Death, the Last God

Death, the Last God

Author: Anne Geraghty

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2014-11-28

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1782797084

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Anne Geraghty was a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist when her son, Tim Guest, author of My Life in Orange died suddenly. Her old life ended. She went on a search for her lost son. Where was he? What was he? Did he live on in some other realm? Or had he fallen into the darkness of oblivion? Her search for Tim became an exploration into the nature of death itself. We die as we have lived. Our lives are not like those of a C12th Tibetan, a C15th Cardinal or a Zen monk; we cannot, therefore, simply turn to old maps and myths of what happens when we die. We need a new narrative of death that embraces our modern understandings of our humanity and the workings of the universe. This book is the story of a grieving mother looking for her dead son, an investigation into death in our modern world, and an exploration of our struggles to live well in the ever-present shadow of death. It is not a book with answers; it is an invitation to look at death differently. This book offers fresh and original ideas about death and dying. And it will radically change your understanding of what death is.


The Last God: Book I of the Fellspyre Chronicles

The Last God: Book I of the Fellspyre Chronicles

Author: Phillip Kennedy Johnson

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9781779510549

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Collects all twelve chapters of The last god: book one of the Fellspyre chronicles along with The last god: songs of lost children, and an exclusive expanded edition of the roleplaying game sourcebook The last god: tales from the book of ages."


The Execution of God

The Execution of God

Author: Jeff Hood

Publisher: Chalice Press

Published: 2017-09-12

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 0827208529

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

We kill. We kill each other. We kill God. The altar of the death chamber is open, the hour of execution upon us. Is there salvation amidst the horror of the death penalty? We must save to get saved. We must save our God. How will we encounter the execution of God? Will we save or will we kill? In this stunning fusion of biblical interpretation and memoir, radical theologian of mercy Jeff Hood takes us on a unique spiritual journey into the heart of the death penalty. The Execution of God is a powerful invitation to encounter God in the last place we expect divinity to dwell...on the gurney. The Execution of God will invite you to re-examine your belief in the ultimate punishment and consider:How the death penalty kills our relationship with GodThe idea that the divine image of God dwells in those on death rowHow we cannot be both people of love and people of murderHow our cultural obsession with violence harms our spiritual lifeHow to stop the killing and join the work of abolition and restoration


The Death of God

The Death of God

Author: Gabriel Vahanian

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1606089846

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The death of God began, according to Vahanian, the moment Western man started to compromise with the Biblical concept of God transcendent, and to merge the identity of the Godhead with the identity of humankind. From this compromise evolved the belief in the possibility of heaven on earth, in human perfectibility, in the expectation that man, both individually and collectively, can control his termporal fate. Today, as a consequence, Western society not only exalts all possible material comforts, but requires as well easy, guaranteed, status-assuring religious affiliations. The present search for "inner security" is in direct opposition to the toleration of doubt that tests the strength of genuine religious faith. And Vahanian shows how our spiritual decline is reflected in much of the most important imaginative writing of today.


When God Died

When God Died

Author: Herbert Lockyer

Publisher: Whitaker House

Published: 2015-01-02

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 1629112976

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

How could God, the deathless One, die? In When God Died, legendary Bible teacher Dr. Herbert Lockyer explores the person of Christ—both His divinity and His humanity—in an effort to show the majesty of His death and resurrection, and what they mean to us today. This series of Lenten meditations will open your eyes to the purpose, power, and beauty of Christ’s crucifixion. Among the topics you will explore are… The magnanimity and honor of Christ The cleansing power of His blood The sovereign power of His grace The last seven words Christ spoke from the cross May we take the time to lovingly remember Christ’s sacrifice—the means of His extraordinary grace and power to save dying sinners—so that we may stand in right relationship with Him, in awe of His holiness, power, and wisdom, and with a heart of gratitude for all He has done.


