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Book Synopsis Rites Of The Damned by : Bill Valiontis
Download or read book Rites Of The Damned written by Bill Valiontis and published by Bill Valiontis. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Livia Hartwell, renowned archaeologist, stumbles upon a hidden chamber beneath the city during an excavation. Inside, she discovers an ancient artifact that appears to possess strange, otherworldly powers. Intrigued and somewhat apprehensive, she seeks the help of Samuel Kaine, a skilled technologist known for navigating the city's underbelly.
Book Synopsis Facts and Documents Illustrative of the History, Doctrine and Rites, of the Ancient Albigenses & Waldenses by : Samuel Roffey Maitland
Download or read book Facts and Documents Illustrative of the History, Doctrine and Rites, of the Ancient Albigenses & Waldenses written by Samuel Roffey Maitland and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Legend of Miaoshan by : Glen Dudbridge
Download or read book The Legend of Miaoshan written by Glen Dudbridge and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2004-02-19 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Chinese legend, the princess Miaoshan defied her father by refusing to marry, and pursued her austere religious vocation to the death, but returned to life to be his saviour and the saviour of all mankind. The story is inseparable from the female bodhisattva Guanyin, whose cult dominated religious life at all levels in traditional China and is still powerful in rural China today. Miaoshan herself became a lasting symbol of the tension in women's lives between individual spiritual fulfilment and the imperatives of family duty. The previous edition of this book was the first full monograph on the subject. It deals with the story's background, early history, and more developed later versions, bringing much of this material to the attention of modern readers for the first time. It analyses the basic sources, many of them in Buddhist scripture, and the overall pattern of development. It finally offers a range of interpretations which discover here myths of religious celibacy, of filial piety, and of ritual salvation of the dead. The legend of Miaoshan spans the uncertain boundaries between Chinese popular literature, theatre, and religion, and this book directly addresses students of those fields. But it holds a larger significance for those interested in the position of women in traditional society, and students of comparative literature and folklore will find here a version of the 'King Lear' story. This new edition takes account of epigraphical evidence, discovered and accessed since the time of first publication, which enriches and refines the discussion. This and other additional evidence, introduced for the sake of a more complete picture, leave the argument and conclusions of the original study still essentially intact.
Book Synopsis A New Universal History of the Religious Rites, Ceremonies and Customs, of the Whole World, Or, A Complete and Impartial View of All the Religions in the Various Nations of the Universe, Both Ancient and Modern, from the Creation Down to the Present Time ... by : William Hurd
Download or read book A New Universal History of the Religious Rites, Ceremonies and Customs, of the Whole World, Or, A Complete and Impartial View of All the Religions in the Various Nations of the Universe, Both Ancient and Modern, from the Creation Down to the Present Time ... written by William Hurd and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A New Universal History of the Religious Rites, Ceremonies and Customs of the Whole World: or, a Complete and impartial view of all the religions in the various nations of the universe, etc. [With plates.] by : William HURD (D.D.)
Download or read book A New Universal History of the Religious Rites, Ceremonies and Customs of the Whole World: or, a Complete and impartial view of all the religions in the various nations of the universe, etc. [With plates.] written by William HURD (D.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1799 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Religious Rites and Ceremonies of Every Nation in the World by : Colin Mackenzie
Download or read book The Religious Rites and Ceremonies of Every Nation in the World written by Colin Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva by : Shi Zhiru
Download or read book The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva written by Shi Zhiru and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2007-08-14 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In modern Chinese Buddhism, Dizang is especially popular as the sovereign of the underworld. Often represented as a monk wearing a royal crown, Dizang helps the deceased faithful navigate the complex underworld bureaucracy, avert the punitive terrors of hell, and arrive at the happy realm of rebirth. The author is concerned with the formative period of this important Buddhist deity, before his underworldly aspect eclipses his connections to other religious expressions and at a time when the art, mythology, practices, and texts of his cult were still replete with possibilities. She begins by problematizing the reigning model of Dizang, one that proposes an evolution of gradual sinicization and increasing vulgarization of a relatively unknown Indian bodhisattva, Ksitigarbha, into a Chinese deity of the underworld. Such a model, the author argues, obscures the many-faceted personality and iconography of Dizang. Rejecting it, she deploys a broad array of materials (art, epigraphy, ritual texts, scripture, and narrative literature) to recomplexify Dizang and restore (as much as possible from the fragmented historical sources) what this figure meant to Chinese Buddhists from the sixth to tenth centuries. Rather than privilege any one genre of evidence, the author treats both material artifacts and literary works, canonical and noncanonical sources. Adopting an archaeological approach, she excavates motifs from and finds resonances across disparate genres to paint a vibrant, detailed picture of the medieval Dizang cult. Through her analysis, the cult, far from being an isolated phenomenon, is revealed as integrally woven into the entire fabric of Chinese Buddhism, functioning as a kaleidoscopic lens encompassing a multivalent religio-cultural assimilation that resists the usual bifurcation of doctrine and practice or "elite" and "popular" religion. The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva presents a fascinating wealth of material on the personality, iconography, and lore associated with the medieval Dizang. It elucidates the complex cultural, religious, and social forces shaping the florescence of this savior cult in Tang China while simultaneously addressing several broader theoretical issues that have preoccupied the field. Zhiru not only questions the use of sinicization as a lens through which to view Chinese Buddhist history, she also brings both canonical and noncanonical literature into dialogue with a body of archaeological remains that has been ignored in the study of East Asian Buddhism.
