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Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion, and Politics: Political Secularism, Religion, and the State
by Jonathan FoxThis book examines 111 types of state religion policy in 177 countries between 1990 and 2008. Jonathan Fox argues that policy is largely a result of the competition between political secular actors and religious actors, both of which try to influence state religion policy. While there are other factors that influence state religion policy and both the secular and religious camps are divided, Fox offers that the secular-religious competition perspective provides critical insight into the nature of religious politics across the globe. While many states have both increased and decreased their involvement in religion, Fox demonstrates that states which have become more involved in religion are far more common.
Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion, and Politics: Politics of Desecularization
by Sadia SaeedThe movement away from secularist practices and toward political Islam is a prominent trend across Muslim polities. Yet this shift remains under-theorized. Why do modern Muslim polities adopt policies that explicitly cater to religious sensibilities? How are these encoded in law and with what effects? Sadia Saeed addresses these questions through examining shifts in Pakistan's official state policies toward the rights of religious minorities, in particular the controversial Ahmadiyya community. Looking closely at the 'Ahmadi question', Saeed develops a framework for conceptualizing and explaining modern desecularization processes that emphasizes the critical role of nation-state formation, political majoritarianism, and struggles between 'secularist' and 'religious' ideologues in evolving political and legal fields. The book demonstrates that desecularization entails instituting new understandings of religion through processes and justifications that are quintessentially modern.
Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion, and Politics: Religious Persecution and Political Order in the United States
by David T. SmithReligious freedom is a foundational value of the United States, but not all religious minorities have been shielded from religious persecution in America. This book examines why the state has acted to protect some religious minorities while allowing others to be persecuted or actively persecuting them. It details the persecution experiences of Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Catholics, Jews, the Nation of Islam, and orthodox Muslims in America, developing a theory for why the state intervened to protect some but not others. The book argues that the state will persecute religious minorities if state actors consider them a threat to political order, but they will protect religious minorities if they believe persecution is a greater threat to political order. From the beginning of the republic to after 9/11, religious freedom in America has depended on the state's perception of political threats.
Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion, and Politics: The Muslim Pilgrims' Paradox (Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics)
by Alexseev Mikhail A. Zhemukhov Sufian N.Under what conditions does in-group pride facilitate out-group tolerance? What are the causal linkages between intergroup tolerance and socialization in religious rituals? This book examines how Muslims from Russia's North Caucuses returned from the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca both more devout as Muslims and more tolerant of out-groups. Drawing on prominent theories of identity and social capital, the authors resolve seeming contradictions between the two literatures by showing the effects of religious rituals that highlight within-group diversity at the same time that they affirm the group's common identity. This theory is then applied to explain why social integration of Muslim immigrants has been more successful in the USA than in Europe and how the largest Hispanic association in the US defied the clash of civilizations theory by promoting immigrants' integration into America's social mainstream. The book offers insights into Islam's role in society and politics and the interrelationships between religious faith, immigration and ethnic identity, and tolerance that will be relevant to both scholars and practitioners.
Cambridge Studies on the American South: Religion, Community, and Slavery on the Colonial Southern Frontier
by Melton, James Van HornThis book tells the story of Ebenezer, a frontier community in colonial Georgia founded by a mountain community fleeing religious persecution in its native Salzburg. This study traces the lives of the settlers from the alpine world they left behind to their struggle for survival on the southern frontier of British America. Exploring their encounters with African and indigenous peoples with whom they had had no previous contact, this book examines their initial opposition to slavery and why they ultimately embraced it. Transatlantic in scope, this study will interest readers of European and American history alike.
