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The University of Chicago Press The Broken World of Sacrifice An Essay in Ancient
Book SynopsisIn this book, J. C. Heesterman attempts to understand the origins and nature of Vedic sacrificethe complex compound of ritual practices that stood at the center of ancient Indian religion. Paying close attention to anomalous elements within both the Vedic ritual texts, the brahmanas, and the ritual manuals, the srautasutras, Heesterman reconstructs the ideal sacrifice as consisting of four moments: killing, destruction, feasting, and contest. He shows that Vedic sacrifice all but exclusively stressed the offering in the firethe element of destructionat the expense of the other elements. Notably, the contest was radically eliminated. At the same time sacrifice was withdrawn from society to become the sole concern of the individual sacrificer. The ritual turns in on the individual as self-sacrificer who realizes through the internalized knowledge of the ritual the immortal Self. At this point the sacrificial cult of the fire recedes behind doctrine of the atman's transcendence and unit
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The University of Chicago Press Rituals of Fertility and the Sacrifice of Desire
Book SynopsisThis volume explores the everyday lives of Nazarite women - part of one of the most popular indigenous religious communities in South Africa - through their songs and dances, dream narratives and fertility rituals, which come to life both musically and visually on CD-ROM.
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The University of Chicago Press The Madness of the Saints
Book SynopsisAlthough ecstasy has been explored in several Indian contexts, surprisingly little scholarship has been devoted to its central role in Bengali devotion. In The Madness of the Saints, June McDaniel undertakes the first comprehensive study of religious ecstasy in Bengal, examining the texts that describe it, the people who experience it, and the traditions that support it.
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University of Chicago Press The Spirits and the Law
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The University of Michigan Press Contemporary Mormon Pageantry
Book SynopsisLooks at Mormon pageants, outdoor theatrical productions that celebrate church theology, reenact church history, and bring to life stories from the Book of Mormon. Megan Sanborn Jones examines four pageants in the US - the Hill Cumorah Pageant in New York, the Manti Pageant in Utah, the Nauvoo Pageant in Illinois, and the Mesa Easter Pageant.Trade ReviewContributes to a richer understanding of religious performance by exploring aspects of a faith that isn't known for being liturgical and whose other sacred ritual performances are closed to outsiders-analysis of present-day Mormon practice is a welcome addition to the scholarly literature . . . An important and highly readable book that will interest readers across several different fields."" - Tona Hangen, Worcester State University""Reveals the distinctive relationship between theology and theater in the Mormon church. Through compelling and astute analyses of several annual pageants, Jones demonstrates how elements such as space, acting style, and spectacle are deployed in order to strengthen the relationship between the living and the dead, both for actors and spectators . . . this book [will be] accessible to a broad audience and a significant contribution to scholarship on religion and theater."" - Jill Stevenson, Marymount Manhattan College
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University of California Press When God is a Customer
Book SynopsisFeatures the South Indian devotional poems that show the dramatic use of erotic language to express a religious vision. Written by men during the fifteenth to eighteenth century, the poems adopt a female voice, the voice of a courtesan addressing her customer.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction The Songs ANNAMAYYA RUDRAKAVI KSETRAYYA SARAN GAP ANI Poem to Lord KONKANESVARA Notes to the Text Notes to the Songs Index of Refrains
£24.30
Harvard University Press Making the Gods Speak
Book SynopsisMaking the Gods Speak presents a comprehensive accounting for the processes of divine revelations. Focusing the bulk of his analysis on spirit-writing, Vincent Goossaert offers a ritual-centered framework to study revelation in Chinese cultural history and comparatively with the revelatory practices of other religious traditions.Trade ReviewGoossaert offers a compelling narrative about how spirit-writing and revealed texts were significant forces shaping the religious life of late imperial China…Excellent. -- Natasha Heller * Material Religion *
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Mormon Military Experience 1838 to the Cold
