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The Spirit of Secular Art

Author : Robert Nelson
Publisher : Monash University ePress
ISBN 13 : 0980361613
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Secular Art written by Robert Nelson and published by Monash University ePress. This book was released on 2007 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SPIRIT OF SECULAR ART explains the spiritual prestige of art. Various theorists have discussed how art has an aura or indefinable magic. This book explains how, when and why it gained its spiritual properties. The idea that all art is somehow spiritual (even though not religious) is often assumed; this book, while narrating the historical trajectory of art in the most accessible language, reveals how the mysteries of religious practice are abstracted and saved through all stages of secularisation in European culture. THE SPIRIT OF SECULAR ART presents a coherent theory defining the sacred basis of Western aesthetics. It evocatively describes the afterlife of the holy from Ancient Greece to the present, and outlines how the mysterious institution of art can be explained in material terms. Unlike other books in the genre, THE SPIRIT OF SECULAR ART radically deconstructs traditional art history in terms of 'prestige' and the value of the non-material. The book functions as: an alternative critical history of art, integrated with the histories of literature and belief; a philosophical essay on the fundamental values of art and religion; and a critique of the spiritual conceits of contemporary aesthetics and art appreciation.

The Modern Spirit of Asia

Author : Peter van der Veer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691128154
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Spirit of Asia written by Peter van der Veer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparative look at religion and spirituality in postcolonial China and India The Modern Spirit of Asia challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient traditions in unique and distinctive ways. Peter van der Veer begins with nineteenth-century imperial history, exploring how Western concepts of spirituality, secularity, religion, and magic were used to translate the traditions of India and China. He traces how modern Western notions of religion and magic were incorporated into the respective nation-building projects of Chinese and Indian nationalist intellectuals, yet how modernity in China and India is by no means uniform. While religion is a centerpiece of Indian nationalism, it is viewed in China as an obstacle to progress that must be marginalized and controlled. The Modern Spirit of Asia moves deftly from Kandinsky's understanding of spirituality in art to Indian yoga and Chinese qi gong, from modern theories of secularism to histories of Christian conversion, from Orientalist constructions of religion to Chinese campaigns against magic and superstition, and from Muslim Kashmir to Muslim Xinjiang. Van der Veer, an outspoken proponent of the importance of comparative studies of religion and society, eloquently makes his case in this groundbreaking examination of the spiritual and the secular in China and India.

The Spirit and the Secular

Author : Phil William Zarns
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725269163
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book The Spirit and the Secular written by Phil William Zarns and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does one make disciples and plant the church in a secular environment? Does it take technical production? Is a great venue or "mother" church necessary? Does it take a well-networked team? Tangible factors such as these are easily remedied by consulting seasoned, church planting experts. Yet, what if some obstacles to plant the church aren't tangible at all? The Spirit and the Secular examines the ways that Spirit-led Christians trust the Holy Spirit while church planting amidst a secular cultural backdrop. A review of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles traces a Spirit-led Christ and Spirit-led church as they make disciples. To better discern the challenge of what it means to be a contemporary church planter in Sweden, a historical review of Swedish culture reveals the rise of secularism alongside of the flourish of the Pentecostal church of the 1900s. What follows is a groundbreaking fieldwork study using a current, investigative interview method, Q-Methodology, measuring the perceptions of thirty church planters in Sweden who reveal their collective ideal and differing practices. The study wraps with a comprehensive analysis grounding the research in a theory of Spirit-led church planting.

Spirit and the Obligation of Social Flesh

Author : Sharon V. Betcher
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823253929
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book Spirit and the Obligation of Social Flesh written by Sharon V. Betcher and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on philosophical reflection, spiritual and religious values, and somatic practice, Spirit and the Obligation of Social Flesh offers guidance for moving amidst the affective dynamics that animate the streets of the global cities now amassing around our planet. Here theology turns decidedly secular. In urban medieval Europe, seculars were uncloistered persons who carried their spiritual passion and sense of an obligated life into daily circumambulations of the city. Seculars lived in the city, on behalf of the city, but—contrary to the new profit economy of the time—with a different locus of value: spirit. Betcher argues that for seculars today the possibility of a devoted life, the practice of felicity in history, still remains. Spirit now names a necessary “prosthesis,” a locus for regenerating the elemental commons of our interdependent flesh and thus for cultivating spacious and fearless empathy, forbearance, and generosity. Her theological poetics, though based in Christianity, are frequently in conversation with other religions resident in our postcolonial cities.

