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The Oxford Book of the Supernatural

Author : Dennis Joseph Enright
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of the Supernatural written by Dennis Joseph Enright and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The supernatural has this in common with nature: you may drive it out with a pitchfork, but it will constantly come running back. At a time when science and technology are proving ambivalent in their effects and institutionalized religion is weakened by self-inflicted wounds, interest in its manifestations is insatiable. This sweeping anthology presents material in which, touchingly, eerily or bizarrely, the supernatural and the natural meet and ignite, illuminating our deepest anxieties, frailties, and hopes. While chiefly concerned with specific instances, it gives due weight to the views of philosophers and fanatics, of men of letters and the man in the street, and of lovers and lost souls. Mixing what is advanced as fact with what is offered as fiction, it takes in hauntings both malignant and benign, magic, vampires and other popular monsters, witches and fairies, the devil seeking whom he may devour, sex and the supernatural, dreams and coincidences, daemonic influences in art, comedies of the occult, near-death, experiences and after-death expectations. The closing section sums up the war between believers and disbelievers and touches on the processes of reading and of writing about the subject. Testimonies cited are ancient and modern, drawn from East and West, from Christian, Islamic, and Buddhist sources, and range from Homer to Hardy, Pliny to Primo Levi, Apuleius to A. S. Byatt, through Rabelais, Shakespeare, Johnson, Goethe, Dickens, George Eliot, Flaubert, Kipling, Yeats, Rebecca West, and many others, including some who, like Browning's medium, Mr Sludge, find a little cheating comparable to the china egg that prompts a hen to lay a real one. For fervent believers andsceptics alike, there can be no more magical compendium than this.

Supernatural

Author : Clay Routledge
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190629428
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Supernatural written by Clay Routledge and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans--even those who consider themselves secular or atheists--are utterly seduced by supernatural beliefs. Clay Routledge, an experimental social psychologist who grew up in a deeply religious environment, argues that belief or trust in forces beyond our understanding is natural and rooted in our fears of death. In Supernatural: Death, Meaning, and the Power of the Invisible World, Routledge argues that supernatural thinking is adaptive, even healthy, and that it should unite and not divide us.

The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories

Author : Michael Cox
Publisher : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192804472
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories written by Michael Cox and published by Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of thirty-five English ghost stories written during the Victorian Era.

Eurekas and Euphorias

Author : Walter Gratzer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198609407
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Eurekas and Euphorias written by Walter Gratzer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of fascinating stories, entertainingly told, revealing the human face of science. Eurekas and Euphorias encompasses some 200 anecdotes brilliantly illustrating scientists in all their shapes: the obsessive and the dilettantish, the genial, the envious, the preternaturally brilliant and the slow-witted who sometimes see further in the end, the open-minded and the intolerant, recluses and arrivistes. Told with wit and relish by Walter Gratzer, here are stories to delight, astonish, instruct, and most especially, entertain the general reader, scientist and non-scientist alike.

The Young Oxford Book of Timewarp Stories

Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192781673
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (816 download)

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Download or read book The Young Oxford Book of Timewarp Stories written by and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories about time, exploring all the different ways that we can twist and play with time. The stories take in trips to the future, package holidays to the past, visitors from other times with unwelcome messages, a thief with the power to stop time altogether, a man in lovewith someone who died years before he was born, a star fleet that paradoxically caused its own destruction, and many more. With a sure appeal for everyone who likes an exciting, thought-provoking story, as well as fans of science fiction and ghost stories, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of stories to amuse, amaze, and enthral.

The Young Oxford Book of Supernatural Stories

Author : Dennis Pepper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780192781574
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book The Young Oxford Book of Supernatural Stories written by Dennis Pepper and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of stories about all kinds of supernatural events and creatures. You'll meet vampires, witches, werewolves, banshees, screaming angels, scary scarecrows, gloves that will strangle you, rooms that will suffocate you, and things you can't bear to talk about. This successful collection is now being published in paperback and features stories by well-known writers such as Angela Carter, M.R. James, Philippa Pearce, Alison Prince, and Adele Geras. Also in the same series: The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories, The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings .

