Религия: прочее
Различные книги в жанре Религия: прочееReligion in Vogue
How the fashion industry has contributed to religious change From cross necklaces to fashion designs inspired by nuns’ habits, how have fashion sources interpreted Christianity? And how, in turn, have these interpretations shaped conceptions of religion in the United States? Religion in Vogue explores the intertwined history of Christianity and the fashion industry. Using a diverse range of fashion sources, including designs, jewelry, articles in fashion magazines, and advertisements, Lynn S. Neal demonstrates how in the second half of the twentieth century the modern fashion industry created an aestheticized Christianity, transforming it into a consumer product. The fashion industry socialized consumers to see religion as fashionable and as a beautiful lifestyle accessory—something to be displayed, consumed, and experienced as an expression of personal identity and taste. Religion was something to be embraced and shown off by those who were sophisticated and stylish, and not solely the domain of the politically conservative. Neal ultimately concludes that, through aestheticizing Christianity, the fashion industry has offered Americans a means of blending traditional elements of religion—such as ritual practice, miraculous events, and theological concepts—with modern culture, revealing a new dimension to the personal experience of religion.
Beauty and Process Theology
Is it possible to think of God as beautiful? We tend to think of God with superlatives, such as omnipotence, omniscience, and infinity. By their very nature, these words tend to also make us see God as distant. It seems almost sacreligious to speak of God in the terms we might use for any other person. Very few would think to call God beautiful. In this book, theologian and pastor Patricia Adams Farmer looks at God in precisely those terms, inviting us to move beyond limiting ways we have of speaking of God. She sees God as both beautiful and the ongoing author of beauty. God invites us in living a vision, and that vision is not just “good” in some abstract sense. It is attractive. It draws us in. It is active. It challenges us. Learn to think about and experience God in a new way as you bring process and beauty together. The journey is worth it!
Choosing Life
How do our spiritual beliefs and practices link to our ethics and our care for the natural world around us? John B. Cobb, Jr. and Jay McDaniel join together to provide a view of life that is refreshing, challenging, and expansive. It could even be called all-encompassing. Rather than looking just at how human life can be preserved, with the world itself and the universe beyond as a sort of backdrop, they look at life and divinity in all things, and ask us to look for a way of life that affirms God’s presence everywhere. As a result of such an affirmation we may need to change not just our practices, but our very goals. We may need to allow our ambitions to be tempered by the needs of others, not just other human beings, but other living creatures, and all nature. If you would like to develop and consider a world where humanity fits with the web of all life, if you would like to find a way of living non-destructively, if you would like to find a God who suffers with you while working with you to heal and prevent suffering, this book is for you.
From Bangkok to Bishkek, Budapest to Bogotá
Where would you go to church if you found yourself far from home, in another country, perhaps one with a different language than you know? Many people have that question as they travel, or as the live and work around the world. The body of Christ has not been inactive in providing for their need. Around the world, international churches have been planted, serving the needs of diverse, mobile congregations, speaking multiple languages, but finding themselves in one place and of one accord for the gospel. From Bangkok to Bishkek, Budapest to Bogotá is the fascinating and inspiring history of the over 2,000 international, English language, international Protestant churches scattered in almost every non-English-speaking country around the world. Serving expatriates, travelers, students and others who live outside their homeland, these churches, while often unknown or recognized, provide a compelling story of ministry not only to expats but to English-speaking local citizens as well. This history, and these stories, will inspire you and energize you with the realization of the way in which God's work is carried out in so many different localities and situations. Pastors, missionaries, business travelers, and international students can all benefit from reading this book, while researchers looking into the work of the church around the world will find a wealth of historical information, much of it first hand.
Благословенно Воинство Небесного Царя
Икона «Благословенно воинство Небесного Царя», более известная широкому зрителю как «Церковь воинствующая», происходит из Успенского собора Московского Кремля. Это было самое первое произведение иконописи, поступившее в Галерею после закрытия кремлевских соборов в 1918 году. Икона отличается грандиозным размером и необычным вытянутым по горизонтали форматом (144x396). Однако не только в этом заключается ее своеобразие. Это одно из самых загадочных произведений иконописи, о смысле, значении и времени создания которого среди ученых ведутся споры, начиная с момента, когда возник интерес к древней иконописи. Немаловажную роль сыграла предпринятая в 1910 году большая реставрация Успенского собора Кремля. Она вошла в историю как первая попытка научно обоснованных реставрационных работ. Руководство реставрацией осуществляла специально созданная авторитетная комиссия во главе с князем А.А. Ширинским-Шихматовым. Уже в феврале 1914 года в журнале «София» вышла статья П.П. Муратова, посвященная первым, сделанным в ходе реставрации, открытиям – фрескам Похвальского придела в Успенском соборе, признанным впоследствии произведением великого Дионисия, и иконе «Церковь воинствующая». Публикуя эти произведения, автор статьи восторженно писал о том, что Москва наряду с Новгородом должна отныне «сделаться столицей русской художественной истории, поскольку только Москва обладает таким единственным в мире хранилищем произведений древности, как Московский Кремль». В формате PDF A4 сохранен издательский макет.
Evening
Eve has returned home to Toronto to attend the funeral of her successful older sister, Tam, a news anchor with a perfect husband and family, only to discover Tam’s life wasn’t exactly as it appeared, nor as different from her own as she thought. Evening by Nessa Rapoport is an alluring novel about sibling love and rivalry, and what happens when the narratives we cling to turn out to be false. Evening perfectly captures a complicated relationships between two adult sisters, the way they’ve always deeply loved and admired, yet also competed against and criticized one another; the way they define themselves primarily in contrast to the other. Like This Is Where I Leave You , Evening follows a Jewish family forced to confront its past, and its secrets, in the wake of loss, and beautifully illustrates Eve’s relationship with her parents, uncle, and grandmother (who had an eerily similar relationship with her own sister) Rapoport has strong connections to the Jewish Book Council, which selected her for a national tour to promote her memoir, House on the River , and expects strong support from that network Nessa Rapoport is the author of House on the River: A Summer Journey (2004), a memoir, and Preparing for Sabbath (1981), a novel, among other works. Originally from Toronto, Canada, she now lives in New York City. Acquired and edited by Jack Shoemaker
The Wisdom of Wild Grace
At the core of this collection are 30 poems inspired by the stories of kinship between saints and animals. They come mostly from the early Christian desert and Celtic traditions, but also feature later medieval saints like St. Francis of Assisi and St. Julian of Norwich. These stories point to a reverence for a different way of knowing and being in the world, one our world is hungry for. Each poem in this collection is meant to be a doorway to intimacy with our inner wilderness, a call to sit and be present to what we discover beyond the borders of our neatly controlled worlds. 
She Made Me Laugh
Most people likely know of Mother Teresa’s great faithfulness to God’s call as she started her ministry to the poor in Calcutta. But at the time, few knew that she had lost all sense of God's presence, love, and sometimes the assurance that God existed at all. Astonishingly, for 50 years, the saint's life was spent in what she called "the darkness." Yet, somehow Mother Teresa managed to get up every morning and say yes to God. And not only did she say yes, she came to accept the darkness, while also allowing a sense of humor and even playfulness to shine through. This book is a memoir of the author’s direct experiences with Mother Teresa during a trip to Calcutta in 1996 when she discovered that sense of humor first hand. It is also an extended reflection on the beloved saint’s “dark night of the soul” and what that might mean for spiritual seekers today.<BR />