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Book Rincon Where Spirit Matters

Download or read book Rincon Where Spirit Matters written by Jane Benson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are you doing? Well, I just brought a truckload of Goodwill furniture over to Rincon and I need someone to unload the truck. Why? What? Why all the furniture? We are making an alcohol rehab site, and will make a dormitory with the used furniture. The Rincon property was up on a hill. It had been home to a 1920s starlet, who created an oasis amidst the orange groves and lemon orchards in the valley. The property was unique in that it was walled, secluded from the outside world; a world that over the many decades had deteriorated into crime, anger, and mania. A rehab joint here? Under the California sun? No being cooped up in a locked building. Speaking of coop, did you want me to take this chair out to the chicken coop? Yup, and sit on it when you get it out there. There are 2 signs on the wall out there I want you to read. It basically means we might be in for a surprise!

Book Proceedings of the Society of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen for the Year

Download or read book Proceedings of the Society of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen for the Year written by Society of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Making Spirits

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  • Author : Diana Espirito Santo
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2013-07-15
  • ISBN : 085772262X
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Making Spirits written by Diana Espirito Santo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The analysis of religion has often placed an emphasis on beliefs and ideologies, prioritizing these elements over those of the material world. Through the ethnographic analysis of a variety of contemporary religious practices, Making Spirits questions the presumed separation of spirit and matter, and sheds light on the dynamics between spiritual and material domains. By examining the cultural contexts in which material culture is central to the creation and experience of religion and belief, this volume analyses the different ways in which the concepts of the material and spiritual worlds intersect, interact and inform each other in the reproduction of religious rites. Using examples such as spirit mediums, fetishes and ritual objects across a variety of cultures such as Latin America, Japan and Central Africa, Nico Tassi and Diana Espirito Santo offer insights that challenge accepted categories in the study of religion, making this book important for scholars of comparative religion, anthropology and sociology.

Book Governing Spirits

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  • Author : Reinaldo L. Román
  • Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
  • Release : 2009-11-30
  • ISBN : 9780807888940
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Governing Spirits written by Reinaldo L. Román and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freedom of religion did not come easily to Cuba or Puerto Rico. Only after the arrival of American troops during the Spanish-American War were non-Catholics permitted to practice their religions openly and to proselytize. When government efforts to ensure freedom of worship began, reformers on both islands rejoiced, believing that an era of regeneration and modernization was upon them. But as new laws went into effect, critics voiced their dismay at the rise of popular religions. Reinaldo L. Roman explores the changing relationship between regulators and practitioners in neocolonial Cuba and Puerto Rico. Spiritism, Santeria, and other African-derived traditions were typically characterized in sensational fashion by the popular press as "a plague of superstition." Examining seven episodes between 1898 and the Cuban Revolution when the public demanded official actions against "misbelief," Roman finds that when outbreaks of superstition were debated, matters of citizenship were usually at stake. He links the circulation of spectacular charges of witchcraft and miracle-making to anxieties surrounding newly expanded citizenries that included people of color. Governing Spirits also contributes to the understanding of vernacular religions by moving beyond questions of national or traditional origins to illuminate how boundaries among hybrid practices evolved in a process of historical contingencies.

Book Littell s Living Age

Download or read book Littell s Living Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Littell s Living Age

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  • Author : Eliakim Littell
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1889
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 844 pages

Download or read book Littell s Living Age written by Eliakim Littell and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Living Age

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1889
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 908 pages

Download or read book The Living Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Carmen Ariza

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  • Author : Charles Francis Stocking
  • Publisher : Good Press
  • Release : 2019-12-02
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1159 pages

Download or read book Carmen Ariza written by Charles Francis Stocking and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 1159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Carmen Ariza" by Charles Francis Stocking is an engaging novel that takes readers on an enthralling journey through the complexities of human emotions and social dynamics. Set in a vibrant Latin American setting, the story follows the titular character, Carmen Ariza, as she navigates love, passion, and societal expectations. Stocking's evocative writing brings the characters to life, weaving a tale of romance and intrigue that captivates readers until the very end.

