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Author: Philemon Sturges
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780399233173
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes various types of space which are sacred to different religions, including churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, and other shrines.
Author: Daniel Black
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2008-07-22
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 146681859X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the summer of 1955, fourteen-year-old Clement enters a general store in Money, Mississippi to purchase a soda. Unaware of the consequences of flouting the rules governing black-white relations in the South, this Chicago native defies tradition, by laying a dime on the counter and turns to depart. Miss Cuthbert, the store attendant, demands that he place the money in her hand, but he refuses, declaring, "I ain't no slave!" and exits with a sense of entitlement unknown to black people at the time. His behavior results in his brutal murder. This event sparks a war in Money, forcing the black community to galvanize its strength in pursuit of equality.
Author: Richard G. Geldard
Publisher: Quest Books
Published: 2000-05-01
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780835607841
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Eleusian mysteries, the Sanctuary of Apollo, the Theatre of Dionysus, the labyrinths of Knossos, the Delphic oracle---the book leads us to such sacred sites in the ancient way of spiritual pilgrimage. "The gods have not totally vacated the holy places," says Richard Geldard. "Any 'vacating' has to do with our own lack of awareness." He brings to life the mythology that shaped the brilliance of Greek architecture and art, integrating rare historical material with the most recent archeological data. The result is a specialty guidebook comprehensive enough to be the only one you pack, with commentary on: Major and lesser sites of the palace and temple cultures; Greek drama, philosophy, art, and sculpture; Sacred geometry and architecture; Gallery collections in three major museums. Whether you're an armchair or actual traveler, Traveler's Key opens access to the fabled wisdom enjoyed by pilgrims of old and to the living mythology that still has power to transform lives.
Author: Philip Sheldrake
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2001-01-31
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780801868610
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Spaces for the Sacred, Philip Sheldrake brilliantly reveals the connection between our rootedness in the places we inhabit and the construction of our personal and religious identities. Based on the prestigious Hulsean Lectures he delivered at the University of Cambridge, Sheldrake's book examines the sacred narratives which derive from both overtly religious sites such as cathedrals, and secular ones, like the Millennium Dome, and it suggests how Christian theological and spiritual traditions may contribute creatively to current debates about place.
Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781426203367
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA listing of five hundred sites new and old, famous and unknown, that have been used to connect humanity with its gods.
Author: Brad Olsen
Publisher: CCC Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781888729023
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA travel guide to the world's most sacred locales offers travel tips and detailed maps to the Great Pyramid, Easter Island, the Himalayas, Ayers Rock, Chaco Canyon, Jericho, Delphi, Stonehenge, and Mayan ruins, among other sites of spiritual importance. Original.
Author: Duncan Stroik
Publisher: Liturgy Training Publications
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1595250379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of twenty-three essays by Duncan Stroik shows the development and consistency of his architectural vision. Packed with informative essays and over 170 photographs, this collection clearly articulates the Church’s architectural tradition.
Author: Daniel Omotosho Black
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2005-10
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780312341879
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwenty-eight-year-old protagonist Tommy Lee Tyson steps off the Greyhound bus in his hometown of Swamp Creek, Arkansas--a place he left when he was eighteen, vowing never to return. Yet fate and a Ph.D. in black studies force him back to his rural origins as he seeks to understand himself and the black community that produced him. A cold, nonchalant father and an emotionally indifferent mother make his return, after a ten-year hiatus, practically unbearable, and the discovery of his baby sister's death and her burial in the backyard almost consumes him. His mother watches his agony when he discovers his sister's tombstone, but neither she nor other family members is willing to disclose the secret of her death. Only after being prodded incessantly does his older brother, Willie James, relent and provide Tommy Lee with enough knowledge to figure out exactly what happened and why. Meanwhile, Tommy's seventy-year-old teacher--lying on her deathbed--asks him to remain in Swamp Creek and assume her position as the headmaster of the one-room schoolhouse. He refuses vehemently and she dies having bequeathed him her five thousand-book collection in the hopes that he will change his mind. Over the course of a one-week visit, riddled with tension, heartache, and revelation, Tommy Lee Tyson discovers truths about his family, his community, and his undeniable connection to rural Southern black folk and their ways.
Author: Brad Olsen
Publisher: CCC Publishing
Published: 2004-02-01
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1888729317
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld travelers and armchair tourists who want to explore the mythology and archaeology of the ruins, sanctuaries, mountains, lost cities, and temples of ancient civilizations will find this guide ideal. Detailed here are the monuments and sites where ancient peoples once gathered to perform sacred rituals and ceremonies to worship various gods and to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Important archaeological, historical, and geological destinations worldwide are profiled, from the Great Pyramid in Egypt and the Forbidden City in China to the Temples of Angkor in Cambodia and Mount Shasta in California. Sites are described in historical and cultural context, and practical contemporary travel information is provided, including detailed maps, drawings, photographs, and travel directions.
Author: Andrew Gulliford
Publisher: Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 314
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe issues of returning human remains, curating sacred objects, and preserving tribal traditions are addressed to provide the reader with a full picture of Native Americans' struggle to keep their heritage alive."--BOOK JACKET.
