Download or read book From Virile Woman to WomanChrist written by Barbara Newman and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did hagiographers of the late Middle Ages praise mothers for abandoning small children? How did a group of female mystics come to define themselves as "apostles to the dead" and end by challenging God's right to damn? Why did certain heretics around 1300 venerate a woman as the Holy Spirit incarnate and another as the Angelic Pope? In From Virile Woman to WomanChrist, Barbara Newman asks these and other questions to trace a gradual and ambiguous transition in the gender strategies of medieval religious women. An egalitarian strain in early Christianity affirmed that once she asserted her commitment to Christ through a vow of chastity, monastic profession, or renunciation of family ties, a woman could become "virile," or equal to a man. While the ideal of the "virile woman" never disappeared, another ideal slowly evolved in medieval Christianity. By virtue of some gender-related trait—spotless virginity, erotic passion, the capacity for intense suffering, the ability to imagine a feminine aspect of the Godhead—a devout woman could be not only equal, but superior to men; without becoming male, she could become a "womanChrist," imitating and representing Christ in uniquely feminine ways. Rooted in women's concrete aspirations and sufferings, Newman's "womanChrist" model straddles the bounds of orthodoxy and heresy to illuminate the farther reaches of female religious behavior in the Middle Ages. From Virile Woman to WomanChrist will generate compelling discussion in the fields of medieval literature and history, history of religion, theology, and women's studies.

Download or read book The Book of Dreams written by Nina George and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warm, wise, and magical—the latest novel by the bestselling author of THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP and THE LITTLE FRENCH BISTRO is an astonishing exploration of the thresholds between life and death Henri Skinner is a hardened ex-war reporter on the run from his past. On his way to see his son, Sam, for the first time in years, Henri steps into the road without looking and collides with oncoming traffic. He is rushed to a nearby hospital where he floats, comatose, between dreams, reliving the fairytales of his childhood and the secrets that made him run away in the first place. After the accident, Sam—a thirteen-year old synesthete with an IQ of 144 and an appetite for science fiction—waits by his father’s bedside every day. There he meets Eddie Tomlin, a woman forced to confront her love for Henri after all these years, and twelve-year old Madelyn Zeidler, a coma patient like Henri and the sole survivor of a traffic accident that killed her family. As these four very different individuals fight—for hope, for patience, for life—they are bound together inextricably, facing the ravages of loss and first love side by side. A revelatory, urgently human story that examines what we consider serious and painful alongside light and whimsy, THE BOOK OF DREAMS is a tender meditation on memory, liminality, and empathy, asking with grace and gravitas what we will truly find meaningful in our lives once we are gone.

Download or read book The Kitchen written by Arnold Wesker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arnold Wesker's perennially popular play The Kitchen will be revived at the National Theatre in October 2011.Set in the basement kitchen of a large restaurant, thirty chefs, waitresses, and kitchen porters, slowly begin the day preparing to serve lunch. The central story tells of a frustrated love affair between a high-spirited, young, German chef, Peter, and a married English waitress, Monique.

Download or read book Take My Heart written by Dr. Sharon Campbell-Phillips and published by Pencil. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a fiction romance novel that tells a beautiful love story. This is a detailed story of the life of Samantha Walters, who was raised in the community of Sedgewick as she goes about the day to daydream and makes it big in the modeling world, she befriends a young woman in a higher grade by the name of Raylene Kendall and with that, she was thought from a young what to expect in the world of modeling, though she had constant doubts about her skin color, her parents had always instilled her with more values to cherish the skin that she’s in. She grows up later in life to become an accountant working under Ms. Olivia Darrows who had observed her intelligence, her wit, and her consistency in getting the work done.

Download or read book The Black Company written by Glen Cook and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1992-03-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy-roman.

Download or read book Swearing A Cross Cultural Linguistic Study written by M. Ljung and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides a definition and a typology of swearing and compares its manifestations in English and 24 other languages. In addition the study traces the history of swearing from its first known appearance in Ancient Egypt to the present day.

