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Theater of a Thousand Wonders

A History of Miraculous Images and Shrines in New Spain

By: William B. Taylor

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Theater of a Thousand Wonders

A History of Miraculous Images and Shrines in New Spain

By: William B. Taylor

The great many shrines of New Spain have become long-lived sites of shared devotion and contestation across social groups. They have provided a lasting sense of enchantment, of divine immanence in the present, and a hunger for epiphanies in daily life. This is a story of consolidation and growth during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, rather than one of rise and decline in the face of early stages of modernization. Based on research in a wide array of manuscript and printed primary sources, and informed by recent scholarship in art history, religious studies, anthropology, and history, this is the first comprehensive study of shrines and miraculous images in any part of early modern Latin America.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108107699

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Visionaries

The Spanish Republic and the Reign of Christ

By: William A. Christian,William A. Christian, Jr.

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Visionaries

The Spanish Republic and the Reign of Christ

By: William A. Christian,William A. Christian, Jr.

Reports the sighting by two children of the Virgin Mary on a hillside in Spanish Basque territory in 1931

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Univ of California Press

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0520200403

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9780520200401

The Stranger, the Tears, the Photograph, the Touch

Divine Presence in Spain and Europe since 1500

By: William A. Christian Jr.

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The Stranger, the Tears, the Photograph, the Touch

Divine Presence in Spain and Europe since 1500

By: William A. Christian Jr.

This book is an expanded, larger-format, and more highly illustrated version of a smaller book released by CEU Press in 2011. It presents and comments on an extensive set of religious and personal photographs and illustrations that depict people along with divine beings or absent loved ones. First, Christian examines the periodic appearances of Christ-like strangers in the Spanish countryside through the vision of a woman in La Mancha in 1931. Then he considers the long history of images with liquids on them not only for early modern Spain, but also in the United States, Italy and France in the 1940s and 1950s. The third and most extensive chapter addresses the iconography of illustrated depictions of divine and spirit beings in conjunction with humans and how its conventions were incorporated into commercial postcards and personal photographs, culminating in photo montages of families and their absent soldiers in World War I. The fourth theme is new to this edition. It compares the electric moments in Spanish communities when people ritually come into physical contact with saints and with animals, or transform themselves into saints or animals for ritual purposes. Over 50 of the color photographs by Spain's preeminent documentary photographer, Cristina García Rodero, are included.

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Central European University Press

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6155225419

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9786155225413

Our Christian Founding Fathers

“. . . This Is a Christian Nation.”

By: William Beckman

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Our Christian Founding Fathers

“. . . This Is a Christian Nation.”

By: William Beckman

The American public has been told what recent historians wanted them to believe: the United States is not a Christian nation. This is true in only one respect. You dont have to be a Christian following a specific denomination to be an American citizen. However, the ideological foundation this country is based on Christian principles, developed by Christian Founding Fathers. Modern historians have distorted these facts. To correct these distortions, the biographies of the Founding Fathers, their actual statements and Christian beliefs, are presented in this work. The catalyst for the birth of our nation was the moment when Benjamin Franklin, incorrectly considered a Deist by many, suggested that the quarrelsome Continental Convention recognize how the Creator had listened to and answered their prayers in the past. He suggested daily prayer be instituted, asking henceforth, prayers imploring the assistance of heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this assembly every morning The quarreling continued, but the emphasis became how to successfully unite the newly independent colonies. The colonies united under Christian principles; however, over the years those principles and their original intent have been diluted. Recognizing the condition of the world today, isnt it a good time to renew those principles?

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WestBow Press

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1490878971

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Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview

By: James Porter Moreland,William Lane Craig

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Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview

By: James Porter Moreland,William Lane Craig

Arguments are clearly presented, and rival theories are presented with fairness and accuracy."--BOOK JACKET.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830826947

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Modern Art and the Life of a Culture

The Religious Impulses of Modernism

By: Jonathan A. Anderson,William A. Dyrness

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Modern Art and the Life of a Culture

The Religious Impulses of Modernism

By: Jonathan A. Anderson,William A. Dyrness

In 1970, Hans Rookmaaker published Modern Art and the Death of a Culture, a groundbreaking work that considered the role of the Christian artist in society. This volume responds to his work by bringing together a practicing artist and a theologian, who argue that modernist art is underwritten by deeply religious concerns.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830899979

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9780830899975

Journey in Faith

A History of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

By: William E Tucker,Lester G McAllister

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Journey in Faith

A History of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

By: William E Tucker,Lester G McAllister

This comprehensive history traces the birth and growth of the Christian Church and the people who brought it into being.

