How Man Made God
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Man Made God
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Author : Barbara G. Walker
language : en
Publisher: Stellar House Publishing
Release Date : 2010-04
Man Made God written by Barbara G. Walker and has been published by Stellar House Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04 with Religion categories.
Extraordinary independent scholar of comparative religion and mythology Walker examines a time when the Goddess and her consort/son ruled supreme and forward into the era when the patriarchy usurped Her worship.
And Man Created God
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Author : Robert Banks PhD
language : en
Publisher: Lion Books
Release Date : 2011-04-06
And Man Created God written by Robert Banks PhD and has been published by Lion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-06 with Religion categories.
This book addresses one of the oldest questions posed to religious believers: if God made everything, who made God? Most recently levelled by the New Atheists, the question was asked in ancient Greece and has preoccupied religious believers in the centuries since. Here, renowned scholar Robert Banks explores the history of the objection - from its earliest vocalization in the ancient world to its most famous opponents, Freud, Marx, and others. Ideal for anyone with a general interest in new atheism, for those studying religion, or wanting to sort out what (if any) elements of their idea of God are man-made.
And Man Created God
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Author : Selina O'Grady
language : en
Publisher: Picador
Release Date : 2014-03-04
And Man Created God written by Selina O'Grady and has been published by Picador this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-04 with Religion categories.
At the time of Jesus' birth, the world was full of gods. Thousands of them jostled, competed, and merged with one another. In Syria, ecstatic devotees castrated themselves in the streets to become priests of Atargatis. In Galilee, holy men turned oil into wine, healed the sick, drove out devils, and claimed to be the Messiah. Every day thousands of people were flocking into brand-new multiethnic cities. The ancient world was in ferment as it underwent the first phase of globalization, and in this ferment, rulers and ruled turned to religion as a source of order and stability. To explore the power that religious belief has had over societies through the ages, Selina O'Grady takes the reader on a dazzling journey across the empires of the ancient world and introduces us to rulers, merchants, messiahs, priests, and holy men. Throughout, she seeks to answer why, amongst the countless religious options available, the empires at the time of Jesus "chose" the religions they did. Why did China's rulers hitch their fate to Confucianism? Why was a tiny Jewish cult led by Jesus eventually adopted by Rome's emperors? The Jesus cult, followed by no more than one hundred people at the time of his death, should, by rights, have disappeared in a few generations. Instead it became the official religion of the Roman Empire. Why did Christianity grow so quickly to become the predominant world religion? And Man Created God, an important, thrilling and necessary new work of history, looks at why and how religions have had such an immense impact on human history, and in doing so, uncovers the ineradicable connection between politics and religion—a connection that still defines us in our own age.
The Ultimate Deception
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Author : Bechara H. Charbel
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2013-01-09
The Ultimate Deception written by Bechara H. Charbel and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-09 with Religion categories.
This book is not intended to drive people away from their religion, or denounce their beliefs in whatever God they believe in. It is simply aimed at waking up the Godly spirit we have all been infused with, recognizing it for what it is, and putting it to its ultimate use. Since the "invention" of religion and its twisted concept of God, human beings have been taught that they are of a subservient nature, and therefore servants to their God. It is as if man and woman beget children for their own gratification, and not so those children can forge their own path and destiny in life. Once the human spirit is liberated and lifted to the Godly heights it was destined to reach by its creator, wonderful things will happen, the least of them is true happiness on this earth.
How Man Made God
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Author : Joseph McCabe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
How Man Made God written by Joseph McCabe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Atheism categories.
Man Made God
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Author : Luc Ferry
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2002-05-15
Man Made God written by Luc Ferry and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-15 with Philosophy categories.
What happens when the meaning of life based on a divine revelation no longer makes sense? Does the quest for transcendence end in the pursuit of material success and self-absorption? Luc Ferry argues that modernity and the emergence of secular humanism in Europe since the eighteenth century have not killed the search for meaning and the sacred, or even the idea of God, but rather have transformed both through a dual process: the humanization of the divine and the divinization of the human. Ferry sees evidence for the first of these in the Catholic Church's attempts to counter the growing rejection of dogmatism and to translate the religious tradition into contemporary language. The second he traces to the birth of modern love and humanitarianism, both of which demand a concern for others and even self-sacrifice in defense of values that transcend life itself. Ferry concludes with a powerful statement in favor of what he calls "transcendental humanism"—a concept that for the first time in human history gives us access to a genuine spirituality rooted in human beings instead of the divine.
How Man Made God
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Author : Joseph McCabe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 19??
How Man Made God written by Joseph McCabe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 19?? with Atheism categories.
Does God Make The Man
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Author : Stewart M. Hoover
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2015-10-02
Does God Make The Man written by Stewart M. Hoover and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-02 with Psychology categories.
Many believe that religion plays a positive role in men’s identity development, with religion promoting good behavior, and morality. In contrast, we often assume that the media is a negative influence for men, teaching them to be rough and violent, and to ignore their emotions. In Does God Make the Man?, Stewart M. Hoover and Curtis D. Coats draw on extensive interviews and participant observation with both Evangelical and non-Evangelical men, including Catholics as well as Protestants, to argue that neither of these assumptions is correct. Dismissing the easy notion that media encourages toxic masculinity and religion is always a positive influence, Hoover and Coats argue that not only are the linkages between religion, media, and masculinity not as strong and substantive as has been assumed, but the ways in which these relations actually play out may contradict received views. Over the course of this fascinating book they examine crises, contradictions, and contestations: crises about the meaning of masculinity and about the lack of direction men experience from their faith communities; contradictions between men’s religious lives and media lives, and contestations among men’s ideas about what it means to be a man. The book counters common discussions about a “crisis of masculinity,” showing that actual men do not see the world the way the “crisis talk” has portrayed it—and interestingly, even Evangelical men often do not see religion as part of the solution.
Why Men Made God
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Author : R a Fleming
language : en
Publisher: Redefining the Sacred (International)
Release Date : 2015-06-21
Why Men Made God written by R a Fleming and has been published by Redefining the Sacred (International) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-21 with categories.
Why do we have only one deity when there used to be so many? Where did the idea of marriage come from? What was so significant about grain? How did the disparity between rich and poor begin? When did we go from revering the Earth to treating it like a resource to be plundered? The answers are in our stories. We Humans have been telling stories since our earliest beginnings. The stories grew in the telling until they became the myths and legends that framed our cultural beliefs. They explained our world and taught us how to treat one another. The consequences, for better or worse, cannot easily be escaped. Why Men Made God coalesces the stories that led to modern Western culture into a chronological narrative. New insights and patterns emerge. Gradual changes in our attitudes toward gender and power, toward property and the earth become clear. These changes are mirrored in the supernatural deities that were worshipped in each cultural stage along the way. A global climate crisis threatens all of us. How we talk about it is affecting how we deal with it. Understanding what our stories were and how they evolved empowers us to change the story we tell now, and in so doing, change our future.
Why Man Made God
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Author : John van der Pas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Why Man Made God written by John van der Pas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Bible categories.
