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By pairing a scholar of Islamic law with a scholar of Jewish law, a
unique dynamic is created, and new perspectives are made possible.
These new perspectives not only enable an understanding of the
other's legal tradition, but most saliently, they offer new
insights into one's own legal tradition, shedding light on what had
previously been assumed to be outside the scope of analytic vision.
In the course of this volume, scholars come together to examine
such issues as judicial authority, the legal policing of female
sexuality, and the status of those who stand outside one's own
tradition. Whether for the pursuit of advanced scholarship,
pedagogic innovation in the classroom, or simply a greater
appreciation of how to live in a multi-faith, post-secular world,
these encounters are richly-stimulating, demonstrating how legal
tradition can be used as a common site for developing discussions
and opening up diverse approaches to questions about law, politics,
and community. Islamic and Jewish Legal Reasoning offers a truly
incisive model for considering the good, the right and the legal in
our societies today.
Al-Ghazali on Intention, Sincerity & Truthfulness is the
thirty-seventh chapter of the Revival of the Religious Sciences. It
falls in the section dealing with the virtues. Here Ghazali deals
with the very important subject of intention which is of crucial
importance in Islam. He asks: 'How can someone ignorant of the
meaning of intention verify his own intention; or how can someone
ignorant of the meaning of sincerity verify his own sincerity; or
how can someone sincerely claim truthfulness if he has not verified
its meaning?' In the Book of Intention, Sincerity &
Truthfulness, Ghazali gives a response to each of these questions
by expounding the reality and levels of intention, sincerity and
truthfulness, those acts which affirm them and those acts which mar
them. As in all his writings, Ghazali bases his arguments on the
Qur'an, the example of the Prophet and the sayings of numerous
scholars and Sufis.
A counterbalance to the predominant study of Islam's role in social
and political struggles, this book examines life in Ede, south-west
Nigeria, offering important analyses of religious co-existence.
Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since 9/11, religion
has become an increasingly important factor of personal and group
identification. Based on an African case study, this book calls for
new ways of thinking about diversity that go "beyond religious
tolerance". Focusing on the predominantly Muslim Yoruba town of
Ede, the authors challenge the assumption that religious difference
automatically leads to conflict: in south-west Nigeria,
Muslims,Christians and traditionalists have co-existed largely
peacefully since the early twentieth century. In some contexts,
Ede's citizens emphasise the importance and significance of
religious difference, and the need for tolerance.But elsewhere they
refer to religious boundaries in passing, or even celebrate and
transcend religious divisions. Drawing on detailed ethnographic and
historical research, survey work, oral histories and poetry by UK-
and Nigeria- based researchers, the book examines how Ede's
citizens experience religious difference in their everyday lives.
It examines the town's royal history and relationship with the
deity Sango, its old Islamic compounds and itsChristian
institutions, as well as marriage and family life across religious
boundaries, to illustrate the multiplicity of religious practices
in the life of the town and its citizens and to suggest an
alternative approach to religious difference. INSA NOLTE is Reader
in African Studies, University of Birmingham, and Visiting Research
Professor, Osun State University, Osogbo. OLUKOYA OGEN is Former
Provost, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo,Professor of History,
Osun State University, Osogbo, and Visiting Senior Research Fellow,
University of Birmingham. REBECCA JONES, Postdoctoral Research
Fellow, University of Birmingham, is author of At the Crossroads:
NigerianTravel Writing and Literary Culture in Yoruba and English,
published by James Currey in 2019. All three editors worked on the
ERC project 'Knowing Each Other: Everyday Religious Encounters,
Social Identities and Tolerance in Southwest Nigeria'. Nigeria:
Adeyemi College Academic Press (paperback)
This volume uses the four-temperament principle - popular sanguine,
perfect melancholy, powerful choleric, peaceful phlegmatic - (as
popularized by Tim LaHave) to help readers to examine their own
strengths and weaknesses and, thus, to understand other people and
appreciate what makes them different. Once people know why they get
annoyed with those who are constantly late, or can't stand people
whose desk is always tidy, then people can start to appreciate
their own God-given personality and other people's. The results can
affect marriages, work, friendships and churches. Through numerous
humorous anecdotes, the author helps readers improve upon their
strengths and corrent their weaknesses.
The second edition of" Kosher Food Production" explores the
intricate relationship between modern food production and related
Kosher application. Following an introduction to basic Kosher laws,
theory and practice, author Blech details the essential food
production procedures required of modern food plants to meet Kosher
certification standards. Chapters on Kosher application include
ingredient management; rabbinic etiquette; Kosher for Passover; and
the industries of fruits and vegetables, baking, biotechnology,
dairy, fish, flavor, meat and poultry, oils, fats, and emulsifiers,
and food service. New to this edition are chapters covering Kosher
application in the candy and confections industries and the snack
foods industry. A collection of over 50 informative
commodity-specific essays - specifically geared to the secular
audience of food scientists - then follows, giving readers insight
and understanding of the concerns behind the Kosher laws they are
expected to accommodate. Several essays new to the second edition
are included. "Kosher Food Production, Second Edition" serves as an
indispensable outline of the issues confronting the application of
Kosher law to issues of modern food technology.
