Religion

From the Sunday Times bestselling author Richard Holloway, an inspiring and profound collection of essays reflecting on art, faith, forgiveness, grief and home

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FOLLOW UP TO THE POWER OF LETTING GOIn The Power of Letting Go author John Purkiss helped us to drop the things from our past -- this brand new book helps us look forward and achieve success in life. The Power of Moving On will offer the practical steps to manifesting success in order to achieve a fulfilling life.The book will show you how to:- Identify your true desires¿- Remove the beliefs / pain patterns that are stopping them¿- Attract what you want in health, wealth and relationships- Become a pure channel for the cosmic intelligence to manifest through youThis book is full of practical wisdom for those wanting to live a better life by getting what you want.When you learn to move on, success comes to you.

Mother. Virgin. Warrior. Witch. Maniac. Monster.The labels applied to mythological women echo throughout history. These archetypes, created in the Ancient World, still resonate today.From the stories of the virgin goddesses Athena and Artemis, the contrasting depictions of wifely duty in Clytemnestra and Penelope, the ecstatic frenzies of the Maenads, Echidna-the so-called mother of all monsters-and the misunderstood Medusa, Ancient Myths and Legends Without Men reveals a world where powerful women were both worshipped and feared.Accompanied with beautiful illustrations throughout, uncover the real stories behind the women of Ancient Mythology and find what they can teach us about being a woman today.Discover the women shaping and subverting womanhood from the very beginning...

The focus of this book is the theology, liturgy and practice of Anglican Confirmation from 1945 to 2000. It is the third book in a series on Anglican Confirmation. The first chapters look at confirmation on a global and ecumenical level. How have questions about the place and performance of confirmation changed?

This essay considers a variety of discursive sites, from contemporary film and art to the War on Terror to ask the reader to consider how the classifications we use to name and thereby negotiate our social worlds are implicitly political and are being wielded in the public arena to carry out generally undisclosed/under analysed social work.

Religion and Atheism in Dialogue will interest anyone who is concerned about the clash between the religious and the secular and how to move beyond it, as well as students of ethics, philosophy of religion and religious studies.

Religion and Atheism in Dialogue will interest anyone who is concerned about the clash between the religious and the secular and how to move beyond it, as well as students of ethics, philosophy of religion and religious studies.

This volume provides a comprehensive account of Friedrich Schleiermacher's philosophy of religion. The contributors cover the historical context of Schleiermacher's work, specific aspects of his philosophy of religion, and the ways that his work can contribute to contemporary debates.

This book investigates the intersection of religion and modern law, questioning the private-public dichotomy of liberal constitutionalism which relegates religion to the private sphere. The book will be a valuable resource for students and academics working on Law, Religious Studies, History and Political Science.

A masterful new history of Europe's last unchristianised peoples in the period between 1387 and 1900, from the Sámi of northern Fennoscandia to the Balts and the Finno-Ugric peoples of European Russia, exploring the reasons for their late adoption of Christianity and their creative religious responses to encounters with missionaries.