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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship
If we are honest, most of us struggle with our praying at least
some of the time. Perhaps we have difficulty finding time to pray,
or maybe we simply do not know what to say. Praying may seem simple
and straightforward in theory, but in reality it can be hard work.
In 'Praying' J. I. Packer and Carolyn Nystrom offer hope to us in
our efforts to pray better. They present praying as both a duty and
a delight: an essential, expected practice for a follower of
Christ, but also a privilege and joy. With wisdom, humility and
sincerity they lead us through different moods or types of praying.
Yet they do not just teach us about prayer; they also challenge and
inspire us to do it by pointing us to a clearer understanding of
the character of God. Here is practical help for active, honest
praying that involves all of who we are - heart, hands and head -
and moves us to deeper obedience, joy and intimacy with our Father.
Find power in your prayer like never before with #1 New York Times
bestselling author Bishop T.D. Jakes. In a time when women carry
more influence than any other generation, the power of prayer has
never been more important to remind us that we do not have to bear
our crosses alone. We need prayer to stand guard over our hearts
and minds and over the hearts and minds of our families. Women
today are shattering glass ceilings and forging new paths in the
world. What Happens When a Woman Prays is a clarion call for women
to continue their progressive march of empowerment by dreaming like
their daughters and praying like their grandmothers. Through
exploring the lives of 10 prayer-filled women of the Bible, Bishop
Jakes emphasizes the life-changing power that women have when they
find their identity, their strength, their healing, and their
voices in Christ.
The material symbol has become central to understanding religion in
late modernity. Overtly theological approaches use words to express
the values and faith of a religion, but leave out the 'incarnation'
of religion in the behavioural, performative, or audio-visual form.
This book explores the lived expression of religion through its
material expression, demonstrating how religion and spirituality
are given form, and are thus far from being detached or ethereal.
Cutting across cultures, senses, disciplines and faiths, the
contributors register the variety in which religions and religious
groups express the sacred and numinous. Including chapters on
music, architecture, festivals, ritual, artefacts, dance, dress and
magic, this book offers an invaluable resource to students of
sociology and anthropology of religion, art, culture, history,
liturgy, theories of late modern culture, and religious studies.
This volume is concerned with the origins, development and
character of ritual in Islam. The focus is upon the rituals
associated with the five 'pillars of Islam': the credal formula,
prayer, alms, fasting and pilgrimage. Since the 19th century
academic scholarship has sought to investigate Muslim rituals from
the point of view of history, the study of religion, and the social
sciences, and a set of the most important and influential
contributions to this debate, some of them translated into English
for the first time, is brought together here. Participation in the
ritual life of Islam is for most Muslims the predominant expression
of their adherence to the faith and of their religious identity.
The Development of Islamic Ritual shows some of the ways in which
this important aspect of Islam developed to maturity in the first
centuries of Islamic history.
Bringing the body-mind insights of Rinzai Zen from the mountains of
Japan to the Western world, Zen master Julian Daizan Skinner and
Sarah Bladen present simple meditation techniques to help achieve
health, wellbeing and success. Taking the reader through the first
100 days of practice, the book then shows how to adapt the new
learned techniques to the rest of your life. Including case studies
at the end of each chapter to show how people's lives have been
transformed through their meditation journeys, this is an
accessible and practical guide to adapting Eastern meditation into
busy Western lives.
In this pioneering book, in turns poetic and philosophical,
Nagapriya shows how the insights into the existential condition
offered by Shinran can transform our understanding of what Buddhist
practice consists in, and what it means to awaken to our ultimate
concern. Shinran (1173 - 1263) is one of the most important
thinkers of Japanese Buddhist history, and founder of the Jodo
Shinshu Pure Land school. Nagapriya explores Shinran's spirituality
and teachings through close readings, confessional narrative, and
thoughtful interpretation. This book is an invitation to reimagine
Shinran's religious universe, not for the sake of historical
curiosity, but as an exercise that has the potential to remake us
in the light of our ultimate concerns.
Many philosophical approaches today seek to overcome the division
between mind and body. If such projects succeed, then thinking is
not restricted to the disembodied mind, but is in some sense done
through the body. From a post-Cartesian perspective, then, ritual
activities that discipline the body are not just thoughtless
motions, but crucial parts of the way people think. Thinking
Through Rituals explores religious ritual acts and their connection
to meaning and truth, belief, memory, inquiry, worldview and
ethics. Drawing on philosophers such as Foucault, Merleau-Ponty and
Wittgenstein, and sources from cognitive science, pragmatism and
feminist theory, it provides philosophical resources for
understanding religious ritual practices like the Christian
Eucharistic ceremony, Hatha Yoga, sacred meditation or liturgical
speech. Its essays consider a wide variety of rituals in
Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism - including political
protest rituals and gay commitment ceremonies, traditional Vedic
and Yogic rites, Christian and Buddhist meditation and the Jewish
Shabbat. They challenge the traditional disjunction between thought
and action, showing how philosophy can help to illuminate the
relationship between doing and meaning which ritual practices
imply.
