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Innovation in Early Modern Catholicism

by Ulrich L. Lehner

This volume demonstrates that the Catholic rhetoric of tradition disguised both novelties and creative innovations between 1550 and 1700. Innovation in Early Modern Catholicism reveals that the period between 1550 and 1700 emerged as an intellectually vibrant atmosphere, shaped by the tensions between personal creativity and magisterial authority. The essays explore ideas about grace, physical predetermination, freedom, and probabilism in order to show how the rhetoric of innovation and tradition can be better understood. More importantly, contributors illustrate how disintegrated historiographies, which often excluded Catholicism as a source of innovation, can be overcome. Not only were new systems of metaphysics crafted in the early modern period, but so too was a new conceptual language to deal with the pressing problems of human freedom and grace, natural law, and Marian piety. Overall, the volume shines significant light on hitherto neglected or misunderstood traits in the understanding of early modern Catholic culture. Re-presenting early modern Catholicism more crucially than any other currently available study, Innovation in Early Modern Catholicism is a useful tool for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars in the fields of philosophy, early modern studies, and the history of theology.

Innovation in Esotericism from the Renaissance to the Present (Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities)

by Georgiana D. Hedesan Tim Rudbøg

This collection explores the role of innovation in understanding the history of esotericism. It illustrates how innovation is a mechanism of negotiation whereby an idea is either produced against, or adapted from, an older set of concepts in order to respond to a present context. Featuring contributions from distinguished scholars of esotericism, it covers many different fields and themes including magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, Tarot, apocalypticism and eschatology, Mesmerism, occultism, prophecy, and mysticism.

Innovation in the Italian Counter-Reformation (Early Modern Exchange)

by Shannon McHugh and Anna Wainwright

The enduring "black legend" of the Italian Counter-Reformation, which has held sway in both scholarly and popular culture, maintains that the Council of Trent ushered in a cultural dark age in Italy, snuffing out the spectacular creative production of the Renaissance. As a result, the decades following Trent have been mostly overlooked in Italian literary studies, in particular. The thirteen essays of Innovation in the Italian Counter-Reformation present a radical reconsideration of literary production in post-Tridentine Italy. With particular attention to the much-maligned tradition of spiritual literature, the volume’s contributors weave literary analysis together with religion, theater, art, music, science, and gender to demonstrate that the literature of this period not only merits study but is positively innovative. Contributors include such renowned critics as Virginia Cox and Amadeo Quondam, two of the leading scholars on the Italian Counter-Reformation.Distributed for UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE PRESS

Innovation in the Orthodox Christian Tradition?: The Question of Change in Greek Orthodox Thought and Practice

by Trine Stauning Willert Lina Molokotos-Liederman

The relationship between tradition and innovation in Orthodox Christianity has often been problematic, filled with tensions and contradictions starting from the Byzantine era and running through the 19th and 20th centuries. For a long period of time scholars have typically assumed Greek Orthodoxy to be a static religious tradition with little room for renewal or change. Although this public perception continues, the immutability of the Greek Orthodox tradition has been questioned by several scholars over the past few years. This book continues this line of reasoning, but brings it into the centre of contemporary discussion. Presenting case studies from different periods of history up to the present day, the authors trace different aspects in the development of innovation and renewal in Orthodox Christianity in the Greek-speaking world and among the Diaspora.

Innovation's Dirty Little Secret: Why Serial Innovators Succeed Where Others Fail

by Larry Osborne

Most books on innovation make it sound as if successful innovation is the end result of a carefully followed recipe. But the simple fact is that when it comes to any new venture, failure is the surest horse to bet on. Respected pastor and author, Larry Osborne, explains how understanding this dirty little secret behind innovation can bring both stability and creativity to organizations, especially those with teams of people that focus on innovation, creativity, new ideas, and problem-solving. Using the wisdom and principles found in this book, you will be free to lead dynamically without causing uncertainty or insecurity in your organization. In Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret, you’ll learn: How to foster innovation’s most powerful igniters and accelerators while avoiding the most common killers of innovation How to recognize and break through ceilings of complexity and competency The six pitfalls of growth and what you can do to avoid them The three questions every leader needs to ask before launching any new endeavor

