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Xlibris Us Christian Leadership for Today's World
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£19.90
Xlibris Us 360' Global Kingdom Leadership: Book Iii
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£19.90
Collective Ink Do You Need God? – Exploring different paths to spirituality even for atheists
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£12.34
Berghahn Books New Perspectives on Moral Change: Anthropologists
Book Synopsis The world we live in is constantly changing. Climate change, transforming gender conceptions, emerging issues of food consumption, novel forms of family life and technological developments are altering central areas of our forms of life. This raises questions of how to cope with and understand the moral changes implicit in such alterations. This volume is the first to address moral change as such. It brings together anthropologists and philosophers to discuss how to study and theorize the change of norms, concepts, emotions, moral frameworks and forms of personhood.Trade Review “An original and far-reaching work that will excite both students and senior scholars, attracting a wide readership within and beyond anthropology and moral philosophy and prompting lively debate across multiple fields and specialisms.” • Susan Bayly, University of Cambridge “This volume is a valuable collection of texts around the undertheorized and crucial notion of moral change, which brings together anthropologists of ethics and moral philosophers. Such a book is needed and it would naturally find its place in the growing literature in the field of morality.” • Monica Heintz, Université Paris NanterreTable of Contents Introduction: Moral Change in Philosophy and Anthropology Cecilie Eriksen and Nora Hämäläinen This chapter is available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license thanks to the support of the ERC via Utrecht University. Chapter 1. Moral Change Through the Lens of Marriage Susan MacDougall Chapter 2. Queering ‘Ayb in the Urban Landscapes of Amman Marie Rask Bjerre Odgaard Chapter 3. Ordinary Possibility, Transcendent Immanence, and Responsive Ethics: A Philosophical Anthropology of the Small Event Cheryl Mattingly Chapter 4. Moral Revolutions, Value Change, and the Question of Moral Progress Joel Robbins Chapter 5. Losing Selves: Moral Injury and the Changing Moral Economies of State-Sanctioned Violence Elizabeth M. Bounds and Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon Chapter 6. Dementia Care Ethics, Social Ontology, and World-Open Care: Phenomenological Motifs Rasmus Dyring Chapter 7. On Moral Revolutions Robert Baker Chapter 8. Moral Borderlands: Ethical Normativity in Liminal Spaces Cecilie Eriksen This chapter is available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license thanks to the support of the ERC via Utrecht University. Chapter 9. Moral Change and Moral Truth Nora Hämäläinen Chapter 10. The Problem of Piety Cora Diamond Chapter 11. Guiding Ethical Sentences, Moral Change, and Form(s) of Life Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen Chapter 12. Two Historical Periods Within One Human Breast Niklas Forsberg Conclusion: Morality in Action Nora Hämäläinen Index
£89.10
Oncology Nursing Society You Are Never Alone:: Prayers And Meditation to
Book SynopsisWhether in the middle of the night, the midst of treatment, or midway through a busy day, You Are Never Alone offers patients with breast cancer a selection of encouraging and relevant prayers, soothing meditations, and valuable resources on support and prayer groups.
£17.05
Dream Releaser Publishing Piensa Diferente, Vive Diferente: Guía de Estudio
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£13.29
Higherlife Development Service As Far As You Can See: Living a Lifestyle of
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Higherlife Development Service Redeemed from Poverty: Receiving God's Promise of
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG A New Meaning-Mission Fit: Aligning Life and Work in Business
Book SynopsisThis book offers a clear process for managers, professionals, and future leaders to help discover their personal meaning in life and apply it to their work. The author uses research outcomes and theories to refute the contemporary philosophy that stresses following an individual’s passion alone when choosing a particular job or career. Instead, she recommends employing a personal meaning-oriented approach to life and work, and then becoming passionate about one’s work organically.The book also highlights the positive outcomes to organizations and societies when individuals engage with finding meaning in work, focusing on physical and emotional health and satisfaction. The author provides numerous examples of leaders who have aligned their personal meaning and organizational mission, also known as “meaning-mission fit,” and the relationship of this alignment to their emotional well-being. Together, the research, theory, and evidence in this book equip leaders and managers with an inspiring model to find their own meaning-mission fit, as well as create opportunities for the employees to do the same.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. What is Meaning-Mission Fit?- Chapter 3. The Experience of Meaning-Mission Fit.- Chapter 4. The Benefits of Meaning-Mission Fit.- Chapter 5. The Experience of Mis-Fit.- Chapter 6. The Process of Attaining Meaning-Mission Fit.- Chapter 7. The Meaning Enactment Process.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.
