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Deity and Domination

Author : David Nicholls
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134982348
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Deity and Domination written by David Nicholls and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Religion and politics are necessarily related', declared Ronald Reagan, while addressing an ecumenical prayer breakfast of 17,000 people in Dallas. But how are they connected? Many popular images of God - King, Lord, and Judge - are essentially political, while concepts of might, majesty, dominion, and power are used of both God and the state. This ambitious and original work explores the relations between these images and their political context through the analogy between divine and civil government, and considers what images of God may legitimately be employed by Christians in the twentieth century. David Nicholls suggests that religious conceptions have often affected political thinking - theological rhetoric, child of political experience, may also be mother of political change. Drawing upon politics, theology, history, sociology, anthropology, and literary criticism, this important new book will be essential reading for all concerned with the relation between Christianity and politics.

God and Government in an 'Age of Reason'

Author : David Nicholls
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134982275
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book God and Government in an 'Age of Reason' written by David Nicholls and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this companion volume to Deity and Domination, David Nicholls broadens his examination of the relationship between religion and politics. Focusing on the images and concepts of God and the state predominant in eighteenth-century discourse, he shows how these were interrelated and reflect the language of the wider cultural contexts. Nicholls argues that the way a community pictures God will inevitably reflect (and also affect) its general understanding of authority, whether it be in state, in family or in other social institutions. Much language about God, for example, has a primarily political reference: in psalms, hymns and sermons God is called king, judge, lord, ruler and to him are ascribed might, majesty, dominion, power and sovereignty. But if political rhetoric is frequently incorporated into religious discourse, the reverse is also true: many key concepts of modern political theory are secularised theological concepts. In his consideration of this important and neglected relationship Nicholls sheds new light on religion and politics in the eighteenth century.

The Politics of God

Author : Kathryn Tanner
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506481965
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of God written by Kathryn Tanner and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years ago, Kathryn Tanner put forward a daring proposal. Traditional Christian theologies, she insisted, can be a source of political transformation rather than a sponsor of the status quo. Through a rigorous analysis of Christian beliefs in their historical, theological, and social diversity, Tanner connects belief to attitudes and action and shows how doctrines can relate to each other, to social systems, and to ethical behavior. Drawing on the theologies of divine transcendence and creation that animate and organize so much of her work, The Politics of God frees traditional theology from its captivity to unjust rulers and systems and unleashes its radical potential for liberation, empowerment, and the pursuit of a just society. This anniversary edition includes a major new preface, in which Tanner addresses the changes in the social and political situation that have accumulated in the decades since the book's publication and resituates her argument for a new generation of theologians and activists.

From Dessalines to Duvalier

Author : David Nicholls
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813522401
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (224 download)

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Download or read book From Dessalines to Duvalier written by David Nicholls and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rich in subject matter and eminently readable, this book is also a fine work of scholarship. The more than 1,200 footnotes are models of clarity and relevance; the bibliography and index seem scrupulously accurate. . . While each generation must rewrite its own history, as Nicholls remarks, no book on Haiti for a long time to come will properly be able to ignore the analysis he here provides." --Ethnic and Racial Studies "Step by step, Nicholls] guides us through the various historical time periods of Haitian political and national development, illuminating each one of them by a cogent and learned discussion of the main ideas and ideologies that accompanied them." --The Political Quarterly "Probably the best book written about Haitian history after its independence . . . a thorough, thoughtful, extremely well-researched work." --Handbook of Latin American Studies In this lively, provocative, and well-documented history, David Nicholls discusses the impact of "color" on political and social alliances during almost two hundred years of Haitian history. While consciousness of racial identity has been a powerful factor which, from the earliest days, has united Haitians in a determination to preserve their national independence, color has been a divisive factor, leading to the erosion of the stability of that independence. Nicholls grounds this sophisticated analysis in great historical detail and engaging, witty prose. Students and general readers alike will gain much from this insightful and informative history of Haiti. A new preface to this edition covers the last ten years in Haitiain history. David Nicholls is a major authority on Haiti, and was in the country as a newspaper correspondent during the 1987 election disaster. His other books include Haiti in the Caribbean Context: Ethnicity; The Pluralist State: and Deity and Domination.