Innovation's Dirty Little Secret: Why Serial Innovators Succeed Where Others Fail (Leadership Network Innovation Series)

by Larry Osborne

Most books on innovation make it sound as if successful innovation is the end result of a carefully followed recipe. But the simple fact is that when it comes to any new venture, failure is the surest horse to bet on. Respected pastor and author, Larry Osborne, explains how understanding this dirty little secret behind innovation can bring both stability and creativity to organizations, especially those with teams of people that focus on innovation, creativity, new ideas, and problem-solving. Using the wisdom and principles found in this book, you will be free to lead dynamically without causing uncertainty or insecurity in your organization. In Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret, you’ll learn:How to foster innovation’s most powerful igniters and accelerators while avoiding the most common killers of innovationHow to recognize and break through ceilings of complexity and competencyThe six pitfalls of growth and what you can do to avoid themThe three questions every leader needs to ask before launching any new endeavor

Innovative Catholicism and the Human Condition (Routledge Studies in Religion)

by Jane Anderson

Innovative Catholicism and the Human Condition gives an anthropological account of a progressive religious movement in the Roman Catholic Church that is attempting to reconcile religious conviction and reason, and, ergo, modify the human condition. Investigation is given to a representative group of this movement, "Innovative Catholics," who are endeavouring to maintain the momentum for change which began in the 1960s and 1970s. They now find themselves caught between traditional notions of religion and a secularised society, while trying to reconcile these polarising forces to find a pathway forward. While ethnographic fieldwork for this research was conducted in Australia, this movement is to be found across the Western world. The research is framed by the question posed by Jürgen Habermas, who asks whether the democratic constitutional state is able to renew itself, and recognises a benefit in learning from religion. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, subsequently Pope Benedict XVI, responds by asserting the need for a common ethical basis and limits on reason. This latter position, however, remains problematic for Innovative Catholics who are conscious of history and culture. The research explores how Innovative Catholics, who in taking the middle position, inform this dialectic on secularization through their ideas and practices about the human condition.

Inocencia, Saber y Asombro: ¿Qué pasó con la capacidad de asombro que sentía cuando era niño?

by Osho

¿Qué pasó con la capacidad de asombro que sentía cuando era niño? Inocencia, saber y asombro es un discurso en el que Osho reflexiona, a través de anécdotas y experiencias, qué son la inocencia y el saber, y por qué es tan importante vivir a partir de una ideología en apariencia insignificante, pero que en realidad esconde todas las respuestas al misterio de la existencia humana. La inocencia es la puerta; a la belleza se entra a través de la inocencia. Cuanto más inocente te vuelves, más hermosa es la existencia. Cuanto más sabes, más fea se va haciendo la existencia, porque empiezas a funcionar desde las conclusiones, empiezas a funcionar desde el saber.

Inochentism and Orthodox Christianity: Religious Dissent in the Russian and Romanian Borderlands (Routledge New Religions)

by James A. Kapaló

This book explores the history and evolution of Inochentism, a controversial new religious movement that emerged in the Russian and Romanian borderlands of what is now Moldova and Ukraine in the context of the Russian revolutionary period. It centres around the charismatic preaching of Inochentie, a monk of the Orthodox Church, who inspired an apocalyptic movement that was soon labelled heretical by the Orthodox Church and persecuted as socially and politically subversive by Soviet and Romanian state authorities. Inochentism and Orthodox Christianity charts the emergence and development of Inochentism through the twentieth century based on hagiographies, oral testimonies, press reports, state legislation and a wealth of previously unstudied police and secret police archival material. Focusing on the role that religious persecution and social marginalization played in the transformation of this understudied and much vilified group, the author explores a series of counter-narratives that challenge the mainstream historiography of the movement and highlight the significance of the concept of ‘liminality’ in relation to the study of new religious movements and Orthodoxy. This book constitutes a systematic historical study of an Eastern European ‘home-grown’ religious movement taking a ‘grass-roots’ approach to the problem of minority religious identities in twentieth century Eastern Europe. Consequently, it will be of great interest to scholars of new religions movements, religious history and Russian and Eastern European studies.

Inquebrantable: Desarme el plan de Satanás para destruir su fundamento

by John Eckhardt

USTED DEBE SER CONSTANTE, INAMOVIBLE Y ESTAR FIRMEMENTE PLANTADO EN DIOS PARA SOVREVIVIR EN ESTE MUNDO INESTABLE. Todos conocemos a personas que a veces actúan como polos opuestos: el ministro que es devoto, dedicado a la oración y santo, a veces, no obstante, tiene períodos de pecado y perversión; la persona alegre y extrovertida puede padecer episodios de aislamiento y depresión; o la persona gentil y bondadosa, de pronto puede tener momentos de exabruptos e ira.Inquebrantable constituye una enseñanza diferente a cualquier otra, del autor de éxitos de venta John Eckhardt, sobre cómo quebrantar la fuerza demoníaca más dominante; el doble ánimo. A través de este poderoso libro, usted podrá desarrollar una identidad sólida y semejante a la de Cristo, la cual no será fácilmente conmovida por este mundo. Usted aprenderá cómo vencer las manifestaciones del espíritu de doble ánimo que causan: Relaciones rotas y divorciosIndecisión y pasividadHeridas y ofensas por parte de líderes inestablesAmarguras y enojosTemor y rechazoEnfermedades y dolencias arraigadas en lo espiritual¡ Y mucho más!

