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Prophet of Reason: Science, Religion and the Origins of the Modern Middle East
by Peter Hill'An outstanding intellectual biography.' Eugene Rogan In 1813, high in the Lebanese mountains, a thirteen-year-old boy watches a solar eclipse. Will it foretell a war, a plague, the death of a prince? Mikha&’il Mishaqa&’s lifelong search for truth starts here. Soon he&’s reading Newtonian science and the radical ideas of Voltaire and Volney: he loses his religion, turning away from the Catholic Church. Thirty years later, as civil war rages in Syria, he finds a new faith – Evangelical Protestantism. His obstinate polemics scandalise his community. Then, in 1860, Mishaqa barely escapes death in the most notorious event in Damascus: a massacre of several thousand Christians. We are presented with a paradox: rational secularism and violent religious sectarianism grew up together. By tracing Mishaqa&’s life through this tumultuous era, when empires jostled for control, Peter Hill answers the question: What did people in the Middle East actually believe? It&’s a world where one man could be a Jew, an Orthodox Christian and a Sunni Muslim in turn, and a German missionary might walk naked in the streets of Valletta.
The Prophet of Tenth Street: A Novel (Excelsior Editions)
by Tsipi KellerIn this literary love story, Marcus Weiss, a loyal denizen of New York City, retires at age fifty to work on a dictionary he has grandly titled "The Human Gesture in Western Literature." Comparing himself to Flaubert, who read fifteen hundred books in order to compose his Bouvard and Pécuchet—Marcus immerses himself in literature, culling quotations and passages for his dictionary and treating his friends to impromptu readings of the "pearls" he finds, all the while lecturing them about the emptiness and futility of consumerism. His lover, Gina, and his best friend, Oscar, do their best to indulge him, but when they've had enough, they poke fun at this modern-day "prophet." One day, while Marcus is at work in his warm and secluded study, an old man invades his imagination, and Marcus, enchanted, allows the old man entry and begins to write his biography. Soon, time distinctions blur: does Marcus, as he looks far into the future, imagine himself as an old man, living alone with his books, or is the old man the actual Marcus, now eighty years old, looking back and recounting a time in his life when his dear ones—Gina, Oscar, and all his other contemporaries—were still living?
The Prophet of the Andes: An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Land
by Graciela MochkofskyThe remarkable true story of how one Peruvian carpenter led hundreds of Christians to Judaism, sparking a pilgrimage from the Andes to Israel and inspiring a wave of emerging Latin American Jewish communities &“If Gabriel García Márquez had written the Old Testament, it might read like Graciela Mochkofsky's staggering true account of a humble Peruvian carpenter's spiritual odyssey from a shack in the Andes, via the Amazon, to the Promised Land of Israel with a community of devoted followers." —Judith Thurman, award-winning author of Isak DinesenSegundo Villanueva was born in 1927 in a tiny farming village perched in the Andes; when he was seventeen, his father was murdered and Segundo was left with little more than a Bible as his inheritance. This Bible launched Segundo on a lifelong obsession to find the true message of God contained in its pages. He found himself looking for answers outside the Catholic Church, whose hierarchy and colonial roots embodied the gaping social and racial inequities of Peruvian society. Over years of religious study, Segundo explored various Protestant sects and founded his own religious community in the Amazon jungle before discovering a version of Judaism he pieced together independently from his readings of the Old Testament. His makeshift synagogue began to draw in crowds of fervent believers, seeking a faith that truly served their needs. Then, in a series of extraordinary events, politically motivated Israeli rabbis converted the community to Orthodox Judaism and resettled them on the West Bank. Segundo&’s incredible journey made him an unlikely pioneer for a new kind of Jewish faith, one that is now attracting masses of impoverished people across Latin America. Through detailed reporting and a deep understanding of religious and cultural history, Graciela Mochkofsky documents this unprecedented and momentous chapter in the history of modern religion. This is a moving and fascinating story of faith and the search for dignity and meaning.
The Prophet of Yonwood: The Third Book of Ember
by Jeanne DuprauA prequel to the modern-day classic The City of Ember. This highly acclaimed adventure series has captivated kids and teachers alike for almost fifteen years and has sold over 3.5 MILLION copies! Nickie will grow up to be one of the first citizens of the city of Ember. But for now, she's an eleven-year-old girl whose father was sent away on some mysterious government project. So when the opportunity to move presents itself, Nickie seizes it. But her new town of Yonwood, North Carolina, isn't what she'd anticipated. It's a place full of suspicion and mistrust, where one person's visions of fire and destruction have turned the town's citizens against each other. Nickie explores the oddities around her--her great-grandfather's peculiar journals, a reclusive neighbor who studies the heavens, a strange boy who is fascinated with snakes--all while keeping an eye out for ways to help the world. Or is it already too late to avoid a devastating war?
The Prophet of Yonwood (Ember #3)
by Jeanne DuprauIt's 50 years before the settlement of the city of Ember, and the world is in crisis. War looms on the horizon as 11-year-old Nickie and her aunt travel to the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina. There, one of the town's respected citizens has had a terrible vision of fire and destruction. Her garbled words are taken as prophetic instruction on how to avoid the coming disaster. If only they can be interpreted correctly. . . .As the people of Yonwood scramble to make sense of the woman's mysterious utterances, Nickie explores the oddities she finds around town--her great-grandfather's peculiar journals and papers, a reclusive neighbor who studies the heavens, a strange boy who is fascinated with snakes--all while keeping an eye out for ways to help the world. Is this vision her chance? Or is it already too late to avoid a devastating war?In this prequel to the acclaimed The City of Ember and The People of Sparks, Jeanne DuPrau investigates how, in a world that seems out of control, hope and comfort can be found in the strangest of places.From the Hardcover edition.
A Prophet with Honor: The Billy Graham Story
by William MartinA Prophet with Honor is the biography Billy Graham himself invited and appreciated for its sympathetic but frank approach. Carefully documented, eminently fair, and gracefully written, it raises and answers key questions about Graham's character, contributions, and influence on the world religious scene. In this engaging and comprehensive book, William Martin gives readers a better understanding of the most successful evangelist in modern history, and the movement he led for over fifty years. A Prophet with Honor makes a vital contribution to the Billy Graham legacy and allows us to understand why his words, actions, and personality endeared him to popes and preachers, kings and presidents, and millions of Christians in virtually every nation and culture around the world. Martin draws onextensive conversations with Graham himselfnearly two hundred interviewspreviously untouched resources, including documents from six presidential libraries and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association archivespersonal observation of Graham's crusades and conferences in the United States and Europedecades of research on evangelical Christianity Martin pays particular attention to Graham's controversial relationships with Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. He also describes how Graham's lifelong determination "to do something great for God" led him to organize international conferences that spearheaded the worldwide spread of the liberating message of Jesus, and prompted him to help strengthen religious freedom in the Soviet bloc and China. Tracing Graham's life and ministry from his rural and religious roots in North Carolina to his place as the elder statesman of American evangelicalism, examining both his triumphs and his tribulations, Martin shows the multidimensional character of the man who has become one of the most admired persons in the world.
Prophet With Honor, Kids Edition: The Billy Graham Story (ZonderKidz Biography)
by William C. MartinHis Message Would Be Heard Around The WorldNo one guessed he would change the world. A simple country farm boy once prayed that God would use him…and prayed…and prayed. And God did use him, beyond what he ever imagined. He grew into a man who would lead millions of people to Christ, a man who would be known as the greatest evangelist of our time. Come read the story of Billy Graham and follow his life from his days as a boy, who wasn’t so great in school, to a man who would teach the world the greatest lesson of all: how to know and live for Christ.
The Prophetess: A Novel
by Barbara WoodThe time is December 1999, just before the Millennium, and Catherine Alexander has just uncovered a cache of 6 ancient papyrus scrolls that point to the millennium's most transforming secret.
The Prophethood Of All Believers: A Study In Luke's Charismatic Theology
by Roger StronstadIn this sequel to perhaps the most significant biblical studies book by a Pentecostal scholar, The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke, Roger Stronstad makes a compelling case for understanding Lukan pneumatology as arguing for the prophethood of all believers. By means of careful literary and theological analyses of Luke-Acts Stronstad discovers this emergent theme, whereby Spirit baptism is understood to result in prophetic deeds and words on the part of the recipients. In point of fact, the experience of Spirit baptism results in the creation of prophetic communities whose goal is to take the gospel to 'the ends of the earth'. Stronstad traces this theme in the infancy narratives, the life of Jesus, the company of Spirit-baptized believers, and the acts of the charismatic prophets (Stephen, Philip, Barnabas, Agabus, Peter, and Paul). Stronstad's bold proposal has already borne much fruit for Pentecostal Luke-Acts scholarship and beyond. This slightly revised version will ensure its continued influence in studies devoted to Luke-Acts and New Testament pneumatology.
Prophetic Activation: Break Your Limitation to Release Prophetic Influence
by John EckhardtOur God speaks! God is always challenging us to expand our spiritual growth. The prophetic must never become boring and routine, but it should always be exciting and new. The value of prophetic activations is that they will break limitations and give readers the ability to operate in different techniques in their spiritual walk. Prophetic Activation offers practical teaching from best-selling author John Eckhardt on how to activate the prophetic by guiding readers through steps such as:Reading a scripture and then releasing a prophetic Word to someoneReceiving just one word from God and then releasing a full prophecyPraying in the Spirit (tongues) and then releasing an interpretation
Prophetic Activism: Progressive Religious Justice Movements in Contemporary America (Religion and Social Transformation #2)
by Helene Slessarev-JamirWhile the links between conservative Christians and politics have been drawn strongly in recent years, coming to embody what many think of as religious activism, the profoundly religious nature of community organizing and other more left-leaning justice work has been largely overlooked. Prophetic Activism is the first broad comparative examination of progressive religious activism in the United States. Set up as a counter-narrative to religious conservatism, the book offers readers a deeper understanding of the richness and diversity of contemporary religious activism.Helene Slessarev-Jamir offers five case studies of major progressive religious justice movements that have their roots in liberative interpretations of Scripture: congregational community organizing; worker justice; immigrant rights work; peace-making and reconciliation; and global anti-poverty and debt relief. Drawing on intensive interviews with activists at all levels of this work--from pastors and congregational leaders to local organizers and the executive directors of the national networks--she uncovers the ways in which they construct an ethical framework for their work. In addition to looking at predominantly Christian organizations, the book also highlights the growth of progressive activism among Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists who are engaged in reinterpreting their religious texts to support new forms of activism. Religion and Social Transformation series
The Prophetic Advantage: Be God's Mouthpiece. Transform Your World.
by Michelle McClain-WaltersWhat is God saying to us TODAY? What does He want to tell the NEXT GENERATION? The world is in desperate need of the voice of God. If the church is to be a force in the world. If Christians are to be a transformative voice to the next generation. We need to be tuned in to what God wants to tell us. In The Prophetic Advantage Michelle McClain delivers a practical, comprehensive, and balanced look at the role of the prophetic ministry in today’s world. Using the lion as an example, she encourages believers to rise up in boldness, power, and strength, as she… · Provides a clear understanding of the biblical mandates and mission of the prophetic · Outlines the function and focus that prophets should exhibit · Tackles the issues of prophetic operation and balance · Gives one hundred advantages that come to those who receive a revelation from God through the voice of the prophetic. The world needs prophetic people who will declare righteousness. We need the prophetic advantage, and we will not see breakthrough in our jobs, churches, families, financial situations, health, and homes without it.
The Prophetic Advantage Study Guide: Be God's Mouthpiece, Transform Your World
by Michelle McClain-WaltersWhat is God saying to us TODAY? What does He want to tell the NEXT GENERATION? In The Prophetic Advantage Michelle McClain-Walters delivered a practical, comprehensive, and balanced look at the role of prophetic ministry in today&’s world. Now this complementing study guide is the perfect companion to take these teachings deeper and allow God to use them to transform your life and cultivate the prophetic gift He has placed inside you. We will not see breakthrough in our jobs, churches, families, financial situations, health, and homes without the prophetic advantage. Special Features: • Related videos that can be used for individual or small-group study • Discussion questions, commentary, and scriptures • Corresponding small-group leader&’s guide available as a free, downloadable PDF
Prophetic Authority: Democratic Hierarchy and the Mormon Priesthood
by Michael MacKayThe Mormon tradition's emphasis on prophetic authority makes the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unique within America's religious culture. The religion that Joseph Smith created established a kingdom of God in a land distrustful of monarchy while positioning Smith as Christ's voice on earth, with the power to form cities, establish economies, and arrange governments. Michael Hubbard MacKay traces the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' claim to religious authority and sets it within the context of its times. Delving into the evolution of the concept of prophetic authority, MacKay shows how the Church emerged as a hierarchical democracy with power diffused among leaders Smith chose. At the same time, Smith's settled place atop the hierarchy granted him an authority that spared early Mormonism the internal conflict that doomed other religious movements. Though Smith faced challenges from other leaders, the nascent Church repeatedly turned to him to decide civic plans and define the order of both the cosmos and the priesthood.
The Prophetic Dimension of Sport (SpringerBriefs in Religious Studies)
by Terry ShoemakerBringing together leading scholars in the fields of Religion and Sport, this book examines the prophetic dimension of sport, to arrive at a better understanding of the nature of sports in the United States. By detailing and analyzing particular sports, a portrait of sport as an important space for social and political critique emerges. Sport is indisputably an important cultural phenomenon in the United States. Each year millions attend sporting events, track the statistics and lives of sports stars, collect memorabilia, engage in fantasy sports, and play various sporting games. But increasingly, sport is also a space for public articulations regarding social and political issues within the United States. What are we to make of these particular articulations? What do they tell us about the nature of sport in the United States? How are these social and political critiques formed? Why do sporting voices seem to carry more weight at this moment in history? Ideally suited for use in undergraduate and graduate courses, this book offers a new way of thinking about the connection between sport and religion in a secularizing society. By analyzing various sports and particular historical moments, the chapters supply a unique example of the relevance of sport as it pertains to social and political critique.
Prophetic Encounters: Religion and the American Radical Tradition
by Dan MckananThough in recent years the religious right has been a powerful political force, making "religion" and "conservatism" synonymous in the minds of many, the United States has always had an active, vibrant, and influential religious Left. In every period of our history, people of faith have envisioned a society of peace and justice, and their tireless efforts have made an indelible mark on our nation's history. In Prophetic Encounters, Dan McKanan challenges simple distinctions between "religious" and "secular" activism, showing that religious beliefs and practices have been integral to every movement promoting liberty, equality, and solidarity. From Frederick Douglass, John Brown, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in the nineteenth century to Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King Jr., and Starhawk in the twentieth, American radicals have maintained a deep faith in the human capacity to transform the world. This radical faith has always been intertwined with the religious practices of Christians and Jews, pagans and Buddhists, orthodox believers and humanist heretics. Their vision and energies powered the social movements that have defined America's progress: the abolition of slavery, feminism, the New Deal, civil rights, and others. In this groundbreaking, definitive work, McKanan treats the histories of religion and the Left as a single history, showing that American radicalism is a continuous tradition rather than a collection of disparate movements. Emphasizing the power of encounter--encounters between whites and former slaves, between the middle classes and the immigrant masses, and among activists themselves--McKanan shows that the coming together of people of different perspectives and beliefs has been transformative for centuries, uniting those whose faith is a source of activist commitment with those whose activism is a source of faith. Offering a history of the diverse religious dimensions of radical movements from the American Revolution to the present day, Prophetic Encounters invites contemporary activists to stand proudly in a tradition of prophetic power.
Prophetic Evangelicals: Envisioning a Just and Peaceable Kingdom (Prophetic Christianity Series)
by Bruce Ellis Benson Malinda Elizabeth Berry Peter Goodwin HeltzelIn this inaugural Prophetic Christianity volume, fifteen contributors share their visions for a biblically centered, culturally engaged, and historically infused evangelicalism. Interacting with a wide variety of influential thinkers, they articulate several approaches to creating a socially responsible, gospel-centric, and ecumenical evangelical identity.
The Prophetic Events Of Your Life: Beyond Your Horizon
by Kathryn GarlandWRITTEN TOBelievers, Unbelievers, and Jews, therefore, every person living today has a specific role in this book. This book is personal. It is written to you. It is about God, you, and your place in end-time history…and beyond.PURPOSEThere are countless books, messages, and teachings on End Times, many agree others contradict. Have you ever wished that you could just study Bible prophecy for yourself? Kathryn Garland is a Bible teacher with 50+ years of experience and is aware of this need and desire for Believers to be able to interpret prophetic teachings for themselves. The Lord impressed upon the author to write this book involving the reader. This study will lead you to God’s Word to discover these truths for yourself and personalize it with your own Timeline. It will bring end-time truths together in a clear and coherent way. You will be prepared for your Events, recognize them as they occur, and safeguarded against deception.DESCRIPTIONPART ONE involves a study with the author of each Prophetic Event of your life in chronological order. There are nine Events for the Believer, seven for the Unbeliever, and seven for the Jew. They begin with the present and proceed all the way to your last forever Event. Each Event may be studied as a unit in itself.EVENTS System of the Antichrist The Rapture The Wrath of God Second Coming of Christ Armageddon Jesus’ Thousand Year Kingdom Judgment Seat of Christ Marriage Supper of the Lamb Great White Throne Judgment New Heaven and New EarthPART TWO is a careful examination of the System and the Person of the Antichrist from four Bible passages. These studies will guard you against deception and will enable you to look in the right direction so that you will recognize the Antichrist at his appearing.FEATURESEntire books are written covering only one Prophetic Event this book covers them all.Your own Timeline helps to visualize exactly where you are at the time of each Event.All Bible passages are included in the text providing instant access.Many teaching methods will stimulate your interest and give you a sense of actually living the moment.Can be used individually or in a group setting.BENEFITSYou will gain basic understanding and skills in how to interpret and discover meaning in biblical prophetic truths.You will learn about the timing of key end-time events and how they relate to each other.Truths from God’s Word to store in your personal belief system. This hands-on study will feed your mind and it will feed your soul.VALUE STATEMENTS:The knowledge I will gain from this book will help me to live differently from those who live with little or no thought of God. I will live forward, in the light of my future Events.My faith will be fortified in the truth that what God says will unquestionably take place.Because I know and rely on these revealed truths of God’s Word, I will not be deceived, they will serve me as a shield against the deception of the System and Person of the Antichrist.SPECIAL EMPHASIS:Bring people to Christ. The need for the reader to know Jesus Christ personally and God’s plan of salvation for his/her life.Holy living. All prophetic scripture deals with living a life set apart for God in holiness.
The Prophetic Fall Of The Islamic Regime
by Glenn Miller Roger LoomisAuthor Glenn Miller is a master at weighing world events on God&’s scales. The results are both frightening and sobering. By providing a dynamic commentary of unfolding events in the Middle East, the reader is made aware of what God is about to do in the human race and the nations of the world. The Prophetic Fall of the Islamic Regime is a desperately needed word for the Church as it seeks to understand current events from God&’s perspective. It is essential that Christians properly understand the purpose that was accomplished when Christ came to the earth. In The Prophetic Fall of the Islamic Regime Glenn Miller shows that while Jesus came to demonstrate God&’s loving, merciful character, it did not change His nature as the Mighty Man of War, who is involved in the fight between good and evil. The Prophetic Fall of the Islamic Regime is a &“now word&” for anyone looking for godly insight into terrorism, conflicts, and the deception of a false god. In true prophetic fashion, Miller penned a work that must result in souls beginning to hunger for the true God in the face of mass deception. No other book in the Christian marketplace gives such insight concerning God&’s prophetic voice to the nations…
Prophetic Fragments: Illuminations of the Crisis in American Religion and Culture
by Cornel WestThe articles include political commentary, cultural critique, literary analysis, extended book reviews, and even a short story by West. All of these are held together by a prophetic Afro-American Christian perspective.
Prophetic Imagination
by Walter BrueggemannIn this challenging and enlightening treatment, Brueggemann traces the lines from the radical vision of Moses to the solidification of royal power in Solomon to the prophetic critique of that power with a new vision of freedom in the prophets. Here he traces the broad sweep from Exodus to Kings to Jeremiah to Jesus. He highlights that the prophetic vision not only embraces the pain of the people but creates an energy and amazement based on the new thing that God is doing.
Prophetic Integrity: Aligning Our Words with God's Word
by R.T. KendallWhat happens when prophets are wrong?In 2020, many Christians claiming to be prophets said that God told them that Donald Trump would be re-elected as president, which did not happen. What happens when prophets get it wrong? Are there consequences for misleading God's people?In recent years, gross misjudgments among Charismatic Christians claiming to speak for God and moral failures within Evangelicalism have resulted in a crisis of belief. In Prophetic Integrity, bestselling author and speaker, R.T. Kendall gives a warning to those speaking in God's name and offers a way forward in trusting God despite the failures of the church.Personal accounts of visions and supernatural experiencesGood, bad, and ugly examples of modern-day prophecySeven levels of prophetic giftingExamples of false teachings within open theismRelevant Bible verses and meaningful quotesThought-provoking questionsA call for honesty, vulnerability, and repentanceProphetic Integrity is a book for those who believe that God still speaks today but have serious questions about those within the church that identify as prophets.
Prophetic Jesus, Prophetic Church: The Challenge of Luke-Acts to Contemporary Christians
by Luke Timothy JohnsonIn this and every age, the church desperately needs prophecy. It needs the bold proclamation of God’s transforming vision to challenge its very human tendency toward expediency and self-interest — to jolt it into new insight and energy. For Luke Timothy Johnson, the New Testament books Luke and Acts provide that much-needed jolt to conventional norms. To read Luke-Acts as a literary unit, he says, is to uncover a startling prophetic vision of Jesus and the church — and an ongoing call for today’s church to embody and proclaim God’s vision for the world.
Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times
by Soong-Chan RahMissio Alliance Essential Reading List of 2015Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books of 2015, Social Criticism and Cultural EngagementRELEVANT'sEnglewood Review of Books Best Books of 2015, Theology
Prophetic Leadership and Visionary Hope: New Essays on the Work of Cornel West
by Barbara WillThirty years have passed since Cornel West’s book Race Matters rose to the top of the bestseller lists in 1993. Yet his book remains as relevant as ever to American culture—even more so, if one considers its influence on contemporary racial justice movements such as Black Lives Matter, prison justice, and the fight for police reform. Prophetic Leadership and Visionary Hope, an edited volume of essays by leading scholars in Black studies, religious studies, and social justice history, looks back to the original 1993 text and forward into the future of racial understanding and healing in our current century, responding to Dr. West’s own repeated insistence that we can only understand our present and future by looking back.By reengaging with West’s book at this seminal moment, Prophetic Leadership and Visionary Hope offers new points of entry into the thorny issues that the 1993 text addressed: the challenge of leadership in a culture marked by the legacy of white supremacy; the limited value of liberal affirmative action programs in promoting the affirmation of Black humanity; the dangerous seductions of African American conservatism and the question of Black self-regard (what West called “black nihilism”); the necessity and difficulty of cross-race solidarity and cross-religious affinity; the need to channel legitimate Black rage over untenable conditions of existence into productive opportunities and viewpoints. All of these issues are even more marked in American society today. The voices collected in this volume are the legitimate intellectual heirs of the original Race Matters. With essays that span the topics of history, politics, philosophy, religion, cultural studies, music, and aesthetics, Prophetic Leadership and Visionary Hope is as wide-ranging as the thinker whose ideas it engages, interrogates, and celebrates.Contributors: Nkosi Du Bois Anderson, Paul A. Bové, Matthew M. Briones, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Susannah Heschel, Lucius T. Outlaw Jr., Andrew Prevot, Brandon M. Terry, Cornel West, Barbara Will.