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Divining the Leaves
by Shveta Thakrar"Filled with beautiful and dangerous magic, this book swirls around you like irresistible perfume." —Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The SpellshopFrom critically acclaimed author Shveta Thakrar comes a beautifully imagined contemporary fantasy about two teens, one a believer of magic who yearns to belong, the other a skeptic searching for an escape, who find themselves embroiled in a twisty world of court intrigue when they venture into a forest ruled by yakshas, mysterious woodland spirits drawn from Hindu and Buddhist folklore.Plant-loving Ridhi Kapadia and popular Nilesh Batra were friends once.Now, seventeen and alone, Ridhi blends natural perfumes, wears flower crowns, and wanders her local woods, listening for the leafy whispers of her beloved trees. Pleading for the yakshas to admit her into their enchanted forest kingdom, where she knows she truly belongs.After learning his parents’ perfect marriage is a sham and getting suspended from school, a heartsick Nilesh lands at Ridhi’s doorstep—the last thing either of them wants. So when a pretty yakshini offers him the distraction of magic, the same magic he mocked Ridhi for believing in, he jumps at it.Furious, Ridhi strikes a bargain with a noblewoman of the yaksha court. In exchange for helping restore her reputation, Lady Sulochana will turn Ridhi into the yakshini she yearns to be—and teach her to divine the trees’ murmurs.But when Nilesh ends up trapped in the yakshas’ realm, Ridhi realizes the leaves might be telling a disturbing story about the forest her heart is rooted in—one that, even if the two of them band together, threatens to shred the future like so many thorns.
Divining the Self: A Study in Yoruba Myth and Human Consciousness (Signifying (on) Scriptures #1)
by Velma E. LoveDivining the Self weaves elements of personal narrative, myth, history, and interpretive analysis into a vibrant tapestry that reflects the textured, embodied, and performative nature of scripture and scripturalizing practices. Velma Love examines the Odu—the Yoruba sacred scriptures—along with the accompanying mythology, philosophy, and ritual technologies engaged by African Americans. Drawing from the personal narratives of African American Ifa practitioners along with additional ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Oyotunji African Village, South Carolina, and New York City, Love’s work explores the ways in which an ancient worldview survives in modern times. Divining the Self also takes up the challenge of determining what it means for the scholar of religion to study scripture as both text and performance. This work provides an excellent case study of the sociocultural phenomenon of scripturalizing practices.
Divining the Self: A Study in Yoruba Myth and Human Consciousness (Signifying (on) Scriptures)
by Velma E. LoveDivining the Self weaves elements of personal narrative, myth, history, and interpretive analysis into a vibrant tapestry that reflects the textured, embodied, and performative nature of scripture and scripturalizing practices. Velma Love examines the Odu—the Yoruba sacred scriptures—along with the accompanying mythology, philosophy, and ritual technologies engaged by African Americans. Drawing from the personal narratives of African American Ifa practitioners along with additional ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Oyotunji African Village, South Carolina, and New York City, Love’s work explores the ways in which an ancient worldview survives in modern times. Divining the Self also takes up the challenge of determining what it means for the scholar of religion to study scripture as both text and performance. This work provides an excellent case study of the sociocultural phenomenon of scripturalizing practices.
Divinity and Maximal Greatness (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion)
by Daniel HillThis book examines the divine nature in terms of maximal greatness. It investigates each attribute associated with maximal greatness - omnipotence, omniscience, perfect goodness, eternity, and beauty, arguing that maximal greatness is necessary and sufficient for divinity.
