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Total Pages : 824 pages
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Download or read book The New Englander written by and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134499698
Total Pages : 921 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements written by Peter Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Religious Movements (NRMs) can involve vast numbers of followers and in many cases are radically changing the way people understand and practice religion and spirituality. Moreover, many are having a profound impact on the form and content of mainstream religion. The Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements provides uniquely global coverage of the phenomenon, with entries on over three-hundred movement from almost every country in the world. Coverage includes movements that derive from the major religions of the world and to neo-traditional movements, movements often overlooked in the study of NRMs. In addition to the coverage of particular movements there are also entries on topics, themes, key thinkers and key ideas, for example the New Age Movement, Neo-Paganism, New Religion and gender, NRMs and cyberspace, NRMs and the law, the Anti-Cult Movement, Swedenborg, Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, Lovelock, Gurdjieff, al-Banna, Qutb. The marked global approach and comprehensiveness of the encyclopedia enable an appreciation of the innovative energy of NRMs, of their extraordinary diversity, and the often surprising ways in which they can propagate geographically. The most ambitions publication of its sort, the Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements is a major addition to the reference literature for students and researchers of the field in religious studies and the social sciences. Entries are cross-referenced with short bibliographies for further reading. There is a full index.
Author : Francois J. Bonnet
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1916405223
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (164 download)
Download or read book The Order of Sounds written by Francois J. Bonnet and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of the subtlety, complexity, and variety of modes of hearing maps out a “sonorous archipelago”—a heterogeneous set of shifting sonic territories shaped by the vicissitudes of desire and discourse. Profoundly intimate yet immediately giving onto distant spaces, both an “organ of fear” and an echo chamber of anticipated pleasures, an uncontrollable flow subject to unconscious selection and augmentation, the subtlety, complexity, and variety of modes of hearing has meant that sound has rarely received the same philosophical attention as the visual. In The Order of Sounds, François J. Bonnet makes a compelling case for the irreducible heterogeneity of “sound,” navigating between the physical models constructed by psychophysics and refined through recording technologies, and the synthetic production of what is heard. From primitive vigilance and sonic mythologies to digital sampling and sound installations, he examines the ways in which we make sound speak to us, in an analysis of listening as a plurivocal phenomenon drawing on Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Barthes, Nancy, Adorno, and de Certeau, and experimental pioneers such as Tesla, Bell, and Raudive. Stringent critiques of the “soundscape” and “reduced listening” demonstrate that univocal ontologies of sound are always partial and politicized; for listening is always a selective fetishism, a hallucination of sound filtered by desire and convention, territorialized by discourse and its authorities. Bonnet proposes neither a disciplined listening that targets sound “itself,” nor an “ocean of sound” in which we might lose ourselves, but instead maps out a sonorous archipelago—a heterogeneous set of shifting sonic territories shaped and aggregated by the vicissitudes of desire and discourse.
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Total Pages : 1230 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Theosophist written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Irène Deliège
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135422680
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)
Download or read book Musical Creativity written by Irène Deliège and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2006-10-16 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection initiates a resolutely interdisciplinary research dynamic specifically concerning musical creativity. Creativity is one of the most challenging issues currently facing scientific psychology and its study has been relatively rare in the cognitive sciences, especially in artificial intelligence. This book will address the need for a coherent and thorough exploration. Musical Creativity: Multidisciplinary Research in Theory and Practice comprises seven sections, each viewing musical creativity from a different scientific vantage point, from the philosophy of computer modelling, through music education, interpretation, neuroscience, and music therapy, to experimental psychology. Each section contains discussions by eminent international specialists of the issues raised, and the book concludes with a postlude discussing how we can understand creativity in the work of eminent composer, Jonathan Harvey. This unique volume presents an up-to-date snapshot of the scientific study of musical creativity, in conjunction with ESCOM (the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music). Describing many of the different aspects of musical creativity and their study, it will form a useful springboard for further such study in future years, and will be of interest to academics and practitioners in music, psychology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, neuroscience and other fields concerning the study of human cognition in this most human of behaviours.