The Elder Gods

Author : David Eddings
Publisher : Aspect
ISBN 13 : 0759508186
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book The Elder Gods written by David Eddings and published by Aspect. This book was released on 2003-10-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly imaginative, this fantasy will take you to the brink of the end of the world as gods fight demons and monsters for the right to rule -- and their lives. While most continents float freely on the face of Mother Sea, the Land of Dhrall survives anchored by the will of the Gods. All Gods, Elder and Younger, share the people and the land of Dhrall equally. But the one place they never enter is The Wasteland: a barren and hideous wilderness ruled by the Vlagh -- a god-like creature whose young are evil spawn. Now, as the Elder Gods are about to transfer their power to the Younger Gods, the Vlagh plans to take advantage of their weakened state and neutralize them, eventually conquering the world. To do so, it is breeding a terrible force borne of monsters and demons. But one ray of hope shines through the darkness: four children called the Dreamers. They alone hold the power to change the course of history . . . and stop the Vlagh in its quest for total world domination.

Accidental Gods

Author : Anna Della Subin
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1250296889
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Accidental Gods written by Anna Della Subin and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE, THE IRISH TIMES AND THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT A provocative history of men who were worshipped as gods that illuminates the connection between power and religion and the role of divinity in a secular age Ever since 1492, when Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World and was hailed as a heavenly being, the accidental god has haunted the modern age. From Haile Selassie, acclaimed as the Living God in Jamaica, to Britain’s Prince Philip, who became the unlikely center of a new religion on a South Pacific island, men made divine—always men—have appeared on every continent. And because these deifications always emerge at moments of turbulence—civil wars, imperial conquest, revolutions—they have much to teach us. In a revelatory history spanning five centuries, a cast of surprising deities helps to shed light on the thorny questions of how our modern concept of “religion” was invented; why religion and politics are perpetually entangled in our supposedly secular age; and how the power to call someone divine has been used and abused by both oppressors and the oppressed. From nationalist uprisings in India to Nigerien spirit possession cults, Anna Della Subin explores how deification has been a means of defiance for colonized peoples. Conversely, we see how Columbus, Cortés, and other white explorers amplified stories of their godhood to justify their dominion over native peoples, setting into motion the currents of racism and exclusion that have plagued the New World ever since they touched its shores. At once deeply learned and delightfully antic, Accidental Gods offers an unusual keyhole through which to observe the creation of our modern world. It is that rare thing: a lyrical, entertaining work of ideas, one that marks the debut of a remarkable literary career.

The Word

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Word written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Christ- Like God

Author : John V. Taylor
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334048567
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Christ- Like God written by John V. Taylor and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central thesis of The Christlike God is that Jesus is the reflection in human life of the being of God. John Taylor begins by pointing out how few religious people-or non-religious people- ever stop and think about God, but tend to live with an unconscious stereotype. He discusses throughout the text how we acquire our idea of God, the nature of revelation experience, and the range of reflection on God both within and out-with the Christian tradition. Bishop John Taylor was one of the twentieth century's leading Anglican missionary statesmen. An ecumenist, Africanist and theologian of internatioanl repute, he served as a General Secretary of the Church MIssionary Society at a crucial stage in its development and later became Bishop of Windsor.

Man Made God

Author : Barbara G. Walker
Publisher : Stellar House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0979963141
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (799 download)

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Download or read book Man Made God written by Barbara G. Walker and published by Stellar House Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extraordinary independent scholar of comparative religion and mythology Walker examines a time when the Goddess and her consort/son ruled supreme and forward into the era when the patriarchy usurped Her worship.

