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Book Synopsis Spiritual History by : Andrew Lincoln
Download or read book Spiritual History written by Andrew Lincoln and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Blake's The Four Zoas is one of the most challenging poems in the English language, and one of the most profound. It is also one of the least read of the major poetic narratives of the Romantic period. Spiritual History presents a much-needed introduction to the poem, but it will also be of great interest to those already familiar with it. The first full-length study to examine in detail Blake's numerous manuscript revisions of the poem, Spiritual History shows this much misunderstood poem to be the most extraordinary product of the eighteenth-century tradition of philosophical history.
Book Synopsis London: A Spiritual History by : Edoardo Albert
Download or read book London: A Spiritual History written by Edoardo Albert and published by Lion Books. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes the reader through London and its spiritual history - what its inhabitants believed, what they worshipped, where, when and how; the landmarks, the names, the issues and the arguments. Written in a more or less chronological way, it is interwoven with Albert's own spiritual journey. From its earliest days when Londoners would have worshipped pagan gods, through Roman occupation, the coming of Christianity, and the later waves of other faiths - Jews, Muslims, Hari Krishnas - this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey.
Book Synopsis Water: A Spiritual History by : Ian Bradley
Download or read book Water: A Spiritual History written by Ian Bradley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-02 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water has long been associated with the magical, the mysterious and the divine. From sacred springs to holy wells, and from hydropathic cures and temperance reform to the modern spa, Ian Bradley explores how water's creative, health-giving and restorative powers have been conceived, worshipped and marketed in an essentially spiritual way. In pre-Christian times, springs and rivers were seen as the dwelling places of deities with magical life-giving and curative powers, associated especially with the feminine and with ritual cleansing and rebirth. With the coming of Christianity, water was incorporated into Christian ritual and tradition through baptism and the cult of holy wells. From the 16th century onwards, the benefits of water came to be seen more in terms of therapeutic healing than the miraculous. Through the development of drinking and bathing cures, spas and hydrotherapy, a more scientific but still essentially spiritual understanding of the curative properties of water was developed. By the eighteenth century, spas and watering places had acquired their own enchanted and mysterious qualities, in many ways taking the place of medieval pilgrim shrines. Now, a new, more hedonistic kind of pilgrim comes to modern spas to experience a potent post-modern elixir of self-oriented well-being.
Book Synopsis Turning Points in Spiritual History by : Rudolf Steiner
Download or read book Turning Points in Spiritual History written by Rudolf Steiner and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this powerful, moving book, first published in 1946, Berdyaev is not so interested in the empirical details of Russian history as he is in "the thought of the Creator about Russia." The "Russian idea" is thus a mystical notion. Religion and philosophy--not economics or politics--determine history and society. Berdyaev begins his story in the nineteenth century, tracing the lineage of such powerful artists and thinkers as Chaadev, Khomyakov, Kireevksy, Leontyev, Aksakov, Hertzen, and Bakunin, all of whom struggled to integrate the polarities of East and West, spirit and matter, and male and female in the Russian soul. That soul, however, is so immense, boundless, and vague that it is incapable of settling for "the halfway kingdom of culture." Demanding all or nothing--alternately apocalyptic and nihilistic--Russians strove to justify culture and discover Russia's mystical mission. Impatient with the slow pace of history, distrusting all authority, and yet haunted by a vision of unity, thinkers such as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Federov, and Solovyov created an original and vital religious philosophy that culminated in the Russian renaissance at the beginning of the twentieth century. The fruit of these great figures--of whom Berdyaev was one (others included Florensky, Bulgakov, Rozanov, Merezhkovsky, Blok, and Bely)--was cut short by the 1917 Revolution. More recently, their works have been available in self-published (Samizdat) editions. A great philosophical and spiritual rebirth was occurring underground. Now they are available again in this book, which is essential reading for an understanding of the new Russia.
Book Synopsis Luther his mental and spiritual history ... by : Barnas Sears (D.D.)
