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Santa Miracles: 50 True Stories that Celebrate the Most Magical Time of the Year
by Brad SteigerYes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!In this heartfelt collection of real-life Santa stories, Christmas lovers will learn that the jolly old elf is alive and well and still performing miracles that reflect the spirit of the season this and every Christmas. Inside you will meet such inspiring Santa Clauses as:Raleigh, the mailman, who every Christmas, donned a Santa suit to distribute gifts of toys and food to the poor families in "shanty town," because they were too proud to accept charity from someone they knewBill, the juvenile delinquent sentenced by the judge to play Santa and distribute gifts to the children at a local orphanage-who in the process discovered the true spirit of ChristmasRobert, who kept an old man from being mugged one cold December night, only to recognize him later over coffee as the local department store Santa who had brightened his childhood Christmases Not even Scrooge himself could resist these touching yuletide stories of cheer, hope, and love. If you love Christmas, you'll love this book!
Santa Muerte Devotion: Vulnerability, Protection, Intimacy (Elements in New Religious Movements)
by Wil G. PanstersIn recent decades the cult of Santa Muerte has become a remarkable phenomenon in Mexico's popular religious landscape, from where it has migrated abroad. Due to the uncommon iconography of the robed skeleton and the association with criminality, the Santa Muerte cult has been the object of public controversy. This Element deconstructs mainstream views of Santa Muerte devotion by privileging the voices and practices of devotees. Counterintuitively, Santa Muerte devotion is about assuring a good life in health, work, love, justice, and security. Notwithstanding the cult's rapid growth and public visibility since 2000, it is deeply embedded in Mexico's religious and cultural history. The analysis of material culture, theology, and ritual demonstrates the importance of devotional intimacy. This Element also studies how gender, family, leadership, and political relations intersect with the cult. Santa Muerte popular religiosity is examined in terms of socioeconomic vulnerabilities, ineffective social protections, exclusion, and existential insecurities.
Santa Rita de Casia
by María Luz GómezPara un amor auténtico, no existe ningún imposible. En un agitado periodo de la historia italiana del siglo IV, marcado por las luchas entre güelfos y gibelinos, y las que mantenían por el poder en Cascia las familias rivales de la nobleza, el amor de Rita logró auténticos «imposibles». El primero: la paz entre las dos familias «pioneras» que se odiaban a muerte.
Santa Speaks: The Wit And Wisdom Of Santas Across The Nation
by Dawn Sheggeby Michael Patrick CollinsSanta Claus is real. In stores and schools and street corners all across the country each December, the jolly old elf exists. Santa Speaks is a celebration of all the real-life Santas who carry on the tradition of Saint Nicholas. What is it like, after all, to be the jolliest, most generous, and best loved man in the world? Santa Speaks takes a merry look at the red-clad few who step outside their usual lives each year to listen to our wishes. Thirty different Santas from around the United States, including a cowboy Santa in Texas, a Cajun Papa Noel in New Orleans, a showgirl Santa in Las Vegas, and a pro-wrestler-turned-Santa in New York share heartfelt and often hilarious true-life tales that evoke all the warmth, joy, laughter, and frustrations of the holiday season. This unique collection of photographs and first-hand stories will put a twinkle in the eye of gift-givers and recipients alike.
Santa Teresa de Jesús en una nueva versión
by María Luz GómezTeresa de Jesús, «fémina inquieta y monja andariega». Narro, basándome en las obras de nuestra santa de Ávila (siglo XVI), pero con un lenguaje actual, su interesante vida de gran mística y reformadora de la Orden del Carmen -frecuentemente atacada y llena de curiosas anécdotas-. También se habla de la fundación de muchos monasterios reformados.
Santayana: Saint of the Imagination
by Mossie KirkwoodThis book has its origin in the author's deep admiration for its subject as a man of great cultivation with the instinct of veneration as well as the determination to learn and to face the facts, an engaging human being as well as an exciting thinker. Her aim has been to encourage a wider reading of Santayana himself. With this purpose she provides an intimate picture of the man using material from his letters and making reference to his autobiography and other philosophical works; but within the biographical framework she also expounds his thought, endeavouring to show the high quality of her subject's "religion" of the imagination. The result is a firmly handled, quietly mannered exposition of the growth of Santayana's mind as seen in his books and the small events of his life as scholar and thinker. It will be suggestive for the general reader and a helpful introduction for the student.
