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Abraham: The Story of a Life
by Joseph BlenkinsoppIn this discursive commentary Joseph Blenkinsopp explores the story of Abraham -- iconic ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- as told in Genesis 11-25. Presented in continuous discussion rather than in verse-by-verse form, Blenkinsopp’s commentary focuses on the literary and theological artistry of the narrative as a whole.Blenkinsopp discussses a range of issues raised in the Abraham saga, including confirmation of God’s promises, Isaac’s sacrifice and the death of Jesus, and Abraham’s other beloved son, Ishmael. Each chapter has a section called “Filling in the Gaps,” which probes some of the vast amount of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic commentary that the basic Genesis text has generated through the ages.In an epilogue Blenkinsopp looks at Abraham in early Christianity and expresses his own views, as a Christian, on Abraham. Readers of Blenkinsopp’s Abraham: The Story of a Life will surely come away with a deeper, richer understanding of this seminal ancient figure.
Abrahamic Reflections on Randomness and Providence
by Kelly James Clark Jeffrey KoperskiThis open access book addresses the question of how God can providentially govern apparently ungovernable randomness. Medieval theologians confidently held that God is provident, that is, God is the ultimate cause of or is responsible for everything that happens. However, scientific advances since the 19th century pose serious challenges to traditional views of providence. From Darwinian evolution to quantum mechanics, randomness has become an essential part of the scientific worldview. An interdisciplinary team of Muslim, Christian and Jewish scholars—biologists, physicists, philosophers and theologians—addresses questions of randomness and providence.
Abraza lo que no pudo ser / Embrace Your Almost: Encuentra claridad y alegría en lo que casi no llegó a ser, lo que no fue y lo desconocido
by Jordan Lee DooleyDe parte de la autora bestseller de Cada día es tuyo, una guía sin complicaciones para conseguir la vida que anhelas, aun cuando las cosas no se den según lo planeado. Jordan Lee Dooley sabe de primera mano lo devastador que puede ser casi alcanzar una meta, casi cumplir un sueño y casi estar donde deseas estar, justo para quedarte a un paso de lograrlo o ver cómo todo se desmorona en el último momento. Los sueños interrumpidos, retrasados o incluso aparentemente destruidos tienen una forma de hacernos reconsiderar todo. Pero quizá reconsiderar sueños no siempre sea lo peor. En esos momentos tienes la oportunidad de detenerte y meditar qué es lo que más te importa, así como redefinir tu clase de éxito en un mundo que te dice constantemente qué deberías querer o hacer. Aunque no lo creas, es posible cultivar una vida que realmente te guste y una en la que puedas tener éxito, justo en el punto medio entre donde empezaste y donde esperabas estar. Descubre: • La pregunta más importante que puedes hacerte al momento de establecer metas y hacer planes. • Pasos prácticos para seguir adelante cuando tus planes no salgan como esperabas. • Cómo precisar las metas correctas para ti (y cuáles no lo son). • Qué hacer cuando los sueños parecen cumplirse para todos menos para ti. • Las inesperadas ganancias que pueden surgir de un dolor indeseado. • Cómo saber cuándo es momento de dejar ir un sueño... y qué hacer con el espacio que deja. La vida está llena de interrupciones inesperadas, de momentos “casi, pero todavía no”, de incertidumbre y de espera. Por difíciles que puedan ser tales experiencias, también ofrecen una invitación única para alinear tus sueños y tus metas con lo que más te importa. Aprende cómo obtener una mayor claridad sobre lo que en verdad quieres, por qué lo quieres y cómo empezar a buscarlo.
