The Apostates
Title | The Apostates PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Cottee |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1849044694 |
A candid appraisal of the challenges and consequences of leaving Islam
The Lives of the Apostates
Title | The Lives of the Apostates PDF eBook |
Author | Eric O. Scott |
Publisher | John Hunt Publishing |
Pages | 105 |
Release | 2013-06-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1780999097 |
In a Midwest college town, a Wiccan student named Lou finds himself forced into taking a History of Christian Thought class from a religion professor who spends his weekends preaching at the local Baptist church. Between shifts as a caretaker for mentally handicapped men Lou calls "the boys," he confronts his professor's story of Christian triumph with increasing anger. As tensions escalate, he turns to his roommate, a fellow Pagan with the unfortunate nickname of Grimey, and his coven-mate and crush, Lucy, for support. But Grimey is dealing with his own problems hiding his faith from his mother. In the course of a single night, the world collapses for Grimey and one of Lou's boys, and Lou finds himself standing up for himself and his beliefs. ,
Leaving Islam
Title | Leaving Islam PDF eBook |
Author | Ibn Warraq |
Publisher | Prometheus Books |
Pages | 471 |
Release | 2009-12-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1615921605 |
A renowned scholar of Islamic studies interviews ex-Muslims, who feel it is their duty to speak up against their former faith to tell the truth about the fastest growing religion in the world.
Apostate
Title | Apostate PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Swanson |
Publisher | Generations with Vision |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2018-01-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780998444048 |
Whatever happened to Western civilization? Christians have lost ground in every cultural area of leadership and influence in Europe and America since 1700. This is an indubitable fact. The remaining Christians search for an explanation. They want to know how it happened. Apostate story of the decline and fall of Western civilization as experienced through the lives and ideas of the great philosophers, writers, and cultural leaders most responsible for its demise.. Apostate is a story of demonic possession, insanity, suicide, mass-murder, adultery, homosexuality, cultural and social revolutions, and unbridled, maniacal apostasy. It is the story of apostasy on a massive scale. But it is also a story of hope and victory for the last men standing in the ashes of Western civilization. It will be a testimony to the inevitable triumph of Jesus Christ over the great men of renown who tried to oppose the King of kings and Lord of lords. This second edition of Apostate has been revised and expanded from the first edition. This new edition contains a new chapter on the influential economist John Maynard Keynes.
Freedom of Religion, Apostasy and Islam
Title | Freedom of Religion, Apostasy and Islam PDF eBook |
Author | Abdullah Saeed |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2017-03-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1351935747 |
Debate on freedom of religion as a human right takes place not only in the Western world but also in Muslim communities throughout the world. For Muslims concerned for this freedom, one of the major difficulties is the 'punishment for apostasy' - death for those who desert Islam. This book argues that the law of apostasy and its punishment by death in Islamic law is untenable in the modern period. Apostasy conflicts with a variety of foundation texts of Islam and with the current ethos of human rights, in particular the freedom to choose one's religion. Demonstrating the early development of the law of apostasy as largely a religio-political tool, the authors show the diversity of opinion among early Muslims on the punishment, highlighting the substantial ambiguities about what constitutes apostasy, the problematic nature of some of the key textual evidence on which the punishment of apostasy is based, and the neglect of a vast amount of clear Qur'anic texts in favour of freedom of religion in the construction of the law of apostasy. Examining the significant challenges the punishment of apostasy faces in the modern period inside and outside Muslim communities - exploring in particular how apostasy and its punishment is dealt with in a multi-religious Muslim majority country, Malaysia, and the challenges and difficulties it faces there - the authors discuss arguments by prominent Muslims today for an absolute freedom of religion and for discarding the punishment of apostasy.
Faith No More
Title | Faith No More PDF eBook |
Author | Phil Zuckerman |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 019024884X |
Faith No More seeks to understand how and why people lose their faith, sever their ties with religious organizations, and experience a secularizing transformation in their own personal lives. Based on in-depth interviews with 75 individuals from a variety of backgrounds and religious traditions, this book offers a rich and colorful exploration of the human journey from religiosity to secularity.
Apostasy from the Gospel
Title | Apostasy from the Gospel PDF eBook |
Author | John Owen |
Publisher | Banner of Truth |
Pages | |
Release | 1992-10-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781848712065 |
The idea that 'professing' Christians may prove not to be true Christians is a deeply disturbing one. In this modernised abridgement of John Owen's famous work, Dr R. J. K. Law makes its powerful teaching readily accessible to modern readers.