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You Can't Put God in a Box - Thoughtful Spirituality in a Rational Age (Hardcover): Kelly Besecke You Can't Put God in a Box - Thoughtful Spirituality in a Rational Age (Hardcover)
Kelly Besecke
R4,073 Discovery Miles 40 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Kelly Besecke offers an examination of reflexive spirituality, a spirituality that draws equally on religions traditions and traditions of reason in the pursuit of transcendent meaning. People who practice reflexive spirituality prefer metaphor to literalism, spiritual experience to doctrinal belief, religious pluralism to religious exclusivism or inclusivism, and ongoing inquiry to ''final answers.'' Reflexive spirituality is aligned with liberal theologies in a variety of religious traditions and among the spiritual-but-not-religious. You Can't Put God in a Box draws on original qualitative data to describe how people practiced reflexive spirituality in an urban United Methodist church, an interfaith adult education center, and a variety of secular settings. The theoretical argument focuses on two kinds of rationality that are both part of the Enlightenment legacy. Technological rationality focuses our attention on finding the most efficient means to a particular end. Reflexive spiritualists reject forms of religiosity and secularity that rely on the biases of technological rationality-they see these as just so many versions of ''fundamentalism'' that are standing in the way of compelling spiritual meaning. Intellectual rationality, on the other hand, offers tools for analysis, interpretation, and synthesis of religious ideas. Reflexive spiritualists embrace intellectual rationality as a way of making religious traditions more meaningful for modern ears. Besecke provides a window into the progressive theological thinking of educated spiritual seekers and religious liberals. Grounded in participant observation, her book uses concrete examples of reflexive spirituality in practice to speak to the classical sociological problem of modern meaninglessness.

A Champion's Resolve - Avoiding Compromise, Pursuing Purity (Paperback): Rob Joy A Champion's Resolve - Avoiding Compromise, Pursuing Purity (Paperback)
Rob Joy
R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Following on from his first book, 'Internal Revolution', 'A Champion's Resolve' offers grace and inspiration to not only be victorious, but to help others in their own walk with God. It's a very transparent account of a modern man's pursuit and passion to live a pure life, set apart for God. Containing personal testimony backed up by solid Bible teaching it serves to ensure the reader never gives up their own struggle. With the courage of a cage fighter Rob Joy attacks the spiritual forces that have the potential to rob the Christian of their effectiveness and faithfulness.

Church - The Human Story of God (Hardcover): Edward Schillebeeckx Church - The Human Story of God (Hardcover)
Edward Schillebeeckx
R1,090 Discovery Miles 10 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

One of the twentieth-century's masterpieces of Catholic theology.

Be with Jesus, Be Like Jesus, Be for Jesus - A Path to Christian Maturity and the Next Great Awakening (Paperback): Doug Tweed Be with Jesus, Be Like Jesus, Be for Jesus - A Path to Christian Maturity and the Next Great Awakening (Paperback)
Doug Tweed
R295 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R20 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
My Walks with Remi - Book Two - Devotions Inspired by Nature to Deepen Your Faith Journey (Paperback): Cindy J Anderson My Walks with Remi - Book Two - Devotions Inspired by Nature to Deepen Your Faith Journey (Paperback)
Cindy J Anderson
R455 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Save R34 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
St Barnabas Pimlico - Ritual and Riots (Hardcover): Malcolm Johnson, Alan Taylor St Barnabas Pimlico - Ritual and Riots (Hardcover)
Malcolm Johnson, Alan Taylor
R1,152 Discovery Miles 11 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Land Is Not Empty - Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery (Paperback): Sarah Augustine The Land Is Not Empty - Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery (Paperback)
Sarah Augustine
R456 R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Save R34 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Glorifying Christ - The Life of Cardinal Francis E. George, O.M.I. (Paperback): Michael R. Heinlein Glorifying Christ - The Life of Cardinal Francis E. George, O.M.I. (Paperback)
Michael R. Heinlein
R794 R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Save R92 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
From Prayers to Peace - It All Begins with Faith (Paperback): Phyllis Weaks Sanders From Prayers to Peace - It All Begins with Faith (Paperback)
Phyllis Weaks Sanders
R291 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Save R20 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
God Saved Me for a Reason - The Story of a Modern-Day Prodigal and His Journey Through Addiction, Recovery, and Redemption... God Saved Me for a Reason - The Story of a Modern-Day Prodigal and His Journey Through Addiction, Recovery, and Redemption (Paperback)
George Snodgrass
R304 R287 Discovery Miles 2 870 Save R17 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sharing Your Christianity (Paperback): Tim Cooke Sharing Your Christianity (Paperback)
Tim Cooke
R280 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Save R22 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Modern Science Proves Intelligent Design - The Information System Worldview (Paperback): Ken Pedersen Modern Science Proves Intelligent Design - The Information System Worldview (Paperback)
Ken Pedersen
R418 Discovery Miles 4 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Latin New Testament - A Guide to its Early History, Texts, and Manuscripts (Hardcover): H.A.G. Houghton The Latin New Testament - A Guide to its Early History, Texts, and Manuscripts (Hardcover)
H.A.G. Houghton
R2,761 Discovery Miles 27 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Latin is the language in which the New Testament was copied, read, and studied for over a millennium. The remains of the initial 'Old Latin' version preserve important testimony for early forms of text and the way in which the Bible was understood by the first translators. Successive revisions resulted in a standard version subsequently known as the Vulgate which, along with the creation of influential commentaries by scholars such as Jerome and Augustine, shaped theology and exegesis for many centuries. Latin gospel books and other New Testament manuscripts illustrate the continuous tradition of Christian book culture, from the late antique codices of Roman North Africa and Italy to the glorious creations of Northumbrian scriptoria, the pandects of the Carolingian era, eleventh-century Giant Bibles, and the Paris Bibles associated with the rise of the university. In The Latin New Testament, H.A.G. Houghton provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and development of the Latin New Testament. Drawing on major editions and recent advances in scholarship, he offers a new synthesis which brings together evidence from Christian authors and biblical manuscripts from earliest times to the late Middle Ages. All manuscripts identified as containing Old Latin evidence for the New Testament are described in a catalogue, along with those featured in the two principal modern editions of the Vulgate. A user's guide is provided for these editions and the other key scholarly tools for studying the Latin New Testament.