Book SynopsisThe first book to present a historical overview of the Mormon military experience. Sherman Fleek and Robert Freeman tell the unique story of how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has experienced war and military service and their teachings concerning participation in armed conflict.Trade Review"We overuse the terms unique and overdue, but this study of the Mormon military experience is truly both. Fleek and Freeman bring to the fore a fascinating and intricate history of the often-troubling and always-complicated involvement of Mormonism with the force of arms, from the LDS Church literally operating its own army for many decades in the nineteenth century to becoming an ardent advocate and supporter of the armed forces of the United States in the twentieth. Their work ranges effectively from the stories of individual Mormons in uniform to analyses of the institution’s interface with military affairs, events, and issues."—Gene A. Sessions, coauthor of Camp Floyd and the Mormons: The Utah War"The Mormon Military Experience is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the relationship between religion, the military, and war in the United States. Sherman Fleek and Robert Freeman tell a story, supported by extensive archival research and engaging narrative, of a quintessentially American religious group and its interaction with a quintessentially national institution as it moves from exceptional in the late nineteenth century to mainstream in the twentieth. Historians of the American military, American religion, and of LDS history will all find tremendous value in this volume."—Jacqueline E. Whitt, author of Bringing God to Men: American Military Chaplains and the Vietnam WarTable of Contents Series Editor’s Preface Preface: The Genesis of an Idea Introduction Book One: Nineteenth-Century Conflicts and Mormon Exceptionalism 1. The Mormon Way of War: Teachings and Practice 2. A Civil Conflict in Missouri 3. The Nauvoo Legion: Forging a Mormon Army 4. Mormon Defiance: The Mormon Territorial Militia and the Utah War 6. The American Civil War: LDS Service and Postwar Frustration 7. The Saints and Indians at War 8. Wars with Spain and the Philippines, 1898-1902: The End of Mormon Exceptionalism Book Two: Twentieth-Century Conflicts and the End of Mormon Exceptionalism 9. American Expedition 1946 and Saints in Mexico 10. World War I: Mormons Enter the Mainstream Ranks 11. World War II: Saints in the Global War 12. Early Cold War Conflicts: The Rise of the International Church 13. Southeast Asia: Defending Democracy and Expanding the Church 14. LDS Opposition to MX Missile Basing Epilogue: The Cold War and Beyond Appendix: Medal of Honor Citations World War I World War II Korean War Vietnam Medal of Honor Recipients Global War on Terrorism Chronology: The Mormon Military Experience, 1820-1896 Notes Bibliography Index Illustrations follow page 18
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Din233 d243243 G225amalii Navajo Latterday Saint
Book SynopsisDrawing on Dine stories from the LDS Native American Oral History Project, Farina King illuminates the mutual entanglement of Indigenous identity and religious affiliation, showing how their Dine identity made them outsiders to the LDS Church and, conversely, how belonging to the LDS community made them outsiders to their Native community.Trade Review"An insightful and fascinating study into the lived experiences of Dine Latter-day Saints. It is important as the fullest examination of that history yet published."—Times and Seasons "In this beautifully rendered autoethnography, Farina King reckons honestly with the injustices of settler colonialism but refuses to grant it a controlling role. Instead, she centers the voices of her own DinÉ family and other DinÉ dÓÓ GÁamalii, Navajo Mormons, showing how they have built lives faithful both to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to DinÉ identity and peoplehood all at the same time."—Tisa Wenger, professor of divinity, American studies, and religious studies at Yale University, and author of We Have a Religion: The 1920s Pueblo Indian Dance Controversy and American Religious Freedom"This history illuminates the complexity of relating simultaneously to DinÉ and Latter-day Saint worlds. Richly textured by oral histories and the history of the author’s family, it attends closely to the diversity of views and practices among DinÉ Latter-day Saints."—Matthew W. Dougherty, author of Lost Tribes Found: Israelite Indians and Religious Nationalism in Early AmericaTable of Contents List of Images Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Diné dóó Gáamalii: Navajo Latter-day Saints 2. Gáamalii Bina’nitiní: Missionaries 3. Ólta’ Gáamalii: “Mormon School” 4. Sodizin Bá Hooghan: Church 5. Beyond Diné Bikéyah 6. Red Power at BYU 7. Diné dóó Gáamalii Perspectives Epilogue Appendix: Oral History Interviews and Oral History Sources Glossary Notes
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Johns Hopkins University Press The African Religions of Brazil
Book SynopsisMonteiro.Trade ReviewAn essential, and provocative, starting point for study of its topic. -- Andrew F. Walls Theological Book Review 2008 A near classic... Bastide's study remains central to anyone interested in the topic. -- John A. Coleman Theological Studies 2008
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MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma Lost Tribes Found Israelite Indians and
Book SynopsisThe belief that Native Americans might belong to the fabled ‘lost tribes of Israel’-Israelites driven from their homeland around 740 BCE-took hold among Anglo-Americans and Indigenous peoples in the United States during its first half century. Matthew Dougherty explores what this idea can tell us about religious nationalism in early America.