Author : Edward Royall Tyler
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Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book New Englander and Yale Review written by Edward Royall Tyler and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy E. Berg
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438480504
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Since 1948 written by Nancy E. Berg and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2021 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Toward the end of the twentieth century, an unprecedented surge of writing altered the Israeli literary scene in profound ways. As fresh creative voices and multiple languages vied for recognition, diversity replaced consensus. Genres once accorded lower status—such as the graphic novel and science fiction—gained readership and positive critical notice. These trends ushered in not only the discovery and recovery of literary works but also a major rethinking of literary history. In Since 1948, scholars consider how recent voices have succeeded older ones and reverberated in concert with them; how linguistic and geographical boundaries have blurred; how genres have shifted; and how canon and competition have shaped Israeli culture. Charting surprising trajectories of a vibrant, challenging, and dynamic literature, the contributors analyze texts composed in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Arabic; by Jews and non-Jews; and by Israelis abroad as well as writers in Israel. What emerges is a portrait of Israeli literature as neither minor nor regional, but rather as transnational, multilingual, and worthy of international attention.
Author : Jennifer San Filippo
Publisher : Jennifer San Filippo
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Total Pages : 110 pages
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Download or read book We Interrupt This Program written by Jennifer San Filippo and published by Jennifer San Filippo. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eloise has decided: people need to know about the Inflicted. Despite warnings from Teo and the others, she knows it isn't right to keep such a dangerous thing a secret. But when inexplicable events threaten the lives of Eloise and her coworkers, she must come to grips with what's really at stake.
Author : Shana Congrove
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1984531700
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (845 download)
Download or read book Sins of Chaos written by Shana Congrove and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Breedline species—a race of humans born with special powers and the gift to change into wolf form—finally destroy Dr. Hubert Crane and his unholy creation of Breedline hybrids, they are faced with something far more dangerous . . . and deadly. When widespread reports of gruesome attacks on homeless victims sweep across Berkeley, California, and the San Francisco Bay area, two local human detectives are desperate to catch whomever is responsible for the disturbing and heinous crimes. But they are not prepared for what they discovered and find themselves powerless when they encounter three malevolent supernatural beings called the Fury. Abbey, desperate to keep her she-wolf at bay, has been on the run from ruthless scientists—backed by wealthy and dangerous prospects dealing in drug and human sex trafficking—who will stop at nothing to use her to locate her beloved Steven for his unique abilities of healing. With the help of the Breedline species and a group of highly trained soldiers whose unique skills go beyond the norm, the human race finds hope of surviving the dangers that are fast closing in. But will the combined forces be powerful enough to save them? While war wages on, Sebastian continues to suffer Lucifer’s curse—trapped in a coma and forced to face the forgotten trauma of his childhood. And the only way to awaken from his hellish nightmare, Sebastian must hand over his son Arius to the dark side.
Author : Gerard Noel
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1847063551
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Pius XII written by Gerard Noel and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noel has produced an extraordinary interpretation of the exercise of power and the psychological mechanisms behind it.
Author : Jennifer Forestal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000283461
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Wives of Western Philosophy written by Jennifer Forestal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-16 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wives of Western Philosophy examines the lives and experiences of the wives and women associated with nine distinct political thinkers—from Socrates to Marx—in order to explore the gendered patterns of intellectual labor that permeate the foundations of Western political thought. Organized chronologically and representative of three eras in the history of political thought (Ancient, Early Modern, and Modern), nine critical biographical chapters explore the everyday acts of intellectual labor and partnership involving these "wives of the canon." Taking seriously their narratives as intimate partners reveals that wives have labored in remarkable ways throughout the history of political thought. In some cases, their labors mark the conceptual boundaries of political life; in others, they serve as uncredited resources for the production of political ideas. In all instances, however, these wives and intimates are pushed to the margins of the history of political thought. The Wives of Western Philosophy brings these women to the center of scholarly interest. In so doing, it provides new insights into the intellectual biographies of some of the most famed men in political theory while also raising important questions about the gendered politics of intellectual labor which shape our receptions of canonical texts and thinkers, and which sustain the academy even today.
