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Ronin Films
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2022.
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The sacred city of Varanasi, situated on the holy Ganges, ‘the river of life’, is the revered destination for death for Hindus since time immemorial. With legendary funeral pyres burning non-stop for over three millennia on the river bank, the city’s status is founded on the belief that dying in Varanasi breaks the repeated cycle of rebirth. Filmed across four years, 2018 - 2021, DEATH IN THE CITY is an intimate portrayal of ‘The City of Life...
3) Nelson's Illustrated Guide to Religions: A Comprehensive Introduction To The Religions Of The World
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A comprehensive introduction to the religions of the world analyzed from a Christian perspective Nelson's Illustrated Guide to Religions covers more than 200 religions, sects, and cults, most of them ones the reader might encounter on any given day. It is the most complete and up-to-date Christian guide to world religions. Perfect for the student as well as the layperson. Written by leading expert in religions, James A. Beverley.
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The interviewees from 13 countries include an attendant to the Dalai Lama, a Jesuit seminarian, a rabbinical student, an Australian aboriginal clan member, African tribal members, and Unity and Presbyterian feminist ministers--all speaking candidly about their spiritual practices and lived religions. The discussion includes current global religious issues such as increasing secularization and fundamentalist influence on governments.
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To some, the concept of having faith in a higher power or a set of religious beliefs is nonsensical. Indeed, many view religion in general, and Christianity in particular, as unfounded and unreasonable.
Norman Geisler and Frank Turek argue, however, that Christianity is not only more reasonable than all other belief systems, but is indeed more rational than unbelief itself. With conviction and clear thinking, Geisler and Turek guide readers through...
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"Palabras de Sabiduría: Refranes de los Oduns de Ifá" es una obra fascinante que sumerge a los lectores en el rico y profundo universo de la religión yoruba, específicamente en el sistema de adivinación conocido como Ifá. Este libro recopila una selección cuidadosamente elegida de refranes de los Oduns, las historias sagradas que forman la base de la práctica adivinatoria de Ifá.Cada refrán es presentado con detalle y acompañado de explicaciones...
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¿Es el islam una religión pacífica y tolerante? Hanegraaff presenta el Islam dentro de su contexto histórico actual, y enseña sobre los importantes aspectos de la fe y la forma en que esta afecta al mundo.
En medio de todos los debates acerca del islam y su creciente presencia en el mundo, hay algo que con frecuencia se pasa por alto: el islam no es una religión en el sentido suavizado en el que la entiende el Occidente. Al contrario, es una...
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In this passionate and heartfelt book Richard Holloway interrogates the traditional ways of understanding the Bible. He liberates the power of the great Christian stories from their sometimes antiquated settings, and reveals the essence of Jesus's teachings. In doing so, he shows that the challenge of Jesus remains revolutionary, humane and of immense contemporary importance.
Doubts and Loves is a radical but accessible work of scholarship - a blueprint...
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Have you ever felt not good enough or unworthy to be loved by God? When you fall short, do you feel a bit distant from God? Do you think that before you got saved, or if you are not saved, God's love is not available to you? Do you think there are certain things you have to do to receive God's love? God's Love: No Limits, No Boundaries is written to show you how God's love is unconditional and comes in different forms depending on how you need to...
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It's a simple claim, really - that for Christians, being a Christian should be their primary allegiance and identity. For those who proclaim Jesus as Lord, this identity should supersede all others, and this loyalty should trump all lesser ones. It may be a simple claim, but it is a controversial one for many people, Christians and non-Christians alike.
The Borders of Baptism uses the idea of solidarity among Christians as a lens through which to...
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"Ofrendas Sagradas: Explorando el Poder y la Tradición del Ebbo en la Espiritualidad Yoruba" es una obra cautivadora que sumerge a los lectores en el fascinante mundo de las prácticas espirituales yoruba. A través de estas páginas, se desentrañan los misterios del Ebbo, una ceremonia de ofrendas profundamente arraigada en la rica tradición religiosa de la cultura yoruba.Desde los fundamentos de la creencia yoruba hasta la intricada elaboración...
12) Salmos Modernos
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Los salmos modernos aparecen como expresiones poéticas y reflexivas de la vida en la era digital. Inspirados por la intersección de la espiritualidad, la tecnología y las experiencias humanas contemporáneas.Estos nuevos salmos ofrecen una mirada única y actualizada a los anhelos, desafíos y búsquedas del alma en un mundo cada vez más convulsionado, explorando los rincones cotidianos de nuestra existencia, en la vida urbana, en la interconexión...
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Las historias nacionales que surgieron a la sombra del desarrollo de los Estados nacionales recuperaron buena parte de sus pasados históricos. Pero bien es cierto que lo hicieron a expensas de no pocas idealizaciones y desde luego con la finalidad última de otorgar a la historia de esas "naciones", emergentes políticamente en ese siglo xix y buena parte del XX, un protagonismo que en muchos casos se hizo exagerado. Las realidades políticas de...
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The author suffered from repeated depressions after his ordination to the Catholic priesthood. The depression once for all ceased after his sacramental marriage. The reactions to this marriage from the hierarchy, who stuck to tradition, could hardly be other than negative, although no-one could refute the arguments of the author. Nevertheless he was not officially readmitted to the Catholic priesthood, even if some Catholic communities welcome his...
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Paul L. Holmer (1916-2004) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota (1946-1960) and Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School (1960-1987). Among his many accomplishments, Holmer was one of the most significant American students of Kierkegaard of his generation. Although written in the 1950s and 1960s, Holmer's theological and philosophical engagement with Kierkegaard challenges much in the contemporary...
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In A Faith Not Worth Fighting For, editors Justin Bronson Barringer and Tripp York have assembled a number of essays by pastors, activists, and scholars in order to address the common questions and objections leveled against the Christian practice of nonviolence. Assuming that the command to love one's enemies is at the heart of the Gospel, these writers carefully, faithfully--and no doubt provocatively--attempt to explain why the nonviolent path...
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All men born by women have one battle or the other. We are all bound by Satan from the creation and we all need to be loosed and only Yeshua HaMashiach can truly loose man and loose man indeed. All other freedom which is not from God will end up in hell. Many of us have life but not life in abundant, many of us are free but not free indeed.The Bible says you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. There are things and truth you need...
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Pastors and ministers have one of the most challenging jobs on Earth. Of all their tasks, one responsibility they cannot neglect is teaching the word of God. Unfortunately, church leaders seldom have enough time to prepare Bible studies for their congregation. This book is a quick resource to help fill that gap. These thematically arranged Bible studies each contain an introduction to a topic and a list of relevant Scripture readings for that topic....
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This book records a set of dialogues between scientists, theologians, and philosophers on what can be done to prevent a global slide into ecological collapse. It is a uniquely multidisciplinary book that exemplifies the kinds of cultural and scholarly dialogue urgently needed to address the threat to the earth represented by our super-industrial civilization. The authors debate the conventional account of nature conservation as protection from human...
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Israel's Messiah and the People of God presents a rich and diverse selection of essays by theologian Mark Kinzer, whose work constitutes a pioneering step in Messianic Jewish theology. Including several pieces never before published, this collection illuminates Kinzer's thought on topics such as Oral Torah, Jewish prayer, eschatology, soteriology, and Messianic Jewish-Catholic dialogue. This volume offers the reader numerous portals into the vision...
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