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Feliz: Salmo 92

by Sally Lloyd-Jones

Inspirado en el Salmo 92, el texto lírico de Feliz celebra todo lo que Dios regala a sus hijos y la felicidad que se encuentra al entregarle gratitud. De la autora bestseller del libro Historias de Jesús para niños, Sally Lloyd-Jones, y del premiado ilustrador Jago, llega un edificante libro de cartón que anima incluso a los creyentes más pequeños a compartir el gran amor de Dios por ellos.Todo el día te regalo mis canciones felices. Feliz recuerda a los niños que deben estar agradecidos a Dios por sus muchos favores y por su amor inquebrantable y sin límites.Feliz es perfecto para bebés y niños de 0 a 4 años y cuenta con:un texto lírico inspirado en el Salmo 92un alegre mensaje de que Dios nos hace grandes regalos por los que podemos estar eternamente agradecidosuna cubierta acolchada que se adapta perfectamente a las manos de los más pequeñoshermosas y coloridas ilustraciones que son un gran regalo para un nuevo bebé, primera comunión, dedicación o cumpleañosBusque también Cercano: Salmo 139, basado en la misma serie inspirada por Historia de Jesús para niños. HappyInspired by Psalm 92, Happy&’s lyrical text celebrates all that God gives his children and the joy found in giving him gratitude. From the author of the bestselling The Jesus Storybook Bible, Sally Lloyd-Jones, and the award-winning illustrator Jago, comes an uplifting board book that encourages even the smallest believer to share in God&’s great love for them.All through the day I give my happy songs to you. Happy reminds children to be grateful to God for his many gifts and his Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love.Happy is perfect for babies and infants ages 0-4 and features:lyrical text inspired by Psalm 92a joyful message that God gives us great gifts for which we can be eternally gratefula padded cover that is a perfect fit for little handsbeautiful, colorful illustrations that area great gift for a new baby, First Communion, or birthdayLook also for Near: Psalm 139 based in the series inspired by The Jesus Storybook Bible

A Fellowship of Differents: Showing the World God's Design for Life Together

by Scot Mcknight

In this compelling book, Scot McKnight shares his personal experience in the church as well as his study of the Apostle Paul to answer this significant question: What is the church supposed to be? For most of us the church is a place we go to on Sunday to hear a sermon or to participate in worship or to partake in communion or to fellowship with other Christians. Church is all contained within one or two hours on Sunday morning. The church the Apostle Paul talks about is designed by God to be a fellowship of difference—how people differ socially—and differents—how people differ culturally. God did not design the church to be a two-hour experience on Sunday but a mixture of people from all across the map and spectrum: men and women, rich and poor, Caucasians or African Americans, and Mexican Americans, Latin Americans, Asian Americans, and Indian Americans, and a mixture of people with varying personalities and tastes. The church McKnight grew up in was a fellowship of sames and likes. There was almost no variety in his church. White folks, same beliefs about everything, same tastes in music and worship and sermons and lifestyle. Because of his experience, he writes incisively and compellingly. The church is God’s world-changing social experiment of bringing unlikes and differents to the table to share life with one another as a new kind of family. When this happens we show to the world what love, justice, peace, reconciliation, and life together is designed by God to be. The church is God’s show-and-tell for the world to see how God wants us to live as a family.

The Fellowship Of Life: Virtue Ethics And Orthodox Christianity

by Joseph Woodill James F. Keenan

Bringing Orthodox Christianity into the recent dialog on virtue ethics, Joseph Woodill investigates the correspondences between the Eastern Orthodox tradition and contemporary virtue ethics, and he develops a distinctly Orthodox vision of theological ethics. This book fills a vacuum in our understanding of the Eastern Church by revealing themes, persons, and insights that offer resources for a contemporary moral theology. Reviewing the Eastern tradition from patristic times to the present, Woodill shows its relevance to contemporary virtue ethics and identifies both differences and similarities between Orthodox and other -- Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish -- virtue ethics.

The Fellowship of the Mystery

by John Neville Figgis

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. <p><p>This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

The Fellowship of the Suffering: How Hardship Shapes Us for Ministry and Mission

by Paul Borthwick Dave Ripper

Missionary Paul Borthwick and pastor Dave Ripper show how transformation through our personal pain enables us to minister faithfully to a hurting world. They candidly share about their own struggles and how they have seen God's kingdom advance through hardship and suffering. We can become powerful witnesses to Christ as a result of our brokenness.

