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Authoritarianism, Informal Law, and Legal Hybridity: The Islamisation of the State in Turkey
by Ihsan YilmazThis book investigates Turkey’s departure from a ‘flawed democracy’ under Kemalist secularism, and its transitioning into Islamist authoritarian Erdoğanism, through the lenses of informal law, legal pluralism, and legal hybridity. In doing so, it examines the attempts of Turkey’s ruling party (AKP) at social engineering and gradual Islamisation of the Turkish state and society, by using informal Islamist laws. To that end, the book argues that the AKP has paved the way for Islamist legal hybridity where society, state, and law, are being gradually Islamised on an ad hoc basis. Informal law and legal pluralism in Turkey have had a non-state characteristic which have permitted Muslims to solve disputes by seeking the opinions of religio-legal scholars. Yet under the AKP rule, this informal legal system has become increasingly dominated by conservatives, sometimes radical Islamists, which the governing party has taken advantage of by either formalizing some parts of the informal Islamist law, or using it informally to mobilize its supporters against the opposition.
Authority Encounter: Embracing God's Mission for You
by Chuck DavisFor those following Jesus, the question of "what now" often enters the mind and heart. In Authority Encounter,pastor Chuck Davis provides clarifying answers and guidance. Davis presents the case that one key aspect of being a Christ follower is the notion of authority. Living in a world that is rooted in power, Christ followers are challenged daily by powers that seek to interrupt or trample their success in the journey through Christ. Davis believes that while followers receive empowerment from the Holy Spirit, this power is only fully operational as they function out of their God-given authority. As believers, everything they need is at their disposal. However, they must actively appropriate their authority, both in attitude and in action. In attitude means bringing all of their life into the experiential knowledge of this authority. They need to immerse themselves in what it means to be positioned in Christ. Davis provides biblical verses that will help readers understand their authority and deepen their understanding of the kingdom of God.
Authority Without Territory
by Daryoush Mohammad PoorExamining the connection between the concept of authority and the transformation of the Ismaili imamate, Authority without Territory is the first study of the imamate in contemporary times. With a particular focus on Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary leader of Shi'a Imami Ismaili Muslims, Daryoush Mohammad Poor shows how the Ismaili imamate surpasses the barriers and restrictions of the Weberian ideal-types and represents a novel image of a Shi'i Muslim community that has successfully adapted to modernity without losing its essential values or ethical commitments. Including interviews with key figures in the intellectual and administrative arms of the Ismaili imamate, this book sheds light on how these institutions develop and the challenges they face.
Authority and Meaning in Indian Religions: Hinduism and the Case of Valmiki (Routledge Revivals Ser.)
by Julia LeslieThis title was first published in 2003. Can a text be used either to validate or to invalidate contemporary understandings? Texts may be deemed 'sacred', but sacred to whom? Do conflicting understandings matter? Is it appropriate to try to offer a resolution? For Hindus and non-Hindus, in India and beyond, Valmiki is the poet-saint who composed the epic Rà mà yaõa. Yet for a vocal community of dalits (once called 'untouchables'), within and outside India, Valmiki is God. How then does one explain the popular story that he started out as an ignorant and violent bandit, attacking and killing travellers for material gain? And what happens when these two accounts, Valmiki as God and Valmiki as villain, are held simultaneously by two different religious groups, both contemporary, and both vocal? This situation came to a head with controversial demonstrations by the Valmiki community in Britain in 2000, giving rise to some searching questions which Julia Leslie now seeks to address.
Authority and Order: John Wesley and his Preachers
by Adrian BurdonThe important questions in ecumenical dialogue centre upon issues of authority and order. This book uses the development of ministry in the early Methodist Church to explore the origins of the Methodist Order and identify the nature of authority exercised by John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church. Showing Methodism as having been founded upon Episcopalian principles, but in a manner reinterpreted by its founder, Adrian Burdon charts the journey made by John Wesley and his people towards the ordination of preachers, which became such a major issue amongst the first Methodist Societies. Implications for understanding the nature and practice of authority and order in modern Methodism are explored, with particular reference to the covenant for unity between English Methodists and the Church of England.