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MP-SYR Syracuse University P Faith and Politics in the Public Sphere
Book SynopsisExplores the politics of religious engagement in the public sphere by comparing two modernist conservative movements: the Mormon Church in the US and the Gülen movement in Turkey. The book traces the public activities and activism of these two influential and controversial actors at the state, political society, and civil society domains.
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University of Hawai'i Press Confucian Values and Popular Zen Sekimon Shingaku
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University of Hawai'i Press Eastern Learning and the Heavenly Way The Tonghak
Book SynopsisTonghak, or Eastern Learning, was the first major new religion in modern Korean history. Founded in 1860, it combined aspects of a variety of Korean religious traditions. Because of its appeal to the poor and marginalized, it became best known for its prominent role in the largest peasant rebellion in Korean history in 1894, which set the stage for a wider regional conflict, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894â1895. Although the rebellion failed, it caused immense changes in Korean society and played a part in the war that ended in Japan's victory and its eventual rise as an imperial power. It was in this context of social change and an increasingly perilous international situation that Tonghak rebuilt itself, emerging as ChÅndogyo (Teaching of the Heavenly Way) in 1906. During the years before Japanâs annexation of Korea in 1910, ChÅndogyo continued to evolve by engaging with new currents in social and political thought, strengthening its institutions, and using new communication technolo
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Chelsea House Publishers African Mythology A to Z
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University of Utah Press,U.S. Women and Mormonism: Historical and Contemporary
Book SynopsisHow do women who are members of a church with a predominately patriarchal power structure experience personal agency in formal religious settings, in intimate relationships, publicly, and individually? From Jane Manning James, an African American woman who found empowerment and strength in Mormon ritual despite suffering exclusion based on her race, to contemporary church members who are more likely to prioritize personal revelation than hierarchy, Mormon women have answered this question in a numerous ways. This engaging and seminal volume employs vivid primary documents, candid surveys, and illuminating oral histories to explore the perspectives of Latter-day Saint women. Contributors include lay members and prominent scholars in multiple disciplines, including both LDS and non-LDS viewpoints.Trade Review“Without question, this is the strongest collection of essays and articles on the historical place of Mormon women in many years, if not ever.” —Andrea G. Radke-Moss, author of Bright Epoch: Women and Coeducation in the American West“This work provides a comprehensive contribution to a range of historical and contemporary realities of Mormon women. Issues of race, interracial marriage in Mormonism and the experience of Asian Mormons, of European Mormons, of an African, and of an American Indian give important contributions on these themes. This book will take its place as an essential.” —Rosemary Radford Ruether, author of Goddesses and the Divine Feminine: A Western Religious History
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University of Utah Press,U.S. Mormonism and the Making of a British Zion
Book SynopsisMormonism in Britain began in the late 1830s with the arrival of American missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Not long afterward, thousands of British converts emigrated to Utah and became a kind of lifeblood for the early Mormon Church. England's North West, where Mormonism had its strongest presence, has become a place of profound significance to the church, yet its early importance to Mormonism has never been fully explored. Matthew Rasmussen's detailed account examines how Mormonism has changed and endured in Britain. After many British believers left for America, church membership in England fell so sharply that the movement in Britain seemed to be on the brink of collapse. Yet British Mormonism gradually rebuilt and continues today. How did this religious minority flourish when so many nineteenth-century revivalist movements did not? Rasmussen explains Mormonism’s inception, perpetuation, and maturation in Britain in a compelling case study of a “new religious movement” with staying power.Trade Review“The finest comprehensive study of the LDS Church in an international setting that I have ever read. Beautifully written, very well organized, and superbly well researched, Rasmussen’s study takes the reader on a journey through three distinct phases of Mormonism in the United Kingdom.” —Richard E. Bennett, author of Mormons on the Missouri—And Should We Die, 1846–1852 “An outstanding LDS history book. I don’t know of any other books like this one. Matthew Rasmussen is a gifted writer.” —Ronald Watt, author of The Mormon Passage of George D. Watt: First British Convert, Scribe for Zion “Mormonism and the Making of a British Zion should rightly act as a standard for other aspiring historians seeking to resurrect Mormonism’s international story.”