Santeria: African Spirits in America
by Joseph M. MurphySantería represents the first in-depth, scholarly account of a profound way of wisdom that is growing in importance in America today. A professional academic and himself a participant in the Santería community of the Bronx for several years, Joseph Murphy offers a powerful description and insightful analysis of this African/Cuban religion. He traces the survival of an ancient spiritual path from its West African Yoruba origins, through nearly two centuries of slavery in the New World, to its presence in the urban centers of the United States, where it continues to inspire seekers with its compelling vision.
Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America
by Miguel A. De La TorreThis book by Miguel De La Torre offers a fascinating guide to the history, beliefs, rituals, and culture of Santería — a religious tradition that, despite persecution, suppression, and its own secretive nature, has close to a million adherents in the United States alone. Santería is a religion with Afro-Cuban roots, rising out of the cultural clash between the Yoruba people of West Africa and the Spanish Catholics who brought them to the Americas as slaves. As a faith of the marginalized and persecuted, it gave oppressed men and women strength and the will to survive. With the exile of thousands of Cubans in the wake of Castro's revolution in 1959, Santería came to the United States, where it is gradually coming to be recognized as a legitimate faith tradition. Apart from vague suspicions that Santería's rituals include animal sacrifice and notions that it is a “syncretistic” form of Catholicism, most people in America's cultural and religious mainstream know very little about this rich faith tradition — in fact, many have never heard of it at all. De La Torre, who was reared in Santería, sets out in this book to provide a basic understanding of its inner workings. He clearly explains the particular worldview, myths, rituals, and practices of Santería, and he discusses what role the religion typically plays in the life of its practitioners as well as the cultural influence it continues to exert in Latin American communities today. In offering a balanced, informed survey of Santería from his unique “insider-outsider” perspective, De La Torre also provides insight into how Christianity and Santería can enter into dialogue — a dialogue that will challenge Christians to consider what this emerging faith tradition can teach them about their own. Enhanced with illustrations, tables, and a glossary, De La Torre's Santería sheds light on a religion all too often shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding.
Santería: The Religion
by Migene González-WipplerWhen the Yoruba of West Africa were brought to Cuba as slaves, they preserved their religious heritage by disguising gods as Catholic saints and worshiping them in secret.The resulting religion is Santería, a blend of primitive magic and Catholicism.
Santiago: A Caminho de Compostela
by José A.V. CarretoUm livro que permite ver para além do olhar, uma viagem onde o caminho é a resposta. Um livro que permite ver para além do olhar, uma viagem onde o caminho é a resposta. Ao fazer-se o Caminho de Santiago, desde a Sé Catedral do Porto até à Praça do Obradoiro, descobrem-se, numa primeira fase, as razões profundas que nos levam a arriscar esta peregrinação intemporal. Depois, num segundo momento, vamos sendo conquistados por aquilo que o caminho tem oferecido desde sempre: a cultura; a história e os monumentos que as preservam; o sofrimento; a alegria e a superação. No final, tornar-se-á num indivíduo novo… ou talvez não. Garantidamente será diferente, envolto na mística do caminho e dos seus mistérios. Descubra o segredo que é reveladoaos peregrinos. Este livro não é um guia normal, propondo uma viagem diferente. É um trajeto pessoal, actual e vivido que, ao seguira ancestral rota do Caminho Português Central, busca as possíveis razões individuais do caminho. Ao procurar o seu propósito acaba-se a descobrir que, afinal, o conhecimento e aceitação do outro são a principal vitória espiritual na vida. Inclui mapas e rotas doCaminho Central Português, com a duração de cada percurso e graus de dificuldade, informações sobre estadias e alimentação.
Santiago: Comentario bíblico
by Joyce MeyerPut your faith into practice on a daily basis and grasp the practical truths of God's Word with this in-depth commentary on James from Internationally renowned Bible teacher.James has so much to say about living a powerful and effective life in Christ. The book addresses a variety of topics important to growing your faith and teaches that you not only need to read the Word of God and know what it says, but you also need to act on it. In this comprehensive biblical commentary, Joyce Meyer offers you practical insights for studying the book of James, with room for personal reflections that will help you grasp the truths in God's Word. You'll discover how to identify life-changing wisdom and get a better understanding of God's plan and purpose for your life.Part of her first-ever biblical commentary series, Joyce's book on James will stir your faith in God and inspire you to live it out in practical ways because of your love for Him and desire to glorify Him in your life.
