Sacred Strangers

Sacred Strangers
Author: Nancy Haught
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2017-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814645291

The Bible is laced with stories in which strangers behave better than believers. What do these encounters with “others”—people from different cultures, religions, genders, economic and social classes—teach us about our own spiritual values, about the faith and God behind them? In Sacred Strangers, Nancy Haught leads readers through these stories, line by line, offering insight to open hearts to sacred strangers at a time when personal encounters can make us or break us—as people, Americans, and citizens of the world.

How to Be a Perfect Stranger

How to Be a Perfect Stranger
Author: Stuart M. Matlins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 952
Release: 2015-03-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781459693395

The indispensable guidebook to help the well - meaning guest when visiting other people's religious ceremonies - updated and revised. New edition We North Americans live in a remarkably diverse society, and it's increasingly common to be invited to a wedding, funeral or other religious service of a friend, relative or coworker whose faith is dif...

The Holy Intimacy of Strangers

The Holy Intimacy of Strangers
Author: Sarah York
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2002-11-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0787966932

In The Holy Intimacy of Strangers Sarah York explores our common yearning for deeper and more meaningful connection with one another. The book presents the paradox we often observe: how our seemingly casual interactions with strangers can unlock the door to our hearts and help us discover how we need (and yet often resist) true intimacy in our relationships. This provocative book gives us a new way to look at the qualities of our exchanges with strangers. Once we begin this journey we can trace the outlines of our lives together in community-our expressions of caring and hospitality, the costs of prejudice and judgment, our fears and defensiveness, the tension between being inclusive or exclusive, our expectations and assumptions about one another.

Religious Experience of the Roman People

Religious Experience of the Roman People
Author: W. Warde Fowler
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2020-07-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3752316977

Reproduction of the original: Religious Experience of the Roman People by W. Warde Fowler

The Religious Experience of the Roman People

The Religious Experience of the Roman People
Author: W. Warde Fowler
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2020-03-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1725271540

Excerpt from The Religious Experience of the Roman People: From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus, the Gifford Lectures for 1909-10 Delivered in Edinburgh University I wish to make two remarks about the subject-matter of the lectures. First, the idea running through them is that the primitive religious (or magico-religious) instinct, which was the germ of the religion of the historical Romans, was gradually atrophied by over-elaboration of ritual, but showed itself again in strange forms from the period of the Punic wars onwards. For this religious. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Strangers in a Familiar Land

Strangers in a Familiar Land
Author: James A. Blumenstock
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2020-04-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725259338

Throughout history, many Christians have existed on the margins of society; deviants and strangers in lands they call home. To survive, they have had to construct alternate identities that not only make sense of their religious experiences and beliefs but also equip them to successfully negotiate their social worlds. In Thailand, a nation where social identities are thoroughly intertwined with Buddhist religious adherence, Christians must come to terms with such a marginalized existence. By leaving Buddhism and adopting what is considered a foreign faith, Christian converts become deviants to "normal" Thai identity and belonging. In response, they have discovered creative solutions for traversing this complex terrain of marginalization. This book presents a deep exploration of the phenomenon of marginalization as experienced by Thai Christian converts. In it, readers will follow participants through the heights of transformative religious experience, the lows of severe social displacement, the tensions of managing two disparate lifeworlds and two conflicting selves, and the comfort and joy of finding a new place to call home. In the end, the reader will gain deep insight into what it is like to successfully navigate a minority religious identity on the margins of society.

Hospitality, the Sacred Art

Hospitality, the Sacred Art
Author: Nanette Sawyer
Publisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1594732280

"The practice of deep hospitality can help us step into a more vital, vibrant embrace of this great adventure we call life-which includes our relationship with God, however you might define God. ... It is an invitation to walk through life with a liberating posture of receptivity, reverence, and generosity."