Download or read book A Journey of Faith Moving from the Middle East to the West written by Dr. Safwat Bishara and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-06-20 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First, it describes the life of a mainstream, Christian family living in Egypt. The agony involved for the head of the family (the author) to make the decision of taking his wife and three young daughters from the safety of living among family and friends that provided a hedge against the unknown and uncertainty of moving to another country and a new culture. It describes how Divine intervention tilted the balance in favor going ahead with the decision to move to America. The book entails several circumstances that clearly manifested God's desire for us to leave the country in which we had lived most of our lives. Second, the book describes how the basically Islamic, Arabic culture of the Middle East compares with the essentially Christian culture of the United States. It deals with the subtle underlying teachings of Islam that affect social and spiritual lives of people living in Muslim-majority societies. The book describes how deeply-ingrained ideas can enhance or prohibit advancement of society.
Download or read book Power Faith and Fantasy America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present written by Michael B. Oren and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-02-17 with total page 1178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Will shape our thinking about America and the Middle East for years.”—Christopher Dickey, Newsweek Power, Faith, and Fantasytells the remarkable story of America's 230-year relationship with the Middle East. Drawing on a vast range of government documents, personal correspondence, and the memoirs of merchants, missionaries, and travelers, Michael B. Oren narrates the unknown story of how the United States has interacted with this vibrant and turbulent region.
Download or read book Two Different Religions written by Dr. Safwat Bishara and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion plays a crucial role in the culture and history of nations. Christianity and Islam command the most followers with two billion and 1.3 billion, respectively. Both started in the Middle East. But each spread through a different path. Some interpret 'jihad' as moral strife against the self while others think of it as an obligation to defend the faith against its enemies. So the question is 'jihad' moral or violent? The book discusses how Islam views Christianity? Did technology alter the way clerics in Muslim-majority countries monopoly teaching the Islamic faith? How did the Internet, satellite television, and smart phones influence social life and extend to the spiritual realm? The second half of the twentieth century had seen some eventful developments in the Middle East. Political changes proved far reaching, sometimes with detrimental outcomes. How did recent events affect Egypt--the most pivotal country in the Arab world? Did fanaticism survive in Egypt?
Download or read book Smart What Do You Mean written by Dr. Safwat Bishara Ph. D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mind is the most complex part of the human body. This three-pound organ could conjure thoughts and ideas; store and categorize information for years; think and invent new theories; build computers with astonishing capacities to execute millions of commands and calculations almost instantly. The ever-increasing advances in science allows psychologists and psychiatrists to have a better understanding of which parts of the brain are responsible for which function. Howard Gardner, of Harvard University, recently developed the Theory of Multiple Intelligence. He could point out seven areas of intelligence including the two well-known areas of language and mathematics.
Download or read book About Learning and Education written by Dr. Dawlat Bishara and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed societies have world-class healthcare and good education. Both command a good portion of the budget and public interest. America has healthcare services that are the envy of the world. But education has been suffering over the past few decades as evidenced by our childrens low scores on the international PISA Test when compared with other industrialized nations in math, science, and reading. Many blamed lack of funding, poverty, and minority students. Education powerhouses, Finland and Korea, regularly recruited their teachers from the top of their graduating class. Students were serious and studied hard; their parents were cognizant of the significance of education and set high expectations for their children. The society respected the teaching profession. Children were aware of their teachers achievements; they were respectful and spared no effort to learn.
Download or read book A Journey of Faith Across a Turbulent Century written by Philipp Weingartner and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you find the courage to go on when everything you knew is gone? That is a question faced by Philipp Weingartner several times in his life. Born into a family of insignificant farm labourers in a town, region, and country erased from our maps, Philipp set out on a journey—both geographical and spiritual—across the front lines of two World Wars, and eventually across an ocean to a new life in Canada. This biographic collaboration between Erich Weingartner and his late father Philipp's writings gives witness to the tenacity of the human spirit. It provides abundant affirmation that commitment to a life of faith can empower ordinary people to become extraordinary in times of great need. Based on diaries, letters, articles and sermons, A Journey of Faith details one man's lived experience of tragedy, survival, and a passion to serve the less fortunate.