Santiago: Crece en sabiduría y fe
by Elizabeth George¿Cómo puedes desarrollar una fe que permanezca firme cuando las circunstancias cotidianas te desaniman? ¿Dónde puedes obtener la sabiduría necesaria para tomar las decisiones correctas en la vida? El libro de Santiago nos ofrece respuestas alentadoras a estas y muchas otras preguntas. De hecho, Santiago ofrece consejos muy prácticos para los asuntos más apremiantes que afectan a diario a las mujeres cristianas. En este estudio aprenderás a: * Orar pidiendo lo que conviene * Perseverar en medio de las dificultades de la vida * Revestirte de paciencia * Planear tu futuro teniendo en cuenta a Dios Where can women get the wisdom that will help them make the right choices in the many decisions of life? How can they develop a faith that won't waver or crumble when they're overwhelmed by life's trials and temptations? The book of James answers these questions and more, and provides practical guidance on many issues that affect Christian women daily, such as: * persevering through life's troubles * putting on a heart of patience * planning the future with God in mind An encouraging resource for women who yearn to experience real spiritual growth!
Santiago: una fe en accion
by Evis CarballosaUn libro exegetico precedido de una parte sobre hermeneutica y seguido de otra sobre prediacion expositiva. [The most exhaustive and original commentary on the Epistle of James in Spanish. Includes sections on hermeneutics and expository preaching. ]
Santidad, verdad y la presencia de Dios: Para aquellos que están insatisfechos con su vida espiritual y desean hacer algo al respecto
by Francis FrangipaneSantidad, verdad y la presencia de Dios, Francis Frangipane lo lleva en un viaje hacia la verdadera santidad y la presencia de Dios. Es una senda a la vida y muerte, peligros y bendiciones. Es una senda en la cual es retado, vestido de poder y motivado. No se decepcionará. Como las enseñanzas de Jesús, este libro le da un fuerte golpe al orgullo y religiosidad. El cálido y compasivo estilo del autor le atraerá y ayudará a conocer cuán desesperadamente necesitamos ser más como Cristo. Descubra las claves para...Una relación más íntima con DiosUna vida de fe más profunda y significativaRenovar su esperanza en Cristo.¿Qué puede ser más importante que encontrar a Dios? Tenga un encuentro con Dios y determine vivir el resto de su vida en búsqueda de su gloria. Morará en la presencia de Dios. Será santo porque El es santo.
Santo!: Varieties of Latino/a Spirituality
by Edwin David AponteAn overview of Latino/a spiritualities today--Protestant, Catholic, Pentecostal, and non-Christian and the challenges they bring to Christian theology and ministry. Given the context of increasing religious pluralism and a burgeoning interest in religions, religiosity, and spirituality within the United States and the knowledge that by the mid-twenty-first century an estimated 100 million Americans will claim Latin origin, an understanding of the varieties of Latino/a spirituality becomes essential. This book focuses on the ways in which Latinos and Latinas participate in the pursuit and practice of the spiritual or holy santo as part of their lived religion. In seven chapters, Aponte explores various understandings of santo and its participation in daily life, rites of passage, and worship.
Santos y supervivencias: Funciones de la religión en una comunidad Otomí, México
by James W. DowNo disponible
Sanyaas in the City
by Adarsh GuptaUrban life often leads to a departure from our true nature, causing pervasive physical, mental, and spiritual breakdowns, fuelling epidemic levels of stress and anxiety. Sanyaas in the City offers a path to self-discovery and divine awakening amid urban chaos, serving as a beacon for city dwellers seeking meaning and fulfilment.This book unveils the essence of the Sanyaas way of life, helping readers integrate its principles into their hectic, modern-day settings with minimal disruption. Whether you are already practising yoga, meditation, or Ayurveda, or are new to these practices, this comprehensive guide provides the next logical steps to deeper self-understanding and growth.Introducing the innovative Soul Mind approach, this book helps readers understand the benefits of thinking from the Soul Mind over the Body Mind, promoting a life driven by truth, consciousness, and bliss, and harnessing the power of self-love for inner transformation. It guides readers through a comprehensive framework of physical, mental, and spiritual tools to reconnect with their love centre.The authors dream of making this a mass movement that can lead to global transformation by bringing soul-centredness to the lives of millions, mindlessly chasing the material dream. Written in an easily understandable and relatable manner, Sanyaas in the City is a practical guide for anyone yearning for a more meaningful, balanced, and peaceful life amidst the urban hustle.