Download or read book Luther his mental and spiritual history ... written by Barnas Sears (D.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Brief History of Spirituality by : Philip Sheldrake
Download or read book A Brief History of Spirituality written by Philip Sheldrake and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Brief History of Spirituality tells the story of Christian spirituality from its origins in the New Testament to the present day. Charts the main figures, ideas, images and historical periods, showing how and why spirituality has changed and developed over the centuries Draws out the distinctive themes of Christian spirituality, exploring the historical and cultural events and experiences that changed people’s attitudes and practices Coverage extends right up to the modern day, exploring the huge changes in spirituality in recent years and the way it is nowadays often contrasted with ‘religion’ Written by a leading commentator on spirituality, and published in the popular Brief Histories of Religion series
Book Synopsis The Driving Force of Spiritual Powers in World History by : Rudolf Steiner
Download or read book The Driving Force of Spiritual Powers in World History written by Rudolf Steiner and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 7 lectures in Dornach, Switzerland, March 11-23, 1923 (CW 222) "Historical happenings on Earth can be understood in their reality only when we see them as reflections of what is being enacted in the supersensible, spiritual world between the beings of the higher hierarchies." --Rudolf Steiner (March 17, 1923) What is the qualitative difference between the utterance of true and untrue words? Is there one? How about between living and dead thoughts? What is the origin of war and strife among peoples on Earth? How can humanity find a right relationship to the beings of the spiritual world? These are among the compelling questions addressed by Rudolf Steiner in this concise yet powerful series of lectures given in March 1923, comprising this volume of "The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner." In these lectures, Steiner portrays, among other things, the work of various hierarchical beings--both in collaboration and sometimes in opposition to one another--whose activity and strife in the spiritual world is mirrored in the migrations of and wars among peoples on Earth. The clashes between East and West, for example, are thus seen in an entirely new light, heralding a sea change in the approach to history. No longer should events on Earth be viewed as isolated within themselves, but rather as interwoven in a grand, vibrant tapestry formed from the threads that connect humanity on Earth with the activity and aims of exalted spiritual beings. Humanity has profound potential--for both good and evil. The question is whether we will be able to rise to a renewed form of cognition through which we can once again grasp living spiritual reality, or we will persist in the dead, intellectualized thinking so common today, thinking that (as Steiner points out in the final lecture of this volume), if not transformed, will lead to the gradual destruction of Earth itself. These lectures are a tour de force that should not be neglected by any serious student of history or the future of humanity and human life more broadly. Includes 10 color plates This volume is a translation from German of Die Impulsierung des weltgeschichtlichen Geschehens durch geistige Mächte, Rudolf Steiner Verlag, 1989 (GA 222). Cover Image : Naval Battle of Le Panto (1571), by Luca Cambiasi (1521-1585); at the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain.
Download or read book Spirituality written by Philip Sheldrake and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engagingly written by one of the world’s leading scholars in this field, this comprehensively revised edition tells the story of Christian spirituality from its origins in the New Testament right up to the present day. Charts the main figures, ideas, images and historical periods, showing how and why spirituality has changed and developed over the centuries Includes new chapters on the nature and meaning of spirituality, and on spirituality in the 21st century; and an account of the development and main features of devotional spirituality Provides new coverage of Christian spirituality’s relationship to other faiths throughout history, and their influence and impact on Christian beliefs and practices Features expanded sections on mysticism, its relationship to spirituality, the key mystical figures, and the development of ideas of ‘the mystical’ Explores the interplay between culture, geography, and spirituality, taking a global perspective by tracing spiritual developments across continents
Book Synopsis The Spiritual Interpretation of History by : Shailer Mathews
Download or read book The Spiritual Interpretation of History written by Shailer Mathews and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brimming with positive spirit and alive with the possibilities modernism, these lectures, written and delivered amid the unrest of World War I, explore from a new perspective the relentless drive of human history. Emphasizing the human aspect of everything civilization has achieved-and the human aspects that have held it back-American theologian and divinity school dean SHAILER MATHEWS (1863-1941) discusses how everything from individual personalities to moral, religious, and artistic ideals can also serve as engines of change apart from the more typically considered economic and military ones. First published in 1916 (this is a replica of the 1919 third edition), this inspiring and insightful book will intrigue history buffs and philosophers of the human condition.
