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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious institutions & organizations > Religious & spiritual leaders

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
R3,714 Discovery Miles 37 140 Ships in 12 - 17 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.

Making Saints in Modern China (Hardcover): David Ownby, Vincent Goossaert, Ji Zhe Making Saints in Modern China (Hardcover)
David Ownby, Vincent Goossaert, Ji Zhe
R3,927 Discovery Miles 39 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Sainthood" has been, and remains, a contested category in China, given the commitment of China's modern leadership to secularization, modernization, and revolution, and the discomfort of China's elite with matters concerning religion. However, sainted religious leaders have succeeded in rebuilding old institutions and creating new ones despite the Chinese government's censure. This book offers a new perspective on the history of religion in modern and contemporary China by focusing on the profiles of these religious leaders from the early 20th century through the present. Edited by noted authorities in the field of Chinese religion, Making Saints in Modern China offers biographies of prominent Daoists and Buddhists, as well as of the charismatic leaders of redemptive societies and state managers of religious associations in the People's Republic. The focus of the volume is largely on figures in China proper, although some attention is accorded to those in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other areas of the Chinese diaspora. Each chapter offers a biography of a religious leader and a detailed discussion of the way in which he or she became a "saint." The biographies illustrate how these leaders deployed and sometimes retooled traditional themes in hagiography and charismatic communication to attract followers and compete in the religious marketplace. Negotiation with often hostile authorities was also an important aspect of religious leadership, and many of the saints' stories reveal unexpected reserves of creativity and determination. The volume's contributors, from the United States, Canada, France, Italy, and Taiwan, provide cutting-edge scholarship-some of which is available here in English for the first time. Taken together, these essays make the case that vital religious leadership and practice has existed and continues to exist in China despite the state's commitment to wholesale secularization.

Bodies of Song - Kabir Oral Traditions and Performative Worlds in Northern India (Hardcover): Linda Hess Bodies of Song - Kabir Oral Traditions and Performative Worlds in Northern India (Hardcover)
Linda Hess
R3,736 Discovery Miles 37 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Kabir was a great iconoclastic-mystic poet of fifteenth-century North India; his poems were composed orally, written down by others in manuscripts and books, and transmitted through song. Scholars and translators usually attend to written collections, but these present only a partial picture of the Kabir who has remained vibrantly alive through the centuries mostly in oral forms. Entering the worlds of singers and listeners in rural Madhya Pradesh, Bodies of Song combines ethnographic and textual study in exploring how oral transmission and performance shape the content and interpretation of vernacular poetry in North India. The book investigates textual scholars' study of oral-performative traditions in a milieu where texts move simultaneously via oral, written, audio/video-recorded, and electronic pathways. As texts and performances are always socially embedded, Linda Hess brings readers into the lives of those who sing, hear, celebrate, revere, and dispute about Kabir. Bodies of Song is rich in stories of individuals and families, villages and towns, religious and secular organizations, castes and communities. Dialogue between religious/spiritual Kabir and social/political Kabir is a continuous theme throughout the book: ambiguously located between Hindu and Muslim cultures, Kabir rejected religious identities, pretentions, and hypocrisies. But even while satirizing the religious, he composed stunning poetry of religious experience and psychological insight. A weaver by trade, Kabir also criticized caste and other inequalities and today serves as an icon for Dalits and all who strive to remove caste prejudice and oppression.

Faithful to the Call - Women in Ministry (Paperback): Carla D Sunberg Faithful to the Call - Women in Ministry (Paperback)
Carla D Sunberg
R327 R304 Discovery Miles 3 040 Save R23 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits - Addressed to a Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N. J (Paperback):... Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits - Addressed to a Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N. J (Paperback)
Samuel Miller
R666 Discovery Miles 6 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
What's in Your Hand? - Leadership Lessons from the Life of Moses (Paperback): Eddie Estep What's in Your Hand? - Leadership Lessons from the Life of Moses (Paperback)
Eddie Estep
R446 R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Pope and the Pandemic - Lessons in Leadership in a Time of Crisis (Paperback): Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator The Pope and the Pandemic - Lessons in Leadership in a Time of Crisis (Paperback)
Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
R490 R454 Discovery Miles 4 540 Save R36 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Everyday Discernment (Paperback): Gregg A Chenoweth Everyday Discernment (Paperback)
Gregg A Chenoweth
R377 R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Save R26 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits - Addresssed to a Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J. (Paperback):... Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits - Addresssed to a Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J. (Paperback)
Samuel Miller
R627 Discovery Miles 6 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

A Revolution in Rhyme - Poetic Co-option under the Islamic Republic (Hardcover): Fatemeh Shams A Revolution in Rhyme - Poetic Co-option under the Islamic Republic (Hardcover)
Fatemeh Shams
R4,022 R2,848 Discovery Miles 28 480 Save R1,174 (29%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A Revolution in Rhyme: Poetic Co-option under the Islamic Republic offers, for the first time, an original, timely examination of the pivotal role poetry plays in policy, power and political legitimacy in modern-day Iran. Through a compelling chronological and thematic framework, Shams presents fresh insights into the emerging lexicon of coercion and unrest in the modern Persian canon. Analysis of the lives and work of ten key poets traces the evolution of the Islamic Republic, from the 1979 Revolution, through to the Iran-Iraq War, the death of a leader and the rise of internal conflicts. Ancient forms jostle against didactic ideologies, exposing the complex relationship between poetry, patronage and literary production in authoritarian regimes, shedding light on a crucial area of discourse that has been hitherto overlooked.

Piloting Church - Helping Your Congregation Take Flight (Paperback): Cameron Trimble Piloting Church - Helping Your Congregation Take Flight (Paperback)
Cameron Trimble
R495 R459 Discovery Miles 4 590 Save R36 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Qualitative Research, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Tim Sensing Qualitative Research, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Tim Sensing
R1,537 R1,275 Discovery Miles 12 750 Save R262 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Images of Leadership - Biblical Portraits of Godly Leaders (Hardcover): David Bremner Images of Leadership - Biblical Portraits of Godly Leaders (Hardcover)
David Bremner
R217 Discovery Miles 2 170 Ships in 4 - 8 working days
Reaching People under 30 while Keeping People over 60 - Creating Community Across Generations (Paperback): Edward H Hammett,... Reaching People under 30 while Keeping People over 60 - Creating Community Across Generations (Paperback)
Edward H Hammett, Paul L Anderson, Cornell Thomas
R634 R573 Discovery Miles 5 730 Save R61 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Unleader - Reimagining Leadership...and Why We Must (Paperback, New): Lance Ford Unleader - Reimagining Leadership...and Why We Must (Paperback, New)
Lance Ford
R389 R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Save R23 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The last thing you need is another book on leadership. So how is UnLeader different?Leadership-centric conversations dominate the contemporary evangelical church scene. The largest church leadership conferences each year include talks from corporate business executives and world famous CEOs. We are drilled with the message that if it worked for them it will work for the church.There is one overwhelming problem. Jesus himself is not our first choice when it comes to who we model ourselves after as leaders. Many times the life of Jesus directly contradicts much of what is being imported into the church under the mantra of effective leadership.This book is not about eliminating leadership in the church. UnLeader will help you redefine and recalibrate your view of leadership according to Jesus' life. Renew your ministry, reimagine your path to authentic servant leadership, and discover that the only leaders worthy of being followed in the Church are the ones who are following Christ himself.Reviews'In a culture obsessed with leadership and leaders, this book turns the pyramid upside down, provoking all Christians to reexamine what the New Testament really has to say about the subject.'-Frank Viola, author of Reimagining Church'UnLeader is a fast, engaging read that makes a compelling case for a different way - a starkly Biblical way - towards leading the church into God's future. -David Fitch, B R Linder Chair of Evangelical Theology, Northern Seminary'As the church struggles through seizmic shifts, UnLeader unwraps the reality of true God-sized influence. The future of the church and the fate of the world, at least in your neighborhood, are at stake...so read only if you intend to give your life away.' -Hugh Halter, author of The Tangible Kingdom and Sacrilege

The Way of Paradox - Spiritual Life as Taught by Meister Eckhart (Paperback): Cyprian Smith The Way of Paradox - Spiritual Life as Taught by Meister Eckhart (Paperback)
Cyprian Smith
R296 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This volume provides an introduction to the work of Meister Eckhart and a guide to the spiritual life.

It's Real Ministry - How Part-time and Bi-vocational Clergy are Challenging and Empowering the Church (Hardcover): I Ross... It's Real Ministry - How Part-time and Bi-vocational Clergy are Challenging and Empowering the Church (Hardcover)
I Ross Bartlett, Kate Jones
R588 Discovery Miles 5 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Understanding Leadership in God's Kingdom - (Maximising Your Leadership Potential) (Hardcover): Michael Kola Ewuosho Understanding Leadership in God's Kingdom - (Maximising Your Leadership Potential) (Hardcover)
Michael Kola Ewuosho
R913 Discovery Miles 9 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Activate Your Purpose - Lessons on walking into God's purpose for your life! (Hardcover): Collin Edwards Activate Your Purpose - Lessons on walking into God's purpose for your life! (Hardcover)
Collin Edwards; Foreword by Jamar Jenkins
R595 R546 Discovery Miles 5 460 Save R49 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Management by the Book (Hardcover): Robert Case Management by the Book (Hardcover)
Robert Case
R1,679 R1,383 Discovery Miles 13 830 Save R296 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Voice in the Wilderness - Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano on the Church, America, and the World (Hardcover): Archbishop Carlo... A Voice in the Wilderness - Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano on the Church, America, and the World (Hardcover)
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano; Edited by Brian M McCall
R1,060 Discovery Miles 10 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Muhammad - The slave, the messenger, the leader (Hardcover): Prof Mamdouh Mohamed Muhammad - The slave, the messenger, the leader (Hardcover)
Prof Mamdouh Mohamed
R777 R718 Discovery Miles 7 180 Save R59 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Small Batch Discipleship - Embrace Your Greater Purpose Through Handcrafted Relationships (Hardcover): Tracy Sullivan Small Batch Discipleship - Embrace Your Greater Purpose Through Handcrafted Relationships (Hardcover)
Tracy Sullivan
R798 Discovery Miles 7 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Age of Apostolic Apostleship - Complete Series (Hardcover): Alan Pateman The Age of Apostolic Apostleship - Complete Series (Hardcover)
Alan Pateman
R1,036 Discovery Miles 10 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Mentoring Mindset, Skills, and Tools 10th Anniversary Edition - Everything You Need to Know and Do to Make Mentoring Work... Mentoring Mindset, Skills, and Tools 10th Anniversary Edition - Everything You Need to Know and Do to Make Mentoring Work (Hardcover, 10th Anniversary ed.)
Ann P Rolfe
R595 Discovery Miles 5 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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