The Divinity of Dogs: True Stories of Miracles Inspired by Man's Best Friend
by Jennifer Skiff“My dogs have been the reason I have woken up every single day of my life with a smile on my face. I am among the ranks of millions of people who appreciate the souls of dogs and know they are a gift of pure love and an example of all that is good.” —Jennifer Skiff The Divinity of Dogs is about the moments you learn something profound about life from an experience with a dog. Featuring more than seventy stories culled from hundreds of submissions to the author’s website, these inspiring and heartwarming true stories show where love, tolerance, comfort, compassion, loyalty, joyfulness, and even death have provided experiences that have led to spiritual enlightenment. You’ll meet Little Bit, the Chihuahua who detected a small lump in her owner’s breast, a growth even doctors couldn’t find. There’s Emma, the devoted Rottweiler who ferociously grabbed her owner’s arm at the moment he was trying to commit suicide, saving his life. You’ll be inspired by Luna, the Retriever who dragged her owner to safety after she collapsed late at night in a field. And you’ll fall in love with the many dogs who simply provide steady comfort when needed— dogs like Bo, the Boxer who soothed his mistress after the loss of her son. The author also weaves her own experiences with dogs throughout the book, showing how they comforted her through mistreatment as a child, a divorce, and a cancer diagnosis. The stories that make up The Divinity of Dogs provide hope, help, and healing for readers in the complex and difficult times in which we live. Whether you believe dogs are divine or are actually a gift from the divine, The Divinity of Dogs gives you permission to accept what you know: dogs are healers, educators, protectors, and tangible examples of pure love.
Divinity of Doubt
by Vincent BugliosiVincent Bugliosi turns his critical eye on both religious believers and the atheists who reflexively oppose them. Here he indicts both camps, and argues why agnosticism is the most responsible position to take with regard to such eternal questions as the existence of God. Bugliosi examines such developements as the decline of belief in evolution and the disturbing vengefulness of God as depicted in the Old Testament. He also questions that an all-powerful and all-knowing creator would have so badly miscalculated free will, leaving human beings to persecute and murder their fellow human beings. Vincent Bugliosi sets a new course - a middle path that urges us to recognize the limits of what we know, and what we cannot know about the ineffable mysteries of existence.
Divinity of Doubt
by Vincent BugliosiVincent Bugliosi, whom many view as the nation's foremost prosecutor, has successfully taken on, in court or on the pages of his books, the most notorious murderers of the last half century--Charles Manson, O.J. Simpson, and Lee Harvey Oswald. Now, in the most controversial book of his celebrated career, he turns his incomparable prosecutorial eye on the greatest target of all: God. In making his case for agnosticism, Bugliosi has very arguably written the most powerful indictment ever of God, organized religion, theism, and atheism. Theists will be left reeling by the commanding nature of Bugliosi's extraordinary arguments against them. And, with his trademark incisive logic and devastating wit, he exposes the intellectual poverty of atheism and skewers its leading popularizers--Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Richard Dawkins. Joining a 2,000-year-old conversation which no one has contributed anything significant to for years, Bugliosi, in addition to destroying the all-important Christian argument of intelligent design, remarkably--yes, scarily--shakes the very foundations of Christianity by establishing that Jesus was not born of a virgin, and hence was not the son of God, that scripture in reality supports the notion of no free will, and that the immortality of the soul was a pure invention of Plato that Judaism and Christianity were forced to embrace because without it there is no life after death. Destined to be an all-time classic, Bugliosi's Divinity of Doubt sets a new course amid the explosion of bestselling books on atheism and theism--the middle path of agnosticism. In recognizing the limits of what we know, Bugliosi demonstrates that agnosticism is he most intelligent and responsible position to take on the eternal question of God's existence.
The Divinity of Sex
by Charles PickstoneOverviewIn this fascinating new inquiry into contemporary culture, Charles Pickstone, a priest, argues that the pervasiveness of sex in our society mirrors religion's former glory. Indeed, according to Pickstone, sex has usurped religion's position on the spiritual pedestal. In this time of increasing secularization, our traditional views of sex have fallen by the wayside. The religious right bemoans our so-called hedonism as a retreat from religion and values. Yet Pickstone challenges the belief that we have lost our spirituality and have become a world of lost souls damned for eternity. His book provides a sober and lucid response to our concerns about where our society is headed. Pickstone clearly demonstrates how we often describe sex in metaphors of natural, and even supernatural phenomena: The earth moves, oceans swell, and storms rage. Moreover, Pickstone argues, we find in both sexual and religious passion the same transcendence of self that constitutes a spiritual experience. Barriers break down as we are transported to another reality of ecstasy and heightened experience.
