Recreation and Religion in the Mining Camps [manuscript]
Author: Francis B. Rizzari
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 20
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Author: Francis B. Rizzari
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles G. Häberl
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2019-11-18
Total Pages: 474
ISBN-13: 3110487861
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGiven the degree of popular fascination with Gnostic religions, it is surprising how few pay attention to the one such religion that has survived from antiquity until the present day: Mandaism. Mandaeans, who esteem John the Baptist as the most famous adherent to their religion, have in our time found themselves driven from their historic homelands by war and oppression. Today, they are a community in crisis, but they provide us with unparalleled access to a library of ancient Gnostic scriptures, as part of the living tradition that has sustained them across the centuries. Gnostic texts such as these have caught popular interest in recent times, as traditional assumptions about the original forms and cultural contexts of related religious traditions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, have been called into question. However, we can learn only so much from texts in isolation from their own contexts. Mandaean literature uniquely allows us not only to increase our knowledge about Gnosticism, and by extension all these other religions, but also to observe the relationship between Gnostic texts, rituals, beliefs, and living practices, both historically and in the present day.
Author: Dottie Smith
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 162
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Published: 1904
Total Pages: 242
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Published: 1880
Total Pages: 320
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mara Einstein
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007-09-14
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1134130104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough a series of fascinating case studies of faith brands, marketing insider Mara Einstein has produced a lively account of the book in the commercialization of religion.
Author: Michigan Historical Records Survey
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Published: 1941
Total Pages: 276
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 640
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 1032
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