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The First Drop of Rain

Vikki-kam — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:22:56 GMT

Leslie Parrott, "The First Drop of Rain"
Publisher: Zondervan | 2009-05-01 | 194 Pages | ISBN: 0310272483 | PDF | 1.7 MB

One God, One Lord: Early Christian Devotion and Ancient Jewish Monotheism, 2nd ed.

Vikki-kam — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:08:08 GMT

Philip R. Davies - Whose Bible Is It Anyway?

alba-negru — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:52:13 GMT

Philip R. Davies - Whose Bible Is It Anyway?
Publisher: T. & T. Clark Publishers | 2004-07-29 | ISBN: 0567080730 | PDF | 159 pages | 11.88 MB

Brian E. Kelly - Retribution & Eschatology in Chronicles

alba-negru — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:36:19 GMT

Brian E. Kelly - Retribution & Eschatology in Chronicles
Publisher: Sheffield | 1996-01 | ISBN: 1850755795 | PDF | 279 pages | 13.43 MB

Ken Stone - Sex, Honor, and Power in the Deuteronomistic History

alba-negru — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:27:28 GMT

Ken Stone - Sex, Honor, and Power in the Deuteronomistic History
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press | 1998-10 | ISBN: 1850756406 | PDF | 170 pages | 10.15 MB

Thomas M. Bolin - Freedom Beyond Forgiveness: The Book of Jonah Re-Examined

alba-negru — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:17:16 GMT

Thomas M. Bolin - Freedom Beyond Forgiveness: The Book of Jonah Re-Examined
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press | 1999-09 | ISBN: 1850756422 | PDF | 295 pages | 10.35 MB

Brian Walker - Hua Hu Ching: The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu

alba-negru — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:46:25 GMT

Brian Walker - Hua Hu Ching: The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu
Publisher: HarperOne | 1995-09-08 | ISBN: 0060692456 | PDF | 46 pages | 1.07 MB

Reading Hume's Dialogues: A Veneration for True Religion

KAS-TIR — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:13:12 GMT

A lively reading which takes on important questions in the philosophy of religion today--what is the nature of true religion, what is the relationship between theology and piety, and how should we actively engage with God?

Sundays in America: A Yearlong Road Trip in Search of Christian Faith

step778 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:13:43 GMT

Sundays in America: A Yearlong Road Trip in Search of Christian Faith
Publisher: Beacon Press | pages: 324 | 2008 | ISBN: 0807072249 | PDF | 20,3 mb

It's a fascinating project: attend 52 different churches in one year and report your first impressions. Shea, a New England novelist and former Catholic, engagingly writes of her initial visits to all kinds of churches: Shaker and Baptist, evangelical and mainline, African-American and Caucasian. Sometimes, these well-written first impressions yield intriguing analysis, as when she notes the total absence of children at the Mother Church of Christ, Scientist. But more often, the book's quick verdicts reinforce the idea that public Sunday worship is just one part of what makes a religion tick, and that it may be unfair to judge churches solely on this basis. Shea seems comfortable enough criticizing other people's intolerance—including that of former president and erstwhile Sunday School teacher Jimmy Carter—but myopically fails to see her own judgmentalism, as when bemoaning the Mennonite presence on a Hopi reservation or taking easy shots at televangelist Joel Osteen. Also, the book has some small factual errors; for instance, Mormons do not believe in the Holy Trinity, as Shea attests. Although the portraits are appealingly personal and often funny, readers may wish for a more rigorous examination of these churches than Shea's impressionistic approach is able to provide.

E. Badinter, J. von Dohnanyi, C. Filter, W. Heitmeyer, R. Morgan, A. Schwarzer - Die Gotteskrieger und die falsche Toleranz

bison — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:19:49 GMT

E. Badinter, J. von Dohnanyi, C. Filter, W. Heitmeyer, R. Morgan, A. Schwarzer - Die Gotteskrieger und die falsche Toleranz
Publisher: Kiepenheuer & Witsch | 2002-03-01 | ISBN: 3462031058 | PDF | 208 pages | 1.08 MB

Albert Hofmann - LSD, my problem child

bison — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:19:43 GMT

Albert Hofmann - LSD, my problem child
Publisher: McGraw-Hill | 1980 | ISBN: 0070293252 | PDF | 209 pages | 1.09 MB

Ernest Busenbark - Symbols, Sex, And the Stars in Popular Beliefs

Tino Gara — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:23:36 GMT

Prefaced by and highly recommended by religious researcher Jordan Maxwell. Full title of Symbols, Sex, and the Stars in Popular Beliefs, An Outline of the Origins of Moon and Sun worship, Astrology, Sex Symbolism, Mystic Meaning of Numbers, the Cabala, and Many Popular Customs, Myths, Superstitions and Religious Beliefs. Over 300 illustrations, includes over 120 pages of sex symbolism...

