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Author : Leonard Verduin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)
Download or read book Somewhat Less Than God written by Leonard Verduin and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : T.M. Luhrmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691211981
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)
Download or read book How God Becomes Real written by T.M. Luhrmann and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hard work required to make God real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people—as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has shown. But it isn’t easy to maintain a sense that there are invisible spirits who care about you. In How God Becomes Real, acclaimed anthropologist and scholar of religion T. M. Luhrmann argues that people must work incredibly hard to make gods real and that this effort—by changing the people who do it and giving them the benefits they seek from invisible others—helps to explain the enduring power of faith. Drawing on ethnographic studies of evangelical Christians, pagans, magicians, Zoroastrians, Black Catholics, Santeria initiates, and newly orthodox Jews, Luhrmann notes that none of these people behave as if gods and spirits are simply there. Rather, these worshippers make strenuous efforts to create a world in which invisible others matter and can become intensely present and real. The faithful accomplish this through detailed stories, absorption, the cultivation of inner senses, belief in a porous mind, strong sensory experiences, prayer, and other practices. Along the way, Luhrmann shows why faith is harder than belief, why prayer is a metacognitive activity like therapy, why becoming religious is like getting engrossed in a book, and much more. A fascinating account of why religious practices are more powerful than religious beliefs, How God Becomes Real suggests that faith is resilient not because it provides intuitions about gods and spirits—but because it changes the faithful in profound ways.
Author : Aurelius Augustine
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1773562673
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Writings Against the Manichaeans and Against the Donatists: Part I - The Manichaeans Revised written by Aurelius Augustine and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-09 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before converting to Christianity, Augustine was at one time a member of a group called the Manichaeans and this collection of works are his attempt to combat the growing threat that this religion caused to the rise and growth of the Christian church. The Manichaeans were a dualistic society that focused on the goodness of the spirit and the evil of the material. While basing their belief structure of Mesopotamian Gnosticism it is hard to say for certain that they were Gnostic themselves. Augustine shows sound arguments to counter the beliefs he reveals in this collection of writings even going so far as to have a verbal parley back and forth with a leading member of the religious movement Fortunatus. Now in larger print!
Author : Philip Schaff
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1602065977
Total Pages : 685 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)
Download or read book Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: First Series, Volume IV St. Augustine: The Writings Against the Manichaeans, and Against the Donatists written by Philip Schaff and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD marked the beginning of a new era in Christianity. For the first time, doctrines were organized into a single creed. The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers did most of their writing during and after this important event in Church history. Unlike the previous era of Christian writing, the Nicene and Post-Nicene era is dominated by a few very important and prolific writers. In Volume IV of the 14-volume collected writings of the Nicenes and Post-Nicenes (first published between 1886 and 1889), readers will find Augustines writings defending the Catholic church against the Manichaeans and the Donatists. Manichaeanism was a religion developed in Persia by the prophet Mani. According to this religion, creation has two parts: darkness and light. Light is God and has ten attributes. Opposing this, and coeternal with it, is darkness and its five attributes. Saint Augustine was originally a Manichaean, so his defense of Christianity against this religion comes from a deep understanding of its nature. Donatists were a group of believers who refused to forgive those who had renounced their faith during a time of persecution, which caused a schism in Christianity. In opposing these men, Augustine attempted to mend the rift. Those with an interest in ancient religions will find Augustines writings on Manichaeanism one of the most important historical records of that religions practices."
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Publisher : CCEL
ISBN 13 : 1610250516
Total Pages : 1365 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)
Download or read book NPNF1-04. Augustine: The Writings Against the Manichaeans and Against the Donatists written by and published by CCEL. This book was released on with total page 1365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Works of Aurelius Augustine: Writings in connection with the Manichaean heresy, translated by Richard Stothert. 1872 written by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)
Download or read book Writings in Connection with the Manichaean Heresy written by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
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Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.7S/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Works of Aurelius Augustine written by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: St. Augustin: The writings against the Manichæans, and against the Donatists. [1905 written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy Ortberg
Publisher : NavPress
ISBN 13 : 1496405641
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)
Download or read book Looking for God written by Nancy Ortberg and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We get so prescriptive with the spiritual life. We prepackage it, duplicate it, mass-produce it, insist upon it, and brag about it. We make it a formula. As a result, we tend to see God from such a narrow perspective. We box God up and compartmentalize Him into thirty minutes each morning. But in reality, He is waiting for us to realize that He invades all the parts of our days . . . if only we would pay attention. In Looking for God, Nancy Ortberg will inspire you to break away from the bland, formulaic approach to Christianity and embrace the often unexpected, at times unnerving, but always extraordinary power of God’s grace. As you journey with Nancy, you’ll find God in places you have never dreamed of looking, and you’ll experience faith on a deeper level than you have ever imagined possible.
