This study provides new fascinating testimonies about the development of a new image of Islam in Southern Europe in the fifteenth century and an approach to ways of acculturation in a mixed society.
Our world is growing increasingly complex and confused—a unique and urgent context that calls for a grounded and fresh approach to Christian higher education. Christian higher education involves a distinctive way of thinking about teaching, learning, scholarship, curriculum, student life, administration, and governance that is rooted in the historic Christian faith. In this volume, twenty-nine experts from a variety of fields, including theology, the humanities, science, mathematics, social science, philosophy, the arts, and professional programs, explore how the foundational beliefs of Christianity influence higher education and its disciplines. Aimed at equipping the next generation to better engage the shifting cultural context, this book calls students, professors, trustees, administrators, and church leaders to a renewed commitment to the distinctive work of Christian higher education—for the good of the society, the good of the church, and the glory of God.
Opening the Book of Faith is an invitation to experience the Bible as a book of faith. It provides an introduction to the Bible and Lutheran perspectives that guide understanding of Scripture. This book explores four methods of Bible study, then applies each method to four Scripture texts. Two assessment tools also aid reflection and discussion about Bible usage, needs, and hopes.For more information visit the Book of Faith Web site.
Fortresses of Faith celebrates the magnificent architectural legacy of the German fortress-churches or kirchenburgen of Transylvania or Seibenburgen. After a comprehensive introduction covering history, architecture, and decor, the author takes us on an enthralling photographic tour of these remarkable monuments.
This study provides new fascinating testimonies about the development of a new image of Islam in Southern Europe in the fifteenth century and an approach to ways of acculturation in a mixed society.
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Our Website for Journeys of Discovery Risale-i Nur (Treatise of Light) Training Program http://www.kesifyolculuklari.com http://www.risaleinuregitimprogrami.com Alternative Website: http://www.risaleinuregitimprogramidotcom.wordpress.com Web address of our YouTube Video Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/EdizSözüer BOOK PRESENTATION: The Life of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and Risale-i Nur Extended Special Version (A Part of “Risale-i Nur (Treatise of Light) Training Program”) We strongly suggest and present this new history of life as an important source to those who regularly read Risale-i Nur as well as to those who want to get some information for the first time. On the one hand, this book will introduce us, who are living in the last-days (of the world), to important personalities whose existence and qualities we need to be aware of, as well as to important books that will be our guides to the truth; on the other hand, it will be a companion and very powerful means of service for us, that will hold our hand and take us to an unprecedented spiritual world, which is called "Risale-i Nur Classroom (Dersane)" and which lets us taste the moral pleasures of Heaven in this world. Short version of the book is already attached to our book entitled "A Journey for the Discovery of an Extraordinary Treasure: Risale-i Nur Training Program". The additional texts which only exist in the special extended version of the book are published only here. The people who read this book, where the life of Said Nursi is written in a different, pleasant and a poem-like style will have quite a lot information about this person, whose books are spread all over the world, and his struggle. This book, with its rich and original content, will show you, in an imaginary fashion, an utterly different world. You will read the astonishing and extraordinary story of a genius who is admired with his life, in the light of information that is brought together from different sources and can’t be found everywhere. You will make acquaintance to the magnificent activities of a spiritual school that has never physically come to existence, Spiritual Medresetüzzehra", which has the capacity of making serious contribution to the mental transformation that we need as a society. You will witness how Risale-i Nur has taken the people from every walk of society under its irresistible astonishing influence with an unprecedented educational campaign despite unfavourable conditions and you will learn how it has taken its place in the arena of science and knowledge as an unprecedented social reality a guide of truth and as a book which rebuilds (the characteristics of) its readers, having them read itself for a lifetime, and you will be trilled and lost in amazement. Furthermore, in this extended version, you will find a very rich content where Bediüzzaman's ideas on politics and government actions and his opinions on M. Kemal are discussed with a very different approach and an intellectual point of view. The epilogue entitled "Your Journey Has Just Begun" of our book, "A Journey for the Discovery of an Extraordinary Treasure: Risale-i Nur Training Program" is included in this work as it contains sensitive, striking and impressive findings, sincerely coming from the depths of the heart, about reading Risale-i Nur and participating in classes of Risale-i Nur. We would like you to accompany us in this imaginary and mental journey of discovery. There is only one fixed price for a ticket of the Journey: A strong sense of wonder in the search for truth. BOOK INDEX * Let’s Get Acquainted with the Books Discovering The Secret of The Universe! * The Life of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and Risale-i Nur THE COMPANIES OF ROAD FOR YOUR PERSONAL VOYAGE *Seminar Texts, Presentations and Videos * Our Website for The Journeys of Discovery *Our Books on Explanatory Notes for Risale-i Nur (Texts and Visuals/Interactive) *Our Video Channel for The Journeys of Discovery * Suggested Websites *The Opportunity to Read and Listen Risale-i Nur Round The Clock Wherever You Are *Locations Where You Can Participate in Risale-i Nur Conversations and Classes *Other Academic Training Activities * Author’s Contact Address
This is a case study of astrology's changing status as an academic discipline in the sixteenth century. It provides fascinating new insights in the practice of Renaissance astrology, its social position, and its profound impact on the changes in early modern European science.