A SECULAR AGE

Author : Charles TAYLOR
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674044282
Total Pages : 889 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book A SECULAR AGE written by Charles TAYLOR and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 889 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The place of religion in society has changed profoundly in the last few centuries, particularly in the West. In what will be a defining book for our time, Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean, and what, precisely, happens when a society becomes one in which faith is only one human possibility among others.

Lourdes

Author : Ruth Harris
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 014188990X
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book Lourdes written by Ruth Harris and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lourdes was at the very centre of nineteenth century debates on religion, science and medicine. Both the Church and secularists championed the 'miracle' town as crucial in shaping how society should think about the mind, body and spirit. Since the ‘visions’ of Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 transformed the quiet Pyrenean town into an international tourist and pilgrimage destination, it has been a site for controversy. In her well-crafted and carefully researched book, Harris deftly places Lourdes and its attendant spiritual movement firmly at the centre of French history and shows its significance in the country’s development.

This Life

Author : Martin Hägglund
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 1101873736
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book This Life written by Martin Hägglund and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the René Wellek Prize Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, The Millions, and The Sydney Morning Herald This Life offers a profoundly inspiring basis for transforming our lives, demonstrating that our commitment to freedom and democracy should lead us beyond both religion and capitalism. Philosopher Martin Hägglund argues that we need to cultivate not a religious faith in eternity but a secular faith devoted to our finite life together. He shows that all spiritual questions of freedom are inseparable from economic and material conditions: what matters is how we treat one another in this life and what we do with our time. Engaging with great philosophers from Aristotle to Hegel and Marx, literary writers from Dante to Proust and Knausgaard, political economists from Mill to Keynes and Hayek, and religious thinkers from Augustine to Kierkegaard and Martin Luther King, Jr., Hägglund points the way to an emancipated life.

Secular, Sacred, Spirit

Author : Blake K. Healy
Publisher : Charisma Media
ISBN 13 : 1636411169
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Secular, Sacred, Spirit written by Blake K. Healy and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spiritual realm affects everyday life in ways we’ve never imagined! This book will revolutionize your understanding of how the spiritual and physical worlds connect with one another so you can strategically live out kingdom purposes in all areas of your life. Since Blake Healy was a child, he has seen angels, demons, and other spiritual realities. He sees them with the naked eye as clearly as anything else. In his latest book, he gives readers a peek behind the veil as he shows them how the physical and spiritual realms connect. Known for his rich storytelling and vivid descriptions, Healy takes readers on a journey through everyday events—a trip to a grocery store, a family dinner, a busy workday—and helps them see how what is happening in the spirit is affected by the way we live our daily lives. In the end, readers will: Gain a clearer understanding of how the spirit realm operates Understand that their actions have spiritual consequences Learn how the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit can guide them into having a heavenly effect wherever they go. See God’s hand in every part of your life!

The Secular Spirit

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0870990969
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Secular Spirit written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Worlds Apart

Author : Roy Jenkin
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1098075730
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Worlds Apart written by Roy Jenkin and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title of the book, Worlds Apart, is an accurate description of both the secular and spiritual worlds in which we live. There exists a great dearth today of true biblical understanding of what it means to be a born-again believer and those who have a mere profession. It is hoped that the reader will discover for him or herself the distinct difference between what it means to be a child of heaven who enjoys all the wonderful benefits of a spiritual life and someone who just exists on a secular plane. It is a sad indictment that the great majority of mankind through the ages have lived and died without a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Truly the words of Jesus impart to us the awful reality that the way is narrow that leads to life and that the way is broad that leads to destruction, and few there be that find the narrow way. The depiction of Christian in John BunyanaEUR(tm)s marvelous book The PilgrimaEUR(tm)s Progress where he is presented as fleeing the city of destruction is so true of the situation today. It is the authoraEUR(tm)s fervent hope that this book will bring joy to believers and an awakening to those who seek to find that narrow way.