Inquebrantables (Unbreakable Spanish Edition)

by Daniel Habif

«Este es un libro que no acepta resúmenes. No forma parte de los títulos que tachas y vas a otra cosa. No es un trofeo, ni un manual de procedimientos. No es una tesis, ni un texto académico. Si tu intención es pasar por él sin dejar que él lo haga por ti, no servirá de nada. El dinero lo podrás recuperar, pero te advierto que el tiempo se habrá ido para siempre. Su belleza no está en las palabras que yo escribí, sino en las que tú generes con él. Está compuesto de mil pedazos míos, trozos sueltos de mi alma y de mi carne: un alcázar edificado con todas las piedras que me han lanzado, una diadema confeccionada con las perlas que he recibido. Hallarás soledades y alegrías, anhelos y zozobras, inquietudes y esperanzas, clamores y murmullos. No fue fácil desprenderme de ellos». —Daniel HabifInquebrantables reúne y expande los mensajes de inspiración y motivación más populares que han tenido el mayor impacto y que representan mejor a Daniel Habif como orador motivacional.

Inquebrantables, Edición del quinto aniversario

by Daniel Habif

En su primer libro, Inquebrantables, Daniel Habif, proporciona inspiración y motivación para ayudar al lector superar obstáculos y crear la vida que desea vivir.Más que un libro de autoayuda, Inquebrantables ofrece un manifiesto que invita al lector a participar en el proceso de romper patrones y crear la vida que desean en las áreas de la familia, el amor, el matrimonio, carrera profesional y la vida. «No lo escribí con la intención de que te enganches; es todo lo contrario. Lo escribí para que cada página detone en ti una necesidad de dejarlo, para que pongas una marca y vayas a perseguir lo que resuena dentro de ti», escribe Habif.Inquebrantables reúne y expande los mensajes de inspiración que mayor impacto han tenido y que mejor representan a Daniel Habif como orador motivacional y lo presentan en un libro que también ofrece:El manifestó de los Inquebrantables que resuena con sus miles de seguidoresEjercicios prácticos para ayudar a los lectores a superar obstáculos personales en todas las áreas de sus vidasCitas poderosas para reflexionar, inspirar y transformarCartas abiertas, directamente del corazón del autor, al lector y la sociedadInquebrantables es un libro para todas las edades, una chispa que enciende pasiones, el despertar de una vocación que te morderá por dentro, un manifiesto a la mejora continua. Sus páginas están impresas con la versión más afilada de la irreverencia, el humor y el ímpetu que caracteriza a Daniel Habif.Unbreakable In his first book, Inquebrantables, Daniel Habif provides inspiration and motivation to help the reader overcome obstacles and create the life he or she wants.More than a self-help book, Inquebrantables offers a manifesto that invites the reader to participate in the process of breaking patterns and creating the life they desire in the areas of family, love, marriage, career, and life. "I didn't write this book with the intention of getting you hooked; it's just the opposite. I wrote it so that every page triggers a need for you to stop, bookmark the page, and go after whatever resonates within you," writes Habif.Inquebrantables gathers and expands the inspirational messages that have had the greatest impact and that best represent Daniel Habif as a motivational speaker. This best-selling book also includes:The official Inquebrantables Manifesto that resonates with his millions of followersPractical exercises to help readers overcome personal obstacles in all areas of their livesPowerful quotes to reflect, inspire, and transformOpen letters, directly from the heart of the author, to the reader and societyInquebrantables is a book for all ages, a spark that ignites passions, an awakening that burns inside, and a manifesto for continuous improvement. Its pages are printed with the sharpest version of the irreverence, humor, and impetus that characterizes Daniel Habif.

