The 365 Day Bible Study Workbook for Black Women: A Year of Scripture Readings and Devotionals for Black Women (Christian Books for African American ... by Fearless Christians (23 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

3 Bonuses Included! Bible Journal For Black Women, Scripture Verses In Times of Fear, And More... Let Go Of What Other People Think, Embrace Your Black Heritage, And Develop A Meaningful Relationship With Your Heavenly Father. Are you judged or stereotyped? Do people hate on you just because you're black? Do you feel the pressure to conform to our predominantly white culture? Well, sister, you're not alone. Most of our black sisters feel this way. But, guess what? God sees you, knows you, and deeply loves you. And if anyone can testify of that, it's Kayla Jackson. She too has been judged, looked down on, and marginalized -- all because of the color of her skin. So many of us wrestle with these issues. What is the key to rising above the opposition? What will help you most as you try and navigate the cultural labyrinth of our day? The answer: Knowing whoyou are, andwhose you are. In short, connecting with God. Connecting with God, your loving Father, is the key to conquering ...

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Cripple Creek Colorado Gold Collection One Books 1 - 4: Inspirational Western Mail Order Bride Romance (Box Set Complete Series Book 55) by Ellen Anderson (110 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

You'll get FOUR full-length novels in one boxed set, Clean and Wholesome Historical Western Romance The beginning of this epic series lays the foundation for all the adventures and romance to come! Collection 1 (Books 1 - 4 of 12 book series) of Cripple Creek, Colorado. Home to brave, tough citizens who strive to build a home during the excitement and danger of the Wild West years. Book 1 Mary's Renewal: Newly widowed and pregnant, Mary puts her faith in town doctor Simon, who will be hard-pressed to save her when disaster strikes. Book 2 Delia's Strength: Meanwhile, adventurous schoolteacher Delia gets in trouble the minute she steps off the train in Cripple Creek, which leads her to handsome rancher Michael's doorstep. Book 3 Melody's Courage: Tender-hearted Melody sees the good in blacksmith Ian, but he's so angry after a terrible accident that getting him to ever trust her seems implausible. Book 4 Veronica's Challenge: And then there's Sheriff Veronica, who has to contend ...

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Contemplations: A Different Path To The Sacred by Aenga Besceawung (1 Review)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

Contemplations is a radical departure from mainstream thought on matters of culture, religion, and philosophy for the simple reason that it offers to one who chooses to see as I have seen, an experiential, open, and earnest path to the Sacred in this time of spiritual deception, blind grasping for purchase on purpose, and chronic longing for a crumb of dignity and for a taste of meaning in life. Set your expectations from the beginning: Contemplations is not an instruction manual to health, wealth, and happiness. It does not moralize at you or wield the whip of shame to force you to conform. It will not give you the means to unlock mysterious or ethereal magic of ancients as all such things are lures for the simple, crutches for the foolish, and deceit for the gullible. Contemplations earnestly offers another path based upon experience and observation. It avails you of the choice to benefit from what you will build upon its teachings within your life rather than to be bound to only ...

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The Holy Qur-án by Maulana Muhammad Ali (2 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

Maulana Muhammad Ali's 'The Holy Qur-án' is a scholarly translation and commentary of the Quran, providing readers with a deep and insightful understanding of the sacred text. Known for his meticulous research and attention to detail, Ali's translation maintains the poetic and rhythmic qualities of the original Arabic while offering clear and accessible explanations of the verses. This book serves as a valuable resource for both Muslims and non-Muslims seeking to explore the teachings and wisdom of the Quran within a literary context. The inclusion of historical and cultural background information enhances the reader's comprehension of the text's significance and relevance in today's world. Maulana Muhammad Ali, a well-respected Islamic scholar and theologian, dedicated his life to promoting interfaith understanding and peaceful coexistence. His passion for sharing the message of Islam with a global audience is evident in 'The Holy Qur-án,' where he translates the essence of the ...

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Uncontrolling Love: Essays Exploring the Love of God, with Introductions by Thomas Jay Oord by Lisa Michaels (21 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

What if God was not in control? And what if, instead, God always expresses uncontrolling love? Eighty leading thinkers explore the implications of a new way to think about God, the world, and our everyday lives. Their conclusions are radical, whether their writing is in story form or more academic. Essayists take ideas in Thomas Jay Oord's award-winning book, The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence (IVP Academic). Each contributor explores how we might think and live in light of uncontrolling love.

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CAKEWALK: A Novel (The Cake Series) by Douglas Bell (Bumbershoot Press) (26 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

"Your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. Yes, I gave this book a six-star rating out of a possible five. Where to even begin with how much I loved this book." Goodreads Reviewer, Transgender Bookworm Die-hard traditional Texas is the backdrop where success and nonconformity cannot coexist for Bryan Hicks, an African-American divorced father of two kids, Lindsey, the athletic golden child, and Lance, the unorthodox queer thespian. Bryan's mother loves bragging to her high-society girlfriends about Bryan's accomplishments and promotion to VP at a large multinational oil/gas company. Bryan vigorously steers clear of conversations with his mother about who he is dating because Bryan has been secretly dating Nadia, a transgender woman. Cakewalk is contemporary fiction based on Douglas Bell's past experiences. Bell speaks from an African-American heteronormative (privileged) cisgender voice to candidly expose the trauma of transphobia and homophobia. Bell wants to humanize the struggle ...

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Prayer: A Pathway to Divine Connection and Spiritual Growth by Jhonsen Sales (1 Review)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

Embark on a profound spiritual journey as you explore the sacred realm of prayer in "Prayer: A Pathway to Divine Connection and Spiritual Growth." This illuminating book delves into the significance of prayer in Catholicism, providing a comprehensive guide to deepening your relationship with God and nurturing your soul. In the Introduction, discover the pivotal role of prayer in the Catholic faith and the purpose of this book, setting the stage for a transformative exploration of prayer's power. Uncover the Understanding Prayer in Catholic Tradition in Part II, as we lay the theological foundations of prayer. Delve into God's nature and attributes, understanding Jesus Christ as the compassionate Mediator between humanity and divinity. Explore the different types of Catholic prayer, from the heartfelt expressions of vocal prayer to the profound depths of contemplative prayer. Unveil the profound influence of the Holy Spirit in prayer, drawing you closer to the Divine Presence. In ...

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Communion with God: In Modern, Updated English by John Owen (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Communion with God by John Owen is a profound theological work that delves into the nature of the relationship between God and man. We have updated this timeless work into modern, updated English so you can understand exactly what John Owen wrote hundreds of years ago. The book is centered around the concept of communion with God, which Owen defines as a mutual sharing or exchange of spiritual goods and blessings. This communion, according to Owen, is not simply a general fellowship with God, but rather a distinct and personal relationship with each person of the Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In the first part of the book, Owen discusses the communion that believers have with God the Father. He emphasizes the Father's love as the source of all spiritual blessings. He also explores the believer's appropriate response to the Father's love, which includes love, delight, and obedience. The second part of the book focuses on the communion that believers have with ...

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Jump Start Devotions: A Year of Devotional Starts to Help Us Come Closer to Christ by Ginger Chapman (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

This book is full of short devotions with Bible readings to encourage you to spend time reading and studying the Bible, praying and talking with God, and getting to know Christ better.