—Association of Mormon Letters “First, Rasmussen is a gifted writer whose English prose is enviable at least and awe-inspiring at best. As a recipient of a bachelor of arts in English from the University of Utah, he has found his canvas in this book and has utilized his skill as a literary artist. Second, his research methodology is equally inspiring. . . . At every turn, it is clear Rasmussen is bringing to the reader every available resource imaginable to expertly craft his story.”—BYU Studies “Matthew Rasmussen gives us a good read, incorporating named local individuals and events within the wider dynamics of US church strategy. Non-Mormon readers will learn a great deal about the LDS Church at large in and through this cameo of an unusually ‘sacred space.’”—Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University
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Collective Ink Path to Inner Peace, The: Mastering Karma
Book SynopsisThis book presents the fundamental principles of the Jain karma doctrine through a fictional account of the relationship between a guru and his American student. As the story unfolds, the guru instructs the student on how ‘karmic debt’ is incurred as the result of personal action and how this ‘debt’ can be reduced through behavioral choices. With an emphasis on nonviolent action, Jainism elucidates the path whereby karmic attachment is decreased, leading to inner peace. The Path to Inner Peace serves as an in-depth analysis of which actions lead to karmic attachment, how to avoid karmic attachment and what the consequences of karmic attachment are. The issues of free will versus determinism and good versus evil are also dealt with in detail.
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de Gruyter The Thousand and Twelve Questions
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The Way Back Group Ltd Stonehenge Into the Light
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Diosas. Mitos en primera persona Goddesses Myths in the First Person
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Anthropos Research & Publications PALABRA COMO PROVOCACIONLA
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Ediciones Amara Más Allá del egoísmo
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Taylor & Francis Routledge Library Editions Religion in America
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Taylor & Francis Politics of the Oberammergau Passion Play
Book SynopsisThis collection provides a comprehensive overview of the Oberammergau Passion play and its history from the 19th century onwards.Specialists in theatre and performance studies, comparative literature, theology, political studies, history, and ethnology initiate an interdisciplinary discussion of how Oberammergau has built a trademark from tradition. A typological and historical outline of this development is followed by detailed analyses of the blending of spaces, temporalities, and cultures, through which Oberammergau as an institution is stabilized while at the same time remaining open to the dynamics of historical change. The authors comprise the formation of a theatrical public sphere, literary imaginations, and layers of authenticity in modern practices of distributed communication that culminate in the notion of tradition as trademark.This collection is analysed from a wide spectrum of cultural historical perspectives, ranging from literary studies, theatre and p
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Taylor & Francis The World Religions Reader
