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This book tells the story of the Prophet Muhammad as an inspirational role model for anyone who wants to be extraordinary.
You will learn how Muhammad shaped his personality as a child, dealt with the universal challenges of adolescence while a teenager, and then emerged as a leader in his community as a young adult. The book deliberately avoids the language of historical narration used in typical biographies of the Prophet in favor of a more informal, down-to-earth approach.
In this book, the reader will get a completely different view of Muhammad and hopefully will see how Muhammad addressed our own daily challenges, inspiring us to excel in confronting these challenges.
This is Laurence Gardner's final book, written shortly before his
death in 2010 and is the accompanying book to his Origin of God
(published 2011 by dash house publishing). Together with Origin of
God, this book outlines an irrefutable and searing indictment of
conventional belief and exposes the evils and absurdities
perpetuated over the millenia in the name of Christianity. In
Revelation of the Devil, Laurence Gardner traces the history of the
Devil, from its roots in Mesopotamia and the Old Testament all the
way up to the modern world of today. Travelling through the New
Testament, as well as the Koran, and then passing in turn through
the Inquisitions, the Reformation and the Enlightenment, he unmasks
what he has called "the myth of evil and the conspiracy of Satan."
For nearly 2,000 years a supernatural entity known as the Devil has
been held responsible by Church authorities for bringing sin and
wickedness into the world. Throughout this period, the Devil has
been portrayed as a constant protagonist of evil, although his
origin remains a mystery and his personality has undergone many
interpretive changes, prompting questions such as: If God is all
good and all powerful, then why does evil exist? How can it exist?
If God created everything, then where did the Devil come from? If
the Devil exists, then why does he not feature in any pre-Christian
document? Revelation of the Devil follows the Devil's sinister
history, in the manner of a biography, from his scriptural
introduction to the dark satanic cults of the present day. In a
strict chronological progression, we experience the mood of each
successive era as the Devil's image was constantly manipulated to
suit the changing motives of his creators in their bid for
threat-driven clerical control.
A glorious illustrated history of sixteen of the world's greatest
cathedrals, interwoven with the extraordinary stories of the people
who built them. 'An impeccable guide to the golden age of
ecclesiastical architecture' The Times 'Vivid, colourful and
absorbing' Dan Jones 'An epic ode to some of our most beautiful and
beloved buildings' Helen Carr The emergence of the Gothic in
twelfth-century France, an architectural style characterized by
pointed arches, rib vaults, flying buttresses, large windows and
elaborate tracery, triggered an explosion of cathedral-building
across western Europe. It is this remarkable flowering of
ecclesiastical architecture that forms the central core of Emma
Wells's authoritative but accessible study of the golden age of the
cathedral. Prefacing her account with the construction in the sixth
century of the Hagia Sophia, the remarkable Christian cathedral of
the eastern Roman empire, she goes on to chart the construction of
a glittering sequence of iconic structures, including Saint-Denis,
Notre-Dame, Canterbury, Chartres, Salisbury, York Minster and
Florence's Duomo. More than architectural biographies, these are
human stories of triumph and tragedy that take the reader from the
chaotic atmosphere of the mason's yard to the cloisters of power.
Together, they reveal how 1000 years of cathedral-building shaped
modern Europe, and influenced art, culture and society around the
world.
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The central act of Christian worship is the Mass or Eucharist.
This, however, is a formal public act, and generally a
once-in-a-week event, which does not entirely answer the spiritual
aspirations of the vast majority of Christians who express these
through prayer and "devotional practices". The cult of relics and
of saints in general; banding together into confraternities to
foster a special devotion; going on pilgrimages, wearing medals,
badges and scapulars - all these are forms of devotion. Where did
they all come from? They have left their mark on the Church, in the
history of books and in manuals of prayers, but relatively little
is known about them. The idea for this book arose when, in the
senior common room of a university theological faculty, it became
clear that none of those present knew why there was an "Infant of
Prague". The book is in a dictionary format. Mainly historical in
its approach, it explains how a particular devotion arose, sets it
in its context and explains the purpose it served in the life of
the Church. It is critical without being judgemental on subjects
such as the "truth" behind apparitions of the Virgin Mary. Some 600
entries range over topics such as relics, pilgrimages and the cult
of the saints, as well as more specialized and local devotions. The
work is designed to be of use to historians and those engaged in
religious studies, as well as being of interest to the general
public. The topics are confined to the Christian religion and, in
effect, almost entirely to the Roman Catholic tradition. Tables
provide a comparison of the Liturgical Calendar (fixed and moveable
feasts) before and after the Reform of 1969. A comprehensive index
enables readers to follow virtually any subject through its
different aspects, as well as providing a quick guide to the
contents of the dictionary. Michael Walsh is the editor of Bishop
Butler's "Lives of the Saints" in one concise volume, and the
author of a companion volume, "Patron Saints".
This is a beautifully crafted and clearly written introduction to
Christianity over its 2000 year history, concentrating on the
interaction between the sacred and the secular. This book is a
practical response to the experience of teaching in a variety of
different settings from university undergraduates, through WEA, to
parish groups. This book will thus adopt an approach radically
different to that of many general Church histories in terms of
length, structure and presentation. The broad underlying theme of
the book will be the interaction between Christianity and the
secular world, exploring how one has shaped and been shaped by the
other, reflecting the title of the book. In order to achieve this,
the book will not attempt to cover the whole of Christian history
(this has been done frequently by others), but rather it will focus
on a number of specific themes and chronological periods. The four
themes will be Belief, Practice, Organisation and Propagation.