£35.99
Texnai Inc. A Spiritual Blueprint for Humanity
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Zero Limits
Book SynopsisNow in paperback Zero Limits reveals the breakthrough self-improvement approach that is proven to help people who are overworked, overstressed, and just plain overwhelmed deal effectively with removing self-imposed limitations in their lives that are often manifest as chaos, disease, and poverty. Spirituality and self-help guru Dr.Table of ContentsPreface: Where Peace Begins Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len ix Introduction: The Secret of the Universe Dr. Joe Vitale xi The Adventure Begins 1 Finding the World’s Most Unusual Therapist 11 Our First Conversation 19 The Shocking Truth about Intentions 27 What Exceptions? 39 I Love You 51 Eating with the Divine 67 The Evidence 77 How to Create Faster Results 113 How to Receive Greater Wealth 123 Skeptical Minds Want to Know 137 Choice Is a Limitation 147 Cigars, Hamburgers, and Killing the Divine 163 The Truth Behind the Story 177 Epilogue: The Three Stages of Awakening 189 Appendix A: Zero Limits Basic Principles 197 Appendix B: How to Heal Yourself (or Anyone Else) and Discover Health,Wealth, and Happiness 203 Appendix C: Who’s in Charge? Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len 207 Bibliography 225 Online Resources 229 About the Authors 231 Index 233 How to Experience Zero Limits Right Now 238
£15.30
Rowman & Littlefield Uproar: Calm Leadership in Anxious Times
Book SynopsisIf “these are the times that test men’s souls,” never more than for the leader’s ability to think clearly, to be present calmly, and to challenge effectively. It’s a time when leaders cannot be as anxious as those they serve; otherwise, the system is leaderless. Anxiety flows down like water from a leaky pipe. To lead effectively we must understand the impact of powerful emotional forces on people’s behavior, especially in anxious times. Uproar: Calm Leadership in Anxious Times helps leaders understand the powerful impact that emotional processes have on the people they lead. Peter Steinke, bestselling author of Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times draws on decades of work on system conflict and personal experiences to share real stories of challenges leaders have faced and how understanding the power of emotions has dramatically influenced their success. In this book, readers will observe important leadership characteristics such as separating oneself from the surrounding anxiety, making decisions based on principle and not instinct, taking responsibility for one’s own emotional being, staying connected to others including those who disagree with you, being a non-anxious presence, focusing on emotional processes rather than the symptoms they produce, knowing people naturally influence one another, and recognizing leader and follower as complements. At the end of each chapter, there is a Leader’s Notebook, a short section to illustrate, enrich or engage your thinking about leadership. As Steinke suggests, being anxious causes you to lose perspective, and leaders do their best thinking when they are not overly stressed and can think about options, doing their best work when they work on themselves. So where are you in your leadership journey? No matter where you are—beginning, middle or end— this book will be one the most significant leadership books you’ll read.Trade ReviewDr. Murray Bowen was a pioneer in his ground-breaking thinking regarding the human family. Dr. Ed Friedman extended that thinking in his area of expertise. Dr. Peter Steinke continues the process. In a clearly written and intriguingly referenced book, Dr. Steinke keeps our interest and curiosity engaged from the beginning to the end. His book combines both the theoretical and practical and does so in a straight-forward and compelling style. A job well done. -- Kathy Wiseman, Bowen Center for the Study of the FamilyThe book is an absolute pleasure to read. I’m going to pass it around to the leadership team at my advertising agency. -- Gloria Beth Amodeo, TBWA/Health CareIn industries where every day is different and performance is critical, much can be learned from the ideas presented in Uproar. Fascinating! I think the airlines would be very interested in a training module that teaches the ideas presented in the book. -- Dana Stokes, United AirlinesDuring a season of widespread societal and organizational disruption, Peter Steinke is just the mentor that leaders need right now. He makes sense of our experience, challenges our worst inclinations, and tutors our best intentions. In words both bracing and helpful, UPROAR will be my new go-to resource for education, non-profit, and religious leaders who are striving to be calm and courageous amidst the swirl of anxious colleagues and congregations. -- Tod Bolsinger, Fuller Seminary
£16.19
Christian Art Gifts Keep Calm and Trust God Hardcover Edition
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£7.45
Tremendous Life Books As a Man Thinketh 1 LifeChanging Classics
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Crossway Books Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce
Book SynopsisJohn Piper's biography of William Wilberforce takes readers beyond Wilberforce's battle against slavery and explores the beliefs and motivations of this influential evangelical politician.
