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Migration and Religion: IMISCOE Short Reader (IMISCOE Research Series)
by Magdalena Nordin Jonas OtterbeckThis open access book introduces research on migration and religion with the focus on migration to western European countries from the 1950s and onwards. The book is an in-depth presentation of the main research trends as to methods, theories and empirical zones on migration and religion. In a unique way, the book brings together research about the topic aligning it with the experiences and urgencies of migrants. The first part of three introduces key concepts and presents main research trends over time. The second part deals with the processes of establishment – on an individual level as well as on a group and society level. The third and final part focuses on religious change in relation to religious ideas and habits. It further highlights religious creativity. The third part finishes with a discussion about challenges to research and what we still do not know enough about.
Migration and Religion in East Asia: North Korean Migrants' Evangelical Encounters (Global Diversities)
by Jin-Heon JungThis book sheds light on North Korean migrants' Christian encounters and conversions throughout the process of migration and settlement. Focusing on churches as primary contact zones, it highlights the ways in which the migrants and their evangelical counterparts both draw on and contest each others' envisioning of a reunified Christianized Korea.
Migration and Religion in East Asia: North Korean Migrants’ Evangelical Encounters (Global Diversities)
by Jin-Heon JungThis book sheds light on North Korean migrants' Christian encounters and conversions throughout the process of migration and settlement. Focusing on churches as primary contact zones, it highlights the ways in which the migrants and their evangelical counterparts both draw on and contest each others' envisioning of a reunified Christianized Korea.
Migration and the Making of Global Christianity
by Jehu J. HancilesA magisterial sweep through 1500 years of Christian history with a groundbreaking focus on the missionary role of migrants in its spread. Human migration has long been identified as a driving force of historical change. Building on this understanding, Jehu Hanciles surveys the history of Christianity&’s global expansion from its origins through 1500 CE to show how migration—more than official missionary activity or imperial designs—played a vital role in making Christianity the world&’s largest religion. Church history has tended to place a premium on political power and institutional forms, thus portraying Christianity as a religion disseminated through official representatives of church and state. But, as Hanciles illustrates, this &“top-down perspective overlooks the multifarious array of social movements, cultural processes, ordinary experiences, and non-elite activities and decisions that contribute immensely to religious encounter and exchange.&” Hanciles&’s socio-historical approach to understanding the growth of Christianity as a world religion disrupts the narrative of Western preeminence, while honoring and making sense of the diversity of religious expression that has characterized the world Christian movement for two millennia. In turning the focus of the story away from powerful empires and heroic missionaries, Migration and the Making of Global Christianity instead tells the more truthful story of how every Christian migrant is a vessel for the spread of the Christian faith in our deeply interconnected world.
Migration Miracle: Faith, Hope, and Meaning on the Undocumented Journey
by Jacqueline Maria HaganSince the arrival of the Puritans, various religious groups, including Quakers, Jews, Catholics, and Protestant sects, have migrated to the United States. The role of religion in motivating their migration and shaping their settlement experiences has been well documented. What has not been recorded is the contemporary story of how migrants from Mexico and Central America rely on religion—their clergy, faith, cultural expressions, and everyday religious practices—to endure the undocumented journey. At a time when anti-immigrant feeling is rising among the American public and when immigration is often cast in economic or deviant terms, Migration Miracle humanizes the controversy by exploring the harsh realities of the migrants’ desperate journeys. Drawing on over 300 interviews with men, women, and children, Jacqueline Hagan focuses on an unexplored dimension of the migration undertaking—the role of religion and faith in surviving the journey. Each year hundreds of thousands of migrants risk their lives to cross the border into the United States, yet until now, few scholars have sought migrants’ own accounts of their experiences.
Migration, Religion and Early Childhood Education (Wiener Beiträge zur Islamforschung)
by Ednan AslanAlthough it is rarely given sufficient consideration in either scholarly or political debates, early childhood education plays a crucial role in the integration process of young immigrants in European countries, since it not only enables the children to be integrated into society, both linguistically and culturally, but it also provides their parents with the opportunity, through their children, to view the society more directly and to reflect on their own values in the encounter, or to potentially seek new orientations. The quality of young migrants’ educational achievements, which have repeatedly caused current political debates in European countries, should not be considered independently of the elementary education measures since they are very closely related.Prof. Dr. Ednan Aslan is Chair of Islamic Religious Education at the Institute for Islamic Theological Studies at the University of Vienna.
