. Despite his success, Rob fantasizes about shedding the shackles of his American Dream to live wild and free like his hero Hunter S. Thompson. As Rob’s world begins to fall apart, a visit from his Zen madman of a best friend, Brian, convinces him to hatch an escape plan and follow his bliss for authentic life experiences. Will he find the meaning of life while backpacking through twenty-three countries, or will he and Brian go mad wallowing in the extreme debauchery the world has to offer? A tribute to gonzo beat literature, Let’s Go Mad is the amazing true story of their year abroad backpacking across the globe on a sideways search in all the wrong places, with all the wrong people, at all the wrong times. After Brian’s lust for life inspires Rob to embrace his inner lunatic, pushing the limits of sanity (and their friendship) into one merry blur—they come to realize there’s more to life than mere mad experience. They must have a “personal renaissance” or die trying.
Book Synopsis Don't Blame the Devil by : Pat G'Orge-Walker
Download or read book Don't Blame the Devil written by Pat G'Orge-Walker and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An "Essence"-bestselling author spins a hilarious, inspiring novel of mistakes and second chances, heartache and love, sin and salvation--with an appearance by the beloved Sister Betty.