£8.07
Thomas Nelson In God We Trust
Book SynopsisThe late Norman Vincent Peale, in the same uplifting style that made The Power of Positive Thinking a worldwide bestseller, guides you to ways of building a better, more positive life. 'The first step,' he says, 'is to fill your life with a positive faith that will help you through anything. The second is to begin where you are.'
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CLC Publications IF
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Oxford University Press The Craft of Ritual Studies
Book SynopsisRonald L. Grimes offers a systematic theory and method essential for the cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study of ritual enactments.Trade ReviewA great deal can be gained by consulting his passages about ritual times, objects, languages, and 'what rituals do'. Highly recommended. * A. F. Roberts, Choice, *For anyone hoping to gain a foothold in ritual studies, this book offers the opportunity to learn from an expert scholar who wears his own learning with grace and wry humour. * Bridget Nichols, Anaphora *Table of ContentsFigures ; Lists ; Videos and Online Materials ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; Part I Method ; 1 Performing Research and Teaching ; 2 Fieldworking Ritual ; 3 Reading, Writing, and Mediatizing Ritual ; Part II Case ; 4 Filming Fiesta ; 5 Framing Fiesta ; Part III Theory ; 6 Theorizing Ritual ; 7 Defining and Classifying Ritual ; 8 Mapping Ritual ; 9 Elements of Ritual ; 10 Dynamics of Ritual ; Glossary ; Sources Cited ; Notes ; Index
£41.32
TBS The Book Service Ltd Mister God This Is Anna
Book SynopsisTHE TOUCHING TRUE STORY THAT WON THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS OF READERS AROUND THE WORLD!Anna was only four years old when Fynn found her on London's fog-shrouded docks. He took her back to his mother's home, and from that first moment, their times together were filled with delight and discovery. Anna had an astonishing ability to ask--and to answer--life's largest questions. Her total openness and honesty amazed all who knew her. She seemed to understand with uncanny certainty the purpose of being, the essence of feeling, the beauty of love. You see, Anna had a very special friendship with Mister God. . . .
£7.99
AuthorHouse Murder by the Grace of God
£24.48
Author Solutions Inc Advanced Spiritual Warfare A Practical Manual for Inner Healing Deliverance and Biblical Counseling Set the Captives Free Model
£23.00
Red Wheel/Weiser Barefoot ZEN: The Shaolin Roots of Kung Fu and
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£20.70
Windhorse Publications Three Jewels II: Part 3
Book SynopsisFor Buddhists everywhere, the Three Jewels - the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha - are at the heart of daily life and practice. But how can we engage with these precious ideals in a way that makes a difference to how we live? In this, the companion volume to The Three Jewels I, in which the nature of Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels is explored, are gathered three much-loved books: Who is the Buddha?, What is the Dharma?, and What is the Sangha? In this volume, Sangharakshita tackles a great range of subjects, offering original and imaginative perspectives on all the topics one might expect an introduction to Buddhism to cover - karma and rebirth, Nirvana and the spiral path, and the nature of Buddhahood itself, as well as clear and pragmatic guidance on matters of personal concern, such as individuality, fidelity, gratitude, parenthood and seeking a spiritual teacher. The teachings are underpinned by many references to the Pali canon and other sources, to provide an authentic guide to the Dharma life in all its aspects, and much encouragement and inspiration to live that life to the full.Trade Review'I have always looked to Sangharakshita's books for inspiration and ideas on how to better translate the principles and practices of Buddhism for Western audiences and practitioners today.' - Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha WithinTable of ContentsWho is the Buddha?1 The Evolution of a Buddha2 The Way to Enlightenment3 The Hidden Teachings of the Buddha's Early Life4 The Heroic Ideal in Buddhism5 From Hero-Worship to the Worshipping Buddha6 The Word of the Buddha7 Karma and Rebirth8 The 'Death' of the Buddha9 Who is the Buddha?What is the Dharma?Part 1 The Truth1 The