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Total Pages : 956 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Archives of Internal Medicine written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ajayan Borys
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1608681548
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Effortless Mind written by Ajayan Borys and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2013 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginners and long-term meditators alike will appreciate Ajayan Borys's counterintuitive teaching that one needn't control the mind to experience the benefits of meditation. Instead, as with falling asleep, ease is essential. Effort fuels accomplishment in the world of action, but in the realm of meditation, struggle blocks success. And just as dreams are a natural part of restful sleep, thoughts during meditation are no obstacle to receiving wonderful, revitalizing results.With clear, user-friendly instruction, Ajayan presents classic techniques that can empower even beginners to experience deep, effective meditation and can help veterans go deeper. Offering eye-opening insights about finding growth and bliss in everyday life, 'Effortless Mind' is filled with the practical and inspirational wisdom of a consummate teacher.
Author : Allan J. Janssen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802805942
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Gathered at Albany written by Allan J. Janssen and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superbly researched volume that tells the story of the Classis of Albany, New York, from its beginning in 1771 up to 1979. Janssen's account of this historically significant local judicatory in the RCA shows that a classis can take bold and daring initiatives to effect change in both church and society. His work offers a creative and promising new model for local Reformed church historiography.
Author : Michelle Sagara
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 1488096562
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Cast in Oblivion written by Michelle Sagara and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: POLITICS ARE HELL Kaylin wasn’t sent to the West March to start a war. Her mission to bring back nine Barrani might do just that, though. She traveled with a Dragon, and her presence is perceived as an act of aggression in the extremely hostile world of Barrani-Dragon politics. Internal Barrani politics are no less deadly, and Kaylin has managed—barely—to help the rescued Barrani evade both death and captivity at the hands of the Consort. Before the unplanned “visit” to the West March, Kaylin invited the Consort to dinner. For obvious reasons, Kaylin wants to cancel dinner—forever. But the Consort is going to show up at the front door at the agreed-upon time. The fact that she tried to imprison Kaylin’s guests doesn’t matter at all…to her. A private Barrani Hell, built of Shadow and malice, exists beneath the High Halls. It is the High Court’s duty to jail the creature at its heart—even if it means that Barrani victims are locked in the cage with it. The Consort is willing to do almost anything to free the trapped and end their eternal torment. And she needs the help of Kaylin’s houseguests—and Kaylin herself. Failure won’t be death—it will be Hell. And that’s where Kaylin is going.
Author : Maya Mayblin
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 1531509118
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Vote of Faith written by Maya Mayblin and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2024-12-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly cinematic and compelling look at priest-politicians in Brazil and their religious and secular entanglements What does desire have to reveal about the nature of power? Through a detailed focus on the lives and loves of Catholic priests as they enter the profane world of party politics, Maya Mayblin explores the complex intersection of democracy, patriarchy, and religiosity in Brazil. For over a hundred years, Catholic priests have been running for government office, challenging Brazil’s constitutional separation of church and state and its self-image as a modern, secular nation. Priests find themselves walking a tightrope between religious and secular demands in one of Brazil’s poorest regions. Vote of Faith is a beautifully crafted ethnography based upon decades of fieldwork that tells the story of the ambiguous and frequently transgressive relationship between Catholicism and state governance, a relationship ultimately mediated by kinship, gender, and sexuality. For the protagonists of Vote of Faith, democracy becomes a sphere in which divine will and human ambition compete with one another, a tension embedded in the vernacular concept of faith. In the Brazilian context, faith signifies a complex set of assumptions about the nature of the world, assumptions derived not just from Christianity, but also from Afro-Brazilian and secular ideas about power, causation, and human agency. In combining ethnographic, theological, and feminist perspectives, Vote of Faith places desiring bodies at the very heart of Catholicism’s complex connection to multiple forms of power and offers provocative new angles on the question of the secular. The first work by an anthropologist to explore the unique phenomenon of the mayor-priest, this book offers an essential new angle on emerging debates about secularity as the condition of separation of the religious from the political. Brimming with originality, Vote of Faith is required reading for those interested in the gendered and sexual dimensions of the secular, the plasticity of religion, and the fundamental nature of the world’s largest religious institution.
Author : Jeffrey J. Kripal
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226453774
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Kali's Child written by Jeffrey J. Kripal and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholar Jeffrey J. Kripal explores the life and teachings of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a 19th-century Bengali saint who played a major role in the creation of modern Hinduism. The work is now marked by both critical acclaim and cross-cultural controversy. In a substantial new Preface to this second edition, Kripal answers his critics and addresses the controversy.