This is a multi-volume collection by leading authors in Islamic
Studies. The volumes were originally published between 1867 and
1987. The collection reprints texts carefully selected on the basis
of their influence and prestige, written by pre-eminent scholars of
Islamic history, philosophy and religion. The majority of the
volumes reprint the original, first editions, but where
appropriate, updated, enlarged editions are sometimes selected.
'Essential...A complex blend of overexcited Adrian Mole-like
anecdotes mixed with shocking moments of racism and insights into
Muslim religious practices' Sunday Times The hilarious and
pubescent debut book from your favourite British Muslim comedian
(that's Tez Ilyas, by the way) is coming to a shop near you. You
may know and love Tez from his stand-up comedy, his role as Eight
in Man Like Mobeen, his Radio 4 series TEZ Talks, or panel shows
such as Mock the Week and The Last Leg. Where you won't know him
from is 1997 when he was 13 3/4. (But now you will - because that's
what the book is about.) In this suitably dramatic rollercoaster of
a teenage memoir, Tez takes us back to where it all began: a
working class, insular British Asian Muslim community in his
hometown of post-Thatcher Blackburn. Meet Ammi (Mum), Baji Rosey
(the older sister), Shibz (the fashionable cousin), Was (the cool
cousin), Shiry (the cleverest cousin) and a community with the most
creative nicknames this side of Top Gun. Running away from
shotgun-wielding farmers, successfully dodging arranged marriages,
getting mugged, having front row seats to race riots and achieving
formative sexual experiences doing stomach crunches in a gym, you
could say life was fairly run of the mill. But with a GCSE pass
rate of 30% at his school, his own fair share of family tragedy
around the corner and 9/11 on the horizon, Tez's experiences of
growing up as a British Muslim wasn't the fun, Jihad-pursuing
affair the media wants you to believe. Well ... not always. At
times shalwar-wettingly hilarious and at others searingly sad, The
Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 133/4 shows 90s Britain at
its best, and its worst.
After nineteen years in print and over 200,000 copies sold,
Broadman & Holman is publishing an updated edition of Deacons:
Servant Models in the Church. Henry Webb deals with every aspect of
the roles and offices of deacons in the church, including the
deacon's marriage, wife, children, family life, conduct,
priorities, and other pertinent aspects of deacons as role models
of servant leadership in the church.
One of the most talked about books in the Jewish community when it
originally appeared, Remix Judaism: Preserving Tradition in a
Diverse World offers an eloquent and thoughtful new vision for all
Jews seeking a sense of belonging in a changing world, regardless
of their current level of observance. Roberta Kwall sets out a
process of selection, rejection, and modification of rituals that
allow for a focus on Jewish tradition rather than on the
technicalities of Jewish law. Her goal is not to sell her own
religious practices to readers but, rather, to encourage them to
find their own personal meaning in Judaism outside the dictates of
Commandment, by broadening their understanding of how law, culture
and tradition fit together. She inspires readers to be intentional
and mindful about the space they allocate for these elements in
defining their individual Jewish journeys and identities. The
paperback edition includes a new preface addressing the critical
response the book received and further explores the challenges of
practicing Judaism today.
What did I do to deserve cancer? I don't understand it, but I can't
seem to pray anymore. Why does God seem so far away? The idea of
dying scares me. How can I cope? What do you say to a person in
crisis? When illness or tragedy strikes, you may find yourself
caring for a family member, friend or neighbor who asks you for
answers to some of life's ultimate questions. How can you meet
these deep spiritual needs? This personal and practical book deals
with the difficult issues and sensitive situations that caregivers
often confront. Judy Shelly explains how to offer spiritual support
to those facing suffering, illness or other crises. Shelly
considers a variety of suggestions caregivers can put into action,
including Christian community, compassionate presence, prayer,
Scripture, books, touch and music. In addition, she explains and
evaluates alternative therapies that have become popular in the
health care and counseling fields. And finally, she reminds
caregivers of the need to care for themselves, offering suggestions
for finding rest, advice and encouragement. Spiritual Care: A Guide
for Caregivers is a classic resource book that is now completely
rewritten for all caregivers (not just medical professionals and
pastors). Here is the guide that will help you meet the spiritual
needs of those you love with grace, skill and genuine hope.
