Altar Of The Lesser Gods
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Altar Of The Lesser Gods
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Author : Michael C. Deegan
language : en
Publisher: Booktango
Release Date : 2015-01-22
Altar Of The Lesser Gods written by Michael C. Deegan and has been published by Booktango this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-22 with Fiction categories.
Synopsis: Once again, the Coalition Forces are drawn together in a quest for peace. Never before would the skill and determination of these highly trained people be tested as it will be in this most exceptional of situations. The finest examples from the United States of America, British and Australian Armed Forces must again combine their efforts and even this may not be enough. Posted together at a remote and highly classified research facility, no one could have foreseen the tragic accident that tore them away from the world so familiar and cast them adrift in the midst of chaos. An ancient and brutal land awaits where the doctrine of modern warfare will struggle for credibility on a battlefield where a longbow is considered, ‘state of the art’ warfare. Each of the small group of people will have their courage pushed to the very limits in an epic clash of times and cultures. Featuring high drama, suspense, wry humour, romance and almost non-stop excitement, adults of all ages will be swept up in this tale. From ordered battlefields where legions of armoured men stand toe to toe on blood-soaked ground to war at sea in tall ships. From the burning desert sands to the sudden shocking combat of urban warfare, this “What If’ saga in four parts will answer the oft-asked question of Modern vs Ancient, who would emerge victorious? Breathtaking Romance, Non-stop Action, Heart-wrenching Drama and wry Humour, these fast-paced stories transverse cultures and times to take the reader on an assault to the senses.
Disquiet Gods
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Author : Christopher Ruocchio
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2024-04-11
Disquiet Gods written by Christopher Ruocchio and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-11 with Fiction categories.
The end is nigh. It has been nearly two hundred years since Hadrian Marlowe assaulted the person of the Emperor and walked away from war. From his Empire. His duty. From the will and service of the eldritch being known only as the Quiet. The galaxy lies in the grip of a terrible plague, and worse, the Cielcin have overrun the realms of men. Now, a messenger has come to Jadd, bearing a summons from the Sollan Emperor for the one-time hero. A summons, a pardon, and a plea. HAPSIS, the Emperor's secret first-contact intelligence organization, has located one of the dreadful Watchers, the immense, powerful beings worshipped by the Pale Cielcin. Called out of retirement and exile, the old hero-accompanied by his daughter, Cassandra-must race across the galaxy and against time to accomplish one last, impossible task: To kill a god.
Chinese Gods
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Author : Keith Stevens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Chinese Gods written by Keith Stevens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Architecture categories.
Twelve Gods Of Greece And Rome
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Author : C.R. Long
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-09-07
Twelve Gods Of Greece And Rome written by C.R. Long and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-07 with History categories.
Preliminary material /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- CATALOGUE OF REPRESENTATIONS /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- GREEK AND LATIN TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- INTRODUCTION /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- THE ORIGINS OF THE TWELVE GODS THE NEAR EAST AND GREECE TO CA. 350 B.C. /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- THE GREEK EXPANSION CA. 350-200 B.C. /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- THE EXPANSION OF ROME /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- THE ZENITH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- CONCLUSIONS /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- THE EGYPTIAN MONTH GODS /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- GROUPS OF GODS OTHER THAN THE TWELVE /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- THE ALEXANDER AND DARIUS VASES /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- ADDENDUM /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- INDEX /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SOURCES /CHARLOTTE R. LONG -- PLATES I-CI /CHARLOTTE R. LONG.
The History Of Egypt
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Author : Samuel Sharpe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
The History Of Egypt written by Samuel Sharpe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Egypt categories.
The Cult Of The Goddess Pattini
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Author : Gananath Obeyesekere
language : en
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Release Date : 1987-01-01
The Cult Of The Goddess Pattini written by Gananath Obeyesekere and has been published by Motilal Banarsidass this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-01-01 with Religion categories.