The Spirit and the Secular

Author : Phil William Zarns
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725269155
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book The Spirit and the Secular written by Phil William Zarns and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does one make disciples and plant the church in a secular environment? Does it take technical production? Is a great venue or “mother” church necessary? Does it take a well-networked team? Tangible factors such as these are easily remedied by consulting seasoned, church planting experts. Yet, what if some obstacles to plant the church aren’t tangible at all? The Spirit and the Secular examines the ways that Spirit-led Christians trust the Holy Spirit while church planting amidst a secular cultural backdrop. A review of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles traces a Spirit-led Christ and Spirit-led church as they make disciples. To better discern the challenge of what it means to be a contemporary church planter in Sweden, a historical review of Swedish culture reveals the rise of secularism alongside of the flourish of the Pentecostal church of the 1900s. What follows is a groundbreaking fieldwork study using a current, investigative interview method, Q-Methodology, measuring the perceptions of thirty church planters in Sweden who reveal their collective ideal and differing practices. The study wraps with a comprehensive analysis grounding the research in a theory of Spirit-led church planting.

The Modern Spirit of Asia

Author : Peter van der Veer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400848555
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Spirit of Asia written by Peter van der Veer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-27 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparative look at religion and spirituality in postcolonial China and India The Modern Spirit of Asia challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient traditions in unique and distinctive ways. Peter van der Veer begins with nineteenth-century imperial history, exploring how Western concepts of spirituality, secularity, religion, and magic were used to translate the traditions of India and China. He traces how modern Western notions of religion and magic were incorporated into the respective nation-building projects of Chinese and Indian nationalist intellectuals, yet how modernity in China and India is by no means uniform. While religion is a centerpiece of Indian nationalism, it is viewed in China as an obstacle to progress that must be marginalized and controlled. The Modern Spirit of Asia moves deftly from Kandinsky's understanding of spirituality in art to Indian yoga and Chinese qi gong, from modern theories of secularism to histories of Christian conversion, from Orientalist constructions of religion to Chinese campaigns against magic and superstition, and from Muslim Kashmir to Muslim Xinjiang. Van der Veer, an outspoken proponent of the importance of comparative studies of religion and society, eloquently makes his case in this groundbreaking examination of the spiritual and the secular in China and India.

Sensing the Spirit

Author : Judith A. Merkle SNDdeN
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567707016
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Sensing the Spirit written by Judith A. Merkle SNDdeN and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the work of Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor, this book examines how secular culture affects both the living of Christian discipleship today and impacts how religious congregations engage in their own renewal and future. It argues that religious communities can do more than improve and fix the out of date conditions they met in the renewal after Vatican II. Calling on environmental, sociological and theological insights, this book asks how the ongoing “coming of the Kingdom” in the Spirit brings new gifts for these times and how congregations might respond beyond restorative or post-Christian solutions to new challenges confronting them. This book offers a renewed meaning of religious life in secular life and the gift it offers and receives from every culture in which it is embedded.