Book SynopsisThe World Religions Reader gathers together material on six of the world''s most influential faiths. The selection of readings is drawn from a broad range of historical and contemporary sources, giving a full picture of the beliefs and practices of each religion. This new edition includes new introductions to each religious tradition, an extensively revised section on Hinduism, and a completely new selection of readings on Buddhism.Trade Review'Altogether this is a very useful collection of resources, not only for those studying with The Open University, but for anyone wanting easy access to significant primary sources which will help them to understand something of the history and contemporary concerns of six of the most influential spiritual traditions.' - Denise Cush, Bath Spa University College'The book is beautifully presented and there are some intriguing choices of extracts.' - Reviews in Religion and TheologyTable of Contents1. JUDAISM: Passages from the Jewish Bible; From the Rabbinic Tradition; Different Voices from the Past; The Holocaust and Post-Holocaust Theology; Judaism and Israel; Torah and Covenant 2. CHRISTIANITY: Passages from the Christian Bible; The Church Fathers; The Churches: Their Life and Faith; Women's Voices and Feminist Theology; Christianity and Social Justice 3. ISLAM: From the Qur'an; The Beautiful Names; Hadith/Sunnah; Law in Islam; Muslim Mystics; Islam in the late Twentieth Century 4. HINDUISM: Village Hinduism; Hindu Patterns of Liberation; The Modern Period 5. BUDDHISM: From the Suttas and Vinaya of the Theravada Tradition; From the Mahayana Texts; Buddhist Practices; Recent and Contemporary Buddhist Concerns 6. SIKHISM: Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh; The Sikh Tradition; Khalistan and Sikh Identity; A Sikh Woman of the Nineties
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Taylor & Francis Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy
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Taylor & Francis Buddhism Knowledge and Liberation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Liberal Theology for the TwentyFirst Century A Passion for Reason
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Religion and Civil Society Rethinking Public Religion in the Contemporary World Religion Culture and Society Series
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Taylor & Francis Religious Diversity
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sikh Identity An Exploration of Groups Among Sikhs
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Taylor & Francis Goddess as Nature Towards a Philosophical Thealogy
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Taylor & Francis Invented Religions Imagination Fiction and Faith Routledge New Religions
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Taylor & Francis Living Folk Religions
Book SynopsisLiving Folk Religions presents cutting-edge contributions from a range of disciplines to examine religious folkways across cultures. This collection embraces the non-elite and non-sanctioned, the oral, fluid, accessible, evolving religions of people (volk) on the ground. Split into five sections, this book covers: What Is Folk Religion? Spirit Beings and Deities Performance and Ritual Praxis Possession and Exorcism Health, Healing, and Lifestyle Topics include demons and ambivalent gods, tree and nature spirits, revolutionary renunciates, oral lore, possession and exorcism, divination, midwestern American spiritualism, festivals, queer sexuality among ritual specialists, the dead returned, vernacular religions, diaspora adaptations, esoteric influences underlying public cultures, unidentified flying objects (UFOs), music and sound experiences, death rituals, and body and wellness cultures.Living Table of ContentsIntroduction: Three Little Words Aaron Michael Ullrey and Sravana Borkataky-Varma Part 1: What is Folk Religion? 1. Interrogating the Folk-Classical Divide in the Study of Indic Religions through a Local Bengali Ritual Performance Frank J. Korom 2. The Sādhū that Came for Lunch: Revising Tropes of Disconnection in the Jain Diaspora Tine Vekemans 3. What Makes Folk Buddhism? Alyson Prude 4. Why a Folk Religion May Not Exist Among Followers of an Abrahamic Faith: The Case of Sunni Egypt Hasan El-Shamy Part 2: Spirit Beings and Deities 5. Goddess Trees in the Forest of Bliss: Local Place and Translocal Space in a City of Pilgrims David Gordon White 6. Bhairava, Hanumān, and the Deified Dead: A Material Study of Vernacular, Official, and Folk Registers of Living Hinduism in Vārāṇasī, North India Seth Ligo 7. There is Something in Me: Narratives of LGBTIQ+ Sangomas (Traditional Healers) in South Africa Rachel Schneider Part 3: Performance and/or Ritual Praxis 8. Sufi Festivals in Contemporary Morocco: Authorizing and Performing Folk Religiosities John C. Thibdeau 9. Mantras for "Every God and Goddess": Vernacular Religious Ritual in the Literature of Sabhapati Swami Keith Cantú 10. Observing Buddhist Precepts by Divination: Practices According to ZhanchajingXingyi Wang 11. Spellbinding Skalds: Music as Ritual in Nordic Neopaganism Mathias Nordvig and Padraic Fitzgerald 12. Cremating the Body Politic: Mapping the Materiality of the Indo-Caribbean Mortuary Ritual Corpus Keith E. McNeal Part 4: Possession and Exorcism 13. Talking to the Other Side: Spiritualism as "Vernacular Religion" in Central Ohio Hugh B. Urban 14. Becoming a God: Spirit Possession Practices at a South Indian Temple Julie Edelstein 15. Post-Christianity and Esotericism: A Study of a Satanic Exorcist William Chavez 16. Controlling the Lore: A Survey of UFO Folklore in the United States Diana Pasulka Part 5: Health, Healing, and Lifestyle 17. Indigenous Revitalization, Rock Music, and the Holy Spirit: The Religious Logic of Healing at Lake Junaluska Jason E. Purvis 18. The Triple Goddess: Examining Maiden, Mother, Crone in Wiccan-Witchcraft Traditions Jason Mankey 19. Lifestyle Brands That Rock Your Soul: Wellness Culture as Folk Religion in North America Anya Foxen. Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being
