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Diana and Virbius\u003cbr\u003e2. Artemis and Hippolytus\u003cbr\u003e3. Recapitulation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Priestly Kings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Sympathetic Magic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Principles of Magic\u003cbr\u003e2. Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic\u003cbr\u003e3. Contagious Magic\u003cbr\u003e4. The Magician's Progress\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Magic and Religion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. The Magical Control of the Weather\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Public Magician\u003cbr\u003e2. The Magical Control of Rain\u003cbr\u003e3. The Magical Control of the Sun\u003cbr\u003e4. The Magical Control of the Wind\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI. Magicians as Kings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII. Incarnate Human Gods\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVIII. Departmental Kings of Nature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIX. The Worship of Trees\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Tree-spirits\u003cbr\u003e2. Beneficent Powers of Tree-spirits\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eX. Relics of Tree-worship in Modern Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXI. The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXII. The Sacred Marriage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Diana as a Goddess of Fertility\u003cbr\u003e2. The Marriage of the Gods\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXIII. The Kings of Rome and Alba\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Numa and Egeria\u003cbr\u003e2. The King as Jupiter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXIV. The Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXV. The Worship of the Oak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXVI.Dianus and Diana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXVII. The Burden of Royalty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Royal and Priestly Taboos\u003cbr\u003e2. Divorce of the Spiritual from the Temporal Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXVIII. The Perils of the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Soul as a Mannikin\u003cbr\u003e2. Absence and Recall of the Soul\u003cbr\u003e3. The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXIX. Tabooed Acts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Taboos on Intercourse with Strangers\u003cbr\u003e2. Taboos on Eating and Drinking\u003cbr\u003e3. Taboos on Showing the Face\u003cbr\u003e4. Taboos on Quitting the House\u003cbr\u003e5. Taboos on Leaving Food Over\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXX. Tabooed Persons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Chiefs and Kings Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e2. Mourners Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e3. Women Tabooed at Menstruation and Childbirth\u003cbr\u003e4. Warriors Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e5. Manslayers Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e6. Hunters and Fishers Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXI. Tabooed Things\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Meaning of Taboo\u003cbr\u003e2. Iron Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e3. Sharp Weapons Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e4. Blood Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e5. The Head Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e6. Hair Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e7. Ceremonies at Hair-cutting\u003cbr\u003e8. Disposal of Cut Hair and Nails\u003cbr\u003e9. Spittle Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e10. Foods Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e11. Knots and Rings Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXII. Tabooed Words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Personal Names Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e2. Names of Relations Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e3. Names of the Dead Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e4. Names of Kings and Other Sacred Persons Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e5. Names of Gods Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXIII. Our Debt to the Savage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXIV. The Killing of the Divine King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Mortality of the Gods\u003cbr\u003e2. Kings Killed When Their Strength Fails\u003cbr\u003e3. Kings Killed at the End of a Fixed Term\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXV. Temporary Kings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXVI. Sacrifice of the King's Son\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXVII. Succession to the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-spirit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Whitsuntide Mummers\u003cbr\u003e2. Burying the Carnival\u003cbr\u003e3. Carrying out Death\u003cbr\u003e4. Bringing