This volume brings together representative case studies and surveys that explore research into ritual language, covering theoretical and methodological approaches that reflect traditional inquiries and more recent studies.
This volume brings together representative case studies and surveys that explore research into ritual language, covering theoretical and methodological approaches that reflect traditional inquiries and more recent studies.
Have you ever noticed that apart from having the common thread of providing guidance for everyday living, most verses in the Book of Proverbs are not really connected to the others around them?
Despite the numerous famous examples of les litanies in French poetry, the manner in which the structures of this form of worship affect the versification strategies of poems has not previously been discussed thoroughly.
Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer based on an anonymous 14th Century text called The Cloud of Unknowing, and has roots even further back in the writings of the Desert Fathers of Egyptian Monasticism.
Connecting to Our Ancestral Past is a pragmatic, spiritual journey that introduces a variety of specific rituals and conversations in connection with Constellations work, an experiential process that explores one''s history and powerful events of the past in order to understand and resolve problems of the present.
Martín Prechtel’s experiences growing up on a Pueblo Indian reservation, his years of apprenticing to a Guatemalan shaman, and his flight from Guatemala’s brutal civil war to life in the U.
Dive into Theology and Enjoy the Deep End of God's LoveHave you ever heard someone use a multisyllabic theological term and secretly thought, I have no idea what they're talking about--just give me Jesus?
How Worshiping Jesus Reshapes All of YouIn this urgent and inspiring follow-up to Revering God, Thaddeus Williams presents Reflecting the Son: How to Mirror Jesus, a bold call to move beyond shallow notions of "e;Christlikeness"e; that confuse it with mere niceness or vague spirituality.
Dieses Buch beweist: Manchmal lassen sich schwierige Zeiten mit Zuversicht bewaltigen, manchmal wird sie uns auch gerade in diesen Zeiten dennoch geschenkt.
How Worshiping Jesus Reshapes All of YouIn this urgent and inspiring follow-up to Revering God, Thaddeus Williams presents Reflecting the Son: How to Mirror Jesus, a bold call to move beyond shallow notions of "e;Christlikeness"e; that confuse it with mere niceness or vague spirituality.
When Heaven Waited: How I Stopped Waiting for Miracles and Took Charge of My LifeWhat happens when you have prayed, hoped, waited—and nothing seems to change?
First Communion is generally understood as a rite of passage in which seven- and eight-year-old Catholic children transform from baptized participants in the Church to members of the body of Christ, the universal Catholic Church.
First Communion is generally understood as a rite of passage in which seven- and eight-year-old Catholic children transform from baptized participants in the Church to members of the body of Christ, the universal Catholic Church.
The world of special needs is filled with statistics: in the United States, about 17 percent of children have a diagnosed developmental disability, and 14 percent of public school students receive special education services.
Nurture faith and connection with a 52-week family devotional made just for the preteen yearsAnchored in the life and teachings of Jesus, What Would Jesus Do?
A collection of essays by leading scholars that investigates the significance of Wales's medieval religious houses in the development of Welsh society, politics and culture.
First published in 2001, Double Agents was the first book-length study of women in Anglo-Saxon written culture that took on the insights provided by contemporary critical and feminist theory, and it quickly established itself as a standard.
