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Pearson Edexcel Religious Studies A level/AS Student Guide: Christianity Epub

by Stephen Darlington

Exam board: EdexcelLevel: A-levelSubject: Religious StudiesFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2017Build, reinforce and assess students' knowledge throughout their course; tailored to the 2016 Edexcel A level specification and brought to you by the leading Religious Studies publisher, this guide combines clear content coverage with practice questions and sample answers.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample student answers and commentary for each question type- Builds understanding through accessible explanations of key definitions and thinkers

Pearson Edexcel Religious Studies A level/AS Student Guide: New Testament Epub

by Jane Kelly

Exam board: EdexcelLevel: A-levelSubject: Religious StudiesFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2017Build, reinforce and assess students' knowledge throughout their course; tailored to the 2016 Edexcel A level specification and brought to you by the leading Religious Studies publisher, this guide combines clear content coverage with practice questions and sample answers.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample student answers and commentary for each question type- Builds understanding through accessible explanations of key definitions and thinkers

Pearson Edexcel Religious Studies A level/AS Student Guide: New Testament Studies

by Jane Kelly

Exam board: EdexcelLevel: A-levelSubject: Religious StudiesFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2017Build, reinforce and assess students' knowledge throughout their course; tailored to the 2016 Edexcel A level specification and brought to you by the leading Religious Studies publisher, this guide combines clear content coverage with practice questions and sample answers.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample student answers and commentary for each question type- Builds understanding through accessible explanations of key definitions and thinkers

Pearson Edexcel Religious Studies A level/AS Student Guide: Philosophy of Religion

by Amanda Forshaw Cressida Tweed

Exam board: EdexcelLevel: A-levelSubject: Religious StudiesFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2017Build, reinforce and assess students' knowledge throughout their course; tailored to the 2016 Edexcel A level specification and brought to you by the leading Religious Studies publisher, this guide combines clear content coverage with practice questions and sample answers.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample student answers and commentary for each question type- Builds understanding through accessible explanations of key definitions and thinkers

Pearson Edexcel Religious Studies A level/AS Student Guide: Religion and Ethics

by Amanda Forshaw Cressida Tweed

Exam board: EdexcelLevel: A-levelSubject: Religious StudiesFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2017Build, reinforce and assess students' knowledge throughout their course; tailored to the 2016 Edexcel A level specification and brought to you by the leading Religious Studies publisher, this guide combines clear content coverage with practice questions and sample answers.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample student answers and commentary for each question type- Builds understanding through accessible explanations of key definitions and thinkers

Peas and Thank You!

by Mike Nawrocki

Help your child learn "zee" importance of good manners! In the village of West Manor, you can stay, if you please, in a well-mannered town populated by Peas. All the natives are friendly-they go out of their way. When you stop to say, "Thank you!" - "Why, you're welcome!" they'll say. In the village of South Boorish, on the North side of town, lives a rude population-the rudest around. They're, so very ill-mannered, such impolite Beans. If you stop to say, "Thank you," they won't know what you mean! As these delightfully fun Peas and Beans head out to collect sunflower seeds, children discover that everyone wins when you learn to be polite and take turns. Sunday morning values, Saturday morning fun. Now that's the Big Idea! Through imaginative and innovative products, Zonderkidz is feeding young souls.

Peas and Thank You! / VeggieTales

by Mike Nawrocki

Help your child learn “zee” importance of good manners! In the village of West Manor, you can stay, if you please, in a well-mannered town populated by Peas. All the natives are friendly—they go out of their way. When you stop to say, “Thank you!” – “Why, you’re welcome!” they’ll say. In the village of South Boorish, on the North side of town, lives a rude population—the rudest around. They’re, so very ill-mannered, such impolite Beans. If you stop to say, “Thank you,” they won’t know what you mean! As these delightfully fun Peas and Beans head out to collect sunflower seeds, children discover that everyone wins when you learn to be polite and take turns. Sunday morning values, Saturday morning fun. Now that’s the Big Idea! Through imaginative and innovative products, Zonderkidz is feeding young souls.

