Author: Ian Watson
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 0575114789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
In his fourth short-story collection, Watson again demonstrates the extraordinary scope of his imagination. The title story has ancient witchcraft meeting complacent modern suburbia in a tale of spine-chilling horror, while 'When the Timegate Failed' casts an unexpected light in the dangers of space travel and man's powers of self-delusion. Alien matters of a different kind crop up in 'Windows', in which mysterious artefacts found on Mars prove to be something of a problem for their chic human owners. Evil Water is a highly inventive collection which is a delight to read.
Evil Water: And Other Stories
Author: Ian Watson
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 0575114789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
In his fourth short-story collection, Watson again demonstrates the extraordinary scope of his imagination. The title story has ancient witchcraft meeting complacent modern suburbia in a tale of spine-chilling horror, while 'When the Timegate Failed' casts an unexpected light in the dangers of space travel and man's powers of self-delusion. Alien matters of a different kind crop up in 'Windows', in which mysterious artefacts found on Mars prove to be something of a problem for their chic human owners. Evil Water is a highly inventive collection which is a delight to read.
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 0575114789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
In his fourth short-story collection, Watson again demonstrates the extraordinary scope of his imagination. The title story has ancient witchcraft meeting complacent modern suburbia in a tale of spine-chilling horror, while 'When the Timegate Failed' casts an unexpected light in the dangers of space travel and man's powers of self-delusion. Alien matters of a different kind crop up in 'Windows', in which mysterious artefacts found on Mars prove to be something of a problem for their chic human owners. Evil Water is a highly inventive collection which is a delight to read.
The Aggada of the Bavli and Its Cultural World
Author: Geoffrey Herman
Publisher: SBL Press
ISBN: 1946527106
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Essays that explore the rich engagement of the Talmud with its cultural world The Babylonian Talmud (Bavli), the great compilation of Jewish law edited in the late Sasanian era (sixth–seventh century CE), also incorporates a great deal of aggada, that is, nonlegal material, including interpretations of the Bible, stories, folk sayings, and prayers. The Talmud’s aggadic traditions often echo conversations with the surrounding cultures of the Persians, Eastern Christians, Manichaeans, Mandaeans, and the ancient Babylonians, and others. The essays in this volume analyze Bavli aggada to reveal this rich engagement of the Talmud with its cultural world. Features: A detailed analysis of the different conceptions of martyrdom in the Talmud as opposed to the Eastern Christian martyr accounts Illustration of the complex ways rabbinic Judaism absorbed Christian and Zoroastrian theological ideas Demonstration of the presence of Persian-Zoroastrian royal and mythological motifs in talmudic sources
Publisher: SBL Press
ISBN: 1946527106
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Essays that explore the rich engagement of the Talmud with its cultural world The Babylonian Talmud (Bavli), the great compilation of Jewish law edited in the late Sasanian era (sixth–seventh century CE), also incorporates a great deal of aggada, that is, nonlegal material, including interpretations of the Bible, stories, folk sayings, and prayers. The Talmud’s aggadic traditions often echo conversations with the surrounding cultures of the Persians, Eastern Christians, Manichaeans, Mandaeans, and the ancient Babylonians, and others. The essays in this volume analyze Bavli aggada to reveal this rich engagement of the Talmud with its cultural world. Features: A detailed analysis of the different conceptions of martyrdom in the Talmud as opposed to the Eastern Christian martyr accounts Illustration of the complex ways rabbinic Judaism absorbed Christian and Zoroastrian theological ideas Demonstration of the presence of Persian-Zoroastrian royal and mythological motifs in talmudic sources
Sacred Water
Author: Nathaniel Altman
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 1587680130
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Drawing from a variety of religious teachings, anthropological evidence and myths and legends from around the world, this book examines how the essential element water plays a vital role in all aspects of our spiritual lives.
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 1587680130
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Drawing from a variety of religious teachings, anthropological evidence and myths and legends from around the world, this book examines how the essential element water plays a vital role in all aspects of our spiritual lives.
Water Sign
Author: Delvina Leona Johnson
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982287446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This story is mixed with heart piercing romance, explicit sex adult content, science-fiction, violence and comedy. Parts of this book are true events, true feelings mixed with imaginational whimsical fantasy. Incorporated with fictional powers, human self-sacrifice, human responsibilities and accountability. The historic content is true history. Assimilates fictional Earth Gods with zodiac powers, super-hero’s/heroine’s, action and adventure. A must-read literature.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982287446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This story is mixed with heart piercing romance, explicit sex adult content, science-fiction, violence and comedy. Parts of this book are true events, true feelings mixed with imaginational whimsical fantasy. Incorporated with fictional powers, human self-sacrifice, human responsibilities and accountability. The historic content is true history. Assimilates fictional Earth Gods with zodiac powers, super-hero’s/heroine’s, action and adventure. A must-read literature.
This Is Water
Author: Kenyon College
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780316151467
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in THIS IS WATER. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously' How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion' The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780316151467
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in THIS IS WATER. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously' How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion' The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.
The Young King
Author: Kuang WuJiuYe
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647961041
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
This story starts from an ordinary and ordinary young man Zhang song. Let's see how Zhang Song led his brothers to fight together and become a generation of urban kingpins.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647961041
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
This story starts from an ordinary and ordinary young man Zhang song. Let's see how Zhang Song led his brothers to fight together and become a generation of urban kingpins.