Abrazados por el Espíritu: Las bendiciones desconocidas de la intimidad con Dios
by Charles R. Swindoll¿Hace mucho que su corazón no se conmueve? Charles Swindoll también ha estado así; cansado de una fe estéril y previsible. Conduciendo con el tanque vacío, y a la vez teniendo en su corazón la convicción de que con seguridad debía haber mucho más. Abrazados por el Espíritu le da la bienvenida como compañero peregrino a un andar más profundo e íntimo con Dios por medio de una comprensión mayor del poder del Espíritu santo. El autor ha entretejido de manera magistral toda una vida de experiencia en esta obra clásica e inspiradora acera del Espíritu Santo. Si ansía más y anhela experimentar todas la bendiciones que Dios le tiene preparadas he aquí su puerta de entrada a una relación más espontánea y dinámica con él.
Abraão - o pai da fé
by Domenico Barbera JANDER TEMÍSTOCLES DE OLIVEIRAFalar de Abraão, não é o simples conto de um personagem da antiguidade, famoso qual foi Abraão que a Bíblia apresenta como o pai de um povo, isto é, dos hebreus. Porque se isso é verdade, na medida em que não pode ser contestado, de acordo com o que a Bíblia diz, também é verdade que Abraão não é apenas o pai reconhecido dos judeus, mas também é o pai da fé, como o Novo Testamento o reconhece como tal. A finalidade da nossa intervenção, não é apenas falar sobre isso, mas, principalmente, destacar as características que Abraão tinha que, do ponto de vista da fé, o tornou famoso, não só entre os judeus, mas também no meio do Cristianismo . Na verdade, quando o cristianismo fala de Abraão e lhe segura como exemplo de fé, o faz principalmente em função das características que mostrara em acreditar em Deus e em ter fé Nele, em tudo o que Deus disse e nas promessas que Lhe prometeu.
Abrogation in the Qur'an and Islamic Law (Routledge Studies in Religion #22)
by Louay FatoohiThis book examines in detail the concept of "abrogation" in the Qur’an, which has played a major role in the development of Islamic law and has implications for understanding the history and integrity of the Qur’anic text. The term has gained popularity in recent years, as Muslim groups and individuals claim that many passages about tolerance in the Qur’an have been abrogated by others that call on Muslims to fight their enemies. Author Louay Fatoohi argues that this could not have been derived from the Qur’an, and that its implications contradict Qur’anic principles. He also reveals conceptual flaws in the principle of abrogation as well as serious problems with the way it was applied by different scholars. Abrogation in the Qur’an and Islamic Law traces the development of the concept from its most basic form to the complex and multi-faceted doctrine it has become. The book shows what specific problems the three modes of abrogation were introduced to solve, and how this concept has shaped Islamic law. The book also critiques the role of abrogation in rationalizing the view that not all of the Qur’anic revelation has survived in the "mushaf", or the written record of the Qur’an. This role makes understanding abrogation an essential prerequisite for studying the history of the Qur’anic text.
Absence and Difficult Knowledge in Contemporary Art Museums (Routledge Research in Art Museums and Exhibitions)
by Margaret TaliThis book analyzes practices of collecting in European art museums from 1989 to the present, arguing that museums actualize absence both consciously and unconsciously, while misrepresentation is an outcome of the absent perspectives and voices of minority community members which are rarely considered in relation to contemporary art. Difficult knowledge is proposed as a way of dealing with absence productively. Drawing on social art history, museology, postcolonial theory, and memory studies, Margaret Tali analyzes the collections of four modern and contemporary art museums across Europe: the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest, the Kiasma Museum in Helsinki, and the Kumu Museum in Tallinn.
Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self
by Marilynne RobinsonEssays from the lectures delivered at Yale University, the Dwight Harrington Terry Foundation. Includes bibliographical references.
Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self
by Marilynne RobinsonIn this ambitious book, acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson applies her astute intellect to some of the most vexing topics in the history of human thought--science, religion, and consciousness. Crafted with the same care and insight as her award-winning novels, Absence of Mind challenges postmodern atheists who crusade against religion under the banner of science. In Robinson's view, scientific reasoning does not denote a sense of logical infallibility, as thinkers like Richard Dawkins might suggest. Instead, in its purest form, science represents a search for answers. It engages the problem of knowledge, an aspect of the mystery of consciousness, rather than providing a simple and final model of reality. By defending the importance of individual reflection, Robinson celebrates the power and variety of human consciousness in the tradition of William James. She explores the nature of subjectivity and considers the culture in which Sigmund Freud was situated and its influence on his model of self and civilization. Through keen interpretations of language, emotion, science, and poetry, Absence of Mind restores human consciousness to its central place in the religion-science debate.
Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy
by John Julius Norwich<p>With the papacy embattled in recent years, it is essential to have the perspective of one of the world's most accomplished historians. In Absolute Monarchs, John Julius Norwich captures nearly two thousand years of inspiration and devotion, intrigue and scandal. The men (and maybe one woman) who have held this position of infallible power over millions have ranged from heroes to rogues, admirably wise to utterly decadent. Norwich, who knew two popes and had private audiences with two others, recounts in riveting detail the histories of the most significant popes and what they meant politically, culturally, and socially to Rome and to the world. <p>Norwich presents such brave popes as Innocent I, who in the fifth century successfully negotiated with Alaric the Goth, an invader civil authorities could not defeat, and Leo I, who two decades later tamed (and perhaps paid off) Attila the Hun. Here, too, are the scandalous figures: Pope Joan, the mythic woman said (without any substantiation) to have been elected in 855, and the infamous "pornocracy," the five libertines who were descendants or lovers of Marozia, debauched daughter of one of Rome's most powerful families. <p>Absolute Monarchs brilliantly portrays reformers such as Pope Paul III, "the greatest pontiff of the sixteenth century," who reinterpreted the Church's teaching and discipline, and John XXIII, who in five short years starting in 1958 "opened up the church to the twentieth century," instituting reforms that led to Vatican II. Norwich brings the story to the present day with Benedict XVI, who is coping with a global priest sex scandal. Epic and compelling, Absolute Monarchs is the astonishing story of some of history's most revered and reviled figures, men who still cast light and shadows on the Vatican and the world today. </p>
Absolute Power: How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World
by Paul CollinsThe sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authorityIn 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. With cardinals scattered across Europe and the next papal election uncertain, even if Catholicism survived, it seemed the papacy was finished.In this gripping narrative of religious and political history, Paul Collins tells the improbable success story of the last 220 years of the papacy, from the unexalted death of Pope Pius VI in 1799 to the celebrity of Pope Francis today. In a strange contradiction, as the papacy has lost its physical power--its armies and states--and remained stubbornly opposed to the currents of social and scientific consensus, it has only increased its influence and political authority in the world.
Absolute Reality in the Qur'an (Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History)
by Masudul Alam ChoudhuryThis book studies the absolute reality of the Qur'an, which is signified by the struggle of truth against falsehood in the framework of monotheistic unity of knowledge and the unified world-system induced by the consilience of knowledge. In such a framework the absolute reality reveals itself not by religious dogmatism. Rather, the methodology precisely comprises its distinctive parts. These are namely the 'primal ontology' as the foundational explained axiom of monotheistic unity; the 'secondary ontologies' as explanatory replications of the law of unity in the particulars of the world-system; 'epistemology' as the operational model; and 'phenomenology' as the structural nature of events induced by the monotheistic law, that is by knowledge emanating from the law. The imminent methodology remains the unique explanatory reference of all events that take place, advance, and change in continuity across continuums of knowledge, space, and time.
Absolute Surrender
by Andrew Murray'My Lord, O King, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.'Words of absolute surrender with which every child of God ought to yield himself to his Father. If our hearts are willing for that, there is no end to what God will do for us, and to the blessing God will bestow.'How many times have you left a prayer meeting or revival service determined to dedicate every area of your life to God, only to feel frustrated and defeated a few days later? We all want to be absolutely surrendered to God, and yet we hardly dare utter the words. We don't exactly know how.Andrew Murray clearly and simply explains full surrender to God and shows the way to a victorious life in Him.