Download or read book Faith in the Face of Empire written by RAHEB and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Palestinian Christian theologian shows how the reality of empire shapes the context of the biblical story, and the ongoing experience of Middle East conflict.
Download or read book The Insanity of God written by Nik Ripken and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An amazing story of a missionary couple's journey into the toughest places on earth is combined with stories about remarkable people of faith they encountered to challenge and inspire those curious about the sufficiency of God.
Download or read book Cities of the Middle East and North Africa written by Michael Richard Thomas Dumper and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-11-16 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first work to offer 5,000 years of authoritative historical coverage of ancient and modern cities in the Middle East and North Africa—from their founding to the present—highlighting each city's cultural, social, political, and economic significance. Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work on major ancient and modern cities in the Middle East and North Africa from their beginnings to today. In an unprecedented work of historical research, renowned experts Bruce Stanley and Michael Dumper provide 5,000 years of authoritative historical coverage as they trace the full trajectory of each city, discuss ties to other cities, and present a comparative analysis of the region through the lens of its cities. The A–Z entries feature extensive information about each city's location, geography, demographics, climate and environmental issues, ancient and classical history, Islamic history, post–1800 C.E. history, architecture, religious significance, cultural issues, society, municipal features, economic issues, and contemporary trends. Introductory essays explore urban general history and historiography, urban planning and modernization, poverty, interaction between cities, social welfare, culture, identity issues, and the place of these cities within the world economy.
Download or read book Walking from East to West God in the Shadows written by Ravi Zacharias and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zacharias invites readers to follow him on this journey through his life and into the lives of others, and see how he has become more convinced with each year that Jesus Christ is the one who came to give us life to the fullest and to point us to the freedom and beauty of truth for everyone--easterner or westerner--all over the world.
Download or read book Finding the Peacemakers written by Dan Morrice and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: font size="+1" 'Dan's book demonstrates that the future will belong to the peacemakers - the true heroes among us.' - Bear Grylls /font size When thirty-three Chilean miners stepped into the light, alive and well, after sixty-nine days entombed in the earth, the world experienced a rare treat - some good news. Was this an anomaly, or are there other untapped glimmers of hope, hidden behind the headlines? Armed with a camera, a notebook, and a perilous sense of curiosity, Dan Morrice embarks upon a global journey to meet the peacemakers - unsung heroes, forging peace in extreme environments, from war-torn nations to disaster zones. From Chilean miners to Syrian refugees, from ex-football hooligans in Britain, to revolutionaries in Israel-Palestine, Dan discovers how the most unlikely people are rediscovering Christian faith and rewriting the fractured history of our time. At the apex of his journey, Dan's interviews lead him on a five-hundred-mile walk across the Negev Desert to find their source of hope first-hand. In a generation tired of divided nations and negative news, Finding the Peacemakers tells the unreported story of a global movement overcoming the odds to build peace in troubled times. font size="+1" 'One of the most inspiring books I have read for many years.' - Baroness Caroline Cox
Download or read book Occasions of Faith written by Lawrence J. Taylor and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1995-04 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devotional "occasions" or experiences by Irish Catholics form the crux of this powerful, first book-length anthropological study of Irish Catholicism. Rich in ethnographical material, wide-ranging archival sources, insightful cultural observations, vivid accounts of individual experiences, and thoughtful scrutiny of religious questions and theories illuminate twenty years of ethnographic fieldwork. From these varied resources Lawrence Taylor creates a memorable account of the forces that shape local forms of Catholicism in southwest Donegal.
