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Author: Matsime Simon Mohapi Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1465373128 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 78
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God is on our side because God is a God of justice. We must pray without ceasing for Gods wisdom, guidance, courage, and fearless hearts to carry forward His will on earth. Apart from only praying: May His will happen on earth as it is in heaven, we must now stand up and work to actualize His will to happen on earth as it is in heaven. In totality we must now become Gods servants and soldiers so that His will happens on earth as it is in heaven.
Author: Matsime Simon Mohapi Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1465373128 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 78
Book Description
God is on our side because God is a God of justice. We must pray without ceasing for Gods wisdom, guidance, courage, and fearless hearts to carry forward His will on earth. Apart from only praying: May His will happen on earth as it is in heaven, we must now stand up and work to actualize His will to happen on earth as it is in heaven. In totality we must now become Gods servants and soldiers so that His will happens on earth as it is in heaven.
Author: Lesley A. Sharp Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520207084 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 367
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"Sharp concludes this study with an analysis of how indigenous spirit mediums and Protestant exorcists treat extreme cases of possession and madness, revealing contradictions inherent in cross-cultural psychiatric praxis. More generally, the book challenges current views about possession and marginal status, particularly in reference to gender and age, insightful discussions of the lives of migrant adults and children as they seek relief. Some personal and social ills make Sharp's investigation relevant to gender studies, medical anthropology religion and ritual, and the politics of culture as well as African and Madagascar studies."--Jacket
Author: Laurence Davis Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 0739158201 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 353
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The Dispossessed has been described by political thinker Andre Gorz as 'The most striking description I know of the seductions—and snares—of self-managed communist or, in other words, anarchist society.' To date, however, the radical social, cultural, and political ramifications of Le Guin's multiple award-winning novel remain woefully under explored. Editors Laurence Davis and Peter Stillman right this state of affairs in the first ever collection of original essays devoted to Le Guin's novel. Among the topics covered in this wide-ranging, international and interdisciplinary collection are the anarchist, ecological, post-consumerist, temporal, revolutionary, and open-ended utopian politics of The Dispossessed. The book concludes with an essay by Le Guin written specially for this volume, in which she reassesses the novel in light of the development of her own thinking over the past 30 years.
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062470981 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 26
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“Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a philosopher; an explorer in the landscapes of the mind.” – Cincinnati Enquirer The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her spare, elegant prose, rich characterization, and diverse worlds. "The Day Before the Revolution" is a short story originally published in the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters.
Author: Angela Flournoy Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0544303164 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 356
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A novel centered on the journey of the Turner family and its thirteen siblings, particularly the eldest and youngest, as they face the ghosts of their pasts--both an actual haint and the specter of addiction--the imminent loss of their mother, and the necessary abandonment of their family home in struggling Detroit.
Author: Frederick M. Smith Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 0231137486 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 733
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The Self Possessed is a multifaceted, diachronic study reconsidering the very nature of religion in South Asia, the culmination of years of intensive research. Frederick M. Smith proposes that positive oracular or ecstatic possession is the most common form of spiritual expression in India, and that it has been linguistically distinguished from negative, disease-producing possession for thousands of years. In South Asia possession has always been broader and more diverse than in the West, where it has been almost entirely characterized as "demonic." At best, spirit possession has been regarded as a medically treatable psychological ailment and at worst, as a condition that requires exorcism or punishment. In South (and East) Asia, ecstatic or oracular possession has been widely practiced throughout history, occupying a position of respect in early and recent Hinduism and in certain forms of Buddhism. Smith analyzes Indic literature from all ages-the earliest Vedic texts; the Mahabharata; Buddhist, Jain, Yogic, Ayurvedic, and Tantric texts; Hindu devotional literature; Sanskrit drama and narrative literature; and more than a hundred ethnographies. He identifies several forms of possession, including festival, initiatory, oracular, and devotional, and demonstrates their multivocality within a wide range of sects and religious identities. Possession is common among both men and women and is practiced by members of all social and caste strata. Smith theorizes on notions of embodiment, disembodiment, selfhood, personal identity, and other key issues through the prism of possession, redefining the relationship between Sanskritic and vernacular culture and between elite and popular religion. Smith's study is also comparative, introducing considerable material from Tibet, classical China, modern America, and elsewhere. Brilliant and persuasive, The Self Possessed provides careful new translations of rare material and is the most comprehensive study in any language on this subject.
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 1328661598 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 241
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From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation
Author: Matsime Simon Mohapi
Author: Matsime Simon Mohapi
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Author: Lesley A. Sharp
Author: Laurence Davis
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Author: Angela Flournoy
Author: Corinn Gerber
Author: Frederick M. Smith
Author: Philippe Rochat
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin