Design and Destiny: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Human Germline Modification
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Date : 14 May 2008 03:17 |
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Ronald Cole-Turner, "Design and Destiny: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Human Germline Modification" (Basic Bioethics)
The MIT Press (2008) | English | ISBN: 0262533014 | 254 pages | PDF | 2.96 MB
Design and Destiny approaches the question in religious terms, discussing human germline modification (the genetic modification of the embryonic cells that become the eggs or sperm of a developing organism) from the viewpoints of traditional Christian and Jewish teaching. The contributors, leading religious scholars and writers, call our attention not to technology but to humanity, reflecting upon the meaning and destiny of human life in a technological age.
Christianity as Mystical Fact
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Date : 14 May 2008 03:08 |
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Rudolf Steiner, "Christianity as Mystical Fact" (Classics in Anthroposophy)
Anthroposophic Press (1997) | English | ISBN: 0880104368 | 276 pages | PDF | 2.57 MB
Christianity as Mystical Fact is a fundamental book, both in Steiner's own development and in the development of Western esotericism and our understanding of the Christ event. Here readers will find the evolutionary development from the ancient Mysteries through the great Greek philosophers to the events portrayed in the Gospels. This new edition, therefore, newly translated, edited, and introduced by Andrew Welburn, is a welcome addition to the "Classics in Anthroposophy" series.
Beyond Monotheism: A Theology of Multiplicity
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Date : 14 May 2008 03:03 |
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Laurel C. Schneider, "Beyond Monotheism: A Theology of Multiplicity"
Routledge (2007) | English | ISBN: 0203944712 | 266 pages | PDF | 4.33 MB
Beyond Monotheism is an absorbing and lyrical exploration of the possibility of a new, living theology of multiplicity that is grounded in fluidity, change, and incarnation. In this groundbreaking work of contemporary theology, Schneider shows that the One is not lost in divine multiplicity, and that in spite of its abstractions, divine multiplicity is realistic and worldly, impossible ultimately to abstract.
Quakers, Jews, and Science: Religious Responses to Modernity and the Sciences in Britain, 1650-1900
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Date : 14 May 2008 02:55 |
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Geoffrey Cantor, "Quakers, Jews, and Science: Religious Responses to Modernity and the Sciences in Britain, 1650-1900"
Oxford University Press (2005) | English | ISBN: 0199276684 | 438 pages | PDF | 4.37 MB
How do science and religion interact? This study examines the ways in which two minorities in Britain - the Quaker and Anglo-Jewish communities - engaged with science.
Absorbing Perfections: Kabbalah and Interpretation
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Date : 14 May 2008 02:46 |
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Moshe Idel, "Absorbing Perfections: Kabbalah and Interpretation"
Yale University Press (2002) | English | ISBN: 0300083793 | 690 pages | PDF | 1.60 MB
In this wide-ranging discussion of Kabbalah - from the mystical trends of medieval Judaism to modern Hasidism - one of the world's foremost scholars considers different visions of the nature of the sacred text and of the methods to interpret it. Moshe Idel takes as a starting point the fact that the postbiblical Jewish world lost its geographical centre with the destruction of the temple and so was left with a textual centre, the Holy Book. Idel argues that a text-oriented religion produced language-centered forms of mysticism.
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Handbook of the Sociology of Religion
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Date : 14 May 2008 02:41 |
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Michele Dillon, "Handbook of the Sociology of Religion"
Cambridge University Press (2003) | English | ISBN: 051106375X | 500 pages | PDF | 1.79 MB
This handbook showcases current research and thinking in the sociology of religion. The contributors, all active writers and researchers in the area, provide original chapters focusing on select aspects of their own engagement with the field.
The Revolution which Toppled the Umayyads: Neither Arab nor 'Abbāsid
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Date : 14 May 2008 02:33 |
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Saleh Said Agha, "The Revolution which Toppled the Umayyads: Neither Arab nor 'Abbāsid" (Islamic History and Civilization)
Brill (2003) | English | ISBN: 9004129944 | 451 pages | PDF | 6.04 MB
This book re-examines the so-called 'Abbāsid revolution, the ethnic character of whose effective constituency has been contested for over eight decades. It also brings to question the authenticity of the 'Abbāsid dynastic claim. To establish its two theses (neither Arab nor 'Abbāsid) this book employs, in its three parts, three distinct methodological approaches.
Открытие "третьего глаза"
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Date : 12 May 2008 21:12 |
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Б. Сахаров - Открытие "третьего глаза"
1954 | 41 pages | djvu | 1.2 MB
Борис Сахаров (Аров) - яркий представитель той прослойки русской интеллигенции, которая посвятила свою жизнь активному освоению, разработке и популяризации наследия Востока, автор многих книг по йоге, имеющих целью донести до читателя в неприкосновенности "золотой запас" индийской философии и культуры.