Migration, Transnationalism and Catholicism
by Dominic Pasura Marta Bivand ErdalThis book is the first to analyze the impacts of migration and transnationalism on global Catholicism. It explores how migration and transnationalism are producing diverse spaces and encounters that are moulding the Roman Catholic Church as institution and parish, pilgrimage and network, community and people. Bringing together established and emerging scholars of sociology, anthropology, geography, history and theology, it examines migrants' religious transnationalism, but equally the effects of migration-related-diversity on non-migrant Catholics and the Church itself. This timely edited collection is organised around a series of theoretical frameworks for understanding the intersections of migration and Catholicism, with case studies from 17 different countries and contexts. The extent to which migrants' religiosity transforms Catholicism, and the negotiations of unity in diversity within the Roman Catholic Church, are key themes throughout. This innovative approach will appeal to scholars of migration, transnationalism, religion, theology, and diversity.
Migrations of the Holy: God, State, and the Political Meaning of the Church
by William T. CavanaughWhether one thinks that "religion" continues to fade or has made a comeback in the contemporary world, there is a common notion that "religion" went away somewhere, at least in the West. But William Cavanaugh argues that religious fervor never left -- it has only migrated toward a new object of worship. In Migrations of the Holy he examines the disconcerting modern transfer of sacred devotion from the church to the nation-state. In these chapters Cavanaugh cautions readers to be wary of a rigid separation of religion and politics that boxes in the church and sends citizens instead to the state for hope, comfort, and salvation as they navigate the risks and pains of mortal life. When nationality becomes the primary source of identity and belonging, he warns, the state becomes the god and idol of its own religion, the language of nationalism becomes a liturgy, and devotees willingly sacrifice their lives to serve and defend their country. Cavanaugh urges Christians to resist this form of idolatry, to unthink the inevitability of the nation-state and its dreary party politics, to embrace radical forms of political pluralism that privilege local communities -- and to cling to an incarnational theology that weaves itself seamlessly and tangibly into all aspects of daily life and culture.
Mik-Shrok
by Gloria ReppTwo young missionaries receive a dog sled team with Mik-Shrok as its leader.
Mikkets: The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible)
by Rabbi Jeffrey K. SalkinMikkets (Genesis 41:1-44:17) and Haftarah (1 Kings 3:15-28; 4:1): 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).
Mi'kmaq Landscapes: From Animism to Sacred Ecology (Vitality of Indigenous Religions)
by Anne-Christine HornborgThis book seeks to explore historical changes in the lifeworld of the Mi'kmaq Indians of Eastern Canada. The Mi'kmaq culture hero Kluskap serves as a key persona in discussing issues such as traditions, changing conceptions of land, and human-environmental relations. In order not to depict Mi'kmaq culture as timeless, two important periods in its history are examined. Within the first period, between 1850 and 1930, Hornborg explores historical evidence of the ontology, epistemology, and ethics - jointly labelled animism - that stem from a premodern Mi'kmaq hunting subsistence. New ways of discussing animism and shamanism are here richly exemplified. The second study situates the culture hero in the modern world of the 1990s, when allusions to Mi'kmaq tradition and to Kluskap played an important role in the struggle against a planned superquarry on Cape Breton. This study discusses the eco-cosmology that has been formulated by modern reserve inhabitants which could be labelled a 'sacred ecology'. Focusing on how the Mi'kmaq are rebuilding their traditions and environmental relations in interaction with modern society, Hornborg illustrates how environmental groups, pan-Indianism, and education play an important role, but so does reserve life. By anchoring their engagement in reserve life the Mi'kmaq traditionalists have, to a large extent, been able to confront both external and internal doubts about their authenticity.
Miko's Muzzy Mess (AstroKids #4)
by Robert ElmerWELCOME TO 2175! Meet the Astrokids--Miko, Buzz, Mir, DeeBee, and Tag--five friends learning biblical truth through out-of-this-world adventures aboard space station CLEO-7. Everyone thought I was the only stowaway on CLEO-7--until we found two muzzies hiding in the walls of the station. So cuddly and cute! What was to worry about? But with just a nibble of my chocolate bar, things got out of hand. Before long, the station was crawling with thousands of hungry muzzies. Yikes! And it was all my fault! Could we AstroKids catch all the muzzy invaders, or was this good-bye CLEO-7?