Khalil Gibran, Le Prophète

cpttsubasa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:57:37 GMT

Essential Visual History of World Mythology (National Geographic)

CerealRipper — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:31:04 GMT

Complementing our enormously successful offerings on the bible and history, National Geographic Essential Visual History of World Mythology encompasses myths and creation stories from around the globe. It presents a palm-size overview of culture-defining myths, from ancient Egyptian deities to the Vedic gods of India...from Maya, Inca, and Aztec legends to the Dream time of the Aborigines. This is a must-have resource for anyone who wants to know more about the stories that have shaped societies for millennia.

Arguing the Just War in Islam

step778 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:17:21 GMT

Arguing the Just War in Islam
Publisher: Harvard University Press | pages: 272 | 2009 | ISBN: 0674032349 | PDF | 12,4 mb

In lucid prose John Kelsay leads the reader on an illuminating journey from the time of the Prophet Muhammad, through the sacred sources of Islam and the debate over their interpretation, to the internal debates between moderates and extremists that shape today's global politics. One cannot fully understand the range of possibilities that confront Islamâ€”and the worldâ€”without comprehending the internal reasoning and discourse that Kelsay brilliantly explores in this remarkable work of synthesis.

Théologie (repost)

joemuscat — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:21:59 GMT

Théologie
Eyrolles | 2008 | ISBN: 2212540744 | 292 pages | PDF | 2,5 MB

Richard John Neuhaus - American Babylon: Notes of a Christian Exile

bison — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:17:23 GMT

Richard John Neuhaus - American Babylon: Notes of a Christian Exile
Publisher: Basic Books | 2009-03-16 | ISBN: 0465013678 | PDF | 288 pages | 1.05 MB

Словарь международной символики и эмблематики

Temych — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:04:05 GMT

Словарь международной символики и эмблематики
DJVU | 560 Стр. | ISBN: 5952413544 | Издатель: Международные отношения | 2001 | 61 Mb

Самый полный (по широте охвата) справочник по существующему международному арсеналу понятий в области символики, эмблематики и геральдики. Автором книги является Вильям Васильевич Похлёбкин, учёный, историк, географ, журналист и писатель (род. в 1923 г., трагически погиб в последних числах марта 2000 г.). Справочник включает толкование около 470 терминов, в том числе знаков, которые хотя и не имеют геральдического значения, но широко используются в международной практике (моны, тамги, тавро, клейма племенных союзов и т. д.). Особенностью книги является то, что материал излагается без всякой политической окраски (по-видимому такой позицией автора объясняется тот факт, что многие его книги в советское время не публиковались). В словаре представлена информация о всех знаках, независимо от их политической принадлежности, без всяких исключений и упрощений. Автор, рассматривая широкий диапазон символик (христианской и мусульманской религий, революционной и мистической, масонской и социалистической, славянской и библейско-иудаистской и прочей направленности), рассказывает об их происхождении, истории, политическом развитии и эволюции. Он также дает некоторые теоретические и обобщающие сведения о том, что представляют собой символы и эмблемы в системе исторических знаний, как они применяются и соотносятся. Книга написана без всякого налета научности, просто и доходчиво. Она будет интересна и очень полезна тем, кто интересуется геральдикой, историей, политологией, и, в общем, всем любознательным людям.

The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins

lout — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:55:35 GMT

The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins By Larry W. Hurtado
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2006 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 0802828957 | PDF | 9 MB

The British Discovery of Buddhism

robin-bobin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:28:04 GMT

The British Discovery of Buddhism By Philip C. Almond
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 1988-08-26 | 200 Pages | ISBN: 0521355036 | DjVu | 1.1 MB

This is the first book to examine the British discovery of Buddhism during the Victorian period. It was only during the nineteenth century that Buddhism became, in the western mind, a religious tradition separate from Hinduism. As a result, Buddha emerge from a realm of myth and was addressed as a historical figure...