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The World's Christians: Who they are, Where they are, and How they got there
by Douglas JacobsenWritten by an award-winning author, this well-organized and comprehensive introduction to global Christianity illuminates the many ways the world's Christians live their faith today. Covers the entire globe: Africa, Asia, and Latin America as well as Europe, North America, and the Pacific Provides impartial, in-depth descriptions of the world's four major Christian traditions: Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, and Pentecostal/Charismatic Utilizes the best available sources to produce an up-to-date profile of demographic trends in the Christian population Blends history, sociology, anthropology, and theology to create a rich, multi-layered analysis of the world Christian movement Features clear maps and 4-color illustrations throughout the volume
The World's Christians: Who They Are, Where They Are, and How They Got There
by Douglas JacobsenThis accessible textbook describes Christianity, the world’s largest religion, in all of its historical and contemporary diversity. No other publication includes so much information or presents it so clearly and winsomely. This volume employs a “religious studies” approach that is neutral in tone yet accommodates the lived experiences of Christians in different traditions and from all regions of the globe. The World’s Christians is a perfect textbook for either public university classrooms or liberal arts campuses. Divided into three parts, the text first describes the world’s four largest Christian traditions (Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Pentecostal) which together account for roughly 98 percent of all Christians worldwide. A second section focuses on Christian history, explaining the movement’s developing ideas and practices and examining Christianity’s engagement with people and cultures around the world. The third and longest portion of the text details the distinctive experiences, contemporary challenges, and demographics of Christians in nine geographic regions, including the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Eastern and Western Europe, South Asia, North America, East Asia, and Oceania. The second edition of this popular text has been thoroughly rewritten to take recent developments into account, and each chapter now includes two primary source readings, highlighting the diversity of voices that exist within the world Christian movement. Like the first edition, the revised text is enhanced with easily understandable maps, charts, tables and illustrative photographs. In summary, this new and improved second edition of The World’s Christians is: <div style="margin
Worlds Collide
by Alison StrobelSome Decisions Change Your Day. Some Will Change Your Life.While the headlines screamed "Hollywood Heartthrob Marries Girl Next Door," the public relationship of Jack Harrington and Grace Winslowe never revealed the private struggles that threatened to pull them apart-and when celebrity biographer Jada Eastman starts digging, she discovers that there's more to this couple than anyone could guess.Their relationship began like a scene from one of Jack's movies. Leaving behind a dead-end relationship and the bitter Chicago winter, Grace had moved to Southern California to start a new life. Meanwhile, Jack had established himself as an up-and-comer with considerable acting talent, and a private heartache. When a fateful accident pulled the two of them together, they couldn't avoid their initial attraction or the vast differences in their values and lifestyles.Now, against the backdrop of Beverly Hills and the 24/7 nature of the entertainment world, Jada grapples with her own beliefs as she encounters the spiritual chasm of this famous couple. Can Grace and Jack face the consequences of their own personal histories-and can the biographer avoid being affected? As the three of them examine the couple's bittersweet story, it becomes clear that everyday decisions can carry lifetime consequences when individual worlds collide.From the Trade Paperback edition.
The World's Easiest Guide to Finances (The World's Easiest Guide)
by Larry BurkettMany financial resources are confusing to the average person. Leading Christian financial expert Larry Burkett answers the call for a simplified, yet comprehensive guide to financial management with The World's Easiest Guide to Finances. It is a comprehensive reference work that makes complicated terms and concepts easy to grasp with a touch of humor, and builds the confidence of a person of any experience level that they can understand and implement the information. Features helpful CD-ROM with the following contents: Interactive Budgeting Guide: Users simply enter their current expenses and this handy guide provides a visual representation of their budgets. The Debt Eliminator: Users enter debts amounts, payment information, and interest rates, and this helpful tool gives prioritized plans to pay off their debts.
The World's Easiest Guide to Finances (The World's Easiest Guide)
by Larry BurkettMany financial resources are confusing to the average person. Leading Christian financial expert Larry Burkett answers the call for a simplified, yet comprehensive guide to financial management with The World's Easiest Guide to Finances. It is a comprehensive reference work that makes complicated terms and concepts easy to grasp with a touch of humor, and builds the confidence of a person of any experience level that they can understand and implement the information. Features helpful CD-ROM with the following contents: Interactive Budgeting Guide: Users simply enter their current expenses and this handy guide provides a visual representation of their budgets. The Debt Eliminator: Users enter debts amounts, payment information, and interest rates, and this helpful tool gives prioritized plans to pay off their debts.