Cambridge Theology in the Nineteenth Century: Enquiry, Controversy and Truth
by David M. ThompsonMany books have been written about nineteenth-century Oxford theology, but what was happening in Cambridge? This book provides the first continuous account of what might be called 'the Cambridge theological tradition', by discussing its leading figures from Richard Watson and William Paley, through Herbert Marsh and Julius Hare, to the trio of Lightfoot, Westcott and Hort. It also includes a chapter on nonconformists such as Robertson Smith, P.T. Forsyth and T.R. Glover. The analysis is organised around the defences that were offered for the credibility of Christianity in response to hostile and friendly critics. In this period the study of theology was not yet divided into its modern self-contained areas. A critical approach to scripture was taken for granted, and its implications for ecclesiology, the understanding of salvation and the social implications of the Gospel were teased out (in Hort's phrase) through enquiry and controversy as a way to discover truth. Cambridge both engaged with German theology and responded positively to the nineteenth-century 'crisis of faith'.
Camels in the Biblical World (History, Archaeology, and Culture of the Levant #10)
by Martin Heide Joris PetersCamels are first mentioned in the Bible as the movable property of Abraham. During the early monarchy, they feature prominently as long-distance mounts for the Queen of Sheba, and almost a millennium later, the Gospels tell us about the impossibility of a camel passing through a needle’s eye. Given the limited extrabiblical evidence for camels before circa 1000 BCE, a thorough investigation of the spatio-temporal history of the camel in the ancient Near and Middle East is necessary to understand their early appearance in the Hebrew Bible.Camels in the Biblical World is a two-part study that charts the cultural trajectories of two domestic species—the two-humped or Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) and the one-humped or Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius)—from the fourth through first millennium BCE and up to the first century CE. Drawing on archaeological camel remains, iconography, inscriptions, and other text sources, the first part reappraises the published data on the species’ domestication and early exploitation in their respective regions of origin. The second part takes a critical look at the various references to camels in the Hebrew Bible and the Gospels, providing a detailed philological analysis of each text and referring to archaeological data and zoological observations whenever appropriate. A state-of-the-art evaluation of the cultural history of the camel and its role in the biblical world, this volume brings the humanities into dialogue with the natural sciences. The novel insights here serve scholars in disciplines as diverse as biblical studies, (zoo)archaeology, history, and philology.
Camels in the Biblical World (History, Archaeology, and Culture of the Levant)
by Martin Heide Joris PetersCamels are first mentioned in the Bible as the movable property of Abraham. During the early monarchy, they feature prominently as long-distance mounts for the Queen of Sheba, and almost a millennium later, the Gospels tell us about the impossibility of a camel passing through a needle’s eye. Given the limited extrabiblical evidence for camels before circa 1000 BCE, a thorough investigation of the spatio-temporal history of the camel in the ancient Near and Middle East is necessary to understand their early appearance in the Hebrew Bible.Camels in the Biblical World is a two-part study that charts the cultural trajectories of two domestic species—the two-humped or Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) and the one-humped or Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius)—from the fourth through first millennium BCE and up to the first century CE. Drawing on archaeological camel remains, iconography, inscriptions, and other text sources, the first part reappraises the published data on the species’ domestication and early exploitation in their respective regions of origin. The second part takes a critical look at the various references to camels in the Hebrew Bible and the Gospels, providing a detailed philological analysis of each text and referring to archaeological data and zoological observations whenever appropriate. A state-of-the-art evaluation of the cultural history of the camel and its role in the biblical world, this volume brings the humanities into dialogue with the natural sciences. The novel insights here serve scholars in disciplines as diverse as biblical studies, (zoo)archaeology, history, and philology.
Camerado, I Give You My Hand: How a Powerful Lawyer-Turned-Priest Is Changing the Lives of Men Behind Bars
by Maura Poston Zagrans David T. LinkFor many years Dr. David T. Link helped young men and women prepare to become lawyers. After his wife died, and at a time in his life when most people retire, Dr. Link felt called to serve the Church and to aid the men that his profession normally put behind bars, ministering healing and forgiveness to murderers, thieves, and what many would call the least of society. This is a book about the value of human life, and about the transformative power of friendship and compassion. Meeting Father Dave gives us hope that one person can make a difference and, through successive reinterpretations of his own life's purpose, he makes the case for adding our own unique gifts to help the least of these, our brothers and sisters from all walks of life."Song of the Open Road" by Walt WhitmanCamerado, I give you my hand! I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself? will you come travel with me? Shall we stick by each other as long as we live?