Absolute Surrender
by Andrew MurrayI desire by God's grace to give to you this message-that your God in heaven answers the prayers which you have offered for blessing on yourselves and for blessing on those around you by this one demand: Are you willing to surrender yourselves absolutely into His hands? Every one of us is a temple of God, in which God will dwell and work mightily on one condition-absolute surrender to Him. God claims it, God is worthy of it, and without it God cannot work His blessed work in us.
Absolute Surrender
by Andrew Murray"My Lord, O King, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have." Words of absolute surrender with which every child of God ought to yield himself to his Father. If our hearts are willing for that, there is no end to what God will do for us, and to the blessing God will bestow.'How many times have you left a prayer meeting or revival service determined to dedicate every area of your life to God, only to feel frustrated and defeated a few days later? We all want to be absolutely surrendered to God, and yet we hardly dare utter the words. We don't exactly know how. Andrew Murray clearly and simply explains full surrender to God and shows the way to a victorious life in Him.
Absolutely Green (The Ginger Series #4)
by Elaine L. ShulteGreen with envy--that’s Ginger! Life with her new “combined family" has just begun to feel natural when Ginger’s mom and stepdad make an announcement: a new baby is on the way! They sure are happy about it, but Ginger doesn’t know what to think. It’s clear that her stepbrother, Joshua, is anything but pleased--and for some reason, the news seems to make him grouchier than ever with Ginger. Together Ginger’s family discovers how God’s love can conquer even feelings of resentment and jealousy.
Absolutely Worthy
by Stephanie Perry MooreStill haunted by the difficult and sometimes tragic events of her senior year, Laurel struggles to adjust to college life. Tormented by dreams of the past, she reaches out for Christ to give her peace even in her innermost thoughts. Dealing with the choice between Foster, who is a Christian, and Branson, who has pressured her to have sex, only further complicates her walk with the Lord and her adjustment to college life. Will Laurel come to see her absolute worth in the eyes of God as most important or will she bow to the pressures of her peers?
Absolutely Worthy (Laurel Shadrach Series #4)
by Stephanie Perry MooreStill haunted by the difficult and sometimes tragic events of her senior year, Laurel struggles to adjust to college life. Tormented by dreams of the past, she reaches out for Christ to give her peace even in her innermost thoughts. Dealing with the choice between Foster, who is a Christian, and Branson, who has pressured her to have sex, only further complicates her walk with the Lord and her adjustment to college life. Will Laurel come to see her absolute worth in the eyes of God as most important or will she bow to the pressures of her peers?
Absolutely Worthy (Laurel Shadrach Series #4)
by Stephanie Perry MooreStill haunted by the difficult and sometimes tragic events of her senior year, Laurel struggles to adjust to college life. Tormented by dreams of the past, she reaches out for Christ to give her peace even in her innermost thoughts. Dealing with the choice between Foster, who is a Christian, and Branson, who has pressured her to have sex, only further complicates her walk with the Lord and her adjustment to college life. Will Laurel come to see her absolute worth in the eyes of God as most important or will she bow to the pressures of her peers?
Absolution: A Novel
by Regina ButtnerJeanie thinks she was to blame for the sexual assault she suffered in college—and she’d do anything to keep her old-school Catholic family from finding out about the resulting pregnancy, as well as what she did to conceal it.Years have passed since the assault, and Jeanie’s husband, Greg, still thinks she’s the seemingly innocent girl he married in a rush to spite his controlling mother. It’s the height of the Seattle dot-com boom, and he’s too busy cashing in his stock options to pay attention to his wife. He isn’t aware of Jeanie’s lingering shame and guilt, or that she married him in the desperate hope that devoting herself to marriage and motherhood would somehow absolve her from the sins in her past.Their hidden agendas collide when Greg discovers evidence of Jeanie’s long-ago pregnancy. As she confesses the details of that drunken night with her married professor, Greg’s pristine image of her is blown. His shock deepens into violent fury, and Jeanie realizes she needs to leave him—but Greg won’t let her go. He’s up for a big promotion, and he’s not about to let her ruin his reputation by walking out on him. He’ll resort to blackmail if necessary. Or worse.