Authority in the Roman Catholic Church: Theory and Practice
by Bernard HooseHow did the present authority structures within the Church come into existence? How, if at all, can we justify their existence? What form of authority should exist in the Church? These and other related questions exercise the minds of many Christians in these days when the very notion of authority is questioned, but debate about them is perhaps nowhere more lively than within the ranks of Roman Catholicism. This book offers an important contribution to such debate within that church. Leading Catholic theologians from both sides of the Atlantic take up the key issues: analysing the concept of authority and governance; examining the history of authority within the Roman Catholic church; discussing who should have a say in future developments; exploring ecumenical dimensions, with particular reference to Anglicanism and the Orthodox churches; and suggesting the kind of reforms that might be prudent, as well as ways in which such reforms might be brought about. The book will prove of interest to many Roman Catholics, but given the ecumenical impact of many of the issues explored, it is likely to exert a wide appeal far beyond the confines of that church.
Authority, Passion, and Subject-Centered Teaching: A Christian Pedagogical Philosophy (Routledge Research in Higher Education)
by Christopher J. RichmannThis book asserts that authority is a contested category and explores why traditional notions of authority are increasingly in tension with progressive and postmodern claims, devolving into stalemate, schizophrenia, or power plays. Offering a Christian framework as a philosophically coherent and practical alternative for teachers, the author argues that Jesus provides a pattern from which to reconstruct our conception of teaching authority in ways that align with evidence-informed teaching practices and cultivate intellectual virtues. Rather than examine “Jesus as teacher,” the book instead applies the central insight on authority that Jesus embodies. This authority with which Jesus taught, it argues, stemmed from his passion—that is, passive, even suffering, experience. The author aligns this to a subject-centered conception of teaching (as opposed to student-centered or teacher-centered) in which the subject is the authority and knowing is identified with being acted upon by the subject. Teaching with authority thereby becomes a matter of unveiling suffering with students and inviting them into their own suffering encounter with the subject. Building on the work on Parker Palmer and exploring pedagogical practice from a Christian perspective, this book will appeal to scholars and researchers with interests in higher education, evidence-based teaching, educational theory, religion and education, and Christian history and thought.
Authorized Lives
by Elijah AryUncover the surprising ways the status of Tsongkhapa, one of Tibet's most celebrated saints, evolved over time.Authorized Lives is the first work devoted to early Geluk history and to the role of biographies in shifting established lineages. As the dominant tradition of Tibetan Buddhism that provides the intellectual backdrop for the Dalai Lama's teachings, the Geluk lineage traces its origins to the figure of Tsongkhapa Losang Drakpa (1357-1419). Gelukpas today believe Tsongkhapa is a manifestation of the bodhisattva Manjushri and revere him with his two heart disciples, Gyaltsap and Khedrup. But as Elijah Ary, a former Geluk monk and Harvard-trained scholar, points out, both of these conceptions of Tsongkhapa arose many decades after his death. Delving into the early Geluk biographical tradition, Ary follows the tracks of this evolution in the biographies of Tsongkhapa, Khedrup, and the influential early Geluk writer and reformer Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsen.
Authorizing Marriage?: Canon, Tradition, and Critique in the Blessing of Same-Sex Unions
by Mark D. JordanThe opponents of legal recognition for same-sex marriage frequently appeal to a "Judeo-Christian" tradition. But does it make any sense to speak of that tradition as a single teaching on marriage? Are there elements in Jewish and Christian traditions that actually authorize religious and civil recognition of same-sex couples? And are contemporary heterosexual marriages well supported by those traditions? As evidenced by the ten provocative essays assembled and edited by Mark D. Jordan, the answers are not as simple as many would believe. The scholars of Judaism and Christianity gathered here explore the issue through a wide range of biblical, historical, liturgical, and theological evidence. From David's love for Jonathan through the singleness of Jesus and Paul to the all-male heaven of John's Apocalypse, the collection addresses pertinent passages in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament with scholarly precision. It reconsiders whether there are biblical precedents for blessing same-sex unions in Jewish and Christian liturgies. The book concludes by analyzing typical religious arguments against such unions and provides a comprehensive response to claims that the Judeo-Christian tradition prohibits same-sex unions from receiving religious recognition. The essays, most of which are in print here for the first time, are by Saul M. Olyan, Mary Ann Tolbert, Daniel Boyarin, Laurence Paul Hemming, Steven Greenberg, Kathryn Tanner, Susan Frank Parsons, Eugene F. Rogers, Jr., and Mark D. Jordan.
Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred
by Jeffrey J. Kripal&“Outstanding and almost certainly controversial. . . . [Kripal] has promise to revitalize and extend the reach of religious studies.&” —Choice Most scholars dismiss research into the paranormal as pseudoscience, a frivolous pursuit for the paranoid or gullible. Even historians of religion, whose work naturally attends to events beyond the realm of empirical science, have shown scant interest in the subject. But the history of psychical phenomena, Jeffrey J. Kripal contends, is an untapped source of insight into the sacred and by tracing that history through the last two centuries of Western thought we can see its potential centrality to the critical study of religion. Kripal grounds his study in the work of four major figures in the history of paranormal research: psychical researcher Frederic Myers; writer and humorist Charles Fort; astronomer, computer scientist, and ufologist Jacques Vallee; and philosopher and sociologist Bertrand Méheust. Through incisive analyses of these thinkers, Kripal ushers the reader into a beguiling world somewhere between fact, fiction, and fraud. The cultural history of telepathy, teleportation, and UFOs; a ghostly love story; the occult dimensions of science fiction; cold war psychic espionage; galactic colonialism; and the intimate relationship between consciousness and culture all come together in Authors of the Impossible, a dazzling and profound look at how the paranormal bridges the sacred and the scientific. &“An excellent book. . . . engaging, witty, and thoughtful.&” -- Christopher Partridge, Lancaster University &“[Kripal] demands nothing short of a paradigm shift in order to make sense of the odd, the anomalous, and the inexplicable.&” —Catherine L. Albanese, University of California, Santa Barbara &“Quietly earth-shattering.&” — Victoria Nelson, author of The Secret Life of Puppets
Authorship and Identity in Late Thirteenth-Century Motets (Royal Musical Association Monographs)
by Catherine A. BradleyQuestions of authorship are central to the late thirteenth-century motet repertoire represented by the seventh section or fascicle of the Montpellier Codex (Montpellier, Bibliothèque interuniversitaire, Section de médecine, H. 196, hereafter Mo). Mo does not explicitly attribute any of its compositions, but theoretical sources name Petrus de Cruce as the composer of the two motets that open fascicle 7, and three later motets in this fascicle are elsewhere ascribed to Adam de la Halle. This monograph reveals a musical and textual quotation of Adam’s Aucun se sont loe incipit at the outset of Petrus’s Aucun ont trouve triplum, and it explores various invocations of Adam and Petrus – their works and techniques – within further anonymous compositions. Authorship is additionally considered from the perspective of two new types of motets especially prevalent in fascicle 7: motets that name musicians, as well as those based on vernacular song or instrumental melodies, some of which are identified by the names of their creators. This book offers new insights into the musical, poetic, and curatorial reception of thirteenth-century composers’ works in their own time. It uncovers, beneath the surface of an anonymous motet book, unsuspected interactions between authors and traces of compositional identities.
Autism's Hidden Blessings: Discovering God's Promises for Autistic Children & Their Families
by Kelly LangstonEncouragement and inspiration for special needs families.God has a unique and magnificent purpose for every child-a purpose that is no less important for special-needs children. Through the story of her own ongoing struggles and victories raising her autistic son, Kelly Langston brings to light God's promises for exceptional kids and highlights covenants that assure special-needs parents of their children's potential and beauty.