Peasant Violence and Antisemitism in Early Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe

by Irina Marin

This book is a transnational study of rural and anti-Semitic violence around the triple frontier between Austria-Hungary, Romania and Tsarist Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century. It focuses on the devastating Romanian peasant uprising in 1907 and traces the reverberations of the crisis across the triple frontier, analysing the fears, spectres and knee-jerk reactions it triggered in the borderlands of Austria-Hungary and Tsarist Russia. The uprising came close on the heels of the 1905-1907 social turmoil in Tsarist Russia, and brought into play the major issues that characterized social and political life in the region at the time: rural poverty, the Jewish Question, state modernization, and social upheavals. The book comparatively explores the causes and mechanisms of violence propagation, the function of rumour in the spread of the uprising, land reforms and their legal underpinnings, the policing capabilities of the borderlands around the triple frontier, as well as newspaper coverage and diplomatic reactions.

Pebbles of Grace: Seeking Heaven's Pearls in Daily Living

by Kimberly Ruoff

&“. . . the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls.&”2 Corinthians 5:17b NIV My husband had passed away just 3 months earlier. The chaos and drama that usually follows had finally settled: the house was unusually quiet while my spirit remained stirred. I&’d spent quite a bit of time in reflective prayer, unsure of what even to ask of God, but knowing He was somehow divinely connected to my unsettledness. Where were these random thoughts of writing coming from? Besides, what would I even say? Moreover, would anyone care enough to listen? It didn&’t take long to receive confirmation. The instruction was just that, leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding: I&’m invited to write.Being as transparent as possible, I&’m living proof God can use anybody to do His Kingdom work. You and I don&’t have to wait until we feel equipped or we&’ve got our act together in order to respond to God&’s call. We simply need to be willing to take the first step. Here I am, starting year three, not necessarily an &“accomplished&” writer, but definitely a writer who has learned far more than she could ever put in print, ever share with others . . . a writer who realizes all God wants is her humble, amendable heart: He&’ll step in and do the rest.Several heavenly pearls have dropped in my lap throughout this newfound journey:It&’s God&’s story; I&’m not the main character. I&’m simply invited to play a role in His story.Feelings are fickle; they come and go. Don&’t trust them.Faith is only faith when action follows. Yet, it&’s faith that empowers and perseveres.God calls me to &“bigger-than-Kim&” tasks so I get out of the way and He can say and do what He needs to say and do through me. This way, He gets full credit and all the glory.I cannot share what I don&’t possess. My spiritual authenticity grows the quieter I&’d become and the closer I draw near to God&’s heart.I will never do life perfectly. I make mistakes but my response to my mistakes reflects my level of humility before God and others.When you and I allow God to step in and take over the reins of our life, He opens our eyes to both His presence and power working in, through, and around us. We realize we are walking along each day stepping on Pebbles of Grace with each stride. Only God can take it all, both the good and bad of one&’s life, and interweave it into a beautiful tapestry, a tapestry of divine value, meaning, and purpose.May this collection of heavenly pearls drench your soul with a fresh awareness of just how passionately God loves you, how relentlessly He pursues you, and how through the acceptance of His son, Jesus Christ, how He affectionately offers you Pebbles of Grace.

Pebbles of Wisdom From Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz Arthur Kurzweil

"A number of times over the years I have mentioned to Rabbi Steinsaltz that in his lectures, interviews, and writings, there are always such wonderful 'gems' embedded within the transcripts and essays, and I find myself repeating these 'gems' to people.'Perhaps not gems,' he responds. 'Maybe pebbles.'"--From the IntroductionInternationally acclaimed Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is considered to be one of the most brilliant and influential rabbis of our time. He has been lauded by Time magazine as a "once-in-a-millennium scholar" and by Ted Koppel of Nightline as "one of the very few wise men that I've ever met."Arthur Kurzweil--himself a Jewish scholar, author, teacher, publisher, and a longtime disciple of Rabbi Steinsaltz--has gathered in one place a collection of "pebbles" of wisdom from Rabbi Steinsaltz. This wonderful book is filled with wisdom from more than thirty years of Rabbi Steinsaltz's lectures, writings, interviews, conversations, and reflections.Pebbles of Wisdom includes Rabbi Steinsaltz's thoughts on the big topics of life including the meaning of happiness, the search for the purpose of one's life, the point of suffering, discovering oneself, dangers along the spiritual path, the process of transforming oneself, and the challenges of faith.