Faith to Produce Miracles (Paperback): Brent C Satterfield Phd Faith to Produce Miracles (Paperback)
Brent C Satterfield Phd
R439 R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Save R24 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Karma - A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER , must-read... Karma - A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER , must-read book on spirituality and self-improvement by Sadhguru (Paperback)
Sadhguru
R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Scourge of Demons, 12 - Possession, Lust, and Witchcraft in a Seventeenth-Century Italian Convent (Hardcover): Jeffrey R.... The Scourge of Demons, 12 - Possession, Lust, and Witchcraft in a Seventeenth-Century Italian Convent (Hardcover)
Jeffrey R. Watt
R3,020 Discovery Miles 30 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In 1636, residents at the convent of Santa Chiara in Carpi in northern Italy were struck by an extraordinary illness that provoked bizarre behavior. Eventually numbering fourteen, the afflicted nuns were subject to screaming fits, throwing themselves on the floor, and falling abruptly into a deep sleep. When medical experts' cures proved ineffective, exorcists ministered to the women and concluded that they were possessed by demons and the victims of witchcraft. Catering to women from elite families, the nunnery suffered much turmoil for three years and, remarkably, three of the victims died from their ills. A maverick nun and a former confessor were widely suspected to be responsible, through witchcraft, for these woes. Based primarily on the exhaustive investigation by the Inquisition of Modena, The Scourge of Demons examines this fascinating case in its historical context. The travails of Santa Chiara occurred at a time when Europe witnessed peaks in both witch-hunting and in the numbers of people reputedly possessed by demons. Female religious figures appeared particularly prone to demonic attacks, and Counter-Reformation Church authorities were especially interested in imposing stricter discipline on convents. Watt carefully considers how the nuns of Santa Chiara understood and experienced alleged possession and witchcraft, concluding that Santa Chiara's diabolical troubles and their denouement -- involving the actions of nuns, confessors, inquisitorial authorities, and exorcists -- were profoundly shaped by the unique confluence of religious, cultural, judicial, and intellectual trends that flourished in the 1630s. Jeffrey R. Watt is professor of history at the University of Mississippi.

The Records of Mazu and the Making of Classical Chan Literature (Hardcover): Mario Poceski The Records of Mazu and the Making of Classical Chan Literature (Hardcover)
Mario Poceski
R5,054 Discovery Miles 50 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Records of Mazu and the Making of Classical Chan Literature explores the growth, makeup, and transformation of Chan (Zen) Buddhist literature in late medieval China. The volume analyzes the earliest extant records about the life, teachings, and legacy of Mazu Daoyi (709-788), the famous leader of the Hongzhou School and one of the principal figures in Chan history. While some of the texts covered are well-known and form a central part of classical Chan (or more broadly Buddhist) literature in China, others have been largely ignored, forgotten, or glossed over until recently. Poceski presents a range of primary materials important for the historical study of Chan Buddhism, some translated for the first time into English or other Western language. He surveys the distinctive features and contents of particular types of texts, and analyzes the forces, milieus, and concerns that shaped key processes of textual production during this period. Although his main focus is on written sources associated with a celebrated Chan tradition that developed and rose to prominence during the Tang era (618-907), Poceski also explores the Five Dynasties (907-960) and Song (960-1279) periods, when many of the best-known Chan collections were compiled. Exploring the Chan School's creative adaptation of classical literary forms and experimentation with novel narrative styles, The Records of Mazu and the Making of Classical Chan Literature traces the creation of several distinctive Chan genres that exerted notable influence on the subsequent development of Buddhism in China and the rest of East Asia.

