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Righting America at the Creation Museum (Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context)
by Susan L. Trollinger William Vance Trollinger Jr.What does the popularity of the Creation Museum tell us about the appeal of the Christian right?On May 28, 2007, the Creation Museum opened in Petersburg, Kentucky. Aimed at scientifically demonstrating that the universe was created less than ten thousand years ago by a Judeo-Christian god, the museum is hugely popular, attracting millions of visitors over the past eight years. Surrounded by themed topiary gardens and a petting zoo with camel rides, the site conjures up images of a religious Disneyland. Inside, visitors are met by dinosaurs at every turn and by a replica of the Garden of Eden that features the Tree of Life, the serpent, and Adam and Eve.In Righting America at the Creation Museum, Susan L. Trollinger and William Vance Trollinger, Jr., take readers on a fascinating tour of the museum. The Trollingers vividly describe and analyze its vast array of exhibits, placards, dioramas, and videos, from the Culture in Crisis Room, where videos depict sinful characters watching pornography or considering abortion, to the Natural Selection Room, where placards argue that natural selection doesn’t lead to evolution. The book also traces the rise of creationism and the history of fundamentalism in America.This compelling book reveals that the Creation Museum is a remarkably complex phenomenon, at once a "natural history" museum at odds with contemporary science, an extended brief for the Bible as the literally true and errorless word of God, and a powerful and unflinching argument on behalf of the Christian right.
Righting the American Dream: How the Media Mainstreamed Reagan's Evangelical Vision
by Diane WinstonA provocative new history of how the news media facilitated the Reagan Revolution and the rise of the religious Right. After two years in the White House, an aging and increasingly unpopular Ronald Reagan looked like a one-term president, but in 1983 something changed. Reagan spoke of his embattled agenda as a spiritual rather than a political project and cast his vision for limited government and market economics as the natural outworking of religious conviction. The news media broadcast this message with enthusiasm, and white evangelicals rallied to the president’s cause. With their support, Reagan won reelection and continued to dismantle the welfare state, unraveling a political consensus that stood for half a century. In Righting the American Dream, Diane Winston reveals how support for Reagan emerged from a new religious vision of American identity circulating in the popular press. Through four key events—the “evil empire” speech, AIDS outbreak, invasion of Grenada, and rise in American poverty rates—Winston shows that many journalists uncritically adopted Reagan’s religious rhetoric and ultimately mainstreamed otherwise unpopular evangelical ideas about individual responsibility. The result is a provocative new account of how Reagan together with the press turned America to the right and initiated a social revolution that continues today.
Rightly Divided: Readings in Biblical Hermeneutics
by Roy B. ZuckEveryone who studies and teaches the Bible has a responsibility to accurately interpret and communicate God's message. <p><p>Understanding the principles of sound interpretation, therefore, is of vital importance. Pastors, Bible teachers, and anyone who studies the Scriptures will appreciate the helpful guidance of this collection of scholarship. This text brings together the insights of twenty-one experienced Bible scholars in the field of hermeneutics, providing a basic overview of hermeneutics and also addressing specific issues of interpretation.
Rightly Dividing the Word
by Clarence LarkinThe book does not contain the opinions of the Author, nor quotations from other writers, but is based solely on the Scriptures, chapter and verse being given for every statement. The book is "Timely" in these days of Apostasy and denial of THE FAITH. -from the Foreword The Reverend Clarence Larkin was one of the most widely influential Christian fundamentalists of the early twentieth century, and his writings remain key to appreciating the conservative religious thought that today enjoys widespread popularity. This 1920 work outlines the fundamental doctrines of Christianity as revealed by the Bible, from "The Mystery of Godliness" to "Election and Free-will." Numerous charts and illustrations explain "The Five Great World-Wide Kingdoms," "The Threefold Nature of Man," "The Satanic Trinity," and more. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Larkin's The Spirit World, The Second Coming of Christ, and The Book of Revelation.