Mila 18
by Leon UrisIn a bunker underneath 18 Mila Street, a determined band of Warsaw Jews resist Nazi occupiers Italian-American journalist Christopher de Monti finds himself in Nazi-controlled Warsaw before the outbreak of World War II. Though wined and dined by German officers eager for sympathetic coverage, de Monti's nose for the real story soon leads him to discover the terrifying conditions of the Warsaw ghettos and the Nazis' chilling plans for the ghettos' inhabitants. He soon comes to know the Jewish resistance movement and joins their courageous--if doomed--last stand. Mila 18 is one of Uris's most powerful and heartfelt novels and is the product of meticulous research of pre-WWII Warsaw. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Leon Uris including rare photos from the author's estate.
El milagro de la paz: Puedes encontrar la paz en cada desafío que enfrentes
by Jack CountrymanEn El milagro de la paz, el autor de confianza Jack Countryman y otras personas dinámicas de fe de treinta a noventa años compartirán inspiración y esperanza sobre la paz milagrosa que solo Dios puede traer durante las temporadas más tormentosas de la vida. Dios nos ha instruido en la Biblia que no nos preocupemos por el mañana. Suena simple, así que ¿por qué es tan difícil de lograr?, ¿por qué no podemos encontrar la paz? Explora lo que la Biblia dice acerca de dejar ir la ansiedad y el miedo y abrazar una nueva forma de pensar que nos lleva a una relación más cercana con Dios.Con El milagro de la Paz, te sentirás animado mientras descubres cómo:Entender los planes de Dios cuando nada parece tener sentidoEncontrar la calma cuando todo a tu alrededor es el caosConfiar en que Dios te tiene en la palma de Su manoEste hermoso libro incluye:Una página de presentación para regalarUna cinta marcadora para mantener su lugar52 meditaciones sobre cómo encontrar la paz en un mundo turbulentoDios no quiere que sus seres queridos sufran con preocupación. A medida que te acercas a Él, experimentas el milagro de la paz que está disponible para ti. Solo tienes que pedirlo.The Miracle of peaceIn The Miracle of Peace, trusted author Jack Countryman and other dynamic people of faith from their thirties to their nineties will share inspiration and hope about the miraculous peace that only God can bring about during the stormiest seasons in life. God has instructed us in the Bible not to worry about tomorrow. It sounds simple, so why is it so difficult to achieve? Why can't we find peace? Explore what the Bible says about letting go of anxiety and fear and embracing a new way of thinking that brings us into a closer relationship with God.In The Miracle of Peace, you'll be encouraged as you discover how to:Understand God's plans when nothing seems to make senseFind calm when all around you is chaosTrust that God has you in the palm of His handThis beautiful book includes:A presentation page for gift-givingA ribbon marker to keep your place52 meditations about finding peace in a troubled worldGod doesn't want His loved ones to suffer with worry. As you draw closer to Him, you'll experience the miracle of peace that is available to you. You only need ask.
El milagro del Papa: Dieciséis días para cambiar el mundo
by Giulio Valter MicioniLa novela se desarrolla durante los dieciséis días que preceden a una futura Semana Santa.Al final de estos transcendentales días, el mundo ya no será como antes. Debido a una incipiente e incontrolable crisis mundial, social, religiosa y de conflictos, tres cardenales planean con el Papa un increíble complot secreto para restaurar el cristianismo, la fe y la paz entre los pueblos. La acción se desarrolla en un crescendo de tensión y giros hasta llegar al extraordinario prodigio final. Dado que, en estos tiempos de crisis, la humanidad está en busca de mayores certezas, este libro puede influir positivamente en el ánimo y la conciencia de las personas, estimulando así la esperanza humana en un futuro mejor. La reciente literatura mundial sobre el Vaticano se orienta, cada vez más, hacia la denigración y el escándalo, mientras que este libro revela una atmósfera positiva y una visión de la salvación que invitan a la meditación y fortalecen el espíritu del lector. Por el interés universal de los temas tratados, la novela podría interesar a lectores de todo el mundo y prestarse a una adaptación cinematográfica de distribución internacional.
Milagro en Coffeeville y otras leyendas de Navidad
by Darrell Case Gloria Cifuentes DowlingUna colección de leyendas navideñas para confortar el alma. Si usted siente lo mismo que yo, entonces ama la época navideña: el ambiente festivo, el árbol decorado, los obsequios, la cena, los villancicos. Las personas se comportan como niños. Hay encuentros familiares y reuniones con los amigos. Sin embargo, existe un peligro. Podemos dejarnos llevar demasiado por la celebración y olvidarnos del verdadero significado de la Navidad: que Cristo vino a traernos vida eterna. La criatura en el pesebre solo fue un preludio del Salvador en la cruz. Mi mayor anhelo es que este pequeño libro le ayude a recuperar el júbilo de esta fecha. Es probable que Dios le bendiga y que disfrute de una Navidad maravillosa.