Caminando con Elías: La fábula de una vida y un alma plenas
by Doobie Shemer Lorenzo Bermejo ThomasEl autor, con cuarenta y cinco años de edad, lo tiene todo: una familia a la que ama, dos automóviles, un perro y dos gatos. Reside en un barrio de la periferia, trabaja como ejecutivo corporativo y goza de una buena estabilidad económica. La vida, para él, es cómoda y predecible. Sin embargo, le falta algo que no sabe cómo describir ni cómo resolver. Toda su existencia se ve dominada por el sentimiento constante de ser una persona incompleta. Pero Doobie aprende pronto que su vida no va ser rutinaria ni común. Un día soleado de invierno se encuentra con Elías, su maestro espiritual, en un taller de chamanismo celebrado en Nueva Orleans; el curso de sus experiencias da un giro. Una semilla mística lo despierta y empieza a germinar. Le crea el ansia de mayor abundancia espiritual y lleva a transformar su sentimiento de ser incompleto en una sensación de plenitud y embelesamiento. Caminando con Elías: La fábula de una vida y un alma plenas nos inspira para que exploremos sin temor alguno nuestra propia senda espiritual y que caminemos por donde nunca lo habíamos hecho.
Caminar a la luz del espíritu: Recuperación en sobriedad
by Peter LEl viaje hacia la sobriedad de cinco alcohólicos en recuperación. Cada uno de ellos comparte su experiencia, fuerza y esperanza en que la persona que lea estas historias breves sobre sus vidas obtendrá un poderoso mensaje en su vida diaria. YA NO ESTÁS SOLO.
Caminar con Jesús
by Papa FranciscoEl vibrante testimonio del Papa Francisco vuelve a la fuente de la fe cristiana -las enseñanzas de Jesús- y brinda a sus lectores herramientas prácticas cargadas de sabiduría, para vivir en el mundo de hoy y evitar tanto el agobio por el consumo como la amenaza de la indiferencia. Caminar con Jesús aborda pacientemente temas doctrinales como los sacramentos y las bienaventuranzas; pero también otros tan actuales como la comunicación digital y el diálogo entre culturas. En ese sentido, no es un libro sólo para la comunidad cristiana sino también para cualquiera que aspire a una vida de solidaridad, justicia y verdadero amor al prójimo. El vibrante testimonio del Papa Francisco vuelve a la fuente de la fe cristiana -las enseñanzas de Jesús- y brinda a sus lectores herramientas prácticas cargadas de sabiduría, para vivir en el mundo de hoy y evitar tanto el agobio por el consumo como la amenaza de la indiferencia. Caminar con Jesús aborda pacientemente temas doctrinales como los sacramentos y las bienaventuranzas; pero también otros tan actuales como la comunicación digital y el diálogo entre culturas. En ese sentido, no es un libro sólo para la comunidad cristiana sino también para cualquiera que aspire a una vida de solidaridad, justicia y verdadero amor al prójimo.
Caminar con Jesús
by Papa FranciscoCon una sencillez profunda y a ratos conmovedora, el Papa Francisco comparte las enseñanzas de toda una vida, como él suele decir, caminando con Jesús. En este vibrante testimonio, Francisco vuelve a la Fuente de la fe cristiana #las enseñanzas de Jesús#, pero dando a sus lectores herramientas prácticas y cargadas de sabiduría para vivir en el mundo de hoy, agobiado por el consumo y la indiferencia. Caminar con Jesús aborda temas doctrinales como los sacramentos y las bienaventuranzas, pero también otros tan actuales como la comunicación digital y el diálogo entre culturas. Este es un libro que impactará a todo el que aspire a una vida de solidaridad, justicia y verdadero amor al prójimo, ya que constituye una fuente de aprendizaje y reflexión.
