Author: Chen JianminPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
A Ritual of Fire Sacrifice to the Five Saints of Christianity
Author: Chen JianminHoma Variations
Author: Richard K. PaynePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199351589
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Throughout human history, and across many religious cultures, offerings are made into fire. The essays collected in Homa Variations provide detailed studies of this practice, known in the tantric world as the "homa," from its inception up to the present.
When One Religion Isn't Enough
Author: Duane R. BidwellPublisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807091243
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
An exploration into the lives of people who embrace two or more religious traditions, and what this growing community tells us about change in our society Named a best book of 2018 by Library Journal In the United States, we often assume religious and spiritual identity are pure, static, and singular. But some people regularly cross religious boundaries. These “spiritually fluid” people celebrate complex religious bonds, and in the process they blur social categories, evoke prejudice, and complicate religious communities. Their presence sparks questions: How and why do people become spiritually fluid? Are they just confused or unable to commit? How do we make sense of them? When One Religion Isn’t Enough explores the lives of spiritually fluid people, revealing that while some chose multiple religious belonging, many more inherit it. For many North Americans, the complicated legacies of colonialism are part of their family story, and they may consider themselves both Christian and Hindu, or Buddhist, or Yoruban, or one of the many other religions native to colonized lands. For some Asian Americans, singular religious identity may seem an alien concept, as many East Asian nations freely mix Buddhist, Confucian, Taoist, and other traditions. Some African American Christians are consciously seeking to reconnect with ancestral spiritualities. And still other people are born into religiously mixed families. Jewish-Christian intermarriage led the way in the US, but religious diversity here is only increasing: almost four in ten Americans (39 percent) who have married since 2010 have a spouse who is in a different religious group. Through in-depth conversations with spiritually fluid people, renowned scholar Duane Bidwell explores how people come to claim and be claimed by multiple religious traditions, how spiritually fluid people engage radically opposed truth claims, and what this growing population tells us about change within our communities.
A Ritual of Fire Sacrifice to the Five Sants of Christianity
Author: Chien-min ChenA Systematized Collection of Chenian Booklets, Nos. 101-149
Author: Yutang LinThe Burning Saints
Author: Dimitris XygalatasPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317543750
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The Anastenaria are Orthodox Christians in Northern Greece who observe a unique annual ritual cycle focused on two festivals, dedicated to Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. The festivals involve processions, music, dancing, animal sacrifices, and culminate in an electrifying fire-walking ritual. Carrying the sacred icons of the saints, participants dance over hot coals as the saint moves them. 'The Burning Saints' presents an analysis of these rituals and the psychology behind them. Based on long-term fieldwork, 'The Burning Saints' traces the historical development and sociocultural context of the Greek fire-walking rituals. As a cognitive ethnography, the book aims to identify the social, psychological and neurobiological factors which may be involved and to explore the role of emotional and physiological arousal in the performance of such ritual. A study of participation, experience and meaning, 'The Burning Saints' presents a highly original analysis of how mental processes can shape social and religious behaviour.
The Burning Saints
Author: Dēmētrēs XygalatasPublisher:
ISBN: 9781844657704
Category : Anastenaria
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 5
Author: C. G. JungPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400850940
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
A complete revision of Psychology of the Unconscious (orig. 1911-12), Jung's first important statement of his independent position.
The Cross and the Eucharist in Early Christianity
Author: Daniel CardóPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108483232
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
An investigation on ancient sources (patristic and liturgical) on the Cross and the Eucharist that sheds light on contemporary discussions.
Sacrifices and Offerings
Author: Glen CarpenterPublisher: Glen Carpenter
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
This book is excerpted and expanded from: CONNECTIONS: A Guide to Types and Symbols in the Bible We cannot fully understand the beauty and awesome scope of the New Covenant without being able to compare it to the Old, and to understand God's intentions with the sacrifices and other aspects of the Mosaic Covenant. This book simplifies a very difficult subject. The Sacrifices and Offerings of Israel were symbolic of deep spiritual truths, including Christ's sacrifice for us, and the spiritual sacrifices that all believers in Jesus are asked to make. We are shown the principles of how these sacrifices were carried out, and how they relate to us today under the New Covenant.