Download or read book Faith Misplaced written by Ussama Makdisi and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative account of the decayed relationship between the U.S. and Arab world, and a powerful recommendation for how it can be salvaged
Download or read book Kitaaba Wal Hikmata written by Jamir Ahmed Choudhury and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was-Salaamu alaa manit-tabaal Hudaa, They (Muusa and Haarun) said, Our Rab! We fear lest he [Firawn] hasten with insolence against us, or lest he transgress all bounds. He said, Fear not, for I am with you. I hear and see [everything]. So go you both to him (owner of Windows 7 Ultimate) and say, Verily we are messengers [Rasuula Rabbika] sent by your Rab. Send forth, therefore, Bani-Israa-iil [those who had made covenant with Allah on the right side of Mount Tuur over water] with us and afflict them not. We bring you a clear proof from your Rab [bi-Aayatim-mir-Rabbik] and peace to all who follow right guidance [Was-Salaamu alaa manit-tabaal Hudaa]. Verily it has been revealed to us that the penalty awaits those who reject manifest truth / clear proof and turn away from right guidance [annal-Azaaba alaa man kazzaba wa tawallaa] (Sura [19]Taa-Haa45 to 48). Responsible chairs and legitimate authorities, With due honour and respect, I would like to announce Anti-Global Resurrection, seeking global recognition for the sake of intrinsically luminous moon (quadrilateral shining star or Shiraa like a diamond) as the worlds (nonluminous moons) only permanent natural satellite and corresponding upright rectangular universe, equal and opposite revelation (Trinity/Tawraat) and corresponding east horizon and west horizon (black and white triangles / Samawati wal-Arz / Sirius binary system), four basic forces and four Galilean moons and corresponding four cardinal directions and crucified sign, self-evident concept (Furqan) of manifested nature (Tawraat and Injiil) and corresponding natural environment (Injiil and Zabuur), equal and opposite stages of journey of the so-called sun (bullet / Tarash-Shamsa) as the manifested sign (clear proof) of natural magnetism and corresponding north and south directions, established child rights and corresponding quality education, sanctity of education and corresponding solidified solid human rights (to share verifiable and justifiable manifest truth openly and publicly), justifiable valid knowledge (philosophy) and corresponding verifiable certain knowledge (science), established mandates of social justice and corresponding fairness with the contents of verifiable and justifiable appeal, overview of the so-far established mandates and global rights and corresponding open and public announcement of the greatest war (Jihad-e-Akbar) against the Trinity of self-evident hypocritesteleological evidence sorcerers, extreme epistemic persecutors, established mandates of national and international peace and harmony of the globe and corresponding survival of the truest, freedom from obligation and corresponding rejection of invented lies of the global mafias and introduced falsehoods of the International Scientific Soldiers (ISS) of Activism and Terrorism, utilitarian liberation and corresponding greatest happiness of the greatest number, summum bonum of life and corresponding upright justness with equal and opposite historically prevailing identified learning gaps objectively and searched out necessary remedial measures shared as solidified solid human rights.
Download or read book Journey of Faith written by Carole Seymour-Jones and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Physicist s Journey between Science and Faith written by Angelo Tartaglia and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-02 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science and religion are very often presented as two opposing universes. The former is seen to be the privileged place of disinterested research, the chosen ground for free thought, while the second is often characterized by immutable principles and indisputable dogmas, to which we are called to adhere with blind and absolute trust. Analysis of both “fields” shows, however, that the reality is different: religion also contemplates research and discussion, while even science knows dogmas and prejudices. This is because it is typical of the human being, of any person, to question oneself, to doubt and also some times to close oneself in tetragonal certainties. This volume explores some of the most important themes for anyone seriously wishing to commit themselves along the path of knowledge and explains why one cannot stop at the plurality of answers on the truth, as well as on life and man (creationism and evolutionism). It argues that science and faith are both expressions of humans’ desire to know; they do not weaken each other nor are they mutually exclusive, but rather invite a close and constructive dialogue, free from ideological temptations.
Download or read book Encyclical Letter Fides Et Ratio of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II written by Catholic Church. Pope (1978-2005 : John Paul II) and published by USCCB Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
