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Author: Joshua Dysart Publisher: ISBN: 9781582402369 Category : Comic books, strips, etc Languages : en Pages : 0
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"A genre-bending, theological, sci-fi love story about criminal politics, the nature of violence and man's search for individuality"--Vol. 1, p. [4] of cover.
Author: Joshua Dysart Publisher: ISBN: 9781582402369 Category : Comic books, strips, etc Languages : en Pages : 0
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"A genre-bending, theological, sci-fi love story about criminal politics, the nature of violence and man's search for individuality"--Vol. 1, p. [4] of cover.
Author: Colin Wilson Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Company ISBN: 9781571741752 Category : Cult members Languages : en Pages : 0
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Throughout history, Western culture has been bedeviled by false prophets, charlatans, and self-appointed messianic figures. Their appetites for destruction and depravity have led to broken lives and worse-mass suicide and even mass murder. Why does this occur again and again? In Rogue Messiahs, Colin Wilson compellingly recounts the stories and outrageous claims, acts, and abuses of 25 self-proclaimed messiahs who have arisen in the last 300 years. He uncovers the probable factors that turn earnest religious leaders, mystics, or well-intentioned cult leaders into violent, abusive, murderous, and paranoid rogue messiahs. This gallery of spiritual fakers includes many familiar names and faces: David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidians; Shoko Asahara, founder of the Aum Supreme Truth cult; Rev. Jim Jones; founder of the infamous Jonestown; Jeffrey Don Lundgren, Mormon con man and murderer; Ervil LeBaron and family, deranged cultist, prophets, and murderers; Rock Theriault, late twentieth-century French Canadian self-proclaimed messiah. Further, Wilson includes a study of others who achieved spiritual insight instead of destruction, and demonstrates that mayhem and benevolence are often two sides of the same coin. These would-be messiahs, in Wilson's analysis, are all driven by a childish dream of absolute power. Almost always, they cross the line from inspiration to paranoia, and from the teaching to killing-genuine aspiration mixed with self-deception, says Wilson. This is an incisive review of the motives and madness of cult leaders, spiritual con men, and would-be saviors.
Author: Dan McKanan Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780198033226 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 312
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Between 1820 and 1860, American social reformers invited all people to identify God's image in the victims of war, slavery, and addiction. Identifying the Image of God traces the theme of identification--and its liberal Christian roots--through the literature of social reform, focusing on sentimental novels, temperance tales, and slave narratives, and invites contemporary activists to revive the "politics of identification."
Author: Robert A. Gorman II Publisher: Page Publishing Inc ISBN: 1641385170 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 114
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Massiah's Trip is centered around a group of friends reunited after high school many years later. After driving through a horrendous thunderstorm for hours, Billy has injured the palms of his hands from the white-knuckle driving he was doing. Because of the violent lightning flickering across the sky, a focused Billy has not realized that his fingernails were digging into at the palms of his hands, causing them to bleed. Hours later, he finally makes it home to Clearwater Beach. Billy and Chaz meet up with Dick at his house for a welcome home party. However, after the party on the way home, Billy and Chaz are mixed up in a fatal accident. Billy also meet the girl of his dreams. A beautiful girl named Jade, who is quite mysterious herself. Following that tragic event, more mysterious murders and tragic deaths seem to happen around Billy and his car. Billy feels he is going out of his mind because he has a conversation with a ghost, or does he? Massiah's Trip also includes skydiving and a famous bridge with a dark past that could hold the key to Billy's salvation. When Billy finds out the haunting secret of his '76 AMC Gremlin, he races around the clock to come up with a plan to stop all of the carnage and madness that Massiah is wielding. So with one last epic party, Billy, Chaz, and Dick get ready for the ride of their lives. They have one chance to beat the evil force because if they fail, they're dead! Massiah's Trip takes place in Pinellas County and highlights places in Largo and Clearwater Beach. Also, it includes the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, with its tragic story that claimed the lives of many unsuspecting people that foggy morning. So get ready to enjoy a clever little story of killer comedy, suspense, and romance as Massiah's Trip takes you on a ride through a highway of hell.
Author: J. Harold Ellens Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 0313387168 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 1046
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In this three-volume set, international scholars from across a broad spectrum of scholarly fields examine the concept of evil throughout history and world cultures from religious, scientific, psychological, and political perspectives. The manifestation of evil has provided a convenient theme for popular culture entertainment, ranging from the classic film The Exorcist, to almost all of Stephen King's horror novels, to video games such as Resident Evil. Unfortunately, dealing with—and attempting to overcome—the forces of evil is a pervasive problem in the real world as well. Explaining Evil addresses incidents of evil from ancient times to modern day around the globe. Concepts of evil within the big three religions—Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—are examined, as well as in Chinese philosophy and Native American beliefs. The political or national expressions of evil are explored, such as the "axis of evil" that culminated in World War II. These volumes identify the causes and effects of evil, and suggest possible remedies to humanity's inescapable flaw.
Author: Jonathan H. Ebel Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300216351 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 254
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Jonathan Ebel has long been interested in how religion helps individuals and communities render meaningful the traumatic experiences of violence and war. In this new work, he examines cases from the Great War to the present day and argues that our notions of what it means to be an American soldier are not just strongly religious, but strongly Christian. Drawing on a vast array of sources, he further reveals the effects of soldier veneration on the men and women so often cast as heroes. Imagined as the embodiments of American ideals, described as redeemers of the nation, adored as the ones willing to suffer and die that we, the nation, may live—soldiers have often lived in subtle but significant tension with civil religious expectations of them. With chapters on prominent soldiers past and present, Ebel recovers and re-narrates the stories of the common American men and women that live and die at both the center and edges of public consciousness.
Author: Maggie Thompson Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1440216509 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 3356
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ESSENTIAL COMICS VALUES ALL IN COLOR! COMICS SHOP is the reliable reference for collectors, dealers, and everyone passionate about comic books! THIS FULL-COLOR, INDISPENSABLE GUIDE FEATURES: • Alphabetical organization by comic book title • More than 3,000 color photos • Hundreds of introductory essays • Analysis of multi-million dollar comics' sales • How covers and splash pages have evolved • An exclusive photo to grading guide to help you determine your comics' conditions accurately • Current values for more than 150,000 comics From the authoritative staff at Comics Buyer's Guide, the world's longest running magazine about comics, Comics Shop is the only guide on the market to give you extensive coverage of more than 150,000 comics from the Golden Age of the 1930s to current releases and all in color! In addition to the thousands of comic books from such publishers as Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image, this collector-friendly reference includes listings for comic books from independent publishers, underground publishers, and more!
Author: Mark Frost Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0380722291 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 468
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The ancient holy texts are missing. The death of the world approaches. Six extraordinary men have shared one vision of a black tower and a river of blood. Somewhere in the desert wastelands of America, the ultimate battle will be waged. The greatest experiment in evil since the beginning of time is under way, with all humanity its designated sacrifice. The future is in the hands of the Six.
Author: Robert H. Stein Publisher: InterVarsity Press ISBN: 0830875832 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 291
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In this accessible introduction to Jesus Christ, Robert Stein draws together the results of a career of research and writing on Jesus and the Gospels. Now in paperback, this classic textbook is clearly written, ably argued, and geared to the needs of students, giving probing minds a sure grounding in the life and ministry of Jesus.
Author: Joshua Dysart
Author: Joshua Dysart
Author: Colin Wilson
Author: Dallas M. Darling
Author: Dan McKanan
Author: Robert A. Gorman II
Author: J. Harold Ellens
Author: Jonathan H. Ebel
Author: Maggie Thompson
Author: Mark Frost
Author: Robert H. Stein