Essential Truth2 The Dynamics of Being3 The Texture of Reality4 Nirvana5 The Mystery of the VoidPart 2 The Path6 The Gravitational Pull and the Point of No Return7 The Spiral Path8 The Journey to Enlightenment9 The Pattern of Buddhist Life and Work10 The Threefold Way - Ethics11 The Threefold Way - Meditation12 The Threefold Way - Wisdom13 The Cosmic Significance of the Bodhisattva IdealWhat is the Sangha?Part 1 The Group and the Spiritual CommunityIntroduction1 The Sangha Jewel2 The Traditional Sangha3 Individuality: The Essence of Sangha4 The History of the Spiritual Community5 The Group and the Spiritual Community6 Authority7 The Positive Group and the New Society8 The Path of DissatisfactionPart 2 The True IndividualIntroduction9 The Evolution of the Individual10 The Integrated Individual11 Overcoming the Self12 The Artist as the True IndividualPart 3 The Network of Personal RelationshipsIntroduction13 Being a Buddhist Parent14 Is a Guru Necessary15 Fidelity16 The Meaning of Friendship17 Buddhism and Business Relationships18 Non-exploitation19 GratitudeConclusions: Can the Spiritual Community Save the World?20 A Buddhist View of Current World Problems21 Buddhism and Western Society
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Godwired
Book SynopsisGodwired offers an engaging exploration of religious practice in the digital age. It considers how virtual experiences, like stories, games and rituals, are forms of world-building or cosmos construction that serve as a means of making sense of our own world. Such creative and interactive activity is, arguably, patently religious.This book examines: the nature of sacred space in virtual contexts technology as a vehicle for sacred texts who we are when we go online what rituals have in common with games and how they work online what happens to community when people worship online how religious worlds and virtual worlds nurture similar desires. Rachel Wagner suggests that whilst our engagement with virtual reality can be viewed as a form of religious activity, today's virtual religion marks a radical departure from traditional religious practice it is Trade Review'Godwired is a timely, relevant, and sophisticated book. It is an insightful, well-informed discussion of game theories, storytelling, and the religious imagination, offering a convincing argument about how playing games can, at times, participate in the construction of worlds, and worlds of meaning.' – Gary Laderman, Emory University, USA'Rachel Wagner explores the intersection of the two other-worlds known to human beings; the supernatural world of the spiritual, and the virtual world created by on-line communication technologies. In doing so, she brings new light to scholarship in both religious studies and new media studies, both of which can profit from her research in this book. It is a fascinating study that is sure to provoke further discussion.' – Mark J. P. Wolf, Concordia University Wisconsin, USA'Wagner goes far beyond simply demonstrating the presence of something the religious scholar would recognize in games, web sites, and Second Life. She helps us understand the religious and theological implications of the emerging media culture and identify as well as understand the locations of the religious impulse within it. […] Readable and teachable, the book holds clear promise to advance the emerging discourse on religion and virtual reality.' – Jeffrey H. Mahan, Iliff School of Theology, USA in Religious Studies ReviewTable of Contents1. Walkthrough 2. The Stories We Play: Interactivity And Religious Narrative 3. The Games We Pray: What Is This Ritual-Game-Story Thing? 4. The Other Right Here: In Search of the Virtual Sacred 5. Me, Myself and Ipod: Hybrid, Wired and Plural Selves 6. God-Mobs: Virtually Religious Community 7. What You Play is What You Do? Procedural Evil and Videogame Violence 8. Xbox Apocalypse: Video Games, Interactivity and Revelatory Literature 9. Making Belief: Transmedia and the Hunger for the Real 10. Expansion Pack
£39.99
Harperenfoque Actitud de vencedor
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Amacom The Bible on Leadership
