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 Free Download Jaco Beyers, "What Has Religion Studies in Africa Been Up To?: Relevant Themes and Topics" English | ISBN: 153266804X | 2023 | 292 pages | EPUB | 5 MB The purpose of the book is to provide a collection of perspectives from various parts of Africa on what scholars in religion studies are currently engaged with, whether it refers to topics or methodology. Each chapter is written from the perspective of a scholar working within a particular context on a particular theme or topic related to religion studies. Several methodologies have been implemented in each contribution to the book. Each contribution applies a different methodology for the purpose of investigating a specific topic or research theme. In general, the majority of the contributions follow a method of critical literature review as applied to a specific field. The book is not intended to provide an exhaustive list of all possible topics and themes addressed in current research in Africa. From a decolonized perspective, the book gives voice to African scholars who exhibit their scholarly work as related to religion studies. Topics addressed include curriculum design and pedagogical approaches in teaching religion studies, the relation between religion and culture in an African context, religion and health, religion and gender, interreligious relations in Africa, religion and ecology, and religion and mission.  Free Download Bruce L Taylor, "What Happens Next?: More Sermons for the Lectionary, Year B, Advent Through Eastertide" English | ISBN: 1666766151 | 2023 | 218 pages | EPUB | 1068 KB Bruce Taylor's latest volume of sermons for the Common Lectionary (Revised) compiles traditional and story form proclamations for the Sundays and feast days from Advent through Eastertide in Year B of the three-year lectionary cycle. Theologically rich, sacramentally sensitive, and ecumenically minded, these biblically centered sermons articulate God's love for the whole creation, the profound implications of discipleship, and the necessity of Christian unity. Like its predecessors in Taylor's first and second journeys through the lectionary, What Happens Next? is intended for use by preachers, educators, seminary students, and devotional readers, who will all find it to be a welcome companion in penetrating the spiritual genius of the liturgical year and the usefulness of preaching from common texts. The book exemplifies how preaching from Mark's Gospel and the accompanying lectionary readings can shape interaction with the elements of the liturgy to encourage faithful Christian worship. The very uniqueness of Mark among the Gospels is elicited to prompt the whole church and each believer to respond to the question posed implicitly but insistently by the women's discovery of the empty tomb on Easter morning: What happens next?  Free Download Nick Peros, "What Happened on the Cross: Forgiveness Not Punishment" English | ISBN: 1725263637 | 2020 | 332 pages | EPUB | 2 MB What Happened on the Cross offers a new and biblical understanding of how salvation was accomplished upon the cross, showing that the Penal Substitution view, common since the 1500s, does not have a biblical basis, and also showing that the Christus Victor understanding is inadequate. The book is founded upon the understanding that Jesus Christ is the Second Adam, and that is the foundation of how we are to understand how salvation was accomplished. Both the shedding of blood and death were essential in the accomplishment of salvation, and What Happened on the Cross shows why these were essential. Using over 740 Scripture verses to make its argument, the book gives a comprehensive picture from Genesis to Revelation of the many aspects involved in the accomplishment of salvation-above all showing clearly that the cross had nothing to do with "punishment for sins"-our sins were never punished upon the cross, rather, our sins were forgiven. Understanding how salvation was accomplished upon the cross, and that it was about forgiveness, not punishment, both exalts God and his greatness, demonstrates his perfect love and justice, as well as liberates our hearts towards him.  Free Download Isaac Portilla, "What Christ Said: Revisiting the Countercultural Sayings of Christ Jesus" English | ISBN: 1532694962 | 2022 | 146 pages | EPUB | 1141 KB Relevant to nonconformist Christians, this book explores the transformative and often overlooked implications of Christ's teachings. The author shows the possibility to still be surprised by the sayings of Christ-to rediscover "the Way" as a liberating path toward freedom. What Christ Said delivers an absorbing experience, rich in unexpected turns and insights to ponder and meditate into. Taking the New Testament text as the raw material, the author builds a coherent picture of Christ's Way in which themes such as Fire, Life, Light, and Consciousness take the central stage. This work also offers a very personal contribution to scholarship: a provocative hermeneutics focused on truth and freedom, echoing the efforts of the apostles, early Christians, the fathers, and the mystics to reconcile the sayings of Jesus with their own experience-mystical and worldly. Infused with poetry and mysticism, yet without compromising theological and intellectual rigor, each chapter makes the reader a participant in explorations evocative of a Christ-like apprehension of life and reality. This inquiry reflects mental and emotional patterns that keep us bound, at the same time providing a path through which the Christian Way could be inspiring-in an original and sometimes radical manner.  