Faith That Dominated Baghdad

Author : Pastor Jeffery Mathews
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1452038570
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faith That Dominated Baghdad written by Pastor Jeffery Mathews and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faith That Dominated Baghdad is true story of an American soldier, Chief Warrant Officer and Pastor who would not allow the circumstances of war dictate who God has called him to be. This book is about understanding the power of faith and that if you learn to live by faith that you can dominate every storm in your life no matter the size of the giant. The bloody war of Baghdad Iraq was a huge giant that stood before my purpose and would bring major storms my way to cut off my destiny to cause me to give in and quit. In this book you will find out how faith when it is in its upright position can tear downs walls of intimidation, fear, and hardship and guide you to the direction that you desire to go when you walk in faith and say only what the word of God says. I discovered by living by faith while major attacks are going on in your life and even at war how you can through the words out of your mouth bring you the results that can only come when you believe what you say to come to pass. There are many that hear the gospel preached on Sunday mornings that are not getting the results that they deserve being a child of the most high God and consider themselves a Christian. What we will discover as I witnessed while serving my country and preaching the gospel with power at Baghdad Iraq bringing souls to Christ under heavy fire attacks, that the gospel can not profit you when it is not mixed with faith. Witness the power of faith as it shuts down an enemy rocket that lands in my sleeping quarters but falls short because faith was in the house.

Author : Suha Rassam
Publisher : Gracewing Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780852446331
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity in Iraq written by Suha Rassam and published by Gracewing Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity was firmly established in Iraq from the earliest times, and the Churches of Iraq were to play a major role in the development of Christian theology and spirituality for many centuries. By the seventh century evangelization from Iraq had brought Christianity to China, Central Asia and India. Yet few people in the West are aware of Christianity's vibrant past in this region, or of the fact that Christianity has continued to be a significant cultural and religious presence in Iraq right up to the present day. The story of the Churches of Iraq, their interaction with each other and their varied fortunes under successive Parthian, Sassanid, Arab, Mongol and Ottoman rule, is told here with consummate skill. Suha Rassam guides the reader seemingly effortlessly through complex issues of doctrinal dispute and ecclesiastical politics. She helps us explore the ancient heritage of these Churches, and the major contribution they have made to the intellectual development of the region and the wider world. Suha Rassam's book comes to fill a large vacuum in the knowledge of those in the West, many of whom are still not aware of the fact that from ancient times Christianity was firmly rooted in Iraq and the rest of the territory now seen as the 'Arab Middle East'. Archbishop Mikhael Al Jamil, Patriarchal Vicar of the Syrian Catholic Church of Antioch to the Holy See and Vicar Apostolic for Europe Dr Suha Rassam has written a work of remarkable scholarship. But is is also a vivid portrayal of an extraordinary story of conflict, persecution and, for fifty years in the twentieth century, of hope, harmony and prosperity for the Christian community in Iraq. It would be a tragedy if that Christian community were now extinguished. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster Gives to the general interested public a comprehensive and informed insight into two thousand years of Christianity in Iraq. Dr Erica Hunter, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University

Author : Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Publisher : Cascade Books
ISBN 13 : 9781498210195
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Baghdad and Beyond written by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and published by Cascade Books. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'To Baghdad and Beyond' is the story of a young evangelical couple who followed the conviction of their faith into a war zone and discovered an alternative to the violence of empires and the complicity of quietism in the ""third way"" of Jesus's beloved community. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove writes of his journey from a rural Southern Baptist church to Iraq in a time of war to a Christian community of hospitality in an urban neighborhood. Excited by ways that Christian hope is taking concrete form, Wilson-Hartgrove describes a new monastic movement that is witnessing to a world at war that another way is possible. ""Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove takes us with him on a journey, a trip toward the biblical 'Babylon, ' helping us to see the truth about ourselves and our culture. Here is a retrieval of truly evangelical Christianity - truthful, prophetic, vibrant, apocalyptic, and by God's grace, hopeful. What a great trip!"" Will Willimon, Bishop, the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church ""'To Baghdad and Beyond' tells of a voyage beyond the horizon, to an embattled city. But the story is no simple excursion into the unknown. It tells of inner transformation, from collusive silence and inertia to an energetic torrent of service - from a cultural dead end, defaulting and self-defeated, to a biblical 'third way, ' the way of Jesus, of nonviolent resistance. Let the 'official' churches fret and turn in their sleep. A new dawn approaches. Its signature is Hope."" Daniel Berrigan, S.J. ""When Christians in the early church read the book of Revelation, they understood its symbolism. They realized that Babylon, the wicked city described in the latter part of this book, referred to the dominant societal system in which they lived. It referred to the Roman Empire. ""As contemporary American Christians read the book of Revelation within the dominant societal system in which we live, we must ask ourselves whether or not our own nation-state has become the modern equivalent of the Roman Empire. We must ask, 'Has America become Babylon?' That is the question that Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove endeavors to answer."" Tony Campolo, From the Preface Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove lives with his wife, Leah, and other friends at the Rutba House, a new monastic community of hospitality, peacemaking, and discipleship in Durham, North Carolina. (www.newmonasticism.org)

Author : Nissim Rejwan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000302792
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jews Of Iraq written by Nissim Rejwan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an account of the Jews of Iraq, their history, culture and society. It covers the Iraqi Jewish history in three parts: from the Assyrian Captivity to the Arab Conquest (731 bc–ad 641); the encounter with Islam (641–1850); and the last hundred years (1850–1951).