Peculiar Crossroads: Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and Catholic Vision in Postwar Southern Fiction (Library of Southern Civilization)

by Farrell O'Gorman

In Peculiar Crossroads, Farrell O'Gorman explains how the radical religiosity of both Flannery O'Connor's and Walker Percy's vision made them so valuable as southern fiction writers and social critics. Via their spiritual and philosophical concerns, O'Gorman asserts, these two unabashedly Catholic authors bequeathed a postmodern South of shopping malls and interstates imbued with as much meaning as Appomattox or Yoknapatawpha. O'Gorman builds his argument with biographical, historical, literary, and theological evidence, examining the writers' work through intriguing pairings, such as O'Connor's Wise Blood with Percy's The Moviegoer, and O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard to Find with Percy's Lancelot. An impeccable exercise in literary history and criticism, Peculiar Crossroads renders a genuine understanding of the Catholic sensibility of both O'Connor and Percy and their influence among contemporary southern writers.

Peculiar Treasures

by Robin Jones Gunn

Katie Weldon catches more than just the bouquet at the wedding of her best friend, Christy Miller. She also snags a job offer that launches her into an adventure she never imagined. Katie eagerly accepts the job as resident assistant at Rancho Corona University only to find herself in a community of conflict. She thought this was where God wanted her, but how can God use her-love her-when everything is falling apart? Especially with her boyfriend, Rick. Katie turns to the women in her life for solace. In the safety of their love and encouragement she finally allows herself to spill her heart about her relationship with Rick. But even their advice can't postpone the decision Katie must face, a decision that will define who she is and the woman she's becoming. The first book in the Katie Weldon Series, Peculiar Treasures follows Katie as she struggles to believe that God can love her, faults and all.

Pedagogy for Religion: Missionary Education and the Fashioning of Hindus and Muslims in Bengal

by Parna Sengupta

Offering a new approach to the study of religion and empire, this innovative book challenges a widespread myth of modernity--that Western rule has had a secularizing effect on the non-West--by looking closely at missionary schools in Bengal. Parna Sengupta examines the period from 1850 to the 1930s and finds that modern education effectively reinforced the place of religion in colonial India. Debates over the mundane aspects of schooling, rather than debates between religious leaders, transformed the everyday definitions of what it meant to be a Christian, Hindu, or Muslim. Speaking to our own time, Sengupta concludes that today's Qur'an schools are not, as has been argued, throwbacks to a premodern era. She argues instead that Qur'an schools share a pedagogical frame with today's Christian and Muslim schools, a connection that plays out the long history of this colonial encounter.

Pee Wee Scouts: Bad, Bad Bunnies

by Judy Delton

It's almost Easter and the Pee Wee Scouts are dyeing their eggs. Blue. Green. Pink. Purple. The big Easter egg hunt is coming up. Mrs. Peters, the troop leader, will give out a prize to the Pee Wee who finds the most eggs. A stuffed bunny.Mrs. Peters will give badgets too. For fire safety. The Pee Wees learn all about it.Molly Duff wants to earn that badge.Rachel Meyer wants to win that prize.But something sticky gets Sonny Betz mad, so watch out. Because when Pee Wees are bad bunnies, Easter eggs go flying!

Peep Show (A Vintage Short)

by Nathan Englander

A Vintage Shorts "Short Story Month" Selection Allen Fein-- née Ari Feinberg--is on his way to Port Authority when he hears it: "Girls," the hawker says. "Three-hundred-and-sixty-degree all-around stage." This is the Times Square Allen remembers. But he's a married man now. Well, maybe one little peek . . . From one of the most dazzling voices in contemporary literature, "Peep Show" is a funny, surprising, surreal story of sexual longing and the deeper shadows of desire. In the peep show, you never know who's behind the curtain. A selection from the acclaimed volume What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. An eBook short.

Peggy Guggenheim

by Francine Prose

One of twentieth-century America's most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray. In her time, there was no stronger advocate for the groundbreaking and the avant-garde. Her midtown gallery was the acknowledged center of the postwar New York art scene, and her museum on the Grand Canal in Venice remains one of the world's great collections of modern art. Yet as renowned as she was for the art and artists she so tirelessly championed, Guggenheim was equally famous for her unconventional personal life, and for her ironic, playful desire to shock. Acclaimed best-selling author Francine Prose offers a singular reading of Guggenheim's life that will enthrall enthusiasts of twentieth-century art, as well as anyone interested in American and European culture and the interrelationships between them. The lively and insightful narrative follows Guggenheim through virtually every aspect of her extraordinary life, from her unique collecting habits and paradigm-changing discoveries, to her celebrity friendships, failed marriages, and scandalous affairs, and Prose delivers a colorful portrait of a defiantly uncompromising woman who maintained a powerful upper hand in a male-dominated world. Prose also explores the ways in which Guggenheim's image was filtered through the lens of insidious antisemitism.