A Female Apostle in Medieval Italy: The Life of Clare of Rimini (The Middle Ages Series)

by Jacques Dalarun Sean L. Field Valerio Cappozzo

This book centers on a fascinating woman, Clare of Rimini (c. 1260 to c. 1324–29), whose story is preserved in a fascinating text. Composed by an anonymous Franciscan, the Life of the Blessed Clare of Rimini is the earliest known saint’s life originally written in Italian, and one of the few such lives to be written while its subject was still living. It tells the story of a controversial woman, set against the background of her roiling city, her star-crossed family, and the tumultuous political and religious landscape of her age.Twice married, twice widowed, and twice exiled, Clare established herself as a penitent living in a roofless cell in the ruins of the Roman walls of Rimini. She sought a life of solitary self-denial, but was denounced as a demonic danger by local churchmen. Yet she also gained important and influential supporters, allowing her to establish a fledgling community of like-minded sisters. She traveled to Assisi, Urbino, and Venice, spoke out as a teacher and preacher, but also suffered a revolt by her spiritual daughters.A Female Apostle in Medieval Italy presents the text of the Life in English translation for the first time, bringing modern readers into Clare’s world in all its excitement and complexity. Each chapter opens a different window into medieval society, exploring topics from political power to marriage and sexuality, gender roles to religious change, pilgrimage to urban structures, sanctity to heresy. Through the expert guidance of scholars and translators Jacques Dalarun, Sean L. Field, and Valerio Cappozzo, Clare’s life and context become a springboard for readers to discover what life was like in a medieval Italian city.

The Female Archangels: Empower Your Life with the Wisdom of the 17 Archeiai

by Calista

Embody the Divine Feminine wisdom and consciousness of the Heavenly Archeiai• Introduces 17 female Archangels and how to partner with them to evolve your life and your spiritual path of Ascension• Shares wisdom and practical techniques to harness your Angelic power and create your version of Heaven on Earth• Includes Angelic attunements, rituals, and journeys to help you embody the Divine Feminine as well as full-color illustrations embedded with Angelic energy and light codes for attuning to the frequencies of the ArcheiaiNow is the time for the Archeiai, the female twin flames to the Archangels, to emerge more fully into our awareness. Exploring the enigma of these Angelic beings and the gifts they bring, Angel healing pioneer Calista introduces 17 of the most purposeful Archeiai—each named to symbolize the quality she represents, such as Grace, Clarity, or Joy. With their all-encompassing presence, the Archeiai can help you discover your potential and realize the origin of your fears and insecurities, allowing you to heal at the root. With potent Light codes and vibrations embedded in their images, these feminine luminaries invite you to attune to their frequencies so you can embody them to enrich your life and path of spiritual Ascension.For each of the 17 Archeiai, Calista shares their direct loving guidance, virtuous qualities, crystal and plant associations, and ways to work with their alchemical rays. Rituals, practices, and attunements are then included to support you to step fully into your own Angelic consciousness. Let yourself be healed and empowered as your dreams manifest, your vibration expands, and your heart fills with Love.

The Female Archangels: Reclaim Your Power with the Lost Teachings of the Divine Feminine

by Claire Stone

Why are we only taught about male Archangels, and why has no one ever questioned this phenomenon?Claire Stone has communicated directly with angels since she was a child and therefore knows that the Archeiai, the female archangels, are really twin flames to the male archangels. The collective suppression of the divine feminine has led humanity to believe that there were no female angels of any kind, but as we start to re-awaken to the wisdom of the Mother Goddess, the veils are lifted, allowing us to reclaim our lost spiritual heritage.Claire explains how to work with the 11 Archeiai on a deeper level using affirmations, invocations and rituals. For each situation in life, there is an Archeia you can call upon - e.g., when you wish to manifest a romantic relationship, invoke Charity to guide you on the path of love. The exercises within will help you develop your psychic abilities, discover your life's purpose, connect with heaven and earth, clear your womb space from past sexual partners, banish negative energy, create a love altar and much more.This book does not replace the male archangels, but rather complements them, maintaining a healthy balance between masculine and feminine. The Archeiai are emerging right now and reaching out to all beings on earth to empower, comfort and support us through our earthly journey.