Хиромантия. Очень просто!
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Date : 12 May 2008 21:12 |
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Г. С. Выдревич l Хиромантия. Очень просто!
Эксмо | 2005 | 32 Pages | DJVU | 1.1 MB
Человек всегда хотел знать свое будущее, и гадание по руке - хиромантия - с давних времен помогала ему в этом. Хиромантия опирается на астрологию, логику и сопоставление фактов. Научные исследования подтверждают, что по линиям руки можно точно судить об уровне интеллекта и состоянии здоровья, а по руке младенца - определить его задатки. Но даже, если не относиться к хиромантии серьезно, все равно - это увлекательное и приятное времяпрепровождение.
Wisdom Literature in Mesopotamia and Israel
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Date : 11 May 2008 23:46 |
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Richard J. Clifford, "Wisdom Literature in Mesopotamia and Israel" (Society of Biblical Literature Syumposium)
Society of Biblical Literature (2007) | English | ISBN: 1589832191 | 134 pages | PDF | 1.36 MB
The last fifty years have seen a dramatic increase of interest in the wisdom literature of the Bible, as scholars have come to appreciate the subtlety and originality of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes as well as of Sirach and Wisdom of Solomon. This volume offers a rich collection of essays by distinguished Assyriologists and biblicists on the social, intellectual, and literary setting of Mesopotamian wisdom; on specific wisdom texts; and on key themes common to both Mesopotamian and biblical culture.
Brands of Faith: Marketing Religion in a Commercial Age
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Date : 11 May 2008 23:38 |
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Mara Einstein, "Brands of Faith: Marketing Religion in a Commercial Age" (Religion, Media and Culture)
Routledge (2007) | English | ISBN: 0203938879 | 259 pages | PDF | 4.10 MB
In a society overrun by commercial clutter, religion has become yet another product sold in the consumer marketplace, and faiths of all kinds must compete with a myriad of more entertaining and more convenient leisure activities.
Brands of Faith argues that in order to compete effectively, faiths have had to become brands - easily recognizable symbols and spokespeople with whom religious prospects can make immediate connections.
Manitou and God: North-American Indian Religions and Christian Culture
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Date : 11 May 2008 23:16 |
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R. Murray Thomas, "Manitou and God: North-American Indian Religions and Christian Culture"
Praeger (2007) | English | ISBN: 0313347794 | 295 pages | PDF | 1.87 MB
In
Manitou and God, Thomas describes American Indian religions as they compare with principal features of Christian doctrine and practice. He traces the development of sociopolitical and religious relations between American Indians and the European immigrants who, over the centuries, spread across the continent, captured Indian lands and decimated Indian culture in general and religion in particular.
Breeding Bin Ladens: America, Islam, and the Future of Europe
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Date : 11 May 2008 22:20 |
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Zachary Shore, "Breeding Bin Ladens: America, Islam, and the Future of Europe"
Johns Hopkins University Press (2006) | English | ISBN: 0801885051 | 244 pages | PDF | 1.18 MB
While American leaders wage war on extremists in the Middle East, they are dangerously detached from a potentially greater threat closer to home. In
Breeding Bin Ladens, Zachary Shore asserts that the growing ambivalence of Europe's Muslims poses risks to national identities, international security, and the transatlantic alliance.
The Emergence of Christianity
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Date : 11 May 2008 22:02 |
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Cynthia White, "The Emergence of Christianity" (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events of the Ancient World)
Greenwood Press (2007) | English | ISBN 0313327998 | 241 pages | PDF | 1.23 MB
This volume explores the emergence of Christianity in rome during the first four centuries of the Greco-Roman empire, from the first followers of Jesus Christ, to conflicts between Christians and Jewish kings under Roman occupation, to the torture of Christian followers, Diocletian's reforms, and Constantine's eventual conversion to monotheism, which cemented Christianity's status as the official religion of Rome.
Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism: Pillars, Lines, Ladders
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Date : 11 May 2008 21:25 |
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Moshe Idel, "Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism: Pillars, Lines, Ladders" (Pasts Incorporated)
Central European University Press (2005) | English | ISBN: 9637326022 | 265 pages | PDF | 3.02 MB
Ascensions on high took many forms in Jewish mysticism and they permeated most of its history from its inception until Hasidism. The book surveys the various categories, with an emphasis on the architectural images of the ascent, like the resort to images of pillars, lines, and ladders.
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