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Part scriptural analysis, part compassionate musing, and part academic study, Back to Eden brings together academic research, Christian theology, and universal human emotions to examine how our financial status affects our way of life and our treatment of others. Starting with a broad analysis of how certain scriptural passages can be interpreted through the lens of our human capacity for love, compassion, righteousness, and humility, author Dr. Thiessen moves with increasing specificity i...

This guide on hinduism religion takes you behind closed doors to hinduism today, hinduism and culture, hinduism study and teaching, hinduism congresses, hinduism social aspects and more.

ature has potentially endowed man with the faculty of delving deep into its secrets to be able to ensureNgood health, happiness and soul progression. The cultiva- tion is a never-ending process, though the momentum, de- pending upon several factors, keeps on changing. Vastu (v³stu) is one such field of occult knowledge that was recog- nized by the Indian sages (rishis) as the vibratory force of Nature hidden in one’s residence and its surroundings. With the increasing curio...

Discover the Power of Symbols, Ritual and Mystical Gestures. This Powerful Guide Explains the Involvement of the Subconscious Mind in Bringing About Inner Revelation.Freemasons, Rosicrucians, members of other brotherhoods as well as any person who is interested in metaphysics and sacred wisdom will enjoy this publication, which explores the role of the mind in bringing about powerful inner experiences and development resulting from symbols, ritual ...

This is a book about science, religion, and being, yours and mine. The study of being is called Ontology. Our culture is dominated by a naturalist ontology. The question is: does ontology include a supernatural component? Or, is that idea a relic of our primeval past, sort of like appendix and adenoids, parts that can be excised from the body of our belief system? The author argues for the primacy of the transcendent (supernatural) ontology by means of two books: the book of nature, and th...

This book is composed of articles by several authors, who worked in the scientific-spiritual School of Vladimir Antonov. The main methodological advantage of this School is the development of its students as spiritual hearts, which allows them to walk the Straight Path — to realization of God’s Precepts, to spiritual Perfection. The methods of the School are presented as a sequence of steps: starting from most simple, basic — to more complex, advanced. In this book the authors give methodo...

The Unknown God by Robert J. Kerr is Gods biography from the Bible. It is a meticulously researched compilation of scripture outlining more than one thousand aspects of God from seventeen different Bible versions. Learn what God says about Himself: what He has done, what He wants for us, and more. With an accurate understanding of God from the Bible we can discern many aspects of life, why things happen, how to go in the direction we want with our lives, and have the confidence that we kno...

Originating from a small group of Bible students led by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s, the Watch Tower Society grew into an international society. After Russell's death in 1916, Franklin Rutherford was named his successor and gave the society a new name: "Jehovah's Witnesses." The A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses shows how World War I & II influenced Watch Tower attitudes to civil government, armed conflict, and medical innovations like blood transfusion, as well as to mainstream...

This volume centers on the lives and experiences of female and African American leaders of foundations and nonprofits. Contributors to the volume examine race and gender as constructs and provide a theoretical background for understanding their effect on the psycho-social development of the individuals.

This book deals with the sudden demise of Islamists in Egypt and prospects for democratization. It provides an overview of the different causes of the downfall of Morsi and the Islamists in Egypt. Additionally, it is posited that Morsi’s coup-proofing strategy, which was modeled after Mubarak’s, was responsible for the military turning against him. The author also argues that the Muslim Brotherhood’s belief system played a major role in their downfall. The strained civil-military relations...

The Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine community was founded in 1910 by marion gurney, who adopted the religious name Mother Marianne of Jesus. A graduate of Wellesley College and a convert to Catholicism,Gurney had served as head resident at St. Rose’s Settlement, the first Catholic settlement house in New York City. She founded the Sisters of Christian Doctrine when other communities of women religious appeared uninterested in a ministry of settlement work combined with rel...

In 2002, the University of Alabama's Department of Religious Studies established the annual Aronov Lecture Series to showcase the works of nationally recognized scholars of religion capable of reflecting on issues of wide relevance to scholars from across the humanities and social sciences. Writing Religion: The Case for the Critical Study of Religion is an edited collection of essays that highlights critical contributions from the first ten Aronov lecturers.Secti...