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The Attraction of Religion

Author : D. Jason Slone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472529685
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book The Attraction of Religion written by D. Jason Slone and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion is an evolutionary puzzle. It involves beliefs in counterfactual worlds and engagement in costly rituals. Yet religion is widespread across all human cultures and eras. This begs the question, why are so many people attracted to religion? In The Attraction of Religion, essays by leading scholars in evolutionary psychology, anthropology, and religious studies demonstrate how religion may be related to evolutionary adaptations because religious commitments involve fitness-enhancing behaviours that promote reproduction, kinship, and social solidarity. Could it be that religion is wide-spread, at least in the modern world, because it helps to facilitate cooperative breeding? International contributors explore the philosophical and theoretical arguments for and against the use of costly signalling, sexual selection, and related theories to explain religion, and empirical findings that support or disconfirm such claims. The first book-length treatment that focuses specifically on costly signalling, sexual selection, and related evolutionary theories to explain religion, The Attraction of Religion will be an important contribution to the field and will be of interest to researchers in the fields of evolutionary psychology, religion and science, the psychology of religion, and anthropology of religion.

Roadside Religion

Author : Timothy Beal
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807010631
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Roadside Religion written by Timothy Beal and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 2002, Timothy K. Beal loaded his family into a twenty-nine-foot-long motor home and hit the rural highways of America in search of roadside religious attractions-sites like the World's Largest Ten Commandments and Precious Moments Chapel. Roadside Religion tells of his attempts to understand the meaning of these places as expressions of religious imagination and experience, and to encounter faith in all its awesome absurdity.

Attraction and Danger of Alien Religion

Author : Karl-Gustav Sandelin
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161517426
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (174 download)

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Book Synopsis Attraction and Danger of Alien Religion by : Karl-Gustav Sandelin

Download or read book Attraction and Danger of Alien Religion written by Karl-Gustav Sandelin and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2012 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Judaism and early Christianity emerged during the Hellenistic and early Roman imperial era. They were, naturally, confronted with the Hellenistic and the Roman religion. The question therefore arose as to whether Jews or Christians were free to participate in religious activities alien to the religious heritage of their own. In his articles, Karl-Gustav Sandelin presents documentary material showing that this problem was a burning issue within Judaism from the beginning of the Hellenistic period until the end of the first century C.E. Several Jewish individuals converted to the Hellenistic or the Roman religion. Such behavior was also discussed and generally condemned, for example by the Books of Maccabees and authors such as Philo of Alexandria and Flavius Josephus. A similar problem is to be found in the New Testament, notably in the letters of Paul, especially in the first letter to the Corinthians and in the Revelation of John.

Washed and Waiting

Author : Wesley Hill
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310534208
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Washed and Waiting written by Wesley Hill and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wesley Hill's personal experiences and biblical reflections offer insight into how a nonpracticing gay Christian can "prove, live out, and celebrate" the grace of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit. For many who are on this path, it's a lonely one. The reality of loneliness and isolation of the celibate homosexual Christian is something that Hill lives and takes seriously in his pursuit of the gospel-centered life. To those on a similar journey, it's often a life of uncertainties and questions. In Washed and Waiting, Hill explores the three main struggles that have been part of his daily effort to live faithfully: What exactly does the gospel demand of gay and lesbian Christians, and how can it enable them to fulfill its commands? How do Christians who experience homoerotic desires live with the loneliness such desires entail? Is there any relief for it? What comfort does the gospel offer? Can those of us who struggle with homosexuality please God and truly experience his pleasure in the midst of sexual brokenness? Interspersed throughout these main sections are character sketches and stories of people who have experienced this journey's trials and triumphs. Hill offers wise counsel that is biblically faithful, theologically serious, and oriented to the life and practice of the church. As a celibate gay Christian, he gives us a glimpse of what it looks like to wrestle firsthand with God's "No" to same-sex sexual intimacy and contemplate serious and difficult questions.

Who am I?

