From Your Gods To Our Gods
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From Your Gods To Our Gods
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Author : Marco Ventura
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-10-16
From Your Gods To Our Gods written by Marco Ventura and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-16 with Religion categories.
The global world debates secularism, freedom of belief, faith-based norms, the state's arbitration of religious conflicts, and the place of the sacred in the public sphere. In facing these issues, Britain, India, and South Africa stand out as unique laboratories. They have greatly influenced the rest of the world. As single countries and together as a whole, the three have moved from the colonial clash of antagonistic religions (of your gods) to an era when it has become impossible to dissociate your god from my god. Today both belong to the same blurred reality of our gods. Through a narrative account of British, South African, and Indian court cases from 1857 to 2009, the author draws an unconventional history of the process leading from the encounter with the gods of the other to the forging of a postmodern, common, and global religion. Across ages, borders, faiths, and laws, the three countries have experienced the ambivalent interaction of society, politics, and beliefs. Hence the lesson the world might learn from them: our gods promise an idealized purity, but they can only become real in the everyday creation of mixed identities, hybrid deities, and shared fears and hopes. ""As Marco Ventura well understands, the theory and application of law is a reflection of society's evolution. This is especially true in the English-speaking world where case law is all-important. In the commonwealth countries he has studied, society has grown steadily more multicultural and multireligious, with a gloriously varied and unpredictable set of consequences for the practice of law. Through the prism of law, he has gained some fascinating insights into the deeper social and cultural trends at work in a globalizing world."" --Bruce Clark, writer on religious affairs, The Economist ""Religion has become an increasingly significant factor in the modern world order. Marco Ventura finds new ways to grasp the nature of this shift. He looks at the complex process of law and law-making in relation to these 'explosive Gods' in three very different places: Britain, India, and South Africa. The web of connections that emerges merits the widest possible attention."" --Grace Davie, Professor of Sociology, University of Exeter Marco Ventura is Professor of Law and Religion at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, and at the University of Siena in Italy. He is also associate member of the Centre on Society, Law and Religion of Strasbourg, France.
From Your Gods To Our Gods
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Author : Marco Ventura
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2014-10-16
From Your Gods To Our Gods written by Marco Ventura and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-16 with Religion categories.
The global world debates secularism, freedom of belief, faith-based norms, the state's arbitration of religious conflicts, and the place of the sacred in the public sphere. In facing these issues, Britain, India, and South Africa stand out as unique laboratories. They have greatly influenced the rest of the world. As single countries and together as a whole, the three have moved from the colonial clash of antagonistic religions (of your gods) to an era when it has become impossible to dissociate your god from my god. Today both belong to the same blurred reality of our gods. Through a narrative account of British, South African, and Indian court cases from 1857 to 2009, the author draws an unconventional history of the process leading from the encounter with the gods of the other to the forging of a postmodern, common, and global religion. Across ages, borders, faiths, and laws, the three countries have experienced the ambivalent interaction of society, politics, and beliefs. Hence the lesson the world might learn from them: our gods promise an idealized purity, but they can only become real in the everyday creation of mixed identities, hybrid deities, and shared fears and hopes.
Here Are Your Gods
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Author : CHRISTOPHER J. H. WRIGHT
language : en
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
Release Date : 2020-09-29
Here Are Your Gods written by CHRISTOPHER J. H. WRIGHT and has been published by Inter-Varsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-29 with Religion categories.
How should Christians be faithful disciples in the political turbulence of Trump and Brexit? Christopher J H Wright unpacks the Biblical theme of idolatry and connects it to discipleship in today’s world. As Christians, we desperately need to name and expose the false gods and idols that we are tempted to bow down to – ‘Here are your gods!’ The Bible challenges the idols of political power and nationalism. The Biblical story is filled with hope that the kingdom of God will ultimately triumph over all human empires. How then should we live as followers of Jesus, the Messiah, Saviour, Lord and King? Part One is adapted from chapter 5 of Wright’s The Mission of God, ‘The Living God Confronts Idolatry’. Parts Two and Three bring the Bible to bear on contemporary politics in the UK and USA, and for all Christians seeking to make sense of the changing world we live in.
The Practice Of The Presence Of God
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Author : Brother Lawrence
language : en
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Release Date : 2024-02-12
The Practice Of The Presence Of God written by Brother Lawrence and has been published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-12 with categories.
The Practice of the Presence of God is a spiritual classic written by Brother Lawrence, a 17th-century Carmelite monk. This small but impactful work is a compilation of letters and conversations attributed to Brother Lawrence, offering profound insights into cultivating a continuous awareness of the presence of God in everyday life.
No More Faking Fine
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Author : Esther Fleece Allen
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan
Release Date : 2017-01-10
No More Faking Fine written by Esther Fleece Allen and has been published by Zondervan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-10 with Religion categories.
Scripture reveals a God who meets us where we are, not where we pretend to be. No More Faking Fine is your invitation to get honest with God through the life-giving language of lament. If you've ever been given empty clichés during challenging times, you know how painful it is to be misunderstood by well-meaning people. When life hurts, we often feel pressure--from others and ourselves--to keep it together, suck it up, or pray it away. But Scripture reveals a God who lovingly invites us to give honest voice to our emotions when life hits hard. For most of her life, Esther Fleece Allen believed she could bypass the painful emotions of her broken past by shutting them down altogether. She was known as an achiever and an overcomer on the fast track to success. But in silencing her pain, she robbed herself of the opportunity to be healed. Maybe you've done the same. Esther's journey into healing began when she discovered that God has given us a real-world way to deal with raw emotions and an alternative to the coping mechanisms that end up causing more pain. It's called lament--the gut-level, honest prayer that God never ignores, never silences, and never wastes. No More Faking Fine is your permission to lament, taking you on a journey down the unexpected pathway to true intimacy with God. Drawing from careful biblical study and hard-won insight, Esther reveals how to use God's own language to come closer to him as he leads us through our pain to the light on the other side, teaching you that: We are robbing ourselves of a divine mystery and a divine intimacy when we pretend to have it all together God does not expect us to be perfect; instead, he meets us where we are There is hope beyond your heartache, disappointment, and grief Like Esther, you'll soon find that when one person stops faking fine, it gives everyone else permission to do the same.