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Invisible Weapons: Liturgy and the Making of Crusade Ideology by M. Cecilia Gaposchkin (2 Reviews)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

Throughout the history of the Crusades, liturgical prayer, masses, and alms were all marshaled in the fight against Muslim armies. In Invisible Weapons, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin focuses on the ways in which Latin Christians communicated their ideas and aspirations for crusade to God through liturgy, how public worship was deployed, and how prayers and masses absorbed the ideals and priorities of crusading. Placing religious texts and practices within the larger narrative of crusading, Gaposchkin offers a new understanding of a crucial facet in the culture of holy war. Open Access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities

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Faithful in Love (Cliff Walk Cousins Book 1) by Cecily K. Wolfe (30 Reviews)    Price verified 16 minutes ago

When a handsome stranger brings unexpected romance to her charmed life, will a sheltered Christian heiress fight the odds for a chance at true love? Blessed from the moment of her birth, Faith Davenport is adored by everyone and has led a life guided by her charitable, Christian parents. At ease with her family's expectations and her own strength of belief, she finds joy in exploring the creative aspects of her Uncle Will's architecture business as his assistant. Nico d'Amici is thrilled with the opportunity to apprentice to Will Travers, well-known for his practical and unique architectural designs, but discovers a deeper emotion when a friendship with Travers's kind, beautiful, and intelligent niece intensifies. Faith's best friend, her cousin Thomas, intervenes, but his efforts to keep them apart are nothing compared to accusations of theft that threaten not only the friendship between the three of them but Nico's very freedom. Faith's charmed life is complicated by her romantic ...

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O Thou Fairest Among Women: The Description of Jerusalem in the Song of Solomon by H. Eade (2 Reviews)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

The Song of Solomon can seem to be a veiled book in the Bible, if the central woman in it is viewed as representing the church. If however, she represents the earthly city of Jerusalem, then the book's contents start to be revealed. This writing refers to other passages in the Bible to build on the understanding that Jerusalem is the unique woman being referred to. By considering prophecies about this city, a consistent interpretation of the Song of Solomon is found.

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Connected by Eve Adams (1 Review)    Price verified one minute ago

Join me on the most extraordinary journey, as I recount the true story of what happened to me in my multiple and intense experiences with the spirit world and beyond. From ghosts to aliens, astral projection, mediumship, demons and more from childhood to present day. Included are transcriptions from three years of extensive conversations with my spirit team using an amazing new method of spirit communication which allows for long and multiple sentences spoken by my team and other beings, I asked them thousands of questions about our world and theirs.

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God's Good Works: Stories to Treasure and Tales to Ponder by Lorilyn Roberts (Rear Guard Publishing, Inc.) (7 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

God's Good Works: Stories to Treasure and Tales to Ponder is a heartfelt faith-based collection of anecdotes and insightful lessons drawn from everyday experiences. It also examines the current American and global political climates through the lens of biblical eschatology. Beginning in 2020, the battle between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Darkness exploded with Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, and the January 6, 2021 "Capitol insurrection." Could we be living in the final days before the coming New World Order and the rapture of the Bible-believing Church?

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If Jesus Went to College by Karisa You (1 Review)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

Summer wanted to speak to God but was afraid He wouldn't understand Mandarin. Yohan fiercly opposed God until He answered all of Yohan's prayers in a month. Mia desperately wanted to learn about God, as her mum prohibited the Bible in her childhood. Bailey was raised Mormon but decided to go on a quest to discover the "one true God." In this collection of stories, university students share about their unique encounters with God. Their testimonies and advice show us that anyone can have a relationship with Him -- and that spiritual conversations are happening all around us if we want to join in.

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The Knights of the Cross by Henryk Sienkiewicz (E-BOOKARAMA) (19 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

"The Knights of the Cross" (or "The Teutonic Knights"; Krzy?acy in Polish) is a 1900 historical novel, an epic of medieval times and national destiny, ranked as one of the highest achievements from the pen of Henryk Sienkiewicz, the Literature Nobel Prize winner in 1905. "The Knights of the Cross" follows the adventures of Macko, a resourceful and wise veteran of war, and his young nephew, Zbyszko, the symbol of a maturing nation, as they struggle, along with the unified peoples of Poland and Lithuania, against the oppressive religious military Order (Knights of the Cross/Teutonic Knights). In a tavern inn Zbyszko falls in love with the lovely Danusia, who is traveling with the court of the Duchess Anna. He swears to her his knight's oath and promises to bring her 'three trophies' from the Teutonic Knights. Regarded as the most outstanding and prolific Polish writer of the second half of the nineteenth century, Henryk Sienkiewicz is perhaps best known for his epic historical novel ...

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The Astrologer's Guide: Mastering Birth Chart Interpretation by Hermes Astrology (5 Reviews)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

"The Astrologer's Guide: Mastering Birth Chart Interpretation" is a comprehensive and illuminating work written by Hermes Astrology, a seasoned practitioner in the world of astrology. This book is an essential resource for both novice and experienced astrologers, offering a deep dive into the art and science of birth chart interpretation. Hermes Astrology's unparalleled expertise shines through as they guide readers on a transformative journey through the celestial tapestry of the zodiac. This book is designed to equip astrologers, horoscope enthusiasts, and anyone with a keen interest in astrology with the tools and knowledge needed to unravel the mysteries of the natal chart. Key Features: • Fundamental Astrological Concepts: "The Astrologer's Guide" takes the reader from the basics to the advanced aspects of astrology. Hermes Astrology starts with an in-depth exploration of the zodiac signs, planets, houses, and aspects, ensuring a strong foundational understanding. • ...

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Confucian Iconoclasm: Textual Authority, Modern Confucianism, and the Politics of Antitradition in Republican China (SUNY series in Chinese ... by Philippe Major (SUNY Press) Price verified one hour ago

Confucian Iconoclasm proposes a novel account of the emergence of modern Confucian philosophy in Republican China (1912-1949), challenging the historiographical paradigm that modern (or New) Confucianism sought to preserve traditions against the iconoclasm of the May Fourth Movement. Through close textual analyses of Liang Shuming's Eastern and Western Cultures and Their Philosophies (1921) and Xiong Shili's New Treatise on the Uniqueness of Consciousness (1932), Philippe Major argues that the most successful modern Confucian texts of the Republican period were nearly as iconoclastic as the most radical of May Fourth intellectuals. Questioning the strict dichotomy between radicalism and conservatism that underscores most historical accounts of the period, Major shows that May Fourth and Confucian iconoclasts were engaged in a politics of antitradition aimed at the monopolization of intellectual commodities associated with universality, autonomy, and liberty. Understood as a ...

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Job: Biblical Commentary Through Dialogue by Kyle Woodruff (12 Reviews)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

The Biblical Commentary Through Dialogue series examines the Judeo-Christian origin stories through the eyes of a critic and an apologetic alike. Eavesdrop on a debate between a Christian elder and young agnostic as they pore over select books of the Holy Bible, finding common ground to derive lessons from the ancient tales. Grab yourself a bowl of popcorn as these two generations duke it out in a serious philosophical approach to Scripture with a humorous twist.

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The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr (2 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year ... by Kenneth Morris (3 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Mishpachah: The Jewish Family in Tradition and in Transition (Studies in Jewish Civilization Book 27) by Leonard J. Greenspoon (Purdue University Press) Price verified 56 minutes ago

Dictionary definitions of the term mishpachah are seemingly straightforward: "A Jewish family or social unit including close and distant relatives-sometimes also close friends." As accurate as such definitions are, they fail to capture the diversity and vitality of real, flesh-and-blood Jewish families. Families have been part of Jewish life for as long as there have been Jews. It is useful to recall that the family is the basic narrative building block of the stories in the biblical book of Genesis, which can be interpreted in the light of ancient literary traditions, archaeological discoveries, and rabbinic exegesis. Rabbinic literature also is filled with discussions about interactions, rancorous as well as amicable, between parents and among siblings. Sometimes harmony characterizes relations between the parent and the child; as often, alas, there is conflict. The rabbis, always aware of the realities of life, chide and advise as best they can. For the modern period, the changing ...