Publications of the Babylonian Section

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Publications of the Babylonian Section written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1688 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Goddesses and the Divine Feminine

Author : Rosemary Ruether
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520250055
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Goddesses and the Divine Feminine written by Rosemary Ruether and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-11-20 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The scholarship in this book is superior, revealing a depth of insight and a scope of knowledge possible only from a scholar who has lived with the concerns of feminist theology for decades. Ruether is a gifted storyteller, and lucidly translates complex ideas and debates. This work is of the highest importance, and Ruether asks the right questions at the right time. The text is groundbreaking."—Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Saint Mary's College of California "Ruether has provided a valuable introduction to an important feminist topic: what can we know about sacred female imagery in Western culture? She guides us through contemporary feminist scholarship, providing engaging narrative, and venturing her own interpretations. Ruether calls for feminists to move beyond divisions created by our different interpretations of prehistory and work together towards our common project of a more peaceful, just, and ecological world."—Carol Hepokoski, Meadville Lombard Theological School

History of the Doctrine of the Deity of Jesus Christ. Translated from the French [by Ann Swaine], etc

Author : Albert RÉVILLE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book History of the Doctrine of the Deity of Jesus Christ. Translated from the French [by Ann Swaine], etc written by Albert RÉVILLE and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

POCA 2007

Author : Paraskevi Christodoulou
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443826197
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book POCA 2007 written by Paraskevi Christodoulou and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Postgraduate Cypriot Archaeology Conference (POCA) was held in Cyprus in 2007. This event brought together a significant number of distinguished young scholars from research institutions all over the world, conducting research on the history and archaeology of the island. The proceedings volume of this conference is a multidisciplinary collection of papers that spans from the prehistoric to the medieval times, a significant contribution to the field of archaeological research that will engage young and older scholars and provide the groundwork for further development of research ideas, methodologies and collaborations.

Deep Splendor

Author : Robert P. Vande Kappelle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666794449
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Deep Splendor written by Robert P. Vande Kappelle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People concerned with spirituality are seekers; instead of possessing truth, they seek to be possessed by it. Thus, a fully spiritual person is forever learning and growing. William Blake, the seminal mystic poet who worked to bring about change both in the social order and in common ways of thinking, taught that "all we need to do is cleanse the doors of perception, and we shall see things as they are--infinite." And nothing cleanses--and enlarges--the doors of perception like great literature. Whether it be poetry, a short story, a novel, historical fiction, fantasy literature, or biographical writing, the literary experience is slightly beyond a reader's horizon of understanding. When literature enhances spirituality--as is true of the dozen or more selections examined in Deep Splendor--each literary moment confounds in order to keep us forever enthralled, forever longing. The authors and works examined in this study explore timeless spiritual themes such as coming of age, relationships, self-integration, the struggle of good versus evil, the nature of change, and the corruptive aspects of power. When we think about great literature, it is easy to focus objectively on the literature itself, on what makes literature "bad" or "good." However, another essential distinction involves the reader, replacing the category "good book" with that of "good reader." As master teacher C. S. Lewis wrote, a quality of good readers is that they seek an enlargement of their being. Deep Splendor will teach you how to read great literature and how to be a good reader.

Christlikeness

Author : Robert P. Vande Kappelle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666764965
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Christlikeness written by Robert P. Vande Kappelle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-12-20 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human beings are happiest when they live virtuously. For Jesus and his first followers, living virtuously meant loving God and others as extensions of oneself. However, what began as an inclusive ethical way of life based on unconditional love gradually degenerated into an exclusive social and political religious movement that came to be known as Christendom. Originally a continuation of Jewish messianism, the Christian movement aligned itself with Platonic and Aristotelian elements, comprising a marriage of specific elements of Greek philosophy with Roman imperialism. What if, instead of aligning with the dualist, idealist, exclusivist, and supremacist Socratic movement perpetuated by Plato and his followers, ancient Christians had aligned with the nondualist, realist, inclusivist, and egalitarian Stoic movement spread by Zeno and his followers, an ethical tradition that, like the teachings of Jesus, was guided by providential and natural law ethics? The results of such a synthesis, laid out in this innovative study, are practical, inspiring, and transformative, for they are based on the greatest vision possible for humanity, a nondualist approach to life that counters authoritarian and exclusivist behavior fostered by supremacist political, ethical, and social religious ideologies. Unlike Christendom, based on ecclesiastical triumphalism, the way of Christlikeness, envisioned by Jesus for humanity, is grounded in humility, compassion, service, and love of others.