The World's Great Wisdom: Timeless Teachings from Religions and Philosophies (SUNY series in Integral Theory)
by Roger WalshWhat is wisdom and how is it cultivated? These are among the most important questions we can ask, but questions that have been routinely ignored in modern times. In the twentieth century, the search for wisdom was replaced by a search for knowledge as science and technology promised answers to life's ills. However, along with scientific achievements came disasters, particularly the devastation of the planet through the accelerating use of modern technology. In an era drenched in data, a desire for wisdom has been reborn. Where can we go to learn about wisdom? The answer is clear: to the world's great religions and their accompanying philosophies and psychologies. The World's Great Wisdom makes these treasuries available. Practitioners from each of the great religions—as well as from Western philosophy and contemporary research—provide summaries of their traditions' understandings of wisdom, the means for cultivating it, and its implications for the modern world. This book offers distillations of the world's accumulated wisdom—ancient and modern, religious and scientific, philosophical and psychological. It is a unique resource that for the first time in history brings together our collective understanding of wisdom and the ways to develop it.
The World's Greatest Book: The Story of How the Bible Came to Be
by Lawrence H. Schiffman Jerry Pattengale Museum of the Bible BooksWelcome to the Fascinating Story of How We Got The World’s Greatest Book—The Bible. It is a captivating story that includes a little bit of everything: adventure and violence, mystery and bravery, and dumb luck or divine intervention—depending on your point of view. How in the world did we get this book that some people swear by—and other people swear at? You don’t have to be a skeptic to have a grocery list of questions about the formation of the Bible, such as: —Who wrote these documents and when? —How were these ancient writings transmitted through the ages? —As scribes made copies of copies, didn’t they make mistakes that caused the ancient writings to be changed and corrupted? —How was it decided which writings would be included in the Bible? —What are the Dead Sea Scrolls, and why are archaeological finds like these such a big deal? Devoted people dedicated their lives throughout time to put this unique book into the hands of people worldwide. Retrace the passion and intrigue behind the Bible’s creation.
World's Greatest Collection of Church Jokes
by Paul M. MillerDoes God have a sense of humor? He must have - He made us, didn't He? 500 stories and jokes about preachers, deacons, pew sitters, Sunday school teachers and kids.
World’s Greatest Influencer
by Peter TonnaMany, including those who profess the Christian faith, don’t have a thorough understanding of what Jesus taught on certain issues. Many still seem to think that Christianity supports racism, condones slavery and the oppression of women. I wrote this book to shed light on the truth about what Jesus taught and delve into the issues that affect our society today as much as it did two thousand years ago. This book focuses on the influence and legacy of Jesus’ life and teachings, particularly on topics such as: women, slavery, racism, politics, ethics and morality, love, and religion. I delve into the not-so-obvious truths that might otherwise be overlooked. I also explain the meaning and context of some of the questionable passages that seem to contradict Jesus’ teachings. While Jesus is both divine and human, I focus on Jesus–the man–his human side, appealing to people of all faiths and none.
Worlds in Harmony: Compassionate Action For A Better World
by Daniel Goleman Dalai LamaRe-released in time when the relations between China and Tibet and the recent atrocities once again receive close scrutiny in the world media, "Worlds in Harmony" explores the nature of suffering and its release through compassionate action. Its main focus is on the insight that a deep awareness of our shared desire to avoid pain leads to awareness of our responsibility to relieve others of suffering. One of the Dalai Lama's most striking qualities is his genuine interest in western scientific and social thought. He firmly believes that if Buddhism is to have relevance in today's world, it must be flexible and dynamic, able to take in new ideas and transform itself to new situations. By addressing wide-ranging issues like the environmental destruction, political oppression and torture, the nature of anger, and the application of Buddhist principles in the West, "Worlds in Harmony" integrates timeless Buddhist insights with modern Western psychological theory. It offers the reader deep insights into the relation between awareness and right action, bridging personal consciousness and global concerns. By stating that insight is of no use unless it results in action, the Dalai Lama teaches ways of being, thinking, and acting in the world that are based on equanimity and deep understanding.
Worlds in Harmony: Compassionate Action for a Better World
by Daniel Goleman The Dalai LamaOne of the Dalai Lama's most striking qualities is his genuine interest in Western scientific and social thought. <P><P>He firmly believes that if Buddhism is to have relevance today, it must be flexible and dynamic, able to take in new ideas and adapt to new situations. In Worlds in Harmony, he combines timeless Buddhist teachings with modern Western psychological theory to address such diverse issues as environmental destruction, political oppression, the nature of anger, and the application of Buddhist principles in the West. Writing that insight is of no use unless it results in action, he offers new ways of being, thinking, and acting in the world that are based on equanimity and deep understanding. Worlds in Harmony is a timely source book on the practice of healing and compassionate action in daily life.