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Next Year in Jerusalem: Exile and Return in Jewish History (Studies in Jewish Civilization Book 30) by Leonard J. Greenspoon Price verified one minute ago

Next Year in Jerusalem recognizes that Jews have often experienced or imaged periods of exile and return in their long tradition. The fourteen papers in this collection examine this phenomenon from different approaches, genres, and media. They cover the period from biblical times through today. Among the exiles highlighted are the Babylonian Exile (sixth century BCE), the exile after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple (70 CE), and the years after the Crusaders (tenth century CE). Events of return include the aftermath of the Babylonian Exile (fifth century BCE), the centuries after the Temple's destruction (first and second CE), and the years of the establishment of the modern State of Israel (1948 CE). In each instance authors pay close attention to the historical settings, the literature created by Jews and others, and the theological explanations offered (typically, this was seen as divine punishment or reward for Israel's behavior). The entire volume is written ...

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Who Is A Jew?: Reflections on History, Religion, and Culture (Studies in Jewish Civilization Book 25) by Leonard J. Greenspoon (Purdue University Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 6 minutes ago

Jewish identity is a perennial concern, as Jews seek to define the major features and status of those who "belong," while at the same time draw distinctions between individuals and groups on the "inside" and those on the "outside." From a variety of perspectives, scholarly as well as confessional, there is intense interest among non-Jewish and Jewish commentators alike in the basic question, "Who is a Jew?" This collection of articles draws diverse historical, cultural, and religious insights from scholars who represent a wide range of academic and theological disciplines. Some of the authors directly address the issue of Jewish identity as it is being played out today in Israel and Diaspora communities. Others look to earlier time periods or societies as invaluable resources for enhanced and deepened analysis of contemporary matters. All authors in this collection make a concerted effort to present their evidence and their conclusions in a way that is accessible to the general ...

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Scientific and practical technomagic by Shamala Eugene (1 Review)    Price verified one minute ago

In the book, in a popular scientific and accessible form, "all seals are removed" from the secret knowledge that humanity has dreamed of mastering all the years of its existence: The wand of Hermes. Device. The principle of operation. Electricity and heat from the ether.Teleportation. Heat ray. Vajra. Flying saucer is easy! Time. Time travel. Levitation The Grail, the Uraboros and the Seven Seals.

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Devotional Hours with the Bible: Genesis to Revelation - All 8 Volumes in one Book! by J R Miller (4 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

JR Miller takes us through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation in easy stages, with readings and helpful and often challenging comments. We have here all eight volumes of his Devotional Hours with the Bible books, sensitively updated, with long sentences and paragraphs broken up. We have made no changes to Miller's powerful and memorable message in each chapter. The title Devotional Hours might seem a little off-putting. Feel free to spend whatever time you have available as you read the whole or selected parts of this book ? whether it is literally hours, or maybe just a few minutes every day. Miller's comments are suitable for anyone not yet familiar with the Bible, as well as those with good Bible knowledge. Perfect for individual reading and group sharing.

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Quran in English: Clear, Pure, Easy to Read, in Modern English by Talal Itani (1,694 Review)    Price verified one minute ago

Perhaps the best Quran English translation. It is clear, easy to read, and faithful to the Arabic original. It closely follows the Arabic text and often reminds the reader of the Arabic original. It uses today's English language and today's English vocabulary; thus, it is easy to read and understand. The flow is smooth, the sentence structure is simple, and the meaning is clear. This Quran translation has no interpretations, no footnotes, and no explanations. It is a pure translation of the Quran from Arabic to English, and it does not try to emphasize any school of thought. The text purely and accurately translates the Holy Quran, from Arabic, into contemporary English. It was translated by a Muslim who saw firsthand the miracles inside the Quran. His native language is Arabic; his everyday language is American English. For 15 years, he studied the Quran. CHAPTER 81. The Rolling. at-Takwir. In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. 1. When the sun is rolled up. 2. When the ...

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Missing Bessie (The Bessie Series Book 1) by Jody Overend (Next Chapter) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

It's the summer of 1972 and Bessie has just turned fifteen in Ravenspond, Canada. She is young, curious and restless. Having just broken up with her boyfriend Jason, she decides to hitchhike to Vancouver with her best pal, Ash, and catch her hero Chris Lisacker in concert. But instead of ending up on the West Coast, Bessie and Ash find themselves in Heaven, with no idea how they got there. With the help of the Hawaiian-shirted Angel, Mel, Bessie gradually recovers her memories. But when her fate is about to be revealed, does she really want to know the truth?

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Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, ... by Frank F. Ellinwood (1 Review)    Price verified one minute ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Con Game by Madison Getchell (32 Reviews)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

The infamous con artist, Roxy Hartman, is on top of the world. She's highly successful, no federal agency can catch her, her true identity is unknown, and she's a redhead. What's not to admire? But when she gains possession of and sells a valuable painting that had been stolen from a museum and been missing for years, she finds herself in big trouble with a prominent crime boss who wants his masterpiece back. And if that's not enough, the recent sale of the painting lands her in the custody of the FBI, who offer her a deal if she can help them get the painting back and find the crime boss who wants it. Now under the watchful eye of a very uptight and by-the-book FBI agent named Carter, Roxy attempts to pull off the con of her life. That is, if her heart doesn't happen to become the mark first.

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Scriptures, Shrines, Scapegoats, and World Politics: Religious Sources of Conflict and Cooperation in the Modern Era by Zeev Maoz (University of Michigan Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

The effect of religious factors on politics has been a key issue since the end of the Cold War and the subsequent rise of religious terrorism. However, the systematic investigations of these topics have focused primarily on the effects of religion on domestic and international conflict. Scriptures, Shrines, Scapegoats, and World Politics offers a comprehensive evaluation of the role of religion in international relations, broadening the scope of investigation to such topics as the relationship between religion and cooperation, religion and conflict, and the relationship between religion and the quality of life. Religion is often manipulated by political elites to advance their principal goal of political survival. Zeev Maoz and Errol A. Henderson find that no specific religion is either consistently more bellicose or consistently more cooperative than other religions. However, religious similarity between states tends to reduce the propensity of conflict and increase the opportunity ...

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Palimpsests of Themselves: Logic and Commentary in Postclassical Muslim South Asia (Berkeley Series in Postclassical Islamic Scholarship Book 5) by Asad Q. Ahmed (University of California Press) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Palimpsests of Themselves is an intervention in current discussions about the fate of philosophy in postclassical Islamic intellectual history. Asad Q. Ahmed uses as a case study the most advanced logic textbook of Muslim South Asia, The Ladder of the Sciences, presenting in English its first full translation and extended commentary. He offers detailed assessments of the technical contributions of the work, explores the social and institutional settings of the vast commentarial response it elicited, and develops a theory of the philosophical commentary that is internal to the tradition. These approaches to the commentarial text complicate presuppositions upon which questions of Islam's intellectual decline are erected. As such, Ahmed offers a unique and powerful opportunity to understand the transmission of knowledge across the Islamic world.

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An Epidemic among My People: Religion, Politics, and COVID-19 in the United States (Religious Engagement in Democratic Politics) by Paul Djupe (Temple University Press) (2 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

The pandemic presented religion as a paradox: faith is often crucial for helping people weather life's troubles and make difficult decisions, but how can religion continue to deliver these benefits and provide societal structure without social contact? The topical volume, An Epidemic among My People explains how the COVID-19 pandemic stress tested American religious communities and created a new politics of religion centered on public health. The editors and contributorsconsider how the virus and government policy affected religion in America. Chapters examine the link between the prosperity gospel and conspiracy theories, the increased purchase of firearms by evangelicals, the politics of challenging public health orders as religious freedom claims, and the reactions of Christian nationalists, racial groups, and female clergy to the pandemic (and pandemic politics). As sharp lines were drawn between people and their governments during this uncertain time, An Epidemic among My People ...