Female Child Soldiering, Gender Violence, and Feminist Theologies

by Susan Willhauck

This book examines the phenomenon of female child soldiering from various theological perspectives. It is an interdisciplinary work that brings Christian feminist theologies into dialogue to analyze the complex ethical, geopolitical, social, and theological issues involved in the militarization of girls and women and gender-based violence. With contributions from a range of interdisciplinary and multicultural authors, this book offers reflections and perspectives that coalesce as a comprehensive overview of feminist theological insights into child soldiering.

Female Divinity in the Qur’an: In Conversation with the Bible and the Ancient Near East

by Emran El-Badawi

This is the first book to examine how pre-Islamic/Late Antique goddesses shaped the Qur’an, including its basic theology and cosmology. Exploring the traces found in the text of cultic veneration to goddesses of Arabia and the Ancient Near East, this book analyses what these traces tell us about female power in late antique Arabia, and how this power changed on the advent of Islam. While recent studies on the Qur’anic God have typically considered the question of divinity separately from gender, this book bridges the gap between these two questions, and is therefore an essential constructive mission. This mission adduces literary and documentary evidence—including recent scholarly revolutions in Syriac literature and Arabian epigraphy—and builds upon the critical insights of preceding studies in conversation with post-biblical and Near Eastern traditions.

The Female Face of God in Auschwitz: A Jewish Feminist Theology of the Holocaust (Religion and Gender)

by Melissa Raphael

The Female Face of God in Auschwitz, the first full-length feminist theology of the Holocaust, argues that the patriarchal bias of post-Holocaust theology becomes fully apparent only when women's experiences and priorities are brought into historical light.

The Female Face of God in Auschwitz: A Jewish Feminist Theology of the Holocaust (Religion and Gender)

by Melissa Raphael

The dominant theme of post-Holocaust Jewish theology has been that of the temporary hiddenness of God, interpreted either as a divine mystery or, more commonly, as God's deferral to human freedom. But traditional Judaic obligations of female presence, together with the traditional image of the Shekhinah as a figure of God's 'femaleness' accompanying Israel into exile, seem to contradict such theologies of absence. The Female Face of God in Auschwitz, the first full-length feminist theology of the Holocaust, argues that the patriarchal bias of post-Holocaust theology becomes fully apparent only when women's experiences and priorities are brought into historical light. Building upon the published testimonies of four women imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau - Olga Lengyel, Lucie Adelsberger, Bertha Ferderber-Salz and Sara Nomberg-Przytyk - it considers women's distinct experiences of the holy in relation to God's perceived presence and absence in the camps. God's face, says Melissa Raphael, was not hidden in Auschwitz, but intimately revealed in the female face turned towards the other as a refractive image of God, especially in the moral protest made visible through material and spiritual care for the assaulted other.

Female Faith Practices: Qualitative Research Perspectives (Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology)

by Nicola Slee Dawn Llewellyn Kim Wasey Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz

This book explores female faith practices, drawing on qualitative research to consider how women navigate and create spiritual and religious practices. The chapters cover Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist contexts as well as newer spiritual movements. The contributors examine prayer and ritual practices and familial, educational, and ritual spaces and relationships in a variety of cultural settings. The volume reflects on the ways in which women subvert traditional or patriarchal religious practices and spaces, both problematising and expanding existing notions of ‘religious practice’. It also touches on research itself as a form of spiritual and academic practice, considering ways in which women challenge androcentric modes of research as well as ways in which the subject of research – in this case, female faith – may challenge the researcher’s convictions and practice. Blending case studies with empirical research, this book will be an outstanding resource to theologians and researchers interested in practical theology, gender studies, sociology of religion, and anthropology.

Female Friends and the Making of Transatlantic Quakerism, 1650–1750 (Cambridge Studies In Early Modern British History )

by Naomi Pullin

Quaker women were unusually active participants in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century cultural and religious exchange, as ministers, missionaries, authors and spiritual leaders. <P><P>Drawing upon documentary evidence, with a focus on women's personal writings and correspondence, Naomi Pullin explores the lives and social interactions of Quaker women in the British Atlantic between 1650 and 1750. Through a comparative methodology, focused on Britain and the North American colonies, Pullin examines the experiences of both those women who traveled and preached and those who stayed at home. The book approaches the study of gender and religion from a new perspective by placing women's roles, relationships and identities at the centre of the analysis. It shows how the movement's transition from 'sect to church' enhanced the authority and influence of women within the movement and uncovers the multifaceted ways in which female Friends at all levels were active participants in making and sustaining transatlantic Quakerism.<P> The first comprehensive history of early transatlantic Quakerism Provides historical agency to women traditionally excluded from Quaker history.<P> Uses rich documentary evidence to reveal women's relationships within the family, the local Quaker community, as Friends, and with the non-Quaker world.

