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Book Synopsis Religious Epiphanies Across Traditions and Cultures by : James Kellenberger
Download or read book Religious Epiphanies Across Traditions and Cultures written by James Kellenberger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores religious epiphanies in which there is the appearance of God, a god or a goddess, or a manifestation of the divine or religious reality as received in human experience. Drawing upon the scriptures of various traditions, ancillary religious writings, psychological and anthropological studies, as well as reports of epiphanic experiences, the book presents and examines epiphanies as they have occurred across global religious traditions and cultures, historically and up to the present day. Primarily providing a study of the great range of epiphanies in their phenomenal presentation, Kellenberger also explores issues that arise for epiphanies, such as the matter of their veridicality (whether they are truly of or from the divine) and the question of whether all epiphanies are of the same religious reality.
Book Synopsis Religious Revelation by : James Kellenberger
Download or read book Religious Revelation written by James Kellenberger and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses several dimensions of religious revelation. These include its occurrence in various religious traditions, its different forms, its elaborations, how it has been understood by Western theologians, and differing views of revelation’s ontological status. It has been remarked that revelation is most at home in theistic traditions, and this book gives each of the three Abrahamic traditions – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – its own chapter. Revelation, however, is not limited to theistic traditions; forms found in Buddhism and nondevotional (nontheistic) Hinduism are also explored. In the book’s final chapter a particularly significant form of religious revelation is identified and examined: pervasive revelation. The theistic manifestation of this form of revelation, pervasive in the sense that it may occurs in all the domains or dimensions of human existence, is shown to be richly represented in the Psalms, where God’s presence may be found in the heavens, in the growing of grass, and in one’s daily going out and coming in. Pervasive revelation of religious reality is also shown to be present in the Buddhist tradition.
Book Synopsis The Holy Sh!t Moment by : James Fell
Download or read book The Holy Sh!t Moment written by James Fell and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivation expert James Fell teaches readers how to skip the hard part and go directly from intention to committed action. After years of helping people change, James Fell had a sudden insight about sudden insight: significant life change doesn’t often come from just putting one foot in front of the other, carefully observing and altering habits, slogging through baby steps toward new behavior. Rather, the research reveals that serious life turnaround usually happens in a moment, with a flash of inspiration. Epiphany arrives like a lightning strike, rapidly shifting the recipient of such enlightenment onto a new path that creates a better life. Motivational psychology has traditionally focused on slow and steady—gradual improvement over time to reach a desired goal, whether it’s weight loss, career change, battling addiction, or success in relationships. We’ve been told since toddlerhood that the tortoise beats the hare. But, through compelling science and powerful stories, James Fell shows us that the hare has the edge; overwhelming desire can be awakened fast and furiously. When you learn to become attuned to that sensation of sudden awakening, a new path can be followed almost effortlessly, because it feels like destiny. Everyone has the ability to experience the lightning strike. The Holy Sh!t Moment will teach you how to create a life-changing epiphany and go directly from intention to action.
Book Synopsis American Druidry by : Kimberly Kirner
Download or read book American Druidry written by Kimberly Kirner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approaching Druidry as an emerging religious movement that offers an alternative to the mainstream materialist, consumerist culture of the United States, Kimberly Kirner analyses her own life as a Druid through the lens of her profession as a cultural anthropologist. Interweaving lively stories of her life as a Druid with accessible analytical essays drawing from an unusual array of literature from the anthropology of religion, the anthropology of consciousness, organizational anthropology, cognitive anthropology, and ethnoecology, she leads the reader into an experiential and conceptual understanding of Druidry as a way of life and as a contemporary Western new religious movement that challenges Christo-centric definitions of religion. Reflecting on three domains of the Druidic life, the author describes the Druidic worldview (place, time, and the body), community (relational spirituality), and vocation (ethics and action). These descriptions are punctuated with reflective essays that question the boundaries and nature of religion as it is generally understood in the Western world by examining how Druidry might be understood using concepts more appropriate to Druids' conceptualizations of themselves.
Book Synopsis Psychology and Culture by : Lisa Vaughn
Download or read book Psychology and Culture written by Lisa Vaughn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing globalization of society is causing shifts in social, linguistic, religious, and other cultural differences, which may increase the potential for misunderstandings in communication, the workplace, health care, and education. The new second edition of Psychology and Culture provides an up-to-date overview of the cultural dimensions of psychology and the application to everyday settings. Vaughn presents a description of how thinking and behaviour are influenced by sociocultural context. Areas of focus include the basis of culture; research in psychology and culture; identity; human development; intercultural interactions; and basic psychological processes. The text explores a broader definition of culture which includes social dimensions, such as gender, religion, and socioeconomic status, and provides practical models to improve intercultural relations, intercultural communication, and cultural competency in education, organizations, relationships, and health. Written in a reader-friendly style, the text covers a broad range of topics with numerous examples across cultures to make the content come to life. The book covers transdisciplinary content in psychology and culture that will be of interest not only to psychologists interested in cultural issues and to scholars in related disciplines, but also to a more general audience seeking information on questions of cultural humility, globalization, multiple identities, social ecological processes, immigration, acculturation, and related topics.