in Summer\u003cbr\u003e5. Battle of Summer and Winter\u003cbr\u003e6. Death and Resurrection of Kostrubonko\u003cbr\u003e7. Death and Revival of Vegetation\u003cbr\u003e8. Analogous Rites in India\u003cbr\u003e9. The Magic Spring\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXIX. The Myth of Adonis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXX. Adonis in Syria\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXI. Adonis in Cyprus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXII. The Ritual of Adonis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXIII. The Gardens of Adonis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXIV. The Myth and Ritual of Attis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXV. Attis as a God of Vegetation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXVI. Human Representatives of Attis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXVII. Oriental Religions in the West\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXVIII. The Myth of Osiris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXIX. The Ritual of Osiris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Popular Rites\u003cbr\u003e2. The Official Rites\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXL. The Nature of Osiris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Osiris a Corn-god\u003cbr\u003e2. Osiris a Tree-spirit\u003cbr\u003e3. Osiris a God of Fertility\u003cbr\u003e4. Osiris a God of the Dead\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLI. Isis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLII. Osiris and the Sun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLIII. Dionysus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLIV. Demeter and Persephone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLV. The Corn-mother and the Corn-maiden in Northern Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLVI. The Corn-mother in Many Lands\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Corn-mother in America\u003cbr\u003e2. The Rice-mother in the East Indies\u003cbr\u003e3. The Spirit of the Corn Embodied in Human Beings\u003cbr\u003e4. The Double Personification of the Corn as Mother and Daughter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLVII. Lityerses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Songs of the Corn-reapers\u003cbr\u003e2. Killing the Corn-spirit\u003cbr\u003e3. Human Sacrifices for the Crops\u003cbr\u003e4. The Corn-spirit Slain in his Human Representatives\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLVIII. The Corn-spirit as an Animal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit\u003cbr\u003e2. The Corn-spirit as a Wolf or a Dog\u003cbr\u003e3. The Corn-spirit as a Cock\u003cbr\u003e4. The Corn-spirit as a Hare\u003cbr\u003e5. The Corn-spirit as a Cat\u003cbr\u003e6. The Corn-spirit as a Goat\u003cbr\u003e7. The Corn-spirit as a Bull, Cow, or Ox\u003cbr\u003e8. The Corn-spirit as a Horse or Mare\u003cbr\u003e9. The Corn-spirit as a Pig (Boar or Sow)\u003cbr\u003e10. On the Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLIX. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Dionysus, the Goat and the Bull\u003cbr\u003e2. Demeter, the Pig and the Horse\u003cbr\u003e3. Attis, Adonis, and the Pig\u003cbr\u003e4. Osiris, the Pig and the Bull\u003cbr\u003e5. Virbius and the Horse\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. Eating the God\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Sacrament of First-fruits\u003cbr\u003e2. Eating the God among the Aztecs\u003cbr\u003e3. Many Manii at Aricia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLI. Homoeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLII. Killing the Divine Animal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Killing the Sacred Buzzard\u003cbr\u003e2. Killing the Sacred Ram\u003cbr\u003e3. Killing the Sacred Serpent\u003cbr\u003e4. Killing the Sacred Turtles\u003cbr\u003e5. Killing the Sacred Bear\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIII. The Propitiation of Wild Animals by Hunters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIV. Types of Animal Sacrament\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Egyptian and the Aino Types of Sacrament\u003cbr\u003e2. Processions with Sacred Animals\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLV. The Transference of Evil\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Transference to Inanimate Objects\u003cbr\u003e2. The Transference to Animals\u003cbr\u003e3. The Transference to Men\u003cbr\u003e4. The Transference of Evil in Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLVI. The Public Expulsion of Evils\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Omnipresence of Demons\u003cbr\u003e2. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils\u003cbr\u003e3. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLVII. Public Scapegoats\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Expulsion of Embodied Evils\u003cbr\u003e2. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle\u003cbr\u003e3. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle\u003cbr\u003e4. On Scapegoats in General\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLVIII. Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Rome\u003cbr\u003e2. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Greece\u003cbr\u003e3. The Roman Saturnalia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIX. Killing the God in Mexico\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLX. Between Heaven and Earth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Not to Touch the Earth\u003cbr\u003e2. Not to See the Sun\u003cbr\u003e3. The Seclusion of Girls at Puberty\u003cbr\u003e4. Reasons for the Seclusion of Girls at Puberty\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXI. The Myth of Balder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXII. The Fire-festivals of Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Fire-festivals in General\u003cbr\u003e2. The Lenten Fires\u003cbr\u003e3. The Easter Fires\u003cbr\u003e4. The Beltane Fires\u003cbr\u003e5. The Midsummer Fires\u003cbr\u003e6. The Hallowe'en Fires\u003cbr\u003e7. The Midwinter Fires\u003cbr\u003e8. The Need-fire\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXIII. The Interpretation of the Fire-festivals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. On the Fire-festivals in General\u003cbr\u003e2. The Solar Theory of the Fire-festivals\u003cbr\u003e3. The Purifactory Theory of the Fire-festivals\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXIV. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Burning of Effigies in the Fires\u003cbr\u003e2. The Burning of Men and Animals in the Fires\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXV. Balder and the Mistletoe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXVI. The External Soul in Folk-tales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXVII. The External Soul in Folk-custom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The External Soul in Inanimate Things\u003cbr\u003e2. 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Jerome also shows those who fled persecution or withdrew from society to pursue lives of chastity and asceticism in his accounts of Paul of Thebes, Hilarion and Malchus. In his\u003ci\u003e Life of Martin\u003c\/i\u003e, Sulpicius Severus describes the achievements of a man who combined the roles of monk, bishop and missionary, while Gregory the Great tells of Benedict, whose Rule became the template for monastic life. 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She continues to speak of the great infirmities that she suffered, of the patience which the Lord gave her, and of how she derived good out of evil, as will be seen from one incident which happened in the town where she went to be cured*6. Of her great debts to the Lord for making her resigned to her great trials, of how she took St. Joseph, the glorious, as her mediator and advocate, and of the great profit that she derived from this *7. How she began to lose the graces the Lord had given her, and of the evil life she began to lead. A description of the dangers arising from the lack of strict enclosure in convents*8. Of the great profit that she derived from not entirely abandoning prayer, for fear that she might lose her soul. She describes the excellence of prayer as a help towards winning back what is lost, and exhorts everyone to practise it. She tells what great gains it brings and how very beneficial it is even for those who may later give it up, to devote some time to anything as good*9. Of the means by which God began to rouse her soul, to give it light in its great darkness, and to strengthen her virtues, so that she should not offend Him*10. She begins to explain the favours which God gave her in prayer, telling the extent to which we can help ourselves, and how important it is that we shall understand the favours God is granting us. She begs those to whom this book is to be sent to keep the rest of it secret, since they have ordered her to describe in detail the favours that she has received from God*11. She explains why we cannot attain the perfect love of God in a short time, beginning with a comparison which sets out the four stages of prayer. Here she says something about the first, which is very profitable for beginners and for those who receive no consolations in prayer*12. More about the first state. She tells how far we can, with God's help, progress by ourselves, and speaks of the danger of seeking supernatural and extraordinary experiences until the Lord bestows them on us*13. She continues to speak of this first stage, and gives advice concerning certain temptations that the devil sends at times. This chapter is very useful*14. She begins to explain the second stage of prayer, in which the Lord already grants the soul more special consolations. These she describes in order to show that they are supernatural, and this is a most noteworthy chapter*15. Continuing the same subject, she gives certain advice on behaviour during the prayer of quiet. She tells how there are as many souls that advance to this stage, but few who pass beyond it. The matters touched upon here are most essential and profitable*16. She treats of the third stage of prayer, and continues to explain things of a very lofty nature, telling what the soul that