In Search Of The Universal God
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Author : Vijay Atawane
language : en
Publisher: Vijay Atawane
Release Date : 2014-08-05
In Search Of The Universal God written by Vijay Atawane and has been published by Vijay Atawane this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-05 with Religion categories.
“My God is better than your God”. Debate settled. The “my God versus your God” battle has consumed millions of lives over many centuries. Will there ever be a day when Jews, Christians, Muslims and Hindus worship a single God? ‘In Search of the Universal God’ is a step by step guide to discover such a God within our own religion. It attempts to resolve global religious conflicts and unite humankind into a single brotherhood. This book takes you on a journey of discovery and helps find answers to questions like: 1. What is the definitive way to resolve religious conflicts and end the violence and bloodshed? 2. Why are there so many different religions and so many different Gods? 3. Does God really discriminate against followers of any religion? 4. What happens to people who do not follow our religion? 5. Who are the “chosen people” of God? 6. What is the purpose of our life? 7. Why are old languages dying (Hebrew, Aramaic, Sanskrit, Greek and Latin) when the races who spoke these languages still survive?
Three Views On The New Testament Use Of The Old Testament
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Author : Zondervan,
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Release Date : 2009-08-30
Three Views On The New Testament Use Of The Old Testament written by Zondervan, and has been published by Zondervan Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-30 with Religion categories.
Three approaches to questions about the theological connection between the Old and New Testaments. The relationship between the Testaments is not as simple and straightforward as it sometimes appears. When New Testament authors appeal to Old Testament texts to support their arguments, what is the relationship between their meanings and what was originally intended by their Old Testament forebears? Leading biblical scholars Walter Kaiser, Darrel Bock, and Peter Enns present their answers to questions about the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament, addressing elements such as: Divine and human authorial intent. Context of passages. Historical and cultural considerations. The theological grounds for different interpretive methods. Each author applies his framework to specific texts so that readers can see how their methods work out in practice. Each contributor also receives a thorough critique from the other two authors. Three Views on the New Testament Use of Old Testament gives readers the tools they need to develop their own views on the meaning, contexts, and goals behind the New Testament citations of the Old. The Counterpoints series presents a comparison and critique of scholarly views on topics important to Christians that are both fair-minded and respectful of the biblical text. Each volume is a one-stop reference that allows readers to evaluate the different positions on a specific issue and form their own, educated opinion.
Women Are Gods
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Author : James Grant
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2009-04-17
Women Are Gods written by James Grant and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-17 with Fiction categories.
The book Women are Gods is one of the most powerful, and inspirational books ever written by a man about the woman’s mind, body, and soul, and the transcending power of her spiritualism as the true God of men’s existence. Mr. Grant, from your perspective, what is life? I look at life from a spiritual perspective. I strongly believe that I can only understand life through knowing and believing in who I am as a person. I have learned through the spiritual eyes of wisdom the importance of being humble, and loving. From my perspective life is a process of growth but one must be able and willing to enhance their spiritual growth in life in order to better fulfill their duties and responsibilities in life. We all exist with a purpose in life and that is the reason we have to become responsible to life. Because I have come to understand that it is our nature that defines who we are in life. It is the obstacles in life that we are face with, that purifi es our integrity as a person. It is in our inner strength that we become knowledgeable of our purpose and reason to live and exist as a human being. I have come to view life from this perspective and that is giving of myself to better enhance the lives of others as they also helped enhanced and influenced my life as well.
Future Grace Revised Edition
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Author : John Piper
language : en
Publisher: Multnomah
Release Date : 2012-09-25
Future Grace Revised Edition written by John Piper and has been published by Multnomah this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-25 with Religion categories.
Explore this stunning quality of God’s grace: It never ends! In this revision of a foundational work, John Piper reveals how grace is not only God’s undeserved gift to us in the past, but also God’s power to make good happen for us today, tomorrow, and forever. True life for the follower of Jesus really is a moment-by-moment trust that God is dependable and fulfills his promises. This is living by faith in future grace, which provides God's mercy, provision, and wisdom—everything we need—to accomplish his good plans for us. In Future Grace, chapter by chapter—one for each day of the month—Piper reveals how cherishing the promises of God helps break the power of persistent sin issues like anxiety, despondency, greed, lust, bitterness, impatience, pride, misplaced shame, and more. Ultimate joy, peace, and hope in life and death are found in a confident, continual awareness of the reality of future grace.
The Language Of God
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Author : Francis Collins
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008-09-04
The Language Of God written by Francis Collins and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-04 with Science categories.
Dr Francis S. Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is one of the world's leading scientists, working at the cutting edge of the study of DNA, the code of life. Yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God. How does he reconcile the seemingly unreconcilable? In THE LANGUAGE OF GOD he explains his own journey from atheism to faith, and then takes the reader on a stunning tour of modern science to show that physics, chemistry and biology -- indeed, reason itself -- are not incompatible with belief. His book is essential reading for anyone who wonders about the deepest questions of all: why are we here? How did we get here? And what does life mean?