Female Genital Cutting, Women's Health, and Development

by Khama Rogo Tshiya Subayi Eiman Hussein Sharief Nahid Toubia

'Female Genital Cutting, Women's Health, and Development' provides a comprehensive understanding of the issue of female genital mutilation/cutting-scope, challenges, opportunities, best practices, and how communities, development agencies, and national governments can work together to eliminate the practices on the ground. The World Bank is committed to assisting governments in ending the practice of female genital cutting, as the practice has direct, negative impact on the health and well-being of women around the world. The recommendations set forth in this paper take advantage of the World Bank's comparative advantage in dealing with governments. Continued silence perpetuates the practice, thereby undermining women's productivity.

Female Homosexuality In The Middle East

by Samar Habib

<P>This book, the first full-length study of its kind, dares to probe the biggest taboo in contemporary Arab culture with scholarly intent and integrity - female homosexuality. <P>Habib argues that female homosexuality has a long history in Arabic literature and scholarship, beginning in the ninth century, and she traces the destruction of Medieval discourses on female homosexuality and the replacement of these with a new religious orthodoxy that is no longer permissive of a variety of sexual behaviours. <P>Habib also engages with recent "gay" historiography in the West and challenges institutionalized constructionist notions of sexuality.

Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations (Routledge Research in Gender and Society)

by Samar Habib

This book, the first full-length study of its kind, dares to probe the biggest taboo in contemporary Arab culture with scholarly intent and integrity - female homosexuality. Habib argues that female homosexuality has a long history in Arabic literature and scholarship, beginning in the ninth century, and she traces the destruction of Medieval discourses on female homosexuality and the replacement of these with a new religious orthodoxy that is no longer permissive of a variety of sexual behaviours. Habib also engages with recent "gay" historiography in the West and challenges institutionalized constructionist notions of sexuality.

Female Islamic Education Movements: The Re-democratisation of Islamic Knowledge

by Masooda Bano

Since the 1970s, movements aimed at giving Muslim women access to the serious study of Islamic texts have emerged across the world. In this book, Masooda Bano argues that the creative spirit that marked the rise and consolidation of Islam, whereby Islam inspired serious intellectual engagement to create optimal societal institutions, can be found within these education movements. Drawing on rich ethnographic material from Pakistan, northern Nigeria and Syria, Bano questions the restricted notion of agency associated with these movements, exploring the educational networks which have attracted educated, professional and culturally progressive Muslim women to textual study, thus helping to reverse the most damaging legacy of colonial rule in Muslim societies: the isolation of modern and Islamic knowledge. With its comparative approach, this will appeal to those studying and researching the role of women across Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, as well as the wider Muslim world.

Female Leaders in New Religious Movements

by Inga Bårdsen Tøllefsen Christian Giudice

In this book, historians of religion and gender studies explore the biographies of a number of female leaders, and the factors within their groups and cultural contexts that support these women's religious leadership. New Religious Movements have been supportive of women taking roles of leadership for a long time. Authors of this book examine issues of gender and female leadership from diverse theoretical and methodological standpoints. The book covers a broad range of groups both with regard to time and place, covering Paganism, Hindu guru groups, Christian organizations, esoteric/ mystical movements, African churches, and a Japanese NRM. The common focal point is the powerful, prophetic, charismatic women who have founded and/ or led New Religious Movements.

Female Personalities in the Qur'an and Sunna: Examining the Major Sources of Imami Shi'i Islam (Routledge Persian and Shi'i Studies)

by Rawand Osman

This book investigates the manner in which the Qur’an and sunna depict female personalities in their narrative literature. Providing a comprehensive study of all the female personalities mentioned in the Qur’an, the book is selective in the personalities of the sunna, examining the three prominent women of ahl al-bayt; Khadija, Fatima, and Zaynab. Analysing the major sources of Imami Shi‘i Islam, including the exegetical compilations of the eminent Shi‘i religious authorities of the classical and modern periods, as well as the authoritative books of Shi’i traditions, this book finds that the varieties of female personalities are portrayed as human beings on different stages of the spiritual spectrum. They display feminine qualities, which are often viewed positively and are sometimes commendable traits for men, at least as far as the spiritual domain is concerned. The theory, particularly regarding women’s humanity, is then tested against the depiction of womanhood in the hadith literature, with special emphasis on Nahj al-Balagha. Contributing a fresh perspective on classical materials, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Islamic Studies, Women’s Studies and Shi’i Studies.