Peirce and the Conduct of Life: Sentiment and Instinct in Ethics and Religion

by Richard Kenneth Atkins

Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) is regarded as the founding father of pragmatism and a key figure in the development of American philosophy, yet his practical philosophy remains under-acknowledged and misinterpreted. In this book, Richard Atkins argues that Peirce did in fact have developed and systematic views on ethics, on religion, and on how to live, and that these views are both plausible and relevant. Drawing on a controversial lecture that Peirce delivered in 1898 and related works, he examines Peirce's theories of sentiment and instinct, his defence of the rational acceptability of religious belief, his analysis of self-controlled action, and his pragmatic account of practical ethics, showing how he developed his views and how they interact with those of his great contemporary William James. This study will be essential for scholars of Peirce and for those interested in American philosophy, pragmatism, the philosophy of religion, the philosophy of action, and ethics. A rare book-length study of Peirce's practical philosophy which delves into a little-studied area of Peirce's thought. Contrasts Peirce's views with those of William James, appealing to those who have an interest in the thought of James or pragmatism more generally. Develops a detailed analysis of the increasingly popular debate on self-controlled action.

Pekudei: The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible)

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin

Pekudei (Exodus 38:21-40:38) and Haftarah (1 Kings 7:40-50): The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each pamphlet includes a general introduction, two model divrei Torah on the weekly Torah portion, and one model davar Torah on the weekly Haftarah portion. Jewish learning—for young people and adults—will never be the same. The complete set of weekly portions is available in Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin’s book The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS, 2017).

Peldaños del discipulado: Un enfoque distinto, plenamente aplicable a todo buen sistema de discipulado

by Ricardo Hussey

Este libro no es otro método de discipulado, sino un enfoque distinto, pero plenamente aplicable a todo buen sistema de discipulado. Sin contrariar a ninguno en absoluto, contiene ingredientes que podrán corroborar y enriquecer a cualquier buen sistema. Se parte de la figura que nos proporciona Hechos 1:13, en la cual vemos a un grupo de discípulos que moran en un lugar alto. Sus vidas y ejemplos sirven de atracción e inspiración a otros para que se dispongan a subir a ese lugar alto en que ellos ya están. Así se construye una escalera imaginaria, pero muy práctica, de 25 peldaños, que se van tratando en forma progresiva. Cada uno de ellos representa una virtud, cualidad o capacidad que se ha de encontrar en todo buen discípulo. Se ameniza intercalando ejemplos ilustrativos sobre aspectos básicos y elementales, pero en la medida que se van escalando posiciones, la tónica del libro cobra facetas más altas y encumbradas. Estas y el capítulo final -El álbum de fotografías- podrán servir de desafío o inspiración aun para siervos ya formados y experimentados.

Pele's Wish

by Sondra Ray

The wisdom and spirituality of Hawaiian elders is a facet of Hawaiian culture that outsiders rarely see or truly understand. New Age veteran Sondra Ray and her personal guide, Auntie Pua, act as messengers of the Aloha spirit, sharing the sacred teachings of the Kahunas -- the "transmitters of secrets" -- through kitchen-table style storytelling and first-hand adventures. The ancient rituals and basic tenets of the Huna way -- loving oneself, nurturing other beings and the land, and living in harmony with all of life -- provide a powerful code of transformation, leading to a deeper spiritual life more in tune with the rhythms of the natural world. By identifying the three core selves present in everyone, and in coordinating the way the three selves interact, readers learn to control their own reality -- this is the Huna Way.