Autnticas soluciones para madres atareadas
by Kathy Ireland¿Quieres soluciones auténticas? Eres madreÉ y eso significa que a veces te sentirás abrumada y poco apreciada. Tratas de balancear tu matrimonio y la crianza de tus hijos con la responsabilidades de administrar tu casa, el presupuesto familiar y tu carrera. Necesitas ayuda. Necesitas soluciones auténticas ¡ahora mismo! Kathy Ireland entiende tu situación. Es esposa, madre de tres hijos y Directora Ejecutiva de una compañía internacional. Kathy ofrece esperanza, aliento y respuestas prácticas basadas en su experiencia personal, su genuino interés por ayudar a las familias y las preocupaciones que le cuentan madres de todo el país con las que conversa. Prudencia en las finanzas...un hogar feliz...salud y bienestar...lo mejor de ti mismo...una fe renovada...todo eso lo hallarás en este libro. Auténticas soluciones para madres atareadas es una fuente de consulta que ayudará a ti y a tu familia a lograr el éxito y el equilibrio en la vida diaria...a partir de hoy.
Auto Empoderamiento 101
by Dr Rosie Kuhn Sybila CanobraCuando revela las creencias específicas que impiden el poder y el éxito, está en condiciones de cambiarlas por algo más empoderante. Esto le permite obtener fácilmente aquello que dice que quiere. En Auto Empoderamiento 101 decodificamos las interpretaciones que interfieren con la manifestación de la vida que quiere. Indagamos sobre los verdaderos secuestradores, aquellos que sabotean cualquier movimiento fuera de la zona de confort; el miedo al poder personal, el miedo al éxito y el miedo al fracaso. explorará el significado que le da a la invulnerabilidad y que limita cualquier intento de salir de su zona segura. Tamién investigaremos conceptos como la esperanza, la fe, el conocimiento de los compañeros esenciales del viaje. Empoderarse para enfrentar los mayores conflictos con la integridad y la responsabilización son la esencia de llevar una vida auto empoderada.
Autobiografia do Gnani Purush A. M. Patel
by Dada BhagwanNa arena da espiritualidade, há pessoas espirituais únicas e notáveis que alcançaram os mais altos níveis de desenvolvimento espiritual. Alguns permanecem em reclusão, enquanto outros se tornam professores espirituais que apoiam a transformação espiritual da humanidade. Mas é extremamente raro encontrar um Gnani Purush (incorporação do conhecimento do Ser) e acessar seu poder espiritual para alcançar a iluminação espiritual. Um desses Gnani Purush dos últimos tempos é Dada Bhagwan. O livro “Autobiografia do Gnani Purush A.M.Patel” (Autobiografia do Gnani Purush A.M.Patel), compilado a partir de satsangs transcritos, descreve seu próprio processo de iluminação instantânea em suas próprias palavras. Antes de alcançar a iluminação súbita, Dadashri levou uma vida espiritual de tremenda consciência espiritual. Seja em uma busca espiritual para descobrir o que é iluminação espiritual ou para aprender sobre grandes pessoas espirituais da história recente, este livro certamente inspirará qualquer buscador espiritual.
Autobiografie des Gnani Purush A.M. Patel
by Dada BhagwanIm Bereich der Spiritualität gibt es einzigartige und bemerkenswerte spirituelle Menschen, die die höchsten Ebenen der spirituellen Entwicklung erreicht haben. Einige leben in Abgeschiedenheit, während andere spirituelle Lehrer werden, die die spirituelle Transformation der Menschheit unterstützen. Aber einen Gnani Purush (Verkörperung des Wissens über das Selbst) zu treffen und Zugang zu seiner spirituellen Kraft zu bekommen, um spirituelle Erleuchtung zu erfahren, ist extrem selten. Dada Bhagwan ist solch ein Gnani Purush der letzten Zeit. Das Buch “Autobiographie des Gnani Purush A.M.Patel”, zusammengestellt aus überlieferten Satsangs, beschreibt seinen eigenen Prozess der spontanen Erleuchtung in seinen eigenen Worten. Bevor er plötzliche Erleuchtung erreichte, hatte Param Pujya Dadashri ein spirituelles Leben in enorm spirituellem Gewahrsein geführt. Ob man auf einer spirituellen Reise ist, um zu entdecken, was spirituelle Erleuchtung ist, oder um etwas über große spirituelle Menschen der vergangenen Geschichte zu lernen, dieses Buch wird sicherlich jeden spirituellen Sucher inspirieren.