has come so far can do, and what are the effects of such great favours from the Lord. This is a subject most likely to uplift the spirit in God's praise, and to give great comfort to those who have come so far*17. She continues to explain the third stage of prayer, and completes her account of its effects. She tells of the hindrances caused in this state  by the imagination and the memory*18. She treats of the fourth stage of prayer, and begins an excellent explanation of the great dignity to which the Lord raises the soul in this state. This is meant to spur those who practise prayer to make efforts to reach this exalted state, which it is possible to attain on earth, though not through our merits, but only by the goodness of God. This chapter must be read with great care, since the argument is most subtle, and contains some most noteworthy observations*19. Continuing the same subjecct, she begins to describe the effects upon the soul of this stage of prayer. She earnestly exhorts those who have attained it not to turn back, even if they should afterwards fall, nor ever to give up prayer. She describes the harm that they would suffer if they did so. All this is most noteworthy and will be of great comfort to the weak and to sinners*20. She treats of the difference between union and rapture, and explains what a rapture is. She also says something about the good that a soul derives from being, by the Lord's goodness, brought to it. She speaks of its effects*21. She continues and concludes her account of this last stage of prayer, telling what the soul who has reached it feels when it returns to live in the world. She describes the light God throws on the world's deceits. All of this is good doctrine*22. She shows how safe a path it is for contemplatives not to raise their spirits to lofty things, and how the approach to the most exalted contemplation must be by way of Christ's humanity. She tells of an incident in which she was herself deceived. This is a very profitable chapter*23. She returns to the history of her life, and tells how she began to strive for greater perfection. This is profitable matter for those who have to direct souls engaged in the practice of prayer, and teaches them how to deal with beginners. She tells of the profit that she derived from this knowledge*24. She continues the same subject and tells how her soul went on improving, once she had begun to obey; also how little use it was for her to resist God's favours, since His Majesty went on giving them to her in more liberal measure*25. She treats of the means and manner whereby these words that God speaks to the soul are perceived without being actually heard, and of some possible descriptions in regard to them. She tells how false locutions are to be distinguished from true. This is a most profitable chapter for any who may have reached this stage of prayer, because the explanation is very clear and contains much teaching *26. She continues with the same subject, relating and describing certain events which rid her of her fears, and convinced her that the spirit which spoke to her was a good one*27. She describes another way in which the Lord teaches the soul and, without speech, makes His will known to it in a wondrous manner. She also speaks of a vision and of a great favour, which was not imaginary, that the Lord granted her. This is a most noteworthy chapter*28. She tells of the great favours that the Lord bestowed on her, and of His first appearance to her. She defines an imaginary vision, and speaks of the great effects and signs produced by one that is from God. This is a most profitable and noteworthy chapter*29. She continues, and describes some great favours which the Lord showed her, relating also what the Lord said to her, to reassure her and enable her to answer those who argued against her*30. She returns to the story o her life, and tells how the Lord greatly relieved her trials by bringing her a visit from that holy man, Friar Peter of Alcantara of the Order of the glorious St. Francis. She speaks of the great temptations and inner trials which she sometimes suffered*31. She speaks of certain outward temptations and appearances of the devil, and of the torments which she suffered from him, and also offers some excellent counsel to persons travelling the way of perfection*32. She tells how it pleased God to carry her in the spirit to a place in hell that she had deserved for her sins. She describes a tithe of what was shown her there, and begins to tell of the ways and means by which the convent of St. Joseph was founded on its present site*33. She continues her account of the foundation of the glorious St. Joseph's, telling how she was commanded to let it drop, how for a time she gave it up, and how she suffered various trials in the course of which she was comforted by the Lord*34. She tells how at this time she had to leave the town. She gives the reasons and tells of her superior's command that she should go and comfort a very great lady who was in serious distress. She begins to describe what happened to her there, and to tell how the Lord in His mercy made her the instrument whereby His Majesty roused a very important person to serve him in earnest, also to say how she