Rights, Religion and Reform: Enhancing Human Dignity through Spiritual and Moral Transformation
by Chandra MuzaffarThis book discusses issues concerning human rights and religion. Is a more integrated approach to human rights desirable - an approach that transcends the individual-centred orientation of civil and political liberties of the dominant centres of power in the West? How can religious thought contribute to an integrated notion of human rights and human dignity? What sort of transformation should religion itself undergo in order to enable it to come to grips with contemporary challenges? Related to this is a larger question: How can universal spiritual and moral values help to shape politics, the economy and society as a whole?
Rights, Religious Pluralism and the Recognition of Difference: Off the Scales of Justice
by Dorota Anna GozdeckaHuman rights and their principles of interpretation are the leading legal paradigms of our time. Freedom of religion occupies a pivotal position in rights discourses, and the principles supporting its interpretation receive increasing attention from courts and legislative bodies. This book critically evaluates religious pluralism as an emerging legal principle arising from attempts to define the boundaries of freedom of religion. It examines religious pluralism as an underlying aspect of different human rights regimes and constitutional traditions. It is, however, the static and liberal shape religious pluralism has assumed that is taken up critically here. In order to address how difference is vulnerable to elimination, rather than recognition, the book takes up a contemporary ethics of alterity. More generally, and through its reconstruction of a more difference-friendly vision of religious pluralism, it tackles the problem of the role of rights in the era of diverse narratives of emancipation.
Rigorism of Truth: "Moses the Egyptian" and Other Writings on Freud and Arendt (signale|TRANSFER: German Thought in Translation)
by Hans BlumenbergIn "Moses the Egyptian"—the centerpiece of Rigorism of Truth, the German philosopher Hans Blumenberg addresses two defining figures in the intellectual history of the twentieth century: Sigmund Freud and Hannah Arendt. Unpublished during his lifetime, this essay analyzes Freud’s Moses and Monotheism (1939) and Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), and discovers in both a principled rigidity that turns into recklessness because it is blind to the politics of the unknown.Offering striking insights into the importance of myth in politics and the extent to which truth can be tolerated in adversity, the essay also provides one of the few instances where Blumenberg reveals his thinking about Judaism and Zionism. Rigorism of Truth also includes commentaries by Ahlrich Meyer that give a fuller understanding of the philosopher’s engagement with Freud, Arendt, and the Eichmann trial, as well as situating these reflections in the broader context of Blumenberg’s life and thought.
Rijkdomcodes: Een epische christelijke roman over een sterke financiële leer
by Sesan OguntadeBola Ajagun werkte vele jaren als leraar wiskunde bij de federale overheid van Nigeria. Hij had de beginselen van de meeste Bijbelse financiële successen al vanaf zijn tienerjaren geleerd en geloofde dat hij er alles aan kon doen om tijdens zijn leven financieel succesvol te zijn. Toen gebeurtenissen rond zijn financiële leven echter in strijd waren met zijn religieuze kennis en overtuigingen, wist hij dat hij dringend hulp nodig had. De pijn en het ongemak van armoede en gebrek aan financiële voldoening dempten Bola's moraal over zijn christelijke overtuigingen. Hij vocht de uitkomsten van vele onvervulde religieuze beloften en doctrines. Heeft Bola de benodigde hulp ontvangen? Had hij enige reden gevonden om bij zijn gekoesterde christelijke overtuigingen te blijven of om het anker te laten vallen en andere overtuigingen te omarmen? Wealth-codes tonen u ... Ontvang vandaag nog een exemplaar.