Book SynopsisMillions have been inspired by the Bible’s spiritual lessons. Now, Lorin Woolfe provides a unique way to view the Bible: leadership lessons that can be applied to our modern business world. Consider David’s courage and innovation in slaying Goliath with just a stone and a sling; Moses’ outstanding succession planning in picking Joshua; Joseph and the political skills that brought him to the seat of power; and of course, Jesus’ compassion, communication skills, and vision that launched Christianity (a long-term success by any measure). Their achievements -- and their inspired methods of achievement -- offer a different perspective on business leadership.For the dozens of Biblical stories presented, Bible on Leadership provides: A concise retelling of each story One (or more) leadership lessons suggested by each story Examples of contemporary business leaders who exhibit some of the inspire
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Xulon Press Y David Percibió Que Era Rey
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Shambhala Publications Inc Master of the Three Ways: Reflections of a
Book SynopsisAt once profound, spiritual, and witty, Master of the Three Ways is a remarkable work about human nature, the essence of life, and how to live simply and with awareness. In three hundred and fifty-seven verses, the author, Hung Ying-ming—a seventeenth-century Chinese sage—explores good and evil, honesty and deception, wisdom and foolishness, and heaven and hell. He draws from the wisdom of the “Three Creeds”—Taoism, Confucianism, and Zen Buddhism—to impress upon us that by combining simple elegance with the ordinary, we can make our lives artistic and poetic. This sense, along with a particular understanding of Zen that makes art from the simple in everyday life, has permeated Chinese and Japanese culture to this day. The work is divided into two books. The first generally deals with the art of living in society and the second is concerned with man''s solitude and contemplations of nature. These themes repeatedly spill over into each other, creating multiple levels of meaning.
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Shambhala Publications Inc The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the
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Baker Publishing Group Practices for Embodied Living
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£14.39
St Martin's Press Feeling Is the Secret
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£16.15
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Women and Islam
Book SynopsisThis Companion provides a comprehensive overview of a timely topic that encompasses the fields of Islamic feminist scholarship, anthropology, history, and sociology. It offers a detailed analysis of debates on gender and Islam, highlighting the logic of classical reasoning, while emphasizing alternative readings proposed by Islamic feminists.
£25.64
Xulon Press Irrational Faith
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Hay House UK Ltd Secrets of the Lost Mode of Prayer: The Hidden
Book SynopsisCould our deepest hurts reveal the key to a powerful form of prayer that was lost 17 centuries ago? What can we learn today from the great secret of our most cherished traditions?'There are beautiful and wild forces within us.' With these words, the mystic St Francis described what ancient traditions believed was the most powerful force in the universe - the power of prayer. For more than 20 years, Gregg Braden has searched for evidence of a forgotten form of prayer that was lost to the West following the biblical edicts of the early Christian Church. In the 1990s, he found and documented this form of prayer still being used in the remote monasteries of central Tibet. He also found it practised in sacred rites throughout the highdeserts of the American Southwest.In this book, Braden describes this ancient form of prayer that has no words or outward expressions. Then, for the first time in print, he leads us on a journey exploring what our most intimate experiences tell us about our deepest beliefs. Through case histories and personal accounts, Braden explores the wisdom of these timeless secrets and the power that awaits each of us . . . just beyond our deepest hurt!
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Windhorse Publications What is the Sangha?: The Nature of Spiritual
Book SynopsisA discussion of the Sangha, or spiritual community, one of the three highest ideals of Buddhism. Sangharakshita presents the ideal Sangha as a free association between developing individuals. As Sangha is about friendships, he includes discussion of the individual's relationship with others.
