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A Lily Among the Thorns

2007-07-20 Religion
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Release : 2007-07-20
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Book Synopsis A Lily Among the Thorns by : Miguel A. De La Torre

Download or read book A Lily Among the Thorns written by Miguel A. De La Torre. This book was released on 2007-07-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new way for Christians to think about sexuality Author Miguel De La Torre, a well-respected ethicist and professorknown for his innovative readings of Christian doctrine, rejectsboth the liberal and conservative prejudices about sex. He insteaddevelops an ethic that is liberative yet grounded soundly in theBible; a sexuality that celebrates God’s gift of great sex byfostering intimacy, vulnerability and openness between lovingpartners. In A Lily Among the Thorns, De La Torre examines theBible, current events, history and our culture-at-large to show howand why racism, sexism, and classism have distortedChristianity’s central teachings about sexuality. The authorshows how the church’s traditionally negative attitudestoward sex in general—and toward women, people of color, andgays in particular—have made it difficult, if not impossible,to create a biblically based and just sexual ethic. But when theBible is read from the viewpoint of those who have beenmarginalized in our society, preconceived notions aboutChristianity and sex get turned on their heads. Taking onhot-button topics such as pornography, homosexuality, prostitution,and celibacy, the author examines how “reading from themargins” provides a liberating approach to dealing withissues of sexuality.

A Lily Among Thorns

2017-12-16
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Release : 2017-12-16
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Book Synopsis A Lily Among Thorns by : Rose Lerner

Download or read book A Lily Among Thorns written by Rose Lerner. This book was released on 2017-12-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London 1815, just before Waterloo... After her noble father disowned her, Lady Serena Ravenshaw clawed her way from streetwalker to courtesan to prosperous innkeeper. Now she's feared and respected from one end of London to the other, by the lowest dregs of the city's underworld and the upper echelons of the beau monde, and she'll do anything to keep it that way. When mild-mannered chemist Solomon Hathaway turns up in her office, asking for her help, she immediately recognizes him from one fateful night years before. She's been watching and waiting for him for years-so she can turn the tables and put him in her debt, of course, and not because he looked like an angel and was kind to her when she needed it most. She's determined not to wonder what put that fresh grief in his eyes. But after a betrayal even Serena didn't expect, she must put aside her pride and work with Solomon to stop a ring of French spies and save her beloved inn, her freedom-and England itself.

Lillies Amongst Thorns

1992-10-31 China
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Release : 1992-10-31
Genre : China
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Book Rating : 958/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lillies Amongst Thorns by : Danyun

Download or read book Lillies Amongst Thorns written by Danyun. This book was released on 1992-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives the contrast of the cruelty and persecution of leadership in China and aims to display love, compassion and endurance among believers

A Lily Among Thorns

2009-01-09 Christian women saints
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Release : 2009-01-09
Genre : Christian women saints
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Book Rating : 917/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Lily Among Thorns by : Darren Bonaparte

Download or read book A Lily Among Thorns written by Darren Bonaparte. This book was released on 2009-01-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, illustrated biography of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk woman of the 17th century known as the "Lily of the Mohawks."

Commentary on the Song of Songs

2012
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Release : 2012
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Book Synopsis Commentary on the Song of Songs by : Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

Download or read book Commentary on the Song of Songs written by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – August 20, 1153) was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian order. The Song of Songs is a book of the Hebrew Bible—one of the megillot (scrolls)—found in the last section of the Tanakh, known as the Ketuvim (or "Writings"). It is also known as Canticle of Canticles or simply Canticles from the Vulgate title Canticum Canticorum (Latin, "Song of Songs"). The protagonists of Song of Songs are a woman (identified in one verse as "the Shulamite") and a man, and the poem suggests movement from courtship to consummation. For instance, the man proclaims: "As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters." The woman answers: "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste."Additionally, the Song includes a chorus, the "daughters of Jerusalem." (from wikipedia.com) This book contains 43 beautiful sermons that St. Bernard wrote on this book. He interprets the song of songs in reference to the love between God and the soul. God is deeply in love with us, and wills our love in return. This love between the soul and God, which is the most intimate love possible, is expressed in the analogy of bride and bridegroom, where the intimacy of love is especially expressed.

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