Book SynopsisVery few studies have examined the worldview of the Anishinaabeg from within the culture itself and none have explored the Anishinaabe worldview in relation to their efforts to maintain their culture in the present-day world. This book fills that gap. Focusing mainly on the Minnesota Anishinaabeg, Lawrence Gross explores how their worldview works to create a holistic way of living. However, as Gross also argues, the Anishinaabeg saw the end of their world early in the 20th century and experienced what he calls ''postapocalypse stress syndrome.'' As such, the book further explores how the values engendered by the worldview of the Anishinaabeg are finding expression in the modern world as they seek to rebuild their society.Trade Review’Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being delivers fresh perspective and deep thought about the first people of the Great Lakes. Full of insight, it's an essential reference to the historical and contemporary experience of the Anishinaabe. Historians, anthropologists, and everyday citizens will find a wealth of knowledge here. And the Anishinaabe people themselves will find a useful tool to help them retrace their roots, understand their ancestors, and chart a path forward.’ Anton Treuer, Bemidji State University, USA ’This is a remarkable book: keen in insight, refreshingly witty, and unique for the way it integrates the multiple registers in which Gross is deeply learned. Gross synthesizes his academic training in Japanese Zen Buddhism and Native Studies as well as a life-long body of indigenous knowledge entrusted to him by Anishinaabe mentors, teachers, and relatives. The result is a methodologically forthright, well written, and creative consideration of Anishinaabe ways of knowing and their importance for community well-being. Readers will remember this book for the analytical and writerly space it creates in Native American studies.’ Michael D. McNally, Carlton College, USATable of ContentsContents: Foreword; Preface; Introduction. Part I The Anishinaabe Apocalypse: Encounter with apocalypse; Postapocalypse stress syndrome. Part II The Foundations of the Anishinaabe Worldview: Silence and the Anishinaabe worldview; The quantum nature of the Anishinaabe language. Part III The Anishinaabe Mind: The comic vision of the Anishinaabeg; The comic mind of the Anishinaabeg. Part IV The Anishinaabe Heart: Storytelling in the Anishinaabe context; Anishinaabe rhetoric. Part V The Anishinaabe Spirit: Bimaadiziwin, or the good life of the Anishinaabeg; Spiritual; growth in Anishinaabe society. Part VI Beyond Postapocalypse Stress Syndrome: Cultural sovereignty and the sacred stories of the Anishinaabeg. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West
Book SynopsisThis book explores an area of contemporary religion, spirituality and popular culture which has not so far been investigated in depth, the phenomenon of astrology in the modern west. Locating modern astrology historically and sociologically in its religious, New Age and millenarian contexts, Nicholas Campion considers astrology''s relation to modernity and draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews with leading modern astrologers to present an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the origins and nature of New Age ideology. This book challenges the notion that astrology is either ''marginal'' or a feature of postmodernism. Concluding that astrology is more popular than the usual figures suggest, Campion argues that modern astrology is largely shaped by New Age thought, influenced by the European Millenarian tradition, that it can be seen as an heir to classical Gnosticism and is part of the vernacular religion of the modern west.Trade Review'This is a wonderful book, which has a lot of important things to say, not just about astrology, but about the nature of modern Western society.' Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol, UK 'Not concerned with the truth of its claims, Campion establishes a foundation for sociological inquiry to close a lacuna in understanding astrology's cultural status in contemporary Anglo-American society. To this end, he examines apocalyptic millenarianism, the New Age movement, Christian and "scientistic" rivalry in relation to the persistent fascination with the language of zodiac signs and the "judicial" astrological industry that has arisen from it. Campion's comprehensive approach ranges from fortune telling, media popularity and the complex skills involved with the discipline to philosophical and theological concerns with ethics.' Michael York, Cherry Hill Seminary, USA and Co-director London Academy for Cultural and Educational StudiesTable of Contents1 Introduction: a million-dollar business?2 Cosmic liberation: the pursuit of the millennium3 The shock of the new: the age of Aquarius4 Celestial enlightenment: the new age5 End times: the new age and the age of Aquarius6 The writing of heaven: new age astrology7 Oracles to the vulgar: sun-sign astrology8 An evolutionary paradox: the survival of belief in astrology9 Salvation and the stars: astrology, religion and belief10 Superstitious times: the extent of belief in astrology11 Belief in astrology: a public survey12 In their own words: the astrologers' universe of discord13 With their own voices: interviews with astrologers14 Conclusion: modernity and normality
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook of Religion Spirituality
Book SynopsisThis international volume provides a comprehensive account of contemporary research, new perspectives and cutting-edge issues surrounding religion and spirituality in social work. The introduction introduces key themes and conceptual issues such as understandings of religion and spirituality as well as definitions of social work, which can vary between countries. The main body of the book is divided up into sections on regional perspectives; religious and spiritual traditions; faith-based service provision; religion and spirituality across the lifespan; and social work practice. The final chapter identifies key challenges and opportunities for developing both social work scholarship and practice in this area.Including a wide range of international perspectives from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Malta, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, the UK and the USA, this Handbook succeeds in extending the dominant paradigms and comprises a mix of auTrade Review'There is increasing interest in social work about how the profession understands issues of religion and spirituality. This very well structured book, written by international experts in the field, comprehensively identifies the knowledge base and points towards new directions in this growing area of practice. It is an essential source for academics, practitioners and students.' - Jim Campbell, University College Dublin, Ireland'There is increasing interest in social work about how the profession understands issues of religion and spirituality. This very well structured book, written by international experts in the field, comprehensively identifies the knowledge base and points towards new directions in this growing area of practice. It is an essential source for academics, practitioners and students.' – Jim Campbell, University College Dublin, IrelandTable of ContentsPART IIntroduction1 Religion and spirituality in social work: creating an international dialogueBeth R. CrispPART IIRegional perspectives2 Australia: it’s complicatedBeth R. Crisp3 Korean social welfare’s approach to spiritual diversityEdward R. Canda, Jungrim Moon and Kyung Mee Kim4 The absent presence of religion and spirituality in mental health social work in Northern IrelandPatricia Carlisle5 Spirituality and religion in Maltese social work practice: a taboo?Claudia PsailaPART IIIReligious and spiritual traditions6 The constructed ‘Indian’ and Indigenous sovereignty: social work practice with Indigenous peoplesArielle Dylan and Bartholemew Smallboy7 The sacred in traditional African spirituality: creating synergies with social work practiceRaisuyah Bhagwan8 Studying social work: dilemmas and difficulties of Ultra-Orthodox womenNehami Baum9 Western Buddhism and social workCaroline Humphrey10 Achieving dynamic balancing: application of Daoist principles into social work practiceCelia Hoi Yan Chan, Xiao-Wen Ji and Cecilia Lai Wan Chan11 Celtic spirituality: exploring the fascination across time and placeLaura Béres12 Material spirituality: challenging Gnostic tendencies in contemporary understandings of religion and spirituality in social workRussell Whiting13 Social work with Muslim communities: treading a critical path over the crescent moonSara Ashencaen Crabtree14 Religious and spiritual perspectives of social work among the PalestiniansAlean Al-KrenawiPART IVFaith-based service provision15 Partners in service and justice: Catholic social welfare and the social work professionLinda Plitt Donaldson16 Residential childcare in faith-based institutionsMark Smith17 The background and roles of The Salvation Army in providing social and faith-based servicesMichael Wolf-Branigin and Katie