Pelea: Las claves para ganar las batallas que importan

by Craig Groeschel

El libro- Pelea: Las claves para ganar las batallas que importan -presenta algunos de los valores y metas del conocido libro para hombres “Salvaje de corazón”, pero este libro tiene la ventaja de estar dirigido a una nueva generación, y cuenta con el apoyo de una fuerte campaña publicitaria. Esta es una obra que le habla directamente al corazón del hombre. Aquí hallarás la fortaleza necesaria para pelear las batallas que sabes que necesitas pelear; aquellas batallas que van a determinar el estado de tu corazón, la calidad de tu matrimonio y la salud espiritual de tu familia. <p><p>Craig Groeschel estudia también ejemplos tomados de las Escrituras, entre ellos el de nuestro buen amigo Sansón. Sí, el personaje de los bíceps inmensos y el cabello de hippie que estaba obsesionado con Dalila. Te sorprenderás al ver lo mucho que tenemos en común con este hombre. Al analizar su vida, aprenderás la manera de derrotar a los demonios que debilitan a los hombres más fuertes. Pelea te ayudará a convertirte en el hombre que Dios quería que fueras cuando te creó: un hombre que sabe pelear por lo que es correcto. Y no te atrevas a presentarte sin armas a esta batalla. Aprende a pelear con fe, con oración y con la Palabra de Dios. Ya va siendo hora de que pelees como un hombre. Por el amor de Dios, PELEA.

Pembrick's Creaturepedia

by Andrew Peterson

This detailed companion is essential to all who travel to the lands of Skree, and a must-have for all Wingfeather Saga fans. Now with all-new illustrations!Sketcher, adventurer, disguiser, and sneaker Ollister B. Pembrick roamed all of Skree with a sketchbook and pen, searching behind every tree stump and under every stone, in every river and on every hill, to discover and document the endless living wonders of the Maker's world. He risked life and limb--quite literally--to compile sketches and details of the creatures of Skree, usually from the cover of a hollow log, a hedge, or a pile of leaves.Refer to this carefully documented Creaturepedia before traversing through the Stony Mountains or harvesting fartichokes within a fortnight after a sandstorm. The drawings and field notes about squeeblins, toothy cows, oiples, and more will surely save any explorer's life and will definitely keep them--and their appendages--from being gobbled. Tread carefully, young adventurer. The creatures within are not to be trifled with.

Pen Friends 2. Atentamente, bicho peludo

by Ana Campoy

Apúntate al programa Pen Friends, coge papel y lápiz y prepárate para que empiece la diversión. Óliver es un apasionado por el surf. Ruci acaba de llegar al instituto y aún no ha encontrado su sitio. Ambos sienten que el mundo no les comprende y por eso se apuntan al programa Pen Friends. Gracias a sus cartas se hacen amigos, comparten historias sobre patines y olas increíbles. Aunque ninguno puede imaginar que ¡todo está a punto de cambiar!

Pen of Iron: American Prose and the King James Bible

by Robert Alter

How the King James Bible has influenced the style of the American novel from Melville to Cormac McCarthyThe simple yet grand language of the King James Bible has pervaded American culture from the beginning—and its powerful eloquence continues to be felt even today. In this book, acclaimed biblical translator and literary critic Robert Alter traces some of the fascinating ways that American novelists—from Melville, Hemingway, and Faulkner to Bellow, Marilynne Robinson, and Cormac McCarthy—have drawn on the rich stylistic resources of the canonical English Bible to fashion their own strongly resonant styles and distinctive visions of reality. Showing the radically different manners in which the words, idioms, syntax, and cadences of this Bible are woven into Moby-Dick, Absalom, Absalom!, The Sun Also Rises, Seize the Day, Gilead, and The Road, Alter reveals the wide variety of stylistic and imaginative possibilities that American novelists have found in Scripture. At the same time, Alter demonstrates the importance of looking closely at the style of literary works, making the case that style is not merely an aesthetic phenomenon but is the very medium through which writers conceive their worlds.

Penance in Medieval Europe, 600-1200

by Rob Meens

Penance has traditionally been viewed exclusively as the domain of church history but penance and confession also had important social functions in medieval society. In this book, Rob Meens comprehensively reassesses the evidence from late antiquity to the thirteenth century, employing a broad range of sources, including letters, documentation of saints' lives, visions, liturgical texts, monastic rules and conciliar legislation from across Europe. Recent discoveries have unearthed fascinating new evidence, established new relationships between key texts and given more attention to the manuscripts in which penitential books are found. Many of these discoveries and new approaches are revealed here for the first time to a general audience. Providing a full and up-to-date overview of penitential literature during the period, Meens sets the rituals of penance and confession in their social contexts, providing the first introduction to this fundamental feature of medieval religion and society for more than fifty years.

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