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Cambridge University Press Religion and the Meaning of Life
Book SynopsisAs humans, we want to live meaningfully, yet we are often driven by impulse. In Religion and the Meaning of Life, Williams investigates this paradox one with profound implications. Delving into felt realities pertinent to meaning, such as boredom, trauma, suicide, denial of death, and indifference, Williams describes ways to acquire meaning and potential obstacles to its acquisition. This book is unique in its willingness to transcend a more secular stance and explore how one''s belief in God may be relevant to life''s meaning. Religion and the Meaning of Life''s interdisciplinary approach makes it useful to philosophers, religious studies scholars, psychologists, students, and general readers alike. The insights from this book have profound real-world applications they can transform how readers search for meaning and, consequently, how readers see and exist in the world.Trade Review'An insightful exploration of what makes life meaningful, and its connections with belief in a God of the sort worshipped by the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions.' T. J. Mawson, University of Oxford'Though life's meaning is on the map in analytic philosophy in ways it has never been before, philosophers who write from an explicitly religious persuasion occupy a relatively small portion of the field. Clifford Williams's new book is a welcome addition that is, at once, analytically rigorous, existentially attuned, and religiously thoughtful. Unlike many other works on life's meaning, it treats this topic with the vitality it rightly deserves, engaging desires of both heart and mind. Williams demonstrates a deep understanding of the human condition, the widespread hunger for meaning, and the unique and powerful ways that religion can satiate that hunger.' Joshua Seachris, University of Notre Dame, Indiana'Written with analytic acumen and empathic warmth, this engaging book is a must read for all those interested in the meaning of life. This is the first book on the meaning of life focused on the description of experiences that reveal obstacles to meaning, as well as the paths to attain it.' Mirela Oliva, University of St. Thomas, Texas'This book thoughtfully explores issues related to the meaning of life from a religious perspective without being dogmatic. Because of this, it should be of great interest to those concerned with how spirituality intersects with meaningfulness. The book constitutes a significant contribution towards one of the important dialogues of our era: between secular and religious conceptions of our lives as humans.' Garrett Thomson, College of Wooster, Ohio'Everything fits neatly together to form a thoughtful organic unity in a clearly written style. …Cliford Williams' book [is] the latest important addition to supernaturalist analytic existentialism.' Thaddeus Metz, International Journal for Philosophy of ReligionTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Why should we care about meaning?; 2. Boredom; 3. Denial of death; 4. Acquiring meaning; 5. Suicide; 6. The divine one; 7. Life after death; 8. Obstacles; 9. How should we live so as to die well?; Epilogue. Facts the heart can feel; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Religion in SixteenthCentury Mexico
Book SynopsisThis volume adds to our knowledge of Aztecs and ecclesiastical strategies at the time of the conquest of Mexico. It increases our understanding of mechanisms of religious fluidity and mestizaje religiosity. It is suitable for undergraduates, historians of the sixteenth century, scholars of the contact era, and travelers in Mexico.Table of ContentsI. Migrants, Mendicants and Mary: Anahuac to New Spain; II. Keywords; Appendix I. Aztec Feast Cycle; Appendix II. Europeans, Aztecs, and New Spaniards; Glossary.
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Thomas Nelson Publishers The Best of You
Book SynopsisDr. Alison Cook delivers life-changing strategies for helping women develop their voices, forge healthy relationships, and embrace the holy, sacred work of becoming their true selves in God.
£20.00
AuthorHouse The Ministry of Prayer
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WestBow Press Healing is Gods childrens Bread
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Tughra Books Question & Answers About Islam Audiobook: Volume
Book SynopsisIslam, probably the most misunderstood religion in the world, is among the hot reading topics for people all over the world. Questions and Answers about Islam Vol. 1 and 2 have been prepared to provide first-hand information from one of the most leading Islamic scholars of our time. The first volume addresses the more essential questions concerning Islamic faith; e.g. God and the nature of His existence; can Islam solve every problem? Did Prophet Muhammad write the Qur''an? Subjects like the Prophethood, Satan, etc are also examined. The second volume delves deeper into a variety of subjects that will help those who are embarking on the exploration of Islam: wisdom in the message of the Qur''an ethics and spirituality, the virtues of service in Islam, the anticipation of the Mahdi and Messiah, etc. Although the questions included in this second volume have been selected on the assumption that the reader is already acquainted with the contents of the first volume, an independent reading is still possible, for each question-answer is a separate entity and the book does not question from another. Approximate running time: 300 minutes
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Umbria Press An An Inner Life
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IRH Press Messages from Heaven: What Jesus, Buddha,
Book SynopsisIf you could speak to Jesus, Buddha, Moses, or Muhammad, what would you ask? In Messages from Heaven: What Jesus, Buddha, Moses, and Muhammad Would Say Today, Ryuho Okawa uses his spiritual power to communicate with these four spirits and shares their messages to the people living today. This book offers spiritual wisdom and answers to the questions of the divine--messages of love, faith, miracles, gratitude, forgiveness from Jesus; inquires on humility, kindness, and enlightenment in the ordinary life with the Buddha; the meaning of righteousness, sin, and justice from Moses; and answers to questions about tolerance, faith, spirituality, and wealth from Muhammad. Through his conversations with four of the most influential religious leaders, Okawa explores the universal truths that thread between all faithsand offers insights to conquer our challenges that we face today. With this quest comes spiritual awakening as human souls, which unites each of us through the universal principles of love, wisdom, self-reflection, and progress.
