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The Life of a Galilean Shaman

2010-02-25 Religion
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Book Synopsis The Life of a Galilean Shaman by : Pieter F Craffert

Download or read book The Life of a Galilean Shaman written by Pieter F Craffert. This book was released on 2010-02-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of historical Jesus research is to identify the authentic material from which the historical figure as a social type underneath the overlay is constructed. Pieter Craffert's anthropological historiography offers an alternative framework for dealing with Jesus of Nazareth as a social personage fully embedded in a first-century Mediterranean worldview and the Gospels as cultural artefacts related to this figure. This cross-cultural model represents a religious pattern that refers to a family of features for describing those religious entrepreneurs who, based on regular Altered State of Consciousness experiences, perform a specific set of social functions in their communities.

Jesus of Nazareth

2010-10-28 Religion
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Release : 2010-10-28
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Book Synopsis Jesus of Nazareth by : Maurice Casey

Download or read book Jesus of Nazareth written by Maurice Casey. This book was released on 2010-10-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new 'life' of Jesus written by one of the outstanding scholars of his generation, it offers a complete resource on the 'Historical Jesus' debate. With an overview of the various positions taken on who the historical Jesus was, Casey provides a helpful and accessible tool for understanding how the historical Jesus has been received and understood, with attention paid to the contortions in evidence in the last century to prove that Jesus was not Jewish.

Jesus as Healer

2016-05-11 Religion
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Release : 2016-05-11
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Book Synopsis Jesus as Healer by : Jan-Olav Henriksen

Download or read book Jesus as Healer written by Jan-Olav Henriksen. This book was released on 2016-05-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healings and miracles play a prominent role in the New Testament accounts of Jesus’ life and ministry. In the Western Christian tradition, however, Jesus’ works of healing tend to be downplayed and understood as little more than a demonstration of his divine power. In this book Jan-Olav Henriksen and Karl Olav Sandnes draw on both contemporary systematic theology and New Testament scholarship to challenge and investigate the reasons for that oversight. They constructively consider what it can mean for Christian theology today to understand Jesus as a healer, to embrace fully the embodied character of the Christian faith, and to recognize the many ways in which God can still be seen to have a healing presence in the world.

Shamanic Trance in Modern Kabbalah

2011-04-15 Religion
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Release : 2011-04-15
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Book Synopsis Shamanic Trance in Modern Kabbalah by : Jonathan Garb

Download or read book Shamanic Trance in Modern Kabbalah written by Jonathan Garb. This book was released on 2011-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing to light a hidden chapter in the history of modern Judaism, Shamanic Trance in Modern Kabbalah explores the shamanic dimensions of Jewish mysticism. Jonathan Garb integrates methods and models from the social sciences, comparative religion, and Jewish studies to offer a fresh view of the early modern kabbalists and their social and psychological contexts. Through close readings of numerous texts—some translated here for the first time—Garb draws a more complete picture of the kabbalists than previous depictions, revealing them to be as concerned with deeper states of consciousness as they were with study and ritual. Garb discovers that they developed physical and mental methods to induce trance states, visions of heavenly mountains, and transformations into animals or bodies of light. To gain a deeper understanding of the kabbalists’ shamanic practices, Garb compares their experiences with those of mystics from other traditions as well as with those recorded by psychologists such as Milton Erickson and Carl Jung. Finally, Garb examines the kabbalists’ relations with the wider Jewish community, uncovering the role of kabbalistic shamanism in the renewal of Jewish tradition as it contended with modernity.

God for All

2013-09-24 Religion
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Release : 2013-09-24
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Book Synopsis God for All by : Arch B. Taylor Jr.

Download or read book God for All written by Arch B. Taylor Jr.. This book was released on 2013-09-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "God our Savior desires everyone to be saved" (1Tim 2:4). Does God get what God wants? "Yes, but--" depending on how we read the Bible. The Bible is universal: One God, Sovereign Creator of everything, especially humanity in God's image, God's partner to manage creation. Science and evolution say humanity evolved, gradually acquiring superior capabilities. We have yet to transcend animal nature and acknowledge oneness of creation under God. Humans exploited our semi-divine status, becoming alienated. God chose Israelites/Jews for blessing and reconciling humanity. They exploited chosenness, so God sent the Jew Jesus to reveal God's gracious concern for all people. Roman political and Jewish religious power killed Jesus, but he appeared resurrected to his disciples, who proclaimed him Savior. God gave another Jew, Paul, a vision of Jesus resurrected and appointed him to proclaim God's reconciliation to Gentiles. Paul taught that through the faithfulness of Jesus, Gentiles too become God's people and share Israel's blessings without becoming Jews. All who experience reconciliation share Jesus's partnership with God. "We toil and struggle, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe" (1 Tim 4:10).

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