Download or read book Master and Disciple written by Abdellah Hammoudi and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the postcolonial era, Arab societies have been ruled by a variety of authoritarian regimes. Focusing on his native Morocco, Abdellah Hammoudi explores the ideological and cultural foundations of this persistent authoritarianism. Building on the work of Foucault, Hammoudi argues that at the heart of Moroccan culture lies a paradigm of authority that juxtaposes absolute authority against absolute submission. Rooted in Islamic mysticism, this paradigm can be observed in the drama of mystic initiation, with its fundamental dialectic between Master and Disciple; in conflict with other cultural forms, and reelaborated in colonial and postcolonial circumstances, it informs all major aspects of Moroccan personal, political, and gender relations. Its influence is so pervasive and so firmly embedded that it ultimately legitimizes the authoritarian structure of power. Hammoudi contends that as long as the Master-Disciple dialectic remains the dominant paradigm of power relations, male authoritarianism will prevail as the dominant political form. "Connecting political domination to gift exchange, ritual initiation, social loyalty, and gender reversals, Master and Disciple is nothing less than a thoroughgoing revision of our understanding of authoritarian rule in Morocco and in the Arab world in general."—Clifford Geertz, Institute for Advanced Study

Download or read book The Duke and the Disciple written by Sarah M Cradit and published by Sarah M. Cradit. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's eager for every lesson he teaches. Escape into this tempting tale of a reserved scholar and the young, enthusiastic disciple ready to learn everything he has to offer. Aesylt watched her father and brother, along with half their village, massacred by the vengeful king when she was only eight. This violence thrust her into the role of leading their people through the aftermath, until her other brother suddenly returns a decade later to resume the mantle of stewardship, leaving her without a purpose. But then another man enters her life: Duke Rahn Tindahl, a reserved scholar from the king's court who has traveled to their village to help with the ambitious task of creating the first encyclopedia of their kingdom. By the light of an evening fire, Rahn asks Aesylt to be his disciple. With stars in her eyes, she eagerly accepts. Together, they chart the celestial skies, finding shared passion in studying, learning, and friendship. But when their curriculum shifts to a more intimate subject, it shakes the foundation of everything they've built. Determined to forge a path as a scholar, there's nothing Aesylt won't do in the name of their research. Rahn, however, knows there are some boundaries they should never cross. Then Aesylt is publicly accused of using dark magic, and a violent coup forces them to flee to another village, conveniently affording them all the privacy they need. For the science, they whisper, as their illicit research escalates, as they risk everything. Because the forbidden feelings they've been secretly battling have been waiting for just such an opportunity. And not all boxes, once opened, can be closed again. The Duke and the Disciple is an age gap, teacher/student fantasy romance set in the Kingdom of the White Sea Universe, featuring characters first introduced in The Claw and the Crowned. It is the second story in the Sceptre Cycle of The Book of All Things. The final novel in the trilogy is The Tempest and the Tides. The Book of All Things is a series of fantasy romance tales set in the vibrant, epic world first introduced by USA Today Bestselling Author Sarah M. Cradit in the Kingdom of the White Sea trilogy. For content advisories, please visit sarahmcradit.com.

Download or read book The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple written by Richard Bauckham and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading New Testament scholar explores key issues in the Gospel of John.

Download or read book The Duke and the Disciple written by Sarah M. Cradit and published by Sarah M. Cradit. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s eager for every lesson he teaches. Escape into this tempting tale of a reserved scholar and the young, enthusiastic disciple ready to learn everything he has to offer. Aesylt watched her father and brother, along with half their village, massacred by the vengeful king when she was only eight. This violence thrust her into the role of leading their people through the aftermath, until her other brother suddenly returns a decade later to resume the mantle of stewardship, leaving her without a purpose. But then another man enters her life: Duke Rahn Tindahl, a reserved scholar from the king’s court who has traveled to their village to help with the ambitious task of creating the first encyclopedia of their kingdom. By the light of an evening fire, Rahn asks Aesylt to be his disciple. With stars in her eyes, she eagerly accepts. Together, they chart the celestial skies, finding shared passion in studying, learning, and friendship. But when their curriculum shifts to a more intimate subject, it shakes the foundation of everything they’ve built. Determined to forge a path as a scholar, there’s nothing Aesylt won’t do in the name of their research. Rahn, however, knows there are some boundaries they should never cross. Then Aesylt is publicly accused of using dark magic, and a violent coup forces them to flee to another village, conveniently affording them all the privacy they need. For the science, they whisper, as their illicit research escalates, as they risk everything. Because the forbidden feelings they’ve been secretly battling have been waiting for just such an opportunity. And not all boxes, once opened, can be closed again. The Duke and the Disciple is an age gap, teacher/student fantasy romance set in the Kingdom of the White Sea Universe, featuring characters first introduced in The Claw and the Crowned. It is the second story in the Sceptre Cycle of The Book of All Things. The final novel in the trilogy is The Tempest and the Tides. The Book of All Things is a series of fantasy romance tales set in the vibrant, epic world first introduced by USA Today Bestselling Author Sarah M. Cradit in the Kingdom of the White Sea trilogy. For content advisories, please visit sarahmcradit.com.