Book Synopsis Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit by : Sally Sedgwick
Download or read book Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit written by Sally Sedgwick and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-22 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit examines a conspicuous feature of Hegel's major works: that they are progressive narratives. They advance from less to more perfect, abstract to concrete, indeterminate or empty to determinate. This is true, argues the author, of his lectures on aesthetics and on the history of philosophy, and it is also true of his most abstract work, the Science of Logic. In answer to the question of why is it so important for Hegel to structure his various philosophical works as developmental narratives, this book defends the thesis that Hegel's motivation is in part metaphysical, intending his developmental accounts to reveal something significant about who we are as thinking, willing natures. He undertakes his study of past in order to demonstrate that there have been advances in the nature of human thought or reason itself and in our resulting freedom and his concern with our reason's development conveys his interest in how human reason is anchored in and shaped by its past. Ultimately, this book specifies the extent to which we can accurately attribute to Hegel the view that human reason and the freedom it affords us are indebted for their nature to this temporal order of nature and history.
Book Synopsis The history of the religious movement of the eighteenth century, called Methodism by : Abel Stevens
Download or read book The history of the religious movement of the eighteenth century, called Methodism written by Abel Stevens and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Between History and Spirit by : Craig S. Keener
Download or read book Between History and Spirit written by Craig S. Keener and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craig Keener is known for his meticulous work on New Testament backgrounds, but especially his detailed work on the book of Acts. Now, for the first time in book form, Cascade presents his key essays on Acts, with special focus on historical questions and matters related to God's Spirit.
Book Synopsis Thirsty for God by : Bradley P. Holt
Download or read book Thirsty for God written by Bradley P. Holt and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark text on the history of Christian spirituality embarks on the journey afresh. This accessible and engaging history provides an excellent primer on the two-millennium quest for union with God, a "thirst" at the center of Christian life and practice. Holt traces the practice of Christian devotion, prayer, and contemplation from the biblical and influential early periods through the diverse insights of the Reformation and modern eras. Globally framed, the book highlights the local contributions of people from a wide array of traditions and perspectives as unified yet diverse voices giving witness to the thirst for the experience of the divine that is at the heart of the Christian pilgrimage. This new edition not only updates all the chapters and features but also adds more material on the spirituality of Jesus, medieval women mystics, contemporary spirituality, spiritual faith and practice in the digital age, and spirituality in a globalized world. Excerpts and illustrations from primary sources, a glossary, a timeline, new bibliographies, sets of spiritual exercises and discussion questions, and an online resource guide heighten the book's usefulness for students and lay persons alike.
Book Synopsis A History of Christian Spirituality by : Urban T. Holmes III
Download or read book A History of Christian Spirituality written by Urban T. Holmes III and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This modern classic explores the key concepts and people who have shaped our Christian spiritual heritage. Concise and readable Holmes begins this introduction to Christian spirituality with the Jewish antecedents, and proceeds through the New Testament period, monasticism, the Middle Ages, Byzantine spirituality, and the modern period. Holmes ends his overview with key contemporary figures such as Simone Weil, Thomas Merton, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Brief bibliographies of the books written by each notable figure are included for those who wish to read more extensively. A History of Christian Spirituality is the perfect book for introductory classes at the M. Div. level, for diaconate programs, lay people or parish study classes of all Christian denominations, and for any reference collection. This is a unique and invaluable learning tool and reference for readers, students, or teachers who want a quick explanation of the significance of a person or idea, or who are interested in a broad overview of the entire field.
Book Synopsis Explorations in Spirituality by : Philip F. Sheldrake
Download or read book Explorations in Spirituality written by Philip F. Sheldrake and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Religious Encyclopaedia Or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology by : Johann Jakob Herzog
Download or read book A Religious Encyclopaedia Or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology written by Johann Jakob Herzog and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology Publisher :Emmaus Road Publishing ISBN 13 :194512508X Total Pages :222 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (451 download)
Book Synopsis Letter & Spirit, Vol. 11: "Our Beloved Brother Paul" - Reception History of Paul in Catholic Tradition by : St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
Download or read book Letter & Spirit, Vol. 11: "Our Beloved Brother Paul" - Reception History of Paul in Catholic Tradition written by St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and published by Emmaus Road Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
