Author: Mark S. WhortonPublisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830857346
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A charge to people who believe that you must believe in a young earth to be a Christian.
Peril in Paradise
Author: Mark S. WhortonPublisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830857346
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A charge to people who believe that you must believe in a young earth to be a Christian.
Mapping Paradise
Author: Alessandro ScafiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Alessandro Scafi's fascinating account looks at the perception of world geography and the place of paradise within that. Central to this discussion are the key debates, prevalent from the Renaissance, about faith and reason, theology and philosophy and paradise both as an internal and external reality.
Paradise on Earth
Author: Ashraf SheikhPublisher: Apex Ventures USA (Dba: Gem Books)
ISBN: 9781736586921
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The fear of the unknown at war with the burning need to see distant shores... In the late 1800s, one man set out across an ocean in an ancient sailing vessel, determined to seek his family's fortune in a new land. What grew from his bravery and triumph is a family saga that spans several generations and countless homelands. Paradise on Earth is the intricately woven story of a family that left its native province of Punjab in the then British India (presently in Pakistan) for the breathtaking shores of Kenya and the beauty of its hinterlands. A tale of faith, family, and the entrepreneurial spirit is recorded here, along with awe-inspiring descriptions of the geography, its people, its history, and what it means to survive, adapt and thrive in a new land. Written first as a memoir for the generations that came after, this story is equal parts genealogy, history, and travelogue, sure to delight anyone who craves adventure.
Paradise on Earth with Words
Author: Eric Scott GrandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
In the first collection of Paradise on Earth with Words, poet Eric Scott Grand celebrates those liminal spaces where humankind meets deep blue sea. Baptized by the great Pacific Ocean, Grand's words praise all the warm, bright gifts that wash up here in their stream-of-consciousness tidal flow. From beach days and surfing to wondrous animal-life to dreams of mermaids, these freewheeling poems populate an oceanic paradise that calls out to the author and his readers alike. This book is a signed and sealed invitation to a place you'll never want to leave.
Maps of Paradise
Author: Alessandro ScafiPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022610608X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Where is paradise? It always seems to be elsewhere, inaccessible, outside of time. Either it existed yesterday or it will return tomorrow; it may be just around the corner, on a remote island, beyond the sea. Across a wide range of cultures, paradise is located in the distant past, in a longed-for future, in remote places or within each of us. In particular, people everywhere in the world share some kind of nostalgia for an innocence experienced at the beginning of history. For two millennia, learned Christians have wondered where on earth the primal paradise could have been located. Where was the idyllic Garden of Eden that is described in the Bible? In the Far East? In equatorial Africa? In Mesopotamia? Under the sea? Where were Adam and Eve created in their unspoiled perfection? Maps of Paradise charts the diverse ways in which scholars and mapmakers from the eighth to the twenty-first century rose to the challenge of identifying the location of paradise on a map, despite the certain knowledge that it was beyond human reach. Over one hundred illustrations celebrate this history of a paradox: the mapping of the unmappable. It is also a mirror to the universal dream of perfection and happiness, and the yearning to discover heaven on earth.
Paradise Lost, Book 3
Author: John MiltonParadise Lust
Author: Brook Wilensky-LanfordPublisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802195636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A “certainly weird . . . strangely wonderful . . . [and] often irresistible” search to find the real Garden of Eden (The New York Times Book Review). Where, precisely, was God’s Paradise? St. Augustine had a theory. So did medieval monks, John Calvin and Christopher Columbus. But when Darwin’s theory of evolution changed our understanding of human origins, shouldn’t the desire to put a literal Eden on the map have faded away? Not so fast. This “gloriously researched, pluckily written historical and anecdotal assay of humankind’s age-old quixotic quest for the exact location of the Biblical garden” (Elle) explores an obsession that has consumed scientists and theologians alike for centuries. To this day, the search continues, taken up by amateur explorers, clergymen, scholars, engineers and educators—romantic seekers all who started with the same simple-sounding Bible verses, only to end up at a different spot on the globe: Sri Lanka, the Seychelles, the North Pole, Mesopotamia, China, Iraq—and Ohio. Inspired by an Eden seeker in her own family, “Wilensky-Lanford approaches her subjects with respect, enthusiasm and conscientious research” (San Francisco Chronicle) as she traverses a century-spanning history provoking surprising insights into where we came from, what we did wrong, and where we go from here. And it all makes for “a lively journey” (Kirkus Reviews).
Birds of Paradise
Author: Tim LamanPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426209584
Category : Birds of paradise (Birds)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
In this dazzling photo essay, Laman and Scholes present gorgeous full-color photographs of all 39 species of the Birds of Paradise that highlight their unique and extraordinary plumage and mating behavior.
The Paradise Within the Reach of All Men
Author: J.A. EtzlerPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5875781505
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The Paradise Within the Reach of All Men, without Labour, by Powers of Nature and Machinery: An Address to All Intelligent Menin
Drawn From Paradise: The Discovery, Art and Natural History of the Birds of Paradise
Author: Sir David AttenboroughPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007487622
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Drawn from Paradise is David Attenborough’s journey through the cultural history of the birds of paradise, one of the most exquisite and extravagant, colourful and intriguing families of birds.