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The Meaning of Belief

Author : Tim Crane
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674982738
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Belief written by Tim Crane and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] lucid and thoughtful book... In a spirit of reconciliation, Crane proposes to paint a more accurate picture of religion for his fellow unbelievers.” —James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review Contemporary debate about religion seems to be going nowhere. Atheists persist with their arguments, many plausible and some unanswerable, but these make no impact on religious believers. Defenders of religion find atheists equally unwilling to cede ground. The Meaning of Belief offers a way out of this stalemate. An atheist himself, Tim Crane writes that there is a fundamental flaw with most atheists’ basic approach: religion is not what they think it is. Atheists tend to treat religion as a kind of primitive cosmology, as the sort of explanation of the universe that science offers. They conclude that religious believers are irrational, superstitious, and bigoted. But this view of religion is almost entirely inaccurate. Crane offers an alternative account based on two ideas. The first is the idea of a religious impulse: the sense people have of something transcending the world of ordinary experience, even if it cannot be explicitly articulated. The second is the idea of identification: the fact that religion involves belonging to a specific social group and participating in practices that reinforce the bonds of belonging. Once these ideas are properly understood, the inadequacy of atheists’ conventional conception of religion emerges. The Meaning of Belief does not assess the truth or falsehood of religion. Rather, it looks at the meaning of religious belief and offers a way of understanding it that both makes sense of current debate and also suggests what more intellectually responsible and practically effective attitudes atheists might take to the phenomenon of religion.

Christian Origins

Author : Kieran O'Mahony
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441178112
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Christian Origins written by Kieran O'Mahony and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2003-04-14 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at Christian origins under several headings: worship, belief and society. The opening essay sets out to describe the immediate background to the early Christian movement within Judaism. The remaining nine essays look at how the early Christians worshipped, what did they believe about Jesus and, finally, in what way did the early Christian movement come to social expression. The authors of the different essays are experts in their various fields.

How God Becomes Real

Author : T.M. Luhrmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691211981
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book How God Becomes Real written by T.M. Luhrmann and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hard work required to make God real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people—as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has shown. But it isn’t easy to maintain a sense that there are invisible spirits who care about you. In How God Becomes Real, acclaimed anthropologist and scholar of religion T. M. Luhrmann argues that people must work incredibly hard to make gods real and that this effort—by changing the people who do it and giving them the benefits they seek from invisible others—helps to explain the enduring power of faith. Drawing on ethnographic studies of evangelical Christians, pagans, magicians, Zoroastrians, Black Catholics, Santeria initiates, and newly orthodox Jews, Luhrmann notes that none of these people behave as if gods and spirits are simply there. Rather, these worshippers make strenuous efforts to create a world in which invisible others matter and can become intensely present and real. The faithful accomplish this through detailed stories, absorption, the cultivation of inner senses, belief in a porous mind, strong sensory experiences, prayer, and other practices. Along the way, Luhrmann shows why faith is harder than belief, why prayer is a metacognitive activity like therapy, why becoming religious is like getting engrossed in a book, and much more. A fascinating account of why religious practices are more powerful than religious beliefs, How God Becomes Real suggests that faith is resilient not because it provides intuitions about gods and spirits—but because it changes the faithful in profound ways.

Jesus > Religion

Author : Jefferson Bethke
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1400205409
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Jesus > Religion written by Jefferson Bethke and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandon dead, dry, religious rule-keeping and embrace the promise of being truly known and deeply loved. Jefferson Bethke burst into the cultural conversation with a passionate, provocative poem titled "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus." The 4-minute video became an overnight sensation, with 7 million YouTube views in its first 48 hours (and 23+ million in a year). Bethke's message clearly struck a chord with believers and nonbelievers alike, triggering an avalanche of responses running the gamut from encouraged to enraged. In his New York Times bestseller Jesus > Religion, Bethke unpacks similar contrasts that he drew in the poem--highlighting the difference between teeth gritting and grace, law and love, performance and peace, despair, and hope. With refreshing candor, he delves into the motivation behind his message, beginning with the unvarnished tale of his own plunge from the pinnacle of a works-based, fake-smile existence that sapped his strength and led him down a path of destructive behavior. Along the way, Bethke gives you the tools you need to: Humbly and prayerfully open your mind Understand Jesus for all that he is View the church from a brand-new perspective Bethke is quick to acknowledge that he's not a pastor or theologian, but simply an ordinary, twenty-something who cried out for a life greater than the one for which he had settled. On this journey, Bethke discovered the real Jesus, who beckoned him with love beyond the props of false religion. Praise for Jesus > Religion: "Jeff's book will make you stop and listen to a voice in your heart that may have been drowned out by the noise of religion. Listen to that voice, then follow it--right to the feet of Jesus." --Bob Goff, author of New York Times bestsellers Love Does and Everybody, Always "The book you hold in your hands is Donald Miller's Blue Like Jazz meets C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity meets Augustine's Confessions. This book is going to awaken an entire generation to Jesus and His grace." --Derwin L. Gray, lead pastor of Transformation Church, author of Limitless Life: Breaking Free from the Labels That Hold You Back