Safe in the Arms of God

Safe in the Arms of God

Author: John F. MacArthur

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2003-07-08

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1418517305

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Is my baby in heaven?" This is the most important question a grieving parent can ask. And even if the little one is someone else's child, the issue remains: What happens to children?those unborn, stillborn, or youngsters?when they die? Can you hope to see them again? Can you let go of your fear and guilt? Can God's love soothe a wound so jagged? With scriptural authority and the warmth of a pastor's heart, bestselling author John MacArthur examines the breadth of the entire Bible and reveals in this compelling book the Heavenly Father's care for every life. "I have sat by the grave of our daughter and son and wondered out loud if my belief that Hope and Gabriel are in heaven has any solid scriptural support. John MacArthur offers truth from God's Word that puts the doubts of any grieving parent to rest. Safe in the Arms of God reveals that confidence of heaven for the child you love is based on much more than mere sentimentality; it is revealed in the Word of God and reflective of the very heart of God." ?Nancy Guthrie, author of Holding On to Hope


Osiris

Osiris

Author: Bojana Mojsov

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-15

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1405143568

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Bojana Mojsov tells the story of the cult of Osiris from beginning to end, sketching its development throughout 3,000 years of Egyptian history. Draws together the numerous records about Osiris from the third millennium B.C. to the Roman conquest of Egypt. Demonstrates that the cult of Osiris was the most popular and enduring of the ancient religions. Shows how the cult provided direct antecedents for many ideas, traits and customs in Christianity, including the concept of the trinity, baptism in the sacred river, and the sacrament of the Eucharist. Reveals the cult’s influence on other western mystical traditions and groups, such as the Alchemists, Rosicrucians and Freemasons. Written for a general, as well as a scholarly audience.


The Last God

The Last God

Author: Gillian St. Kevern

Publisher: NineStar Press

Published: 2022-06-14

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1648904882

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Kel, a former prince turned gravedigger, serves the Unknown God. Bitter about the gods’ neglect of their people, Kel’s limited patience with the divine is tested when his former lover, now a famous general, shows up in the tiny town of Farport. Done with being the gods’ plaything, Kel quits the priesthood—only to discover that the unknown god has plans for him and his ex. Iscar’s shocked to discover that the prince who was too good for a lowly soldier now follows the god of outcasts. He’s even more shocked when the unknown god declares himself to be War and claims Kel as his high-priest. Having experienced all war’s horrors, Iscar is determined to free Kel from the god, escorting him to Celestial City in an attempt to win Kel away. Kel fights his attraction to Iscar and struggles with his duty to his god. Iscar’s belief that the gods are just, and reward those who are deserving, is challenged by their journey. His allegiance is no longer to the gods, but to his love. But Kel, consumed by doubt, cannot see what a man—or a god—would want in him.


Heidegger and Kabbalah

Heidegger and Kabbalah

Author: Elliot R. Wolfson

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2019-10-01

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0253042585

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

While many scholars have noted Martin Heidegger's indebtedness to Christian mystical sources, as well as his affinity with Taoism and Buddhism, Elliot R. Wolfson expands connections between Heidegger's thought and kabbalistic material. By arguing that the Jewish esoteric tradition impacted Heidegger, Wolfson presents an alternative way of understanding the history of Western philosophy. Wolfson's comparison between Heidegger and kabbalah sheds light on key concepts such as hermeneutics, temporality, language, and being and nothingness, while yielding surprising reflections on their common philosophical ground. Given Heidegger's involvement with National Socialism and his use of antisemitic language, these innovative readings are all the more remarkable for their juxtaposition of incongruent fields of discourse. Wolfson's entanglement with Heidegger and kabbalah not only enhances understandings of both but, more profoundly, serves as an ethical corrective to their respective ethnocentrism and essentialism. Wolfson masterfully illustrates the redemptive capacity of thought to illuminate common ground in seemingly disparate philosophical traditions.


Philosophy of Finitude

Philosophy of Finitude

Author: Rafael Winkler

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-08-23

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1350059374

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Examining the legacies of Heidegger, along with Derrida, Levinas and Nietzsche, Rafael Winkler argues that it is not the search for truth or even contradictions that stimulates philosophical thought. Instead, it is our exposure to the unthinkable or the impossible – to thought's own limits. An experience of the unthinkable is possible in our encounter with the uniqueness of death, the singularity of being, and of the self and the other. This 'thinking of finitude' also has political implications, as it provides us with a way to talk about, and evaluate, absolute strangeness and, by implication, the absolute stranger or foreigner. Illuminating Heidegger's writings on the question of ontology, ethics and history, Winkler proves that this encounter with thought's limits is one of the mainstays of the philosophies of difference of Heidegger, Levinas, and Nietzsche.