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Chalice Press

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082721703X

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9780827217034

Individual Achievement in Social Systems from a Christian Perspective

By: William G. Covington

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Individual Achievement in Social Systems from a Christian Perspective

By: William G. Covington

Some people allow circumstances and organizational structures to hold them back from achieving their identity through successful accomplishment. This book shows you how to overcome organizational barriers and make a positive mark and as a result experience a feeling of satisfaction. Success feeds success. Dr. Covington gives numerous examples of people who have made individual contributions working within their social systems.

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iUniverse

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0595256864

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A Christian Approach to Interdisciplinary Studies

In Search of a Method and Starting Point

By: William Dennison

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A Christian Approach to Interdisciplinary Studies

In Search of a Method and Starting Point

By: William Dennison

In an academic world that has rejected a Christian ontology, metaphysic, and epistemology, as well as the secular foundationalism of modernity, one is hard-pressed to find any secular academician in the field of interdisciplinary studies (IDS) advocating a definitive starting point and methodology for IDS. In A Christian Approach to Interdisciplinary Studies, William D. Dennison asks, is such a study truly integrative that does not have an ontological, integrative starting point and the constitutive component of method? To put the question another way, without the God of the Bible as the author of integration within creation, can there truly be IDS? Indeed, Dennison calls for the integration of approach and method, integration provided and modeled by the triune God of Scripture. Adapted from the Preface

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498276202

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Native American Verbal Art

Texts and Contexts

By: William M. Clements

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Native American Verbal Art

Texts and Contexts

By: William M. Clements

For more than four centuries, Europeans and Euroamericans have been making written records of the spoken words of American Indians. While some commentators have assumed that these records provide absolutely reliable information about the nature of Native American oral expression, even its aesthetic qualities, others have dismissed them as inherently unreliable. In Native American Verbal Art: Texts and Contexts, William Clements offers a comprehensive treatment of the intellectual and cultural constructs that have colored the textualization of Native American verbal art. Clements presents six case studies of important moments, individuals, and movements in this history. He recounts the work of the Jesuits who missionized in New France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and textualized and theorized about the verbal expressions of the Iroquoians and Algonquians to whom they were spreading Christianity. He examines in depth Henry Timberlake’s 1765 translation of a Cherokee war song that was probably the first printed English rendering of a Native American "poem." He discusses early-nineteenth-century textualizers and translators who saw in Native American verbal art a literature manqué that they could transform into a fully realized literature, with particular attention to the work of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, an Indian agent and pioneer field collector who developed this approach to its fullest. He discusses the "scientific" textualizers of the late nineteenth century who viewed Native American discourse as a data source for historical, ethnographic, and linguistic information, and he examines the work of Natalie Curtis, whose field research among the Hopis helped to launch a wave of interest in Native Americans and their verbal art that continues to the present. In addition, Clements addresses theoretical issues in the textualization, translation, and anthologizing of American Indian oral expression. In many cases the past records of Native American expression represent all we have left of an entire verbal heritage; in most cases they are all that we have of a particular heritage at a particular point in history. Covering a broad range of materials and their historical contexts, Native American Verbal Art identifies the agendas that have informed these records and helps the reader to determine what remains useful in them. It will be a welcome addition to the fields of Native American studies and folklore.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816546770

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9780816546770

Making a Successful Journey as a Christian

By: Elder William D. Holmes

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Making a Successful Journey as a Christian

By: Elder William D. Holmes

This book discusses the everyday living as a Christian in this present world. Explains the different forms of Satan. How he was thrown out of Heaven by God along with other fallen angels. Goes into the fall of man unto Jesus coming into this world to save us from our sins. It talks about the power of the blood of Christ to cleanse your conscious free of sin and the real Baptism of the Holy Ghost & Fire to help you live a life pleasing unto God in Holiness. It discusses how to resist the many temptations of Satan. Talks about the evils of Slavery in the United States and Civil Rights issue. Honors great men and women who paved the way to end the evils Slavery and give equal rights unto the African-American. Settles the racist debate over Jesus not to argue over His complexion, but accept him who He is the spotless Lamb of God. We need to love one another regardless to the color of our skin. Encourages Christians to get in the place so God can use you as an instrument to demonstrate His marvelous power to Heal all sickness and work miracles. This a very powerful book to make a person a real strong Christian serving God in true Holiness to make Heaven their home!

