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Book Experiencing Dominion

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  • Author : Thomas W. Gallant
  • Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
  • Release : 2002-06-07
  • ISBN : 0268159602
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Experiencing Dominion written by Thomas W. Gallant and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2002-06-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiencing Dominion contributes to ongoing debates on hegemony, power, and identity in contemporary historical and anthropological literature through an examination of the imperial encounter between the British and the Greeks of the Ionian Islands during the nineteenth century. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of the imperial encounter, with topics including identity construction, the contestation over civil society, gender and the manipulation of public space, hegemony and accommodation, the role of law and of the institutions of criminal justice, and religion and imperial dominion. Thomas Gallant—widely recognized as one of the leading scholars in historical anthropology— argues that a great deal can be learned about colonialism in general through an analysis of the Ionian Islands, precisely because that colonial encounter was so atypical. For example, Gallant demonstrates that because the Ionian Greeks were racially white, Christian, and descendents of Europe’s classical forebears, the process of colonial identity formation was more ambiguous and complex than elsewhere in the Empire where physical and cultural distinctions were more obvious. Colonial officers finally decided the Ionian Greeks were “Mediterranean Irish” who should be treated like European savages. Experiencing Dominion pushes contemporary literature on historical anthropology in a new direction by moving the discussion away from an emphasis on a simple polarity between hegemony and resistance, and instead focusing on the shared interactions between colonizers and colonized, rulers and ruled, foreigners and locals. In this important study, Gallant emphasizes contingency and historical agency, examines intentionality, and explores the processes of accommodation and, when warranted, resistance. In so doing, he reconstructs the world Britons and Greeks made together on the Ionian Islands during the nineteenth century through their shared experience of dominion.

Book Experiencing Dominion

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  • Author : Thomas W. Gallant
  • Publisher : Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Experiencing Dominion written by Thomas W. Gallant and published by Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contributes to contemporary debates on hegemony, power and identity in contemporary historical and anthropological literature through an examination of the imperial encounter between the British and the Greeks of the Ionian Islands during the 19th century. Each chapter focused on a different aspect of the imperial encounter, with topics including identity construction, the contestation over civil society, gender and the manipulation of public space, hegemony and accommodation, the role of law and of the institutions of criminal justice, and religion and imperial domination. It argues that a great deal can be learned about colonializm in general through an analysis of the Ionian Islands, precisely because the colonial encounter was so atypical. For example, it demonstrates that because the Ionian Greeks were racially white, Christian and descendents of Europe's classical forebears, the process of colonial identity formation was more ambiguous and complex than elsewhere in the Empire where physical and cultural distinctions were more obvious. Colonial officers finally decided the Ionian Greeks were Mediterranean Irish who should be treated like European savages.

Book Dominion

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  • Author : Matthew Scully
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Release : 2003-10-08
  • ISBN : 1429980435
  • Pages : 452 pages

Download or read book Dominion written by Matthew Scully and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2003-10-08 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." --Genesis 1:24-26 In this crucial passage from the Old Testament, God grants mankind power over animals. But with this privilege comes the grave responsibility to respect life, to treat animals with simple dignity and compassion. Somewhere along the way, something has gone wrong. In Dominion, we witness the annual convention of Safari Club International, an organization whose wealthier members will pay up to $20,000 to hunt an elephant, a lion or another animal, either abroad or in American "safari ranches," where the animals are fenced in pens. We attend the annual International Whaling Commission conference, where the skewed politics of the whaling industry come to light, and the focus is on developing more lethal, but not more merciful, methods of harvesting "living marine resources." And we visit a gargantuan American "factory farm," where animals are treated as mere product and raised in conditions of mass confinement, bred for passivity and bulk, inseminated and fed with machines, kept in tightly confined stalls for the entirety of their lives, and slaughtered in a way that maximizes profits and minimizes decency. Throughout Dominion, Scully counters the hypocritical arguments that attempt to excuse animal abuse: from those who argue that the Bible's message permits mankind to use animals as it pleases, to the hunter's argument that through hunting animal populations are controlled, to the popular and "scientifically proven" notions that animals cannot feel pain, experience no emotions, and are not conscious of their own lives. The result is eye opening, painful and infuriating, insightful and rewarding. Dominion is a plea for human benevolence and mercy, a scathing attack on those who would dismiss animal activists as mere sentimentalists, and a demand for reform from the government down to the individual. Matthew Scully has created a groundbreaking work, a book of lasting power and importance for all of us.