The Divisions of French Catholicism, 1629-1645: 'The Parting of the Ways' (Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700)
by Anthony D. WrightFor much of the sixteenth-century, France was wracked with religious strife, as the Wars of Religion pitted Catholic against Protestant. Whilst the conversion of Henri IV to Catholicism ended much of the conflict, the ensuing peace highlighted the fractious nature of French Catholicism and the many competing threads that ran through it. This book investigates the gradual division of the French Catholic reform movement, often associated with those known as the 'devots' during the first half of the seventeenth century. Such division, it is argued, was emerging before the publication in France (1641) of the posthumous 'Augustinus' of Jansenius, not simply as a sequel to that. Those who were already distinguishing themselves from other 'devots' before that date were thus not yet identifiable as 'Jansenists'. Rather, the initial defining sentiment was increasing French hostility towards Jesuit involvement in Catholic Reform, both at home and abroad. Drawing on sources from the Jesuit archives in Rome and on Port-Royal material in Paris, the book begins with an investigation into the development of Catholic Reform in France, showing the problems that emerged before 1629 and the degree to which these were or were not resolved. The second half of the book contrasts the fragmentation of the movement in the years beyond 1629, and the context of Richelieu's new directions in French foreign policy. Covering a crucial period in the lead up to the establishment of an absolute monarchy in France, this book provides a rich new explanation of the development of French political and ecclesiastical history. It will be of interest not only to those studying the early modern period, but to anyone wishing to understand the roots of French secular society.
Divorce and Remarriage
by Tony EvansThere are many views today on morality, relativity and right and wrong. Dr. Tony Evans refuses to let the voice of God be drowned out amidst the clamor of the crowd. In the age where people can get a &“no-fault&” divorce (When is it ever nobody&’s fault?) believers who claim to live by God&’s word cannot dodge the issue: we cannot skip it, run from it, or ignore it. God has spoken clearly on this subject and while it is far from easy to address, it must be dealt with. Combining a high view of marriage, compassion, and biblical authority, Tony Evans gives invaluable insight into divorce and remarriage as he explores real-life fears and questions by looking at the issue from God&’s vantage point, not from our emotional one.
Divorce and Remarriage
by Tony EvansThere are many views today on morality, relativity and right and wrong. Dr. Tony Evans refuses to let the voice of God be drowned out amidst the clamor of the crowd. In the age where people can get a &“no-fault&” divorce (When is it ever nobody&’s fault?) believers who claim to live by God&’s word cannot dodge the issue: we cannot skip it, run from it, or ignore it. God has spoken clearly on this subject and while it is far from easy to address, it must be dealt with. Combining a high view of marriage, compassion, and biblical authority, Tony Evans gives invaluable insight into divorce and remarriage as he explores real-life fears and questions by looking at the issue from God&’s vantage point, not from our emotional one.
Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible: The Social and Literary Context
by David Instone-BrewerTo many, the New Testament's teaching on divorce and remarriage seems to be both impractical and unfair. The "plain" meaning of the texts allows for divorce only in cases of adultery or desertion, and it does not permit remarriage until the death of one's former spouse. But are these proscriptions the final word for Christians today? Are we correctly reading the scriptures that address these issues?By looking closely at the biblical texts on divorce and remarriage in light of the first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman world, this book shows that the original audience of the New Testament heard these teachings differently. Through a careful exploration of the background literature of the Old Testament, the ancient Near East, and especially ancient Judaism, David Instone-Brewer constructs a biblical view of divorce and remarriage that is wider in scope than present-day readings.Among the important findings of the book are that both Jesus and Paul condemned divorce without valid grounds and discouraged divorce even for valid grounds; that both Jesus and Paul affirmed the Old Testament grounds for divorce; that the Old Testament allowed divorce for adultery and for neglect or abuse; and that both Jesus and Paul condemned remarriage after an invalid divorce but not after a valid divorce. Instone-Brewer shows that these principles are not only different from the traditional church interpretation of the New Testament but also directly relevant to modern relationships.Enhanced with pastoral advice on how to apply the biblical teaching in today's context, this volume will be a valuable resource for anyone seeking serious answers about married life.