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Xlibris Corporation

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1664145966

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9781664145962

Person and God in a Spanish Valley

Revised Edition

By: William A. Christian

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Person and God in a Spanish Valley

Revised Edition

By: William A. Christian

A classic twentieth-century work in the anthropology of Catholicism Person and God in a Spanish Valley is a moving portrait of how individuals and communities in a remote, mountainous valley of northern Spain relate to the divine. In the late 1960s, anthropologist and historian William A. Christian, Jr., conducted groundbreaking fieldwork in the Nansa Valley, one of the most devout regions of Spain. With sensitivity and uncommon insight, Christian describes the complex system of shrines, devotions, and pilgrimages that existed in the region for centuries, and recounts the disruption of the valley’s traditional way of life as young priests from urban centers arrived carrying a more modern, Vatican II version of Catholicism. Person and God in a Spanish Valley places Catholic faith and practice within a broader history of agrarian politics and reform in northern Spain, and stands as a landmark work of modern anthropology.

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Princeton University Press

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0691214751

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9780691214757

A House for Hope

A Study in Process and Biblical Thought

By: William A. Beardslee

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A House for Hope

A Study in Process and Biblical Thought

By: William A. Beardslee

House for Hope was the first attempt to use process theology to explain the possibilities of hope for our era. William Beardslee made a radical interpretation of Jesus Christ from the perspectives of Whiteheadian philosophy and panentheistic theology, all while being firmly based in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Here now in reprint, Beardslee's way of restructuring our imagination continues to allow us to be both modern individuals and have hope.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664225527

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9780664225520

The Christian College and the Meaning of Academic Freedom

Truth-Seeking in Community

By: William C. Ringenberg

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The Christian College and the Meaning of Academic Freedom

Truth-Seeking in Community

By: William C. Ringenberg

The Christian College and the Meaning of Academic Freedom is a study of the past record and current practice of the Protestant colleges in America in the quest to achieve intellectual honesty within academic community. William C. Ringenberg lays out the history of academic freedom in higher education in America, including its European antecedents, from the perspective of modern Christian higher education. He discusses the Christian values that provide context for the idea of academic freedom and how they have been applied to the nation's Christian colleges and universities. The book also dissects a series of recent case studies on the major controversial intellectual issues within and in, in some cases, about the Christian college community. Ringenberg ably analyzes the ways in which these academic institutions have evolved over time, outlining their efforts to evolve and remain relevant while maintaining their core values and historic identities.

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Springer

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1137398337

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Divine Presence in Spain and Western Europe 1500–1960

Visions, Religious Images and Photographs

By: William A. Christian Jr.

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Divine Presence in Spain and Western Europe 1500–1960

Visions, Religious Images and Photographs

By: William A. Christian Jr.

This study addresses the relation of people to divine beings in contemporary and historical communities, as exemplified in three strands. One is a long tradition of visions of mysterious wayfarers in rural Spain who bring otherworldly news and help, including recent examples. Another treats the seeming vivification of religious images—statues, paintings, engravings, and photographs apparently exuding blood, sweat and tears in Spanish homes and churches in the early modern period and the revival of the phenomenon throughout Europe in the twentieth century. Of special interest is the third strand of the book: the transposition of medieval and early modern representations of the relations between humans and the divine into the modern art of photography. Christian presents a pictorial examination of the phenomenon with a large number of religious images, commercial postcards and family photographs from the first half of past century Europe.

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Central European University Press

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6155053383

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9786155053382

Christian Political Activism at the Crossroads

By: William R. Stevenson

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Christian Political Activism at the Crossroads

By: William R. Stevenson

This volume illumines the discussion being carried on between the religious right with its concern for moral responsibility in politics and the issue-oriented activists who are concerned with how Christians in America address human-rights and hunger issues. By bringing together both Christian scholars and activists from nearly all points of the political continuum, this book offers a rare glimpse into the reality of Christian diversity on the political task. The media often suggests a monist interpretation of 'Christian politics.' This book shows both the vitality and plurality of Christian politics in America. The book covers the historical background, activist perspectives, organizational structures, and participant characteristics with essays by Frank Roberts, David O'Brien, Ruth Tucker, James Reichley, Delton Franz, Betty Coats, Lucille Taylor, Bruce Buursma, Robert Zwier, Allen Hertzke, James Guth, Lyman Kellstedt, Corwin Smidt, Stephen Monsma and concludes with a suggestion of a new direction by James Skillen of the Association for Public Justice.

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