Milagros
by Helen ThompsonLet the ancient power of milagros work miracles for you! Based on traditional Latin American talismans, these tiny silver charms are reminders that a miracle can fit in the palm of your hand. Throughout Latin America and the American Southwest, milagros are offered at shrines and sacred sites by believers as requests for divine assistance, or as thanks for blessings received. Modern day milagros may be carried in a pocket to protect from illness or harm, kept in the office to insure success, or placed in the car to avoid accidents--whenever you need a little magic in your life. Milagros: A Book of Miracles is a wonderful introduction to this ancient tradition. Filled with beautiful milagro-inspired imagery, thoughtful meditations and reflections to enhance your daily life, and inspiring true stories of real people who have been touched by the magic of these ancient charms, this book proves that miracle do happen! IF YOU BELIEVE ...A young newlywed pins a milagro to a statue of St. Francis after her husband suffers a near-fatal accident. After his miraculous full recovery, she returns every year to give thanks. A heartbroken man carries a heart-shaped milagro in his pocket after losing the love of his life-shortly after, they are reunited. A surgery patient fastens a milagro above his heart and is restored to better health than his doctors ever anticipated. Milagros--Spanish for miracles--come in an endless variety of shapes and sizes. Since before recorded history, these offerings to the gods have been an essential part of Latin American culture. More than just symbolic gifts, milagros are thought to be magical: if you believe and make your desire known with good faith, the milagro may work its wondrous power. This book is an inspiring introduction to the beauty anddivine blessings of these ancient talismans.
Milagros del Cielo: Una pequeña niña y su impresionante historia de sanidad
by Christy W. Beam¿Cómo podemos explicar lo imposible? Para Christy y Kevin Beam, la fe significaba poner un pie delante del otro, ya que vivían la vida a la sombra de su hija mediana Annabel y su devastadora enfermedad. Diagnosticada con un trastorno incurable, que amenazaba su vida, la pequeña Anna perseveró a través de años de dolor, pruebas y tratamientos invasivos. Cuando Anna tuvo un accidente que casi le quita la vida, la familia Beam pensó que todo se volvería peor para ella. En los días siguientes, sin embargo, Anna compartió en silencio una historia impresionante sobere cómo visitó el cielo, conoció a Jesús, y fue guiada por la luz de un ángel guardián. Pero el mayor de los milagros estaba por comenzar, un milagro médico bien documentado que ha dejado desconcertado a los especialistas y lo dejará inspirado a usted. Las memorias edificantes de Christy Beam son un testimonio de fe y familia, y un bálsamo de paz para cualquier alma que ansia conocer la realidad del gran poder del amor de Dios.
Los Milagros En Ti: Reconoce La Asombrosa Obra De Dios En Ti Y Por Medio De Ti
by Mark Victor HansenMark Victor Hansen, co-author of the multi-million selling Chicken Soup for the Soul, shows you how to recognize miracles in your own life, and then how to bring about surprising miracles in the lives of those around you!
Milarepa: Lessons from the Life and Songs of Tibet's Great Yogi
by Chogyam Trungpa Judith L. LiefRenowned meditation master Chögyam Trungpa retells the stories and realization songs of Tibet's best-known and most-beloved religious figure--and reveals how they relate to our everyday lives.He went from being the worst kind of malevolent sorcerer to a devoted and ascetic Buddhist practitioner to a completely enlightened being all in a single lifetime. The story of Milarepa (1040–1123) is a tale of such extreme and powerful transformation that it might be thought not to have much direct application to our own less dramatic lives—but Chögyam Trungpa shows otherwise. This collection of his teachings on the life and songs of the great Tibetan Buddhist poet-saint reveals how Milarepa’s difficulties can be a source of guidance and inspiration for anyone. His struggles, his awakening, and the teachings from his remarkable songs provide precious wisdom for all us practitioners and show what devoted and diligent practice can achieve.