Inquilab: Bhagat Singh on Religion and Revolution

by Syed Irfan Habib

Extolled for his extraordinary courage and sacrifice, Bhagat Singh is one of our most venerated freedom fighters. He is valourised for his martyrdom, and rightly so, but in the ensuing enthusiasm, most of us forget, or consciously ignore, his contributions as an intellectual and a thinker. He not only sacrificed his life, like many others did before and after him, but he also had a vision of independent India. In the current political climate, when it has become routine to appropriate Bhagat Singh as a nationalist icon, not much is known or spoken about his nationalist vision. Inquilab provides a corrective to such a situation by bringing together some of Bhagat Singh's seminal writings on his pluralist and egalitarian vision. It compels the reader to see that while continuing to celebrate the memory of Bhagat Singh as a martyr and a nationalist, we must also learn about his intellectual legacy. This important book also makes a majority of these writings, hitherto only available in Hindi, accessible for the first time to the English-language readership.

Inquiry Into The Origin Of Humanity: An Annotated Translation Of Tsung-mi's Yuan Jen Lun With A Modern Commentary (Kuroda Classics In East Asian Buddhism Ser. #4)

by Peter N. Gregory

Inquiry Into the Origin of Humanity: An Annotated Translation of Tsung-mi's Yuan jen lun (Kuroda Classics in East Asian Buddhism, 4)

Inquiry into the New Testament: Ancient Context to Contemporary Significance

by David Landry John Martens

The enormous cultural impact of the Bible--and in particular, the New Testament--has given people of all backgrounds and traditions at least some familiarity with it. Yet the Bible remains one of the most misread and misunderstood books of all time. Given the sheer variety of interpretive and critical methods, perhaps this isn't altogether surprising.

Inquisition and Power

by John H. Arnold

What should historians do with the words of the dead? Inquisition and Power reformulates the historiography of heresy and the inquisition by focusing on depositions taken from the Cathars, a religious sect that opposed the Catholic church and took root in southern France during the twelfth century. Despite the fact that these depositions were spoken in the vernacular, but recorded in Latin in the third person and rewritten in the past tense, historians have often taken these accounts as verbatim transcriptions of personal testimony. This belief has prompted some historians, including E. Le Roy Ladurie, to go so far as to retranslate the testimonies into the first-person. These testimonies have been a long source of controversy for historians and scholars of the Middle Ages.Arnold enters current theoretical debates about subjectivity and the nature of power to develop reading strategies that will permit a more nuanced reinterpretation of these documents of interrogation. Rather than seeking to recover the true voice of the Cathars from behind the inquisitor's framework, this book shows how the historian is better served by analyzing texts as sites of competing discourses that construct and position a variety of subjectivities. In this critically informed history, Arnold suggests that what we do with the voices of history in fact has as much to do with ourselves as with those we seek to 'rescue' from the silences of past.

Inquisition: The Reign of Fear

by Toby Green

A journey across centuries of religious conflict Toby Green's incredible new book brings a vast panorama to life by focusing on the untold stories of individuals from all walks of life and every section of society who were affected by the Inquisition. From witches in Mexico, bigamists in Brazil, Freemasons, Hindus, Jews, Moslems and Protestants, the Inquisition reached every aspect of society. This history, though filled with stories of terror and the unspeakable ways in which human beings can treat one another, is ultimately one of hope, underscoring the resilience of the human spirit. Stretching from the unification of Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella in the fifteenth century to the Napoleanic wars, The Inquisition details this incredible history in all its richness and complexity.

Inrushes of the Heart: The Sufi Philosophy of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt (SUNY series in Islam)

by Mohammed Rustom

Inrushes of the Heart delves deeply into the life and thought of 'Ayn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī (d. 525/1131), a major Muslim philosopher, Sufi master, and religious judge who was executed by the Seljuq government at the age of thirty-four. Mohammed Rustom presents nearly eight hundred passages in translation (most of which appear here for the first time in English) from 'Ayn al-Quḍāt's Arabic and Persian writings alongside a step-by-step commentary that outlines every major theme that guides his worldview. Contextualizing 'Ayn al-Quḍāt's life, influence, and self-perception as a teacher and scholar extraordinaire, the book then carefully unpacks his highly original teachings on God, cosmology, human agency, spiritual practice, imagination, death, knowledge, scripture, beauty, and love.

Insanity and Sanctity in Byzantium

by Youval Rotman

In the Roman and Byzantine Near East, the holy fool emerged in Christianity as a way of describing individuals whose apparent madness allowed them to achieve a higher level of spirituality. Youval Rotman examines how the figure of the mad saint or mystic was used as a means of individual and collective transformation prior to the rise is Islam.

