Download or read book Circling Faith written by Wendy Reed and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2012-04-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Circling Faith is a collection of essays by southern women that encompasses spirituality and the experience of winding through the religiously charged environment of the American South. Mary Karr, in “Facing Altars,” describes how the consolation she found in poetry directed her to a similar solace in prayer. In “Chiaroscuro: Shimmer and Shadow,” Susan Cushman recounts how her dissatisfaction with a Presbyterian upbringing led her to hold her own worship services at home and eventually to join the Eastern Orthodox Church. “Magic” by Amy Blackmarr depicts a religious practice that occurs wholly outside of any formal setting—she recognizes places, such as a fishing shack in south Georgia, and things, such as crystal Cherokee earrings, as reminders that God exists everywhere and that a Great Comforter is always present. In “The Only Jews in Town,” Stella Suberman gives her account of growing up as a religious minority in Tennessee, connecting her story to a larger narrative of Eastern European Jews who moved away from the Northeast, often to found and run “Jew stores” in midwestern and southern towns. Alice Walker, in an interview with Valerie Reiss titled “Alice Walker Calls God ‘Mama,’” relates her dynamic relationship with her God, which includes meditation and yoga, and explains how she views the role of faith in her work, including her novel The Color Purple. These essays showcase the large spectrum of spirituality that abides in the South, as well as the equally large spectrum of individual women who hold these faiths.
Download or read book Circling the Elephant written by John J. Thatamanil and published by Fordham University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian theologians have for some decades affirmed that they have no monopoly on encounters with God or ultimate reality and that other religions also have access to religious truth and transformation. If that is the case, the time has come for Christians not only to learn about but also from their religious neighbors. Circling the Elephant affirms that the best way to be truly open to the mystery of the infinite is to move away from defensive postures of religious isolationism and self-sufficiency and to move, in vulnerability and openness, toward the mystery of the neighbor. Employing the ancient Indian allegory of the elephant and blind(folded) men, John J. Thatamanil argues for the integration of three often-separated theological projects: theologies of religious diversity (the work of accounting for why there are so many different understandings of the elephant), comparative theology (the venture of walking over to a different side of the elephant), and constructive theology (the endeavor of re-describing the elephant in light of the other two tasks). Circling the Elephant also offers an analysis of why we have fallen short in the past. Interreligious learning has been obstructed by problematic ideas about “religion” and “religions,” Thatamanil argues, while also pointing out the troubling resonances between reified notions of “religion” and “race.” He contests these notions and offers a new theory of the religious that makes interreligious learning both possible and desirable. Christians have much to learn from their religious neighbors, even about such central features of Christian theology as Christ and the Trinity. This book envisions religious diversity as a promise, not a problem, and proposes a new theology of religious diversity that opens the door to robust interreligious learning and Christian transformation through encountering the other.
Download or read book Will the Circle Be Unbroken written by Studs Terkel and published by New Press, The. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned oral historian interviews ordinary people about facing mortality: “It’s the unguarded voices he presents that stay with you.” —The New York Times In this book, the Pulitzer Prize winner and National Book Award finalist Studs Terkel, author of the New York Times bestseller Working, turns to the ultimate human experience: death. Here a wide range of people address the unknowable culmination of our lives, the possibilities of an afterlife, and their impact on the way we live, with memorable grace and poignancy. Included in this remarkable treasury are Terkel’s interviews with such famed figures as Kurt Vonnegut and Ira Glass as well as with ordinary people, from policemen and firefighters to emergency health workers and nurses, who confront death in their everyday lives. Whether a Hiroshima survivor, a death-row parolee, or a woman who emerged from a two-year coma, these interviewees offer tremendous eloquence as they deal with a topic many are reluctant to discuss openly and freely. Only Terkel, whom Cornel West called “an American treasure,” could have elicited such honesty from people reflecting on the lives they have led and what lies before them still. “Extraordinary . . . a work of insight, wisdom, and freshness.” —The Seattle Times
Download or read book Circle of the Moon written by Faith Hunter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Set in the same world as Faith Hunter's bestselling Jane Yellowrock novels, the fourth Soulwood novel stars Nell Ingram, who channels her power from the earth. Nell can draw magic from the land around her, and lately she's been using it to help the Psy-Law Enforcement Division, which solves paranormal crimes. Joining the team at PsyLED has allowed her to learn more about her powers and the world she always shunned--and to find true friends. Head agent Rick LaFleur shifts into a panther when the moon calls him, but this time, something has gone wrong. Rick calls Nell from a riverbank--he's naked, with no memory of how he came to be there, and there's a dead black cat, sacrificed in a witch circle and killed by black magic, lying next to him. Then more animals turn up dead, and team rushes to investigate. A blood-witch is out to kill. But when it seems as if their leader is involved in the crime, the bonds that hold the team together could shatter at any moment.
