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Book To the Ends of the Earth

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Golding
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2006-10-31
  • ISBN : 9780374530914
  • Pages : 788 pages

Download or read book To the Ends of the Earth written by William Golding and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the Ends of the Earth, William Golding's great sea trilogy, presents the extraordinary story of a warship's troubled journey to Australia in the early 1800s. Told through the pages of Edmund Talbolt's journall--with equal measure of wit and disdain--it records the mounting tensions and growing misfortunes aboard the ancient ship. An instant maritime classic, and one of Golding's finest achievements, the trilogy was adapted into a major three-part Mastpiece Theatre drama in 2006.

Book The Religious Rites and Ceremonies of Every Nation in the World

Download or read book The Religious Rites and Ceremonies of Every Nation in the World written by Colin Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Earth Rites

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  • Author : Janet Bord
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2001-07-01
  • ISBN : 9781842320242
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Earth Rites written by Janet Bord and published by . This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rites of Love

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  • Author : Vladimir Megre
  • Publisher : Ringing Cedars Press LLC
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9780980181289
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Rites of Love written by Vladimir Megre and published by Ringing Cedars Press LLC. This book was released on 2008 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 10 million copies sold in 20 languages

Book A New Universal History of the Religious Rites  Ceremonies and Customs  of the Whole World  Or  A Complete and Impartial View of All the Religions in the Various Nations of the Universe  Both Ancient and Modern  from the Creation Down to the Present Time

Download or read book A New Universal History of the Religious Rites Ceremonies and Customs of the Whole World Or A Complete and Impartial View of All the Religions in the Various Nations of the Universe Both Ancient and Modern from the Creation Down to the Present Time written by William Hurd and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House

Download or read book Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House written by Frank G. Speck and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his last years ethnohistorian Frank G. Speck turned to the study of Iroquois ceremonialism. This 1950 book investigates the religious rites of the Cayuga tribe, one of six in the Iroquois confederation that occupied upstate New York until the American Revolution. In the 1930s and the 1940s Frank Speck observed the Midwinter Ceremony, the Cayuga thanksgiving for the blessings of life and health, performed in long houses on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario. Collaborating with Alexander General (Deskáheh), the noted Cayuga chief, Speck describes vividly the rites and dances giving thanks to all spiritual entities. Of special interest are the medicine societies that not only prescribed herbs but used powerfully evocative masks in treating the underlying causes of sickness.

Book Rites of Belonging

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  • Author : Jean DeBernardi
  • Publisher : Stanford University Press
  • Release : 2004-02-19
  • ISBN : 9780804766883
  • Pages : 348 pages

Download or read book Rites of Belonging written by Jean DeBernardi and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2004-02-19 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In what is today Malaysia, the British established George Town on Penang Island in 1786, and encouraged Chinese merchants and laborers to migrate to this vibrant trading port. In the multicultural urban settlement that developed, the Chinese immigrants organized their social life through community temples like the Guanyin Temple (Kong Hok Palace) and their secret sworn brotherhoods. These community associations assumed exceptional importance precisely because they were a means to establish a social presence for the Chinese immigrants, to organize their social life, and to display their economic prowess. The Confucian "cult of memory" also took on new meanings in the early twentieth century as a form of racial pride. In twentieth-century Penang, religious practices and events continued to draw the boundaries of belonging in the idiom of the sacred. Part I of Rites of Belonging focuses on the conjuncture between Chinese and British in colonial Penang. The author closely analyzes the 1857 Guanyin Temple Riots and conflicts leading to the suppression of the Chinese sworn brotherhoods. Part II investigates the conjuncture between Chinese and Malays in contemporary Malaysia, and the revitalization in the 1970s and 1980s of Chinese popular religious culture.