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Psychic Development for Beginners: A complete beginner's guide to developing abilities such as Intuition, telepathy, and other psychic abilities by Tom Kane (PublishDrive) Price verified 8 hours ago

What if you could embark on an extraordinary journey of psychic exploration and self-discovery, unlocking the hidden potential of your intuitive abilities within the pages of a single comprehensive guide? In a world where the unseen and intuitive realms hold great fascination, this Psychic Development for Beginners is your ultimate gateway to unraveling the mysteries of psychic abilities. Whether you're entirely new to the realm of psychism or seeking to deepen your understanding, this complete beginner's guide is your go-to manual for navigating the vast landscape of psychic potential. Drawing from expert insights and personal experiences, this guide unveils the step-by-step process to awaken and nurture your innate psychic abilities, such as intuition, telepathy, clairvoyance, and more. From grounding techniques to conducting psychic readings, you'll gain the tools and techniques necessary to embark on an empowering journey of self-discovery and psychic growth. Inside this ...

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Emotions in Korean Philosophy and Religion: Confucian, Comparative, and Contemporary Perspectives (Palgrave Studies in Comparative East-West ... by Edward Y. J. Chung (Palgrave Macmillan) (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

This pioneering book presents thirteen articles on the fascinating topic of emotions (jeong ?) in Korean philosophy and religion. Its introductory chapter comprehensively provides a textual, philosophical, ethical, and religious background on this topic in terms of emotions West and East, emotions in the Chinese and Buddhist traditions, and Korean perspectives. Chapters 2 to 5 of part I discuss key Korean Confucian thinkers, debates, and ideas. Chapters 6 to 8 of part II offer comparative thoughts from Confucian moral, political, and social angles. Chapters 9 to 12 of part III deal with contemporary Buddhist and eco-feminist perspectives. The concluding chapter discusses ground-breaking insights into the diversity, dynamics, and distinctiveness of Korean emotions. This is an open access book.

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Eco-Theology by Celia Deane-Drummond (Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd) (6 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Concern for the environment has developed and intensified over the last few decades to the point where it now dominates much of our contemporary political landscape and culture. The rise of religious environmentalism in particular adds its own distinctive voice to the debate, for it seeks to trace both the malaise and a potential solution to environmental understanding. In Eco-Theology, Celia Deane-Drummond offers a comprehensive resource book for this burgeoning field of enquiry that highlights and seeks to evaluate the merits or otherwise of contemporary eco-theologies. She introduces the reader to critical debates in eco-theology, tracing trends from around the globe and key theological responses, and encourages reflection and analysis through further reading sections at the end of each chapter and questions for discussion.

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The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12 [Updated and Annotated] by Thomas Watson (Aneko Press) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 50 minutes ago

The sermon on the mount is full of sweet variety. It is a piece of spiritual needlework that is worked throughout with various colors. This is both useful and pleasant. In this portion of Holy Scripture, you have a synopsis of the Christian religion. You have the Bible summarized. There is a garden of delight in this sermon. It is set with special growths where you may pick those flowers that will enrich the hidden man of your heart. In this sermon, you find the golden key that will open the gate of Paradise. It contains the channel of the gospel through which runs wine to sustain those who are poor in spirit and pure in heart. It is the rich cabinet in which the Pearl of Blessedness is locked up. It is the golden pot that contains the manna that will feed and refresh the soul unto everlasting life. It is a pathway that leads to the Holy of Holies. About the Author Thomas Watson (c. 1620-1686) was an English Nonconformist Puritan pastor and author. He earned his Bachelor of Arts and ...

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Jesuit and English Experiences at the Mughal Court, c. 1580–1615 (New Transculturalisms, 1400–1800) by João Vicente Melo (Palgrave Macmillan) Price verified 4 hours ago

This open access book reconstructs and examines a crucial episode of Anglo-Iberian diplomatic rivalry: the clash between the Portuguese-sponsored Jesuit missionaries and the English East India Company (EIC) at the Mughal court between 1580 and 1615. This 35-year period includes the launch of the first Jesuit mission to Akbar's court in 1580 and the preparation of the royal embassy led by Sir Thomas Roe to negotiate the concession of trading privileges to the EIC, and encompasses not only the extension of the conflict between the Iberian crowns and England into Asia, but also the consolidation of the Mughal Empire. The book examines the proselytizing and diplomatic activities of the Jesuit missionaries, the evolution of English diplomatic strategies concerning the Mughal Empire, and how the Mughal authorities instigated and exploited Anglo-Iberian rivalry in the pursuit of specific commercial, geopolitical, and ideological agendas.

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Wisdom Calls Aloud: A Guide for the Interpretation of the Book of Proverbs by William Lawson (1 Review)    Price verified one minute ago

In the book of Proverbs Solomon and other wise teachers instruct us to live by godly wisdom rather than worldly folly. Perhaps more than ever before people are guided by worldly folly with disastrous consequences. The book of Proverbs is an extremely practical book that helps us to live our lives in the best possible way. In Wisdom Calls Aloud I share the results of my efforts to hear God speak through this important book. Christians often struggle to hear God speak through the Bible. Even Christian ministers sometimes do not understand the message of the Bible. The problem in part is that sound principles and methods for interpreting the Bible are not known or practiced. Instead, everyone does what is right in their own eyes. In Ears to Hear: A Guide for the Interpretation of the Bible I provide principles, methods, and procedures for Christians and ministers as they seek to hear God speak through the Bible and communicate the message of the Bible to those who need a word from God. ...

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The Spartan Who Defied Rome: A Standalone Bloodline Novel 1 by Anthony Vincent Bruno (183 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

Jerusalem 33 AD A raw Roman recruit refuses to abuse a prisoner already condemned to death. This denial of a corrupt, sadistic order leads to a lifetime of trial and persecution for the Spartan born warrior. Marcus Tychon Triarius is sent to the dreaded Bithynia mines to die a slave but his destiny is yet to be decided. The Roman Empire is never far off his heels, particularly a brutal centurion who has taken the youth's honorable stance personally. Heartbreak follows for the idealistic Marcus who remains a non-believer, even when he encounters the mother of the crucified prisoner, someone about to change the world forever. It is easy to join in with a mob, to inflict cruelty on the weak and defenseless, but when the victim is someone extraordinary... extraordinary beyond belief...

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When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species by Rafael Rachel Neis (University of California Press) Price verified 8 hours ago

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This book investigates rabbinic treatises relating to animals, humans, and other life-forms. Through an original analysis of creaturely generation and species classification by late ancient Palestinian rabbis and other thinkers in the Roman Empire, Rafael Rachel Neis shows how rabbis blurred the lines between humans and other beings, even as they were intent on classifying creatures and tracing the contours of what it means to be human. Recognizing that life proliferates by mechanisms beyond sexual copulation between two heterosexual "male" and "female" individuals of the same species, the rabbis proposed intricate alternatives. In parsing a variety of creatures, they considered overlaps and resemblances across seemingly distinct species, upsetting in turn unmitigated claims of human distinctiveness. When a Human ...

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Malfuzat – Volume I by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (2 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

"Malfuzat" refers to the holy and insightful words of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, on whom be peace, which he expressed verbally from time to time in his pure and holy gatherings or before congregations at the Annual Convention, for the purification of his followers and for their spiritual and moral training, thus enabling them to forge a living relationship with God; to teach the knowledge and wisdom of the Holy Quran; to revive the religion of Islam and to establish the shariah of Muhammad, peace be upon him.