The Origin and Development of Religious Belief

Author : Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Origin and Development of Religious Belief written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

God Is Not Great

Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 1551991764
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book God Is Not Great written by Christopher Hitchens and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Hitchens, described in the London Observer as “one of the most prolific, as well as brilliant, journalists of our time” takes on his biggest subject yet–the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. In the tradition of Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris’s recent bestseller, The End Of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope’s awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix.

Belief

Author : Francis S. Collins
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006197840X
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Belief written by Francis S. Collins and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A brilliant, wide ranging and powerful series of readings on the possibilities, problems and mysteries of faith. This book belongs on the shelf of every believer—and every serious skeptic.” — Rabbi David Wolpe, author of Why Faith Matters “This life-giving, faith-filled and hard-nosed collection reveals why, as St. Anselm wrote, true faith always seeks to understand.” — Rev. James Martin, author of My Life with the Saints From Dr. Francis Collins, New York Times bestselling author of The Language of God, comes the definitive reader on the rationality of faith.

Patterns of Belief

Author : Eric Carlton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351554867
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Patterns of Belief written by Eric Carlton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The principle purpose of Religious Education has traditionally been to instruct and inform, with discussion and questioning occupying a secondary position. This traditional approach gives overwhelming emphasis to the historical aspects of religion, and not only fails to put into perspective the issues raised by religion today, but also takes no account of the growing movement in schools towards learning by enquiry and questioning rather than by the accumulation of stated facts. This title, first published in 1973, explores the ways in which religion can be approached from a more sociological standpoint, and aims to encourage the reader to examine religion in a more objective manner. The wide-ranging and exploratory theme of this book makes it ideal for follow-up work and suggestions for further study are provided after each chapter. This title will be of interest to teachers and students of Religious Studies.

By the Waters of Babylon

Author : Scott Aniol
Publisher : Kregel Publications
ISBN 13 : 0825443776
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book By the Waters of Babylon written by Scott Aniol and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2015 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to biblically shaped worship, which has the greatest missional impact in a post-Christian culture By the Waters of Babylon examines a relationship between worship, culture, and evangelism that is centered in a desire for biblical fidelity rather than cultural relevance. Imagine how the Hebrews felt during their years of captivity in Babylon. How could they sing the songs they once sang in the spender of Jerusalem now that they sat in exile? Christian worship in the West faces many of the same challenges as this tragic account of Israel's captivity. By all accounts Christendom is dead, and unbiblical beliefs have progressively permeated Western thought, expectations, and culture. So how should churches respond to this seismic shift in their relationship with an increasingly post-Christian culture while still following the biblical mandate to reach that culture with the gospel of Jesus Christ? By the Waters of Babylon will help Christians wrestle through this critical issue of the relationship between Christian worship and evangelistic witness, especially in the context of an increasingly hostile culture. The author demonstrates that biblically regulated, gospel-shaped corporate worship that communicates God's truth through appropriate cultural forms will have the most missional impact in a post-Christian context.

God Doesn't Believe in Atheists

Author : Ray Comfort
Publisher : Bridge Logos Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9780882709222
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book God Doesn't Believe in Atheists written by Ray Comfort and published by Bridge Logos Foundation. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proves to atheists that they don't exist, reveals to agnostics their true motives, and strengthens the faith of the believers. This book answers questions such as Who made God? and Where did Cain get his wife? The book uses humor, reason, and logic to send a powerful message. Here are some reactions from atheists who read the book . . .