Book Synopsis The Dynamic of Play and Horror in Adorno's Philosophy by : Bence Józsua Kun
Download or read book The Dynamic of Play and Horror in Adorno's Philosophy written by Bence Józsua Kun and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before Wittgenstein drew attention to its complexities, the concept of play had captured the interest of theorists for millennia. How do games contribute to our knowledge of the world? Wherein lies their universal appeal? Play is usually associated with a certain blitheness and buoyancy - could it nevertheless be argued that playfulness is not quite as innocent as it might seem? Bence Kun draws on Adorno's writings to explore the relation between philosophical play (understood here as imaginative thought as well as experimental expression) and an experience of dread Adorno links to children's first encounter with death. By investigating his less familiar works, some of which have not yet been translated, Kun challenges the received view on Adorno's approach to metaphysics, the role of systematic inquiry and the modern condition. As he has Adorno say, the originary impression of shock at the heart of philosophical reflection can only be fully apprehended through an open-ended and defiantly creative intellectual practice.
Book Synopsis Critical Dialogues in the Medical Humanities by : Emma Domínguez-Rué
Download or read book Critical Dialogues in the Medical Humanities written by Emma Domínguez-Rué and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume illustrates ongoing discussions in and about the medical humanities with studies on different approaches to the relationship between medical science and practice and the humanities, including reflections based on fiction, art, history, socio-economic and political concerns, architecture and natural landscapes. The book explores the ways in which healthcare and medical practice can be positively influenced by removing the focus from the technical knowledge of the medical practitioner. It offers innovative perspectives on spaces for healing, traces attitudes and beliefs in relation to illnesses and their treatment throughout history (including intimations of the future), and interrogates cultural attitudes to illness, doctoring and patients through the lens of fiction. Based on the premise that more interdisciplinary work between medical and non-medical professionals is needed, the chapters contained in this volume contribute to an ongoing dialogue between medicine and the humanities that continues to enrich both disciplines.
Book Synopsis Facing the Gods by : Verity Jane Platt
Download or read book Facing the Gods written by Verity Jane Platt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores divine manifestations and their representations not only in art, but also in literature, histories and inscriptions. The cultural analysis of epiphany is set within a historical framework that examines its development from the archaic period through the Hellenistic world and into the Roman Empire.
Book Synopsis SCM Studyguide to Religious and Spiritual Experience by : Jeff Astley
Download or read book SCM Studyguide to Religious and Spiritual Experience written by Jeff Astley and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual, religious, sacred, or mystical experiences may be broadly defined as subjective human experiences that appear to the person undergoing them, or to others, to convey or imply contact with or knowledge about a transcendent power, presence, or superior reality beyond the realm of the physical. Research has shown that these forms of awareness of ‘something beyond’ are of considerable significance in the ordinary lives of very many people, as well as being elements of signal importance in the origin and development of religion: not least by deepening characteristically spiritual or religious attitudes, emotions, beliefs, values and practices, along with fundamental orientations of life and quests for meaning. This Studyguide provides a succinct and lucid introduction to the subject for those studying religion at both undergraduate and GCE AS/A level. By exploring the key areas of both the empirical and theoretical study of religious and spiritual experience, the Studyguide will serve as an accessible and nonpartisan guide to enable its readers to explore the range of challenging data, debates, approaches, and issues that relate to the study of this widespread and significant phenomenon.