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The 13th Symbol: Rise of the Enlightened One (The Thirteenth Series Book 3) by William Struse (111 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

At the very cusp of the Order's victory in their ancient battle for the destiny of mankind, the death of Peter Herschel threatens its very existence. Will another rise from the ashes of these events to lead the Order and bear the torch of enlightenment? Behind the scenes, two men set in motion events which they hope will result in one of them winning the ultimate victory. The stakes have never been higher. The only thing standing between them and their destiny is the location of the 13th Symbol. Zane Harrison has never been happier. He has won the love of Rachael Neumann, and in just a few days she will be his bride. Unknown to him, their lives are about to be turned upside down. As world leaders race to find the 13th Symbol and an unimaginable fortune in gold, their focus converges on Zane Harrison. As events overtake him, Zane struggles to survive and find a way out of the greatest treasure hunt the world has ever known.

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The Night of Weeping and the Morning of Joy by Horatius Bonar (16 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

From Night of Weeping : "For the family of God... the way is rough, and the desert blast is keen. Who of them can say aught regarding their prospects here, save that tribulation awaiteth them in every place as they pass along? This they must know and prepare for, grasping more firmly at every step the gracious hand that is leading them on to the kingdom... Our desire is to minister to the saints in the consolation and admonition of the Lord. We would seek to bear their burdens, to bind up their wounds, and to dry up at least some out of their many tears." From Morning of Joy: "Cut off from a home and a heritage here, yet assured of both hereafter,... [the church] feels as if already seated with Him in heavenly places. Looking forward to the arrival of the King, she anticipates the kingdom. In darkness she anticipates the light; in sorrow she anticipates the joy; in the night she anticipates the morning; in shame she anticipates the glory. Losing sight of the bitterness, she tastes ...

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The 13th Prime: Deciphering the Jubilee Code (The Thirteenth Series Book 2) by William Struse (PalmoniQuest LLC) (145 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

The thrilling Biblical adventure continues in Book II - The 13th Prime: Deciphering the Jubilee Code. With the discovery of the 13th Enumeration an age old battle that has lurked in the shadows of world history, threatens to explode onto the world stage. The Order & their forces of darkness wage an unrelenting war to keep the secret, the success of their diabolical plans for the human race dependent upon mankind's ignorance of the past. Zane Harrison and Rachael Neumann do not realize the discovery of 13th Enumeration was just the beginning. Their knowledge of this ancient secret sets in motion a chain of events from which they may not escape. Trying to stay one step ahead of their hidden adversaries they learn there is much more to the secret than they ever imagined. Forty one names in an ancient list of kings are the chronological key to evidence of a guiding hand woven into the fabric of events in mankind's history, a scarlet thread marking important milestones in the ...

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The Lazarus Ciphers by William Struse (PalmoniQuest) (92 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

John Plummer refused to abandon hope for his children, even in death. He left behind... A briefcase full of Secrets An evil his two children may not escape Seven Ciphered riddles that must be solved An inheritance that may not be attained A book that holds the Key In the darkest hour of their lives, Cadence and Timbre Plummer find an unlikely path forward in the expectation of an inheritance their father may have placed out of their reach. Their troubled pasts stalking them, the brother and sister race to break the biblical ciphers that stand between them and their legacy. As the deadline to solve the ciphers approaches, they discover a staggering truth about themselves, their father, and his seven Lazarus Ciphers. When all else failed, faith found a way.

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God exists; And the truth of christianity can still be sustained by Renato Antonio Rabuske (1 Review)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

This is an apologetic book, which focus its debate on the existence of God, first from the origin of everything according to the Old Testament views of the Bible, Science, and Philosophy, and then, from the revelation contained in the New Testament. The creation of the world is seen from the perspective of evolution. In addtion to answering few objections against the existence of God, it also addresses other themes related to Christianity such as the soul, miracles, original sin, and the end of the world, while giving special attention to the Resurrection of Jesus.

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Intellectuals in the Modern Islamic World: Transmission, Transformation and Communication (New Horizons in Islamic Studies) by Stephane Dudoignon (Routledge) (10 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Incorporating a rich series of case-studies covering a range of geographical areas, this collection of essays examines the history of modern intellectuals in the Islamic world throughout the twentieth century. The contributors reassess the typology and history of various scholars, providing significant diachronic analysis of the different forms of communication, learning, and authority. While each chapter presents a separate regional case, with an historically and geographically different background, the volume discloses commonalities, similarities and intellectual echoes through its comparative approach. Consisting of two parts, the volume focuses first on al-Manar, the influential journal published between 1898 and 1935 that inspired much imagination and arguments among local intelligentsias all over the Islamic world. The second part discusses the formation, transmission and transformation of learning and authority, from the Middle East to Central and Southeast Asia. Constituting ...

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A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean: A Collection of Stories Curated by Leïla Sebbar (University of California Series in Jewish History ... by Lia Brozgal (University of California Press) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean brings together the fascinating personal stories of Jewish writers, scholars, and intellectuals who came of age in lands where Islam was the dominant religion and everyday life was infused with the politics of the French imperial project. Prompted by novelist Leïla Sebbar to reflect on their childhoods, these writers offer literary portraits that gesture to a universal condition while also shedding light on the exceptional nature of certain experiences. The childhoods captured here are undeniably Jewish, but they are also Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, Egyptian, Lebanese, and Turkish; each essay thus testifies to the multicultural, multilingual, and multi-faith community into which its author was born. The present translation makes this unique collection available to an ...

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The Average Girl's Love Story by Madison Getchell (52 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

Have you ever felt like you were just average? Gabby Evanson can relate. Everything about her is average, including her job working at a public relations firm in New York City. But honestly, she spends most of her time daydreaming about the man of her dreams: Troy Taylor, a perfectly gorgeous actor who captures every woman's heart on and off the screen. But then her average life gets turned upside down after Troy publicly insults an "average woman," and Gabby stumbles upon a meeting between her boss and Troy's manager. Gabby is convinced to go along with their plan for her to date Troy to help him win back his favor with the average women of America, and she finds herself in a dream come true with her dream man. But when she meets Troy's best friend, Levi, she begins a journey of seeing herself the way God sees her and finding her dream man may not be exactly who she initially imagined he'd be.

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Revolution and Witchcraft: The Code of Ideology in Unsettled Times by Gordon C. Chang (Palgrave Macmillan) (5 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

Ideas influence people. In particular, extremely well-developed sets of ideas shape individuals, groups, and societies in far-reaching ways. This book establishes these "idea systems" as an academic concept. Through three intense episodes of manipulation and mayhem connected to idea systems -- Europe's witch hunts, the Mao Zedong-era "revolutions," and the early campaign of the U.S. War on Terror -- this book charts the cognitive and informational matrices that seize control of people's mentalities and behaviors across societies. Through these, the author reaches two conclusions. The first, that we are all vulnerable to the dominating influence of our own matrices of ideas and to those woven by others in the social system. The second, that even the most masterful manipulators of idea programs may lose control of the outcomes of programmatic manipulation. Amongst this analysis, sixty-plus central conceptual terminologies are provided for readers to analyze multiform idea systems that ...

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The Rich Life by Madison Getchell (42 Reviews)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

When Zoey Richards, a spoiled New York City socialite, decided to get into her car and drive high and drunk, the last thing she expected to happen was to die and go to heaven. But when her car accident leaves her dead for two minutes, she finds herself face-to-face with Jesus, who sends her back to live her life for Him. When she awakens, she suddenly has the ability to hear God's voice. Now, with a changed perspective and some specific requests from God, she starts to live out His plan, despite her friends and boyfriend thinking she's gone insane. Zoey begins a new chapter of her life that leads her to discover what authentic love looks like and what it truly means to live The Rich Life.