Book Synopsis Contesting Christendom by : James L. Halverson
Download or read book Contesting Christendom written by James L. Halverson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pervasiveness of the Christian religion has long been treated as one of the key features of medieval society. Indeed, Europe in the Middle Ages is often described simply as a Christian culture. Yet what do we mean when we say that medieval Europe was a Christian society, and what did it mean to be a Christian in the Middle Ages? These questions are fundamental to any understanding of the Middle Ages, yet the variety of theoretical approaches and conclusions represented in this carefully selected and provocative collection of key works in the field highlights the complexity of the answers. Introducing students to medieval Christianity, James L. Halverson presents a rich array of readings that offers a variety of ways to study the history of religion within a chronological setting. His opening chapter and introductions to each section and selection frame the essays and provide a strong conceptual framework to build upon. Making it clear that scholars have approached religion from many perspectives and used many different methodologies, this collection presents some of the best scholarship of religion as culture and practice, emphasizing the ongoing attempt to understand the social and cultural aspects of medieval Christianity. Contributions by: Rudolf Bell, Constance Brittain Bouchard, Peter Brown, Marcus Bull, Caroline Walker Bynum, Mark R. Cohen, Georges Duby, Eamon Duffy, Joan Ferrante, Richard Fletcher, Katherine L. French, Thomas A. Fudge, Herbert Grundmann, James L. Halverson, Karen Louise Jolly, Lester Little, Rob Means, Bernd Moeller, Andrew P. Roach, Jane Tibbets Schulenburg, Keith Thomas, and Ian Wood.
Book Synopsis Religion and the Decline of Magic by : Keith Thomas
Download or read book Religion and the Decline of Magic written by Keith Thomas and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-01-30 with total page 931 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods. At the same time the Protestant Reformation attempted to take the magic out of religion, and scientists were developing new explanations of the universe. Keith Thomas's classic analysis of beliefs held on every level of English society begins with the collapse of the medieval Church and ends with the changing intellectual atmosphere around 1700, when science and rationalism began to challenge the older systems of belief.
Book Synopsis Rites of Conquest by : Charles E. Cleland
Download or read book Rites of Conquest written by Charles E. Cleland and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, Michigan's native peoples, the Anishnabeg, thrived in the forests and along the shores of the Great Lakes. Theirs were cultures in delicate social balance and in economic harmony with the natural order. Rites of Conquest details the struggles of Michigan Indians - the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi, and their neighbors - to maintain unique traditions in the wake of contact with Euro-Americans. The French quest for furs, the colonial aggression of the British, and the invasion of native homelands by American settlers is the backdrop for this fascinating saga of their resistance and accommodation to the new social order. Minavavana's victory at Fort Michilimackinac, Pontiac's attempts to expel the British, Pokagon's struggle to maintain a Michigan homeland, and Big Abe Le Blanc's fight for fishing rights are a few of the many episodes recounted in the pages of this book. -- from back cover.
Book Synopsis Curiossities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances and Miscellaneous Antiquities by :
Download or read book Curiossities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances and Miscellaneous Antiquities written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and Miscellaneous Antiquities by :
Download or read book Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and Miscellaneous Antiquities written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Effect of Social Forces Upon Religious Rites and Ceremonies ... by : Richard Elijah Clark
Download or read book The Effect of Social Forces Upon Religious Rites and Ceremonies ... written by Richard Elijah Clark and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rites of the Dragon by : Greg Stolze
Download or read book Rites of the Dragon written by Greg Stolze and published by White Wolf Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Triad Societies: The Hung-Society, or the Society of Heaven and Earth by : Kingsley Bolton
Download or read book Triad Societies: The Hung-Society, or the Society of Heaven and Earth written by Kingsley Bolton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set comprises a comprehensive selection of colonial Western scholarly texts on Chinese secret societies from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. It includes a selection of important papers on Chinese secret societies by a variety of scholars, missionaries, and colonial officials.
Book Synopsis The Foot-prints of Satan by : Hollis Read
Download or read book The Foot-prints of Satan written by Hollis Read and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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