Book Synopsis The Minoan Epiphany - A Bronze Age Visionary Culture by : Bruce Rimell
Download or read book The Minoan Epiphany - A Bronze Age Visionary Culture written by Bruce Rimell and published by Xibalba Books. This book was released on 2021-01-02 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art and iconography of the Minoan civilisation of Bronze Age Crete is rightly described as having a refreshing vitality with a fortunate combination of stylisation and spontaneity in which the artist is able to transform conventional imagery into a personal expression. The dynamism, torsion and naturalism evident in Minoan art stands in stark contrast to the hieratic rigidity of other ancient civilisations, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the iconography of the Minoan Epiphany, a set of mainly glyptic (rings, seals, and seal impression) images which appear to depict religious celebrants experiencing direct and seemingly ecstatic encounters with deities. This collection of essays explores this central aspect of Minoan religion, taking a strongly archaeological focus to allow the artefacts to speak for themselves, and moving from traditional ‘representational’ interpretations into ‘embodied’ perspectives in which the ecstatic capabilities of the human body throw new light on Aegean Bronze Age ritual practices. Such ideas challenge rather passive assumptions modern Western observers hold about the nature of religious feelings and experiences, in particular the depictions of altered states of consciousness in ancient art, and the visionary potential of dance gestures. Speculative asides on the potential for a Minoan origin for Classical Greek humanism, and hints in the imagery on ancient Cretan conceptions of the cosmos, are set against sound archaeological theories to explain this lively and dynamic corpus of images. Beautifully illustrated with images and sketches of the relevant artefacts, this wide-ranging volume will stimulate audiences with archaeological, prehistorical and spiritual interests, as well as historians of religion and art. ‘The Minoan Epiphany’ also represents an influential antecendent to the Visionary Humanist philosophy which forms the majority of Bruce’s current independent research interests.
Book Synopsis Communication Across Cultures by : Chibueze C. Udeani
Download or read book Communication Across Cultures written by Chibueze C. Udeani and published by CRVP. This book was released on 2008 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Twelve Days of Christmas by : Robert Sabuda
Download or read book The Twelve Days of Christmas written by Robert Sabuda and published by In the Hands of a Child. This book was released on 1996-10 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful pop-up version of the popular. A young woman's true love sends her extravagant gifts on each of the twelve days of Christmas. The timeless song of the The Twelve Days of Christmas springs to life in this lavish pop-up edition by award-winning author, artist, and paper engineer Robert Sabuda. Sure to be a classic, this elegant keepsake will be treasured by all, each and every holiday season.
Book Synopsis Return of the Three Kings by : Jo Lee Loveland Link
Download or read book Return of the Three Kings written by Jo Lee Loveland Link and published by . This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RETURN OF THE THREE KINGS: RECLAIMING THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS addresses the all-too-common reality of Christmas today: over-commercialization, rush, stress and let-down. Many have shared the typical experience of the Christmas morning melee of presents followed by too much eggnog and turkey and the post-Christmas depressed stupor, knowing that we have to wait another year for the full Christmas Spirit to arrive again. Finding something missing in the usual Christmas celebrations, Jo Lee Loveland Link and John W. Link looked to older traditions and less harried times for inspiration. The Links were delighted to rediscover "Olde Christmas," the 12 Days that actually occur after Christmas Day, December 25 through January 6 - Epiphany, the Festival of the Three Kings. IN THIS BOOK the Links explore the complex historical, religious, and cultural traditions that were created and evolved out of the 12 Days of Christmas (without partridges, gold rings or milking maids). To this older tradition, the Links grafted new ideas to celebrate a renewed 12 Days of Christmas. The Links emphasize the universality of Festivals of Light across the World, across religions, and across centuries. Based on midwinter Solstice Festivals and sacred stories and teachings, Christmastime provides the ideal platform to reach out to embrace festivals and ceremonies with meaning for each family. The Links have included daily readings that reflect this diversity and have included three sections of readings: (1) readings and prayers from a wide range of traditional Christian Sources; (2) readings from World Religions and ecumenical sources including Judaism, Buddhism and Sufism; and (3) readings which are agnostic or secular, but focused on Christmas themes. The Links sought to make sure that the 12 Days would be inclusive for all families with often different points of view and members in different faith journeys at different times in their lives. The book includes detailed how-to information, and strategies for celebration of the 12 Days for individuals, couples, families, and those with loved ones stationed elsewhere. The Celebration unites giving a simple gift, sharing a short reading, and heartfelt conversation about the real meaning of each day for givers and receivers. There is even a section on dealing with grief and sorrow during the holidays. The book has additional resources of holiday activities, stories, books, movies, most of which are available for free. RETURN OF THE THREE KINGS provides a fresh way to meet the challenges that we face as we navigate the emotional minefield of the holidays. This old tradition made new again becomes a guide to having more fun and yet getting a deeper sense of meaning and connection for ourselves, our families, and our communities. The Links began researching and experimenting with their 12 Days of Christmas Celebration over ten years ago. Professionally they are consultants, trainers and researchers in social science, and interpersonal and organizational dynamics for the government, Fortune 500's, start-ups, non-profits, and churches. They live in the mountains of Virginia with their two cats, and with the good company of visits from grandchildren, children, and friends.