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The Diversity Of Worldviews Among Young Adults: Contemporary (Non)Religiosity And Spirituality Through The Lens Of An International Mixed Method Study by Peter Nynäs (Springer) Price verified 46 minutes ago

This open access volume features a data-rich portrait of what young adults think about the world. It collects the views of students in higher education from various cultural regions, religious traditions, linguistic groups, and political systems. This will help readers better understand a generation that will soon rise to power and influence. The analysis focuses on 12 countries. These include Canada, China, Finland, Ghana, India, Israel, Peru, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, and the USA. It employs a mixed-methods approach, invested in the study of an individual's views and values using state-of-the-art methodology, including the innovative Faith Q-sort. This instrument is new to the field and developed for assessing the entanglement of subjective views and personal beliefs. The study also incorporates a comprehensive values survey as well as other survey tools that look into people's social capital, media use, social values alignment, and subjective well-being. Each chapter is ...

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Sacred Scripture / Sacred Space: The Interlacing of Real Places and Conceptual Spaces in Medieval Art and Architecture (Materiale Textkulturen Book ... by Tobias Frese (De Gruyter) (1 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Thirteen papers on different subjects, focussing on writings and inscriptions in medieval art, explore the faculty of writing to create and determine spaces and to generate the sacred by the display of holy scripture. The subjects range from book illumination over wall painting, mosaics, sculpture, and church interiors to inscriptions on portals and façades.

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Lazarre by Mary Hartwell Catherwood (3 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Fractured Tablets: Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture by Mira Balberg (University of California Press) Price verified one hour ago

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This book examines the significant role that memory failures play in early rabbinic literature. The rabbis who shaped Judaism in late antiquity envisioned the commitment to the Torah and its commandments as governing every aspect of a person's life. Their vision of a Jewish subject who must keep constant mental track of multiple obligations and teachings led them to be preoccupied with forgetting: forgetting tasks, forgetting facts, forgetting texts, and -- most broadly -- forgetting the Torah altogether. In Fractured Tablets, Mira Balberg examines the ways in which the early rabbis approached and delineated the possibility of forgetfulness in practice and study and the solutions and responses they conjured for forgetfulness, along with the ways in which they used human fallibility to bolster their vision of Jewish ...

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End Time Prophecy: The Little Book of Prophecy and Truth: 2018 update by Dan Nordquist (8 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

from Creation to the Islamic Antichrist and how to be sure you are one of God's chosen - When is the End of the World? - Where are we, right now, in Biblical prophecy? - is Evolution true? - is the Bible true? - Who is Jesus Christ? - will Islam rule the world? A book that takes you from creation to the last day and everywhere in between. Explore Biblical Prophecy and learn what the symbolic pictures God gave Daniel and John mean to us today and how we're right in the midst of those prophecies. Take a trip across time with the Story of the Bible. And, see how it ends... Learn just exactly Who Jesus Christ is. Explore Creation vs Evolution in a scientific and Biblical way. Study what the Bible says about the End Time players and who these men are that will become the Antichrist and the False Prophet of the Bible.

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Fall to Eden: An Apocalyptic Fantasy (Dominion Over the Earth Book 1) by Katherine Padilla (1 Review)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

Loved by the son. Pursued by the father. Selected by the planet-spirit. Benefactor or invader? Messiah or anti-Christ? Descendant of the Son of God or emissary of Satan? Emperor Tohmazz Zarr is on a mission to save his nation from extinction and has found new followers on Earth. While Earth prepares for invasion by Zarr's enemies, Latter-day Saint Sara Alexander defies her parents and the leaders of her church to join a colony led by world-renowned organizational psychologist Dr. Benjamin Carroll, whose goal is to create Zion on an uninhabited planet named Eden. Before Sara leaves Earth, her father reveals that they are from the planet Novaun and gives her his arelada, the mysterious crystal that makes telepathy possible. Devoted to Dr. Carroll's son, Sara is unaware that Carroll, himself, has developed an attraction to her. Sara's relationship with Carroll ignites passion that throws the colony into chaos. When Eden's planet-spirit begins reacting violently to what it perceives as ...

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Mysteries of the Origin of Animals : Illuminating What Science Hasn’t Answered about the Inception and Development of Animal Life (Origins) by Daniel Friedmann (14 Reviews)    Price verified 26 minutes ago

Is it possible to combine faith and science to fully understand the origins of life, and the appearance and development of animals? In what is known as the Cambrian explosion, many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil record with no apparent ancestors in earlier rock layers. These animals had complex body plans, blood, and unique behavioral characteristics. Join the authors in a riveting exploration of the latest scientific advances in understanding the fossil record, and the Bible's deepest insights into the origins and workings of animals. Read Mysteries of the Origin of Animals and find answers to what has eluded us so far about the inception and development of animal life. Explore: • how carbon, the basic ingredient of life, came about • how first life arose • the link between the almost four-billion-year scientific timeline for life and the six-day biblical creation account • the beginning of complex animals and the Cambrian explosion • animals' unique ...

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Altering Aliases (Pursuing Pretenses Book 2) by Madison Getchell (53 Reviews)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

As partners at the Portland PD, Kylie and Terrin's relationship at work only seems to strengthen their relationship outside of it, and Terrin has become an invaluable addition to the police force with his hacking abilities. In fact, life together in Maine couldn't be better. That is, until Ronnie Walker shows up with a new assignment and a need for Terrin's skills to stop a crime ring in Boston involved with cargo theft and with possible ties to terrorism. But when a surprising twist in their investigation has the cargo theft ring thinking Kylie is the genius car hacker, Kylie and Terrin find themselves navigating a whole new set of obstacles in yet another FBI investigation.

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Straordinarie Esperienze - Un breve saggio sulle esperienze transpersonali legate alla morte fisica (Stazione Celeste eBook Vol. 6) (Italian Edition) by Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino (Edizioni Stazione Celeste) (102 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Le "straordinarie esperienze" descritte in questo eBook sono le esperienze di pre-morte (NDE), le visioni e le espansioni di coscienza allo stadio terminale della vita (NDA), e le esperienze di contatto spontaneo con i defunti (VSCD). Esperienze che milioni di persone al mondo hanno avuto. La svizzera Evelyn Elsaesser Valarino, presenta in questo libro una sintesi, caratterizzata da semplicità espositiva e rigore scientifico, dei suoi vent'anni di studio e ricerca sulla loro fenomenologia.. Il suo contenuto pur essendo estratto da "Mamma Papà Vedo la Luce", può essere considerato come un a libro a sé e per la sua piena comprensione non serve aver letto il libro da cui è tratto. La nostra scelta, come casa editrice, di diffondere gratuitamente questo eBook, è stata dettata, principalmente dal desiderio che un numero sempre maggiore di persone vengano a conoscenza di questa realtà, poiché siamo convinti che questo potrà aiutare alcuni ad affrontare la paura della morte fisica ...

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Merchants of Virtue: Hindus, Muslims, and Untouchables in Eighteenth-Century South Asia (South Asia Across the Disciplines) by Divya Cherian (University of California Press) (9 Reviews)    Price verified 50 minutes ago

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Winner of the 2022 Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences Merchants of Virtue explores the question of what it meant to be Hindu in precolonial South Asia. Divya Cherian presents a fine-grained study of everyday life and local politics in the kingdom of Marwar in eighteenth-century western India to uncover how merchants enforced their caste ideals of vegetarianism and bodily austerity as universal markers of Hindu identity. Using legal strategies and alliances with elites, these merchants successfully remade the category of "Hindu," setting it in contrast to "Untouchable" in a process that reconfigured Hinduism in caste terms. In a history pertinent to understanding India today, Cherian establishes the centrality of caste to the early-modern Hindu self and to its imagination of inadmissible others.

