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Behind The Altar
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Author : Robert Henman
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2008-04-29
Behind The Altar written by Robert Henman and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-29 with Fiction categories.
BEHIND THE ALTAR by Robert Henman Xlibris Publishing 2008 ISBN 978-1-4363-2487-8 This is a work of fiction reflecting on the role of contemporary institutional religions in the modern world. Over the past 500 years science has emerged as a challenge to contemporary religions that have their origins in the mythical and classical consciousness of the past 3000 years. Those modes of consciousness have collapsed into an eclectic mix of consciousness. Do traditional forms of religion have a role in the future of humanity? This story, based on the authors 24 year experience of working in pastoral and educational positions with the Roman Catholic Church, attempts to raise this question. It challenges the reader to reflect on their own authentic way of moving forward. As all issues in contemporary society, the issue is global and serious, as we witness the tension between religions, not unlike that of the Medieval Period in Europe and its destructive colonization of valid cultures world wide. History, or perhaps the longer cycle of decline, will perpetuate itself until some cross cultural, cross gender, and foundational human commonality is empirically discovered. This story is an attempt to reveal local functioning problems as a manifestation of a much larger historical problem. The story ends with a subtle pointing towards solution. This novel is about personal survival within the context of modern institutions, more specifically, contemporary religions. The main character, Jimmie Deveau, and his wife Mel, work as pastoral associates with the Roman Catholic Church. The institution begins to take its toll on their personal lives. Jimmie has had to deal with numerous problems in his career and he accepted them as part of his job and life in general. As ongoing problems emerge within the institution, Jimmie discovers a secret about his childhood that has been kept from him. Jimmie finds himself wondering whether he can continue working in the institutional church. Relationships become strained as Jimmie attempts to work through to a decision. These events send him into a deeper reflection on his career, his life, and the role religion plays in contemporary society. Through dramatic fiction, the story explores a growing self-interest in contemporary religion and the difficulty of personal change. See below or go to Roberthenman.com for a review of this book and more information on the author. Review by William Zanardi of Behind the Altar by Robert Henman Published by Xlibris Publishing April 2008 ISBN 978-1-4363-2487-8 Available at Amazon.ca/com and most online bookstores worldwide> Love and betrayal, anger and distrust such are the phases of relationships ending in pain. In Behind the Altar, Robert Henman narrates his protagonists journey through these phases. The love was for a Church that offered a secure home, moral ideals, a purpose for living. Betrayal took the form of institutional authorities putting personal gain and the Churchs reputation above service to those they professed to love. If anger is proportionate to love lost, then the greater the original love, the greater the distrust betrayal evokes. The reader will suspect much of the story is autobiographical, an insiders report on the psychological flaws and rationalizing defenses of fearful individuals: authority figures desperate to hang on to power and prestige and their too trusting followers anxious about leaving the only secure home they have known. The authors careful depiction of the wrenching trauma of betrayal is so nuanced that it must have a basis in personal experience. There is no sudden shift from nave belief to disillusionment. Instead, trust erodes slowly; doubts arise and subside; resolve takes shapes and retreats; efforts to overcome fear and to accept financial and spiritual risks only gradually build momentum. The grea
Behind The Altar Table
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Author : Judith Berg-Sobré
language : en
Publisher: Conran Octopus
Release Date : 1989
Behind The Altar Table written by Judith Berg-Sobré and has been published by Conran Octopus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Art categories.
Behind The Altar
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Author : P. C. Zick
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2014-09-17
Behind The Altar written by P. C. Zick and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-17 with Fiction categories.
Behind the Altar is the first book in P.C. Zick's Behind the Love Trilogy.Leah Bryant's life satisfies all her needs. Her engagement to Jacob Davis, minister of the Sunshine Christian Church, gives her the security she requires after living in a car during her teenage years. She runs a food kitchen out of the church for homeless vets who are living on the banks of Deer River. All is perfect until the day her future mother-in-law Geraldine tells her the church is shutting down the kitchen, and Dean—Jacob's brother—rides his Harley into her heart. Leah's world begins to crumble as she falls into Dean's muscular and tattooed arms. Dean, who's been away from his home for ten years, finds himself irresistibly drawn in by Leah's natural beauty and genuine goodness. As they fight to stay away from one another, Leah and Dean keep finding ways to be together. The more they fight the attraction, the harder it is to stay apart. Will Leah go ahead and marry Jacob despite Dean's haunting her every thought? Will Dean exact the revenge he came home to hand out? And will Geraldine manage to keep control over the church, Jacob, and Leah? It will all be determined in Behind the Altar, a romantic story of forbidden love.
Idols Behind Altars
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Author : Anita Brenner
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-10-23
Idols Behind Altars written by Anita Brenner and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-23 with Art categories.
Critical study ranges from pre-Columbian times through the 20th century to explore Mexico's intrinsic association between art and religion; the role of iconography in Mexican art; and the return to native values. Unabridged reprint of the classic 1929 edition. 118 black-and-white illustrations.
Beyond The Altar
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Author : Christine L.M. Gervais
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2018-04-26
Beyond The Altar written by Christine L.M. Gervais and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-26 with Religion categories.
Beyond the Altar illustrates how women religious overcome sexist subjugation by side-stepping the patriarchal power of the Roman Catholic Church. This book counters the stereotypical image of Catholic nuns as being loyally compliant with their church by showing how a number of current and former women religious in Canada challenge their institutional religion’s precepts and engage in transformative strategies to effect change both within and outside the Roman Catholic Church. The sisters’ testimonials reveal never-before-shared details about their painful experiences of male domination, their courageous efforts to move beyond such sexist stifling, and the women-led and women-centered spiritual, governance, and activist practices they have engendered in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Featuring many examples of the sisters’ resourcefulness, resilience, and resistance, this book fills a void in international scholarship on what Canadian Catholic women religious have endured and accomplished. Through interviews and in-depth accounts of the complexities and nuances present in the current and former sisters’ lives, readers will discover their steadfast indomitability as they strategically, and sometimes subversively, innovate their spiritual spaces.
Behind The Altar
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Author : Nina Yee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
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Behind The Altar
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Author : Lisa Bodnarchuk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-05
Behind The Altar written by Lisa Bodnarchuk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05 with Children of clergy categories.
The Secret Behind The Church Altar
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Author : Ann C. Willis
language : en
Publisher: RoseDog Books
Release Date : 2009-05
The Secret Behind The Church Altar written by Ann C. Willis and has been published by RoseDog Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
My Secret Behind The Altar
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Author : Annie Lee Beavers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-08
My Secret Behind The Altar written by Annie Lee Beavers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08 with Religion categories.
This book is about a young lady sitting in an ordination service for her father to become a bishop. As the compliments are being given to him, her mind thinks about the sexual and physical abuse she suffered at his hands. This little girl keeps her secret for her safety for her pastor and an elder of the church by using scriptures to allow the sexual, physical and mental abuse to continue until she runs away. Her unsuccessful life leads to suicidal attempts, mental anguish, depression, then a nervous breakdown. She tries to make up for this great wrong by becoming a pastor and a spiritual counselor. By doing this it keeps her in close contact with her attackers. The fear, anxiety attacks and nightmares cause behavior disorders while she tries to raise her own children.
Idols Behind Altars
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Author : Anita Brenner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Idols Behind Altars written by Anita Brenner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with categories.