Daily Inspirational Prayers and Meditations for Self-Reflection and
Gratitude New Beginnings is a spiritual guidebook for changing your
life featuring meditations, affirmations, prayers, and blessings
for each day of the year. Pray every day. In her latest gem,
bestselling author Becca Anderson offers inspirational words for
each day of the year to those exploring new horizons or rebooting
their directions in life. New Beginnings is a must-have for those
seeking both guidance and companionship as they move in new,
positive directions. Find a new spiritual way. Having the ability
to draw inward and speculate is a fundamental skill if one wishes
to grow and achieve an unlimited number of goals. If you are
looking for a change in your life or seeking a new path with a
vision of starting afresh, New Beginnings just might be the perfect
book for you. Join Becca Anderson, a woman's studies scholar, and
the author of the bestselling The Book of Awesome Women, as she
shares daily meditations, affirmations, prayers, and blessings.
Anderson draws from a diverse pool of religions, practices, and
spiritualties to bring you the perfect message for each day of the
year. Use New Beginnings as a powerful instrument for
self-reflection and gratitude: Gain clarity into your purpose in
life Maintain hope about the future Develop a better sense of self
Build mental energy and momentum Improve your attitude and mindset
If you enjoyed spiritual guidebooks like Live in Grace, Walk in
Love, Unshakeable, or Prayers for Difficult Times Women's Edition,
then New Beginnings will help bring a greater sense of peace, inner
peace, and peace of mind.
Roman women were the procreators and nurturers of life, both in the
domestic world of the family and in the larger sphere of the state.
Although deterred from participating in most aspects of public
life, women played an essential role in public religious
ceremonies, taking part in rituals designed to ensure the fecundity
and success of the agricultural cycle on which Roman society
depended. Thus religion is a key area for understanding the
contributions of women to Roman society and their importance beyond
their homes and families.
In this book, Sarolta A. Takacs offers a sweeping overview of
Roman women's roles and functions in religion and, by extension, in
Rome's history and culture from the republic through the empire.
She begins with the religious calendar and the various festivals in
which women played a significant role. She then examines major
female deities and cults, including the Sibyl, Mater Magna, Isis,
and the Vestal Virgins, to show how conservative Roman society
adopted and integrated Greek culture into its mythic history,
artistic expressions, and religion. Takacs's discussion of the Bona
Dea Festival of 62 BCE and of the Bacchantes, female worshippers of
the god Bacchus or Dionysus, reveals how women could also
jeopardize Rome's existence by stepping out of their assigned
roles. Takacs's examination of the provincial female flaminate and
the Matres/Matronae demonstrates how women served to bind imperial
Rome and its provinces into a cohesive society.
The author uses the heb-sed, or Sed-festival, an ancient Egyptian
religious festival that can be traced to the Archaic period, as the
basis for a comparative study for providing insights into the
controversial reign of Amenhotep IV - Akhenaten.
From pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller
comes a beautifully packaged, yearlong daily devotional based on
the Book of Proverbs. Proverbs is God's book of wisdom, teaching us
the essence and goal of a Christian life. In this 365-day
devotional, Timothy Keller offers readers a fresh, inspiring lesson
for every day of the year based on different passages within the
Book of Proverbs. With his trademark knowledge, Keller unlocks the
wisdom within the poetry of Proverbs and guides us toward a new
understanding of what it means to live a moral life. God's Wisdom
for Navigating Life is a book that readers will be able to turn to
every day, year after year, to cultivate a deeper, more fulfilling
relationship with God. This makes a perfect companion to Keller's
devotional on the Psalms, The Songs of Jesus.
This little book presents some of the most essential Devotions for
Catholics, included Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the
Stations of the Cross, the Holy Rosary and First Saturday
Devotions, as well as Devotions to the Holy Souls.
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The Zen Way is an invaluable introduction to Zen practice. It is
divided into three parts: in the first, Ven. Myokyo-ni provides an
overview of Buddhist belief in general, from the perspective of
Zen. In her second part, she describes the daily rituals in a
Rinzai Zen training monastery; while in the third, Ven. Myokyo-ni
assesses Zen practice from a modern and European perspective.
Contents: 1. Cultural Creativity on Stage 2. Rituals of Concheros Indians in Mexico 3. Christian Pilgrimages to Walsingham 4. Rituals in Shrines in Benin and Nigeria 5. Bullfighting in Cordoba 6. The Performance of the Welsh National Eisteddfod 7. Television in Bali and Ballet Performance
This treasury of more than 350 poems, prayers, hymns, blessings,
and dramatic readings provides beautiful, powerful pieces that you
can use to mark holidays, milestones, and the passing of the
seasons. Discover prayers to Janus from Horace and Ovid, a
traditional Scottish blessing for Imbolc, an invocation to Pan by
poet Helen Bantock, a salutation to the sun by Aleister Crowley, a
pharoah's hymn to Isis, a song for Lammas by Gwydion Pendderwen,
and many, many more. In addition to readings and blessings for
Pagan holidays and other special days throughout the year, you will
also discover prayers for weddings and funerals and to coincide
with phases of the moon. Author Barbara Nolan includes brief
historical or biographical details to contextualize each piece as
well as descriptions of various holidays and festivals to help you
integrate these readings into your practice. A Year of Pagan Prayer
demonstrates that the literary worship of Pagan deities was never
fully lost in the West. This bounteous collection draws from the
creative and spiritual legacy of Italian Renaissance poets, ancient
Sumerian priestesses, twentieth-century Pagans, French Romantics,
Greek playwrights, nineteenth-century British occultists, and
Egyptian hymnists, making it a must-have sourcebook for anyone who
yearns to embody the eloquent expressions of our Pagan past.
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