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Visions of Religion

Author : Stephen S. Bush
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199387419
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Visions of Religion written by Stephen S. Bush and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities Three understandings of the nature of religion--religion as experience, symbolic meaning, and power--have dominated scholarly discussions, in succession, for the past hundred years. Proponents of each of these three approaches have tended to downplay, ignore, or actively criticize the others. But why should the three approaches be at odds? Religion as it is practiced involves experiences, meanings, and power, so students of religion should attend to all three. Furthermore, theorists of religion should have an account that carefully conceptualizes all three aspects, without regarding any of them as more basic than the others. Visions of Religion provides just such an account. Stephen S. Bush examines influential proponents of the three visions, arguing that each approach offers substantial and lasting contributions to the study of religion, although each requires revision. Bush rehabilitates the concepts of experience and meaning, two categories that are much maligned these days. In doing so, he shows the extent to which these categories are implicated in matters of social power. As for power, the book argues that the analysis of power requires attention to meaning and experience. Visions of Religion accomplishes all this by articulating a social practical theory of religion that can account for all three aspects, even as it incorporates them into a single theoretical framework.

Fits, Trances, and Visions

Author : Ann Taves
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691212724
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Fits, Trances, and Visions written by Ann Taves and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fits, trances, visions, speaking in tongues, clairvoyance, out-of-body experiences, possession. Believers have long viewed these and similar involuntary experiences as religious--as manifestations of God, the spirits, or the Christ within. Skeptics, on the other hand, have understood them as symptoms of physical disease, mental disorder, group dynamics, or other natural causes. In this sweeping work of religious and psychological history, Ann Taves explores the myriad ways in which believers and detractors interpreted these complex experiences in Anglo-American culture between the mid-eighteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Taves divides the book into three sections. In the first, ranging from 1740 to 1820, she examines the debate over trances, visions, and other involuntary experiences against the politically charged backdrop of Anglo-American evangelicalism, established churches, Enlightenment thought, and a legacy of religious warfare. In the second part, covering 1820 to 1890, she highlights the interplay between popular psychology--particularly the ideas of "animal magnetism" and mesmerism--and movements in popular religion: the disestablishment of churches, the decline of Calvinist orthodoxy, the expansion of Methodism, and the birth of new religious movements. In the third section, Taves traces the emergence of professional psychology between 1890 and 1910 and explores the implications of new ideas about the subconscious mind, hypnosis, hysteria, and dissociation for the understanding of religious experience. Throughout, Taves follows evolving debates about whether fits, trances, and visions are natural (and therefore not religious) or supernatural (and therefore religious). She pays particular attention to a third interpretation, proposed by such "mediators" as William James, according to which these experiences are natural and religious. Taves shows that ordinary people as well as educated elites debated the meaning of these experiences and reveals the importance of interactions between popular and elite culture in accounting for how people experienced religion and explained experience. Combining rich detail with clear and rigorous argument, this is a major contribution to our understanding of Protestant revivalism and the historical interplay between religion and psychology.

Visions in a Seer Stone

Author : William L. Davis
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469655675
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Visions in a Seer Stone written by William L. Davis and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2020-04-08 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this interdisciplinary work, William L. Davis examines Joseph Smith's 1829 creation of the Book of Mormon, the foundational text of the Latter Day Saint movement. Positioning the text in the history of early American oratorical techniques, sermon culture, educational practices, and the passion for self-improvement, Davis elucidates both the fascinating cultural context for the creation of the Book of Mormon and the central role of oral culture in early nineteenth-century America. Drawing on performance studies, religious studies, literary culture, and the history of early American education, Davis analyzes Smith's process of oral composition. How did he produce a history spanning a period of 1,000 years, filled with hundreds of distinct characters and episodes, all cohesively tied together in an overarching narrative? Eyewitnesses claimed that Smith never looked at notes, manuscripts, or books—he simply spoke the words of this American religious epic into existence. Judging the truth of this process is not Davis's interest. Rather, he reveals a kaleidoscope of practices and styles that converged around Smith's creation, with an emphasis on the evangelical preaching styles popularized by the renowned George Whitefield and John Wesley.

Visions of Religion

Author : Stephen S. Bush
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199387427
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (874 download)

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Download or read book Visions of Religion written by Stephen S. Bush and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three understandings of the nature of religion - religion as experience, symbolic meaning, and power - have dominated scholarly discussions, in succession, for the past hundred years. This book examines influential proponents of the three visions and argues that each approach has something substantial and lasting to contribute to the study of religion, although each requires revision. It articulates a social practical theory of religion that can account for all three aspects, even as it incorporates them into a single theoretical framework: religion as a social practice.