Free Download Gilbert S Rosenthal, "What Can a Modern Jew Believe?" English | ISBN: 1498248551 | 2007 | 286 pages | EPUB | 1525 KB What Can a Modern Jew Believe? is an attempt to present to intelligent, contemporary Jews a brief summation of basic beliefs and tenets of Judaism. Divided into sixteen chapters and an introduction, the book deals with salient principles of faith: Why Religion? What Can a Modern Jew Believe? What Can We Believe About God? Can We Believe in Revelation? What Is a Human Being? Are Jews the Chosen People? Halakhah: Divine or Human? Why Ritual? Why Pray? Why Eretz Yisrael? Tolerance? Pluralism? Which? Why Evil? Can We Repair the World? How Can Jews Relate to Other Faiths? Messiah: Fact or Fancy? Is There an Afterlife? Each chapter analyzes traditional interpretations of the themes, citing appropriate biblical, rabbinic, medieval, and modern texts. The chapters also include the views of contemporary Jewish thinkers as well as the positions of the various modern Jewish religious movements. The author critiques the diverse opinions and then offers his own insights as to the significance and relevance of these principles for contemporary Jews. "Points to Ponder" follow each chapter and are designed to stimulate discussion and further reading and thinking.  Free Download Joseph A Edelheit, "What Am I Missing?: Questions about Being Human" English | ISBN: 1725259036 | 2020 | 120 pages | EPUB | 2 MB "What Am I Missing?" Illuminates the difficult life lesson that everyone is missing something in their lives. This truth includes six significant characters of the Hebrew Bible: Abraham and Rachel; Moses and Miriam; and David and Esther. 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Insbesondere die ganz konkrete Frage, ob die Errichtung von Habitaten auf dem Mars möglich wäre, steht im Vordergrund. Um diese Frage zu beantworten, werden die geologischen wie auch die natürlichen Bedingungen analysiert und es wird aufgezeigt, welche Konsequenzen diese für etwaige Bauvorhaben auf dem Mars haben. Außerdem wird unter Bezug auf bereits erfolgte Experimente und Expeditionen erörtert, welche Eigenschaften ein Habitat erfüllen muss, damit der Mensch langfristig ein gutes Leben außerhalb der Erde führen kann. Die Überlegungen fließen zusammen in einem eigenen Entwurf einer Marskolonie, wie sie sich konkret umsetzen ließe. Das Buch bietet einen Überblick über die einschlägigen Überlegungen zu einer potentiellen Kolonisierung des Mars und eignet sich damit als lockerer Einstieg in dieses komplexe Thema. Anschauliche Illustrationen beflügeln die Fantasie und machen deutlich, dass die Besiedelung des Mars nicht nur eine Angelegenheit für Romanciers, sondern auch für Architekt:innen und andere Visionäre ist.  Free Download Elias Hofer, "Weltanschauung and Apologia: A Study in C. S. Lewis" English | ISBN: 1666739537 | 2022 | 278 pages | EPUB | 2 MB This book allows us to accompany C. S. Lewis on his intellectual and spiritual journey from atheism to pantheism and eventually to Christianity. It analyzes key elements of Lewis's Christian worldview and identifies challenges leveled against it from alternative worldviews. It examines Lewis's apologetic methodology, highlighting how it was shaped by his worldview, and provides an analysis of Lewis's specific responses to a number of objections. The project also serves as a comparative analysis of worldviews, particularly as they relate to truth claims of the Christian faith. The notion of worldview is critical to the formulation of views. One's worldview determines how reality is perceived. It's characterized as a set of glasses through which we view our surroundings and interpret experiences. It accounts for the perspective we bring to every event in life and helps explain why different people "see" things differently when looking at the same data. The same evidence may lead one person to reject a particular conclusion, while moving another to embrace what the other rejected. Lewis's major works are explored at length in this book. Although much has been written about Lewis, Hofer's examination of the influence of worldview on his work is unique.  Free Download Well-Being And Well-Dying, Cancel The Cancer English | 2019 | ISBN: 9813273194 | 195 Pages | PDF (True) | 26 MB The book contains excellent illustrations and graphical displays of the issues related to cancers. It was refreshing to read how much of an overview of basic science, translational and clinical research has been summarized in this important work for patients and families and the public in general. In summary, I would highly recommend this book to any patient who has recently been diagnosed with cancer.  Free Download George B Thompson, "Welcome to the One Great Story!: Tracing the Biblical Narrative from Genesis to Revelation" English | ISBN: 1725277301 | 2020 | 248 pages | EPUB | 2 MB The Bible is not easy to figure out! Churches are filled with adults who are too embarrassed to admit their sketchy knowledge, and jumbled impressions, of biblical material. Even seminary-trained pastors struggle to get a handle on the flow of the Scriptures from beginning to end. No wonder so many people give up on the Bible-and even the church. This book claims that what gives the Bible its overarching integrity and lasting value is a narrative, a storyline. Readers who approach the Bible with narrative in mind will discover from Genesis to Revelation a story that begins at a certain point, establishes a theme; develops, continues, and adapts that theme; and reaches a resolution (of sorts!). Rather than a book-by-book treatment of the Bible, this book identifies and traces a Story that stretches across the corpus of the canon, a Story in which divine promise and human response constantly define each episode. Text boxes, reflection questions, chapter questions, and activities encourage the reader to engage with content at more than one level all along the way. Engaging with the Bible can become exhilarating and gratifying! |
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