Other Practices category: 2998 books
Christening Pagan Mysteries
Erasmus in Pursuit of Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1981
This is the first book devoted to investigating the scholarly commonplace that Erasmus’ revival of classical learning defines his evangelical humanism. It acknowledges that it was a feat for him to challenge the obscurantism of late medieval schooling by restoring classical studies. It recognizes...
A Philosophical Concept of Agwu in Igbo Land
A Case Study of Ohaozara in Ebonyi State
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
This book is written to create awareness and see if adequate interpretation would be given to certain phenomena and calamities created by the vagaries of nature and induced by spirits, Agwu inclusive, and suggest how they can be resolved. To do this, Agwu has examined the concept in all its tendencies...
African Religion Defined
A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
African religion is ancestor worship; it revolves around the dead, now thought to be alive and well in heaven (the Samanadzie) and propitiated by the living on earth. For the Akan, the ancestors’ stool is the emblem of the ancestors (Nananom Nsamanfo). Led by their kings and queen mothers as living...
by Greg Norton
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
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"We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled governments in the civilized world - no longer a government of free opinion, no longer a government by... a vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress...
by James Owen Dorsey
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Cult, as used in this book, means a system of religious belief and worship, especially the rites and ceremonies employed in such worship. The present book treats of the cults of a few of the...
The Witching Herbs
13 Essential Plants and Herbs for Your Magical Garden
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Harold Roth is a leading authority on plant/herbal magic. His new book, The Witching Herbs, is an in-depth exploration of 13 essential plants and herbs most closely associated with witchcraft—13 because it’s the witching number and reflects the 13 months of the lunar calendar. The plants are...
Why Cows Need Names
And More Secrets of Amish Farms
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
An inspiring glimpse into the struggles of a young Amish farm family
Agriculture continues to be the largest industry in the United States with over 2.2 million farms. Amazingly, well over 100,000 new small family farms have sprung up in the past few years . . . and almost no one noticed.
Why...
African Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa
Emerging Trends, Indigenous Spirituality and the Interface with other World Religions
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
The historiography of African religions and religions in Africa presents a remarkable shift from the study of 'Africa as Object' to 'Africa as Subject', thus translating the subject from obscurity into the global community of the academic study of religion. This book presents a unique multidisciplinary...
Religious Revitalization among the Kiowas
The Ghost Dance, Peyote, and Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Framed by theories of syncretism and revitalization, Religious Revitalization among the Kiowas examines changes in Kiowa belief and ritual in the final decades of the nineteenth century. During the height of the horse-and-bison culture, Kiowa beliefs were founded in the notion of daudau, a force permeating...
Free Will?
An investigation into whether we have free will or whether I was always going to write this book.
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
This book is a fine introduction into the age-old philosophical debate as to whether we have free will, or whether we live determined lives. Pearce approaches the subject in a lively manner, explaining terms clearly and using anecdotes to break down some of the heavier philosophy so that it is available...
by The Rev. Dr Paul Avis
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Paul Avis charts a pathway of theological integrity through the serious challenges facing the Anglican Communion in the first quarter of the 21st century. He asks whether there is a special calling for Anglicanism as an expression of the Christian Church and expounds the Anglican theological tradition...
Radical Amazement
Contemplative Lessons from Black Holes, Supernovas, and Other Wonders of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Twentieth century science completely revolutionized human understanding of the world, rewriting the story of the universe with exciting discoveries and theories—the big bang, the relativity of space and time, the accelerating expansion of the universe, along with increasingly refined ideas of evolution...
The Angel of New York
Love Rises from the Ruins
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
‘Unputdownable!’ Laurence O’Bryan, author The Istanbul Puzzle
New York faces one of its biggest challenges, as it prepares to host the 2020 Olympic Games. A young girl brought to New York by Russian sex traffickers has managed to escape her captors. She gives birth to a baby boy in...
The Origin Is Pure
Finding the Divine Within
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
In The Origin Is Pure, Venerable Master Miao Tsan of the Vairocano Zen Monastery uses traditional Zen koans to reveal how to live in accordance with the nature of the Mind. He clarifies common misunderstandings about religious teaching and provides readers with specific ways to create positive spirits...