Book Dominion

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  • Author : Tom Holland
  • Publisher : Basic Books
  • Release : 2019-10-29
  • ISBN : 0465093523
  • Pages : 624 pages

Download or read book Dominion written by Tom Holland and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment reserved for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of crucifixion-an obscure provincial by the name of Jesus-was to be worshipped as a god. Dominion explores the implications of this shocking conviction as they have reverberated throughout history. Today, the West remains utterly saturated by Christian assumptions. As Tom Holland demonstrates, our morals and ethics are not universal but are instead the fruits of a very distinctive civilization. Concepts such as secularism, liberalism, science, and homosexuality are deeply rooted in a Christian seedbed. From Babylon to the Beatles, Saint Michael to #MeToo, Dominion tells the story of how Christianity transformed the modern world.

Book The Secret to Spiritual Power  Authority and Dominion

Download or read book The Secret to Spiritual Power Authority and Dominion written by Anthony Needham and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-26 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Developing a Spiritual Warfare Mentality in the Midst of the Valley

Download or read book Developing a Spiritual Warfare Mentality in the Midst of the Valley written by Stanley R. Saunders and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing a Spiritual Warfare Mentality in the Midst of the Valley is a revolutionary look at Spiritual Warfare from a practical point of view. This book is designed to challenge your thinking so that you can function accurately in the midst of any situation that life presents. Hidden in the midst of every valley is the purpose waiting to be discovered. When you learn to think differently, you will discover the wonderful treasure of purpose, which will ultimately bring fulfilment to your life. In this landmark work, Stanley Saunders uses the analogy of two valleys (valley of bad decision and valley of destiny) to stir change in the heart of people. Regardless of what valley you find yourself in this book teaches you how to respond so that you can find meaning and significance to life. Most people are tired of going through the same battles and struggles over and over. Therefore, its time to break that trend by applying the life-changing principles of Gods Word. Are you ready for victory in every area of your life?

Book Dominion

Download or read book Dominion written by C. Peter Wagner and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus has mandated his church to actively engage in transforming society on earth--"Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven." But when societal issues and problems loom large, it can seem an impossible task. Offering solid teachings on apostles and prophets, spiritual warfare, the church in the workplace, and much more, C. Peter Wagner shows readers just how kingdom action can change the world. With a sense of mission and urgency, Wagner explores the biblical roots of dominion theology, the views of great Christian thinkers through the ages, the ways Christians are working it out in their lives and on the job, and what each part can do when brought together through the operational power of the Holy Spirit.

Book The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century

Download or read book The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century written by Warren M. Billings and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original publication in 1975, The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century has become an important teaching tool and research volume. Warren Billings brings together more than 200 period documents, organized topically, with each chapter introduced by an interpretive essay. Topics include the settlement of Jamestown, the evolution of government and the structure of society, forced labor, the economy, Indian-Anglo relations, and Bacon's Rebellion. This revised, expanded, and updated edition adds approximately 30 additional documents, extending the chronological reach to 1700. Freshly rethought chapter introductions and suggested readings incorporate the vast scholarship of the past 30 years. New illustrations of seventeenth-century artifacts and buildings enrich the texts with recent archaeological findings. With these enhancements, and a full index, students, scholars, and those interested in early Virginia will find these documents even more enlightening.

Book Dominion over Wildlife

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  • Author : Stephen M. Vantassel
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2009-04-01
  • ISBN : 1621892166
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book Dominion over Wildlife written by Stephen M. Vantassel and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries Christians believed that God granted humanity dominion over the animal kingdom, meaning that we had a moral right to kill, manage, and eat animals including wildlife. Recently, however, environmental and animal rights activists have assaulted this traditional perspective. They argue that dominion as expressed in meat eating and hunting has resulted in species extinction and environmental degradation. Christian Animal Rights (CAR) activists suggest that the church must reevaluate its traditional beliefs in light of the fact that God's original creation was free of human on animal violence. God, they argue, did not want man's dominion to be expressed through trapping, killing, and eating of animals. These violent activities only came about after the Fall, as God condescended to our hardness of heart. CAR activists point to Christ's sacrificial work of reconciliation as a model for modern Christian behavior: as Christ sacrificed for us, we should avoid eating meat and hunting as ways we can participate in Christ's non-violent work of reconciling creation to himself. In this book, Stephen Vantassel investigates the biblical, ethical, and scientific arguments employed by the CAR movement concerning human-wildlife relations. In this regard, the book engages in practical theology by addressing several important questions: How should Christians treat our wildlife neighbors? Has the Church been wrong in its understanding of human dominion? Does God want Christians to avoid hunting, trapping, fishing, and adopt a vegetarian lifestyle? This book provides answers to these questions by detailing a theology the author calls, "Shepherdism."