The Religions of the American Indians

Author : Åke Hultkrantz
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520042391
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book The Religions of the American Indians written by Åke Hultkrantz and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive survey of American Indian religion and Tribal religions.

Belief and Worship in Native North America

Author : Åke Hultkrantz
Publisher : Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Belief and Worship in Native North America written by Åke Hultkrantz and published by Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Belief And Worship

Author : Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
Publisher : Tughra Books
ISBN 13 : 159784604X
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Belief And Worship written by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and published by Tughra Books. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is adapted from the Risale-I Nur collection and covers very fundamental topics discussed in the first chapters of The Words. These include the importance of phrase In the Name of God and how it is manifested upon the face of entire creation, the necessity of religion, and the wisdom behind different prayer times.

Aristotle on Religion

Author : Mor Segev
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108415253
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Aristotle on Religion written by Mor Segev and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive account of the socio-political role Aristotle attributes to traditional religion, despite rejecting its content.

How to Be a Christian

Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062849956
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book How to Be a Christian written by C. S. Lewis and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the revered teacher and bestselling author of such classic Christian works as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters comes a collection that gathers the best of C. S. Lewis’s practical advice on how to embody a Christian life. The most famous adherent and defender of Christianity in the twentieth century, C. S. Lewis has long influenced our perceptions and understanding of the faith. More than fifty years after his death, Lewis’s arguments remain extraordinarily persuasive because they originate from his deep insights into the Christian life itself. Only an intellectual of such profound faith could form such cogent and compelling reasons for its truth. How to Be a Christian brings together the best of Lewis’s insights on Christian practice and its expression in our daily lives. Cultivated from his many essays, articles, and letters, as well as his classic works, this illuminating and thought-provoking collection provides practical wisdom and direction Christians can use to nurture their faith and become more devout disciples of Christ. By provoking readers to more carefully ponder their faith, How to Be a Christian can help readers forge a deeper understanding of their personal beliefs and what is means to be a Christian, and strengthen their profound relationship with God.

World Religion And Their Beliefs System

Author : Shiv Shanker Tiwary
Publisher : MD Pub Pvt Limited
ISBN 13 : 9788175332294
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book World Religion And Their Beliefs System written by Shiv Shanker Tiwary and published by MD Pub Pvt Limited. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: eligion is belief in a supreme being or beings; belief in God or gods practiced through faith, obedience, prayer,and worship and specific system of belief about deity, often involving rituals, a code of ethics, and a philosophy of life. Religion is more than just a belef in a deity and a way of life.There are thousands of religions but eight major ones in our world are Buddhism, CHristianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shinto, and Taoism. Each of the others bases faith on the life or teachings of specific individuals. There are as many different types of religion as there are different types of people. For many people, religion is an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, practices, and worship involving one supreme God or Deity. Other peoples religions involve a number of different gods. Some people's religions has no specific God or gods to be worshiped

Prayer for People Who Don't Believe in God

Author : Vance Morgan
Publisher : Wood Lake Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1773431692
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book Prayer for People Who Don't Believe in God written by Vance Morgan and published by Wood Lake Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many progressive christians struggle with prayer –or, at least, with the kinds of prayer they are often exposed to: shouted, whispered, forceful, timid, begging, and demanding; everything from essay lengthy scripted petitions, to poetry read from a book, to rote recitations that no one pays much attention to, to pronouncements, to communications in a “prayer language.” They are often gripped by the power of the Christian faith but are simply unable or unwilling to endorse or engage with many of its traditional beliefs, including traditional beliefs about God and prayer. If we're not trying to connect with the kind of God who takes notes, answers “yes” or “no,” and grants or withholds favours, what or whom are we trying to connect with? And so often our words seem to travel no further than the ceiling, no matter what we believe. The situation for people who describe themselves as “spiritual but not religious” isn’t much different. They may not “pray” in the traditional sense or in traditional ways, but many long to connect or communicate with something larger than themselves – as good a definition of “prayer” as any – whether they name that something “the divine,” “big love,” or “spirit”; or think of it as a “force” or “energy” that connects all things. This is not an academic book, nor a “how-to” document. Rather, it poses questions that are important to progressive Christians and to the “spiritual but not religious.” Working only with the assumption that prayer might have value even for those who are not sure what, or who, or even if God is, this book is about opening oneself to the “possibility of God.”