Female Pioneers from Ancient Egypt and the Middle East: On the Influence of History on Gender Psychology

by Ahmed Moustafa Ahmed A. Karim Radwa Khalil

This book explores the contributions of Eastern female pioneers in science, politics and arts from Ancient Egypt to modern times, and discusses the possible psychological and social impact of this knowledge on today’s gender role in Eastern and Western Societies. Based on psychological studies on social learning, the book argues that profound knowledge of the historical contributions of Eastern female pioneers in science, politics and arts can improve today’s gender roles in Middle Eastern countries and inspire young women living in Western Societies with Eastern migration background. Spanning disciplines such as Natural sciences, Neuroscience, Psychology, Sociology, Islamic Theology, History and Arts, and including contributions from diverse geographical regions across the world, this book provides an elaborate review of the gender role of women in Ancient Egypt and the Middle East, outlining their prominence and influence and discusses the possible psychological and social impact of this knowledge on today’s gender roles.

Female Suicide Bombings: A Critical Gender Approach

by Tanya Narozhna W. Andy Knight

As media coverage of terrorism and terroristic acts has increased so too has the discussion about the identities, motives, and gender of the perpetrators. Over the past fifteen years, there have been over 150 reported suicide bombings committed by women around the world. Because of its prominence in media reporting, the phrase "female suicide bomber" has become loaded with gendered notions and assumptions that elicit preconditioned responses in the West. Female Suicide Bombings critically examines and challenges common assumptions of this loaded term. Tanya Narozhna and W. Andy Knight introduce female suicide bombings as a socio-political practice and a product of deeply politicized, gendered representations. Drawing on a combination of feminist and post-colonial approaches as well as terrorism studies literature, the authors seek to transcend ideological divisions in order to enhance our understanding of how gender, power, and academic practices influence our perceptions of female suicide bombings.

The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual: Devotional Practices of Pakistan and India

by Abbas Shemeem Burney

The female voice plays a more central role in Sufi ritual, especially in the singing of devotional poetry, than in almost any other area of Muslim culture. This research clarifies why the female voice is so important in Sufi practice and underscores the many contributions of women to Sufism and its rituals.

Female Youth in Contemporary Egypt: Post-Islamism and a New Politics of Visibility (Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Society)

by Dina Hosni

Based on interview material, observations and content analysis, this book captures the everyday life structures of a cohort of Muslim/ex-Islamist female youth in Egypt who have joined or established new networks that share the common interest of doing ‘good’ to the society based on their religious worldviews, representing a broader societal movement. Female Youth in Contemporary Egypt posits that despite the fact that the 2011 Egyptian uprisings did not necessarily materialize with the political effects anticipated by some of its activists, it seems to have led to the formation of a new generation of active youth with a distinct worldview. Four broad and intertwined theoretical considerations have been taken into account. First, the book delineates the emergence and continuous development of post- (and sometimes non-) bourgeois public spheres in Arabo-Islamic contexts and conceptualizes multiple publics of overlapping Islamic structures rather than one Islamic public. Second, it offers an empirical as well as a conceptual understanding of the positioning of religion as public/private. Third, it presents a critique of Islamist thought conducive to the rise of post-Islamism; and fourth it offers a critique of feminist thought to throw light on novel forms of Muslim women's discourses and activism in line with post-Islamist worldviews. This book will be of interest to scholars in Middle Eastern Studies, women’s studies, and political studies.

Feminine Journeys of the Mahabharata: Hindu Women in History, Text, and Practice

by Lavanya Vemsani

The Mahabharata preserves powerful journeys of women recognized as the feminine divine and the feminine heroic in the larger culture of India. Each journey upholds the unique aspects of women's life. This book analytically examines the narratives of eleven women from the Mahabharata in the historical context as well as in association with religious and cultural practices. Lavanya Vemsani brings together history, myth, religion, and practice to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of the history of Hindu women, as well as their significance within religious Indian culture. Additionally, Vemsani provides important perspective for understanding the enduring legacy of these women in popular culture and modern society.

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