Irish Presbyterians and the Shaping of Western Pennsylvania, 1770–1830 is a historical study examining the religious culture of Irish immigrants in the early years of America. Despite fractious relations among competing sects, many immigrants shared a vision of a renewed Ireland in which their versions of Presbyterianism could flourish free from the domination of landlords and established church. In the process, they created the institutional foundations for western Penns...

Les "Écritures sataniques" constituent la Bible satanique du XXIe siècle.Ces essais, articles et diatribes ont été sélectionnés parmi les écrits de Peter H. Gilmore, le Grand prêtre de l’Église de Satan, rédigés dans le cadre de sa cabale infernale. Certains de ces textes n’étaient jusqu’alors disponibles que dans des publications internes. De la pratique de la Grande magie aux techniques du voyage temporel, le Mage Gilmore entraîne le lecteur sur la Voie sénestre qui réserve bien des sur...

Heritage preservation is a broad term that can include the protection of a wide range of human-mediated material and cultural processes ranging from specific artifacts, ancient rock art, and features of the built environment and modified landscapes. As a region of multiple independent nations and colonial territories, the Caribbean shares a common heritage at some levels, yet at the same time there are vast historical and cultural differences. Likewise, approaches to Caribbean heritage pre...

While there is a layered complexity to world-renowned chef Peter Gilmore's ethereal - yet grounded - cuisine, his philosophy of cooking is relatively simple. Just four elements are required to create perfect unison in a dish: nature, texture, intensity and purity.In his new book, Peter invites the reader to share in his private obsession with nature - when not in the kitchen at Sydney's Quay restaurant, he is working in his experimental garden where he grows a huge array of edible ...

The ethnographic experience is an indelible venture that continuously redefines one's life. Bringing together important cross-currents in the national debate on education, this book introduces the student or practitioner to the challenges, resources, and skills informing ethnographic research today. From the first chapter describing the cultural foundations of ethnographic research, by George Spindler, the book traces both traditional and new approaches to the study of schools and their co...

Blanche Barton’s original version of this book, The Church of Satan, was a slim volume, distilling Satanism’s basic tenets and history to maximize accessibility. That book is long out of print, and much has changed since its 1990 release. This dramatically larger book includes a foreword by High Priest Peter H. Gilmore and reflects the depth and expansion of Satanism itself. Yet it’s still just the tip of the iceberg. WE ARE SATANISTS details our more than 50-year history, setting the reco...

These essays explore team-based parish leadership theologically, sociologically, and pastorally in a variety of cultures and circumstances. The result is an extended conversation, both practical and deeply reflective, emerging from the collaboration of theologians, social researchers, organizational development specialists, and pastoral ministers.Collaborative Parish Leadership draws on the experience, strengths, challenges, and insights of the long-term pastoral-academic partnershi...

Magister Dr. Robert Johnson's companion piece to Anton LaVey's celebrated THE SATANIC WITCH. The second edition includes a new introduction and adds many collected newsletters.

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Does God speak? Can the All Knowing One reveal things to those who know very little? In Known To The Unknown read of how God revealed future events to an unknown man through the reading of the Bible, prayer and the receiving of dreams. More importantly, read of how God's people have been deceived for centuries by an ungodly system that Jesus bids His people to come out of. See how both historical and modern deceptions are holding God's people back from reaching their full potentia...

Drawing together motivational theory, research-based evidence and guidance for best practice, this book presents innovative models for goal-setting and goal pursuit in therapy with children.Setting goals not only allows children, and their families, to engage with the overall therapeutic process, but it also provides an essential motivational element throughout the entire therapeutic process. The editors and contributors give practical advice on empathically collaborating with the ...

Trump Fiction: Essays on Donald Trump in Literature, Film, and Television examines depictions of Donald Trump and his fictional avatars in literature, film, and television, including works that took up the subject of Trump before his successful presidential campaign (in terms that often uncannily prefigure his presidency) as well as those that have appeared since he took office. Covering a range of texts and approaches, the essays in this collection analyze the place Trump has assumed in l...