Beyond the Threshold
Title | Beyond the Threshold PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher M. Moreman |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2008-09-18 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0742565521 |
Beyond the Threshold is the first book to seriously consider the interplay between traditional world religions and metaphysical experiences in exploring the timeless question of what happens when we die. Christopher M. Moreman examines and compares the beliefs and practices of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, as well as psychic phenomena such as mediums and near-death experiences. While ultimately the afterlife remains unknowable, Moreman's unique, in-depth exploration of both beliefs and experiences can help readers reach their own understanding of the afterlife and how to live.
The Threshold of Religion
Title | The Threshold of Religion PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Ranulph Marett |
Publisher | |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
Thresholds of the Sacred
Title | Thresholds of the Sacred PDF eBook |
Author | Sharon E. J. Gerstel |
Publisher | Dumbarton Oaks |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780884023111 |
This collection of essays considers the development and meaning of the iconostasis, the screen used in churches to separate the sanctuary from the nave. The contributors approach the history of the icon screen from a variety of disciplines, including art history, theology, and architecture.
Crossing the Threshold
Title | Crossing the Threshold PDF eBook |
Author | Dominique-Sila Kahn |
Publisher | I.B. Tauris |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2004-08-27 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
Who is Hindu, who is Muslim? The answer, according to Dominique-Sila Khan, is not as simple as generally assumed. By analyzing documentary sources as well as original field data, she examines the shaping of religious identities in South Asia, particularly in North India. The author argues that the perception of Islam and Hinduism as two monolithic and perpetually antagonistic faiths coexisting uneasily in South Asia has become so deeply ingrained that the complexity of the historical fabric is often overlooked or ignored. She demonstrates how the emergence of clear-cut categories is a comparatively recent phenomenon, and shows how the past is characterized by a remarkable fluidity and diversity in the social and religious milieus of the two faiths. In exploring the historical mechanisms that have led to the emergence and crystallization of religious identities the author sheds light on the increasing number of conflicts which threaten the harmonious co-existence of South Asian communities today.
Crossing the Threshold of Hope
Title | Crossing the Threshold of Hope PDF eBook |
Author | Pope John Paul II |
Publisher | Knopf |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2013-07-31 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0307764575 |
A great international bestseller, the book in which, on the eve of the millennium, Pope John Paul II brings to an accessible level the profoundest theological concerns of our lives. He goes to the heart of his personal beliefs and speaks with passion about the existence of God; about the dignity of man; about pain, suffering, and evil; about eternal life and the meaning of salvation; about hope; about the relationship of Christianity to other faits and that of Catholicism to other branches of the Christian faith.With the humility and generosity of spirit for which he is known, John Paul II speaks directly and forthrightly to all people. His message: Be not afraid!
The Threshold of Religion
Title | The Threshold of Religion PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Ranulph Marett |
Publisher | |
Pages | 223 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
Sacred Thresholds: The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity
Title | Sacred Thresholds: The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity PDF eBook |
Author | Emilie M. van Opstall |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 390 |
Release | 2018-07-10 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9004369007 |
Sacred Thresholds. The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity offers a far-reaching account of boundaries within pagan and Christian sanctuaries: gateways in a precinct, outer doors of a temple or church, inner doors of a cella. The study of these liminal spaces within Late Antiquity – itself a key period of transition during the spread of Christianity, when cultural paradigms were redefined – demands an approach that is both interdisciplinary and diachronic. Emilie van Opstall brings together both upcoming and noted scholars of Greek and Latin literature and epigraphy, archaeology, art history, philosophy, and religion to discuss the experience of those who crossed from the worldly to the divine, both physically and symbolically. What did this passage from the profane to the sacred mean to them, on a sensory, emotive and intellectual level? Who was excluded, and who was admitted? The articles each offer a unique perspective on pagan and Christian sanctuary doors in the Late Antique Mediterranean.