Sacred Texts of the World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sacred Texts of the World write by Ninian Smart. This book was released on 2007. Sacred Texts of the World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For a contemporary world in which religious belief exercises a more potent - some might say more dangerous - influence on global events than many would have thought possible a generation ago, the nature and interpretation of the core tenets of religious faith has become a matter of compelling and widespread interest, both within and outside practising religious communities.Each of the 14 chapters of Sacred Texts is devoted to one of the principal religious and other belief systems of humanity, both defunct and extant. The chapters follow a consistent pattern: a short and accessible introduction to the faith in question, followed by extracts that clearly illustrate its mythic narratives, its spiritual and theological doctrines, its central moral teachings, its rituals and modes of worship, and its mystical traditions. Accompanying notes make clear the meanings of all the quoted passages. Taken together, the extracts provide a rounded and coherent picture of each religious tradition.Sacred Texts covers not only Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shintoism and Sikhism, but also small-scale traditional religions, new religions, and secular worldviews such as humanism. It is an essential reference for those who wish to understand the nature - and continuing appeal - of religious belief in a globalised, multi-faith world.
A Modern Translation of the Kebra Nagast
A Modern Translation of the Kebra Nagast - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Modern Translation of the Kebra Nagast write by Miguel F. Brooks. This book was released on 1996. A Modern Translation of the Kebra Nagast available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Lost for centuries, the Kebra Nagast (The Glory of Kings) is a truly majestic unveiling of ancient secrets. These pages were excised by royal decree from the authorized 1611 King James version of the Bible. Originally recorded in the ancient Ethiopian language (Ge'ez) by anonymous scribes, The Red Sea Press, Inc. and Kingston Publishers now bring you a complete, accurate modern English translation of this long suppressed account. Here is the most startling and fascinating revelation of hidden truths; not only revealing the present location of the Ark of the Covenant, but also explaining fully many of the puzzling questions on Biblical topics which have remained unanswered up to today.
Book of the Goddess
Book of the Goddess - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Book of the Goddess write by Anna Livia Plurabelle. This book was released on . Book of the Goddess available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
In Search of the Sacred Book
In Search of the Sacred Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook In Search of the Sacred Book write by Aníbal González. This book was released on 2018-05-03. In Search of the Sacred Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Search of the Sacred Book studies the artistic incorporation of religious concepts such as prophecy, eternity, and the afterlife in the contemporary Latin American novel. It departs from sociopolitical readings by noting the continued relevance of religion in Latin American life and culture, despite modernity's powerful secularizing influence. Analyzing Jorge Luis Borges's secularized "narrative theology" in his essays and short stories, the book follows the development of the Latin American novel from the early twentieth century until today by examining the attempts of major novelists, from María Luisa Bombal, Alejo Carpentier, and Juan Rulfo, to Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, and José Lezama Lima, to "sacralize" the novel by incorporating traits present in the sacred texts of many religions. It concludes with a view of the "desacralization" of the novel by more recent authors, from Elena Poniatowska and Fernando Vallejo to Roberto Bolaño.
The Message and the Book
The Message and the Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Message and the Book write by John Bowker. This book was released on 2012-03-27. The Message and the Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Grand in its sweep, this survey of the sacred writings of the major religions of the world offers a thoughtful introduction to the ideas and beliefs upon which great faiths are built. Under the expert guidance of John Bowker, a religious scholar and author of international stature, readers explore the key texts of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi, Confucian, Daoist, and Shinto traditions. The author discusses some 400 books, among them such well-known sacred texts as the Bible and the Quran, but also spiritual writings by theologians, philosophers, poets, and others. Bowker provides clear and illuminating commentary on each text, describing the content and core tenets of the work and quoting pertinent passages. He also sets the writings in religious and historical contexts, showing how they have influenced—and in many cases continue to influence—artistic, musical, literary, and political traditions. The Message and the Book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the meaning and the deep significance of primary religious texts of civilizations around the globe.
