Fertility and Faith

Fertility and Faith
Author: Philip Jenkins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2020
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781481312608

Demography drives religious change. High-fertility societies, like most of contemporary Africa, tend to be fervent and devout. The lower a population's fertility rates, the greater the tendency for people to detach from organized or institutional religion. Thus, fertility rates supply an effective gauge of secularization trends. In Fertility and Faith, Philip Jenkins maps the demographic revolution that has taken hold of many countries around the globe in recent decades and explores the implications for the future development of the world's religions. Demographic change has driven the secularization of contemporary Western Europe, where the revolution began. Jenkins shows how the European trajectory of rapid declines in fertility is now affecting much of the globe. The implications are clear: the religious character of many non-European areas is highly likely to move in the direction of sweeping secularization. And this is now reshaping the United States itself. This demographic revolution is reshaping Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism. In order to accommodate the new social trends, these religions must adapt to situations where large families are no longer the norm. Each religious tradition will develop distinctive emphases concerning morality, gender, and sexuality, as well as the roles of clergy and laity in the faith's institutional structures. Radical change follows great upheaval. The tidal shift is well underway. With Fertility and Faith, Philip Jenkins describes this ongoing phenomenon and envisions our collective religious future.

Sacred Feminine Practices - Ancient Practices of Womb Therapy

Sacred Feminine Practices - Ancient Practices of Womb Therapy
Author: Lily Cooper
Publisher: LUIZ ANTONIO DOS SANTOS
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2024-10-24
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

Sacred Feminine Practices - Ancient Practices of Womb Therapy Within you lies a dormant power, an ancestral force waiting to be awakened. This path unveils the hidden secrets of the womb, the true center of creation and transformation, capable of healing not only the body but also the soul. Ancient wisdom, preserved for generations, now returns to guide you in the release of emotional blockages and the healing of deep traumas. In this compendium of sacred practices, each ritual, each meditation, activates an energy that connects with the primordial forces of the Earth and the stars. Through natural cycles, you will access the hidden potential of your womb—a gateway to manifesting a new reality. The wounds that once weighed down your spirit will be transformed into creative power, realigning body, mind, and spirit. The healing goes beyond you. As you access the ancestral memories stored in the womb, you purify not only your own journey but that of all the women who came before and those yet to come. This process of energetic and spiritual transformation invites you to reclaim the wisdom of the sacred feminine and shape your own existence, in harmony with the deepest forces of the universe. There is no more waiting. The path has already been laid, and the power of healing is within your reach.

Spiritual Fertility

Spiritual Fertility
Author: Dr. Julie Von
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2019-07-16
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1401956246

“The dynamic spark that is responsible for creating each new human being cannot be reduced to a mass of cells and biochemical processes. There is a deeper mystery at play that women who are struggling with fertility can tap into.” This book explains how to use the tools of spirituality and psychology to relax the endocrine system, change your perspective, and get pregnant. Everyone is fertile; however, our common standards for measuring fertility are faulty. Today, our currently accepted narratives around fertility offer much in the way of diagnosis, but little in the way of customized care and consideration of a woman's entire mind, body, and spirit. The dynamic spark responsible for creating each new human being cannot be reduced to a mass of cells and biochemical processes. There is a deeper mystery at play, one that women struggling with fertility can tap into. In this ground-breaking book, holistic fertility doctor Dr. Julie Von shows women a new way to approach fertility so that the entire experience of becoming pregnant is energetically uplifting. She shares tools and techniques that help nourish and build women's receptive energy to connect to the spiritual and unseen aspects of creating life. Dr. Von helps readers understand that principles of cosmic timing can be applied to all processes having to do with fertility and child-rearing, from freezing eggs, to conceiving, to choosing to adopt. With close to 20 years of clinical experience, Dr. Von has witnessed firsthand the power of the spiritual within fertility to balance the hormonal system and promote a healthy pregnancy.