Author : Steven Reiss
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780425183403
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Who am I? written by Steven Reiss and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-03-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do we want? What makes us tick? From acceptance to vengeance to curiosity, this book explains the 16 basic and universal desires that shape our behavior—and shows how the ways we prioritize them determines our personalities. Grounded in up-to-date psychological research, this book can help parents comprehend their children’s needs and behavior couples understand each other better employers motivate their employees employees become more effective in their work YOU achieve greater satisfaction and happiness in life

God's Law of Attraction: The Believer's Guide to Success and Fulfillment

Author : Susan Lee
Publisher : Booktango
ISBN 13 : 1468937154
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book God's Law of Attraction: The Believer's Guide to Success and Fulfillment written by Susan Lee and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her first book, Susan Lee bridges the Law of Attraction with God's plan. Secular teachings of the law of attraction focus only on efforts from within and universe manifestation as the paths to financial freedom and a fulfilled life. God's Law of Attraction demonstrates that Christians too can have life purpose, goals, accomplishment; and yes, financial abundance—without guilt or materialism taking over. In God's Law of Attraction, Susan uses numerous Bible story themes to demonstrate God's genuine interest in providing a rich and fulfilling life for his children. Then, she applies how God's Law of Attraction works in our lives daily—whether we recognize its divine origins or not. Susan's interpretations of the stories result in a series of God-given steps that you can use every day to live your walk with God and enjoy life and its many gifts. Specifically, you will discover how to: Live in true abundance without guilt because God wants you to succeed! Find joy in your relationships again by releasing negative vibrations that have hurt in the past Use the Natural Law God Himself put in place to help us set goals and achieve them Trust in God on a new and exciting level Apply five steps: ask, believe, act, allow and receive to achieve God’s best! “Finally a book that recognizes the law of attraction as God's and provides real world guidance, as well as tools, to assist Christians in asking for and recognizing God's blessings.” — Carol Bills “Made me look at the law of attraction differently. I especially appreciated the tips and strategies for how to carry out the 5 steps (Ask, Believe, Act, Allow, Receive) effectively.” — Anonymous

The Attraction of the Cross: Designed to Illustrate the Leading Truths, Obligations, and Hopes of Christianity (1845)

Author : Gardiner Spring
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781104580971
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Attraction of the Cross: Designed to Illustrate the Leading Truths, Obligations, and Hopes of Christianity (1845) written by Gardiner Spring and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The Attraction of the Cross

Author : Gardiner Spring
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Attraction of the Cross written by Gardiner Spring and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

God at the Ritz

Author : Lorenzo Albacete
Publisher : Crossroad Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780824524722
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book God at the Ritz written by Lorenzo Albacete and published by Crossroad Publishing. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A priest shares his funny, insightful story of the night he defended his faith at a national media convention, answering "big" questions touching on life after death, science and religion, and religion and politics.

The Attraction of the Cross; Designed to Illustrate the Leading Truths, Obligations, and Hopes of Christianity

Author : Gardiner SPRING
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Attraction of the Cross; Designed to Illustrate the Leading Truths, Obligations, and Hopes of Christianity written by Gardiner SPRING and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Attraction of the Cross; Designed to Illustrate the Leading Truths, Obligations, and Hopes of Christianity

Author : Gardiner Spring (D.D., LL.D.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Attraction of the Cross; Designed to Illustrate the Leading Truths, Obligations, and Hopes of Christianity written by Gardiner Spring (D.D., LL.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

It's No Secret

Author : James Patrick Watson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483679780
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book It's No Secret written by James Patrick Watson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its No Secret The Christians Guide To Gods Law Of Attraction reveals to Christian readers how to find the Law of Attraction within the verses in the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments. Just as one cannot ignore the Law of Gravity, one may attract unwanted outcomes in his or her life attributing the LOA to humanist or New Age thinking. This guide serves as a Biblical roadmap for discovering this universal law of Gods in His Own Words.