Download or read book Wesker s Social Plays written by Arnold Wesker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the plays The Kitchen, The Rocking Horse Kid, Denial and When God Wanted a Son This volume of Oberon Books' Wesker series includes the author's most performed work The Kitchen (1957) produced in sixty cities from Rio de Janeiro to Tokyo, from Paris to Moscow, from Montreal to Zurich. This volume also contains Wesker's latest play The Rocking Horse Kid, about a black boy who wants to go round the world on a horse; the magical play for children Voices on the Wind and one of his most controversial plays Denial about 'the false memory syndrome' declared by an irate French critic of the Paris production '...a dangerous play.Wesker is a dangerous playwright.' He has also been described as 'a melancholy optimist' as evidenced by another of the plays in thisvolume When God Wanted a Son which explores the possibility that anti-Semitism like stupidity is in the bloodstream of human nature and here to stay. Few playwrights dare be as politically incorrect as Wesker.

Download or read book Chosen written by Jacob Oritt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After we had selected the heroes and the villains, decided what powers to give them over several cups of Heavenly coffee that tastes remarkably like Starbucks, we figured that we should power them all up at the exact same time, for maximum fairness. That date was Saturday, October 4th, at midnight. As it turned out, all we were really doing was turning Salt Lake City, Utah into a powder keg. The spark that blew everything to hell? Her name was Amanda.

Download or read book Zero Chance written by Jason; JM; Anthus Williams and published by Author House. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When religion and family turn on you, what is left? This is the amazing story of a young man willing to do whatever is necessary to maintain a relationship with his children. After growing up in a polygamist family and life-style, Jason Williams is given zero chance for salvation from the leaders of the FLDS. His wife and children are kidnapped from him and he is instructed to have nothing to do with them. Instead of giving in, read the true story of how Jason took on the FLDS leaders and saved his children.

Download or read book American Folktales From the Collections of the Library of Congress written by Carl Lindahl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume collection of folktales represents some of the finest examples of American oral tradition. Drawn from the largest archive of American folk culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, this set comprises magic tales, legends, jokes, tall tales and personal narratives, many of which have never been transcribed before, much less published, in a sweeping survey. Eminent folklorist and award-winning author Carl Lindahl selected and transcribed over 200 recording sessions - many from the 1920s and 1930s - that span the 20th century, including recent material drawn from the September 11 Project. Included in this varied collection are over 200 tales organized in chapters by storyteller, tale type or region, and representing diverse American cultures, from Appalachia and the Midwest to Native American and Latino traditions. Each chapter begins by discussing the storytellers and their oral traditions before presenting and introducing each tale, making this collection accessible to high school students, general readers or scholars.

Download or read book Diary of the Mission written by James Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Maidens written by Michael Ball and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story based around a womens refuge, where the new found support of the handyman, (Martin Ambassador) eventually gives retribution to some of their oppressors. At first unknowing of his affiliation, later to become apparent to some in desperate need from persecution. Charting the tale through various inmates and escapades that ultimately lead to Martin finding love within those walls, later leading to criminality and conflict in trying to save his loved one.

Download or read book Diary Spiritual and Earthly of James Johnston written by James Johnstoun and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Second Coming of Christ written by Ernest Johnson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-19 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second Coming of Christ by Ernest Johnson America in Prophecy Rapture Signs of the Times Hatred America in Prophecy America is in directly mentioned in prophecy contrary to modern Christian dogma. This is what you dont know America has the weaponry to boom boom the world back to Stone Age. The Christian Rapture will leave America powerless. America will rise, America will challenge, America will face Jehovah then America will bravely fight and die. Rapture The Rapture will leave dead bodies by the billions throughout the plain. Souls will be snatched up or caught up. This perspective is also contrary to Christian dogma (Tenets). Lets take a stroll through the sculptures and reevaluate this issue. This chapter is scripturally infested. Signs of the Times. Signs of the Times include: cold love, lawlessness, birth pangs, warring nations, Apostate Church and a demonic world, a world that is twisted, upside down and backwards. The Kingdom came and was established 2000 years ago. Now we are at the times of the end. Hatred. Hell itself has made its abode in each Soul. Hatred is second nature to us all. Hatred is Satans dying love for us monkey humans. He also twistedly believe that God also hated us. Truly Hell is vibrations or hate will spark heavens wrath and the earth will become the receptor of all hateful vibrations from hell, man and God. Faith is insane asylum of the galaxy.