Riley Mae and the Ready Eddy Rapids
by Jill OsborneIf you’re gonna run for your life, you gotta wear the right shoes. Life is rapidly changing for pre-teen shoe spokesperson Riley Mae. After escaping near disaster at the top of Half Dome in Yosemite, Riley, her family, and her Swiftriver co-workers fly to a secret hideout in Northwest Montana. But when the plane’s malfunction leads to a rough landing, Riley wants nothing more than to return to friends, church, and home. Then she meets Sunday, a ten-year-old boy from Kenya who wrestles fish, battles bears, and tackles leukemia. While her rigorous raft training for the marketing campaign brings a few bumps and bruises, Riley now feels up for the challenge. Everything looks as bright as the glistening fool’s gold on her “Ready Eddy” river sandals, but everything is not as it seems. Riley soon learns that life is as unpredictable as the raging waters, which, if she is not careful, will sweep her away and into the hands of an enemy who is even closer than she thinks.
Riley Mae and the Rock Shocker Trek
by Jill OsborneIf you’re gonna run for your life, you gotta wear the right shoes. Riley Mae Hart loves sports and action—so when the Swiftriver Shoe Company offers her a contract to be the spokesperson for their new outdoor sport collection, she jumps at the chance. Soon she’s appearing in commercials and magazine ads, and every girl in town wants to wear Riley Mae shoes. Well, except for Riley. Because walking in those shoes means missing out on softball season, making her best friend, TJ, mad, and embarrassing her new friend, Rusty. It also means sneaking around, hiding, and keeping secrets—because something isn’t quite right at Swiftriver. But a contract’s a contract, so Riley laces up her “Rock Shocker” hiking boots for a climb up Half-Dome in Yosemite. Will they be the right shoes to get her back on solid ground?
Riley Unlikely: With Simple Childlike Faith, Amazing Things Can Happen
by Riley Banks-SnyderRiley Unlikely is the inspiring story of Riley Banks, who first traveled to Kenya at age 13, and has been back every year since bringing backpacks of school supplies and hygiene kits for young girls, developing relationships and friendships, and is currently, as a young millennial, raising money to build a complete learning complex in Kibwezi, Kenya for those who have nothing.At age sixteen Riley learned that, because of a rare medical condition, she would never be able to have her own children. Devastating news to most young women, especially those who love children and have always dreamed of having their own family. But Riley’s response was: Kenya has given me a thousand children.Riley’s stories of her trips to Kenya, her struggles to figure out how to best serve and care for these people she has fallen in love with, and her own unexpected health issues are funny, compelling and gripping. Readers will find that God writes surprising stories in the lives of those who follow Him. Hard to put down, Riley Unlikely will inspire you to pursue your dreams and make a difference in your own world—and around the world.
Ring of Light, (Circle of Three Book #6)
by Isobel BirdHere within the healing circle, Bathe in the light and pain dispel, All that sickens, all that troubles, Wash away and be made well. Disillusioned, Cooper abandons the Wiccan circle and Kate and Annie are left without her. But when an illness threatens someone close to one of them, Cooper returns. Can the circle, once broken, ever be restored?
Ring of Power: A Jungian Feminist Perspective
by Jean Shinoda BolenBest-selling author and Jungian analyst Jean Shinoda Bolen's vivid grasp of the story and the characters in The Ring of the Nibelung brings Richard Wagner's mythic four-opera cycle to life. The Ring Cycle has a hold on our imagination like no other operatic work, because it is archetypal, and has the power of myth as well as music, to reverberate in the psyche. As in her acclaimed Goddesses in Everywoman and Gods in Everyman, Bolen shows how myth illuminates psychology, and more-Ring of Power goes beyond the psychology of the individual, to examine dysfunctional families and patriarchal institutions. In "The Rhinegold," "The Valkyrie," "Siegfried," and "Twilight of the Gods," we see how the pursuit of power can be destructive to the personality and relationships. In "Freeing Ourselves from the Ring Cycle," Bolen describes how seeing the truth and acting upon what we know can liberate us, and lead to authenticity and individuation. "Beyond Valhalla: A Post-Patriarchal World?" provides a provocative and hopeful speculation on the possibilities of the return of the repressed feminine into society that is a millennial potential.