Pinned! - Farm Accident--Our Walk in Faith (Paperback): George Topp, Kaye Topp Pinned! - Farm Accident--Our Walk in Faith (Paperback)
George Topp, Kaye Topp
R491 R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Religions of the Constantinian Empire (Hardcover): Mark Edwards Religions of the Constantinian Empire (Hardcover)
Mark Edwards
R1,950 Discovery Miles 19 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Religions of the Constantinian Empire provides a synoptic review of Constantine's relation to all the cultic and theological traditions of the Empire during the period from his seizure of power in the west in 306 cE to the end of his reign as autocrat of both east and west in 337 cE. Divided into three parts, the first considers the efforts of Christians to construct their own philosophy, and their own patterns of the philosophic life, in opposition to Platonism. The second assembles evidence of survival, variation or decay in religious practices which were never compulsory under Roman law. The 'religious plurality' of the second section includes those cults which are represented as demonic burlesques of the sacraments by Firmicus Maternus. The third reviews the changes, both within the church and in the public sphere, which were undeniably prompted by the accession of a Christian monarch. In this section on 'Christian polyphony', Mark Edwards expertly moves on from this deliberate petrifaction of Judaism to the profound shift in relations between the church and the civic cult that followed the Emperor's choice of a new divine protector. The material in the first section will be most familiar to the historian of philosophy, that of the second to the historian of religion, and that of the third to the theologian. All three sections make reference to such factors as the persecution under Diocletian, the so-called 'edict of Milan', the subsequent legislation of Constantine, and the summoning of the council of Nicaea. Edwards does not maintain, however, that the religious and philosophical innovations of this period were mere by-products of political revolution; indeed, he often highlights that Christianity was more revolutionary in its expectations than any sovereign could afford to be in his acts.This authoritative study provides a comprehensive reference work for those studying the ecclesiastical and theological developments and controversies of the fourth century.

Living for the Fruit of the Spirit - Christianity for Those with Mental Health Conditions (Paperback): Heide R Kuhlman Living for the Fruit of the Spirit - Christianity for Those with Mental Health Conditions (Paperback)
Heide R Kuhlman
R333 R308 Discovery Miles 3 080 Save R25 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Varieties of Religious Invention - Founders and Their Functions in History (Hardcover): Patrick Gray Varieties of Religious Invention - Founders and Their Functions in History (Hardcover)
Patrick Gray
R3,788 Discovery Miles 37 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Religious controversies frequently center on origins, and at the origins of the major religious traditions one typically finds a seminal figure. Names such as Jesus, Muhammad, Confucius, and Moses are well known, yet their status as "founders" has not gone uncontested. Does Paul deserve the credit for founding Christianity? Is Laozi the father of Daoism, or should that title belong to Zhuangzi? What is at stake, if anything, in debates about "the historical Buddha"? What assumptions are implicit in the claim that Hinduism is a religion without a founder? The essays in Varieties of Religious Invention do not attempt to settle these perennial arguments once and for all. Rather, they aim to consider the subtexts of such debates as an exercise in comparative religion: Who engages in them? To whom do they matter, and when? When is "development" in a religious tradition perceived as "deviation" from its roots? To what extent are origins thought to define the "essence" of a religion? In what ways do arguments about founders serve as a proxy for broader cultural, theological, political, or ideological questions? What do they reveal about the ways in which the past is remembered and authority negotiated? As the contributors survey the landscape shaped by these questions within each tradition, they provide insights and novel perspectives about the religions individually, and about the study of world religions as a whole.

Journey to the Tenth Gate - Life with Guru Gobind Singh - A Spiritual Awakening (Paperback): Karin Vastola Journey to the Tenth Gate - Life with Guru Gobind Singh - A Spiritual Awakening (Paperback)
Karin Vastola
R356 R336 Discovery Miles 3 360 Save R20 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lutheran Difference - Reformation Anniversary Edition (Hardcover): Edward Engelbrecht Lutheran Difference - Reformation Anniversary Edition (Hardcover)
Edward Engelbrecht
R1,440 Discovery Miles 14 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Disability and Isaiah's Suffering Servant (Hardcover): Jeremy Schipper Disability and Isaiah's Suffering Servant (Hardcover)
Jeremy Schipper
R3,619 Discovery Miles 36 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Although disability imagery is ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible, characters with disabilities are not. The presence of the former does not guarantee the presence of the later. While interpreters explain away disabilities in specific characters, they celebrate the rhetorical contributions that disability imagery makes to the literary artistry of biblical prose and poetry, often as a trope to describe the suffering or struggles of a presumably nondisabled person or community. This situation contributes to the appearance (or illusion) of a Hebrew Bible that uses disability as a rich literary trope while disavowing the presence of figures or characters with disabilities.
Isaiah 53 provides a wonderful example of this dynamic at work. The "Suffering Servant" figure in Isaiah 53 has captured the imagination of readers since very early in the history of biblical interpretation. Most interpreters understand the servant as an otherwise able bodied person who suffers. By contrast, Jeremy Schipper's study shows that Isaiah 53 describes the servant with language and imagery typically associated with disability in the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Near Eastern literature. Informed by recent work in disability studies from across the humanities, it traces both the disappearance of the servant's disability from the interpretative history of Isaiah 53 and the scholarly creation of the able bodied suffering servant.

Runaways - The Long Journey Home (Hardcover): Brenda C Poulos Runaways - The Long Journey Home (Hardcover)
Brenda C Poulos
R605 Discovery Miles 6 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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