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Author: Michael Plekon
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHidden Holiness challenges us to examine the concept of holiness by exploring the "hidden" holiness founded on the calling of all to be witness to the Gospel
Author: Carl Bernstein
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780140266917
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi, the dean of Vatican journalists, tell the amazing story of Pope John Paul II. At once compelling journalism, drama, history, and biography, His Holiness reveals how John Paul II has used his global pulpit to make headway in the world political arena. of photos.
Author: Joni Eareckson Tada
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780849953675
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough vignettes of vulnerable holy moments in her life, the author offers a lesson plan for the pursuit of holiness. Illustrations.
Author: Arthur Edward Waite
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2014-07-10
Total Pages: 534
ISBN-13: 1304998053
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the 13th century, over a few decades, a huge literature emerged around an unlikely tale. Survivors of the core of early Christianity make a perilous journey to Western Europe. They begin a hidden bloodline, preserve immensely powerful relics of the crucifixion, and carry a secret which, if revealed, would turn the established church on its head. A.E. Waite gets to the core of the Grail legend, an interwoven mass of narratives which started with seeds of pagan folklore and grew into a massive allegorical Christian epic.
Author: Andrew Murray
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780871234322
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere are classic devotional studies by Andrew Murray dealing with the subject of holiness: what is holiness, what does God expect of a Christian, how is holiness obtained, and others
Author: Bryan J. Cuevas
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005-12-08
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780195306521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1927, Oxford University Press published the first western-language translation of a collection of Tibetan funerary texts (the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo) under the title The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Since that time, the work has established a powerful hold on the western popular imagination, and is now considered a classic of spiritual literature. Over the years, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has inspired numerous commentaries, an illustrated edition, a play, a video series, and even an opera. Translators, scholars, and popular devotees of the book have claimed to explain its esoteric ideas and reveal its hidden meaning. Few, however, have uttered a word about its history. Bryan J. Cuevas seeks to fill this gap in our knowledge by offering the first comprehensive historical study of the Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Bardo, and by grounding it firmly in the context of Tibetan history and culture. He begins by discussing the many ways the texts have been understood (and misunderstood) by westerners, beginning with its first editor, the Oxford-educated anthropologist Walter Y. Evans-Wentz, and continuing through the present day. The remarkable fame of the book in the west, Cuevas argues, is strikingly disproportionate to how the original Tibetan texts were perceived in their own country. Cuevas tells the story of how The Tibetan Book of the Dead was compiled in Tibet, of the lives of those who preserved and transmitted it, and explores the history of the rituals through which the life of the dead is imagined in Tibetan society. This book provides not only a fascinating look at a popular and enduring spiritual work, but also a much-needed corrective to the proliferation of ahistorical scholarship surrounding The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Author: Michael Plekon
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Published: 2012-05-15
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0268089825
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his new book, Saints As They Really Are, priest and scholar Michael Plekon traces the spiritual journeys of several American Christians, using their memoirs and other writings. These “saints-in-the-making” show all their doubts and imperfections as they reflect on their search for God and their efforts to lead holy lives. They are gifted yet ordinary women and men trying to follow Christ within their flawed and broken humanity—“saints as they really are,” as Dorothy Day put it. Saints As They Really Are is the third book in Plekon’s critically acclaimed series on saints and holiness in our time. He draws on the autobiographical work of Dorothy Day, Peter Berger, Thomas Merton, Kathleen Norris, and Barbara Brown Taylor, among others, as well as from his own experiences as a Carmelite seminarian and brother. Plekon shares the power of these individuals’ stories as they unfold. The book offers a strong argument that our failings and weaknesses are not disqualifications to holiness. Plekon further confronts the institutional church and its relationship to individuals seeking God, focusing on some of the challenges to this search—the destructive potential of religion and religious institutions, as well as our personal tendencies to extremism, overwork, pious obsessions, and legalism. But he also underscores the healing qualities of faith and the spiritual life. Plekon's insights will help readers better understand their own spiritual pilgrimages as they learn how others have dealt with the trials and joys of their path to everyday holiness.
Author: Justin Jaron Lewis
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2009-06-01
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 0773583041
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Imagining Holiness Justin Lewis offers a radical reappraisal of how we think of Hasidic tales, calling into question received notions of authenticity. He focuses his study on the neglected Hasidic literature of the early twentieth century - primarily the work of Israel Berger and Abraham Hayim Michelson - and the literary and historical dynamics of its emergence, posing questions about its place in Hasidic society, the attitude of the Hasidim towards this literature, and orality in Hasidic tradition as manifested in these Hasidic books. Berger and Michelson wrote in the decade before the First World War, a time of loss and decline for Hasidism. Their books resisted modernity and positioned Hasidism as authentic Judaism but also reflected modern literary trends, expressed tensions within Hasidism itself, and depicted struggles between the soul and body.
Author: Dawn Marie Beutner
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 550
ISBN-13: 1621643417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJesus told us to be perfect, and the Second Vatican Council highlighted this command by speaking of the universal call to holiness for all Christians. How do we answer this call? One great way is to learn from and pray with the saints, the ordinary men and women who fought the good fight to be holy until the end of their lives – and won. The saints have inspired Christians for more than two thousand years because they show us what it looks like to follow Jesus Christ despite countless challenges and obstacles. This unique book contains short biographies of several saints, along with prayers to each one, for every day of the year. It also provides definitions of Church terms and other helpful back - ground information. The saints in this collection come from every period of Church history and all walks of life. They represent numerous countries, cultures, age groups, and vocations. They show us that holiness truly is a path open to anyone, and by their example and prayers they help us to follow it.
Author: ISAIAH MACWEALTH
Publisher: GP Publisher
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Total Pages: 131
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe concept of holiness is one that I have longed to write about for a while now because the Spirit of God has put this burden in my heart. The level of misunderstanding about holiness is gross and universal, thus, I believe the Lord wants to use this book to teach and move the church into greater realms of fellowship with Him and greater levels of power. What many teachers teach and what many believe about holiness is not holiness. The word is often interchanged with words like righteousness, consecration, and sanctification, but they are not all the same. Holiness is not just a character or attribute, neither is it a virtue or a set of rules. It is so much more. It is the nature and power of God. Understanding holiness is therefore paramount because it is the key to accessing the unlimited power of God and the glory realm. I believe that one of the reasons many believers are not functioning in the power of God in these last days is because they either do not understand or misunderstand holiness and how to access power by partaking in the holiness of God. If you would function with God and experience face to face encounters with Him, this book is for you. I will be giving you a totally new revelation on Holiness just as the Lord taught me, so, I want you to read and meditate deeply on this book. These are the days of His mighty power, signs and wonders and those who have this revelation can partake of His holiness.