Supernatural - The Life of William Branham Volume II

Author : Owen Jorgensen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736303412
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Supernatural - The Life of William Branham Volume II written by Owen Jorgensen and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOK FOUR: THE EVANGELIST AND HIS ACCLAMATION (1951-1954)William Branham is a paradox in modern history. Beginning in 1946 his ministry leaped from obscurity to gain national attention in less than six months, and in the process it sparked a worldwide faith-healing revival. He accomplished this feat with he help of a unique gift - a supernatural sign that startled people into taking notice. Soon Christians around the world were noticing. Between 1951 and 1954, William Branham conducted the largest Christian meetings in history up to that time - around 300,000 people at one meeting in Bombay, India. The demand for his services in American and abroad seemed insatiable. But William Branham wasn't satisfied. Something seemed wrong. For a long time he didn't know what it was, but by the end of 1954 he knew. His ministry would have to change.BOOK FIVE: THE TEACHER AND HIS REJECTION (1955-1960)William Branham's international ministry had three main stages. First, he discerned diseases through a supernatural sign in his hand. Later, visions allowed him to discern sickness and more. Between 1946 and 1954, over 500,000 people accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior because of his preaching - and there was no way to estimate how many millions received healing because of his prayers. Discerning that the people were not accepting the spiritual depths and heights that God's Word and Spirit was offering unto them, William Branham felt the Spirit of God was calling him to do more. He knew that people came to his meetings for many reasons. Some people came because they believed the Spirit of Jesus Christ was present. Others came for the novelty and excitement of it, just as when people flocked to see Jesus healing the sick and multiplying wine, bread, and fish. But, it was the teachings of Jesus that changed the history of the world. William Branham felt that God was calling him to teach more during his faith-healing campaigns. He believed his ministry could make a lasting, beneficial contribution to the Christian church. Starting in 1955, he not only taught Divine healing, but he also taught other aspects of God's Word. God gave him a vision of a new stage to his ministry - a "third pull" (to use the angel's words) - which would surpass everything God had done through him in the past. Inevitably, he offended some people.

Supernatural Agents

Author : Iikka Pyysiainen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019970175X
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Supernatural Agents written by Iikka Pyysiainen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cognitive science of religion is a rapidly growing field whose practitioners apply insights from advances in cognitive science in order to provide a better understanding of religious impulses, beliefs, and behaviors. In this book Ilkka Pyysiäinen shows how this methodology can profitably be used in the comparative study of beliefs about superhuman agents. He begins by developing a theoretical outline of the basic, modular architecture of the human mind and especially the human capacity to understand agency. He then goes on to discuss examples of supernatural agency in detail, arguing that the human ability to attribute beliefs and desires to others forms the basis of conceptions of supernatural agents and of such social cognition in which supernatural agents are postulated as interested parties in social life. Beliefs about supernatural agency are natural, says Pyysiäinen, in the sense that such concepts are used in an intuitive and automatic fashion. Two dots and a straight line below them automatically trigger the idea of a face, for example. Given that the mind consists of a host of such modular mechanisms, certain kinds of beliefs will always have a selective advantage over others. Abstract theological concepts are usually elaborate versions of such simpler and more contagious folk conceptions. Pyysiäinen uses ethnographical and survey materials as well as doctrinal treatises to show that there are certain recurrent patterns in beliefs about supernatural agents both at the level of folk-religion and of formal theology.

Medjugorje and the Supernatural

Author : Daniel Maria Klimek
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190679220
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Medjugorje and the Supernatural written by Daniel Maria Klimek and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1981, six young Croatians in the village of Medjugorje, in the former Yugoslavia, reported that the Virgin Mary had appeared to them. The Medjugorje visionaries say that Mary has returned every day since then, bringing them important messages from heaven to convey to the world. Throughout history, people have reported encountering extraordinary religious experiences-apparitions of the Virgin Mary, visions of Jesus Christ, weeping statues and icons, the stigmata, physical healings and miracles, and experiences of the afterlife-and interpreted them as supernatural in origin. Scholars have often tried to reinterpret such experiences, including those described by the great mystics like Francis of Assisi, Catherine of Siena, and Teresa of Avila, into natural or psychopathological categories, such as hysteria, hallucination, delusion, epileptic seizures, psychosis, the workings of the unconscious mind, or fraud. Are such reductionist explanations valid? Over the past three decades the Medjugorje visionaries have been subjected to extensive medical, psychological, and scientific examination, even while undergoing their visionary experiences. Daniel Klimek argues that the case of Medjugorje affords a rare opportunity to understand a deeper dimension of extraordinary religious phenomena. Presenting and analyzing the scientific studies on the visionaries in juxtaposition with the major scholars and debates surrounding religious experience, Klimek concludes that a multidisciplinary approach grants a more holistic and deeper understanding of such extraordinary religious experiences.

A Supernatural War

Author : Owen Davies
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019879455X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book A Supernatural War written by Owen Davies and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How widespread belief in fortune-telling, prophecies, spirits, magic, and protective talismans gripped the battlefields and home fronts of Europe during the First World War.

The Victorian Supernatural

Author : Nicola Bown
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521810159
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Victorian Supernatural written by Nicola Bown and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-02-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales

Author : Alison Lurie
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192803832
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales written by Alison Lurie and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This marvelous collection of fairy tales, some moral, some satirical, some bizarre, reflects the popularity and scope of this enduring and versatile genre. Featuring tales written by figures as diverse as Charles Dickens and Ursula Le Guin, this anthology will appeal to the child that exists in every adult.