Pattini-goddess, virgin, wife and mother; folk deity of Sinhala Buddhists and Jains; and assimilated goddess of the Hindu pantheon-has been worshiped in Sri Lanks and South India for fifteen hundred years or more, as she still is today. This long-awaited book is the culmination of Gananath Obeyesekere's comprehensive study of the Pattini cult and its historical, sociological, and psychoanalytical role in the culture of South Asia. A well-known anthropologist and a native of Sri Lanka, Obeyesekere displays his impeccable scholarship and a stunning range of theoretical perspectives in this work, the most detailed analysis of a single religious complex in South Asian ethnography (and possibly in all of anthropology). Since 1955 Obeyesekere has observed and participated in modern performances of the rituals of worship, healing, and propitiation in the Pattini cult, particularly the postharvest ritual known as the gammaduva. He presents detailed texts of the gammaduva, placing them in their historical and mythic traditions. Using the texts, he formulates a cultural analysis of the Buddhist pantheon and a critique of empiricist notions of South Asian historiography. Obeyesekere shows that some seemingly historical figures of South India and Sri Lanka are mythic characters and that their historical significance can best be understood by an anthropological analysis of myth rather than through a reification of myth in history. The concurrent Hindu worship of Pattini with its myths and rituals is described in detail. Obeyesekere documents the Sanskritization of Pattini, the changing physical structures of the goddess's shrines from the 1930s to the present, the assumption by Brahman priests of ritual functions formerly carried out by folk priest, and the sociocultural causes of these changes. He traces, too, the origins and diffusion of the cult throughout its entire history, as well as its survival today. Of psychological interest is the problematic status of Pattini as virgin, wife, and mother and her relationship with her god-husband Palanga and his courtesan Madevi. Obeyesekere discusses the psychodynamics of this relationship in detail and explains its role in Hindu-Buddhist socialization and family structure. Further, he uses this analysis to account for local variations in the performance and structure of the ritual. The ritual of the killing and resurrection of Pattini's husband and her role as mater dolorosa will interest scholars of comparative religion.
The Ecclesiastic Afterw The Theologian And Ecclesiastic Afterw The Ecclesiastic And Theologian Afterw The Ecclesiastic
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1863
The Ecclesiastic Afterw The Theologian And Ecclesiastic Afterw The Ecclesiastic And Theologian Afterw The Ecclesiastic written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1863 with categories.
Buddhism In The Sung
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Author : Daniel A. Getz
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2002-10-31
Buddhism In The Sung written by Daniel A. Getz and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-31 with Religion categories.
New paperback edition The Sung Dynasty (960–1279) has long been recognized as a major watershed in Chinese history. Although there are recent major monographs on Sung society, government, literature, Confucian thought, and popular religion, the contribution of Buddhism to Sung social and cultural life has been all but ignored. Indeed, the study of Buddhism during the Sung has lagged behind that of other periods of Chinese history. One reason for the neglect of this important aspect of Sung society is undoubtedly the tenacity of the view that the Sung marked the beginning of an inexorable decline of Buddhism in China that extended down through the remainder of the imperial era. As this book attests, however, new research suggests that, far from signaling a decline, the Sung was a period of great efflorescence in Buddhism. This volume is the first extended scholarly treatment of Buddhism in the Sung to be published in a Western language. It focuses largely on elite figures, elite traditions, and interactions among Buddhists and literati, although some of the book’s essays touch on ways in which elite traditions both responded to and helped shape more popular forms of lay practice and piety. All of the chapters in one way or another deal with the two most important elite traditions within Sung Buddhism: Ch’an and T’ien-t’ai. Whereas most previous discussions of Buddhism in the Sung have tended to concentrate on Ch’an, the present volume is notable for giving T’ien-t’ai its due. By presenting a broader and more contextualized picture of these two traditions as they developed in the Sung, this work amply reveals the vitality of Buddhism in the Sung as well as its embeddedness in the social and intellectual life of the time.
The Concept Of Community
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Author : Scott Greer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-12
The Concept Of Community written by Scott Greer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-12 with Social Science categories.
"Community" is a basic concept, perhaps the basic concept, in social science and in social philosophy. Its meanings are many and varied, yet it is pre-eminent in discussions of man and his world. The editors of this book have selected material from many sources in an attempt to explore the meaning and relevance of the idea of community as it is used in social science, political commentary, and general literature. The book is organized around four basic problems: What aspect of social life is community? What is the character of community in different settings? What is the relationship of politics to community? What is the prospect for community in today's changing world? To answer these questions, the editors have drawn from historical and contemporary sources in political philosophy, empirical social science, anthropology, sociology, history, political science, and ancient and modern literature (e.g., Isaac Bashevis Singer, C. P. Snow, Lawrence Durrell, and others)--all reflecting a broad spectrum of attitudes and approaches. Community is considered in both Western and non-Western societies. The editors introduce each chapter of the book with a critique and provide the reader with an informed general commentary. Including some of the classic statements on the meaning and importance of "community" while drawing upon new sources of insight, this book supplements courses relating to this central concept. Emphasizing the idea of community as an aspect of social organization and political life, it is especially useful in political science and sociology courses dealing with local politics and the urban world.
Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture
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Author : Pamela A. Webb
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 1996
Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture written by Pamela A. Webb and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Architecture categories.
She finds that figural sculptures adorn structures at every level from the ground to the roof, and display a wide variety of motifs on such architectural elements as columns, walls, entablatures, pediments, and cornices. 142 illustrations of Hellenistic monuments - temples, altars, cult buildings, heroa, theaters, bouleuteria, stoas, gymnasia, and houses - and their sculptured adornment complement the author's descriptions and analyses.