Though we are seemingly more connected to our world than ever
before, many of us cannot ignore a nagging sense of loneliness and
isolation. To keep this anxiety and discontentment at bay, we can
search for connection through unhealthy distractions, believing
these will bring us true nourishment. And yet, loneliness is on the
rise, exacting detrimental effects on our mental, emotional,
physical, and spiritual wellbeing. Even those of us who have
succeeded in the ways that society applauds, often feel unanchored,
disengaged, and purposeless. If true pleasure is what we desire,
how do we look past the surface, to discover a life filled with
meaningful connection and genuine relationships? Untangled is a
welcoming guidebook to finding expansive ease and true joy through
what is traditionally called the eightfold path, one of Buddhism's
foundational teachings. Psychotherapist and Zen teacher Koshin
Paley Ellison compassionately walks readers down these eight roads,
leading them on a path of transformation and to experience true
joy. Combining teachings from both Eastern and Western wisdom
traditions, Paley Ellison equips readers with the tools needed to
untangle our tangles and make profound change, inside and out.
Infused with Paley Ellison's own anecdotes of his life as a young
gay kid facing abuse and discrimination, this approachable guide
will help you transform your ever day interactions, your most
intimate relationships and offers a path for social healing. It is
an ancient cure that's up to the challenge of healing the modern
dysfunction of our times.
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Religions of Beijing offers an intimate portrayal of lived religion
in 17 different religious communities in greater Beijing. Students
at Minzu University of China spent one year immersed in the routine
and practices daily, "writing with" the experiences and
perspectives of their practitioners. Each chapter has been
translated into English, with students at Drake University (Des
Moines, Iowa) facilitating this process. The result is a bi-lingual
book (Mandarin, English) that reveals to Chinese- and
English-speaking readers the vibrant diversity of lived religion in
contemporary Beijing. Each chapter focuses on the histories,
practices, spaces, and members of its community, telling the
overall story of the renewed flourishing of religion in Beijing.
The book is also enriched with over 100 photos that portray this
flourishing renewal, capturing the lived experience of ordinary
practitioners. Together, the words and photographs of Religions of
Beijing draw the reader into the stories and lives of these
communities and their members, providing a first-hand look at the
contemporary practice of religion in greater Beijing. The religions
covered are Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Protestantism,
Catholicism, Islam and folk religion. Religions of Beijing is a
collaboration of Minzu University of China and Drake University,
USA.
Understanding who you are can be a lonely and difficult process
following the diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome (AS). Asperger's
Syndrome and Mindfulness illuminates this experience as an
empowering path of discovery through the teachings of Buddhism.
Chris Mitchell draws parallels between the experience of his own
journey towards personhood through AS and the spiritual tenants of
Theravada Buddhism, as outlined through the Eightfold Path, a
guideline to personal development. Worry and anxiety, confusing
desires or negative thoughts are among the everyday hindrances a
person with AS faces. This book takes the reader through the key
beliefs of Theravada Buddhism, such as Mindfulness and the Four
Noble Truths, showing how practices such as Insight Meditation can
lead to a positive resolution of these feelings. Talking openly
about his own personal experiences, Chris Mitchell provides helpful
tips and suggestions for improving confidence and self-esteem
towards an overall better sense of self that will be of interest to
anyone diagnosed with AS or their family and friends.
You can only go so far for so long before you find the limits of
yourself. For Phileena Heuertz that moment arrived, mercifully,
around the same time as a sabbatical to mark her twelfth year of
service with an international organization working with some of the
most vulnerable people in the world. Activists often see
contemplation as a luxury, the sort of thing necessarily set aside
in the quest to see the world set aright. But in Pilgrimage of a
Soul we see that contemplation is essential-not only to a life of
sustained commitment to the justice and righteousness of God, but
to the fully human life that the Holy Spirit beckons each of us to.
Tracing seven movements from a kind of sleepfulness to a kind of
wakefulness, Phileena shows us that life is a journey that repeats
itself as Christ leads us deeper and deeper into our true selves
and a truer knowledge of God. This revised edition includes
practices with each chapter, as well as questions for group
discussion and individual reflection.
Honorable Mention, 2022 L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize in North
African Studies What does it mean to connect as a people through
mass media? This book approaches that question by exploring how
Moroccans engage communicative failure as they seek to shape social
and political relations in urban Fez. Over the last decade, laments
of language and media failure in Fez have focused not just on
social relations that used to be and have been lost but also on
what ought to be and had yet to be realized. Such laments have
transpired in a range of communication channels, from objects such
as devotional prayer beads and remote controls; to interactional
forms such as storytelling, dress styles, and orthography; to media
platforms like television news, religious stations, or WhatsApp
group chats. Channeling Moroccanness examines these laments as ways
of speaking that created Moroccanness, the feeling of participating
in the ongoing formations of Moroccan relationality. Rather than
furthering the discourse about Morocco's conflict between liberal
secularists and religious conservatives, this ethnography shows the
subtle range of ideologies and practices evoked in Fassi homes to
calibrate Moroccan sociality and political consciousness.