The Collected Ghost Stories

Author : M. R. James
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Collected Ghost Stories written by M. R. James and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Collected Ghost Stories" by M. R. James. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Supernatural Selection

Author : Matt Rossano
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199798788
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Supernatural Selection written by Matt Rossano and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2006, scientist Richard Dawkins published a blockbuster bestseller, The God Delusion. This atheist manifesto sparked a furious reaction from believers, who have responded with numerous books of their own. By pitting science against religion, however, this debate overlooks what science can tell us about religion. According to evolutionary psychologist Matt J. Rossano, what science reveals is that religion made us human. In Supernatural Selection, Rossano presents an evolutionary history of religion. Neither an apologist for religion nor a religion-basher, he draws together evidence from a wide range of disciplines to show the valuable--even essential--adaptive purpose served by systematic belief in the supernatural. The roots of religion stretch as far back as half a million years, when our ancestors developed the motor control to engage in social rituals--that is, to sing and dance together. Then, about 70,000 years ago, a global ecological crisis drove humanity to the edge of extinction. It forced the survivors to create new strategies for survival, and religious rituals were foremost among them. Fundamentally, Rossano writes, religion is a way for humans to relate to each other and the world around them--and, in the grim struggles of prehistory, it offered significant survival and reproductive advantages. It emerged as our ancestors' first health care system, and a critical part of that health care system was social support. Religious groups tended to be far more cohesive, which gave them a competitive advantage over non-religious groups, and enabled them to conquer the globe. Rather than focusing on one aspect of religion, as many theorists do, Rossano offers an all-encompassing approach that is rich with surprises, insights, and provocative conclusions.

The Oxford Book of English Short Stories

Author : Antonia Susan Byatt
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192881113
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (811 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of English Short Stories written by Antonia Susan Byatt and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Book of English Short Stories, edited by A. S. Byatt, who has published several collections of short stories, is the first anthology to take the English short story as its theme. The thirty-seven stories featured here are selected from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, byauthors ranging from Dickens, Trollope, and Hardy to J. G. Ballard, Angela Carter, and Ian McEwan, though many draw ingeniously from the richness of earlier English literary writing. There are all sorts of threads of connection and contrast running through these stories. Their subjects vary from the sublime to the ridiculous, from the momentous to the trivial, from the grim to the farcical. There is English empiricism, English pragmatism, English starkness, English humour,English satire, English dandyism, English horror, and English whimsy. There are examples of social realism, from rural poverty to blitzed London; ghost stories and tales of the supernatural; surreal fantasy and science fiction. There are stories of sensibility, precisely delineated, from Hardy'sreluctant bride to the shocked heroine of Elizabeth Taylor's The Blush, from H. E. Bates's brilliant fusion of class, sex, death, and landscape, to D. H. Lawrence's exploration of a consciousness slowly detaching itself from its world. There are exuberant stories by Saki and Waugh, Wodehouse andFirbank, with a particularly English range from high irony to pure orchestrated farce. The very range and scope of the collection celebrates the eccentric differences and excellences of English short stories Some of A. S. Byatt's choices clearly take their place in the grand tradition of story-telling, while others are more unusual.Many break all the rules of unity of tone andnarrative, appearing to be one kind of story before unexpectedly turning into another. They pack together comedy and tragedy, farce and delicacy, elegance and the grotesque, with language as various as the subject-matter. As A. S. Byatt explains: 'My only criterion was that those stories I selectedshould be startling and satisfying, and if possible make the hairs on the neck prickle with excitement, aesthetic or narrative.'

Secrets of the Supernatural Life

Author : Shawn Gabie
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0768488419
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Supernatural Life written by Shawn Gabie and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living Supernaturally! “But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets…” Daniel 2:28 Secrets of the Supernatural Life is alive with Spirit-driven energy that will take you into a supernatural realm you never imagined possible! Ten exciting chapters discuss life-changing topics such as: Prophetic Essentials Recognizing the voice of God Heaven on earth through you Understanding the Language of the Spirit Detecting Counterfeits Experiencing the greater works You will learn how to engage and live a supernatural life, where experience with God and His Kingdom is an everyday occurrence. You will be exposed to and equipped with important tools including recognizing the voice of God, Kingdom principles, encountering Jesus, and experiencing the miraculous. The choice is yours—are you satisfied with living a “normal” spiritual life, or are you ready to learn the secrets of living an authentic, biblical, supernatural life?

C. S. Lewis on the Final Frontier

Author : Sanford Schwartz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199888396
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book C. S. Lewis on the Final Frontier written by Sanford Schwartz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sanford Schwartz offers a penetrating new reading of Lewis's celebrated Space Trilogy. Taken together, Schwartz's readings call into question Lewis's self-styled image as a "dinosaur" out of step with the main currents of modern thought. Far from a simple struggle between an old-fashioned Christian humanism and a newfangled heresy, Lewis's Space Trilogy should be seen as the searching effort of a modern religious apologist to sustain and enrich the former through critical engagement with the latter.