Author: University of Texas. Library. Latin American Collection
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 608

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Author: Lawrence G. Lovasik
Publisher: Catholic Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780899420370
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Many devout Catholics make novenas. This book is published to accomodate those who would like to make various novenas and who would like to have them in a single volume. A brief instruction or meditation precedes each entry.

Author: Donald B. Kraybill
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111815276X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 295

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A sensitive and realistic look at the spiritual life and practices of the Amish This second book by the authors of the award-winning Amish Grace sheds further light on the Amish, this time on their faith, spirituality, and spiritual practices. They interpret the distinctive practices of the Amish way of life and spirituality in their cultural context and explore their applicability for the wider world. Using a holistic perspective, the book tells the story of Amish religious experience in the words of the Amish themselves. Due to their long-standing friendships and relationships with Amish people, this author team may be the only set of interpreters able to provide an outsider-insider perspective. Provides a behind-the-scenes examination of Amish spiritual life Shows how the Amish practices can be applied to the wider world Written by authors with unprecedented access to the Amish community Written in a lively and engaging style, The Amish Way holds appeal for anyone who has wanted to know more about the inner workings of the Amish way of life.

Author: Benson Latin American Collection
Publisher:
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 614

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Author: Jonathan Edwards
Publisher: Digital Puritan Press
ISBN: 110590699X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 43

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Author: Jacques Philippe
Publisher: Scepter Publishers
ISBN: 1594170975
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 111

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Many people today are thirsty for God and feel a desire for an intense, personal prayer life that is deep and ongoing. But they encounter obstacles that prevent them from following the path seriously, and especially from persevering on it. Time for God was written with these desires and difficulties in mind. In Time for God, author Jacques Philippe mainly concentrates on mental prayer: prayer that consists of facing God in solitude and silence for a time in order to enter into intimate, loving communion with him. Practicing this kind of prayer regularly is considered by all spiritual masters to be an indispensable path that gives access to genuine Christian life—a path to knowing and loving God that empowers us to respond to his call to holiness addressed to each individual. Philippe draws on years of experience as a spiritual guide to illuminate the fundamental principles of mental prayer and describes some common mistakes and misconceptions that can lead it astray. With simplicity and clarity he explains the foundational principles for a healthy prayer life and gives advice for overcoming the various obstacles that arise when one sets off on the path of interior prayer.

Author: Cirilo Villaverde
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199725233
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 545

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Cecilia Valdés is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Originally published in New York City in 1882, Cirilo Villaverde's novel has fascinated readers inside and outside Cuba since the late 19th century. In this new English translation, a vast landscape emerges of the moral, political, and sexual depravity caused by slavery and colonialism. Set in the Havana of the 1830s, the novel introduces us to Cecilia, a beautiful light-skinned mulatta, who is being pursued by the son of a Spanish slave trader, named Leonardo. Unbeknownst to the two, they are the children of the same father. Eventually Cecilia gives in to Leonardo's advances; she becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. When Leonardo, who gets bored with Cecilia after a while, agrees to marry a white upper class woman, Cecilia vows revenge. A mulatto friend and suitor of hers kills Leonardo, and Cecilia is thrown into prison as an accessory to the crime. For the contemporary reader Helen Lane's masterful translation of Cecilia Valdés opens a new window into the intricate problems of race relations in Cuba and the Caribbean. There are the elite social circles of European and New World Whites, the rich culture of the free people of color, the class to which Cecilia herself belonged, and then the slaves, divided among themselves between those who were born in Africa and those who were born in the New World, and those who worked on the sugar plantation and those who worked in the households of the rich people in Havana. Cecilia Valdés thus presents a vast portrait of sexual, social, and racial oppression, and the lived experience of Spanish colonialism in Cuba.

Author: Ernesto Nelson
Publisher:
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Category : Spanish language
Languages : es
Pages : 392

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Author: William A. Christian
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520200401
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 568

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Reports the sighting by two children of the Virgin Mary on a hillside in Spanish Basque territory in 1931

Author: Richard W. Schwarz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816317950
Category : Seventh-Day Adventists
Languages : en
Pages : 688

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