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Securing the Sacred

Author : Agono E Duke
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Securing the Sacred written by Agono E Duke and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-05-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing happens without a cause. If a cause produces an effect, it becomes worthy of deep and circumstantial scrutiny: That as important and revered as sacred places of worship are, to become targets of ugly vices and yet their security is accorded minimal attention is ironically absurd. It is Duke's opinion that sacred places be accorded maximum security attention, because of their vantage and solemn position in God's agenda. The major crux of this book is the great concern regarding the prevalent and consistent attacks on Churches as well as church Leaders across the globe. The Bible admonishes us to foresee danger, plan ahead and be good stewards of what God has given. "A prodent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself, but the simple pass on, and are punished." (Proverbs 22:3.) It is an area the Author has always been passionate about and so, he is of the opinion that more Churches should expeditiously examine the security architectures they have in place; if they are sufficient or otherwise, considering the prevailing dangers. In addition, this book exposes the readers to Spiritual needs of Kingdom Stewards, Qualities of a Good Kingdom steward, Biblical mentality for accessing the blessing of service, the speaking power of faith Kingdom Servants and SALVATION; Your greatest need! This is that unstoppable Hand-Book you need to read, re-read, digest and get your instant reward. Jesus is Lord! Securing the Sacred!

Securing the Sacred

Author : Andrew P. Surace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781607965398
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book Securing the Sacred written by Andrew P. Surace and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crimes against churches and ministers are rising at an alarming rate. Almost on a weekly basis, we read or hear about a shooting or act of violence in or on a church property. From burglary, to domestic violence to shootings, churches are getting a wake up call that they are no longer the safe and sacred places they once were. As our culture becomes more secular, churches will be targeted even more. Jesus warned that in the last days treacherous times would come so that we would be prepared. This book will provide principles on how to protect your house of worship. Eric and Andrew reveal how by using the same principles that the United States Secret Service uses to protect the president and the White House, you can better protect your church, its leaders and people. This one of a kind security book, written through the unique perspective of a pastor and one of the security industries leading experts, will show you not only how to better protect your church, but why and how to put together your church security team. If you ready one book about church security this year, this one will not disappoint you!

Defend the Sacred

Author : Michael D. McNally
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691190909
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Defend the Sacred written by Michael D. McNally and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 2016, thousands of people travelled to North Dakota to camp out near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to protest the construction of an oil pipeline that is projected to cross underneath the Missouri River a half mile upstream from the Reservation. The Standing Rock Sioux consider the pipeline a threat to the region's clean water and to the Sioux's sacred sites (such as its ancient burial grounds). The encamped protests garnered front-page headlines and international attention, and the resolve of the protesters was made clear in a red banner that flew above the camp: "Defend the Sacred". What does it mean when Native communities and their allies make such claims? What is the history of such claim-making, and why has this rhetorical and legal strategy - based on appeals to religious freedom - failed to gain much traction in American courts? As Michael McNally recounts in this book, Native Americans have repeatedly been inspired to assert claims to sacred places, practices, objects, knowledge, and ancestral remains by appealing to the discourse of religious freedom. But such claims based on alleged violations of the First Amendment "free exercise of religion" clause of the US Constitution have met with little success in US courts, largely because Native American communal traditions have been difficult to capture by the modern Western category of "religion." In light of this poor track record Native communities have gone beyond religious freedom-based legal strategies in articulating their sacred claims: in (e.g.) the technocratic language of "cultural resource" under American environmental and historic preservation law; in terms of the limited sovereignty accorded to Native tribes under federal Indian law; and (increasingly) in the political language of "indigenous rights" according to international human rights law (especially in light of the 2007 U.N. Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples). And yet the language of religious freedom, which resonates powerfully in the US, continues to be deployed, propelling some remarkably useful legislative and administrative accommodations such as the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Reparation Act. As McNally's book shows, native communities draw on the continued rhetorical power of religious freedom language to attain legislative and regulatory victories beyond the First Amendment"--