Book Carmen Ariza

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  • Author : Charles Francis Stocking
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1915
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1006 pages

Download or read book Carmen Ariza written by Charles Francis Stocking and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Letters to a Saint

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  • Author : María Del Rincón
  • Publisher : Opus Dei Information Office
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book Letters to a Saint written by María Del Rincón and published by Opus Dei Information Office. This book was released on with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpts from letters written by a woman who was convinced that Heaven was her goal and that an ordinary life was her path to get there. In a simple and confiding way, Guadalupe Ortíz de Landázuri opens her heart and soul to Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, founder of Opus Dei, whom she would always call “Father”.

Book Folklife and Museums

Download or read book Folklife and Museums written by C. Kurt Dewhurst and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cutting-edge new book is the replacement for Folklife and Museums: Selected Readings which was published nearly thirty years ago in 1987. The editors of that volume, Patricia Hall and Charlie Seemann, are now joined by C. Kurt Dewhurst as a third editor, for this book which includes updates to the still-relevant and classic essays and articles from the earlier text and features new pioneering pieces by some of today’s most outstanding scholars and practitioners, to provide a more current overview of the field and addressing contemporary issues. Folklife and Museums: Twenty-First Century Perspectives is a brand new collection of cutting-edge essays that combine theoretical insights, practical applications, topical case studies (focusing on particular subject matter areas and specific cultural groups), accompanied by up-to-date “resources” and “suggested readings” sections. Each essay is preceded by an explanatory headnote contextualizing the essay and includes illustrative photographs.

Book Ch  vez   s Legacy

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  • Author : Ari Chaplin
  • Publisher : University Press of America
  • Release : 2013-11-26
  • ISBN : 0761862668
  • Pages : 269 pages

Download or read book Ch vez s Legacy written by Ari Chaplin and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chavez’s Legacy: The Transformation from Democracy to a Mafia State refutes the claim that Chavez’s regime corrected the errors of Soviet Communism. This book traces Venezuela’s communist transformation and its effects on the neighboring nations of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. This book also examines Chavez’s behavior in the international arena, strongly emphasizing his close association with Iran and narcotics terrorism.

Book France

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1849
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 572 pages

Download or read book France written by and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Macmillan s Magazine

Download or read book Macmillan s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Life and Times of Fray Jun  pero Serra  O F M

Download or read book The Life and Times of Fray Jun pero Serra O F M written by Maynard J. Geiger and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Serra, from his birth in Mallorca, his early work in Mexico, and the establishing of the missions in California.

Book Ritual and Sacrifice in the Corrida

Download or read book Ritual and Sacrifice in the Corrida written by Allen Josephs and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing on more than thirty years of personal participation in the culture of the Spanish Fiesta Brava, Josephs brings an intimate knowledge of taurine technique to his account. He will put you in the ring with Cesar Rincon, and through afternoons of great peril and great triumph you will come to understand the deep, abiding - and ultimately mythic and religious - significance of such afternoons and why this ritual still flourishes today as it has for centuries."--Jacket.

Book Finding Our Way Home

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  • Author : Myke Johnson
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2016-11-25
  • ISBN : 1365566862
  • Pages : 181 pages

Download or read book Finding Our Way Home written by Myke Johnson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this time of ecological crisis, all that is holy calls us into a more intimate partnership with the diverse and beautiful beings of this earth. In Finding Our Way Home, Myke Johnson reflects on her personal journey into such a partnership and offers a guide for others to begin this path. Lyrically expressed, it weaves together lessons from a chamomile flower, a small bird, a copper beech tree, a garden slug, and a forest fern, along with insights from Indigenous philosophy, environmental science, fractal geometry, childhood Catholic mysticism, the prophet Elijah, fairy tales, and permaculture design. This eco-spiritual journey also wrestles with the history of our society's destruction of the natural world, and its roots in the original theft of the land from Indigenous peoples. Exploring the spiritual dimensions of our brokenness, it offers tools to create healing. Finding Our Way Home is a ceremony to remember our essential unity with all of life.