Milarepa's Kungfu: Mahamudra in His Songs of Realization
by Karl BrunnhölzlDiscover a meditation master&’s &“kungfu of the mind.&”The view is the wisdom of being empty Meditation is luminosity without fixation Conduct is a continual flow free of attachment Fruition is nakedness bare of any stain This is the first stanza of Milarepa&’s Ultimate View, Meditation, Conduct, and Fruition: pith instructions originally sang to the great yogi Rechungpa, Milarepa&’s disciple. These teachings are Milarepa&’s direct offering to his disciple of his own profound realization, gained after many years of dedicated practice. Karl Brunnhölzl, acclaimed translator and senior teacher at the Nalandabodhi community of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, calls this hard-earned understanding &“kungfu&”: &“Gong means &‘skillful work,&’ &‘hard training,&’ or &‘endeavor,&’ and fu means &‘time spent...&’ The term refers to Milarepa&’s diligent and skillful training in the techniques to realize the nature of his mind and benefit countless sentient beings.&” Ultimate View, Meditation, Conduct, and Fruition is a work of remarkable depth and clarity. In just five verses, Milarepa gives incisive instructions for progressing and for avoiding pitfalls in the stages of practice: - View: the basis or ground from which the proper meditation, conduct, and fruition of mahamudra can arise - Meditation: the training in or the familiarization with that view - Conduct: the natural outflow of having familiarized with the view in meditation - Fruition: the final outcome of having fully assimilated and realized the view, whose essence is not different from it
Mild Altered States of Consciousness: Subtle Shifts of Mind and Their Therapeutic Potential
by Eileen SheppardThis book draws on transpersonal anthropology and psychology in order to explore mild altered states of consciousness (ASCs) experienced in everyday life. While research into consciousness and particularly ASCs is growing, this book focuses on a neglected area: ‘everyday’ experiences of ASCs. Opening with an up-to-date overview of the development of the study of ASCs, the author presents an in-depth empirical exploration and mapping of mild ASCs. Dr Sheppard examines original research conducted in a range of religious and secular contexts with participants who were engaged in activities including prayer, sport, nature conservation, music and musical instrument making, and TV viewing. The author takes a novel phenomenological approach to the analysis of ASCs, emphasising the subjective experience. The book explores the healing potential of such mild ASCs; the everyday fantasy reality of the interior landscape; and discusses the problem of validity, and belief in the study of ASCs. It will appeal to students and scholars of transpersonal psychology, consciousness studies, social anthropology, and the philosophy of mind.
A Mile in Her Shoes: Lessons From the Lives of Old Testament Women
by Sheron PattersonThis book includes six weeks' worth of Bible study about women of the Old Testament: Deborah, Rahab, Hagar, Abigail, Hannah, and the widow and the oil are included.
A Mile in My Flip-Flops: A Novel
by Melody CarlsonThirty-something Gretchen Hanover is stuck. Seeking solace from a broken heart, she traded her wedding plans for home improvement shows and ice cream—but she knows she can’t live on Ben and Jerry’s forever. She also knows that her enthusiastic Lab puppy has outgrown her tiny apartment. The perfect patch for Gretchen’s dilapidated plans? She’ll become a first-time house-flipper. As ideas go, it’s daring and genius. She’ll take out a short-term loan, buy a fixer-upper, renovate it, resell it, and use the profit for an adorable house of her own. What could be easier? But Gretchen’s plans to flip quickly flop when the house turns out to be in worse shape than she expected. She is relying on her retired contractor-father, but he wants to draw in his carpenter friend Noah Campbell. And although Noah is handy with tools, Gretchen isn’t so sure about the baggage he brings with him. Will she be able to loosen her grip on the tools when it seems Noah may be her only help? A whimsical look at color swatches, mismatched curtain rods, and the building of relationships,A Mile in My Flip-Flopsreminds us that it takes faith to renovate the heart, as well as the home.
Mile Markers: A Path for Nurturing Adolescent Faith
by Denise E. Mckinney"The journey of adolescence can be a long, winding road, filled with detours, wrong turns, great scenery, and amazing destinations. But for many teens, the journey can be overwhelming, intimidating, confusing, and can leave them feeling like they’re on the road alone. For youth workers and parents who want to help students along this journey, Mile Markers provides practical, easy-to-execute ideas that help create places to stop and reflect along the way. The included CD-ROM has 30+ practical activities perfect for sharing with parents and volunteers. Students will discover things about themselves and God that may be hard to recognize if they don’t slow down and savor some of the moments of their teenage years. After more than a decade in youth ministry, Denise McKinney discovered the key to her role and purpose in the lives of her students: creating mile markers—or guideposts—to help teens see where they’ve come from and where they’re going. “Mile Markers is the practice of leading students towards personal, tangible, and memorable moments that help shape the person they are becoming.” As a parent or youth worker, you have the privilege of walking alongside teens as they are on the road to discovering who they are and where they’re headed. You can encourage and affirm them as they begin to understand the answers to their questions of identity, purpose, and community, and you’ll guide them on their way to maturity."