Author : Ga ́bor A ́goston
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438110251
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire written by Ga ́bor A ́goston and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-21 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a comprehensive A-to-Z reference to the empire that once encompassed large parts of the modern-day Middle East, North Africa, and southeastern Europe.

Author : Joel L. Kraemer
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004097360
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Humanism in the Renaissance of Islam written by Joel L. Kraemer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1992 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the enlightened rule of the Buyid dynasty (945-1055 A.D.) the Islamic world witnessed an unequalled cultural renaissance. This book is an investigation into the nature of the environment in which the cultural transformation took place and into the cultural elite who were its bearers. After an extensive introductory section setting the stage, the book deals with the main schools and circles and with the outstanding individual representatives of this renaissance. The main expression of this renaissance was a philosophical humanism that embraced the scientific and philosophical heritage of Classical Antiquity as a cultural and educational ideal. Along with this philosophical humanism, a literary humanism was cultivated by litterateurs, poets, and government secretaries. This renaissance was marked by a powerful assertion of individualism in the domains of literary creativity and political action. It thrived in a remarkably cosmopolitan atmosphere - Baghdad, the center of the 'Abb?sid empire and of Buyid rule.

Author : Kraemer
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004451447
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Humanism in the Renaissance of Islam written by Kraemer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-03-20 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the enlightened rule of the Buyid dynasty (945-1055 A.D.) the Islamic world witnessed an unequalled cultural renaissance. This book is an investigation into the nature of the environment in which the cultural transformation took place and into the cultural elite who were its bearers. After an extensive introductory section setting the stage, the book deals with the main schools and circles and with the outstanding individual representatives of this renaissance. The main expression of this renaissance was a philosophical humanism that embraced the scientific and philosophical heritage of Classical Antiquity as a cultural and educational ideal. Along with this philosophical humanism, a literary humanism was cultivated by litterateurs, poets, and government secretaries. This renaissance was marked by a powerful assertion of individualism in the domains of literary creativity and political action. It thrived in a remarkably cosmopolitan atmosphere — Baghdad, the center of the ‘Abbāsid empire and of Buyid rule.

Author : Ira M. Lapidus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521779333
Total Pages : 1004 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Islamic Societies written by Ira M. Lapidus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-22 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ira Lapidus' classic history of the origins and evolution of Muslim societies, revised and updated for this second edition, first published in 2002.

Author : Rita George-Tvrtkovic
Publisher : Brepols Pub
ISBN 13 : 9782503532370
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Christian Pilgrim in Medieval Iraq written by Rita George-Tvrtkovic and published by Brepols Pub. This book was released on 2012 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the events of a decade long encounter between an Italian Dominican, Riccoldo da Montecroce (c. 1243-1320), and the Muslims of Baghdad, as recounted by the friar himself. While many of Riccoldo's views of the Muslims are consonant with those of his medieval confreres, the author examines the much more ambivalent sections of his writings, such as his praise-filled descriptions of Muslim praxis, his obvious love of Qur'anic Arabic, his frequent references to personal encounters with Muslims, and his candid descriptions of the wonder and doubt which these confrontations often elicited. The author argues that the tensions and inconsistencies inherent in Riccoldo's account of Islam should not be viewed as defects. Rather, she contends, their presence illustrates the complex nature of interreligious encounter itself. In addition to a critical discussion, this volume provides--for the first time--English translations of two remarkable Riccoldian texts: The Book of Pilgrimage (Liber peregrinationis) and Letters to the Church Triumphant (Epistolae ad ecclesiam triumphantem).

Author : Alan G. Jamieson
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780236883
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faith and Sword written by Alan G. Jamieson and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the recent surge in terrorist acts and military confrontations, as well as ever-strengthening fundamentalist ideologies, the Christian–Muslim divide is perhaps more visible than ever—but it is not new. Alan G. Jamieson explores here the long and bloody history of the Christian–Muslim conflict, revealing in his concise yet comprehensive study how deeply this ancient divide is interwoven with crucial events in world history. Faith and Sword opens with the tumultuous first centuries of the conflict, examining the religious precepts that framed clashes between Christians and Muslims and that ultimately fueled the legendary Crusades. Traversing the full breadth of the Arab lands and Christendom, Jamieson chronicles the turbulent saga from the Arab conquests of the seventh century to the rise of the powerful Ottoman Empire and its fall at the end of World War I. He then explores the complex dynamics that emerged later in the twentieth century, as Christendom was transformed into the secular West and Islamic nations overthrew European colonialism to establish governments straddling modernity and religiosity. From the 1979 Iranian revolution to the Lebanon hostage crisis to—in this new expanded edition—the recent wars in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, Faith and Sword reveals the essence of this enduring struggle and its consequences.