afterwards found help and protection from Him. This is a very noteworthy chapter*35. She continues the story of the foundation of this house of our glorious father, St. Joseph, and of the way in which the Lord ordained that holy poverty should be observed there. She gives her reasons for leaving the lady with whom she was living, and describes several other things that happened to her*36. She continues with the previous subject, and describes ho the foundation of this convent of the glorious St. Joseph was concluded. She speaks of the great opposition and many persecutions which the nuns had to endure after taking the habit, of the great trials and temptations which she herself underwent, and of how the Lord delivered her victoriously from them all, to His own praise and glory*37. She describes the effects that remained with her after the Lord had granted her a favour, and gives much sound teaching as well. She speaks of the efforts that we must make to attain one more degree of glory, and of the high value we must set on it, allowing no trial to deprive us of a blessing that is eternal*38. She describes certain great favours that the Lord bestowed on her, by graciously revealing to her some of the secrets of heaven, and by vouchsafing her further great visions and revelations. She speaks of the effects which these had upon her and of the great benefit that they did to her soul*39. She continues with the same subject, and recounts the great mercies which the Lord has shown her. She tells of His promises to help those persons for whom she might pray, and some outstanding instances in which his Majesty has favoured her in this way*40. She continues her account of the great favours that God granted her, from some of which excellent lessons can be obtained. For instruction, as she says, after obedience and the recording of such favours as will be of profit to souls, has been her principal motive in writing. With this chapter the account of her life comes to an end. May it be for the glory of the Lord. 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It shapes their assumptions about who they are and who they want to be. Religion also identifies insiders and outsiders, who has power and who doesn''t. It sanctifies injustice and combats it. It draws national borders. It affects law, economy, and government. It destroys and restores the environment. It starts wars and ends them. Whether you notice it or not, religion plays a role in how billions conduct their lives. We are called, then, to understand this important factor in human life today.Beginning with the first signs of religion among ancient humans and concluding with a look at modern citizens and global trends, leading scholar Thomas Tweed examines this powerful and enduring force in human society. Tweed deftly documents religion as it exists around the world, addressing its role in both intensifying and alleviating contemporary political and environmental problems, from armed conflict to climate change. 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Evangelicals affect elections up and down the Americas and across Africa, provoke governments throughout Asia, fill up some of the largest church buildings, and possess the largest congregations of any religion in the world. Yet evangelicals are wildly diverse- from Canadian Baptists to Nigerian Anglicans, from South Sea Methodists to Korean Presbyterians, and from house churches in Beijing to megachurches in Saõ Paulo.This Very Short Introduction tells the evangelical story from the preacher-led revivals of the eighteenth century, through the frontier camp meetings of the nineteenth, to the mass urban rallies of the twentieth, and the global megachurches of the twenty-first. More than just a sketch of where evangelicals have come from, this volume aims to clearly examine the heart of evangelical phenomenon. Is there such a (single) thing as evangelicalism? What is its basic character? Where are the evangelicals going? 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Despite the pervasive cultural and literary influence of the Celts, shockingly little is known of their way of life and beliefs, because very few records of their stories exist. In this book, for the first time, Philip Freeman brings together the best stories of Celtic mythology.Everyone today knows about the gods and heroes of the ancient Greeks, such as Zeus, Hera, and Hercules, but how many people have heard of the Gaulish god Lugus or the magical Welsh queen Rhiannon or the great Irish warrior Cú Chulainn? We still thrill to the story of the Trojan War, but the epic battles of the Irish Táin Bó Cuailgne are known only to a few. And yet those who have read the stories of Celtic myth and legend-among them writers like J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis-have been deeply moved and influenced by these amazing tales, for there is nothing in the world quite like them. In these stories a mysterious and invisible realm of gods and spirits exists alongside and sometimes crosses over into our own human world; fierce women warriors battle with kings and heroes, and even the rules of time and space can be suspended. Captured in vivid prose these shadowy figures--gods, goddesses, and heroes--come to life for the modern reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Freeman s Celtic Mythology is a satisfying presentation of a decent selection of Irish and Welsh myths and tales from both pagan and Christian sources...the Oxford hardback is smallish and well-designed. The introductions are short and sweet, as are the endnotes, and since Irish and Welsh names are tricky, a glossary is provided. This would be an excellent collection for introductory courses in Celtic Studies; it is also an entry point for anyone wanting to become familiar with these tales. Freeman's version is engaging, accessible, and faithful.