Caminaré en Libertad: Basado en la historia real de McKenzie McAdoo
by Avlon McCreadiealgunas de las cárceles más difíciles del mundo. Ese tipo de tiempo cambia a un hombre. Avlon McCreadie: "Cuando me acerqué a Mac y le ofrecí convertir su testimonio en una biografía, no tenía idea de en qué me estaba metiendo. Muchas veces, solo teníamos que parar. Tenía que dejar de contarme su historia y tuve que hacerlo. deja de escribir. Fue así de doloroso. Doloroso para él revivir y doloroso para mí escuchar. Pero después de un breve respiro, continuó hasta el final. La biografía de Mac es una verdad que vale la pena leer ". "En este verdadero testimonio de McKenzie McAdoo ves cómo la luz de Dios brilla a través de la oscuridad. Jesucristo hace que la vieja vida sea nueva, Jesús dice: 'Ven a mí todos los que están agobiados, y yo te daré descanso'. Él ha dado tú que descansas hermano Mac. Que la paz de Dios siga llenando tu copa siempre ". Shade Reed
Camine con Dios durante su maternidad: Devocional de estudio de once semanas
by Melissa KrugerSer madre, por lo general implica ESTAR MUY, PERO MUY OCUPADA. Las clases de piano de los niños, su próximo juego de pelota, o amamantar al bebé mientras tratamos de calmar a su hermanito, abarrotan la vida de actividades. A pesar de ello, hay un encuentro que puede ayudarnos a darle forma a cada momento, y es invertir tiempo en la Palabra de Dios. En Camine con Dios durante su maternidad, usted aprenderá a nutrir su corazón, mente y alma con la sabiduría que necesita para convertirse en la madre que anhela ser. A lo largo de estas once semanas de estudio bíblico en las que compartirá tiempo con Dios, aprenderá secretos transformadores que la ayudarán a:COMPRENDER y proseguir su propósito como madreVIVIR sus verdaderas prioridadesCONFIAR sus hijos a DiosMANIFESTAR los frutos del Espíritu en sus interacciones cotidianasRECUPERAR el Síndrome de la Mamá Perfecta (SMP)Cada semana ofrece cuatro días de estudios dedicados específicamente a las preocupaciones de la madre, con los pasajes bíblicos incluídos para su conveniencia. EL quinto día le brinda una emotiva lectura devocional que la ayudará a reflexionar en las verdades que ha aprendido y a ponerlas en práctica. A medida que su relación con Dios se profundiza mediante la oración y el estudio de la Palabra, usted descubrirá que este conocimiento en su corazón puede dejar una impresión duradera en sus hijos.
Camine con Dios: Encuentre una intimidad conversacional con Dios
by John EldredgeCamine con Dios atraviesa un año en la vida de John Eldredge, mostrando y enseñando cómo es una relación íntima con Dios día tras día.Dios anhela hablar. Es nuestro derecho y privilegio escuchar su voz. Todos nuestros anhelos más profundos pueden encontrar suficiente realización en compañía de Dios. No obstante, de algún modo, el descontento preponderante de la mayoría de cristianos es la falta de intimidad con Dios. Camine con Dios no es como cualquier otro libro que John ya ha escrito sino que atraviesa un año en su vida, mostrando y enseñando cómo puede ser una intimidad familiar con Dios. Enseña a los lectores a tomar decisiones alineadas con la voluntad de Dios, a entender las barreras y los "acuerdos" que los mantienen alejados de la vida que Dios desea que tengan, a librar las batallas espirituales para defender sus propios corazones y los de los demás, y mucho más. En última instancia, Camine con Dios muestra a los lectores que caminar íntimamente con Él puede ser parte normal de la vida cristiana.