Divorce and Remarriage in the Church: Biblical Solutions for Pastoral Realities
by David Instone-BrewerWill God allow me to divorce my abusive husband? Would it be a sin if I remarried? Divorce and remarriage are major pastoral issues facing every church. Yet when we turn to Scripture for guidance, we often hear conflicting messages about its teachings. David Instone-Brewer shows how, when properly understood, the New Testament provides faithful, realistic and wise guidance of crucial importance and practical help for the church today.
Divorce, Annulments, and the Catholic Church: Healing or Hurtful?
by Craig Everett Richard JenksExplore the meaning of annulment to Catholics and the Church!This valuable book examines the use of annulment by the Catholic Church to grant divorced Catholics the right to remarry within the Church. Divorce, Annulments, and the Catholic Church: Healing or Hurtful? is the first published study on annulments with wide-scale usage of questionnaires and interviews comparing Catholics who have sought an annulment with divorced Catholics who have not sought an annulment as well as married Catholics. In addition to delivering a quantitative analysis of the responses to various questions (religious, social, or psychological), it explains in lay terms what annulments are and what the acceptable grounds are for annulment and takes you step-by-step through the process of obtaining one. This insightful book also contains case studies of individuals who have been hurt by annulments and offers suggestions on how people who want to contest an annulment should proceed.This well-referenced book: explores the factors that lead to divorce provides a theoretical perspective as to why people either support or oppose annulments examines the religious influence on divorce and remarriage discusses the social integration-related aspects of annulment and divorce for Catholics presents recommendations for petitioners, respondents, clerics, and the members of tribunals who act as advocates, defenders, and judgesDivorce, Annulments, and the Catholic Church is an invaluable reference work for counselors dealing with the issue of divorce for Catholics, non-Catholics whose former spouses are seeking annulments, divorced Catholics who are contemplating an annulment, members of the clergy, and members of marriage tribunals and Family Life groups.
Divorce For Dummies, UK Edition
by Thelma Fisher John Ventura Mary Reed Hilary Woodward Elizabeth WalshThere's no such thing as an easy divorce. On top of the emotional turmoil, there are also numerous other concerns - from organising finances and splitting property, to breaking the news to children, and picking the best lawyer. This comprehensive guide shows that, with a clear-head and straight-talking advice, divorce can be swifter and easier than expected, letting you make a clean break and move on with confidence.Divorce For Dummies includes the most up-to-date information on:What to Do First When Things Start to Go WrongSeparation: A Healthy Breather or a Prelude to Divorce?Helping Your Children Get Through Your DivorcePre-marital AgreementsSame-sex and DIY divorcesAbout the authorElizabeth Walsh is a legal expert and the Editor of Family Law, recently voted 'Legal Journal of the Year'.Thelma Fisher is a former chair of the UK College of Family Mediators and has been involved in mediation for over twenty years.
Divorce Is Not the Answer
by Marilyn HickeyThe adultery boom is on! Growing acceptance of this age-old sin is upon us. And if you haven't felt its shock waves yet, hold on - you will. This is America, the "exploding" society of the sophisticated, sexually-liberated, swinging adult. DIVORCE IS NOT THE ANSWER allows the ancient prophet Hosea dealt with his strumpet wife Gomer, we too must learn to master our moral destiny or become slaves to infidelity. Woven into this study from the Book of Hosea is the true story of a high-class prostitute. A "girl-gone bad" tells it like it is. This book will have you so concerned you will do something about it!
The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story from Inside the Vatican
by Catherine FletcherIn 1533 the English monarch Henry VIII decided to divorce his wife of twenty years Catherine of Aragon in pursuit of a male heir to ensure the Tudor line. He was also head over heels in love with his wife's lady in waiting Anne Boleyn, the future mother of Elizabeth I. But getting his freedom involved a terrific web of intrigue through the enshrined halls of the Vatican that resulted in a religious schism and the formation of the Church of England. Henry's man in Rome was a wily Italian diplomat named Gregorio Casali who drew no limits on skullduggery including kidnapping, bribery and theft to make his king a free man. In this absorbing narrative, winner of the Rome Fellowship prize and University of Durham historian Catherine Fletcher draws on hundreds of previously-unknown Italian archive documents to tell the colorful tale from the inside story inside the Vatican.