\"--Reading Religion \"Philip Freeman's book is a delight. This spirited retelling of the famous stories of the Celtic west serves as a brilliant introduction to the beliefs and values of the pagan and early Christian communities of Ireland and Wales. I can think of no better way to begin to explore the culture of the early Irish and Welsh.\" --Barry Cunliffe, author of Britain Begins \"Philip Freeman brings to life the tales the ancient Celts told to each other, and what tales they were! Filled with passion, rage, bravery, and adventure, these stories are as exciting today as they were on the dark nights of the distant past. Heroes, heroines, gods and goddesses come to life in Philip Freeman's brilliant re-telling of these little-known but unforgettable stories.\" --Terry Golway, author of The Irish in America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Who were the Celts? 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Balfour, Durham University, Durham, UK, Journal of Reformed Theology *\u003cbr\u003ethere is much good and well-informed discussion on particular texts or topics that would serve its intended readers well * KEITH BEECH-GRÜNEBERG, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *\u003cbr\u003ea remarkable piece of work ... Do read this book, generously and openmindedly. You will not regret it. * Nicholas King SJ, The Way *\u003cbr\u003eWriting in an engaging style and with a palpable love of Scripture... Swenson offers a helpful guide especially to both those who reject the Bible as nonsense and those who insist on literalist interpretation. * A.J. Levine, CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eKristin Swenson's latest book on the Book tackles the complex and surprising dimensions of the Bible and offers readers a way of understanding the Bible they may not have considered. * Nick Mattiske, Journey *\u003cbr\u003eRather than dismiss the Bible as an outlandish or irrelevant relic of antiquity, Swenson leans into the messiness full throttle. Making ample room for discomfort, wonder, and weirdness, A Most Peculiar Book guides readers through a Bible that will feel, to many, brand new. * Church Times *\u003cbr\u003eAlongside the many controversial issues and complexities that the Bible poses, Swenson has herein brought everything to within a very fine appreciation of transparent proposal and the most utmost of appeal. * David Marx Book Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eRigorous [and] stimulating... Both religious and secular readers will benefit from Swenson's illuminating analysis of the Bible's contradictions and oddities.\" * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review   *\u003cbr\u003eDo you think you know the Bible? Wait till you read Kristin Swenson's new book. What if you don't know the Bible at all? Even better. A Most Peculiar Book is a deeply informed, completely accessible, and endlessly fascinating explanation of what scholars know about the Bible and lay people, as a rule, do not. Read this book and prepare to learn! * Bart D. Ehrman, author of Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife *\u003cbr\u003eOne can only truly love and respect the Bible if one is willing to embrace its complexities, problems, messiness, and just plain weirdness. Whether you are looking to deepen your relationship with sacred scripture or are coming to the Bible for the first time, Kristin Swenson will help you appreciate — even love — the Bible as it is. * Peter Enns, author of The Bible Tells Me So and How the Bible Actually Works *\u003cbr\u003eA stimulating and challenging book, which questions all simplistic 'Bible-believing' theories about the authority of Scripture by showing how complex and contradictory it often is. Kristin Swenson tackles the problems head on while still making good her claim to love the Bible. * John Barton, author of A History of the Bible: The Story of the World's Most Influential Book *\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores what is weird, difficult, and disconcerting both about and in the Bible, seeking to show how those qualities can enrich one's relationship, religious or not, to the text...Swenson, formerly professor of religious studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and now a full-time writer, observes that the Bible demands interaction and even argument, and therefore in this book she has shared questions that both make her love the Bible and make that love complicated. * New Testament Abstracts *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Introduction   Chapter 1 - A Problematic Book  Chapter 2 - God  Chapter 3 - Angels, Demons, and a Talking Ass  Chapter 4 - Good People Behaving Badly  Chapter 5 - Impossibilities, Normalized  Chapter 6 - Misconception, Misapprehensions  Chapter 7 - And General Befuddlements  Chapter 8 - Arguments Behind Closed Doors  Chapter 9 - Biblical (Im)morality  Chapter 10 - But in the Original...  