What Witches Do

What Witches Do
Author: Stewart Farrar
Publisher: David & Charles
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1446358127

An eyewitness account of a modern coven and an overview of Wiccan history in a book that “sweep[s] clean the ‘old image of witchcraft’” (Kirkus Reviews). What do witches really do? What is it like to be a witch? Experience the process through the eyes of Stewart Farrar, author, journalist, and witch, as he describes in detail the activities and practices of modern-day witches. When Stewart first started writing What Witches Do, he was “an interested agnostic” writing from an objective viewpoint. But by the time the book was finished, he had been initiated into the mysteries of Wicca and was destined to become internationally known as one of the world’s leading writers on the subject. What Witches Do is part of The Paranormal, a series that resurrects rare titles, classic publications, and out-of-print texts, as well as publishes new supernatural and otherworldly ebooks for the digital age. The series includes a range of paranormal subjects from angels, fairies, and UFOs to near-death experiences, vampires, ghosts, and witchcraft.

Church in the Making

Church in the Making
Author: Ben Arment
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2010
Genre: Church development, New
ISBN: 0805464735

"Church in the Making" looks to where God is already working and then effectively organizes the work of church planting for maximum success.

The Wise Earth Speaks to Your Spirit

The Wise Earth Speaks to Your Spirit
Author: Janell Moon
Publisher: Red Wheel
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1590030141

A heartfelt combination of spiritual discovery, environmental observations, and journal writing, this book offers readers a 52-week cycle of themed essays and related questions about the natural world. Included are themes such as night and sky and parakeets, wind and mud and rain, snakes and tea and thistle, among others. In addition to folklore, myths, stories, and symbols connected to each theme, there are inspirational quotes from well-known writers.

Is Anyone in Charge Here?

Is Anyone in Charge Here?
Author: Selwyn Yeoman
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2020-12-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532674910

What are our responsibilities as human beings in the exercise of our undoubted powers over all other creatures and the earth itself? The idea that human beings have dominion over the rest of creation is often regarded as the chief source of the world's current environmental crisis. From the universities to talk-back radio, this is a commonly repeated theme, but how strong is its basis? Is Anyone in Charge Here? is a critical conversation with the seminal Lynn White paper, "The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis." Easter Island, New Zealand, and ancient Mesopotamia, biblical exegesis, historical theology, monastic movements, and current environmental challenges are all explored. It examines the roots of the idea of human dominion, how the idea has been understood through the centuries, how people have worked it into their living, and how it might be constructively applied in our current crisis. All this is theologically evaluated in the light of Jesus Christ being both the true human, and God's way of involvement in the world as creative Word, representative image, and serving Lord.

Performing Islam

Performing Islam
Author: Azam Torab
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2007
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004152954

"Performing Islam" focuses on a wide spectrum of ritual activities in Iran today as a key for elucidating social, cultural and political processes, but in particular the values and beliefs underpinning gender constructions in a rapidly changing complex society.

Paternity as Function

Paternity as Function
Author: Vassilis Saroglou
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2021-09-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004496165

Faced with the contemporary proliferation of a “religion of emotional communities” and the multiplication of gurus, spiritual directors and masters, the psychologist of religion should question the impact of the paternal function on the structuring of religious experience. This question is examined here within the context of ancient monasticism and on the basis of ascetic sources (mainly the Ladder of John Climacus, 7th c.), as well as by means of the analysis of rituals such as baptism and monastic profession. The author demonstrates that the spiritual father refers to paternity as function, and that this function is both structural and structuring with respect to religious experience. It is also examined how this crossroads-concept of fatherhood is linked to other psychic realities such as the maternal dimension of religious desire and the role of the community, the relations between the real, the imaginary, and the symbolic, the paternal uncertainty, the articulation of the mystical desire with the Law, and the control of sexuality. This study shows the importance of this function for bringing together structure and development in the religious experience and indicates the risks of this paternity for a religious pathology.