The Attraction of the Cross

Author : Gardiner Spring
Publisher : Darolt Books
ISBN 13 : 6586145201
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book The Attraction of the Cross written by Gardiner Spring and published by Darolt Books. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Attraction of the Cross is a message of meditation based on the Bible and written by Gardiner Spring was born in 1785, attended Berwick Academy in Maine and later graduated from Yale University in 1805. In 1806 he married Miss Susan Barney and moved to Bermuda where he worked as a teacher while studying law. By 1808 he left that teaching position to be admitted to the bar in Connecticut, but within a short time came to explore a call to ministry, attending Andover Seminary from 1809 - 1810. His first pastoral call was to the Brick Church of New York City in 1810 and his entire ministerial career of 63 years was served at this post. He was an industrious author, and wrote many works.

The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion

Author : Yair Lior
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000638413
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion written by Yair Lior and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past two decades have seen a growing interest in evolutionary and scientific approaches to religion. The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting and emerging field. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors the handbook pulls together scholarship in the following areas: evolutionary psychology and the cognitive science of religion (CSR) cultural evolution the complementarity of evolutionary psychology, cognitive science and cultural evolution Within these sections central issues, debates and problems are examined, including: Cliodynamics, cultural group selection, costly signaling, dual inheritance theory, literacy, transmitting narratives, prosociality, supernatural punishment, cognition and ritual, meme theory, fusion theory, sexual selection, agency detection, evoked culture, social brain hypothesis, theory of mind, developmental psychology, emergence theory, social learning, cultural cybernetics, cultural epidemiology, evolutionary and cultural psychology, memetics, by-product and adaptationist theories of religion, systems and information theory, and computer modeling. This Handbook is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies and anthropology. It will also be very useful to those in related fields, such as psychology, sociology of religion, cognitive biology, and evolutionary biology.

Religion and Politics

Author : John T. S. Madeley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351758527
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Politics written by John T. S. Madeley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2003. This subject area of this work cross-cuts conventional sub-disciplinary boundaries in the study of comparative politics. Connections between religion and and politics can be identified in all of the thematic areas covered by the articles within.

Called to Attraction

Author : Brendan Thomas Sammon
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532614187
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Called to Attraction written by Brendan Thomas Sammon and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if there is more to beauty than meets the eye? What if beauty named more than the human response to a thing's appearance, but instead named the very presence of God in the world? And what if beauty provided a power enabling human beings to think in novel and creative ways, to see with new eyes? This book explores the various ways in which the Christian theological tradition has provided responses to these questions. Taking its starting point from the view that beauty is above all a divine name, this book explores the consequences that such a starting point has not only for the human experience of beauty but also for the way in which beauty penetrates to the very heart of human nature, uplifting and inspiring human thought and action to ever new frontiers of existence. In its experience of beauty, so this book argues, the human spirit encounters the divine presence in unexpected and transformative ways, such that one may come to see that not only is God beautiful, but God is beauty itself!

Managing Visitor Attractions

Author : Brian Garrod
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136381287
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Managing Visitor Attractions written by Brian Garrod and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visitor attractions represent a complex sector of the tourism industry and are the catalytic focus for the development of tourism infrastructure and services. As this area grows, there are still many questions to be answered and issues to be understood – such as what visitor attractions actually are, what forces drive their development, who visits them and why, how they are funded, and what the numerous day-to-day challenges are in respect of their management and marketing. The second edition of this successful text investigates these issues further and provides more solutions and suggestions for the present and future. Now in its 2nd edition, Managing Visitor Attractions: New Directions has been fully revised and updated to include new case studies on attractions in Singapore, seasonal variation, religion-based attractions, HRM issues and heritage tourism. It also includes five new chapters looking at attraction success and failure, interpretation, school excursions, managing gardens and brand management. Divided into five parts, the book tackles the following core topics: • the role and nature of visitor attractions • the development of visitor attraction provision • the management of visitor attractions • the marketing of visitor attractions • future issues and trends With contributions from around the world, this is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of visitor attraction management, written by subject specialists with a wealth of experience in this field.