Inscribed Power: Amulets and Magic in Early Spanish Literature

by Ryan D. Giles

In Inscribed Power, Ryan D. Giles explores the function of amuletic prayers, divine names, and incantation formulas that were inscribed and printed on parchment, paper and other media, and at the same time inserted into classic literary works in Spain. Giles’ insightful analysis of the intersection between amulets and literary texts offers fresh and original interpretations of well-known texts such as the Poema de mío Cid, the Libro de Alexandre, the Libro de buen amor, Celestina, Lazarillo de Tormes, and the Buscón. Inscribed Power is a fascinating work that highlights specific amuletic texts that were used to heal, protect, or otherwise provide a blessing or curse to discover how their powers could influence fictional lives at different moments in the development of Spanish literature.

Inscribing the Text: Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann

by Walter Brueggemann Anna Carter Florence

Sermons and Prayers printed without comment from 2001-2003.

Insecurity Detox: A Breakout Plan to Rejuvenate Your Body, Mind, and Spirit

by Trish Blackwell

What if you could experience a unique detoxification that would rid you of insecurity, self-doubt, worry, fear, anxiety, and more—and all those “impurities” could be replaced with confidence, purpose, joy, and better relationships? That’s what Insecurity Detox is all about.In this book you will find thirty very doable detoxes that will help you get rid of the toxic mindsets and behaviors that pull you away from God’s truths and your best self, and replace them with a new way of thinking and acting. This progressive detoxification journey can be done in thirty days, thirty weeks, or whatever works best for you and your busy schedule. Each detox builds on the ones before, and as you journey through this unique 3-fold approach, you’ll find healing for your body, mind, and spirit. With healthy eating tips, ways to reprogram your thinking process, and meaningful principles for your spiritual life, the whole direction of your life can change. Each of the thirty chapters has three detoxes—for body, mind, and spirit—that will teach you new thought strategies and practical applications that will empower you to live with a positive perspective, grounded in God’s love and purpose for you. What we tell ourselves about ourselves either steals the joy of life from us or infuses us with ever-growing life. In this book, you will discover a new life for yourself where dreams really do come true.

Inseln der Ökonomie: Zum Inselmythos der klassischen Ökonomik (Wirtschaft + Gesellschaft)

by Lukas Helbich

Der Band bietet eine kritische kulturhistorische Perspektive auf die Entstehung der ökonomischen Theorie. Es wird gezeigt, dass Vorstellungen und Darstellungen von kleinen, natürlichen, abgelegenen Inseln die Wirtschaftswissenschaften von Anbeginn geprägt haben. Die analysierten Inselvorstellungen werden als kulturell konstruierter Mythos im Sinne Roland Barthes’ behandelt. Diese Vorstellungen hatten und haben bedeutende Konsequenzen für Denken und Handeln in Ökonomie und Politik. Das Buch demonstriert dies exemplarisch anhand des Romans Robinson Crusoe und dessen Rezeption durch Rousseau sowie anhand der klassischen Wirtschaftstheorien von Joseph Townsend, Thomas Robert Malthus und Johann Heinrich von Thünen.

Inseparable across Lifetimes: The Lives and Love Letters of the Tibetan Visionaries Namtrul Rinpoche and Khandro Tare Lhamo

by Namtrul Jigme Phuntsok Khandro Tare Lhamo

A true story of love, separation, and rediscovery in a time of cultural and spiritual upheaval in Tibet.An inspiring and intimate tale set against the turmoil of recent Tibetan history, Inseparable across Lifetimes offers for the first time the translations of love letters between two modern Buddhist visionaries. The letters are poetic, affectionate, and prophetic, articulating a hopeful vision of renewal that drew on their past lives together and led to their twenty-year partnership. This couple played a significant role in restoring Buddhism in the region of Golok once China’s revolutionary fervor gave way to reform. Holly Gayley, who was given their correspondence by Namtrul Rinpoche himself, has translated their lives and letters in order to share their remarkable story with the world.

Inseparable: How Family and Sacrifice Forged a Path to the NFL

by Mark Schlabach Shaquem Griffin Shaquill Griffin

Much more than a sports memoir, in Inseparable Shaquem and Shaquill Griffin share the previously untold details of the powerful and inspiring story behind the modern NFL&’s first one-handed player, and his twin brother&’s unrelenting devotion, sacrifice, and love. It&’s the story of Shaquem&’s understanding of God&’s purpose for his life—to inspire others to stop being afraid and to stop making excuses—and his family&’s unwavering support in spite of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The Griffins&’ unlikely underdog story has already captured the imagination of millions of football fans and physically challenged people around the world.

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