Chapter 11 - The Perennial Bestseller  Chapter 12 - Ten Commandments for [Best Word Here] the Bible  In Conclusion, Sola Scriputra  Notes  Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732541288791,"sku":"9780190651732","price":19.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190651732.jpg?v=1719997347"},{"product_id":"the-power-of-the-sacred-9780190933272","title":"The Power of the Sacred","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea substantive analysis * Bernice Martin, Church Times *\u003cbr\u003eA thoroughly argued, intriguing book. * Michael McCallion, Catholic Books Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Introduction Chapter 1. History of Religion as Critique of Religion? 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Beginning with the origins of the people who became the Israel of the Bible, it follows the course of the ensuing millennia down to the time when the Ottoman Empire succumbed to British and French rule at the end of the First World War.Parts of the story, especially as known from the Bible, will be widely familiar. Less familiar are the ways in which modern research, both from archaeology and from other ancient sources, sometimes modify this story historically. 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It is a remarkable, readable, and useful achievement, one that will illuminate a thousand sermons and provide much to think about for anyone interested in the subject. * William Whyte, Church Times *\u003cbr\u003eThree great world faiths have invested so many hopes and passions in one relatively small part of the eastern Mediterranean seaboard and its hinterland, that there are risks even in calling it by a single name. This collective study of the \"God-trodden land\" is a richly informative, reliable, and sane guide to its troubled history: one valuable contribution to crafting it a more peaceful present and future. * Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1: Avraham Faust: The Birth of Israel 2: Lester L. Grabbe: Iron Age: Tribes to Monarchy 3: André Lemaire: Israel and Judah: c. 931-587 BCE 4: H. G. M. Williamson: Babylonian Exile and Restoration: 587-325 BCE 5: John J. Collins: The Hellenistic and Roman Era 6: Konstantin Klein: A Christian Holy Land: 284-638 CE 7: Milka Levy-Rubin: The Coming of Islam 8: Carole Hillenbrand: The Holy Land in the Crusader and Ayyubid periods: 1099 - 1250 9: Nimrod Luz: The Holy Land from the Mamluk Sultanate to the Ottoman Empire: 1260-1799 10: Robert Fisk: From Napoleon to Allenby: the Holy Land and the wider Middle East 11: Robert G. Hoyland and Peter Walker: Pilgrimage 12: Richard S. Hess and Denys Pringle: Sacred Spaces and Holy Places 13: Adam Silverstein: Scripture and the Holy Land Further Reading Index","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732610462039,"sku":"9780192886866","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780192886866.jpg?v=1719997640"},{"product_id":"the-pope-at-war-9780192890733","title":"The Pope at War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with discoveries, this is the dramatic story of Pope Pius XII''s struggle to respond to the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Nazi domination of Europe.The Pope at War is the third in a trilogy of books about the papacy''s response to the rise of Fascism and Nazism. 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The book ends much of the debate about the pope and surely makes any lingering apologia for his stance implausible. * Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler: A Biography *\u003cbr\u003eA magisterial new study of how the Vatican navigated World War II and why Pope Pius XII stayed silent in the face of the mass murder of Jews. * Ruth Ben-Ghirt, Professor of History and Italian Studies, New York University *\u003cbr\u003eDisputes over the role of Pope Pius XII in World War II have been hopelessly mired either in sanctimony or hostility because of gaps in the historical record. David Kertzer's supremely well-informed analysis of the newly opened Vatican archives now establishes once and for all the massive scale of the pope's moral failure in the face of Europe's conflagration and Hitler's murder of six million Jews. If the faint-hearted pope was no war criminal, he was surely no saint. With Kertzer's magnum opus, the book on Pius XII is written, the dispute resolved, case closed. * James Carroll, author of Constantine's Sword *\u003cbr\u003eNot many expected the memory of Pope Pius XII's dealing with Jews during World War II to be sweetened by the recent opening of Vatican archives from that period. But who could have guessed how sordid the revelations would be? David I. Kertzer has the learning and courage to read the new documents and show what deep slime the Vatican was wading in during Pius XII's papacy. Brace yourself for a story full of horrors. * Garry Willis, author of Why I Am a Catholic *\u003cbr\u003eDavid I. Kertzer has outdone himself and crowned his extraordinary career with this volume on Pope Pius XII. He writes a simply riveting account with a worldwide cast of characters that includes Mussolini, Hitler, FDR, Churchill, and Eisenhower. 