Caminhos para Deus: Preces em tempo de incerteza
by Helena Sacadura CabralFerramentas espirituais que ajudam a ultrapassar os piores momentos e a reconhecer os melhores. Um livro que é um caminho para encontrar o nosso próprio Deus e aprender a conversar com ele. Palavras sobre fé em tempos de mágoa e incerteza. Helena Sacadura Cabral, uma das vozes mais estimadas de Portugal, partilha, neste livro, uma selecção muito pessoal das preces e ensinamentos que a têm guiado na procura da espiritualidade. A autora revela-nos como encontrou o seu Deus, como com Ele conversa, como Nele confia enquanto define o seu caminho. Um caminho feito de dúvidas e de fé, uma vida feita de alegrias e adversidades. Gesto de entrega e generosidade máxima da autora, Caminhos para Deus oferece alento em dias de incerteza, bálsamo nas horas mais tristes e companhia nos trilhos da vida.
Camp Cowgirl (Secret Sisters Book #10)
by Sandra ByrdIf you have a best friend--can you have other friends, too? The Secret Sisters can't wait to spend a week at an awesome summer camp on a Tucson dude ranch: the Lazy K. Could vacation get any better than this? They'll be caring for their own horses and learning to ride better and faster. Most of all, it's a chance for the Secret Sisters to grow closer together than ever before. At least, that's what they think. When they get to the Lazy K, though, both Tess and Erin have to make some difficult choices about each other and new friends. Some of their choices are good. Some are bad. Can a friendship survive some mistakes? What if you want to be friends with others, too? Will what they learn change the Secret Sisters forever?
Camp Jeff
by Tova ReichAn old New York Catskills hotel is converted into a Reeducation center for star #MeToo offenders in a story full of cunning and craft, double meanings and doppelgangers.A finalist for the National Jewish Book Award strikes again with another brilliant satire—a treat for readers of Philip Roth, Dara Horn, Nathan Englander, and others.Somewhere in the Catskills there&’s a camp, it&’s called Camp Jeff. The place is named for Jeffrey Epstein, not that Jeffrey Epstein, this is the good Jeffrey Epstein, a benefactor who wants his name on the building, though the bad one&’s not entirely irrelevant to this story. Tova Reich&’s newest novel, on the heels of her award-winning Mother India is a raucous and biting tale of a reeducation camp for alleged sex offenders. Reich&’s verbal blade is sharp and she slashes with it, but not without the sensitivity that such incisiveness requires. Camp Jeff is a work in Reich&’s signature satirical mode, an unhindered indictment of both #MeToo and therapeutic culture, and at the same time is also a deeply considered work of psychological portraiture and an examination of love, faith, and affection in American culture.
Campaigning for Love
by KD FlemingKatherine Harper Can't Be Beat For Katherine, running for city council is about protecting children from the kind of grim childhood she had. And she won't let privileged politician's son Nick Delaney ruin her chances. Like he once ruined her dreams of true love and a family of her own. Nick has his sights set on public office, not on rekindling a star-crossed romance from years ago. Yet as he and Katherine spend time together on the election circuit, his competitor compels him with her beauty and heart of gold. Falling for the opposition was never in his plans, but Nick will give anything to earn Katherine's forgiveness and renew their love.
Camphill and the Future: Spirituality and Disability in an Evolving Communal Movement
by Dan McKananA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Camphill movement, one of the world’s largest and most enduring networks of intentional communities, deserves both recognition and study. Founded in Scotland at the beginning of the Second World War, Camphill communities still thrive today, encompassing thousands of people living in more than one hundred twenty schools, villages, and urban neighborhoods on four continents. Camphillers of all abilities share daily work, family life, and festive celebrations with one another and their neighbors. Unlike movements that reject mainstream society, Camphill expressly seeks to be "a seed of social renewal" by evolving along with society to promote the full inclusion and empowerment of persons with disabilities, who comprise nearly half of their residents. In this multifaceted exploration of Camphill, Dan McKanan traces the complexities of the movement’s history, envisions its possible future, and invites ongoing dialogue between the fields of disability studies and communal studies.