Ring of Solomon
by Aden Polydoros&“Will keep you on the edge of your seat and grinning until the last page!&” —Greg Howard, author of The Whispers and The VisitorsThis exciting and adventurous start to a middle-grade trilogy follows a queer boy and his family as they try to halt the chaotic effects of a mysterious ring, drawing upon Jewish mythology to navigate magic, mayhem and the search for pride in one&’s identity.The little beachside town of San Pancras is not known for anything exciting, but when Zach Darlington buys a mysterious ring at the local flea market, his quiet little hometown is turned topsy-turvy by monsters straight from Jewish folklore and a nefarious secret society focused on upholding an apocalyptic prophecy.Zach discovers that the ring grants him strange powers, and he&’s intrigued; maybe he can use the ring&’s strengths to halt the slew of anti-Semitic and homophobic bullying he&’s experiencing at school. But soon the ring brings unexpected visitors—Ashmedai, King of Demons, in the guise of a preteen boy named Ash, and the local chapter of the Knights of the Apocalypse, a secret society intent on completing a creepy prophecy that will bring three monsters to Earth to start the events of the end of times.Now responsible for the ring and its consequences, will Zach and his friends, with the help of Ash, be able to stop the Apocalypse and save the world?
Riona (The Fires of Gleannmara #2)
by Linda WindsorRiona, a gentlewoman of faith, discovers that her plan to help the disadvantaged includes not only the plague orphans in her charge, but the arrogant, handsome adventurer who feels honor-bound to save her and her lands by marrying her -- with or without her consent. Lord Kieran of Gleannmara depends on nothing and no one save his wit and skill with steel, but soon a deadly twist of fate forces him to acknowledge his need not only for the lady Riona and her worrisome entourage, but for her Lord as well.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Ripe Life: Sermons on the Fruit of the Spirit (Protestant Pulpit Exchange)
by C. Thomas HiltonThese sermons on "the fruit of the Spirit" are developed out of Galatians 5: 22-23. This theme is often selected by pastors who preach because it is an excellent vehicle into understanding the characteristics of personal integrity at home and on the job.
Ripple Effect
by Paul MccuskerThe Time Thriller Trilogy delivers gripping, fast-paced mystery that intrigues and captivates through hours, seconds, and centuries. A long history of strange disappearances and unexplainable occurrences leave clues that the town of Fawlt Line may actually sit on a time fault— a portal to alternate times and unexpected time travels— a twist of fate that puts all of Fawlt Line’s citizens in serious danger. Will they find the faith to hold on to the town and time where they belong? After Elizabeth falls through a mysterious time warp, will she ever make it back home? Elizabeth stayed home to take a bath and plan on how she could escape her parents by running away. But after she almost drowns when the bathtub fills with muddy water, she emerges to find that her world, and everyone in it, has changed. Elizabeth has dropped into another girl’s existence—a questionable life full of untrustworthy relationships and secrets that threaten her life. Is she dreaming or is she an amnesiac as everyone suspects? Will she find the faith to uncover the truth and make her way back to her own reality? Previously published as Sudden Switch.
Ripple Effect
by Rochel BravermanIn a dormitory where wacky escapades and late-night parties never end, Tunie should be having the time of her life. Yet underneath her Syrian charm and exuberant nature, she’s harboring an agonizing secret. And she’s not the only one. <p><p>The plot thickens with a grim-faced dorm counselor, a series of frightening messages, and a wrenching separation. Not to mention the unfortunate hair-dye saga, the snowstorm mishap, and other laugh-or-cry episodes. <P>Sequel to Domino Effect
Ripples Along the Shore: The Quilted Heart Novella Three (The Quilted Heart #3)
by Mona HodgsonCan a War Widow Escape Her Grief--and Find God's Promise--on a Wagon Train West? When Caroline Milburn steps off the boat and back into her hometown of St. Charles, MO, part of her wishes she could step right back on board and sail away. St. Charles, though home to her beloved friends and quilting circle, hasn't felt like home since the death of her husband. And living with her sister, Jewell's family hasn't provided much balm for her grieving heart. Caroline knows something needs to change--but for now she's stuck sharing her sister's home, and enduring the anger and bitterness of her brother-in-law. But change is brewing in St. Charles. A group of brave souls are preparing to head west on the Boones Lick Wagon Train, led by the mysterious and handsome Garrett Cowlishaw. Despite her dislike for Mr. Cowlishaw, who served as a Confederate soldier in the war that killed her husband, Caroline is tempted to join the wagon train and start fresh somewhere new. When the lovely young widow makes her intentions to travel west known, Garrett Cowlishaw forbids her--a single woman--to travel with them. Will one man's prejudice destroy Caroline's hope for a new future? Or will the ripples of God's love bring the answer she needs?
