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Book Synopsis Ascetic Piety and Women's Faith by : Elizabeth Ann Clark
Download or read book Ascetic Piety and Women's Faith written by Elizabeth Ann Clark and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This prize-winning text treats the subject of women in the context of the early Christian world, discussing ascetic renunciation and feminine advancement, female monasticism, and patristic exegesis of the story of Eve and Adam and the Song of Songs.
Book Synopsis Law and Piety in Medieval Islam by : Megan H. Reid
Download or read book Law and Piety in Medieval Islam written by Megan H. Reid and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ayyubid and Mamluk periods were two of the most intellectually vibrant in Islamic history. Megan H. Reid's book, which traverses three centuries from 1170 to 1500, recovers the stories of medieval men and women who were renowned not only for their intellectual prowess but also for their devotional piety. Through these stories, the book examines trends in voluntary religious practice that have been largely overlooked in modern scholarship. This type of piety was distinguished by the pursuit of God's favor through additional rituals, which emphasized the body as an instrument of worship, and through the rejection of worldly pleasures, and even society itself. Using an array of sources including manuals of law, fatwa collections, chronicles, and obituaries, the book shows what it meant to be a good Muslim in the medieval period and how Islamic law helped to define holy behavior. In its concentration on personal piety, ritual, and ethics the book offers an intimate perspective on medieval Islamic society.
Book Synopsis Grounded in Heaven by : Michael Allen
Download or read book Grounded in Heaven written by Michael Allen and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eschatology and ethics are joined at the hip, says Michael Allen, and both need theocentric reorientation. In Grounded in Heaven Allen retrieves the traditional concept of the beatific vision and seeks to bring Christ back into the heart of our theology and our lives on earth. Responding to the earthly-mindedness of much recent theology, Allen places his focus on God and the heavenly future while also appreciating ways in which the Reformed tradition provides a unique angle on broadly catholic concerns. Reaching back to classical ethics as well as its reformation by Calvin and other Reformed theologians, Grounded in Heaven offers a distinctly Protestant account of the ascetical calling to be heavenly-minded and to deny one’s self.
Book Synopsis Way of the Ascetics by : Tito Colliander
Download or read book Way of the Ascetics written by Tito Colliander and published by St Vladimir's Seminary Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Way of the Ascetics is a rich, compact introduction for modern readers to the Eastern Christian spiritual tradition that has been an inspiration to millions for centuries. These compassionate and insightful reflections on self-control and inner peace are meant to lead the readers to fuller union with God. The author makes a generous selection of succinct yet profound extracts from the spiritual Fathers and provides an illuminating commentary and practical applications for daily devotion. He tempers austerity with common sense, warmth, and even humor, as he urges us on our journey toward God. Written for lay persons living fully in the world as much as for clergy, Way of the Ascetics is an excellent resource for daily meditation, authentic spiritual guidance, and a revitalized religious life."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Book Synopsis Primitive Piety: A Journey from Suburban Mediocrity to Passionate Christianity by : Ian Stackhouse
Download or read book Primitive Piety: A Journey from Suburban Mediocrity to Passionate Christianity written by Ian Stackhouse and published by Authentic Media Inc. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Primitive Piety Ian Stackhouse takes us on a journey away from the safe world of suburban piety, with its stress on moderation and politeness, and into the extreme and paradoxical world of biblical faith. As someone who has pastored churches in suburbia for the last twenty years, the author is convinced that so much that passes off as Christian faith falls short of the radicalism or primitivism that we see in the pages of scripture: a primitivism that includes honest lament, dogged prayer, raw emotions and heart-felt desire. In a culture in which there is every danger that we all look the same and speak the same, Stackhouse argues for a more gritty kind of faith - one that celebrates the oddity of the gospel, the eccentricity of the saints, and the utter uniqueness of each and every church.