Worlds in Harmony: Compassionate Action for a Better World
by His Holiness the Dalai LamaThis is the ebook version of Worlds in Harmony>. In Worlds in Harmony, the Dalai Lama explores the nature of suffering and its release through compassionate action. The book focuses on the understanding that a deep awareness of our shared desire to avoid pain leads to an awareness of our responsibility to relieve others of suffering. Worlds in Harmony offers the reader insight into the relation between awareness and right action, and bridges personal consciousness and global concerns. With the knowledge that insight is of no use unless it results in action, the Dalai Lama teaches ways of being, thinking, and acting in the world that are based on equanimity and understanding.
The World's Last Night
by C. S. LewisIn seven witty, lucid, tough-minded essays, Lewis considers questions that challenge the faith of modern Christians. He discusses such topics as the efficacy of prayer, the various uses of the phrase "I believe," the religious implications of life on other planets, the meaning of words like "culture" and "religion," and the idea of the Second Coming.
The World's Last Night: And Other Essays
by C. S. LewisA repackaged edition of the revered author’s anthology of satirical yet serious essays on evil.In these spirited essays, C. S. Lewis—the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics—discusses evil in the world. Blending irony, humor, and paradox, he tackles religion’s most difficult and intriguing questions regarding immorality, belief, and the meaning of prayer. Best of all, the infamous Screwtape makes a special cameo appearance in this funny and poignant collection.
The World's Most Haunted Hospitals: True-Life Paranormal Encounters in Asylums, Hospitals, and Institutions (Harrowing Haunts Ser.)
by Richard EstepIf hospital walls could talk, what tales would they tell?Hospitals are the nexus point between life and death, the place into which people enter this world, but also exit it. In The Worlds Most Haunted Hospitals, paramedic and paranormal investigator Richard Estep recounts some of the most fascinatingand often chillingstories of hospital hauntings from across the globe, including:The ghostly apparitions at an old Utah hospital, now a nursing home, whose appearances are said to predict a patients death.The Italian island referred to by locals as "the gateway to Hell," where the restless spirits of thousands of plague victims prowl the dark streets and fields.The terrifying screams and violent phenomena that keep visitors away from an abandoned airbase hospital in the Philippines.The ghostly nurse in grey who haunts the corridors of a London hospital and has frightened generations of doctors and nurses encountering her restless spirit.Join Richard on this fascinating journey around the world, stopping off at a wide spectrum of haunted hospitals and asylums, old and new, and shiver at the personal encounters of doctors, nurses, patients, and others with the strange and inexplicable.
The World's Most Haunted House: The True Story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist on Lindley Street
by William J. HallA paranormal investigator reveals the full story behind one of America&’s most famous hauntings: the 1974 Bridgeport Poltergeist. In 1974, news reports of paranormal phenomena witnessed by police in Bridgeport, Conecticut, drew crowds of thousands to an otherwise normal New England home. National media reported jumping furniture, floating refrigerators, and attacking entities. None of these events were ever explained. Now the story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist is at last revealed. Decades after the publicity quieted, paranormal investigator uncovered more than 40 hours of never-before-released interviews with police officers, firefighters, and others who saw the hauntings firsthand. In this unprecedented work, Hall tells the full story, revealing excerpts from actual interviews, police reports, and rare documents
The World's Most Haunted Places, Revised Edition: From the Secret Files of Ghostvillage.com
by Jeff BelangerThe Worlds Most Haunted Places, Revised Edition explores the history, folklore, and ghostly legends behind some of the worlds most fascinating points of interest. Now in its second edition, Belanger revisits some of the most famous haunts with new first-hand accounts, chapters, and locations.Ghostly legends abound wherever history has made its mark. Battlefields, prisons, asylums, national monumentsall of them have stories to tell. Their ghosts still lurk, demanding that we remember the past. Theyre real. Theyre out there. And Jeff Belanger has found them:President Lincoln has been walking the halls of the White House in Washington, DC, for more than a century.The Queen Mary may just be the most storied and haunted ship on the planet.The catacombs of Paris contain the skeletal remains of six million bodies...and many of their ghosts.And the Tower of London is haunted by noblemen and commonerssome still searching for the heads they lost more than 500 years ago.Take a world tour of history, the supernatural, and the macabre. You will explore libraries, museums, restaurants, inns, and landmarks from North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. But be careful: The Worlds Most Haunted Places, may make you a believer!