Hirtz Bingaman18 South Asian gurus, their movements and social serviceSamta P. Pandya19 Reclaiming compassion: Auschwitz, Holocaust remembrance and social workJohn G. Fox20 At a crossroads: the Church of Sweden and its role as a welfare provider in a changing Swedish welfare stateEva Jeppsson GrassmanPART VReligion and spirituality across the lifespan21 Spirituality: the missing component in trauma therapy across the lifespanHeather Marie Boynton and Jo-Ann Vis22 Spirituality as a protective factor for children and adolescentsLinda Benavides23 Responding to child abuse in religious contextsPhilip Gilligan24 Queer meaningMark Henrickson25 From entanglement to equanimity: an application of a holistic healing approach into social work practice with infertile couplesYao Hong and Celia Hoi Yan Chan26 Life’s end journey: social workers in palliative careMartha Wiebe27 Social work and suffering in end-of-life care: an arts-based approachIrene RenzenbrinkPART VISocial work practice28 Religious literacy in public and professional settingsAdam Dinham29 Spirituality and sexuality: exploring tensions in everyday relationship-based practiceJanet Melville-Wiseman30 Mindfulness for professional resilienceJames Lucas31 Spiritual competence: the key to effective practice with people from diverse religious backgroundsDavid R. Hodge32 A spiritual approach to social work practiceAnn M. Carrington33 Critical spirituality and social work practiceFiona Gardner34 Spiritually informed social work within conflict-induced displacementMalabika Das35 Holistic arts-based social workDiana Coholic36 Ethical principles for transitioning to a renewable energy economy in an era of climate changeMishka Lysack37 The spiritual dimensions of ecosocial work in the context of global climate changeFred H. Besthorn and Jon Hudson38 Ultimate concerns and human rights: how can practice sensitive to spirituality and religion expand and sharpen social work capacity to challenge social injustice?Fran Gale and Michael Dudley39 Addressing spiritual bypassing: issues and guidelines for spiritually sensitive practiceMichael J. SheridanPART VIIConclusion40 Developing the agenda for religion and spirituality in social workBeth R. CrispIndex
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Cambridge University Press The Indian Theogony
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Cambridge University Press The Buddhist Saints of the Forest A Study in Charisma Hagiography Sectarianism and Millennial Buddhism 49 Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Series Number 49
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Ending of Time
Book SynopsisThe provocative and penetrating philosophical classic of science and spirituality—a discourse between the revered spiritual leader Krishnamurti and renowned physicist Dr. David Bohm, exploring the origin of human conflict and what we can do about the barriers that stand in the way of insight and consciousness, now revised and updated with a new introduction and added dialogues.The Ending of Time is a series of important and enlightening dialogues in which Jiddu Krishnamurti and Dr. David Bohm—men from vastly different backgrounds in philosophy and physics, respectively—debate profound existential questions that illuminate the fundamental nature of existence, probing topics such as insight, illusion, awakening, transcendence, renewal, morality, the temporal, and the spiritual. Along the way, Krishnamurti and Bohm explore a person’s relationship to society and offer new insights on human thought, death, awakening, self realization, and the problem of the fragmented mind.The Ending of Time also refers to the wrong turn humanity has taken—a state that they argue can be corrected. Though they insist that mankind can change fundamentally, they warn that transformation requires going from one’s narrow and particular interests toward the general, and ultimately moving still deeper into that purity of compassion, love and intelligence that originates beyond thought, time, and even emptiness.This updated edition, edited and revised in clear and engaging language, includes a new introduction and a conversation previously published separately which examines “The Future of Humanity.”
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Random House USA Inc The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Sacred Teachings
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Self-Realization Fellowship Publishers Dios Habla Con Arjuna El Bhagavad Guita Vol 2 La
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Undena Publications,U.S. The Descent of Inanna as a Ritual Journey to
Book SynopsisTwo complementary articles dealing with the Sumerian tale Inanna's descent to the netherworld, with a survey of Near Eastern Venus deities.
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