Read and Download eBook Full
Author: Dean Miller
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-08-01
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 1627126864
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn about the ethereal, the other-worldly, and the unknown of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in this fascinating look at the supernatural in the modern world.
Author: Linda Woodhead
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 0199687749
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a short, accessible analysis of Christianity that focuses on its social and cultural diversity as well as its historical dimensions.
Author: Philip Melanchthon
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 0557008247
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dean Miller
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-08-01
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 1627126759
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFind a path to the future as you discover the great traditions of fortune telling of the past.
Author: Dean Miller
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-08-01
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 162712683X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn about the beliefs and folklore of death, the apocalypse, and the afterlife of societies around the globe, including articles on heaven and hell, our fascination with the dead, the quest for immortality, and so much more.
Author: Dean Miller
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-08-01
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 1627126805
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn about the folklore and beliefs associated with natural rites around the world in this richly illustrated text.
Author: Douglas E. Thomas
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2015-05-21
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 078649607X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfrican traditional religion encompasses a variety of non-dogmatic, spiritual practices followed by millions around the world. Some scholars argue it is related to the Nubian religion of Egypt's Dynastic Period. In an expanded second edition, this book examines the nature of African traditional religion and describes common attributes of various cultural belief systems, with an emphasis on West Africa. Principal elements studied include sacrifice, salvation and culture, modes of revelation, divination, and African resilience in the face of invasion and colonization. The religious experiences of black people throughout the Americas are also covered. The author finds the cosmology, symbolism and rituals of the Yoruba culture to be the fundamental bases of African traditional religion, and draws similarities between the oral and written literature of West Africans and that of New World practitioners. The influence of Islam and Christianity is also discussed. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author: Farrin Chwalkowski
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2016-12-14
Total Pages: 620
ISBN-13: 1443857289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe are a product of nature. Every single cell of our body is made of, and depends, on nature. Our inner soul is heavily influenced by nature. We feel sad if the sun is not shining for a few days, and feel pleasure when drawn to the wonder of flowers and uplifted by the song of birds. We came from nature; we are part of nature. In short, we are nature. Nature has been an intimate part of the human experience from the earliest times. Different religions and cultures, from all corners of the world, have honoured and worshipped nature in art, ritual and literature in their own unique ways. This book shows how we learn about our own human nature, our own sense of identity and how we fit into the larger scheme of life and spirit when we come to better understand how our human ancestors, through art, symbol and myth, expressed their relationship with the natural world.
Author: Michael Meade
Publisher: Spring Publications
Published: 2017-09-11
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780882140612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOrganizing data from cultures the world over, Mircea Eliade, one ofthe preeminent interpreters of world religion in the twentieth century, lays out the basic patterns of initiation: group puberty rites, entranceinto secret cults, shamanic instruction, individual visions, and heroicrites of passage. The vast information assembled here transcendsusual scholarship. Eliade always affirms the greater experience in allinitiation - the indissoluble tie between humans and the cosmos ofgods, spirits, animals, ancestors, and nature.As Michael Meade writes in his foreword, Eliade "fervently workedat keeping the doors of perception open to the world of sacred symbolsand creative ritual. Through his insistence that we are each thenecessary inheritors of a vast sacred heritage, he has acted as a spiritualelder and distant mentor to me and many students of myth andritual. Like an archeologist of symbols, he has unearthed, preserved, and found new meanings in the rites of our ancestors."
Author: Robert Bocock
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-01-10
Total Pages: 197
ISBN-13: 1000026892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1974, Ritual in Industrial Society is based on several years’ research including interviews and observations into the importance of ritual in industrial society within modern Britain. The book addresses how identity and meaning for people of all occupations and social classes can be derived through rituals and provides an expansive and diverse examination of how rituals are used in society, including in birth, marriage and death. The book offers an examination into the use of symbolic action in the body to articulate experiences which words cannot adequately handle and suggests that this enables modern men and women to overcome the mind-body splits which characterise modern technological society. In addition to this, the book examines ritual as a tool for articulating and sharing religious experiences, a point often overlooked by more intellectual approaches to religion in sociology. In addition to this, the book covers an exploration into ritual in social groups and how this is used to develop a sense of belonging among members. The book will be of interest to sociologists as well as academics of religion and theology, social workers and psychotherapists.
