The Prophet Motive
Author | : Gavin Konstam |
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Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2010 |
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Author | : Gavin Konstam |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2010 |
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Author | : Nancy K. Stalker |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2007-10-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0824832264 |
From the 1910s to the mid-1930s, the flamboyant and gifted spiritualist Deguchi Onisaburô (1871–1948) transformed his mother-in-law’s small, rural religious following into a massive movement, eclectic in content and international in scope. Through a potent blend of traditional folk beliefs and practices like divination, exorcism, and millenarianism, an ambitious political agenda, and skillful use of new forms of visual and mass media, he attracted millions to Oomoto, his Shintoist new religion. Despite its condemnation as a heterodox sect by state authorities and the mainstream media, Oomoto quickly became the fastest-growing religion in Japan of the time. In telling the story of Onisaburô and Oomoto, Nancy Stalker not only gives us the first full account in English of the rise of a heterodox movement in imperial Japan, but also provides new perspectives on the importance of "charismatic entrepreneurship" in the success of new religions around the world. She makes the case that these religions often respond to global developments and tensions (imperialism, urbanization, consumerism, the diffusion of mass media) in similar ways. They require entrepreneurial marketing and management skills alongside their spiritual authority if their groups are to survive encroachments by the state and achieve national/international stature. Their drive to realize and extend their religious view of the world ideally stems from a "prophet" rather than "profit" motive, but their activity nevertheless relies on success in the modern capitalist, commercial world. Unlike many studies of Japanese religion during this period, Prophet Motive works to dispel the notion that prewar Shinto was monolithically supportive of state initiatives and ideology.
Author | : George Mikes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Israel |
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Author | : Kenny Barfield |
Publisher | : Gospel Advocate Company |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780892254583 |
Author | : John Bimson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Archaeologists |
ISBN | : 9780754112754 |
Author | : Gavin Konstam |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Communal living |
ISBN | : 9781850653325 |
Author | : Christine Pope |
Publisher | : Dark Valentine Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2022-08-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
The perfect Thanksgiving recipe for disaster — means, motive…and opportunity. As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, Selena finds herself soothing the nerves of her friend Josie, who’s now Globe’s newly minted mayor. Popular television preacher Aaron Galloway is bringing his traveling prayer gathering to town, and Josie is worried Selena’s New Age shop will attract negative attention. Josie’s concern is touching, but Selena can’t imagine her humble little shop being any more than a blip on the faithful’s radar. Still, she does a quick Tarot reading, just to be sure. To her dismay, the cards warn there’s trouble brewing. What kind and how deep it goes is anyone’s guess. Until Galloway falls over dead of arsenic poisoning — and Josie is accused of murder. Holiday plans are put on hold as Selena races to prove Josie’s innocence. And as she begins unearthing something rotten under the megachurch’s squeaky-clean veneer, the real killer is getting nervous...and determined to mow down anyone who gets too close to the truth. KEYWORDS: witch, warlock, wizard, sorcerer, psychic, medium, telepath, cop hero, sheriff, detective, police, tarot, crystal ball, wicca, small town romance, small town mystery, fish out of water, opposites attract, cozy mystery, cozy dog mystery, cozy witch mystery
Author | : Daniel Bell |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1996-10-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780465014996 |
With a new afterword by the author, this classic analysis of Western liberal capitalist society contends that capitalism—and the culture it creates—harbors the seeds of its own downfall by creating a need among successful people for personal gratification—a need that corrodes the work ethic that led to their success in the first place. With the end of the Cold War and the emergence of a new world order, this provocative manifesto is more relevant than ever.
Author | : Katherine Maureen Verdery |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1970 |
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Author | : Kahlil Gibran |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1951 |
Genre | : Mysticism |
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