Baptism, Superstitions, and the Supernatural
Author: Lesley George Anderson
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1638447985
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Baptism, Superstitions, and the Supernatural by Rev. Dr. Lesley G. Anderson is a book uniquely, and unquestionably, one of the most informative and remarkable of its type. The sacrament of baptism is undoubtedly to this day an exceedingly controversial sacrament of the Christian Church. The continuing differing debates, arguments, and views about adult (believers’) versus infant baptism are examined. Superstitions and the supernatural associated with this sacrament are given adequate attention in addition to the many other informative factors relating to this sacrament. Further, this sacrament is examined as a scriptural, psychological, theological, and social reality. The introduction of baptism as a liturgical phenomenon highlights the educational quality of this book as it takes the reader into the interesting and fascinating areas of baptism of blood, baptism by fire, baptism of the dead, baptism of the Holy Spirit, and baptism in the name of Jesus only. In addition, this book brings to the fore an intrinsic excitement and understanding about the symbols and symbolisms, images and mysteries, signs and wonders associated with this sacrament. The role of the Holy Spirit and the centrality of Jesus in the baptismal act are of importance recognized. If symbolically baptism means dying to sin and rising to new life with Christ, does this apply only to adult believers? This book explores the question against the background of research conducted in the Central American country of Belize that unearthed the views and beliefs of laypersons. The reach of the work extends beyond Belize, and Methodist traditions are compared with contrasting beliefs and practices of other denominations. Popular superstitions associated with baptism are also explored as well as the impact of African cultural practices on Christian theology in the lived experience of Caribbean peoples. Although this research was conducted in Belize, it is borderless and boundless. Of vital interest is the exploration of this sacrament in African religious beliefs and cultural practices. According to Professor Neville Duncan, former director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, the book is “theologically and sociologically stimulating...while written from the Methodist perspective...the issues raised will resonate with all Christian denominations.” All denominations noted in this book are given their due respect regardless of their beliefs and/or baptismal practices.
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1638447985
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Baptism, Superstitions, and the Supernatural by Rev. Dr. Lesley G. Anderson is a book uniquely, and unquestionably, one of the most informative and remarkable of its type. The sacrament of baptism is undoubtedly to this day an exceedingly controversial sacrament of the Christian Church. The continuing differing debates, arguments, and views about adult (believers’) versus infant baptism are examined. Superstitions and the supernatural associated with this sacrament are given adequate attention in addition to the many other informative factors relating to this sacrament. Further, this sacrament is examined as a scriptural, psychological, theological, and social reality. The introduction of baptism as a liturgical phenomenon highlights the educational quality of this book as it takes the reader into the interesting and fascinating areas of baptism of blood, baptism by fire, baptism of the dead, baptism of the Holy Spirit, and baptism in the name of Jesus only. In addition, this book brings to the fore an intrinsic excitement and understanding about the symbols and symbolisms, images and mysteries, signs and wonders associated with this sacrament. The role of the Holy Spirit and the centrality of Jesus in the baptismal act are of importance recognized. If symbolically baptism means dying to sin and rising to new life with Christ, does this apply only to adult believers? This book explores the question against the background of research conducted in the Central American country of Belize that unearthed the views and beliefs of laypersons. The reach of the work extends beyond Belize, and Methodist traditions are compared with contrasting beliefs and practices of other denominations. Popular superstitions associated with baptism are also explored as well as the impact of African cultural practices on Christian theology in the lived experience of Caribbean peoples. Although this research was conducted in Belize, it is borderless and boundless. Of vital interest is the exploration of this sacrament in African religious beliefs and cultural practices. According to Professor Neville Duncan, former director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, the book is “theologically and sociologically stimulating...while written from the Methodist perspective...the issues raised will resonate with all Christian denominations.” All denominations noted in this book are given their due respect regardless of their beliefs and/or baptismal practices.
Geographical Thought of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Author: Deepak Mahadeo Rao Wankhede
Publisher: Gautam Book Center
ISBN: 9788187733881
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher: Gautam Book Center
ISBN: 9788187733881
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Doctrine of Sin in the Babylonian Religion
Author: Julian Morgenstern
Publisher: Book Tree
ISBN: 9781585092048
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Most believe that sin first arose with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. If this was the first instance, Christianity was not around for another two thousand years or more to include it in its belief structure. The first page of this book clarifies that sin, in its original form, was anything done to anger the gods (rather than God). The word for God in the Old Testament is elohim a plural word. Facts like this make this book a vital source for early theological truths. Offers an outstanding rundown on the early gods, who they were and what they stood for. Contains surprising information on our origins, the source of evil, the gods themselves, and humankinds interactions with them.
Publisher: Book Tree
ISBN: 9781585092048
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Most believe that sin first arose with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. If this was the first instance, Christianity was not around for another two thousand years or more to include it in its belief structure. The first page of this book clarifies that sin, in its original form, was anything done to anger the gods (rather than God). The word for God in the Old Testament is elohim a plural word. Facts like this make this book a vital source for early theological truths. Offers an outstanding rundown on the early gods, who they were and what they stood for. Contains surprising information on our origins, the source of evil, the gods themselves, and humankinds interactions with them.
Culture and folklore of Mizoram
Author: B. LALTHANGLIANA
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
ISBN: 8123026587
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
ISBN: 8123026587
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description