There will be four chronological divisions, chosen as pivotal in
the development of Christianity, and reflecting the conventional
divisions of history into ancient, medieval, early and later
modern. This will enable the book to be used as either a general
introduction to Christian history or as a starting point for
further investigation of one or more periods. The periods are: The
Imperial Church (300-500) The Medieval Church (1050-1250), The
Reformation Church (1450-1650) The Modern Church (1800-2000). There
will be included maps, timelines, quotations from primary source
material, a glossary and a further reading section.
Ranging from the medieval period to the present day, this is a
brief history of church music as it has developed through the
English tradition. Described as "a quick journey", it provides a
broad historical survey rather than an in-depth study of the
subject, and also predicts likely future trends.
Tramps, lazy, cheaters. Expressions like these were widely used by
several masters in view of the multiple forms of transgressions
committed by slaves. This type of (dis) qualification gained an
even stronger contour in properties controlled by religious orders,
which tried to impose moralizing measures on the enslaved
population. In this book, the reader will come across a peculiar
form of management, highly centralized and commanded by one of the
most important religious corporations in Brazil: the Order of Saint
Benedict. The Institutional Paternalism built by this institution
throughout the 18th and 19th centuries was able to stimulate, among
the enslaved, the yearning for freedom and autonomy, 'prizes'
granted only to those who fit the Benedictines' moral expectation,
based on obedience, discipline and punishment. The "incorrigible"
should be sold while the "meek" would be rewarded. The monks then
became large slaveholders, recognized nationally as great managers.
However behind this success, they had to learn to deal with the
stubborn resistance of those who refused to peacefully surrender
their bodies and minds, resulting in negotiations and concessions
that caused disturbances, moments of instability and internal
disputes.
Most human action has a technical dimension. This book examines
four components of this technical dimension. First, in all actions,
various individual, organizational or institutional agents combine
actional capabilities with tools, institutions, infrastructure and
other elements by means of which they act. Second, the deployment
of capabilities and means is permeated by ethical aspirations and
hesitancies. Third, all domains of action are affected by these
ethical dilemmas. Fourth, the dimensions of the technicity of
action are typical of human life in general, and not just a
regional or culturally specific phenomenon. In this study, an
interdisciplinary approach is adopted to encompass the broad
anthropological scope of this study and combine this bigger picture
with detailed attention to the socio-historical particularities of
action as it plays out in different contexts. Hermeneutics (the
philosophical inquiry into the human phenomena of meaning,
understanding and interpretation) and social science (as the study
of all human affairs) are the two main disciplinary orientations of
this book. This study clarifies the technical dimension of the
entire spectrum of human action ranging from daily routine to the
extreme of violent protest.
With the aim to write the history of Christianity in Scandinavia
with Jerusalem as a lens, this book investigates the image - or
rather the imagination - of Jerusalem in the religious, political,
and artistic cultures of Scandinavia through most of the second
millennium. Volume 3 analyses the impact of Jerusalem on
Scandinavian Christianity from the middle of the 18. century in a
broad context. Tracing the Jerusalem Code in three volumes Volume
1: The Holy City Christian Cultures in Medieval Scandinavia (ca.
1100-1536) Volume 2: The Chosen People Christian Cultures in Early
Modern Scandinavia (1536-ca. 1750) Volume 3: The Promised Land
Christian Cultures in Modern Scandinavia (ca. 1750-ca. 1920)
With the aim to write the history of Christianity in Scandinavia
with Jerusalem as a lens, this book investigates the image - or
rather the imagination - of Jerusalem in the religious, political,
and artistic cultures of Scandinavia through most of the second
millennium. Jerusalem is conceived as a code, in this volume
focussing on Jerusalem's impact on Protestantism and Christianity
in Early Modern Scandinavia. Tracing the Jerusalem Code in three
volumes Volume 1: The Holy City Christian Cultures in Medieval
Scandinavia (ca. 1100-1536) Volume 2: The Chosen People Christian
Cultures in Early Modern Scandinavia (1536-ca. 1750) Volume 3: The
Promised Land Christian Cultures in Modern Scandinavia (ca.
1750-ca. 1920)
With the aim to write the history of Christianity in Scandinavia
with Jerusalem as a lens, this book investigates the image - or
rather the imagination - of Jerusalem in the religious, political,
and artistic cultures of Scandinavia through most of the second
millennium. Jerusalem is conceived as a code to Christian cultures
in Scandinavia. The first volume is dealing with the different
notions of Jerusalem in the Middle Ages. Tracing the Jerusalem Code
in three volumes Volume 1: The Holy City Christian Cultures in
Medieval Scandinavia (ca. 1100-1536) Volume 2: The Chosen People
Christian Cultures in Early Modern Scandinavia (1536-ca. 1750)
Volume 3: The Promised Land Christian Cultures in Modern
Scandinavia (ca. 1750-ca. 1920)
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