Book Dominion and Dynasty

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  • Author : Stephen G. Dempster
  • Publisher : InterVarsity Press
  • Release : 2013-12-10
  • ISBN : 0830896856
  • Pages : 273 pages

Download or read book Dominion and Dynasty written by Stephen G. Dempster and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a literary approach to the Old Testament in this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Stephen G. Dempster traces the story of Israel through its family lines and locales—and reflects on its meaning for New Testament revelation.

Book Darkest Heart

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  • Author : Juliette Cross
  • Publisher : Entangled: Amara
  • Release : 2018-08-20
  • ISBN : 1640636234
  • Pages : 315 pages

Download or read book Darkest Heart written by Juliette Cross and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anya—a stoic, blue-winged angelic warrior—was bitten by a demon prince in battle, and now she has precious little time to find a cure for his deadly venom. But the only archangel with the power to stop the dark poison from corrupting her body and soul is missing. She’ll have to trust her guide, the outcast high demon Dommiel, who is as handsome as he is dangerous if she has any hope. An outcast of his own kind, high demon Dommiel stays under cover while the war between angels and demons rages on. When the only person who ever showed him kindness asks for his help, he has no choice but to try to save the angel. Venturing back into the dens he has avoided for so long, Anya makes him want and feel things he never thought possible. But Dommiel knows there is no way an angel can ever love a demon... Each book in the Dominion series is STANDALONE: * The Deepest Well (prequel) * Darkest Heart * Hardest Fall * Coldest Fire

Book African Dominion

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  • Author : Michael A. Gomez
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2018-01-01
  • ISBN : 1400888166
  • Pages : 521 pages

Download or read book African Dominion written by Michael A. Gomez and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking history that puts early and medieval West Africa in a global context Pick up almost any book on early and medieval world history and empire, and where do you find West Africa? On the periphery. This pioneering book, the first on this period of the region’s history in a generation, tells a different story. Interweaving political and social history and drawing on a rich array of sources, including Arabic manuscripts, oral histories, and recent archaeological findings, Michael Gomez unveils a new vision of how categories of ethnicity, race, gender, and caste emerged in Africa and in global history more generally. Scholars have long held that such distinctions arose during the colonial period, but Gomez shows they developed much earlier. Focusing on the Savannah and Sahel region, Gomez traces the exchange of ideas and influences with North Africa and the Central Islamic Lands by way of merchants, scholars, and pilgrims. Islam’s growth in West Africa, in tandem with intensifying commerce that included slaves, resulted in a series of political experiments unique to the region, culminating in the rise of empire. A major preoccupation was the question of who could be legally enslaved, which together with other factors led to the construction of new ideas about ethnicity, race, gender, and caste—long before colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade. Telling a radically new story about early Africa in global history, African Dominion is set to be the standard work on the subject for many years to come.

Book Imaging God

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  • Author : Douglas John Hall
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2004-03-14
  • ISBN : 1592445802
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book Imaging God written by Douglas John Hall and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-03-14 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deterioration of our natural environment under the impact of a rampant technological society is one of the major crises of our time. For many analysts, a primary cause of this crisis is the influence on Western culture of the Judaeo-Christian concept of the human being as having dominion over the rest of creation. In this book, Douglas John Hall does not attempt to exonerate historical Christianity from that charge. But, he argues, confession alone is not enough. The crisis of nature forces us to rethink our whole understanding of the relation between humanity and nature - an understanding that is based on the concept that human beings are created in the image of God ('imago Dei'). Hall carefully examines the biblical, historical, and theological meanings of this term, which, more than any other biblical expression, became Christianity's symbolic way of designating the essence of the human. Hall argues that the image of God is not an endowment - it is not something that human beings have; rather, it is a quality that pertains to our relationship with God. We should think of 'imago' as a verb, not a noun, he says. The human vocation within the created order is to image the Creator. When this is applied in a consistent and serious way, the idea of human dominion over all of nature must be radically reinterpreted. Taking the Lordship of Jesus as an authentic model for understanding our human relation to the natural order means that dominion is expressed not as mastery but as service - sacrificial service of the others with and for whom one is responsible. Thus the concept of dominion as stewardship eschews any idea of ownership or superiority in relation to nature, yet assumes a special accountability for its welfare. A provocative and original work, Hall's book retains the biblical centrality of 'homo sapiens' while at the same time raising both nature and God to a new kind of prominence in the dialogue that is life.

