The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India's Chola dynasty in social contextFrom the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence.
The majority of Christians in China over the course of the last century have worshipped not in missionary-founded churches or in congregations affiliated with the contemporary Three-Self Patriotic Movement or Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, but in independent and unregistered churches, often labeled "e;house churches.
Leaving Loneliness Behind: The Workbook is the essential companion for Regina Boyd's book, Leaving Loneliness Behind: 5 Keys to Experiencing Gods Love and Building Healthy Connections with Others.
Craft Communities addresses the social groups, old and new, which have developed around craft production and consumption, exploring the social and cultural impact of contemporary practices of making.
This handbook offers comprehensive coverage of the history of Spain, exploring key themes and events in four broad but not necessarily rigid temporal categories: medieval, early modern, nineteenth century and twentieth century.
The book "Summary of the History of the Arabs" includes brief tales from the history of the Arab nation, from the period before the Prophet's mission until the beginnings of the nineteenth century AD, and its French author has been keen to clarify the statement of the Arabs' virtue over human civilization, in exchange for what many orientalists have consistent from chanting accusations The false and unfair to the Arabs and Muslims; They often attributed to them what they have no characteristics, ignoring what Arab scholars and their thinkers presented to the march of human civilization, and let us take the Abbasid state an example; Were it not for the encouragement of its caliphs of science and translation, the heritage of ancient Greek civilization may have disappeared with all its wealthy intellectual and scientific products, and Europe has so far been living in its dark middle centuries.
This book provides a thorough introduction to historical and contemporary issues in American religion, tackling controversial hot-button topics such as abortion, Intelligent Design, and Scientology.
A sweeping account of the controversies surrounding the worship of images in the early Byzantine churchIn 726, the Byzantine emperor, Leo III, issued an edict that all religious images in the empire were to be destroyed, a directive that was later endorsed by a synod of the church in 753 under his son, Constantine V.
It was stated in the introduction to this book: "And if it was not from the fate of this book, you read from the pen of Al -Jahiz, eighty and two hundred pages, so that it is sufficient for that.
There is no doubt that this book raised the controversy, which made it one of the most famous books of the twentieth century; In it, the author said that it is not legitimized by the "pre -Islamic poetry" to his era, and that it is impersonated from the era of Islam.
The establishment of states and the emergence of nationalities was a dangerous alarm for Jewish groups in Europe,; Where modern countries were built on an ethnic basis, and the Jews who lived isolated in the "Jewish ghetto" did not understand this.
El cinabrio, un pigmento rojo vivo, ha sido utilizado por muchas culturas antiguas de todo el mundo, el hallazgo de cinabrio y de mercurio en el tunel excavado recientemente bajo el Templo de la Serpiente Emplumada, confirma la importancia simbolica de estos dos elementos y su vinculacion con el pensamiento cosmogonico de las antiguas culturas mesoamericanas.
For anyone, non-Muslim or Muslim, who wants to know how to approach, read, and understand the text of the Qur'an, How to Read the Qur'an offers a compact introduction and readers guide.
Deep down, everyone, with very few exceptions, badly wants and needs clarity and assurance, especially when it comes to the deepest most profound existential questions of life--where did we come from (origin)?
Este nuevo libro de la colección Rosarios es un especial acompañamiento a quienes transitan aquella etapa de la vida en donde se perciben más notoriamente el paso de los años.
A 2023Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist in the Religion CategoryWith clarity and penetrating insight, Alex Ryvchin unravels the mystery of antisemitism Mandatory reading for anyone concerned with the ethical fate of the human race.
The Gaon of Vilna was the foremost intellectual leader of non-Hasidic Jewry in eighteenth-century Europe; his legacy is claimed by religious Jews, both Zionist and not.
This volume explores the historical trajectory of the spread of Islam in South Asia and how the engagements of the past have played a crucial role in the making of the present outfits of South Asian Islam.
This volume explores the historical trajectory of the spread of Islam in South Asia and how the engagements of the past have played a crucial role in the making of the present outfits of South Asian Islam.
Erkennen, was stimmt und was nicht- 25 % der Deutschen geben an, sehr große Angst vor der Verbreitung von Desinformationen zu haben (Statista)- Richtige Meinungsbildung ermöglicht fundierte Entscheidungen, fördert Verständnis und verbessert die Zusammenarbeit- Mit zahlreichen Quizfragen zur SelbstkontrolleDieses Buch vermittelt eine Fähigkeit, die trotz Aufklärung und Bildung nach wie vor in der Gesellschaft unterrepräsentiert ist: sich anhand gesicherter Erkenntnisse eine fundierte Meinung zu bilden.
Focused on Ahmad Ibn 'Ajiba - an eighteenth-century Moroccan Sufi scholar renowned for his contribution to Sufi Qur'anic exegesis - this book engages critically with his theory of divine love to elucidate his impact on the wider field of Qur'anic scholarship.
Focused on Ahmad Ibn 'Ajiba - an eighteenth-century Moroccan Sufi scholar renowned for his contribution to Sufi Qur'anic exegesis - this book engages critically with his theory of divine love to elucidate his impact on the wider field of Qur'anic scholarship.
The Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order ('Croniken van der Duytscher Oirden') is a late-fifteenth-century Middle Dutch text that strongly influenced early modern historiography in north-eastern Europe.
