A Faraway Ancient Country
A Faraway Ancient Country

Author: Emissary

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2007-08-07

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0615158013

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What happens when a Protestant Fundamentalist becomes a Roman Catholic? Share one woman's journey into the land of mystics and scholars, and learn Catholicism from a Biblical perspective using the King James 1611 Bible. Employing humanity, humor and wit, this marriage of creative and analytical writing is also the fruition of four years of research, 80 sources, 190 Biblical passages, and the efforts of three theologians, each with a Master's Degree in Divinity. Readers experience Catholicism through songs, prayers, poetry, and descriptions of celebrations as well as face the bigotry and malice often directed at Catholics. A Faraway Ancient Country offers an intimate look at faith and challenges spiritual growth.

Stories from an Ancient Land
Stories from an Ancient Land

Author: Magnus Fiskesjö

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2021-08-13

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1789208882

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The Emperor Far Away
The Emperor Far Away

Author: David Eimer

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 140881322X

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Far from the glittering cities of Beijing and Shanghai, China's borderlands are populated by around one hundred million people who are not Han Chinese. For many of these restive minorities, the old Chinese adage 'the mountains are high and the Emperor far away', meaning Beijing's grip on power is tenuous and its influence unwelcome, continues to resonate. Travelling through China's most distant and unknown reaches, David Eimer explores the increasingly tense relationship between the Han Chinese and the ethnic minorities. Deconstructing the myths represented by Beijing, Eimer reveals a shocking and fascinating picture of a China that is more of an empire than a country.

History, justice, and the agency of God [electronic resource]
History, justice, and the agency of God [electronic resource]

Author: Christoph O. Schroeder

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9789004119918

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Arguing for the realistic dimension of the biblical claim that God acts in history, this volume provides a new interpretation of Isaiah's prophetic commission in Isa 6:9-10 and of the psalmist's change of mood in Psalms 3, 6, and 7.

Blessings and Curses in the Midst of the Land
Blessings and Curses in the Midst of the Land

Author: Roberta Wright

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2013-11-29

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1490717986

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Samuel Wesley Gathing: A Closer Look is the moving true story of Sam and Beatrice Gathing and the struggles they faced rearing their fourteen children during the era of the Jim Crow laws. These laws meant that both society and the system enforced the damaging view that their children were just stupid black kids. In this climate of institutionalized discrimination, Sam had to maneuver his way through a massive minefield of irrational hatred intended to destroy him and his family. Sam and Beatrice began their life together in December 1929, in Desoto County, Mississippi, taking the gift of a mule named Rock and a big red cow to start their farm. Over the years, as their family expanded, so did the land that they farmed. Sam learned to live by the rules of the day but was always a true leader to both his family and to his friends. Through all the challenges that Sam encountered, his faith in God never waveredhe believed that the truth could be found in Gods words and actions, not in the laws that were meant to harm him and his people.

The Gear of Sinful Life
The Gear of Sinful Life

Author: Zhen ZuiJiangNan

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2019-12-22

Total Pages: 908

ISBN-13: 1647871786

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There were many countries in the Twin Moon Continent, and each country had their own Immortals. There were three thousand worlds in the ten-sided universe. On the night of Seven Stars, the successor of the Ancient Tomb Sect, Huang Xiao, accidentally broke through the Domain Gate at Wu Mountain and teleported from Earth to Twin Moon Continent. He discovered that the Cultivation Methods here was very different from the Earth. In order to return to Earth, Huang Xiao exhausted all means available to him. From then on, he went through a cycle of reincarnation.Huang Xiao had the unique Earth Elementalist Body Refining Stage System, which was able to shake the world on Twin Moon Continent. In the pre-Qin cultivation Body Refining Stage system, the human body was a great treasure, and one's entire life would be filled with a sea of suffering. In the sea of suffering, there was a Fate Plate, and within it flowed the Spring of Life. However, the other side was only the first step in the development of his own treasure.

China’s Footprint in East Africa
China’s Footprint in East Africa

Author: Bob Wekesa

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-10-22

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9819952654

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Based on an extensive literature review, in-depth interviews, fieldwork, and anecdotal evidence, this text examines China’s engagement with East Africa (notably Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) and considers these relationships through the lens of history, diplomacy, education, trade, media, cultural exchanges, and infrastructure. It probes the sentiments of pessimism, optimism, and pragmatism to explore perceptions about China in East Africa Africa. China’s ancient connection to the East African coast, as well as other incidents of contact in the past, are analyzed from the viewpoint of the deployment of Chinese soft power capital in current times. The book notably examines the significant role China is playing in the construction of new infrastructure and housing throughout East Africa and addresses China’s involvement in the natural resources sector and the political debate surrounding the construction of gas and oil pipelines, its investment in the tourism sector, in the news media and information and communication technology sectors as well as in educational and cultural programs.

Dark Redemption
Dark Redemption

Author: Aja James

Publisher: Aja James

Published: 2021-12-25

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1980818320

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All his existence, he’s fought for the wrong side… Born and trained to be the most fearsome Dark warrior the immortal races had ever seen, Enlil of Anatolia had only ever known ruthlessness, brutality and rigid control. He was a weapon used by others, his life never his own. Until he spits in the eye of Fate… No longer able to abide by the atrocities he witnessed and engendered, he severs all ties to the past, risking his own life and sanity, and awakens a nameless man without memory. And is taken in by a human woman in search of her own Destiny… Raised in an orphanage, Clara Scott has always wanted a family of her own. Full of love, life and hope, she adopts a lost little girl and befriends a homeless man. In his eyes, she sees endless darkness and pain. But through his actions, she sees a strong, noble, imperfect, yet beautiful spirit— She sees a soul worth redeeming.

Life's Wonders
Life's Wonders

Author: Perry L. Westmoreland

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2019-12-09

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1644268345

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Life’s Wonders By: Perry L. Westmoreland A basic human’s personal need is to live a full life, and that desire includes many diverse things that we take for granted. Such essentials include having access to clean water and fresh air, having ample food and sleep, being sheltered in a pleasant environment, and having ready access to medical facilities. While our personal habits have a lot to do with how we live, our major personal choices decide how we live, how our lives play out, and what access we have to the things that matter. It has to do with what we want to achieve that we often do not clearly address. This book describes some major historical events. While those events covered perilous times, we are again facing similar events that in many ways mirror the past.