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Sacred Interests
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Author : Karine V. Walther
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2015-09-21
Sacred Interests written by Karine V. Walther and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-21 with Political Science categories.
Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as Americans increasingly came into contact with the Islamic world, U.S. diplomatic, cultural, political, and religious beliefs about Islam began to shape their responses to world events. In Sacred Interests, Karine V. Walther excavates the deep history of American Islamophobia, showing how negative perceptions of Islam and Muslims shaped U.S. foreign relations from the Early Republic to the end of World War I. Beginning with the Greek War of Independence in 1821, Walther illuminates reactions to and involvement in the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, the efforts to protect Jews from Muslim authorities in Morocco, American colonial policies in the Philippines, and American attempts to aid Christians during the Armenian Genocide. Walther examines the American role in the peace negotiations after World War I, support for the Balfour Declaration, and the establishment of the mandate system in the Middle East. The result is a vital exploration of the crucial role the United States played in the Islamic world during the long nineteenth century--an interaction that shaped a historical legacy that remains with us today.
Wisdom Of The Eternal Self
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Author : Sayyed Aamir Raza
language : en
Publisher: Wasila Society
Release Date : 2020-10-10
Wisdom Of The Eternal Self written by Sayyed Aamir Raza and has been published by Wasila Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-10 with Philosophy categories.
This book discusses the reality of human being by pointing out some of the very fundamental issues that remain hidden from the eyes of the modern and post-modern western thought. By elaborating Mulla Sadra’s concept of Soul’s origination from the body and its survival through the Spirit, this book explains how the human soul develops stage by stage in a gradual manner from a vegetative body in the womb. By using Mulla Sadra’s principles of causality, this book shows how God and his Angels create man and other species on the Earth without denying Darwin’s evolutionary theory. In this reference, the role of metaphysical worlds in actualizing human knowledge is also discussed. This book also shows how the human life is a journey back towards its origin i.e. towards God and how this journey would continue even after death. In this reference, this book also explains the principles on the basis of which human soul would continue its life in the post-humus world. This book also clarifies the benefits of focusing onto the self and how this focus may lead to the realization of the Eternal Self of God. In this way, it shows how it is not impossible to experience the post-humus conditions even before death. It also specifies what kind of lifestyle may possibly ensure the occurrence of such mystic experiences.
The Sacred Centre As The Focus Of Political Interest
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Author : Hans Bakker
language : en
Publisher: Brill
Release Date : 1992
The Sacred Centre As The Focus Of Political Interest written by Hans Bakker and has been published by Brill this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
The central theme of the symposium was elaborated upon according to various religions, periods and areas, such as North India (historical) by H. Kulke, A. Wink, J. C. Heesterman and H. T. Bakker; South India (historical) by D. Shulman, B. Stein and G. Berkemer; contemporary India by C.J. Fuller, L.P. van den Bosch and J. P. Parry; Sri Lanka by G. Obeyesekere; the Byzantine Empire by A. N. Palmer; the Moroccan Sultanate by H. Beck, and the European Middle Ages by M. Gosman. This systematic approach focusing on a well-defined theme in a widely differentiated context appears to be fruitful. An often little recognized, though essential, universal aspect of important places of pilgrimage is their embedment in political ramifications. Analysis of religious structures and representations which are concentrated and reified in sacred centres, shows remarkable agreement and linkage with political institutions and ideology through a common symbolism. The contributions to the symposium establish that sacred centres are the places par excellence where political authority is legitimized; they help to articulate these systematic aspects by making them the focus of scholarly discourse starting from different disciplines.
Sacred And Public Land In Ancient Athens
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Author : Nikolaos Papazarkadas
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-10-13
Sacred And Public Land In Ancient Athens written by Nikolaos Papazarkadas and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-13 with Business & Economics categories.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (D. Phil.)--University of Oxford, 2004.
The Journal Of Sacred Literature
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Author : John Kitto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1851
The Journal Of Sacred Literature written by John Kitto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1851 with Bible categories.