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The Medicine Box: Wyoming MacPhersons (MacPherson Brides Book 8) by Mischelle Creager (333 Reviews)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

HOW LONG CAN SHE BATTLE A MAN WHO REFUSES HER LOVE? DEATH HAS BRUTALLY TAKEN EVERY WOMAN FROM HIM. WHICH WILL WIN -- LOVE OR DEATH? Katy Sullivan must protect her younger sisters at all cost. They've escaped the brutal hand of their step-uncle and took his greatest treasure. Fearing death if found, they travel west in a wagon train but are abandoned along with a sick preacher and his sisters. Rescue comes in the form of two buckskin-clad, tobacco-spitting brothers and their harsh, scar-faced companion. Their offer -- come to their valley for the winter -- could be very good or very, very bad. Scarred within and without, Jacob Matthews sealed off his heart. He's respected by the army, honored by the Indians, and known as Takota -- friend to all. He fights his feelings for the feisty red-headed woman who came to his valley. Death took every woman he's loved. Death won three times. Jacob can't let it win a fourth.

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New Perspectives on Kristallnacht: After 80 Years, the Nazi Pogrom in Global Comparison (The Jewish Role in American Life: An Annual Review Book 17) by Steven J. Ross (Purdue University Press) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

On November 9 and 10, 1938, Nazi leadership unleashed an unprecedented orchestrated wave of violence against Jews in Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland, supposedly in response to the assassination of a Nazi diplomat by a young Polish Jew, but in reality to force the remaining Jews out of the country. During the pogrom, Stormtroopers, Hitler Youth, and ordinary Germans murdered more than a hundred Jews (many more committed suicide) and ransacked and destroyed thousands of Jewish institutions, synagogues, shops, and homes. Thirty thousand Jews were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps. Volume 17 of the Casden Annual Review includes a series of articles presented at an international conference titled "New Perspectives on Kristallnacht: After 80 Years, the Nazi Pogrom in Global Comparison." Assessing events 80 years after the violent anti-Jewish pogrom of 1938, contributors to this volume offer new cutting-edge scholarship on the event and its repercussions. Contributors ...

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Catholic Peacebuilding and Mining: Integral Peace, Development, and Ecology (Routledge Studies in Religion) by Caesar A. Montevecchio (Routledge) (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

This book explores the role of Catholic peacebuilding in addressing the global mining industry. Mining is intimately linked to issues of conflict, human rights, sustainable development, governance, and environmental justice. As an institution of significant scope and scale with a large network of actors at all levels and substantial theoretical and ethical resources, the Catholic Church is well positioned to acknowledge the essential role of mining, while challenging unethical and harmful practices, and promoting integral peace, development, and ecology. Drawing together theology, ethics, and praxis, the volume reflects the diversity of Catholic action on mining and the importance of an integrated approach. It includes contributions by an international and interdisciplinary range of scholars and practitioners. They examine Catholic action on mining in El Salvador, Peru, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Philippines. They also address general issues of corporate ...

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The Life of the Buddha (The Buddha's Path) by Eric Van Horn (Smashwords) (13 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

In the centuries that followed the Buddha's death there were many fanciful and mythologized accounts of his life. Unfortunately these stories gained traction, and even today movies and television programs are often based on these accounts. The Life of the Buddha goes back to the original sources in order to reconstruct his life from the oldest material. This helps answer important questions about the nature of the Buddha and his quest for Awakening. Despite some assertions that there is little biographical information about the life of the Buddha, quite the opposite is true. In fact, a major hurdle for any biographer of the Buddha is the enormous amount of information that is scattered throughout the thousands of pages of canonical literature. This information is enhanced by some extraordinary research and archeology from the past 200 years. But this is not simply a scholastic biography. The important question is "What can I learn from the life of the Buddha?" How does it help me ...

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Pursuing Pretenses by Madison Getchell (95 Reviews)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

Kylie Nichols and her father are police officers in Portland, Maine, and when her father is killed on duty, she becomes a part of the investigation to find the killer. But when it's found to be connected to a very powerful, yet elusive, crime boss who goes by the name of Odin, the investigation is put into the hands of the Boston Division FBI. Unwilling to let it go, Kylie requests to continue to be a part of their investigation, but in order to keep her out of their way, they assign her to be a handler for a difficult, yet charming, undercover informant named Terrin, who has made a name for himself in Odin's underworld as a car hacker. Together, they team up to find Odin and end up finding maybe a little more than they bargained for.

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Sermons on Gospel Themes: Addressing the Bible's Dual Themes of Justification and Sanctification (Annotated and Illustrated) by Charles G. Finney (Aneko Press) (15 Reviews)    Price verified 56 minutes ago

All Christians and sinners should understand that the whole plan is complete. They should understand that the whole of Christ - His character, His work, His atoning death, and His ever-living intercession - belongs to each and every person and simply needs to be accepted. There is a full ocean of it. There it is. You can just as well take it as not. You are invited and urged to drink, and to drink abundantly! This ocean supplies all your need. As the Scriptures say, He is of God made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption (1 Corinthians 1:30). What do you need? Wisdom? Here it is. Righteousness? Here it is. Sanctification? Here you have it. It is all in Christ. Can you possibly think of anything needful for your salvation, moral purity, or your usefulness that is not here in Christ? Nothing. All is provided here. But salvation, to be real and available, must be salvation from sin. A religion that does not break the power of sin is a lie. If it does not drive ...

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Religion and Governance in England’s Emerging Colonial Empire, 1601–1698 (New Transculturalisms, 1400–1800) by Haig Z. Smith (Palgrave Macmillan) (1 Review)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

This open access book explores the role of religion in England's overseas companies and the formation of English governmental identity abroad in the seventeenth century. Drawing on research into the Virginia, East India, Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, New England and Levant Companies, it offers a comparative global assessment of the inextricable links between the formation of English overseas government and various models of religious governance across England's emerging colonial empire. While these approaches to governance varied from company to company, each sought to regulate the behaviour of their personnel, as well as the numerous communities and faiths which fell within their jurisdiction. This book provides a crucial reassessment of the seventeenth-century foundations of British imperial governance.

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Dynamics of Religion: Past and Present. Proceedings of the XXI World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions ... by Christoph Bochinger (De Gruyter) (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Religious ideas, practices, discourses, institutions, and social expressions are in constant flux. This volume addresses the internal and external dynamics, interactions between individuals, religious communities, and local as well as global society. The contributions concentrate on four areas: 1. Contemporary religion in the public sphere: The Tactics of (In)visibility among Religious Communities in Europe; Religion Intersecting De-nationalization and Re-nationalization in Post-Apartheid South Africa;2. Religious transformations: Forms of Religious Communities in Global Society; Political Contributions of Ancestral Cosmologies and the Decolonization of Religious Beliefs; Esoteric Tradition as Poetic Invention; 3. Focus on the individual: Religion and Life Trajectories of Islamists; Angels, Animals and Religious Change in Antiquity and Today; Gaining Access to the Radically Unfamiliar in Today's Religion; Religion between Individuals and Collectives; 4. Narrating religion: Entangled ...