Download or read book Promise Me Eternity written by Ishleen Singh and published by Ishleen Singh. This book was released on with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world taught to survive off the basis of a book, a girl makes promises she can’t keep. Most of all, to herself. Leanna Smith thought that she’d have it all by now—her freedom, her old life, and her current relationships. She thought she’d escape Herinfalls by the time she was eligible to leave the treacherous town... Only it turns out that the world wants her to pay for her sins before she makes it to the age of eighteen. Now, with extraordinary powers, Leanna isn’t sure which direction her freedom is, or if it’s even in the cards for her anymore. After fearing fire for all her life, Leanna isn’t sure how much more heat her body could handle before it perishes within the flames. With past relationships coming to haunt her present, Leanna knows one thing for certain: her super capabilities have become a part of her. It has become both a gift and a curse. Her strength and her weakness. Her only choice now? Survive and survive, without losing herself in the process. Survive, until she can promise herself a life of living. A life worth living, with the people she loves. __________________________ Disclaimer: This book includes intense action, violence, slight gore, and scenes containing religious trauma as well as mental health topics such as panic attacks, PTSD, depression, anxiety, etc. Please read with caution.

Download or read book Nefesh HaTzimtzum Volume 2 written by Avinoam Fraenkel and published by Urim Publications. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nefesh HaTzimtzum provides the single most comprehensive and accessible presentation of the teachings and worldview of the Vilna Gaon's primary student, Rabbi Chaim Volozhin. It is focused on Rabbi Chaim's magnum opus, Nefesh HaChaim, a work that has lain in almost total obscurity for nearly two centuries due to its deep Kabbalistic subject matter. Nefesh HaTzimtzum opens up the real depth of the ideas presented in Nefesh HaChaim together with all of Rabbi Chaim's related writings, making them accessible to the public for the first time in any language. In addition to the complete English translation of Nefesh HaChaim, Nefesh HaTzimtzum includes the full Hebrew text of Nefesh HaChaim and many other writings by Rabbi Chaim (with correspondingly hyperlinked English and Hebrew texts), along with in-depth explanations, an informative historical overview, an easily consumable innovative presentation layout and a full index. After centuries of confusion, extensive clarification is provided of the central Kabbalistic concept of Tzimtzum, or the secret of how an infinite God occupies a finite world. Most importantly, it unequivocally demonstrates that the key Kabbalists, including the Vilna Gaon, Rabbi Chaim Volozhin and the Baal HaTanya, all unanimously agreed on the underlying principles of the concept of Tzimtzum and that contrary to widespread historical misunderstanding, there was no fundamental dispute about the philosophical principles of Judaism between the Hasidim and the Mitnagdim. Based on this Nefesh HaTzimtzum shows that both Nefesh HaChaim and Sefer HaTanya present the same methodology for serving God which is rooted in their identical understanding of the concept of Tzimtzum. Nefesh HaTzimtzum is published in two volumes which are sold separately. This companion volume presents a number of important concepts, including the concept of Tzimtzum, which together enable the true depth of Nefesh HaChaim to be understood. It also adds valuable insight by providing the translation of all of Rabbi Chaim Volozhin's published writings which are related to Nefesh HaChaim. Additional related writings are also included together with detailed outlines and a full index for both volumes.

Download or read book Inevitable Uncertainty written by Isaac Hill Sr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the worst yet to come, or will there be a darkness that precedes the dawn as everyone awaits the last days? And can it be possible that the last days are the new beginning of what is truly marvelous and worth every struggle, both real and imaginary? This matter of inevitable uncertainty is a lifelong challenge that will not yield to the intentions of the best plans. One must endure its magnitude with boldness and faith that is nurtured in the mind and deposited into the heart, where every beat pounds it into submission to indomitable will, lest despair direct one to an insignifi cant fate. I believe! One must proclaim, and then prophesy to the horizon whether it forebodes malady or casts a sweet allurement. I will! One must proclaim in spite of dissenters who prove to be great fair weather company along for the ride. And one must pray that one will survive through the foolish measures of their own unbridled bravery, while the course through the unknown looms as an undefeatable giant. No time is wasted, for every step forward is progress and every resting place is a recharge, every fall is a chance to rise again. Surely the demons will howl when the moon rises and the day vultures will soar in the midst of the trial, which hardens your resolve, and you shall laugh when your victory shuts their mouths. And those who laugh last, laughs best.