Book Dominion  Fall of the House of Saul

Download or read book Dominion Fall of the House of Saul written by Barron Bell and published by . This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the brink of war, a royal family is in crisis. A King who has lost the favor of his Deity and of his people, a son seeking his father's approval, a daughter longing for a purpose beyond being a pampered princess, and a Queen struggling behind the scenes to keep the Kingdom together.DOMINION is a sci-fantasy space opera inspired by the book of 1 Samuel in the Bible, created by artist, writer, and college professor, Dr. Barron R. Bell. Star Wars meets Narnia is this timeless story of war and family reimagined for a new generation!DOMINION: Fall of the House of Saul VOLUME 1 includes the first three chapters of the DOMINION saga as well as galactic maps, biblical study guides, and exciting behind-the-scenes bonus material, together for the first time in this beautiful first edition trade paperback!

Book Rediscovering the Kingdom Expanded Edition

Download or read book Rediscovering the Kingdom Expanded Edition written by Myles Munroe and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When governments collapse, human philosophies fail and your life is crashing down around you, Rediscovering the Kingdom will become your guide through the treacherous storms of the 21st century. All of the past ideologies have failed—humanism, communism, totalitarianism, fascism, socialism and even democracy. This is a philosophy, an ideology that will not fail, for it was bore in the heart of God Himself. As Dr. Munroe unveils the reality and the power of the Kingdom of God, you will be challenged to the core of your religious soul as you discover realities that few have seen, let alone talked about. Rediscovering the Kingdom will defy almost every concept you have about religion as it shifts the focus away from religion towards the ultimate issue—the Kingdom of God. In this book you will discover: • The keys that make the Kingdom function in your life. • Why religion cannot solve your problems. • Why governments and world leaders continue to fail us. • Why religion can never fulfill your deepest desire. • Why power is the pursuit of all mankind. • The present and future reality of the Kingdom among us. • The original message and purpose of Jesus.

Book Take Dominion

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  • Author : Bob Weiner
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2013-05-30
  • ISBN : 9780938558354
  • Pages : 250 pages

Download or read book Take Dominion written by Bob Weiner and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back by popular demand, Take Dominion records the first two decades of Bob’s faith-filled adventures that will build your faith and encourage you to rise up in the power of the Spirit and in the name of the Lord Jesus “take dominion” for His glory. God has given His people dominion over this planet and He expects us to win others to Jesus and work to see His goodness and righteousness established on earth! To this end Jesus asked us to pray, “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Bob Weiner believes that God has mandated us not only to bring salvation to the lost but to change the world for the better.Jesus commissioned His followers to “make disciples of all nations, teaching all nations to observe His teachings. In Take Dominion, Bob calls upon Christians to exercise the dominion Christ gave every believer. Through compelling personal anecdotes Bob testifies to the reality of God’s power and the extent of His rule over the earth today. God equips every believer with unlimited resources for sharing and fulfilling Jesus’ vision of life and liberty for the world.

Book Dominion of the Eth

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  • Author : J. C. Owens
  • Publisher : Etopia Press
  • Release : 2011-10-07
  • ISBN : 1936751704
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Dominion of the Eth written by J. C. Owens and published by Etopia Press. This book was released on 2011-10-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collar would stay, for Rylis would never free Tamrin... Childhood memories of the Eth did no justice to what Rylis Tanyan would encounter in the depths of the Teeathun forest. But what he had treasured before had betrayed him, and now he must fight to escape the confines of the forest and his feelings for Tamrin, the Eth whom he'd loved long ago...