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Fifty-Two Weeks with God is composed of fifty-two meditations on
God, God's creation, and men and women who gave their lives for
others. The book begins with New Year, the time we think of what we
have done before and repent and resolve to correct ourselves. We
sit in awe at God's magnificent creation and what He has done for
us. We meditate on the lives of others who felt the call to follow
Christ and care for those in need. We meditate on the innocent
children whose characters and beliefs we mold as we care for them
by word and deed. We meditate on the spirit of God, the spirit of
love and truth. We meditate on God's promise for us to be with him
in the warmth of his love for eternity if we follow His example and
teaching.
"Whatever is true, whatever is good, whatever is honorable,
whatever is of good report. Whatever is lovely, whatever is pure;
think on these things (Philippians 4:8)."
What is religion? Where does it come from? Which religion best fits
our needs? Mankind has always been curious to discover what's
beyond the visible. From the moment that confusion surrounded the
existence and the true identity of God, new sciences developed, and
many philosophers fell into question. Many more questions have
followed ever since.In Beyond the Visible: Uniting Science and
Religion, author Issa Gammoh ponders some of these age-old
questions, considering whether there is a universally true answer.
In the twenty-first century, with humanity's advanced knowledge and
ways of thinking, science is getting closer to resolving many of
the questions that have been confounding humanity for centuries.
The discovery of the Higgs field, the derivation of the famous
equation E=mc2, a better psychological understanding of ourselves,
and our developing knowledge about neurology--all of these and much
more provide us with guidance. One way of thinking can link all of
these concepts together to reach scientific answers about many
unknowns that humanity has pursued for many generations.Beyond the
Visible travels a path of discovery to find the link between many
unknown phenomena and theories. This journey seeks to erase your
confusion with what will be the scientific evidences of invisible
randomness. Expand your consciousness and understanding about life
and the world in which you are living.
Since the third century BCE, when the king of Sri Lanka converted
to Buddhism, the island nation off the southern coast of India has
represented a central interest of Buddhist scholarship. The
association between its politics and religious life has not always
remained harmonious, however, and has contributed to the
contemporary turmoil that threatens to tear it apart. In this
valuable book, renowned religious scholar Bardwell Smith elucidates
the history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka from the time of one of its
earliest rulers through to its present-day strife. The essays
collected here for the first time explore various themes of Sri
Lanka's long history in novel and constructive ways. Topics include
Sinhala Buddhists' sense of manifest destiny arising from Sri
Lanka's oldest historical chronicles, the Mahavamsa and the
Dipavamsa; the nationalist implications of the chronicles'
depiction of the third-century Mahavihara monastery as the site of
"original Buddhism"; and concepts of order and legitimation of
power in ancient Ceylon. With a new introduction and final chapter,
Smith sheds fresh light on today's Sri Lanka, connecting historical
studies with contemporary issues.
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For half a century Rene Girard s theories of mimetic desire and
scapegoating have captivated the imagination of thinkers and doers
in many fields as an incisive look into the human condition,
particularly the roots of violence. In a 1993 interview with
Rebecca Adams, he highlighted the positive dimensions of mimetic
phenomena without expanding on what they might be. Now, two decades
later, this groundbreaking book systematically explores the
positive side of mimetic theory in the context of the multi-faceted
world of creativity. Several authors build on Adams insight that
loving mimesis can be understood as desiring the subjectivity of
the other, particularly when the other may be young or wounded.
With highly nuanced arguments authors show how mimetic theory can
be used to address child and adult development, including the
growth of consciousness and a capacity to handle complexity.
Mimetic theory is brought to bear on big questions about creativity
in nature, evolutionary development, originality, and religious
intrusion into politics."
Representing the highest quality of scholarship, Gilles Emery
offers a much-anticipated introduction to Catholic doctrine on the
Trinity. His extensive research combined with lucid prose provides
readers a resource to better understand the foundations of
Trinitarian reflection. The book is addressed to all who wish to
benefit from an initiation to Trinitarian doctrine. The path
proposed by this introductory work comprises six steps. First the
book indicates some liturgical and biblical ways for entering into
Trinitarian faith. It then presents the revelation of the Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit in the New Testament, by inviting the reader
to reflect upon the signification of the word "God." Next it
explores the confessions of Trinitarian faith, from the New
Testament itself to the Creed of Constantinople, on which it offers
a commentary. By emphasizing the Christian culture inherited from
the fourth-century Fathers of the Church, the book presents the
fundamental principles of Trinitarian doctrine, which find their
summit in the Christian notion of "person." On these foundations,
the heart of the book is a synthetic exposition of the persons of
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in their divine being and
mutual relations, and in their action for us. Finally, the last
step takes up again the study of the creative and saving action of
the Trinity: the book concludes with a doctrinal exposition of the
"missions" of the Son and Holy Spirit, that is, the salvific
sending of the Son and Holy Spirit that leads humankind to the
contemplation of the Father.
For centuries, philosophers have addressed the ontological question
of whether God exists. Most recently, philosophers have begun to
explore the axiological question of what value impact, if any,
God's existence has (or would have) on our world. This book brings
together four prestigious philosophers, Michael Almeida, Travis
Dumsday, Perry Hendricks and Graham Oppy, to present different
views on the axiological question about God. Each contributor
expresses a position on axiology, which is then met with responses
from the remaining contributors. This structure makes for genuine
discussion and developed exploration of the key issues at stake,
and shows that the axiological question is more complicated than it
first appears. Chapters explore a range of relevant issues,
including the relationship between Judeo-Christian theism and
non-naturalist alternatives such as pantheism, polytheism, and
animism/panpsychism. Further chapters consider the attitudes and
emotions of atheists within the theism conversation, and develop
and evaluate the best arguments for doxastic pro-theism and
doxastic anti-theism. Of interest to those working on philosophy of
religion, theism and ethics, this book presents lively accounts of
an important topic in an exciting and collaborative way, offered by
renowned experts in this area.
Beyond the Problem of Evil tackles the reinventing the philosophy
of religion by way of a topic familiar to anyone who has
encountered the field. By considering how "the problem of evil" is
historically structured by commitments to theism alongside the
recent calls for cross-cultural relevance in the field, the book
offers an argument whereby philosophers of religion may globalize
the scope of their work. Drawing on the work of Jacques Derrida and
critical theorists of religion, the topic is reframed as an
investigation of how social actors perceive necessities and grapple
with accidents that disrupt them. In this way, the usual
commitments to categories structured by theism no longer prevent
cross-cultural studies of "evil" and the stage is set for
rethinking the field.
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