When the Secular World Collides With the Spiritual World

Author : John Rose
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453519017
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book When the Secular World Collides With the Spiritual World written by John Rose and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After founding a Food Ministry in 1987, and serving as the director, counselor and teacher for sixteen years I found that people, Christian people do not know much about the Bible, I have been studying the scriptures for twenty-five years. My life was nothing to be proud of, but when the Holy Spirit drew me to Jesus and I ask Him to be Lord of my life, that I wanted the best He has for me, and I would give Him the best I could give. I want my Christian brethren to know all He died for us is ours, for He loves us. We counseled with the people and showed them through the bible how Jesus could meet their needs, Then we gave them food, good food that they could make a good meals from, as time passed I did not see that the people were gaining much to change their lives, and Jesus was teaching me more about the Kingdom of Heaven here on earth . It does not penetrate the people's heart that we can have heaven here on earth, because the Preachers and Teachers do not know how to live in heaven here on earth. You need to know how to live in the Spirit and not in the world; the kingdom of heaven is a spiritual place. Galatians, 4:16, This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. V-17, For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other, so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. V-18, But if ye be led of the Spirit, Ye are not under the law. I do not mean to go round saying praise the Lord or hallelujah, all over the place, I mean to make your home a heavenly place to live, love your neighbor, love thy God, do good to others get all the unforgiveness out of your heart, ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins. This is the reason for this book and other books to come. There is no reason for people to go to hell, when the kingdom of heaven is in you. My intended reader is all-Christians, that are confused about the bible. and the unsaved. Ephesians, 6:19, And for me, that utterance mat be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, V-20 which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ough to speak. The only way to know the mystery's of the gospels is through the Spirit. John O. Rose www.iamthewayministry.com E-mail [email protected]

Toward Spiritual Sovereignty

Author : John W. Casperson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 146782982X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book Toward Spiritual Sovereignty written by John W. Casperson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toward Spiritual Sovereignty diagnoses societal samodaya (Buddhist terminology for emotional craving). The author uses extensive knowledge and wisdom from masters of ages past and present to refocus the spirit of man (spiritus mundi) on a wholesome re-creation of the world community. Every soul has the divine right to determine his or her sacred path to their unique destiny upon the horizons of learned choice. Political aggression, (governmental power), religious aggression (proselytizing), and financial aggression (voracious capitalism) provide conflict and work against the realization of happiness and wellbeing. These works are an attempt to advocate for the abolition of hindrance toward those ends, to advocate, without fetter, for spiritual sovereignty of every soul.Each person, Homo Divinitas (man of Divinity) should be able to experience life without threat. Threat can manifest in the form of hunger, poverty, illiteracy, illness, or physical/emotional/spiritual aggression. The 21st century provides an atmosphere of escalating violence, and terror, amidst the Middle East in particular, and the world in general. Such as the Roman Forum prior to the turn of the first millennia after Christ, mankind seems unable or unwilling to cease participation in the spiritual morphine of violence whether real, virtual, or vicarious. Mr. Casperson's authorship proposes effective measures for self-enlightenment and effective ways to cope with violence and political and religious terrorism. Comments and e-dialog are encouraged at the johncasperson.com website blog/site.

The Secular Spirit

Author : Michael H. Ducey, Ph.D.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1413496458
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book The Secular Spirit written by Michael H. Ducey, Ph.D. and published by . This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visit the author´s website at http://www.thesecularspirit.com Osama bin Laden is a person of faith and Al Qaeda is a faith-based initiative. This should serve to notify us that "faith" is not always a healthy human attribute. This book is a psychology of religion and explains why that is the case. Secularism began in Europe in the sixteenth century and has slowly spread to all parts of the globe. It rejects the authority of religious institutions. Globalization has made it impossible for traditional religions to avoid the pressure of secularism, and so they are now "painted into a corner" and must resist. Evangelical insurgency in the West and Islamic jihadism worldwide are two branches of this resistance. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Bishops and Children I. THE HEART OF THE MATTER 1. The Argument 2. A Personal Preamble 3. The Alice Miller Finding 4. Two Kinds of Faith 5. The Jesus Question 6. Spiritual learning 7. The Secular Spirit II. THE BIG PICTURE 8. The Development of Spiritual Life: Theory 9. The Development of Spiritual life: History III.CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA 10. The Mainline Protestant Churches 11. Those Catholics! 12. Evangelical Insurgency

This Life

Author : Martin Hägglund
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 1101870400
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book This Life written by Martin Hägglund and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2019 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hägglund argues that a faith not in God or eternal life, but in the finite, temporal life we lead here on earth is one that gives that life far greater depth of meaning. In contrast to the traditional religious faith in eternity, he proposes a secular faith in the value of living in time. His book provides not only a critique of religious ideals, but also a positive, alternative understanding of the beliefs and values that can motivate us to live lives of meaning in the here and now. -- adapted from jacket