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This book offers a welcome solution to the growing need for a
common language in interfaith dialogue; particularly between the
three Abrahamic faiths in our modern pluralistic society. The book
suggests that the names given to God in the Hebrew Bible, the New
Testament and the Quran, could be the very foundations and building
blocks for a common language between the Jewish, Christian and
Islamic faiths. On both a formal interfaith level, as well as
between everyday followers of each doctrine, this book facilitates
a more fruitful and universal understanding and respect of each
sacred text; exploring both the commonalities and differences
between the each theology and their individual receptions. In a
practical application of the methodologies of comparative theology,
Maire Byrne shows that the titles, names and epithets given to God
in the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity and Islam contribute
towards similar images of God in each case, and elucidates the
importance of this for providing a viable starting point for
interfaith dialogue.
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Peter Chaadaev
(Hardcover)
Artur Mrowczynski-Van Allen, Teresa Obolevitch, Pawel Rojek
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This interdisciplinary study introduces readers to Friedrich
Schleiermacher's diverse pathways of reflection and creative
practice that are related to the field of translation. By drawing
attention to Schleiermacher's various writings on a range of
subjects (including philology, criticism, hermeneutics, dialectics,
rhetoric and religion), the author makes it clear that the
frequently cited lecture UEber die verschiedenen Methoden des
UEbersetzens (On the Different Methods of Translating) represents
but a fraction of Schleiermacher's contributions to modern-day
insights into translation. The analysis of Schleiermacher's various
pathways of reflection on translation presented in this book leads
to the conclusion that translation is part of the essence of the
world, as it is a fundamental tool of our cognition and a
foundation of our existence. In Schleiermacher's works, transfer,
translation, mediation, and communication underpin our very
existence in the world and our self-awareness. At the same time,
they represent fundamental categories for a project that focuses on
the consolidation and assimilation - through translation - of that
which is foreign, different, diverse.
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The Prince
(Hardcover)
Niccolo Machiavelli; Translated by W K Mariott
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Primordial Traditions was the winner of the 2009 Ashton Wylie Award
for Literary Excellence. This new second edition of the original
award winning collection features a selection of essays by
Gwendolyn Taunton and other talented authors from the original
periodical Primordial Traditions (2006-2010). The new version of
Primordial Traditions offers a revised layout and a new binding.
This edition also has content not contained in the original
publication. The first section of Primordial Traditions deals with
aspects of perennial philosophy covering the broader applications
of the Primordial Tradition in the modern world. Alchemy,
philosophy, civilization, the Kali Yuga, and even the problems
afflicting the economy are addressed here from a traditional
perspective. This section deals with the nature of the Primordial
Tradition and how all True Spiritual Traditions consequently relate
to it in this new philosophy of religion. The second section of the
book then breaks down Traditions into geographic locations to
discuss European, Eastern, Middle Eastern and South American
Traditions at an advanced level. Topics covered here include:
Tibetan Tantra, Sufism, Yezidi, Tantrism, Vedic Mythology,
Theravada Buddhism, Thai Magic, Tantrism, Oneiromancy, Norse
Berserkers, Runes, Celtic Mythology, Mithras, Hellenic Mythology
and Mayan Ceremonial Astrology to name but a few fascinating
obscurities. Content includes the following articles by Gwendolyn
Taunton: Sophia Perennis: The Doctrine of Ascension, The Primordial
Tradition, The Age of Darkness: Prophecies of the Kali Yuga,
Mercury Rising: The Life & Writing of Julius Evola, Ars Regia:
The Royal Art Revisited, Tantra: Fifth Veda or Anti-Veda?,
Aesthetics of the Divine in Hinduism, Divine Mortality: Nataraja,
Shankara & Higher Consciousness in the Imagery of Siva, Monks
& Magic: The Use of Magic by the Sangha in Thailand, Does
Practice Make One Perfected? The Role of gTum-mo in the Six Yogas
of Naropa, Clarifying the Clear Light, Oneiromancy: Divination by
Dreams, Of Wolves and Men: The Berserker and the Vratya, Ancient
Goddess or Political Goddess? and The Black Sun: Dionysus in the
Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche & Greek Myth. Primordial
Traditions also contains articles by Damon Zacharias Lycourinos,
Matt Hajduk, Krum Stefanov, Bob Makransky and many more.....
Winner of The PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022 Shortlisted for The
Wolfson History Prize 2022 A The Times Books of the Year 2022 Three
thousand years ago, in the Southwest Asian lands we now call Israel
and Palestine, a group of people worshipped a complex pantheon of
deities, led by a father god called El. El had seventy children,
who were gods in their own right. One of them was a minor storm
deity, known as Yahweh. Yahweh had a body, a wife, offspring and
colleagues. He fought monsters and mortals. He gorged on food and
wine, wrote books, and took walks and naps. But he would become
something far larger and far more abstract: the God of the great
monotheistic religions. But as Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou
reveals, God's cultural DNA stretches back centuries before the
Bible was written, and persists in the tics and twitches of our own
society, whether we are believers or not. The Bible has shaped our
ideas about God and religion, but also our cultural preferences
about human existence and experience; our concept of life and
death; our attitude to sex and gender; our habits of eating and
drinking; our understanding of history. Examining God's body, from
his head to his hands, feet and genitals, she shows how the Western
idea of God developed. She explores the places and artefacts that
shaped our view of this singular God and the ancient religions and
societies of the biblical world. And in doing so she analyses not
only the origins of our oldest monotheistic religions, but also the
origins of Western culture. Beautifully written, passionately
argued and frequently controversial, God: An Anatomy is cultural
history on a grand scale. 'Rivetingly fresh and stunning' - Sunday
Times 'One of the most remarkable historians and communicators
working today' - Dan Snow
This book challenges the widespread assumption of the
incompatibility of evolution and the biological design argument.
Kojonen analyzes the traditional arguments for incompatibility, and
argues for salvaging the idea of design in a way that is fully
compatible with evolutionary biology. Relating current views to
their intellectual history, Kojonen steers a course that avoids
common pitfalls such as the problems of the God of the gaps, the
problem of natural evil, and the traditional Humean and Darwinian
critiques. The resulting deconstruction of the opposition between
evolution and design has the potential to transform this important
debate.
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