Riptide
by Elizabeth GoddardTreasure HuntTwo surprises await high-stakes repo man Jake Jacobson on his latest job. First, old flame Kelsey Chambers. Second, gunfire! Seizing the luxury yacht should have been easy, but he hadn't planned on Kelsey's appearance. Or that smugglers would hijack the vessel to find an antique map hidden on board. The map is Jake and Kelsey's only leverage...but it carries a price. Without it, they're as good as dead. With it, they're the target of a relentless hunt. Their failed relationship has Kelsey afraid to rely on Jake again. Can she count on him with their lives on the line?
Rise + Hustle: Transform Your Life Physically, Personally, and Spiritually in Just 90 Seconds a Day
by Mike Whitfield&“In less than two minutes, I&’m in the right frame of mind to attack the day, focus on what&’s important, and take massive action toward my goals and dreams&” (Derek Wahler, author of Fat Shrinking Signal). In Rise and Hustle, Mike Whitfield shares short, daily readings that show you how to truly rise and hustle in the three most important areas of your life—physically, personally, and spiritually. Written for the busiest men and women who desire to get out of their rut, the daily challenges include stories, scripture readings, and productivity hacks sprinkled with humor to help build a legacy so you can make an impact with your family, friends, and in the world. You&’ll discover more freedom, energy, and a sense of purpose in just ninety seconds a day. &“Anyone who&’s been able to lose 115 pounds and keep it off for years has an incredible amount of discipline and commitment. In his latest masterpiece, Mike gives an easy to follow blueprint tackling the major areas in life: physical, personal, and spiritual. You&’ll laugh, cry, and question what you&’ve been practicing your entire life.&” —Daniel Woodrum, director of Turbulence Training &“I finished reading in one day. I truly could not put it down; I even began to use its quotes and began change in my personal and business life . . . If Rise and Hustle made an impact in one day, I can&’t imagine what it will do when I read each day and practice what I learn, daily.&” —Mia Guerra, executive editor, Chispa Magazine &“The stories that Mike has woven into the fabric of his new book, Rise and Hustle, have the power to lift you at your darkest hours and renew your spirit to press on and fight.&” —Todd Kuslikis, CEO and cofounder of RallyAll.com
Rise Above: A 90-Day Devotional
by Bethany Hamilton Doris Wynbeek RikkersIn Rise Above, a book of devotions, teen surfing star Bethany Hamilton shares with young girls her courage and enthusiasm for God, inspiring them to face life head on and stand strong in their faith.
Rise Sister Rise: A Guide to Unleashing the Wise, Wild Woman Within
by Rebecca CampbellRise Sister Rise is a call to arms for our sacred feminine to rise up, tell the truth, and lead. From Rebecca Campbell, a writer, mystic, devotional creative, and visionary who supports hundreds of thousands of people to connect with their soul and weave the sacred back into their everyday life.It is for those who agreed at soul level to be here at this stage in history to lead this global shift that the mystics of all of the ages have predicted: the return of the mother and the rise of the feminine.Rebecca says: Rise for you, rise for me, when you rise first you rise for She.Many of us have spent much of our working lives &“making it&” in a man&’s world, leaning on patriarchal methods of survival in order to succeed, dulling down our intuition, and ignoring the fierce power of the feminine. We have ignored the cycles of the feminine in order to survive in a patriarchal linear system—but now the world has changed.Here Are Some of the Chapters in Rise, Sister Rise:Part I – Rebecca&’s Story· The Unbinding· The Wise Women· Work Baby· Shakti Rising· Returning to Avalon· Tools for Your RisingPart II – Birthing A New Age· We Were Made for These Times· Shakti Always Rises· The Holy Grail is Within YouPart III – Remembering Our Cyclic Nature· You Are Spirit Earthed· You'll Find Your True Nature in Nature· When Whispers Turn into ShoutsPart IV – Unbinding the Wise, Wild Woman· The Suppression of the Female Voice· The Mystic Always Rises· Finding Mary· The Return of the MagdalenesPart V – Redefining Sisterhood· The Reunion· The Ones Who Came Before Us· When Women Circle· Your Constellation of Sisters· Calling in Your SistersPart VI – Doing the Work· What Is Rising in You?· Rising Feminine Archetypes· New World Rising Birthed by You· Let the Universe Use You· Be a Clear Channel· A Prayer for Times of Remembering· It's Not Your Job to Save the World· Keep on Rising&“I&’m a super-fan of Rebecca Campbell . . . Rebecca guides her reader to step into their authentic power so that they can live and lead at their highest potential.&”—Gabrielle Bernstein, New York Times bestselling author of Miracles NowRise Sister Rise is a transmission that calls the innate divine feminine wisdom to rise. It is about healing the insecurities, the fears, and the inherited patterns that stop people from trusting the Shakti (power) and wisdom (intuition) that effortlessly flows through them.It's about recognizing all of the ways we have been keeping ourselves contained and restrained in effort to dim to fit into a certain archetype. It&’s about co-creating a whole new archetype—someone who does not keep themself small in order to make others feel more comfortable.Full of activations, spiritual tools, calls to action, contemplative questions, rituals, and confrontational exercises, this inspirational book teaches that it is safe to let Shakti rise, safe to trust your intuition, and safe to take leaps of faith—because in healing ourselves we are healing the world.&“You have an ancient wisdom within you that is waiting for you to remember, hear, and heed it. These Rise Sister Rise calls to action have been carefully designed to assist you in reclaiming your voice, unbinding your power, unlocking your wisdom, unleashing your true nature, and aligning yourselves with the sacred flow of all of Life.&”Rise Sister Rise.Love, Rebecca x
Rise Up and Sing
by Lex BuckleyAn essential, practical handbook that equips female worshippers to lead worship, work with musicians, pastor a worship team, write songs, and work effectively with their pastor. For women who are called to lead worship--or think they might be--worship leader Lex Buckley offers this essential handbook. Buckley shares from the Bible and from her heart to encourage, empower, and equip female worship leaders, urging them to be themselves and lead with confidence, secure in the knowledge that there is a role for women to lead worship and pastor a worship team. Packed with practical tips and featuring advice from outstanding female leaders and songwriters, such as Beth Redman, Christy Nockels, and Kathryn Scott, this book fills an empty niche, providing aspiring worship leaders with the female friends and mentors they need and probably don't have.
Rise Up, Shepherd!: Advent Reflections On The Spirituals
by Luke A. PoweryValuable not only for their sublime musical expression, the African American spirituals give us profound insights into the human condition and the Christian life. Many focus on an essential scene of the Christian drama: the coming of God as the child in Bethlehem and as the hope of the world and the liberator of God's oppressed people. <P><P>In these devotions for the season of Advent, Luke Powery leads the reader through the spirituals as they confront the mystery of incarnation and redemption. In Rise Up, Shepherd! each devotion features the lyrics of the spiritual, a reflection on the spiritual's meaning, a Scripture verse, and a brief prayer.