A Link Between Flemish Mystics and English Martyrs
Author : Catherine Sidney Durrant
Publisher :
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 31,71 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Augustinian Canonesses
ISBN :
Author : Catherine Sidney Durrant
Publisher :
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 31,71 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Augustinian Canonesses
ISBN :
Author : Ed Glinert
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 35,76 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0007286422
A guided tour of Britain's spiritual heritage Did Joseph of Arimathea really bring the holy grail to Glastonbury? Why do many conspicracy theorists believe architects such as Wren and Hawksmoore secretly built London according to principles from the Old Testament? What were the true reasons for the executions of martyrs such as Ridley, Wycliffe and Cranmer? All these intriguing questions, and many more, are answered in Ed Glinert's unusual and fascinating new book. Glinert travels round Britain unearthing the most interesting spiritual characters and stories from over 2,000 years of British history. From martyrs to mystics, millenialists to malingerers, and 'messiahs' magicians magicians, Britain's turbulent religious history has thrown up a wealth of intriguing characters. Ed Glinert tells their stories in readable, bitesized chunks.
Author : Charles R. Ringma
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 21,59 MB
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1498209289
Everywhere there are voices calling for a new Reformation, marked by a return to the older sources of Christian wisdom, and for drinking anew the inspiration of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, the church fathers, those from the monastic tradition and the medieval Christian mystics. This anthology of original sources in contemporary English, structured in a meditational mode, could well be the rich resource you are looking for in hearing the ancient Christian wisdom. Here are the deep wells of theological and spiritual insight that could guide you in walking a renewed path of faith in our precarious world. These voices from the past may well help you in living against the tide of late modernity with its rationality and utilitarianism that cannot sustain a well-lived and well-loved life. This book could sustain the hope for a renewed world through life lived in the presence of the healing and empowering God.
Author : Michael J. McClymond
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,15 MB
Release : 2023
Category : Spirituality
ISBN : 9780809188314
"Intended primarily as an undergraduate text, this integrative approach to Christian spirituality, introduces students to historical traditions and to recent global developments, where Christian spirituality rests on timeless themes and incorporates variations"--
Author : William M. Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Christian saints
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Author : Lawrence S. Cunningham
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 20,14 MB
Release : 2002-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1579108970
A charming and powerful example of how a great mass of material can be presented in an interesting and accurate manner. . . An excellent book for personal reading but. . . the perfect text for religion courses, C.C.D. programs, and adult education. - Spirituality Today [A] unique, people-oriented approach to the history of the Roman Catholic church. . . An ambitious, enlightening study not strictly for Catholics and suitable both for teaching and individual research. - Booklist A Catholic would welcome [it] as a gift. - Andrew M. Greeley, American Bookseller A work important both for itself and for the method it uses. . . Cunningham manages to convey a sweep of Catholic history and tradition that is remarkable. . . [it] may well become a classic in its own right. - Best Sellers An attractive text for an introductory course on Catholicism for college undergraduates, something many of us have been looking for in vain in recent years. -Cross Currents In a novel and engaging way, it presents a rather comprehensive picture of the many-faceted Roman Catholic tradition. Emphasis is on the spiritual rather than on the political or doctrinal. . . A list of 'Readings and Trajectories' at the end of each chapter. . . enhances the value of the book. - The Living Light A good book, written out of classroom experience, waiting to be taken back into the classroom. - New Catholic World
Author : Charles R. Ringma
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 45,63 MB
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1498209297
Everywhere there are voices calling for a new Reformation, marked by a return to the older sources of Christian wisdom, and for drinking anew the inspiration of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, the church fathers, those from the monastic tradition and the medieval Christian mystics. This anthology of original sources in contemporary English, structured in a meditational mode, could well be the rich resource you are looking for in hearing the ancient Christian wisdom. Here are the deep wells of theological and spiritual insight that could guide you in walking a renewed path of faith in our precarious world. These voices from the past may well help you in living against the tide of late modernity with its rationality and utilitarianism that cannot sustain a well-lived and well-loved life. This book could sustain the hope for a renewed world through life lived in the presence of the healing and empowering God.
Author : William M. Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,59 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780809128914
Shows that "the experiences and texts of the saints, mystics, and martyrs ought normally to be consulted when theologians go about their work of mediating the Christian tradition to their contemporary situation." -- Introduction (page 3).
Author : Marla Carlson
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 16,69 MB
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Art
ISBN :
The urgent debate about torture in public discourse of the twenty-first century thrusts pain into the foreground while research in neuroscience is transforming our understanding of this fundamental human experience. In late-medieval France, a country devastated by the Black Death, torn by civil strife, and strained by the Hundred Year’s War with England, the notion of pain shifted within the conceptual frameworks provided by theology and medicine. Performing Bodies in Pain analyzes the cultural work of spectacular suffering during these two periods, reading recent dramatizations of torture and performances of self-mutilating conceptual art against late-medieval saint plays.
Author : Asghar Seyed-Gohrab
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 33,36 MB
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3110748738
This book is the first extensive research on the role of poetry during the Iranian Revolution (1979) and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). How can poetry, especially peaceful medieval Sufi poems, be applied to exalt violence, to present death as martyrdom, and to process war traumas? Examining poetry by both Islamic revolutionary and established dissident poets, it demonstrates how poetry spurs people to action, even leading them to sacrifice their lives. The book's originality lies in fresh analyses of how themes such as martyrdom and violence, and mystical themes such as love and wine, are integrated in a vehemently political context, while showing how Shiite ritual such as the pilgrimage to Mecca clash with Saudi Wahhabi appreciations. A distinguishing quality of the book is its examination of how martyrdom was instilled in the minds of Iranians through poetry, employing Sufi themes, motifs and doctrines to justify death. Such inculcation proved effective in mobilising people to the front, ready to sacrifice their lives. As such, the book is a must for readers interested in Iranian culture and history, in Sufi poetry, in martyrdom and war poetry. Those involved with Middle Eastern Studies, Iranian Studies, Literary Studies, Political Philosophy and Religious Studies will benefit from this book. "From his own memories and expert research, the author gives us a ravishing account of 'a poetry stained with blood, violence and death'. His brilliantly layered analysis of modern Persian poetry shows how it integrates political and religious ideology and motivational propaganda with age-old mystical themes for the most traumatic of times for Iran." (Alan Williams, Research Professor of Iranian Studies, University of Manchester) "When Asghar Seyed Gohrab, a highly prolific academician, publishes a new book, you can be certain he has paid attention to an exciting and largely unexplored subject. Martyrdom, Mysticism and Dissent: The Poetry of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) is no exception in the sense that he combines a few different cultural, religious, mystic, and political aspects of Iranian life to present a vivid picture and thorough analysis of the development and effect of what became known as the revolutionary poetry of the late 1970s and early 1980s. This time, he has even enriched his narrative by inserting his voice into his analysis. It is a thoughtful book and a fantastic read." (Professor Kamran Talattof, University of Arizona)