Now I find myself in late August, with the nights cool and the crickets thick in the fields. Already the first blighted leaves glow scarlet on the red maples. It’s a season of fullness and sweet longings made sweeter now by the fact that I can’t be sure I’ll see this time of the year again.... — from Learning to Fall
Philip Simmons was just thirty-five years old in 1993 when he learned that he had ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, and was told he had less than five years to live. As a young husband and father, and at the start of a promising literary career, he suddenly had to learn the art of dying. Nine years later, he has succeeded, against the odds, in learning the art of living.
Now, in this surprisingly joyous and spirit-renewing book, he chronicles his search for peace and his deepening relationship with the mystery of everyday life.
Set amid the rugged New Hampshire mountains he once climbed, and filled with the bustle of family life against the quiet progression of illness, Learning to Fall illuminates the journey we all must take — “the work of learning to live richly in the face of loss.”
From our first faltering steps, Simmons says, we may fall into disappointment or grief, fall into or out of love, fall from youth or health. And though we have little choice as to the timing or means of our descent, we may, as he affirms, “fall with grace, to grace.”
With humor, hard-earned wisdom and a keen eye for life’s lessons — whether drawn from great poetry or visits to the town dump — Simmons shares his discovery that even at times of great sorrow we may find profound freedom. And by sharing the wonder of his daily life, he offers us the gift of connecting more deeply and joyously with our own.
From the Hardcover edition.
Pilgrimage beyond the Officially Sacred: Understanding the
Geographies of Religion and Spirituality in Sacred Travel examines
the many ways in which pilgrimage engages with sacredness, delving
beyond the officially recognized, and often religiously conceived,
pilgrimage sites. As scholarship examining the lived experiences of
pilgrims and tourists has demonstrated, pilgrimage need not be
religious in nature, nor be officially sanctioned; rather, they can
be 'hyper-meaningful' voyages, set apart from the everyday profane
life-in a word, they are sacred. Separating the social category of
'religion' from the 'sacred,' this volume brings together a
multidisciplinary group of scholars employing perspectives from
anthropology, geography, sociology, religious studies, theology,
and interdisciplinary tourism studies to theorize sacredness, its
variability, and the ways in which it is officially recognized or
condemned by power brokers. Rich in case studies from sacred
centers throughout the world, the contributions pay close attention
to the ways in which pilgrims, central authorities, site managers,
locals, and other stakeholders on the ground appropriate,
negotiate, shape, contest, or circumvent the powerful forces of the
sacred. Delving 'beyond the officially sacred,' this collective
examination of pilgrimages-both well-established and new, religious
and secular, authorized and not-presents a compelling look at the
interplay of secular powers and the transcendent forces of the
sacred at these hyper-meaningful sites. Providing a blueprint for
how work in the anthropology and geography of religion, and the
fields of pilgrimage and religious tourism, may move forward,
Pilgrimage beyond the Officially Sacred will be of great interest
to an interdisciplinary field of scholars. The chapters were
originally published as a special issue in Tourism Geographies.
What should Christians do with all the laws in the Old Testament?
The Old Testament tells the story of the beginnings of God's
salvation history, and it is part of the authoritative canon of
Scripture affirmed by the church. But what role should the laws of
the old covenant play in the lives of those living under the new
covenant? Can Christians embrace the commandment to "love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all
your strength" but ignore the laws regarding clean and unclean
food? Some have suggested that Christians remain under the moral
laws of the old covenant, while others have argued that some of the
Old Testament laws-for example, the Ten Commandments-still apply to
Christians. James Todd makes a bold claim by contending that as
followers of Jesus Christ who stand under a new covenant,
Christians are no longer subject to any of the Old Testament laws.
Focusing on the laws of the Pentateuch, he then addresses the
proper role and benefits of the Old Testament laws in the Christian
life. With wit and insight, Todd helps Christians to understand how
the laws given to the people of Israel at Mount Sinai should be
read by those called to live as saints.
While religion and queerness often are viewed as disparate,
scholars in both fields of study share concerns and questions about
how the modern subject, with its attachments to institutions and
communities, is formed. This special issue of GLQ brings together
queer studies and political theology in order to explore the
relationship between the self and politics, theism, and queerness.
Going beyond previous work in queer political theology that has
focused primarily on Christianity, contributors to this issue
consider how queer sexualities appear in other theological
contexts, including articles on astrological, Blackpentecostal,
Thirunangai, hijra, and sarimbavy ways of life, recentering
marginalized and underrepresented minorities, beliefs, and
practices. Contributors Ashon Crawley, Seth Palmer, Vaibhav Saria,
David K. Seitz, Liza Tom, Ricky Varghese, Alexa Winstanley-Smith,
Fan Wu
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A little book about Calvary love in common life - one of the
favorite Carmichael books, Based on I Corinthians 13.
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