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Institutionalized Routine Prayers at Qumran: Fact
Book SynopsisThis book challenges scholars' assumption, without any explicit evidence, of institutionalized public prayer with fixed contents and times in the Qumran community. As the book observes, this assumption rests in part on a failure to distinguish between voluntary supplication prayers and biblically mandated blessings and thanks. The book closely examines the three Qumran writings assumed to typify prayer and critiques scholars' attempts to deduce the existence of public prayer from these and other sources, which are most likely pious expressions of individual authors. The lack of indispensable instructions for institutionalized prayer offers circumstantial evidence that such prayer was not practiced at Qumran. This study also explores the assumption that Qumran prayer was intended as a substitute for sacrifices after the group's separation from the temple cult and discusses relevant rabbinic statements. The innovative character of rabbinic fixed prayer is discussed and identified as an element of the fundamental transformation of Jewish theology and practice from worship founded on sacrificial rituals performed by priests at the Jerusalem Temple to abstract, unmediated, direct approaches to God by every Jew in any location. The book also examines Samaritan prayer and detects a variety of attitudes, rules, and customs similar to those found at Qumran that are incompatible with their rabbinic counterparts. This opens the door for investigating religious belief and practice at a crucial period in the history of Western civilization, namely, before the vast rabbinic reform of Judaism after 70 CE.
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Perceiving Truth and Value: Interdisciplinary
Book SynopsisThe theme of this volume is the question of value-perception. It is discussed from different philosophical, psychiatric, theological, and anthropological perspectives. The thesis that unites all the papers is the recognition that we live in a relational, dynamic world, in which we primarily perceive, and that to dissolve values from facts is fundamentally misleading, both in theory as in life. The contributions are the outcome of an energetic conference in 2016 where the problems at stake were rigorously discussed. The results are presented here, and they have an explicit order and are strictly related. It opens with basic questions and observations, then critical opinions and objections come into play, after which the outline of a larger theory of value perception is presented, and at the end some concrete examples from material practices are drawn.
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Transcript Verlag Animal Minds and Animal Ethics: Connecting Two
Book SynopsisAnimal minds and animal ethics - different origins, connecting similarities. Philosophers working on questions of animal ethics usually draw on research into animal cognition and subscribe to strong positions regarding animal minds. Whereas philosophers interested in the question of animal minds sometimes draw ethical conclusions from the positions they argue for. In spite of such overlaps, these two areas of research have grown up separately. One reason for this separation stems from the institutional distinction between theoretical and practical philosophy. The principal aim of this anthology is to build bridges between the fields and different philosophical approaches of animal ethics and of animal minds and cognition.
£44.79
HarperCollins Porch Talk
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Book Synopsis“A magnificent achievement. In its power to touch the heart, to awaken consciousness, [The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying] is an inestimable gift.”—San Francisco Chronicle A newly revised and updated 30th Anniversary edition of the internationally bestselling spiritual classic, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, written by Sogyal Rinpoche, is the ultimate introduction to Tibetan Buddhist wisdom. An enlightening, inspiring, and comforting manual for life and death that the New York Times calls, “The Tibetan equivalent of [Dante’s] The Divine Comedy,” this is the essential work that moved Huston Smith, author of The World’s Religions, to proclaim, “I have encountered no book on the interplay of life and death that is more comprehensive, practical, and wise.”
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