Securing the Sacred

Author : Robert M. Bosco
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472036750
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Securing the Sacred written by Robert M. Bosco and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2016-07-06 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By treating religion as a key security concern, Western democracies may be undermining their safety

Sacred Acts

Author : Mallory McDuff
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1550925016
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Acts written by Mallory McDuff and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories from across North America of contemporary church leaders, parishioners and religious activists who are working to define a new environmental movement, where honoring the Creator means protecting the planet. Sacred Acts documents the diverse actions taken by churches to address climate change through stewardship, advocacy, spirituality and justice. Contributions from leading Christian voices such as Norman Wirzba and the Reverend Canon Sally Bingham detail the concrete work of faith communities such as: Englewood Christian Church in Indianapolis, IN, where parishioners have enhanced food security by sharing canning and food preservation skills in the church kitchen Georgia's Interfaith Power & Light, which has used federal stimulus funds to weatherize congregations, reduce utility bills and cut carbon emissions Earth Ministry, where people of faith spearheaded the movement to pass state legislation to make Washington State a coal-free state. Sacred Acts shows that churches can play a critical role in confronting climate change - perhaps the greatest moral imperative of our time. This timely collection will inspire individuals and congregations to act in good faith to help protect Earth's climate.

In Search of the Sacred Book

Author : Aníbal González
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822983028
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book In Search of the Sacred Book written by Aníbal González and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Search of the Sacred Book studies the artistic incorporation of religious concepts such as prophecy, eternity, and the afterlife in the contemporary Latin American novel. It departs from sociopolitical readings by noting the continued relevance of religion in Latin American life and culture, despite modernity's powerful secularizing influence. Analyzing Jorge Luis Borges's secularized "narrative theology" in his essays and short stories, the book follows the development of the Latin American novel from the early twentieth century until today by examining the attempts of major novelists, from María Luisa Bombal, Alejo Carpentier, and Juan Rulfo, to Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, and José Lezama Lima, to "sacralize" the novel by incorporating traits present in the sacred texts of many religions. It concludes with a view of the "desacralization" of the novel by more recent authors, from Elena Poniatowska and Fernando Vallejo to Roberto Bolaño.

Knowledge and the Sacred

Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438414226
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge and the Sacred written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1989-07-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sacred and Secular

Author : Pippa Norris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139499661
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Sacred and Secular written by Pippa Norris and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops a theory of existential security. It demonstrates that the publics of virtually all advanced industrial societies have been moving toward more secular orientations during the past half century, but also that the world as a whole now has more people with traditional religious views than ever before. This second edition expands the theory and provides new and updated evidence from a broad perspective and in a wide range of countries. This confirms that religiosity persists most strongly among vulnerable populations, especially in poorer nations and in failed states. Conversely, a systematic erosion of religious practices, values and beliefs has occurred among the more prosperous strata in rich nations.

Protecting Your Sacred Place

Author : Stanley ALOYSIUS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Protecting Your Sacred Place written by Stanley ALOYSIUS and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protecting Your Sacred Place Protecting Your Sacred Place provides in three phases, critical building blocks needed for creating a threat management framework for 'soft' targets like religious institutions which in recent years have become easy targets for terrorist attacks. It is written for untrained individuals tasked with the responsibility for life safety and security at religious institutions such as churches, mosques, temples and synagogues. The introduction highlights the biggest 21st century threat to modern civilization which is the adverse physical and psychological impact from global terrorist groups operating with barbaric zeal fuelled by a warped understanding of religion and politics. It draws attention to the rising danger in Asia when within a short span of three consecutive months in 2018 alone, terrorists attacked six churches and two mosques and it sends a chilling message that attending a religious service at a sacred place may well be the final thing a person does before life is senselessly cut short by an act of terrorism. Religious institutions remain easy targets for terrorism and many such places in Asia remain unprotected and vulnerable to armed intrusions and active shooter incidents. The first five chapters deal with the dangers of inaction and managing uncertainty in a fast-evolving and unstable global threat environment. It identifies three critical challenges for decision makers to overcome if they are intent on improving the security posture of their sacred place for religious gathering. In addition, these chapters also deal with the necessity for a well-defined action plan and explains various theories and concepts related to risk, threat and crime prevention that serves as a foundation for the building blocks required for the threat management framework. The threat management framework is then constructed in three phases in the remaining five chapters of the book.