Autobiografía de un yogui
by Paramahansa YoganandaRecuperamos el gran clásico de la espiritualidad del siglo XX en una nueva traducción y con un prólogo inédito de Pablo d'Ors. Considerada una de las obras más relevantes del siglo XX, Autobiografía de un yogui es el relato en primera persona de una vida extraordinaria. Paramahansa Yogananda nos cuenta en ella cómo parte de su pueblo natal a la búsqueda de su gurú. El suyo será solamente el primer encuentro con sabios y místicos, que, a través de estas páginas, nos acercan su saber. Publicada hace más de setenta años, esta obra llevó por primera vez el pensamiento oriental, la meditación y el yoga a Occidente. Su legado son las preciosas enseñanzas del maestro Yogananda, que han inspirado a miles de lectores y que aún hoy perduran y señalan el camino de la iluminación. Pablo d’Ors ha escrito:«No creo que este libro pueda leerse sin que se produzca una transformación espiritual en su lector.»
Autobiography of Elder Jacob Knapp
by Elder Jacob Knapp“This long-lost biography of the nation's first widely-used Baptist evangelist is both inspirational and instructive to evangelists and Baptists of every sort. His example should have another chance to influence the Christian world, and you should read his book. It will change your thinking about spiritual revival.”-R. Flanders“For many years, Elder Jacob Knapp was an ordinary pastor. He preached, counseled, encouraged, and shepherded a small congregation in upstate New York. But something was gnawing at Knapp that would not go away. While the Presbyterians had Finney, Knapp lamented that “there was no one man who stood forth as the champion and exemplar of revival measures” among the Baptists. One day, Knapp felt God calling him to be that man. So in 1833, Knapp quit his pastorate of eight years.As he traveled from place to place, Knapp perfected Finney’s techniques. He eventually published a complete record of his work and methods in his 1868 autobiography. Once he hit the road, he was an immediate success. By 1840, Knapp was “almost as well-known as Finney.” In fact, one contemporary claims that it was only through Knapp’s influence that “Protracted meetings, as a system of measures, had acquired a permanent place” in the life of Baptist churches. By the time of his death in 1874, Knapp claimed to have converted 100,000 persons at over 150 separate revivals.”-9Marks
Autobiography of Gnani Purush A. M. Patel
by Dada BhagwanIn the arena of spirituality, there are unique and remarkable spiritual people who have achieved the highest levels of spiritual development. Some remain in seclusion, while others become spiritual teachers who support the spiritual transformation of humanity. But to meet a Gnani Purush (embodiment of Self knowledge), and to access their spiritual power to achieve spiritual enlightenment, is extremely rare. One such Gnani Purush of recent time is Dada Bhagwan. The book “Autobiography Of Gnani Purush A.M.Patel”, compiled from transcribed satsangs, describes his own process of instant enlightenment in his own words. Before achieving sudden enlightenment, Param Pujya Dadashri had led a spiritual life of tremendous spiritual awareness. Whether on a spiritual quest to discover what is spiritual enlightenment, or to learn about great spiritual people of recent history, this book is certain to inspire any spiritual seeker.
Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila
by St. Teresa of AvilaIn this landmark of Christian mysticism, the revered Carmelite nun presents moving accounts of her profound religious experiences and ultimate union with God. St. Teresa wrote this memoir at the behest of her confessor. It offers a warm, accessible account of her transformation into an impassioned leader and reformer of church doctrine.St. Teresa recounts her childhood and education in sixteenth-century Spain, her physical afflictions and spiritual crises, her many visions and mystical encounters, and her determination to embrace the contemplative life. In describing the ascent of the soul, she explains the core of her theology as a four-stage process that progresses from mental prayer to divine rapture. Next to Don Quixote, this timeless work constitutes Spain's most popular prose classic. It forms an excellent introduction to the saint's other writings and to the Christian tradition of mystical literature.
Autobiography of a Pioneer: or, the Nativity, Experience, Travels, and Ministerial Labors of Rev. Samuel Pickard
by Samuel PickardRev Samuel Pickard (1820 – 1899) was a Quaker who converted to Baptism and began an astounding career in preaching the Good Word in the Mid-West and beyond. Starting his ministry in Iowa, when it was still a territory, and moving around the states converting many, raising many churches, participating in the Revival movement and aiding his brethren. In this autobiography he recounts his many trials and tribulations in bringing the word of God to many around the States.