Book Saints  Heroes  Myths  and Rites

Download or read book Saints Heroes Myths and Rites written by Marcel Mauss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical Durkheimian Studies of Myth and the Sacred presents English translations of several important essays, some never before translated, by members of the famous Annee sociologique group around Emile Durkheim. These works by Marcel Mauss, Henri Hubert, and Robert Hertz are key contributions to today's growing interest in and reinterpretation of Durkheimian thought on culture, religion, and symbolism. The central thrust in this new interpretive effort uses the Durkheimian theory of the sacred to understand the symbolism and meanings of cultural structures and narratives more generally. This book is vital to any contemporary collection emphasizing social theory.

Book A New Universal History of the Religious Rites  Ceremonies and Customs of the Whole World  or  a Complete and impartial view of all the religions in the various nations of the universe  etc   With plates

Download or read book A New Universal History of the Religious Rites Ceremonies and Customs of the Whole World or a Complete and impartial view of all the religions in the various nations of the universe etc With plates written by William HURD (D.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1799 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Equal Rites

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  • Author : Kittredge Cherry
  • Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
  • Release : 1995-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780664255350
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Equal Rites written by Kittredge Cherry and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equal Rites is a much-needed collection of worship services, ceremonies, and celebrations that is attuned to the unique needs of sexual minorities. The selections, written primarily by lesbians and gay men, include rites of spiritual beginnings, healing, blessings, holy communion, and pride and empowerment. Also included are funeral memorial services and seasonal and holiday rites for couples. More than a collection, Equal Rites can also serve as a reference book for creating unique and meaningful worship services that address significant aspects of lesbian and gay spirituality.

Book The Rites of Passage

Download or read book The Rites of Passage written by Arnold van Gennep and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Van Gennep was the first observer of human behaviour to note that the ritual ceremonies that accompany the landmarks of human life differ only in detail from one culture to another, and that they are in essence universal. Originally published in English in 1960. This edition reprints the paperback edition of 1977.

Book Recording State Rites in Words and Images

Download or read book Recording State Rites in Words and Images written by Yi Song-mi and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated, interdisciplinary look at the ceremonies and protocols of the dynastic court of Joseon Korea Recording State Rites in Words and Images provides an engaging and in-depth exploration of the large corpus of court statutes compiled during the Joseon dynasty of Korea. The term uigwe, commonly translated as “royal protocols,” is the name given to the collection of nearly four thousand books that were commissioned and written to document the customs, rituals, rules, protocols, and ceremonial practices of the Joseon dynasty. In this generously illustrated book, Yi Song-mi introduces readers to the rich and varied documentary tradition embodied in the uigwe, sharing invaluable insights into time-honored court customs through text and images and analyzing changes in ritual practice over time. The first comprehensive study of its kind in English, Recording State Rites in Words and Images presents groundbreaking research that opens a window on Korean history and art and will serve as an inspiration to students, scholars, and anyone interested in topics such as dynastic customs, court artists, and bookmaking. Published in association with the P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art at Princeton University

Book Ceremonies  Rites  and Traditions of the Jews     Second edition

Download or read book Ceremonies Rites and Traditions of the Jews Second edition written by Hyam ISAACS and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nyae Nyae  Kung Beliefs and Rites

Download or read book Nyae Nyae Kung Beliefs and Rites written by Lorna Marshall and published by Peabody Museum Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marshall leads the reader through the intricacies, ambiguities, and silences of !Kung beliefs. Based on fieldwork among the Bushmen of the Kalahari in the early 1950s, she presents the culture, beliefs, and spirituality of one of the last true hunting-and-gathering peoples by focusing on members of different bands as they reveal their own views.

Book Ceremonies  customs  rites  and traditions of the Jews  interspersed with gleanings from the Jerusalem and Babylonish Talmud and the Targums  Mishna  Gemara  Maimonides  etc

Download or read book Ceremonies customs rites and traditions of the Jews interspersed with gleanings from the Jerusalem and Babylonish Talmud and the Targums Mishna Gemara Maimonides etc written by Hyam ISAACS and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Forbidden Rites

Download or read book Forbidden Rites written by Jeanette Ellis and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-06 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witchcraft & Wicca.