Protecting the Sacred, Creating Peace in Asia-Pacific

Author : Chaiwat Satha-Anand
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351496174
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Protecting the Sacred, Creating Peace in Asia-Pacific written by Chaiwat Satha-Anand and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using case studies from the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Basin, this book examines the global trend of violence against religious places and figures. The contributors believe attacks on sacred places to be particularly damaging to peace and harmony because of the centrality of religion in many Asian and Pacific countries.A diverse range of topics are covered, including an empirical exploration of the global trends of violence against sacred spaces; attacks against and policies toward holy sites in Israel and the Palestinian Territories; the fate of Indian Islamic monuments after India gained independence in 1947; the Christian community's response to the increasing Islamization of Malaysia, and the future of communalism in Malaysia. Africa and Australia are also referenced in the work.Taken together, this volume explores the importance of protecting sacred spaces, holy symbols, and religious people as a crucial element in fostering peace in the world, and especially the Asia-Pacific region. The contributors argue that much of the violence in the world is rooted in politics of religious identity.

Seeking the Sacred Raven

Author : Mark Jerome Walters
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610911075
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Seeking the Sacred Raven written by Mark Jerome Walters and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will the 'Alala ever return to the wild? A bird sacred to Hawaiians and a member of the raven family, the 'Alala today survives only in captivity. How the species once flourished, how it has been driven to near-extinction, and how people struggled to save it, is the gripping story of Seeking the Sacred Raven. For years, author Mark Jerome Walters has tracked the sacred bird's role in Hawaiian culture and the indomitable 'Alala's sad decline. Trekking through Hawaii's rain forests high on Mauna Loa, talking with biologists, landowners, and government officials, he has woven an epic tale of missed opportunities and the best intentions gone awry. A species that once numbered in the thousands is now limited to about 50 captive birds. Seeking the Sacred Raven is as much about people and culture as it is about failed policies. From the ancient Polynesians who first settled the island, to Captain Cook in the 18th century, to would-be saviors of the 'Alala in the 1990s, individuals with conflicting passions and priorities have shaped Hawaii and the fate of this dwindling cloud-forest species. Walters captures brilliantly the internecine politics among private landowners, scientists, environmental groups, individuals and government agencies battling over the bird's habitat and protection. It's only one species, only one bird, but Seeking the Sacred Raven illustrates vividly the many dimensions of species loss, for the human as well as non-human world.

Sacred Obsession

Author : Becky Tirabassi
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414310420
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Obsession written by Becky Tirabassi and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tirabassi speaks of the things that drive and control one's life, how to overcome the obsessive passions that distract one from God, and how to replace them with holy obsession.

The Sacred Secular

Author : Dottie Escobedo-Frank
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1501810456
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Sacred Secular written by Dottie Escobedo-Frank and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sacred Secular examines cultural spaces where people are experiencing something sacred. These places are not in the church. They’re in yoga studios, neighborhood potlucks, and TED Talks. Dottie Escobedo-Frank and Rob Rynders see lessons for the church in these spaces. They see new ways we can convey to people that the church is uniquely sacred and significant and that Jesus is for them. These glimpses into the sacred-secular will inspire creative church leaders to set aside their assumptions about what church looks like. The Sacred Secular nurtures empowerment, creativity, spiritual movement, and the courage to embody the sacredness and substance of our faith. “Many of us in the church (including clergy) feel we have more in common with the ‘spiritual but not religious’ than we have with lots of church folks these days. We are just as spiritually hungry and thirsty as ever, but we’re open to finding God in surprising places and spaces . . . including ‘secular’ ones. This beautifully written book is all about that phenomenon. I think you’re going to love it.” —Brian D. McLaren, author/speaker, brianmclaren.net “Be prepared to hear contemporary stories akin to the Apostle Peter discovering God in an ‘outsider’—Cornelius—in twenty-first–century urban America. This book is a jewel from two missional church practitioners in The United Methodist Church. It offers wisdom, vision, creativity, and humility that will mark the gospel-bearing church of the future. I highly recommend The Sacred Secular to pastors, church planters, and laity who want their congregations to know how to develop culturally connected faith communities in our rapidly changing world.” —Elaine A. Heath, Dean, Duke Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, NC