Asian Visions of Authority

Author : Charles F. Keyes
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824814717
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Asian Visions of Authority written by Charles F. Keyes and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging from a conference on Communities in Question: Religion and Authority in East and Southeast Asia, held in Hua Hin, Thailand, May 1989, this volume examines some of the tensions and conflicts between states and religious communities over the scope of religious views of the communities, the

Visions of Religion

Author : Stephen S. Bush
Publisher : AAR Reflection and Theory in t
ISBN 13 : 0199387400
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Visions of Religion written by Stephen S. Bush and published by AAR Reflection and Theory in t. This book was released on 2014 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bush examines three visions of religion, arguing that each approach offers substantial and lasting contributions to the study of religion.

Myths, Dreams, and Religion

Author : Joseph Campbell
Publisher : M J F Books
ISBN 13 : 9781567313406
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book Myths, Dreams, and Religion written by Joseph Campbell and published by M J F Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Religion of Tomorrow

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 083484074X
Total Pages : 817 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book The Religion of Tomorrow written by Ken Wilber and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative examination of how the great religious traditions can remain relevant in modern times by incorporating scientific truths learned about human nature over the last century A single purpose lies at the heart of all the great religious traditions: awakening to the astonishing reality of the true nature of ourselves and the universe. At the same time, through centuries of cultural accretion and focus on myth and ritual as ends in themselves, this core insight has become obscured. Here, Ken Wilber provides a path for re-envisioning a religion of the future that acknowledges the evolution of humanity in every realm while remaining faithful to that original spiritual vision. For the traditions to attract modern men and women, Wilber asserts, they must incorporate the extraordinary number of scientific truths learned about human nature in just the past hundred years—for example, about the mind and brain, emotions, and the growth of consciousness—that the ancients were simply unaware of and thus were unable to include in their meditative systems. Taking Buddhism as an example, Wilber demonstrates how his comprehensive Integral Approach—which is already being applied to several world religions by some of their adherents—can avert a “cultural disaster of unparalleled proportions”: the utter neglect of the glorious upper reaches of human potential by the materialistic postmodern worldview. Moreover, he shows how we can apply this approach to our own spiritual practice. This, his most sweeping work since Sex, Ecology, Spirituality, is a thrilling call for wholeness, inclusiveness, and unity in the religions of tomorrow.

Shakers, Mormons, and Religious Worlds

Author : Stephen C. Taysom
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253004896
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Shakers, Mormons, and Religious Worlds written by Stephen C. Taysom and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among America's more interesting new religious movements, the Shakers and the Mormons came to be thought of as separate and distinct from mainstream Protestantism. Using archives and historical materials from the 19th century, Stephen C. Taysom shows how these groups actively maintained boundaries and created their own thriving, but insular communities. Taysom discovers a core of innovation deployed by both the Shakers and the Mormons through which they embraced their status as outsiders. Their marginalization was critical to their initial success. As he skillfully negotiates the differences between Shakers and Mormons, Taysom illuminates the characteristics which set these groups apart and helped them to become true religious dissenters.

Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion

Author : Lynn Hunt
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 089236968X
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (923 download)

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Download or read book Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion written by Lynn Hunt and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of intense religious conflict in Europe and ongoing exploration of the lands beyond Europe, Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (1723-37) set a new agenda for thinking about faith and provided a lasting visual template for representing the world's religions. In the work's seven massive volumes, Jean Frederic Bernard and the renowned engraver Bernard Picart invited readers to view religions and their institutions as cultural practices. Bernard Picart and The First Global Vision of Religion approaches this much-cited but little-studied work from a variety of angles. Its fifteen scholarly essays examine Bernard and Picart's authorial and artistic strategies, the handling of religious difference in Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses, and the cultural context that fostered the creation of one of the most influential works of comparative religion ever published.