Download or read book The Claw and the Crowned written by Sarah M. Cradit and published by Storyville Press. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freedom is her desire. Vengeance is his price. Slip into this scintillating tale of a young royal whose loyalty is torn between the prince she was sold to and the tempestuous knight determined to ruin her. Imryll is unfit to be a princess. Everyone has always told her so. So when the king stuns everyone by crowning her the prince’s consort, her life is completely upended, crushing any lingering dreams of a future away from the suffocating Rhiagain court. Still reeling from the news, she meets Drazhan, the formidable, mercurial knight who wins the right to be her personal guard. But when he defiantly refuses any show of respect, a dangerous spark ignites between them, one she doesn’t know how to extinguish. Worse, she’s not sure she wants to. The dark knight’s licentious midnight whispers linger over her, commands she feels inexplicably called to obey. His dangerous promises spread their tendrils over her desperate, failed attempts to embrace life with the prince, her childhood best friend. They take her apart and put her back together, piece by agonizing piece. Yet she can’t shake the sense Drazhan is hiding something important. He refuses to explain why he surrendered a life of privilege to become her guard. The roaring vengeance burning in his heart, scorching him from the inside out, is a painful mystery Imryll can’t solve. But she will. Because Drazhan’s revenge doesn’t just start with Imryll. It ends with her. __ The Claw and the Crowned is an electric enemies to lovers fantasy romance set in the Kingdom of the White Sea Universe, with hints of Hades and Persephone. It is the first story in the Sceptre Cycle of The Book of All Things. The next two novels in the trilogy, The Duke and the Disciple and The Tempest and the Tides, feature characters introduced in this novel. The Book of All Things is a series of fantasy romance tales set in the vibrant, epic world first introduced by USA Today Bestselling Author Sarah M. Cradit in the Kingdom of the White Sea trilogy. For content advisories visit sarahmcradit.com.

Download or read book God So Loved the World written by Jonathan R. Wilson and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how Jesus Christ demonstrates the love of God in the stories, images, and practices of the New Testament.

Download or read book The Christian Disciple written by and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Making Disciples Mentor Guide written by William H. Willimon and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Disciples is a 13-session mentor-based confirmation program that pairs confirmands with adult mentors and guides them through a variety of learning experiences that will strengthen the student's understanding of the faith while connecting him or her with the community of believers in a personal way. It can be used as a stand-alone program, or in conjunction with your current curriculum as a special experiential unit. This is a confirmation program that is more like a process and less like a reading assignment, more engaging and congruent with the nature of the Christian faith than existing programs. Using an “apprenticeship” approach to confirmation Will Willimon produced a series of learning experiences where adult mentors and confirmands are both teachers and learners at the same time. This time-tested approach has been extensively revised and updated for usage in today’s churches that take seriously Christ’s command to be engaged in disciple making The bulk of the Mentor Guide is exactly the same as the Confirmand's Journal. You are encouraged to work through the activities right along with the confirmands and to complete the activities and writing assignments just as he or she does. By working along with your confirmand you will demonstrate the need to keep learning and growing. Topics explore the basics of Christian faith: •God •Jesus •the Holy Spirit •worship •the Bible •gifts •ministry •baptism •spiritual life •death and resurrection •the church

Download or read book The Chinese Classics written by James Legge and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Chinese Classics written by and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Jesus Christ Our Lord written by C. Norman Kraus and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-08-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to readers' comments, this revised edition provides helpful clarifications, charts, and expanded notes and references. Kraus, in a theological description of Jesus Christ, offers answers to questions of Jesus' identity and the nature of the revelation-salvation which came through him. This anticipates his volume, 'God Our Savior', dealing with implications of Christ's revelation for other data of theology, such as God, humankind, the Holy Spirit, church, and eschatology. For many years the idea of vicarious suffering to atone for the sins of humanity has not been self-evident in Western culture, to say nothing of the cultures of Asia. Western theologians have presupposed Roman categories of guilt and legal penalty as the framework for their explanations. However, this has been unsatisfactory in cultures where social tradition and shame are primary moral sanctions. Observing that the biblical cultural context was more oriented to shame than to a legal concept of guilt, Kraus has reinterpreted the meaning and efficacy of the cross as the means of God's salvation. Such a reinterpretation requires that one also reevaluate the theological definition of Jesus' person. How one understands what he did for us is closely related to how one understands who he was. His identity and role mutually impact each other. Thus one must ask, Who was this one who reconciled us to God by suffering the shame of our sin? In answer, Kraus finds concepts of self-identity and self-revelation most helpful. Jesus, the self-revelation of God to us, is God-giving-himself-to-us. That self-revelation comes as a self-giving, and only in the form of a genuinely personal, historical, and human relationship. In all of this the author intends to present an authentically biblical picture of Jesus, but in the context of modern language and thought forms.