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Organized Secularism in the United States: New Directions in Research (Religion and Its Others Book 6) by Ryan T. Cragun (De Gruyter) (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

There has been a dramatic increase in the percentage of the US population that is not religious. However, there is, to date, very little research on the social movement that is organizing to serve the needs of and advocate for the nonreligious in the US. This is a book about the rise and structure of organized secularism in the United States. By organized secularism we mean the efforts of nonreligious individuals to build institutions, networks, and ultimately a movement that serves their interests in a predominantly religious society. Researchers from various fields address questions such as: What secularist organizations exist? Who are the members of these organizations? What kinds of organizations do they create? What functions do these organizations provide for their members? How do the secularist organizations of today compare to those of the past? And what is their likely impact on the future of secularism? For anyone trying to understand the rise of the nonreligious in the US, ...

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24:14 - A Testimony to All Peoples by Stan Parks (33 Reviews)    Price verified 31 minutes ago

Jesus promised: "This gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world as a testimony to all ethn? (people groups), and then the end will come." The 24:14 Vision is to see the gospel shared with every people group on earth in our generation. We long to be in the generation that finishes what Jesus began and other faithful workers before us have given their lives to. Examples of kingdom movements can be found dotted throughout church history, yet God is doing something unique in our day. Movements are more numerous and widely spread than ever before. We long to see the gospel proclaimed throughout the world as a testimony to all people groups in our lifetime. We hope you will catch that vision as you read and join us in praying and serving to start kingdom movements in every unreached people and place.

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Murder Mystery in Melbourne: Jane Christie Mystery Book 1 by Victoria Kosky (KoskyBooks) (342 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

A listless widow and avid reader of crime stories, Jane Christie, falls off the roof of her Toorak home, sustaining brain damage. She believes she is a world class sleuth who has solved numerous crimes. It becomes her duty to rid the world of wickedness. When she foils a paedophile, the media dub her Miss Marple and people flock to her for help. At a neighbour's funeral, Jane detects sure signs of the deceased's poisoning. In the middle of the eulogies, she announces the murder to the mourners, drawing the attention of detective Dominic Petrucci. At her persistence, they stop the funeral and face the ire of the family. She insists that she will not rest until the culprit is brought to justice. This makes her the killers next target. In her befuddled mind, the bereaved widower is guilty. After all, in ninety-nine percent of her former cases, the spouse has been the culprit, so she forges ahead to prove it. The problem is that these cases exist only in her imagination. When elderly ...

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Life in Christ Vol 6: Lessons from Our Lord's Miracles and Parables [Updated and Annotated] by Charles H. Spurgeon (Aneko Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

"Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you." (Mark 5:19) Original title: Miracles and Parables of Our Lord. Volume 6 A deep, inspiring, and often challenging study of the Lord Jesus Christ's miracles and parables. Men who were led by the hand or groped their way along the wall to reach Jesus were touched by his finger and went home without a guide, rejoicing that Jesus Christ had opened their eyes. Jesus is still able to perform such miracles. And, with the power of the Holy Spirit, his Word will be expounded and we'll watch for the signs to follow, expecting to see them at once. Why shouldn't those who read this be blessed with the light of heaven? This is my heart's inmost desire. I can't put fine words together. I've never studied speech. In fact, my heart loathes the very thought of intentionally speaking with fine words when souls are in danger of eternal punishment. No, I work to speak straight to your ...

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Love Faith & Tender Kisses by Lisa Renee (467 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Boy meets girl. Man meets woman. Sparks fly. All good love stories start here and usually face a myriad of challenges before the young couple find that together they are better. This set of Contemporary Christian romance stories come from writers across both sides of the pond and Downunder, proving that romance is not only a sweet thing, it's global. Here's a set of stories to inspire, encourage faith, and meet all the warm-fuzzy expectations. In this boxset, you'll receive a total of seven novellas from these popular Christian Romance authors: Fake Engagement Mistake © 2021 by Lisa Renee Last Flight Home © 2021 Milla Holt Falling for Maddie Grace © 2021 Meredith Resce The Billionaire's Impromptu Bet © 2021 Lorana Hoopes His Perfect Catch © 2021 Narelle Atkins Originally Yours © 2021 Carolyn Miller Imperfectly Proverbs 31 © 2021 Autumn Macarthur

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The Reluctant Rector: The Father Tom Mysteries Books 1-3 (The Father Tom/Mercy and Justice Mysteries Boxsets and Bundles Book 1) by J. R. Mathis (513 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

The Reluctant Rector is a boxset of the first three books in The Father Tom Mysteries. Meet Father Tom Greer and Detective Helen Parr, former lovers reunited after twenty years, as they solve crimes old and new--and explore the profound mysteries of the human heart. The Penitent Priest (Book 1)--My wife died in my arms, the victim of a nameless killer's bullet. I should have died with her. But God had other plans for me. Fifteen years later, I'm back where it all happened. I just want to forget, but the past won't leave me alone. Now, I'm asking a woman who I left broken-hearted twenty years before to catch my wife's killer. I'm Father Tom Greer, a Catholic priest, and I'm playing with fire. The Framed Father (Book 2)--My wife's killer finally caught, I was content to leave Myerton to serve in the isolation of the same monastery where I found my call to the priesthood. The temptations of the past still occupy my mind, but behind these walls I'm safe from them. A call from the ...

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Queen of the Commission (Princess of the Mafia Book 2) by Madison Getchell (58 Reviews)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

After her father's imprisonment, Lily De Luca is just starting to get her life figured out now that she is no longer bound to the ties of the Mafia. That is, until she finds out someone has issued a kill order on her, and all the leaders of the Mafia families within New York City, known as the Commission, are now after her for the bounty. And if that's not enough, the FBI is calling on her debt to them by forcing her to infiltrate the Moretti crime family, who have begun to cause problems for law enforcement. With the help of Alex, her FBI agent boyfriend, Lily attempts to get to the bottom of who wants her dead while trying to appease the FBI so that she can get her life restored to her new normal. Whatever normal for a former Mafia underboss may be.

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Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Matthew [Annotated, Updated]: A Commentary by J. C. Ryle (Aneko Press) Price verified 8 hours ago

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. - Matthew 7:24 Wisdom, encouragement, and exhortation is contained in these pages. Not because of the author's brilliance, but because of the words of truth contained in the gospel of Matthew. And just as the apostle Matthew didn't draw any attention to himself, so also J. C. Ryle clearly and wonderfully directs his words and our thoughts towards the inspired words of scripture. If we truly love God, we will love His word; and the more study His word, the more we will love God. About the Author John Charles Ryle (1816-1900) graduated from Eton and Oxford and then pursued a career in politics, but due to lack of funds, he entered the clergy of the Church of England. He was a contemporary of Spurgeon, Moody, Mueller, and Taylor and read the great theologians like Wesley, Bunyan, Knox, Calvin, and Luther. These all influenced Ryle's understanding and ...

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Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy (156 Reviews)    Price verified 6 minutes ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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The Practice of Texts: Education and Healing in South India by Anthony Cerulli (University of California Press) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Practice of Texts examines the uses of the Sanskrit medical classics in two educational institutions of India's classical life science, Ayurveda: the college and the gurukula. In this interdisciplinary study, Anthony Cerulli probes late- and postcolonial reforms in ayurvedic education, the development of the ayurvedic college, and the impacts of the college curriculum on ways that ayurvedic physicians understand and use the Sanskrit classics in their professional work today. His fieldwork in south India illuminates the nature of philology and ritual in the ayurvedic gurukula and showcases how knowledge is exchanged among students, teachers, and patients. The result, Cerulli shows, is that the Sanskrit classics are presented and applied differently in the college and gurukula, producing a variety of relationships with these texts among practitioners. By interrogating the politics surrounding ...

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