Practices category: 4429 books
by Malcolm A. Duncan
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
The fraternal society of the Masonic Order, steeped in mystery for over 600 years, is brought to light in a fascinating volume that serves as a guide for neophytes as well as a reference for the initiated. Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry reveals the spiritual paths taken by inductees as they move through...
by Joe Wenke
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Following in the same hilarious, intellectual vein as YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING! A Radical Satire of the Bible, Wenke confronts the epic hypocrisy of the Catholic Church in a no-holds-barred examination of its history, practices and beliefs. Equal parts revelation, inquisition and humor, PAPAL BULL will make you rethink what you thought you knew about the Catholic Church.
The Soul Journey
How Shamanism, Santeria, Wicca, and Charisma Are Connected
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Shamanism, Santería, Wicca, and Charisma are connected via the trance state or ecstasy. Philpotts detail the theology and practices of shamanism, Santería, and Wicca, and then regretfully demonstrate why the proponents of these religions appeal to a form of Christianity.
Sharing Reality
How to Bring Secularism and Science to an Evolving Religious World
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Religions are a natural outgrowth of the intuitive ways of knowing that evolved with human culture. Though many people continue to find value in religious identity and community, intuitive knowledge has been eclipsed by a more effective way of knowing—the scientific way. A better way of relating...
by haris rani
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
This book deals with the issue of who are we? and why we are here in this world? It aims to find the universal truth about our existence, the purpose of creation and the purpose of our lives. Questions which are crucial in today’s environments as we are living in times of ever increasing immoral...
Theology and Form
Contemporary Orthodox Architecture in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
How do space and architecture shape liturgical celebrations within a parish? In Theology and Form: Contemporary Orthodox Architecture in America, Nicholas Denysenko profiles seven contemporary Eastern Orthodox communities in the United States and analyzes how their ecclesiastical identities are affected...
by Wilson Maiyo Ph.D
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
This book is about the human-kind’s great journey towards the mysterious hereafter. This Great Journey is pegged on religious beliefs and practices. Both the atheist and the person who believes that God or gods exist are travelling at the same velocity towards the grave. Whether the hereafter is...
Martin Luther and the Seven Sacraments
A Contemporary Protestant Reappraisal
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
This introduction to Martin Luther's sacramental theology addresses a central question in the life of the church and in ecumenical dialogue. Although Luther famously reduced the sacraments from seven to two (baptism and the Lord's Supper), he didn't completely dismiss the others. Instead, he positively...
A Legacy of Druids
Conversations With Druid Leaders Of Britain, The USA And Canada, Past And Present
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
A book of conversations with prominent Druids from across Britain, the USA and other countries whose voices describe the basic beliefs, practices and struggles of the emerging Druid faith. Conducted in person and online in the late 20th century, these collected conversations provide a historic window into the movers and shakers of the modern Druid world.
by Web PATH Center
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
The members of the Web PATH Center, a pagan church and spiritual community in Lyons, NY, wondered what would happen if they wrote a book about sex. The book needed to be spiritual. It needed to be sexy. It needed to be explicit. Sacred Sex and Magick is the result. The group describes how ordinary ritual...
Templar Heresy
A Story of Gnostic Illumination
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
A tale of initiation, adventure, and romance set within the medieval Crusades
• Shares in novel form the mystical rituals and techniques of the Nizari Ismailis (the legendary Assassins) communicated to selected Knights Templar during the Crusades
• Shows how the Gnostic traditions...
Passover and Easter
Origin and History to Modern Times
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2000
"In these companion volumes of essays, Jewish and Christian liturgical scholars examine, from historical, theological, and aesthetic perspectives, the practices and intricate interrelationships of Passover and Easter. Several essays lament the antisemitism that has infected the Easter liturgy,...
Flee, Be Silent, Pray
Ancient Prayers for Anxious Christians
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019
What if prayer could be simple rather than strenuous?
Anxious, results-driven Christians can never pray enough, serve enough, or study enough. But what if God is calling us not to frenzied activity but to a simple spiritual encounter? What if we must merely receive what God has already given...
Conflicts of Devotion
Liturgical Poetics in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century England
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Who will mourn with me? Who will break bread with me? Who is my neighbor? In the wake of the religious reformations of the sixteenth century, such questions called for a new approach to the communal religious rituals and verses that shaped and commemorated many of the brightest and darkest moments...