The Messenger Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1899
The Messenger Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1899 with categories.
Memoirs Of Napoleon Bonaparte
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Author : Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
Memoirs Of Napoleon Bonaparte written by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with France categories.
The Sacred And The Sinister
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Author : David J. Collins, S. J.
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2019-05-17
The Sacred And The Sinister written by David J. Collins, S. J. and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-17 with Religion categories.
Inspired by the work of eminent scholar Richard Kieckhefer, The Sacred and the Sinister explores the ambiguities that made (and make) medieval religion and magic so difficult to differentiate. The essays in this collection investigate how the holy and unholy were distinguished in medieval Europe, where their characteristics diverged, and the implications of that deviation. In the Middle Ages, the natural world was understood as divinely created and infused with mysterious power. This world was accessible to human knowledge and susceptible to human manipulation through three modes of engagement: religion, magic, and science. How these ways of understanding developed in light of modern notions of rationality is an important element of ongoing scholarly conversation. As Kieckhefer has emphasized, ambiguity and ambivalence characterize medieval understandings of the divine and demonic powers at work in the world. The ten chapters in this volume focus on four main aspects of this assertion: the cult of the saints, contested devotional relationships and practices, unsettled judgments between magic and religion, and inconclusive distinctions between magic and science. Freshly insightful, this study of ambiguity between magic and religion will be of special interest to scholars in the fields of medieval studies, religious studies, European history, and the history of science. In addition to the editor, the contributors to this volume are Michael D. Bailey, Kristi Woodward Bain, Maeve B. Callan, Elizabeth Casteen, Claire Fanger, Sean L. Field, Anne M. Koenig, Katelyn Mesler, and Sophie Page.
The Politics Of The Sacred In America
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Author : Anthony Squiers
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-12-21
The Politics Of The Sacred In America written by Anthony Squiers and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-21 with Political Science categories.
This book provides a comprehensive investigation of the political dimensions of civil religion in the United States. By employing an original social-psychological theory rooted in semiotics, it offers a qualitative and quantitative empirical examination of more than fifty years of political rhetoric. Further, it presents two in-depth case studies that examine how the cultural, totemic sign of ‘the Founding Fathers’ and the signs of America’s sacred texts (the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence) are used in attempts to link partisan policy positions with notions that the country collectively holds sacred. The book’s overarching thesis is that America’s civil religion serves as a discursive framework for the country’s politics of the sacred, mediating the demands of particularistic interests and social solidarity through the interaction of social belief and institutional politics like elections and the Supreme Court. The book penetrates America’s unique political religiosity to reveal and unravel the intricate ways in which politics, political institutions, religion and culture intertwine in the United States.
Sacred Forests Of Asia
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Author : Chris Coggins
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-05-30
Sacred Forests Of Asia written by Chris Coggins and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-30 with Nature categories.
Presenting a thorough examination of the sacred forests of Asia, this volume engages with dynamic new scholarly dialogues on the nature of sacred space, place, landscape, and ecology in the context of the sharply contested ideas of the Anthropocene. Given the vast geographic range of sacred groves in Asia, this volume discusses the diversity of associated cosmologies, ecologies, traditional local resource management practices, and environmental governance systems developed during the pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial periods. Adopting theoretical perspectives from political ecology, the book views ecology and polity as constitutive elements interacting within local, regional, and global networks. Readers will find the very first systematic comparative analysis of sacred forests that include the karchall mabhuy of the Katu people of Central Vietnam, the leuweng kolot of the Baduy people of West Java, the fengshui forests of southern China, the groves to the goddess Sarna Mata worshiped by the Oraon people of Jharkhand India, the mauelsoop and bibosoop of Korea, and many more. Comprising in-depth, field-based case studies, each chapter shows how the forest’s sacrality must not be conceptually delinked from its roles in common property regimes, resource security, spiritual matters of ultimate concern, and cultural identity. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of indigenous studies, environmental anthropology, political ecology, geography, religion and heritage, nature conservation, environmental protection, and Asian studies.