Traditional Now
Author: David Kleinberg
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781580933223
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLooks at twenty interior design projects by designer David Kleinberg, with detailed descriptions and color photographs.
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Indonesia Today
Author: Grayson J Lloyd
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9812301399
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe turn of the century and the crossroads of reformasi presents a timely juncture for examining Indonesia's political, economic, and social history--both to evaluate current events and to chart the country's future course. Providing an up-to-date overview, this volume explores events, processes, and themes in contemporary Indonesia--including the evolution of political institutions and democracy, economic development and political economy, religious and social movements, political ideology, and the role of the armed forces. By holding a mirror to historical events, the authors add a rich dimension to our understanding of Indonesia and its problems, free from the exigencies of the present and the prejudices of the past.
Tradition Witnessing the Modern Age
Author: M. Enes Ergene
Publisher: Tughra Books
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1597841285
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWestern perceptions of the East have been shaped by and large within the framework Western social sciences have drawn. The dress sewn for the Western context did not fit the Muslim world and social movements therein; however, social analysts work on the same model in their efforts to understand the East. The Gulen movement, which flourished first in the "East" but now spread across a hundred countries, is not immune from such a bias. This book on the Gulen movement is an effort to deconstruct this bias and the author points to a need for a comprehensive look on Muslim social movements. The author scholarly treats the Gulen movement in cultural, sociological, and religious standpoints, while laying out the main concepts he finds relevant with the movement's far-reaching spread across the world. As concisely phrased in the title, the Gulen case is an interesting encounter of the "tradition" and "modernity" both in the person of Fethullah Gulen and in the education and dialogue initiatives of the movement. The author sees in Gulen an embodiment of wisdom that peacefully harmonizes the benefits of the modern age and the heritage of a long past. Book jacket.
Kapporos Then and Now: Toward a More Compassionate Tradition
Author: Yonassan Gershom
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2015-06-03
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 132918940X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvery year, right before Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, there is a cultural war in certain Jewish neighborhoods over a ceremony called Kapporos, in which a chicken is slaughtered just before the holy day. The animal rights people show up claiming, "Meat is murder!" while the Orthodox and Hasidic Jews who practice this ceremony accuse the activists of antisemitism and violating their freedom of religion. Epithets fly and confrontations occur across the barricades, but nobody is really listening to each other. Rabbi Gershom seeks to build a bridge of understanding between these two warring camps. On the one hand, he opposes using live chickens as Kapporos, and, like many other religious Jews before him, advocates giving money to charity instead. But on the other hand, he is himself a Hasid who understands and believes in the kabbalistic principle of ""raising holy sparks"" so central to the ceremony. In fact, he says, it is that very mysticism that has led him not to use chickens for the ritual.
The Revival of Death
Author: Tony Walter
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780415086653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe current revival of interest in death seeks ultimate authority in the individual self. This is the first book to comprehensively examine this revival and relate it to theories of modernity and postmodernity.
Traditional Groupings and Modern Associations
Author: B. L. Abbi
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTradition and the Individual Poem
Author: Anne Ferry
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780804742351
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA theoretical, historical, and critical inquiry, this book looks at the assumptions anthologies are predicated on, how they are put together, the treatment of the poems in them, and the effects their presentations have on their readers.
The Secessionist States of America
Author: Douglas MacKinnon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2014-10-07
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1632201178
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMillions of American families from every race, creed, and economic background are losing hope as the United States continues slide deeper into fiscal insanity and moral decay. Where will America stand when we lose our traditional values, border security, and limited government? Having gained insight from industry experts in farming, energy, infrastructure, and finance, author Douglas MacKinnon has outlined one alternative to our existing government in an entirely constitutional and legal approach—secession from the United States of America. President Abraham Lincoln once said, “This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.” With this patriotic wisdom of Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson in mind, MacKinnon also works in conjunction with a team of highly experienced individuals from Special-Ops, intelligence, the military, and constitutional law to provide you with the answers to why, how, when, and where as he outlines what secessionism would bring. Using maps, charts, and excerpts of previously published materials to supplement his own interviews and research, MacKinnon has written a powerful, one-of-a-kind book that will initiate conversation—and movement—throughout the country.
Psychology and the Perennial Philosophy
Author: Samuel Bendeck Sotillos
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1936597209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKModern psychology is at an impasse as it searches anxiously for new therapies to address the increasing occurrence of mental illness in contemporary society. In this groundbreaking anthology, leading authors from the perennialist school, including Huston Smith, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, and Frithjof Schuon, draw on the age-old insights of the world s wisdom traditions to argue that modern psychology behaviorism, psychoanalysis, humanistic and transpersonal psychology overlooks the specifically spiritual factors contributing to mental health and illness."
The Daoist Tradition
Author: Louis Komjathy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-06-20
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 1441196455
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing a historical, textual and ethnographic approach, this is the most comprehensive presentation of Daoism to date. In addition to revealing the historical contours and primary concerns of Chinese Daoists and Daoist communities, The Daoist Tradition provides an account of key themes and defining characteristics of Daoist religiosity, revealing Daoism to be a living and lived religion. Exploring Daoism from a comparative religious studies perspective, this book gives the reader a deeper understanding of religious traditions more broadly. Beginning with an overview of Daoist history, The Daoist Tradition then covers key elements of Daoist worldviews and major Daoist practices. This is followed by a discussion of the importance of place and sacred sites as well as representative examples of material culture in Daoism. The work concludes with an overview of Daoism in the modern world. The book includes a historical timeline, a map of China, 25 images, a glossary, text boxes, suggested reading and chapter overviews. A companion website provides both student and lecturer resources: http://www.bloomsbury.com/the-daoist-tradition-9781441168733/