Download or read book Faith Is Not Blind written by Bruce C. Hafen and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tar Beach written by Faith Ringgold and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER • CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamless weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherished for generations. Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on “tar beach,” the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own. As Cassie learns, anyone can fly. “All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying among the stars.”
Download or read book Ford s Christian Repository Home Circle written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Faithful Presence written by David E. Fitch and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can the church engage the world, not by judgment nor accommodation but by becoming the good news in our culture? Offering seven distinct spiritual practices, David Fitch helps you re-envision church, what you do in the name of church, and the way you lead a church. Reimagine the church as the living embodiment of Christ, reflecting God's faithful presence to a desperate world.
Download or read book The Centre and Circle of Evangelical Religion written by Richard Poole (M.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Love Full Circle written by Doug McIntosh and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With stories and application that reflect his pastor's heart, Doug McIntosh shows how you can enlarge your soul by loving others. Discover the joys of faithfully following the most precious rule of all in Love Full Circle.
Download or read book Circle of Faith written by Dr. Philip D. Derber and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Romans 1:17, we are instructed how we are to live our Christian lives, which is by faith. Several years ago, Dr. Derber was seeking God on how he could teach faith more effectively to his congregation. While fasting, God gave him an open vision and showed him the circle of faith. The circle of faith consists of six steps that are vital to the progress and the development of faith. In this book, Dr. Derber expounds those six steps. This revelation will most definitely give you insight and enhance your understanding of how to put each one of these principles to work in your life.
Download or read book The Circle of Life written by Roger Aubrey and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God designed you to live by faith. It's as natural and simple as breathing. This book uses the Bible to explain in everyday language how you can develop a lifestyle in which the four healthy habits of the Circle of Life together build your faith: Hearing God's Word Believing God's Word Speaking God's Word Doing God's Word The Circle of Life combines biblical truth with down to earth practical application, so that you will not only learn what the Bible teaches about faith but also be able to put its dynamic message into action in your life! Dr Roger Aubrey is part of the leadership team at All Nations Church in Cardiff, Wales. Roger was born and raised in the city and is a graduate of the University, holding PhD and Masters Degrees in Christian Theology. He became a Christian while in his teens and together with his wife Dianne has been part of All Nations since 1984. During that time they have both seen hundreds of lives transformed by the truth outlined in this book. Roger is also Principal of Covenant School of Ministries, School of the Word. He has an internationally recognized teaching ministry, which regularly takes him to various parts of the world, helping to build up the Church. Visit Roger at: www.rogeraubrey.com
Download or read book Southern Cultures 2013 Global Southern Music Issue Enhanced Ebook written by Harry L. Watson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Global Southern Music Issue enhanced eBook includes all the tracks on Traveling Shoes, our special free CD and: The South meets Senegal as hip-hop goes Trans-Atlantic. Hawaiian steel guitar sways the Southern musical landscape. Poet Allen Ginsberg and bluesman James "Son" Thomas trade verses. Aussie Elvis impersonators keep the king alive. A U.K. scholar offers a new perspective on the study of the blues. Music pirates keep alive another tradition of bootlegging in the South. And much more. Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South.