Sanyasi Ki Tarah Soche: संन्यासी की तरह सोचें
by Jay Shettyइस प्रेरक और सक्षम पुस्तक में शेट्टी संन्यासी के रूप में अर्जित ज्ञान का लाभ लेकर हमें सिखाते हैं कि हम अपनी क्षमता और शक्ति की राह में आने वाले अवरोधों को कैसे हटा सकते हैं। प्राचीन बुद्धिमत्ता और आश्रम के समृद्ध अनुभवों को मिश्रित करने वाली यह पुस्तक यह उजागर करती है कि हम नकारात्मक विचारों व आदतों से कैसे उबर सकते हैं और उस शांति तथा उद्देश्य तक कैसे पहुँच सकते हैं, जो हम सभी के भीतर मौजूद है। वे अमूर्त सबक़ों को सलाह और अभ्यासों में बदल देते हैं, जिनका इस्तेमाल करके हम सभी अपना तनाव कम कर सकते हैं, अपने संबंधों को बेहतर बना सकते हैं और अपनी प्रतिभा से संसार को फ़ायदा पहुँचा सकते हैं। शेट्टी इस पुस्तक में यह साबित कर देते हैं कि हर व्यक्ति संन्यासी की तरह सोच सकता है - और उसे सोचना ही चाहिए।
Sanyasi Yoddha: संन्यासी योद्धा
by Kaustubh Anand Chandolaइस उपन्यास में गोलू आज उत्तराखण्ड में न्याय के देवता के रूप में स्थापित है। गोलू का चरित्र एक सामान्य निम्न कुल में बढ़े बालक के रूप में सम्मुख आता है। उसके पालक माता-पिता निम्न धीवर कुल के होने के कारण गोलू को गुरुकुल में शिक्षा प्राप्त करने से वंचित होना पड़ता है। जिस कारण भाना धीवर उसे गुरु गोरखनाथ के पास शिक्षार्थ भेजते हैं। गुरु गोरखनाथ उसे केवल शास्त्र सम्मत शिक्षा ही नहीं देते अपितु अस्त्र-शस्त्र की भी शिक्षा देते हैं। गोलू आगे चलकर इस शिक्षा का लाभ लेकर उसे सामाजिक भलाई के निमित्त प्रयुक्त करता है। वह हर ऐसे अहंकार, अंधशक्ति और बाहुबल के प्रतीक मसाणों, तात्रिकों को साधता है जो जन सामान्य की अंधभक्ति का फायदा उठाकर उन्हीं का शोषण करते हैं। अंतत: एक दलित सामान्य जन से उठकर अपने योगबल और बाहुबल से वह धूमाकोट का एक न्यायप्रिय, निष्पृह, साधु राजा के रूप में मान्यता प्राप्त करता है और सामाजिक विद्वेष तथा जाति मनोवृत्ति से ग्रस्त रूढ़िवादी समाज के सम्मुख समातावादी मनोवृत्ति एवं सामाजिकता की स्थापना का आदर्श प्रस्तुत करता है। लेखक ने एक दलित नायक के सिहांसनारूढ़ होने को गाथा से हटकर यथार्थ का जामा पहनाया है। साथ ही राजधर्म, साधुधर्म और वर्तमान विसंगतियों का उपन्यास में सटीक चित्रण किया है। राजतंत्र की विडम्बनाओं पर भी स्थान-स्थान पर कटु व्यंग्य किया गया है। वस्तुत: गोलू के चरित्र का नायकत्व समतावादी समाज के पोषक और गीता के कर्मवाक्य प्रस्थापक के रूप में हुआ है। कहीं जहाँ यथार्थ से हटकर चित्रण हुआ है वहाँ अतिमानवीय तत्वों का वर्णन आ गया है। गोलू के चरित्र को बल देने के लिए राजा गरूण और भागवती, गुरु गोरखनाथ, देवहरु, सैसज्यू, वीर कलुआ, सेनानायक उग्र भट्ट, महामंत्री नरोत्तम, चंपावत के राजा नागनाथ, धरमदास, सात रानियाँ हालूराय, सामण दैत्य आदि की कथाएं अवांतर के रूप में उपन्यास में आयी हैं।
Sapphire Ice: Jewel Series #1
by Hallee BridgemanTo ROBIN BARTLETT, men were nothing more than violent users. After a hair-raising childhood, Robin and her two younger half sisters battled simply to survive. Determined to give her sisters a very different life from that of their mother; to never have to rely on a man for anything, she worked two jobs and put them both through college, while accepting help from no one. Her heart had turned to ice and she had no use for men or God. ANTONIO "TONY" VISCOLLI had grown up on the streets, homeless. At seventeen, he entered a downtown church with the intent of casing it, but found himself on his knees at the altar. Lovingly fostered by the youth minister, Tony learned about God. Striking out on his own, he let God lead him to eventually become a very successful businessman. In a fallen world, Tony was a gem. When he bought the restaurant where Robin bartended, she immediately resented his intrusion into her well ordered, but exhausting, life. She suspected his special attention and constant kindness came with expectations of something from her in return, something she wasn't willing to give. Tony knew God had led him to Robin. Would she ever allow herself to trust him? Could she ever allow herself to trust God? Or would the winter of their tragic youths rise from the shadows of the past and freeze any chance at happiness?