Divorce & Remarriage: A Redemptive Theology
by Rubel ShellyIn this book, a serious scholar with extensive experience in ministry looks at the question of divorce and remarriage. He offers a redemptive theology that affirms the importance of marriage, the urgency of helping people survive their marital crises, and the redemptive mercies and grace of God for those who have divorced and remarried.
Divorce to Wholeness (The Freedom Series)
by Michelle Borquez Sharon Kay Ball Paige HendersonWhen divorce has left you feeling like an open−heart surgery patient without the anesthetic, where can you go for divorce care? Divorce to Wholeness has stories from women just like you−those who have been through a tragedy they did not want, and found recovery. Authors Michelle Borquez and Sharon Kay Ball can promise you this: you will live, you will laugh, and you will love again. Walk through Christian divorce recovery with these women who know how terrible you feel. You will survive just like they did, and gain incredible divorce advice to one day give hope to others.Sharon Kay Ball shares her journey through the waves and deserting sands of divorce. When it felt like Jesus was miles away on a ship sailing farther and farther in the opposite direction, he was actually right beside her. Likening her divorce to the stormy seas, Sharon Kay Ball shares the humiliating feelings that kept her from accepting God's plan. Life after divorce was hard for Sharon. Juggling kids and a job as a psychotherapist made it hard for her to allow herself to go through the proper steps of divorce recovery.Divorce to Wholeness lists the stages of life after divorce and eases worried moms and working professionals alike in their struggle for a balanced life. Licensed counselor Sharon Kay Ball gives practical advice on steps to freedom and how to deal with divorce.Divorce to Wholeness will bring you hope and wholeness. It will speak to your heart and will strengthen your faith. It includes questions and Scripture passages − along with space to journal.
Divorciarse de Dios: Tu elección.
by Dr Pensacola H. JeffersonDIVORCIARSE DE DIOS: TU ELECCIÓN Todos sabemos que un divorcio es la disolución de un matrimonio, en que los deberes y responsabilidades de cada cónyuge son cancelados y los votos bajo la ley, ya no son vinculantes. Para el divorcio, el matrimonio, debe pasar por un proceso legal, en un tribunal. Los motivos del divorcio varían, y en el momento del divorcio, ambas partes quieren el divorcio, o una de las partes quiere el divorcio y es concedido por la parte contraria. Cuando ocurre la apostasía, significa que la relación del pacto con Dios ha terminado. La palabra dice: “…Son sus pecados los que los han separado de Dios. …” (Isaías 59:2 NTV). Dios dice, “…Yo Jehová no cambio…” (Malaquías 3:6 RV1960). Para lograr la apostasía, el redimido pasa por un proceso espiritual de renuncia y desvinculación con Dios, el Espíritu Santo. Elige voluntariamente apartarse de la relación de pacto con Dios y volver a una vida sin él y elige abandonar votos previos y desafiar o revelarse contra la práctica de esas mismas creencias. Dios, el Espíritu Santo, concede al hombre o la mujer redimidos la elección voluntaria de apartarse de él, sin embargo su amor y las promesas de su pacto con ellos permanece fiel. (2 Timoteo 2:13 NTV). El rol de Dios en la relación del pacto con el redimido es incondicional, pero el rol del redimido “no” lo es. Cada voto y promesa que Dios hace, al hombre o la mujer redimidos, es sólido. Pero, los votos y promesas del hombre o la mujer redimidos hacia Dios no son sólidos. La conclusión es que la apostasía causa la disolución de la relación de pacto y requiere que un hombre o una mujer elijan intencionalmente dejar o abandonar la relación para terminarla. A través de las páginas de este libro veremos en detalle cómo se va dando este proceso del redimido hacia la apostasía.