Download or read book Southern Cultures written by Harry L. Watson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-11-16 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Winter 2012 issue of Southern Cultures… The Great Debate: NASCAR vs. College Football Undercover: Inside the World of the Debutante On the Backroads: Country Stores and the Days of Yore A Look at the Numbers: Race and Region in the American South and Beyond Autobiography: Cotton Milling in Alabama and Understanding Personal Identity in the South . . . and more. Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South.
Download or read book Bible Readings for the Home Circle Illustrated written by Many Bible Students and published by Digital Inspiration. This book was released on 1914-06-01 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heritage Edition— interlaced with nearly 300 special illustrations, some 20 charts, and over 100 poems from a century ago. This is a collection of readings on two hundred topics in which are answered nearly four thousand questions on important spiritual and religious subjects, contributed by a large number of Bible students. First published in 1914 as a "NEW, REVISED, AND ENLARGED EDITION," "Illuminated With Nearly Three Hundred Beautiful Illustrations" with "Over 1,250,000 Copies of Former edition Sold." Briefly stated, a Bible reading consists of questions asked concerning some subject, and answers to them from the Bible. In other words, Bible readings mean a topical study of the Bible by means of questions and answers. There are two introductory chapters, "The Bible; Its Origin, History, and Place in the World," and "The Value of Bible Study." The two hundred readings are organized under eighteen headings: I. THE BIBLE; HOW TO STUDY AND UNDERSTAND IT II. SIN; ITS ORIGIN, RESULTS, AND REMEDY III. THE WAY TO CHRIST IV. LIFE, PARABLES, AND MIRACLES OF CHRIST V. THE HOLY SPIRIT VI. THE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY VII. COMING EVENTS AND SIGNS OF THE TIMES VIII. THE LAW OF GOD IX. THE SABBATH X. CHRISTIAN LIBERTY XI. LIFE ONLY IN CHRIST XII. CHRISTIAN GROWTH AND EXPERIENCE XIII. PRAYER AND PUBLIC WORSHIP XIV. CHRISTIAN SERVICE XV. ADMONITIONS AND WARNINGS XVI. THE HOME XVII. HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE XVIII. THE KINGDOM RESTORED The readings in this book as originally prepared were contributed by a large number of Bible workers, whose experience in giving Bible readings had taught them the most effective methods of presenting the different subjects treated. The reader and student of this volume will gain a richer and clearer understanding of the Bible and of its practical value in everyday life. Especially, will there be a more comprehensive understanding of the end-time prophecies of the books of Daniel and Revelation with such subjects such as the Antichrist; the Rapture; the Mark of the Beast; Armageddon; the Millennium; and Eden Restored. A clear understanding of Bible teaching regarding such subjects as the State of the Dead; What, When, and Where is Hell; and Which is the True Lord's Day will prove to greatly protect one from Satan's end-time deceptions. "Bible Readings for the Home Circle" will be found an excellent aid to private, family, and public study of the Word of God.
Download or read book Full Circle written by Chipo Pswarayi and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faith leaves her hometown in Zambia to study in Kenya. Never having left Zambia alone before, she has big, exciting plans for the future. Thrillingly, she meets the love of her life at university, and they marry in no time. Together, they settle in Nairobi and begin building a life, but what begins as a beautiful marriage swiftly unravels into a dangerous nightmare for Faith. She now fears the angry man in her home. He seems to hate her, which forces Faith to contemplate and eventually attempt suicide. Due to her horrible farce of a marriage, she loses her identity, as laughter and happiness become distant memories. Eventually, her abusive husband demands a divorce, leaving Faith in a foreign country with no income and two children. Once a strong, independent woman, Faith must fight to keep things together and find herself again. She counts pennies and continues to take one step ... and another, hoping for a bright future. Faith’s is a story of hope despite despair, second chances, and starting over, no matter age or circumstance. Perhaps, she will even reconnect with the happy girl that left Zambia. This book is dedicated to all girls and daughters who firstly became wives, and then had to become single moms, professional gladiators and progressively game changers.
Download or read book Romans In Full Circle written by Mark Reasoner and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