Forgotten Truth

Author : Huston Smith
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062507877
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Truth written by Huston Smith and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1992-10-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic companion to The World's Religions articulates the remarkable unity that underlies the world's religious traditions

Visions of Sodom

Author : H. G. Cocks
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022643866X
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Visions of Sodom written by H. G. Cocks and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-03-29 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman Sodom -- City of destruction -- The end of the world -- Laws -- Histories -- Lust and morality in the (long) eighteenth century -- The discovery of Sodom, 1851

Visions of Vocation

Author : Steven Garber
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830896260
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Visions of Vocation written by Steven Garber and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword Review's Annual INDIEFAB Book of the Year Finalist Outreach Resource of the Year Christianity Today Award of Merit Leadership Journal Best Books for Church Leaders Book of the Year from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore Is it possible to know the world and still love the world? Of all the questions we ask about our calling, this is the most difficult. From marriages to international relations, the more we know, the harder it is to love. We become cynics or stoics, protecting our hearts from the implications of what we know. But what if the vision of vocation can be recovered—allowing us to step into the wounds of the world and for love's sake take up our responsibility for the way the world turns out? For decades Steve Garber has come alongside a wide range of people as they seek to make sense of the world and their lives. With him we meet leaders from the Tiananmen Square protest who want a good reason to still care about China. We also meet with many ordinary people in ordinary places who long for their lives to matter: Jonathan who learned he would rather build houses than study history Todd and Maria who adopted creative schedules so they could parent better and practice medicine D.J. who helped Congress move into the Internet Age Robin who spends her life on behalf of urban justice Hans who makes hamburgers the way they are meant to be made Susan who built a home business of hand-printing stationary using a letterpress Santiago who works with majority-world nations in need of capital George who has given years to teaching students to learn things that matter most Claudius and Deirdre whose openhearted home has always been a place for people Dan who loves Wyoming, the place, its people and its cows Vocation is when we come to know the world in all its joy and pain and still love it. Vocation is following our calling to seek the welfare of the world we live in. And in helping the world to flourish, strangely, mysteriously, we find that we flourish too. Garber offers a book for everyone everywhere—for students, for parents, for those in the arts, in the academy, in public service, in the trades and in commerce—for all who want to discover the virtue of vocation.

Visions of Glory

Author : John M. Pontius
Publisher : CFI
ISBN 13 : 9781462128433
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book Visions of Glory written by John M. Pontius and published by CFI. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Seeing Jesus

Author : Robert Hudson
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
ISBN 13 : 1506465765
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Seeing Jesus written by Robert Hudson and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus ascended to heaven. End of story. But then how do we explain the many Christians, in nearly every century since, who claimed to have seen, heard, met, and touched Jesus in the flesh? In Seeing Jesus, Robert Hudson explores the larger-than-life characters throughout Christian history who have encountered the actual face or form of the resurrected Christ--from the apostles Thomas and Paul in the first century to Charles Finney in the nineteenth and Sundar Singh in the twentieth. Hudson combines history, biography, spiritual reflection, skepticism, and humor to unpack awe-inspiring and sometimes seemingly absurd stories, from a surprise sighting of Jesus in a cup of coffee, to Christ appearing to Julian of Norwich during a life-threatening illness to assure her that "all manner of thing shall be well." Along the way, he uncovers deeper meaning for us today. Through Hudson's quirky and lyrical prose we get to know people of unflinching faith, like Francis of Assisi, Teresa of Avila, Silouan the Athonite, and Sojourner Truth--those who claim radical encounters with Jesus. The result is a fascinating journey through Christian history that is at once thoroughly analytical and deeply devotional.

Rape Culture and Spiritual Violence

Author : Gina Messina-Dysert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131759262X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Rape Culture and Spiritual Violence written by Gina Messina-Dysert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rape Culture and Spiritual Violence examines sexual violence against women, how religion and society contribute to a rape culture, and the extreme suffering endured by rape victims as a result. Using the testimony of women who have experienced both rape and the consequences of rape culture—from a range of religious, cultural, ethnic, and social contexts—the book explores both the suffering and healing of rape victims from World War II to today. Among the issues considered are victim invisibility, the inability to express pain, and the tendency to assume shame and self-blame. The study examines the role of society in shaping and reinforcing these responses, contributing to traumas that can lead to spiritual death. The book also explores possibilities for multiple spiritual resurrections within the practice of daily life, encouraging both individual healing and social change.

I Believe in Visions

Author : Kenneth E. Hagin
Publisher : Faith Library Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780892765089
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book I Believe in Visions written by Kenneth E. Hagin and published by Faith Library Publications. This book was released on 1984-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rev. Hagin describes in fascinating detail all of his major visions of Jesus in the book I Believe i Visions. These visions have dramtically influenced Rev. Hagin's half century of ministry.