Book Synopsis Epiphany Through Songs by : Randal J. Hruska
Download or read book Epiphany Through Songs written by Randal J. Hruska and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-10-28 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word epiphany came to me as an "epiphany," as something different, catchy, and intriguing. As I received what I felt was spiritual revelation, I felt the urge to share what I had experienced, always hoping, and many times contemplating, before writing that my ideas were not egotistical but inspired.The "through songs" part of the title is more descriptive than anything else. 1
Book Synopsis No Religion Higher Than Truth by : Maria Carlson
Download or read book No Religion Higher Than Truth written by Maria Carlson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the various kinds of occultism popular during the Russian Silver Age (1890-1914), modern Theosophy was by far the most intellectually significant. This contemporary gnostic gospel was invented and disseminated by Helena Blavatsky, an expatriate Russian with an enthusiasm for Buddhist thought and a genius for self-promotion. What distinguished Theosophy from the other kinds of "mysticism"—the spiritualism, table turning, fortune-telling, and magic—that fascinated the Russian intelligentsia of the period? In answering this question, Maria Carlson offers the first scholarly study of a controversial but important movement in its Russian context. Carlson's is the only work on this topic written by an intellectual historian not ideologically committed to Theosophy. Placing Mme Blavatsky and her "secret doctrine" in a Russian setting, the book also discusses independent Russian Theosophical circles and the impact of the Theosophical-Anthroposophical schism in Russia. It surveys the vigorous polemics of the Theosophists and their critics, demonstrates Theosophy's role in the philosophical dialogues of the Russian creative intelligentsia, and chronicles the demise of the movement after 1917. By exploring this long neglected aspect of the Silver Age, Carlson greatly enriches our knowledge of fin-de-sicle Russian culture. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Book Synopsis Let There Be Light by : Dr Arthur B Stein
Download or read book Let There Be Light written by Dr Arthur B Stein and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let There Be Light celebrates the splendor of radiant Light that has been known, embodied and taught by mystics, saints and sages over the millennia. Readers at every level will enjoy this book for its insights and message of hope: Light is available to all who seek it with humility and grace. Within the world's sacred scriptures, many significant passages involve light-be it the "burning bush" experience of the lawgiver Moses on Mount Sinai, the "light brighter than a thousand suns" of which the Bhagavad Gita speaks, or the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth, "If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be filled with light" (Matthew 6:22, KJV). We seek to highlight in this book those who have experienced this divine light. Numerous esoteric references to Inner Light appear not only in the scriptures of the distant past, but also within the personal experiential accounts by Masters, sages, and seers across the centuries. Also we draw upon wisdom stories and tales from many cultural and ethnic traditions. We draw attention to a number of significant related references and accounts by teachers and practitioners of the closely related phenomenon of Inner Sound, which is also known within various teachings or mystic lineages as "audible sound current," Naam, Word, "celestial music," or other descriptions. Testimonies are provided by persons who have experienced aspects of Inner Light and Sound in a variety of circumstances outside of formal religious or spiritual contexts. These may be precipitated, for example, by being profoundly moved by uplifting music, sudden personal epiphanies, near-death experiences (NDEs), and during the dying process itself. One common thread among great teachers, sages and practitioners of spiritual traditions have emphasized throughout the ages is that Inner Light and enlightenment can be most directly accessed by utilizing meditation, prayer and other contemplative practices. Today humankind collectively is faced with a host of great challenges: political, socio-economic, and ecological-which ultimately at their roots are primarily spiritual in nature. Fortunately, possibilities for transformational changes are also accessible. Increasing numbers of people of all ages around the planet, both individuals and collectively, are seeking to tap into resources that will enhance self-understanding and recognition of a "deeper" shared level of Self and consciousness, within themselves and in the world. Simply put, can enough persons of goodwill find sufficient common ground to pull together and live into being a unifying ethos for humanity? What will it take to build a nonviolent, sustainable world upon foundations of lovingkindness, compassion, cooperation and social justice? It has becoming increasingly clear that there can be no real peace in the world until there is peace within and between religions. It is encouraging in this regard to witness increased participation among the faith traditions in interfaith dialogue. Harbingers of positive change include the "new" interspiritual movement, which attracts people from a wide range of perspectives and highlights a growing awareness that the basic core of spiritual experience emerges from the same wellspring(s). We sincerity hope that Let There Be Light can help contribute to thoughtful questioning, appreciative listening, and openhearted dialogue as people with diverse origins come together to share their spiritual journeys with each other.
Book Synopsis Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East by : Jan N. Bremmer
Download or read book Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East written by Jan N. Bremmer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book greatly enhances our knowledge of the interrelationship of Greek religion & culture and the Ancient Near East by offering important analyses of Greek myths, divinities and terms like a ~magica (TM) and 'paradise', but also of the Greek contribution to the Christian notion of atonement.
