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Author | : Jonathan Black |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 510 |
Release | : 2014-09-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781780874876 |
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'The Sacred History' is an account of the workings of the supernatural in history. It tells the epic story of angels from creation to evolution, through to the operations of the supernatural in the modern world.
Author | : Katherine Van Liere |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2012-05-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199594791 |
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The first geographically broad, comparative survey of early modern 'sacred history', or writing on the history of the Christian Church, its leaders and saints, and its internal developments, in the two centuries from c. 1450 to c. 1650.
Author | : A. Azfar Moin |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 653 |
Release | : 2022-05-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0231555407 |
Download Sacred Kingship in World History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Sacred kingship has been the core political form, in small-scale societies and in vast empires, for much of world history. This collaborative and interdisciplinary book recasts the relationship between religion and politics by exploring this institution in long-term and global comparative perspective. Editors A. Azfar Moin and Alan Strathern present a theoretical framework for understanding sacred kingship, which leading scholars reflect on and respond to in a series of essays. They distinguish between two separate but complementary religious tendencies, immanentism and transcendentalism, which mold kings into divinized or righteous rulers, respectively. Whereas immanence demands priestly and cosmic rites from kings to sustain the flourishing of life, transcendence turns the focus to salvation and subordinates rulers to higher ethical objectives. Secular modernity does not end the struggle between immanence and transcendence—flourishing and righteousness—but only displaces it from kings onto nations and individuals. After an essay by Marshall Sahlins that ranges from the Pacific to the Arctic, the book contains chapters on religion and kingship in settings as far-flung as ancient Egypt, classical Greece, medieval Islam, Mughal India, modern European drama, and ISIS. Sacred Kingship in World History sheds new light on how religion has constructed rulership, with implications spanning global history, religious studies, political theory, and anthropology.
Author | : Sharon Turner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1832 |
Genre | : Creation |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : J.H. Brennan |
Publisher | : ABRAMS |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2013-06-13 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1468308696 |
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“From the hair-raising to the eyebrow-raising, this is a scintillating account of meetings with spirits through history” (Mark Booth, New York Times–bestselling author). It may seem incredible, but as bestselling novelist and occult expert J.H. Brennan reveals in this eye-opening new history, there is a wealth of evidence to suggest that the disembodied voices of spirits may have subtly directed the course of human events. In Whisperers, Brennan explores how the “spirit world”—whether we believe in it or not—has influenced our own since the dawn of civilization. With a novelist’s flair and a scholar’s keen eye, Brennan details the supernatural affinities of world leaders from King Nebuchadnezzar to Adolf Hitler, showing how the decisions and policies of each have been shaped by their supernatural beliefs and encounters. Brennan also examines the impact of visions, from shamanism in native cultures to prophets such as Joan of Arc. Chronicling millennia of contact between the spirit world and our own, Whisperers presents an entirely new and different way to look at history. “Prolific Irish author and lecturer Brennan’s lifelong fascination with psychic phenomena fuels this comprehensive analysis of potential supernatural influences on history. . . . Certain hokum for skeptics, but the more open-minded will savor this chillingly convincing testimonial.” —Kirkus Reviews “J.H. Brennan is an expert storyteller who paints an often terrifying picture of how human destiny has regularly been changed forever by individuals convinced they were in communication with intelligences from beyond. In Whisperers, Brennan has created a unique and timely history of spirit voices that is both brilliant and utterly chilling.” —Andrew Donkin, coauthor of Illegal
Author | : Brad Olsen |
Publisher | : CCC Publishing |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2004-02-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1888729317 |
Download Sacred Places Around the World Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
World travelers and armchair tourists who want to explore the mythology and archaeology of the ruins, sanctuaries, mountains, lost cities, and temples of ancient civilizations will find this guide ideal. Detailed here are the monuments and sites where ancient peoples once gathered to perform sacred rituals and ceremonies to worship various gods and to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Important archaeological, historical, and geological destinations worldwide are profiled, from the Great Pyramid in Egypt and the Forbidden City in China to the Temples of Angkor in Cambodia and Mount Shasta in California. Sites are described in historical and cultural context, and practical contemporary travel information is provided, including detailed maps, drawings, photographs, and travel directions.
Author | : John Pedley |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2005-10-17 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780521809351 |
Download Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Ancient Greek World Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Covering important themes and issues which are linked to historic and specific sanctuaries, this book will provide students with an accessible yet authoritative introduction to ancient Greek sanctuaries.
Author | : Susan Suntree |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2010-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0803231989 |
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"Sacred Sites honors the power and beauty of our indigenous heritage and homeland. By knowing our history we better understand the present and our journey into the future."---Anthony Morales, tribal chair, Gabrielino Tongva Council of San Gabriel --
Author | : Marek Winiarczyk |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2013-04-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3110294885 |
Download The "Sacred History" of Euhemerus of Messene Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In his utopian novel Hiera Anagraphe (Sacred History) Euhemerus of Messene (ca. 300 B.C.) describes his travel to the island Panchaia in the Indian Ocean where he discovered an inscribed stele in the temple of Zeus Triphylius. It turned out that the Olympian gods (Uranos, Kronos, Zeus) were deified kings. The travels of Zeus allowed to describe peoples and places all over the world. Winiarczyk investigates the sources of the theological views of Euhemerus. He proves that Euhemerus’ religious views were rooted in old Greek tradition (the worship of heroes, gods as founders of their own cult, tombs of gods, euergetism, rationalistic interpretation of myths, the explanations of the origin of religion by the sophists, the ruler cult). The description of the Panchaian society is intended to suggest an archaic and closed culture, in which the stele recording res gestae of the deified kings might have been preserved. The translation of Ennius’ Euhemerus sive Sacra historia (ca. 200 - ca. 194) is a free prose rendering, which Lactantius knew only indirectly. The book is concluded by a short history of Euhemerism in the pagan, Christian and Jewish literature.
Author | : Walter Burkert |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1998-01-13 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780674175709 |
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Sacrifice is essential to all religions. Could there be a natural, even biological, reason? Why are sacrifice and numerous other religious rituals and concepts shared by so many different cultures? In this extraordinary book, one of the world’s leading authorities on ancient religions explores the possibility of natural religion.