Absorbing Perfections: Kabbalah and Interpretation
by Moshe IdelThis book deals mainly with material found in a vast body of literature designated by its authors and by modern scholars as Kabbalah. Basically a medieval corpus, this literature consists of a variety of schools, trends, models, ideals, and techniques.
Absorption in No External World: 170 Issues in Mind-Only Buddhism
by Jeffrey HopkinsDzong-ka-ba's The Essence of Eloquence is still considered so important to Tibetan Buddhists that the Dalai Lama keeps a copy with him wherever he goes. This book examines many fascinating points raised in six centuries of Tibetan and Mongolian commentary concerning the first two sections of this text: the Prologue, and the section on the Mind-Only School. By providing vivid detail, Jeffrey Hopkins reveals the liveliness of Tibetan scholastic controversies, showing the dynamism of thoughtful commentary and stimulating the reader's metaphysical imagination. In the process of examining 170 issues, this volume treats many engaging points on Great Vehicle presentations of the three natures and the three non-natures, including how to apply these to all phenomena, the selflessness of persons, and the emptiness of emptiness. It concludes with a delineation of the approaches through which the Mind-Only School interprets scriptures.This stand-alone book is the final volume of a trilogy on Mind-Only that Hopkins composed over a period of twenty-two years. His heavily annotated translation of the first two sections of Dzong-ka-ba's text is contained in the first volume, Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism, along with a historical and doctrinal introduction, a detailed synopsis of the text, and a critical edition. The second volume, Reflections on Reality: The Three Natures and Non-Natures in the Mind-Only School, provides historical and social context, a basic presentation of the three natures, the two types of emptiness in the Mind-Only School, and the contrasting views of Dol-bo-ba Shay-rap-gyel-tsen of the Jo-nang-ba order of Tibetan Buddhism.
Abstract Objects: For and Against (Synthese Library #422)
by José L. Falguera Concha Martínez-VidalThis volume examines the question “Do abstract objects exist?”, presenting new work from contributing authors across different branches of philosophy. The introduction overviews philosophical debate which considers: what objects qualify as abstract, what do we mean by the word "exist” and indeed, what evidence should count in favor or against the thesis that abstract objects exist. Through subsequent chapters readers will discover the ubiquity of abstract objects as each philosophical field is considered.Given the ubiquitous use of expressions that purportedly refer to abstract objects, we think that it is relevant to attend to the controversy between those who want to advocate the existence of abstract objects and those who stand against them. Contributions to this volume depict positions and debates that directly or indirectly involve taking one position or other about abstract objects of different kinds and categories. The volume provides a variety of samples of how positions for or against abstract objects can be used in different areas of philosophy in relation to different matters.
Abu Bakr: The First Caliph
by Muhammad Rashid FerozeAbu Bakr: The First Caliph is a short biography of the man who led the Islamic community after the death of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Abu Bakr was the most dedicated Companion of the Prophet. This book tells of the great personal sacrifices made by Abu Bakr before and after he became the first Caliph of Islam.
Abu Bakr: The Pinnacle of Truthfulness
by Resit HaylamazThis book is about Abu Bakr, the first Caliph to rule the world of Islam after the Prophet Muhammad. More important than his achievements as a state leader was his close companionship with Prophet Muhammad, a relationship that earned him the name al Siddiq. He was the only Companion who was privileged to ride alongside the Prophet Muhammad in his great migration to Madina, a turning point in the history of Islam. This book analyzes his exemplary life, his relationship with the Prophet, and his unique role in the birth period of Islam.