Camps, Retreats, Missions, and Service Ideas (The Ideas Library)
by Youth SpecialtiesNearly 200 ideas for planning meaningful, memorable experiences for your kids! -Camps & Retreats . . . The drive up the mountain . . . The opening talk . . . The outdoor activities . . . The closing fireside -- here's a lodgeful of ideas for organizing successful camps and retreats. - Missions . . . Because even foreign mission work can start within our own borders, you'll find dozens of ideas for helping overseas missionaries right here at home. A used-Bible drive, a scavenger hunt for missionary supplies -- activities like these not only benefit missionaries, but also help your kids understand the personal, local aspects of mission work. - Service . . . Expose your students to others' needs! Inside you'll find ways to help children, the community at large, the elderly, the poor and homeless, shut-ins, and the sick and disabled Whether you're a youth worker or recreation director in a church, school, club, or camp -- Camps, Retreats, Missions, & Service Ideas is your storehouse of proven, youth-group tested ideas.
Campus Ghosts of Norman, Oklahoma (Haunted America)
by Jeff ProvineA study of supernatural activity in the halls of higher learning from the author of Haunted Oklahoma City. Since Norman&’s inception more than 120 years ago as a college town, it has gathered a shadowy history and more than a few residents who refuse to leave. Ghostly organ music and sinister whispers fill school buildings in the night. Patients walk the surgical suites of the old infirmary, which was once a quarantine ward for polio victims. Long-deceased sisters still occupy their sororities—one even requiring an exorcism—and dorms are notorious for poltergeists and unexplainable sounds. Professor Jeff Provine sheds light on some of the darker corners of this historic campus and the secrets that reside there.
Campus Life: In Search of Community—Expanded Edition
by Drew Moser Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of TeachingIn 1990, under the direction of Ernest Boyer, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching published a classic report on the loss of a meaningful basis for true community on college campuses—and in the nation. Now this expanded edition of Campus Life: In Search of Community reintroduces educational leaders to the Boyer report's proposals while offering up-to-date analysis and recommendations for Christian campuses today. Editors Drew Moser and Todd C. Ream have assembled pairs of academic and student-development leaders from top Christian colleges to offer a hopeful update on the practical contributions of Christian higher education to the practice of community. This volume includes new chapters, the long out-of-print Boyer report in its entirety, and a discussion guide to facilitate team conversations. Higher education now stands at a critical point, yet the contributors to this expanded edition of Campus Life see current challenges as an opportunity to revive Boyer’s commitment to its formative power. Contributors include: Mark L. Sargent and Edee Schulze of Westmont College Randall Basinger and Kris Hansen-Kieffer of Messiah College Brad Lau and Linda Samek of George Fox University Stephen T. Beers and Edward Ericson III of John Brown University Paul O. Chelsen and Margaret Diddams of Wheaton College Doretha O'Quinn and Tim Young of Vanguard University Christian higher education now stands at a critical point, yet the contributors to this expanded edition of Campus Life see current challenges as an opportunity to revive Boyer's commitment to understanding the formative power of Christian higher education.
Can Academics Change the World?: An Israeli Anthropologist's Testimony on the Rise and Fall of a Protest Movement on Campus (EASA Series #39)
by Moshe ShokeidMoshe Shokeid narrates his experiences as a member of AD KAN (NO MORE), a protest movement of Israeli academics at Tel Aviv University, who fought against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, founded during the first Palestinian Intifada (1987-1993). However, since the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin and the later obliteration of the Oslo accord, public manifestations of dissent on Israeli campuses have been remarkably mute. This chronicle of AD KAN is explored in view of the ongoing theoretical discourse on the role of the intellectual in society and is compared with other account of academic involvement in different countries during periods of acute political conflict.