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Defying attempts to constrain and even kill her, she could not be silenced. Though verifiable facts regarding her life are few, her fame spread across social, linguistic, and religious boundaries, and stories about her multiplied across the subcontinent and the centuries. In Mirabai, Nancy M. Martin traces the story of this immensely popular Indian saint from the earliest manuscript references to her through colonial and nationalist developments to scholarly and popular portrayals in the decades leading up to Indian independence. 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Some groups Christians claimed that there was not one God but two, or twelve, or thirty. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine; others that he was divine but not human. Eherman offers an enlightening study of these early forms of Christinaity, and how they came to be suppressed, reformed, or forgotten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An illuminating book.\" * Noel Rooney, Fortean Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: Recouping Our Loses ; PART ONE: Forgeries and Discoveries ; Chapter Two: The Ancient Discovery of a Forgery: Serapion and the Gospel of Peter ; Chapter Three: The Ancient Forgery of a Discovery: The Acts of Paul and Thecla ; Chapter Four: The Discovery on an Ancient Forgery: the Coptic Gospel of Thomas ; Chapter Five: The Forgery of an Ancient Discovery? Morton Smith and the Secret Gospel of Mark ; PART TWO: Heresies and Orthodoxies ; Chapter Six: At Polar Ends of the Spectrum: Early Christian Ebionites and Marcionites ; Chapter Seven: Christians \"In the Know\": The Worlds of Early Christian Gnosticism ; Chapter Eight: On the Road to Nicea: The Broad Swath of Proto-Orthodox Christianity ; PART THREE: Winners and Losers ; Chapter Nine: The Quest for Orthodoxy ; Chapter Ten: The Arsenal of the Conflicts: Polemical Treatises and Personal Slurs ; Chapter Eleven: Additional Weapons in the Proto-Orthodox Arsenal: Forgeries and Falsifications ; Chapter Twelve: The Invention of Scripture: The Formation of the Proto-Orthodox New Testament ; Chapter Thirteen: Winners, Losers, and the Question of Tolerance","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732637626711,"sku":"9780195182491","price":11.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780195182491.jpg?v=1719997749"},{"product_id":"lost-scriptures-9780195182507","title":"Lost Scriptures","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe may think of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament as the only sacred writings of the early Christians, but this is not at all the case. Lost Scriptures offers an anthology of up-to-date and readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the centuries after Christ--texts that have for the most part been neglected or lost for nearly two millennia. Here is an array of remarkably varied writings from early Christian groups whose visions of Jesus differ dramatically from our contemporary understanding. Readers will find Gospels supposedly authored by the apostle Philip, James the brother of Jesus, Mary Magdalen, and others. There are Acts originally ascribed to John and to Thecla, Paul''s female companion; there are Epistles allegedly written by Paul to the Roman philosopher Seneca. And there is an apocalypse by Simon Peter that offers a guided tour of the afterlife, both the glorious ecstasies of the saints and the horrendous torments of the damned, and an Epistle by T\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"History, it's often said, is written by the victors. Bart Ehrman argues in a pair of intriguing new books that the same could be said of the Bible's New Testament. That Ehrman makes his case without pushing into territory considered heretical by many mainstream Christians shows a deft touch with the most volatile of subjects.... Will shock more than a few lay readers.\"--The Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\"Lost Scriptures provides a good sample of the literature and illustrates nicely the complex and often exotic world of second- and third-century Christianity.... The texts presented in Ehrman's anthology and his incisive analyses of them constitute a solid contribution to showing the diversity of thought and practice within early Christianity.\"--America\u003cbr\u003e\"A companion to Lost Christianities, this volume provides substantial selections from over three dozen of the Gospels, Acts, Epistles, Apocalypses and revelatory treatises not included in the New Testament canon, but which reveal the diverse and competing forms of early Christianity. Ehrman's introductions helpfully situate the documents in their presumed original settings. An invaluable collection of texts for both students of early Christianity and general readers.\"--Elizabeth A. 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