Download or read book The Life and Teachings of Confucius written by James Legge and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Raven and the Rush written by Sarah M Cradit and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One raven. One boy. One destiny. From the USA Today and International Bestselling Author of Kingdom of the White Sea comes a new series set in the same vibrant world: The Book of All Things. Escape into this story of destiny and forbidden love weaving together a fate bigger than man, bigger than magic. Evrathedyn Blackrook whiles his days away at university, blissfully oblivious to the horrors afflicting his homeland. He escapes into dusty books, content as a second son. Rhosynora Ravenwood spends her sleepless nights fantasizing of ways to escape her icy, suffocating dynasty. To flee her birthright is to invite a traitor's penance. To stay is another kind of death. But time and fate have a way of mending all mistakes. Evra soon finds himself the new Lord Blackrook. His inheritance is a plague-ridden land, the pyres from his late father's campaign against magic still smoldering. His realm's future in the balance, he travels beyond his borders to a remote northern hamlet, where he meets Rhosyn. The spark between them is immediate; the suspicion even stronger. In Rhosyn, Evra sees her rare magic as the perfect answer to his troubles. In Evra, Rhosyn sees everything wrong with the depraved world of men. But Evra is out of options. And Rhosyn is out of time. As they resist the undeniable, forbidden bond growing between them, Evra's dawning horror of Rhosyn's fate brings him to an impossible choice. His home, or her?

Download or read book The Demon Apostle written by R.A. Salvatore and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2002-02-05 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Salvatore’s strongest fantasy to date . . . [His] potent mixture of detailed historical context, wellrounded characters, brisk pacing, and exciting battle scenes make for a consuming read.”—Publishers Weekly With the demon dactyl and its foul minions defeated, the war-weary citizens of the kingdom of Honce-the-Bear wish only to begin rebuilding their broken lives. Yet the specter of civil war haunts the ravaged land—and a specter more fearsome still. For the demon, though defeated, was not destroyed. And now its vengeful spirit has found an unholy sanctuary. The elf-trained ranger Elbryan Wynden presses north to reclaim the savage Timberlands from retreating goblin hordes. His companion, Pony, mistress of gemstone magic, turns south to the civilized—but no less perilous— streets of Palmaris. Suddenly they find themselves caught up in a ruthless power struggle to decide the fate of all Corona—a struggle that will push their courage and love to the breaking point…and beyond. “Unforgettable . . . Another rousing and masterful DemonWars adventure . . . A must-read for all fans of Salvatore’s work.”—Realms of Fantasy

Download or read book The Life and Teachings of Confucius written by James Legge and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the disposition of a land's rulers to the behavior of its women, from the existence of God to the value of prayer, Confucius has been a powerful shaper of the moral life and political structures of Asian nations. This classic Western exploration of the philosopher's life and work includes a brief biography of the thinker; a history of his analects, or teachings, from their preservation in ancient China to their discovery by Europeans; and detailed explanations of the analects that reveal the depth and breadth of their wisdom. First published in 1867, this replica of the 1895 seventh edition remains a delightful little guide to the foundational beliefs of Eastern cultures. Scottish scholar JAMES LEGGE (1815-1897) was the first professor of Chinese language and literature at Oxford University, serving from 1876 to 1897. Among his many books are The Religions of China (1880) and the 50-volume Sacred Books of the East (1879-1891). _________________________________ ALSO FROM COSIMO: Legge's A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms

Download or read book Invitation to the Old Testament Participant Book written by Dr. James D. Tabor and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Old Testament's story of God and God's calling of the people of Israel through the many "voices" of the biblical text. Hear the magnificence of a Creation hymn, discover the law and wisdom teachings, listen to the warning of the prophets and explore the poetry of the Song of Solomon. In the two weekly video segments, first gain insight from biblical scholars and then take a visual tour of archaeological sites, ancient artifacts, and other physical remains, related to and illuminating scripture and events. Ideal experience for adults who are interested in the practice of prayer and worship and would like to connect prayer practice with Scripture. The study is accessible for adults with little prior Bible experience. Participants gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Old Testament as an integral part of the Christian Bible and a renewed discovery of our identity in God and God's vision for all things. This eight-week study includes a participant book outlining daily reading assignments for group preparations, a leader guide suggesting discussion activities for use in the 60–90-minute weekly meeting, and a video component providing interpretation and context for the biblical texts. Sessions: The Making of the Hebrew Bible The Creation Story of Israel Out of Bondage Promise and Problem in the Land Israel Has a King Division and the Rise of Prophecy Exile and Response Restoration and Renewal

Download or read book The Christian Disciple and Theological Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: