Книги. Художественная литература. Учебники и пособия.

Michael J Snider

Our Title of Liberty (Latter-day Politics for Latter-day Saints) was written to help members fulfill the scriptural charge to "befriend the Constitution", also the charge issued by latter-day prophets to get involved in the political process by supporting righteous candidates and political causes. Our Title of Liberty examines the parallels between scriptural and political history so that today's political conditions can be judged using Gospel principles preached by prophets both ancient and modern. Our Title of Liberty starts with the politics of the war in heaven, discusses spiritual stands on political issues, party affiliation, media bias, and the role of America in fulfilling religious prophecy. Our Title of Liberty relies heavily on scripture, as well as statements from the general authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, mostly from the pulpit at General Conference.

Ann E. Killebrew

Ancient Israel did not emerge within a vacuum but rather came to exist alongside various peoples, including Canaanites, Egyptians, and Philistines. Indeed, Israel's very proximity to these groups has made it difficult - until now - to distinguish the archaeological traces of early Israel and other contemporary groups. Through an analysis of the results from recent excavations in light of relevant historical and later biblical texts, this book proposes that it is possible to identify these peoples and trace culturally or ethnically defined boundaries in the archaeological record. Features of late second-millennium B.C.E. culture are critically examined in their historical and biblical contexts in order to define the complex social boundaries of the early Iron Age and reconstruct the diverse material world of these four peoples. Of particular value to scholars, archaeologists, and historians, this volume will also be a standard reference and resource for students and other readers...

Peryt Shou

This is a first-ever English language translation of Peryt Shou's profoundly influential treatise, Das Mysterium der Zentralsonne (1912). A direct line can be drawn between Shou's observations in this volume about the mysterious Central Sun of Theosophy and the later writings of Nazi occultists who have actively promoted the increasingly popular Black Sun mythos. The hidden wellspring of post-war Nazi occultism is revealed here for the first time. An informative preface, numerous explanatory footnotes and a detailed appendix on the Central Sun concept in Theosophy round out the book and render its text accessible to modern readers.

Paul L. Williams

Burdened by a lurid title, this is a short history of the politics and finances of the Vatican during the last hundred years. As in his Complete Idiot's guides to the Crusades and to the lives of the saints, Williams displays an ability to compress a great deal of information in a short, highly readable way. His main argument is that the current financial strength of the Roman Catholic Church as well as many of its problems began in 1929 with the signing of the Lateran Treaty, in which a financially besieged Pope Pius XI exchanged recognition and support of Mussolini's Fascist government for more than $90 million and the establishment of the Vatican as a sovereign state. Williams traces how the Vatican's new emphasis on financial stability led it into other morally questionable financial arrangements with Adolf Hitler, the fascist state of Croatia and reputed Sicilian Mafia financier Michele Sindona. He examines carefully the establishment and workings of the Instituto per le Opere di...

Ivan Strenski

Religion. Power. Politics. Ideas and institutions that have been laden with a baggage of meanings picked up through the course of history – and which, unfairly or not, are often defined by these historic and social contexts. In this thought–provoking book, Ivan Strenski unpacks the central concepts and influences of religion, politics, and power, and provides a new theoretical framework to think about what they mean in today’s society. In addition to offering radical critiques of the religious and political perspectives of thinkers such as Talal Asad and Michel Foucault, Strenski moves beyond the theory in applying his intellectual framework to a variety of real–world issues, including insights into suicide bombers in the Middle East. Erudite and engaging, Why Politics Can?t be Freed From Religion provides a timely and highly original contribution to our understanding of these concepts. It tries to dislodge readers from conventional thinking about politics and religion,...

Mary Frolich

In the popular mind, the mystic is seen as the supreme solitary. This image, if accurate, would make the mystical quest marginal in an era when much theology has emphasized socially responsible praxis. Against the popular image, Mary Frohlich develops a theological model -- based on the writings of Bernard Lonergan and the "self-psychology" of Heinz Kohut -- that both respects mysticism's irreducible character and shows how it concretely transforms people and systems. She then applies this model to an interpretation of a classic expression of spiritual transformation, the Interior Castle of the sixteenth-century mystic Teresa of Avila.

John Hammond Taylor

Language Notes Text: English, Latin (translation) A thorough and conscientious commentary on the first three chapters from the Book of Genesis, completed in 415. Augustine's purpose is to explain, to the best of his ability, what the author intended to say about what God did when he made heaven and earth. Contains Books 1-6.

Gavin D?Costa

Why has the reality of other religions become a big problem for Christianity? In the past, Christianity has been able to largely ignore other religions but in recent decades, not just the reality, but the vitality of other religions has become a challenge. This accessible book tackles a number of questions arising from these changes: is belonging to one religion rather than another merely a matter of cultural preference?; is salvation the same among all religions?; and what can be learned from other religions? Considering wider issues of how modernity has defined “religion,” Gavin D’Costa provides a substantial critique of secular ways of controlling religions, and shows how Christianity is very well suited to deal with religious plurality at the doctrinal and social level. The book makes a decisive contribution to debates about the clash between Islam and the West, arguing that the major threat to religious freedoms come from secularism, and that Islam and Christianity both have...

Martin P. Nilsson

This book provides an account of Greek national religion and its decay. The following subjects are covered: Minoan-Mycenaean religion and its survival in Greek religion; Origins of Greek mythology; Primitive belief and ritual; Gods of nature and of human life; The Homeric anthropomorphism and rationalism; Legalism and mysticism; The civic religion; The religion of the cultured classes and the religion of the peasants.

Loren Graham, Jean-Michel Kantor

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