Security for Holy Places

Author : Stephen D. Bryen
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1642798525
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (427 download)

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Download or read book Security for Holy Places written by Stephen D. Bryen and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Security for Holy Places is the first comprehensive security guide for religious associations and organizations. While focused on houses of worship (and schools and centers connected to them), the guide also provides important information on securing religious summer camps and its guidance can be used for any faith-based organization, senior center, day care, or school. The book includes chapters on: overall threat types of weapons used by intruders perimeter and inside security where to get professional help how to build a security plan what to know when hiring guards armed versus unarmed guards & volunteers gun laws mental health issues how to use volunteers effectively to strengthen security information on technology that can strengthen the protection of holy places and their immediate surroundings security for day and overnight camps guidance on how to organize security committees to strengthen security checklists for congregations and camps to use immediately

Lost in the Sacred

Author : Dan Diner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780691129112
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (291 download)

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Download or read book Lost in the Sacred written by Dan Diner and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diner sets out to describe why the Arab world changes so slowly, in this controversial but refreshingly un-Anglo-Saxon search for answers to some outsized questions."--(Michael Cook, Princeton University).

Sacred Pain

Author : Ariel Glucklich
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199839492
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Pain written by Ariel Glucklich and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why would anyone seek out the very experience the rest of us most wish to avoid? Why would religious worshipers flog or crucify themselves, sleep on spikes, hang suspended by their flesh, or walk for miles through scorching deserts with bare and bloodied feet? In this insightful new book, Ariel Glucklich argues that the experience of ritual pain, far from being a form of a madness or superstition, contains a hidden rationality and can bring about a profound transformation of the consciousness and identity of the spiritual seeker. Steering a course between purely cultural and purely biological explanations, Glucklich approaches sacred pain from the perspective of the practitioner to fully examine the psychological and spiritual effects of self-hurting. He discusses the scientific understanding of pain, drawing on research in fields such as neuropsychology and neurology. He also ranges over a broad spectrum of historical and cultural contexts, showing the many ways mystics, saints, pilgrims, mourners, shamans, Taoists, Muslims, Hindus, Native Americans, and indeed members of virtually every religion have used pain to achieve a greater identification with God. He examines how pain has served as a punishment for sin, a cure for disease, a weapon against the body and its desires, or a means by which the ego may be transcended and spiritual sickness healed. "When pain transgresses the limits," the Muslim mystic Mizra Asadullah Ghalib is quoted as saying, "it becomes medicine." Based on extensive research and written with both empathy and critical insight, Sacred Pain explores the uncharted inner terrain of self-hurting and reveals how meaningful suffering has been used to heal the human spirit.

The Art of Sacred Smoke

Author : Neelou Malekpour
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593329457
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Sacred Smoke written by Neelou Malekpour and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeously illustrated, essential guide to the energy rituals that will transform your life. Learn how to cleanse and protect yourself and your space, tap into your intuition, and elevate your frequency through sacred smoke, candle, stone rituals—and more. Neelou Malekpour is here to support you for all occasions, whether that’s: • healing heartache, relieving anxiety, and dispelling bad dreams; • cultivating focus, receiving support during travel, and prepping a space for meditation; or • calling in love, blessing others, and connecting to your highest self. With The Art of Sacred Smoke, Malekpour is ready to share the rituals that are essential to aligning and calibrating your energy. Learn how to use the natural ingredients she employs in her practices—and in her frequency-raising business, SMUDGED—from rose petals to palo santo, and how to source them responsibly. At a time when many of us are looking for mindful solutions to the chaos of modern life, The Art of Sacred Smoke offers an empowering new way to connect to nature and to your best self.