Divorcing Traditions: Islamic Marriage Law and the Making of Indian Secularism
by Katherine LemonsDivorcing Traditions is an ethnography of Islamic legal expertise and practices in India, a secular state in which Muslims are a significant minority and where Islamic judgments are not legally binding. Katherine Lemons argues that an analysis of divorce in accordance with Islamic strictures is critical to the understanding of Indian secularism. Lemons analyzes four marital dispute adjudication forums run by Muslim jurists or lay Muslims to show that religious law does not muddle the categories of religion and law but generates them. Drawing on ethnographic and archival research conducted in these four institutions—NGO-run women's arbitration centers (mahila panchayats); sharia courts (dar ul-qazas); a Muslim jurist's authoritative legal opinions (fatwas); and the practice of what a Muslim legal expert (mufti) calls "spiritual healing"—Divorcing Traditions shows how secularism is an ongoing project that seeks to establish and maintain an appropriate relationship between religion and politics. A secular state is always secularizing. And yet, as Lemons demonstrates, the state is not the only arbiter of the relationship between religion and law: religious legal forums help to constitute the categories of private and public, religious and secular upon which secularism relies. In the end, because Muslim legal expertise and practice are central to the Indian legal system and because Muslim divorce's contested legal status marks a crisis of the secular distinction between religion and law, Muslim divorce, argues Lemons, is a key site for understanding Indian secularism.
Divórcio
by Susan TaubesConsiderado uma das redescobertas literárias do momento, Divórcio é um romance inovador e brilhante que coloca Susan Taubes ao lado das maiores figuras da Literatura contemporânea. Livro parcialmente autobiográfico, que conjuga ficção, memória e sonho, Divórcio é considerado uma das mais entusiasmantes redescobertas literárias do momento, que coloca Susan Taubes ao lado das maiores figuras da Literatura contemporânea. Um romance inovador e brilhante sobre o colapso de um casamento, mas acima de tudo a descrição do abismo que se abre entre uma mulher e o seu mundo interior e exterior. Sophie Blind, a protagonista desta história, revisita o passado e interpreta o presente, escava os recantos da sua consciência, por meio de episódios fragmentados, avanços e recuos - para descobrir no seu casamento, e no dos seus pais, um processo de anulação de si própria e de crescente atracção pela morte, somente interrompido pelo acto da escrita. Divórcio foi publicado em 1969 e, à época, largamente ignorado. Com a morte precoce por suicídio da sua autora acabou por cair no esquecimento. Experimental, negro e espirituoso, é o primeiro e único romance de Susan Taubes, uma das mentes mais interessantes do século XX. «Divórcio é literatura que olha para lá da vida.» THE NEW YORKER «Divórcio é feito da matéria dos cultos literários. Há livros que são meramente reeditados. Mas, neste caso, estamos perante uma ressurreição.» THE PARIS REVIEW «Uma obra extraordinária, décadas à frente do seu tempo.» THE NATION
Diwali: Festival of Lights (Orca Origins #2)
by Rina SinghDiwali explores the history of the festival of lights and examines how the festival is celebrated around the world. Rina Singh shares her personal stories and experiences of Diwali, enriching this comprehensive resource. This volume features recipes for traditional foods eaten at Diwali, including two recipes by acclaimed chef, Vikram Vij. This book is part of the Orca Origins series that explores cultural celebrations throughout the world. Rina Singh is an award-winning children’s author. Diwali was nominated for the 2018 Red Cedar Awards. Originally released in 2016, Diwali is now available in paperback.
Diwali (Candle Time)
by Denise M. JordanA simple introduction to the customs and traditions connected with the Hindu celebration of Diwali.
Diwali: A Festival of Lights (Little Golden Book)
by Anita YasudaCelebrate Diwali and learn about all of its traditions with this beautifully illustrated Little Golden Book.Join in the fun and celebrate Diwali, a festival of lights! This Little Golden Book is a great read-aloud for families getting ready to enjoy the holiday, as well as for those who want to learn more about it. From clay lamps and colorful rangoli designs to fragrant flowers and delicious foods, Diwali is a festival with lots to enjoy!