Worlds of Sense: Exploring the senses in history and across cultures (Routledge Revivals)
by Constance ClassenFirst published in 1993, Worlds of Sense is an exploration of the historical and cultural formation of the senses. As the author demonstrates, different cultures have strikingly different ways of ‘making sense’ of the world. In the modern urban West, we are accustomed to thinking in terms of visual models such as ‘world view,’ whereas the Ongee of the Andaman Islands, for example, live in a world ordered by smell and the Tzotzil of Mexico hold that temperature is the basic force of the cosmos. In a fascinating examination of the role of the senses in diverse societies and eras, Constance Classen shows the extent to which perception is shaped by and expressive of cultural values. This book will be of interest to students of cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, and philosophy.
Worlds Of Wonder, Days Of Judgment
by David D. HallThis book tells an extraordinary story of the people of early New England and their spiritual lives. It is about ordinary people--farmers, housewives, artisans, merchants, sailors, aspiring scholars--struggling to make sense of their time and place on earth. David Hall describes a world of religious consensus and resistance: a variety of conflicting beliefs and believers ranging from the committed core to outright dissenters. He reveals for the first time the many-layered complexity of colonial religious life, and the importance within it of traditions derived from those of the Old World. We see a religion of the laity that was to merge with the tide of democratic nationalism in the nineteenth century, and that remains with us today as the essence of Protestant America.
The World's Oldest Church
by Michael PeppardMichael Peppard provides a historical and theological reassessment of the oldest Christian building ever discovered, the third-century house-church at Dura-Europos. Contrary to commonly held assumptions about Christian initiation, Peppard contends that rituals here did not primarily embody notions of death and resurrection. Rather, he portrays the motifs of the church's wall paintings as those of empowerment, healing, marriage, and incarnation, while boldly reidentifying the figure of a woman formerly believed to be a repentant sinner as the Virgin Mary. This richly illustrated volume is a breakthrough work that enhances our understanding of early Christianity at the nexus of Bible, art, and ritual.
The World's Religions: Continuities and Transformations
by Peter B. ClarkeThis comprehensive volume focuses on the world's religions and the changes they have undergone as they become more global and diverse in form. It explores the religions of the world not only in the regions with which they have been historically associated, but also looks at the new cultural and religious contexts in which they are developing. It considers the role of migration in the spread of religions by examining the issues raised for modern societies by the increasing interaction of different religions. The volume also addresses such central questions as the dynamics of religious innovation which is evidenced in the rise and impact of new religious and new spirituality movements in every continent.
The World's Religions: The Study Of Religion, Traditional And New Religion (The\world's Religions Ser.)
by Peter Clarke Stewart SutherlandExamines the `primitive' (traditional) non -mainstream religion and also 20th century sects such as the Moonies and Scientology. Looks at the `nature' of religion - the general philosophical issues. Written by international specialists.
The World's Religions: A Contemporary Reader
by Arvind SharmaHistory is never contemporary, for the contemporary is perpetually slipping into history, but with some license one may refer to the immediate past as contemporary history. This point possesses some additional justification when the field to which it is applied is that of the world's religions because so much has happened in such a small time in the recent past, so far as this world's religions are concerned. To grasp this point one needs to realize that what may be called the "secular hypothesis" dominated the worldview not only of academia and the media but also the world of politicians and bureaucrats not that long ago. The belief was so widespread as to have been left virtually unarticulated, that religion as a factor in human affairs was either destined to oblivion, as the Communists would have us believe, or destined to retreat into the private realm, as liberal ideology, characterized by capitalism, would have us imagine. Not many cared about the world's religions at the turn of the century, when secularization, hand in hand with globalization, seemed to be proceeding apace, converting the world into both one market and one marketplace of ideas, promising homogeneity as a unifying force for humanity, destined to erode religious diversity as all of us became more like each other. The Iranian Revolution of 1979 could then be treated like a retrogressive hiccup of tradition in this forward march of modernity.
The World's Religions
by Huston SmithDescribes the similarities and differences between Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity and primal religions.
The World's Religions
by Huston SmithThe World’s Religions, by beloved author and pioneering professor Huston Smith (Tales of Wonder), is the definitive classic for introducing the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as well as regional native traditions. <p><p>This revised and updated edition provides sympathetic descriptions of the various traditions, explaining how they work “from the inside,” which is a big reason why this cherished classic has sold more than two million copies since it first appeared in 1958.