Autobiography of a Sadhu: A Journey into Mystic India
by RampuriThe first insider account of an ancient and secretive tradition • By the first foreigner to become a member, and later an elder, of the Juna Akhara, the oldest and largest grouping of Naga Babas • Filled with true accounts of magic, miracles, ghosts, and austerities • With lessons on Hindu gods, ayurveda, and Indian culture woven throughout After traveling at age 18 from his native California to India in 1969, Rampuri was drawn to the Naga Babas, an ancient and wild order of naked yogis whom he calls the “Hell’s Angels of Indian Spirituality.” Organized into a sect by Adi Shankara in the 5th century BC, the Naga Babas see themselves as the ultimate protectors of the Sanatan Dharma, or what we call the Hindu religion. Rampuri became a disciple of a Naga Baba--a master shaman sadhu--from Rajasthan and, as foretold by astrological prophecy, soon found himself the first foreigner to become an initiate of the Juna Akhara, the oldest and largest grouping of Naga Babas with more than 50,000 sadhu members. From drinking the “Nectar of Immortality” at the source of the Ganges River to allegations of tantric murder, this autobiography is filled with true accounts of magic, miracles, ghosts, and austerities, with lessons on Hindu gods, ayurveda, mantra, and Indian culture woven throughout. Through his journey of extremes, Rampuri takes us into the mystic heart of India.
Autobiography of a Yogi
by Paramhansa YoganandaThroughout the decades, one title that continues to appear on best-seller lists is Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi. This timeless book remains a seminal work in the field of Eastern religion -- the definitive introduction to the science and philosophy of yoga meditation that draws more readers with each passing year. All our editions of the Autobiography include extensive material added by the author after the first edition was published, including a final chapter on the closing years of his life. Also included are numerous high-quality photographs and a complete subject index.
Autobiography of a Yogi: (With Pictures)
by Paramhansa YoganandaOne of the Top 100 Spiritual Books of the Twentieth CenturyNew Bonus Materials added to this edition include The last chapter that Yogananda wrote covering the years 1946-1951 that wasnot available in the original edition. The eulogy that Yogananda wrote for Gandhi. A new afterword by Swami Kriyananda, one of Yogananda's closest disciples.This is a new edition, featuring previously unavailable material, of true spiritualclassic, Autobiography of a Yogi one of the best-selling eastern philosophytitles of all-time, with millions of copies sold, named one of the best and mostinfluential books of the 20th century.This highly prized verbatim reprinting of the original 1946 edition is theONLY one available free from textual changes made after Yoganandas death.This updated edition contains bonus materials, including a last chapter thatYogananda himself wrote in 1951, five years after the publication of the firstedition. It is the only version of this chapter available without posthumouschanges.Yogananda was the first yoga master of India whose mission it was to liveand teach in the West. His first-hand account of his life experiences includes childhoodrevelations, stories of his visits to saints and masters in India, and long-secretteachings of Self-realization that he made available to the Western reader.
Autobiography of a Yogi: Reprint Of The Philosophical Library 1946 First Edition
by Paramhansa YoganandaThe spiritual journey of the man who introduced yoga to the West, and inspired practitioners from George Harrison to Steve Jobs. The remarkable life story of Paramhansa Yogananda is the groundbreaking work that introduced millions of Westerners to the practices of meditation and Kriya Yoga. Yogananda tells of his childhood in Gorakhpur, India, with his Bengali family, and his quest to find a guru who could satiate his desire for wisdom. After becoming a monk, he began his teachings of Kriya Yoga. But when he accepted an invitation to speak at a religious congress in Boston in 1920, his knowledge found an entirely new audience, as he then traveled across America lecturing and finally establishing the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles, where he was able to complete this classic work of spiritual expression. Autobiography of a Yogi has been in print for over seventy years, sold over four million copies, and been translated into forty-six languages, spreading the wisdom of one of the most highly revered teachers of the Hindu religion and philosophy. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.