Download or read book Paul written by Calvin J. Roetzel and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of Biblical Archaeology Society Award - Best New Testament Book "We are left to construct a portrait of Paul with only scraps of what was once a large and imposing canvas - a small collection of letters and a historical narrative written a generation after his death. This reconstruction focuses on important parts of the image that usually fall in the shadows, parts dealing with Paul's sexual asceticism, his preoccupation with holiness - holy Spirit, holy community, and holy ethos - the evolution of his theology, and his emergence as a legendary figure. Although I have tried to follow the strict rules of historical investigation, of necessity much guesswork is involved in any exploration of Paul's life... All of these efforts are attempts to deal with the gaps in the text, understood in the broadest sense to include not just Paul's written words but also the culture, social world, and political realities surrounding them. - From the Introduction
Book Synopsis Mores Catholici, Or, Ages of Faith by : Kenelm Henry Digby
Download or read book Mores Catholici, Or, Ages of Faith written by Kenelm Henry Digby and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises; Select Homilies and Letters; Homilies on the Statutes by : Saint Chrysostom
Download or read book On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises; Select Homilies and Letters; Homilies on the Statutes written by Saint Chrysostom and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Travels of John Heckewelder in Frontier America by : Paul A. Wallace
Download or read book The Travels of John Heckewelder in Frontier America written by Paul A. Wallace and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul A. Wallace gathers the diaries and journals of John Heckewelder to prepare this engrossing account of a man who traveled extensively in the Western frontier in the service of the Moravian Church and the United States government, and recorded a great deal of early American history along the way. Heckewelder also lived among the Indians for nearly sixty years, learning their languages, sharing their activities, and wrote vividly of his life with them. Between 1762 and 1813 he crossed the Allegheny Mountains thirty times and made numerous trips down the Ohio River as far south as Kentucky, and along the Great Lakes to Detroit. Heckewelder tells of the first great migration of whites into the West, and also wrote of the early settlements in many important cities, including Detroit, Louisville, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Schenectady and Albany.
Book Synopsis Spiritual Wayfarers, Leaders in Piety by : Daphna Ephrat
Download or read book Spiritual Wayfarers, Leaders in Piety written by Daphna Ephrat and published by Harvard CMES. This book was released on 2008 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents the first continuous history of Sufism in Palestine. Covering the period between the rise of Islam and the spread of Ottoman rule and drawing on vast biographical material and complementary evidence, the book describes the social trajectory that Sufism followed. The narrative centers on the process by which ascetics, mystics, and holy figures living in medieval Palestine and collectively labeled "Sufis," disseminated their traditions, formed communities, and helped shape an Islamic society and space. The work makes an original contribution to the study of the diffusion of Islam's religious traditions and the formation of communities of believers in medieval Palestine, as well as the Islamization of Palestinian landscape and the spread of popular religiosity in this area. The study of the area-specific is placed within the broader context of the history of Sufism, and the book is laced with observations about the historical social dimensions of Islamic mysticism in general. Central to its subject matters are the diffusion of Sufi traditions, the extension of the social horizons of Sufism, and the emergence of institutions and public spaces around the Sufi friend of God. As such, the book is of interest to historians in the fields of Sufism, Islam, and the Near East.
Download or read book Islamic Prayers written by and published by Sohale Sizar. This book was released on with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Revolutions in English History by : Robert Vaughan
Download or read book Revolutions in English History written by Robert Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Revolutions of race by : Robert Vaughan
Download or read book Revolutions of race written by Robert Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Revolution in English History by : Robert VAUGHAN
Download or read book Revolution in English History written by Robert VAUGHAN and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Imam Ahmad Ibn-Hanbal by : Dr. Tareq Al Suwaidan
Download or read book Imam Ahmad Ibn-Hanbal written by Dr. Tareq Al Suwaidan and published by الابداع الفكري. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Since the honorable Imam Ahmad Ibn-Hanbal is the fourth of the Imams following the Prophet (pbuh), we have dedicated this book to inform about his great character, the character of a man who has many merits from those of the companions of the Prophet (pbuh). Our talk about Imam Ahmad includes all the stages of his life. Since his early childhood, to his young adulthood, his youth and finally adulthood, which all helped in directing him towards being an Imam of Sunnah (Sunnah: The Prophet’s tradition and life-style) till he became an Imam of Fiqh (Fiqh: Islamic Jurisprudence.)”
Book Synopsis Mores Catholici: Books I-IV by : Kenelm Henry Digby
Download or read book Mores Catholici: Books I-IV written by Kenelm Henry Digby and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Ascetic Spirituality of Juan de Ávila (1499-1569) by : Rady Roldán-Figueroa
Download or read book The Ascetic Spirituality of Juan de Ávila (1499-1569) written by Rady Roldán-Figueroa and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juan de Ávila (1499-1569) was one of the most significant exponents of Spanish Golden Age spirituality. His work throughout Andalusia gave rise to the school of Avilista spirituality, a spirituality adopted by both lay men and women as well as secular and regular members of the clergy who were inspired by his stress on moral and spiritual formation and were bound together by the observance of a rigorous program of spiritual discipline. Scholars have increasingly identified him as the author of a distinctively judeoconverso spirituality. Currently, however, there are no comprehensive studies of his spirituality that seriously take into account his judeoconverso background. The present work seeks to analyze his ascetic spirituality and place it against its proper early-modern Spanish context.