Sara, Book 1: Sara Learns The Secret About The Law Of Attraction
by Esther Hicks Jerry HicksThis book offers you, the reader, a thoughtful and inspired formula for generating appreciation, happiness, and good feelings—deftly blended into the uplifting story of a plucky, inquisitive girl named Sara; and her teacher, an ethereal owl named Solomon. There’s something in Sara for any child, adult, or teen pursuing joy and meaning . . . and searching for answers about life, death, and the desires of the heart. It’s filled with techniques and processes for making one’s dreams come true . . . especially yours! Sara and Solomon will delight and enchant you!
Saraband: The Memoirs of E.L. Mascall
by E. L. MascallIn this book, 87-year-old Anglo-Catholic theologian Eric Mascall writes entertainingly about his ancestry and infancy, school and university days, early teaching career and his decision to seek ordination, life in the universities at Lincoln and Oxford for 40 years, and his recent travels and pursuits.
Saracens: Islam in the Medieval European Imagination
by John TolanIn the first century of Islam, most of the former Christian Roman Empire, from Syria to Spain, was brought under Muslim control in a conquest of unprecedented proportions. Confronted by the world of Islam, countless medieval Christians experienced a profound ambivalence, awed by its opulence, they were also troubled by its rival claims to the spiritual inheritance of Abraham and Jesus and humiliated by its social subjugation of non-Muslim minorities. Some converted. Others took up arms. Still others, the subjects of John Tolan's study of anti-Muslim polemics in medieval Europe, undertook to attack Islam and its most vivid avatar, the saracen, with words.In an effort to make sense of God's apparent abandonment of Christendom in favor of a dynamic and expanding Muslim civilization, European writers distorted the teachings of Islam and caricatured its believers in a variety of ways. What ideological purposes did these portrayals serve? And how, in turn, did Muslims view Christianity? Feelings of rivalry, contempt, and superiority existed on both sides, tinged or tempered at times with feelings of doubt, inferiority, curiosity, or admiration. Tolan shows how Christian responses to Islam changed from the seventh to thirteenth centuries, through fast-charging crusades and spirit-crushing defeats, crystallizing into polemical images later drawn upon by Western authors in the fourteenth to twentieth centuries. Saracens explores the social and ideological uses of contempt, explaining how the denigration of the other can be used to defend one's own intellectual construction of the world.
Sarah
by Jerry EicherSet in the picturesque Davies County of Indiana, the bookk is a fast-paced story of Sarah's coming of age. The beautiful Sarah Schwartz knows she is on thin ice when she realized Lamar Wagler is interested in her. He is already dating Melinda. Sarah has the opportunity to leave Davies County when her friend and employer, Rebecca, arranges for her to go to New York to model clothes. Sarah goes, is entranced by city life, but then realizes that she is not willing to give up her Amish life. Eventually she comes back and starts over.
Sarah (Ellie's People #8)
by Mary BorntragerSarah Troyer faces changes in her Amish family because of her mother's illness and death. She is sure that Sadie Zook, the hired girl, mistreats her and scolds her unfairly. At school, Sarah finds Regina Byler to be an understanding friend. A near-tragic house fire helps bring healing to Sarah. Former hurts are forgotten. Sarah learns to accept a new mother and to work as a hired girl herself. At the house raising for Sarah's family, the head carpenter's son Rudy Kemp notices Sarah. He gives her rides home after youth singings. Later, Sarah keeps company with Mahlon Mast. Eventually they are baptized and then married in the Amish Church.