The Fountainhead of Religion

The Fountainhead of Religion
Author: Ganga Prasad
Publisher: Book Tree
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781585090549

Prasad writes that the Vedas are the oldest written source of theology and, ultimately, the source of all other theological systems. He takes major religious themes--such as good and evil, the afterlife, resurrection and the name used for god in the religions of Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism and others--and traces them back to the Vedas.

Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead

Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead
Author: Robert Mayhew
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2007
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780739115787

Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is still remembered and enjoyed today as the philosopher's first best-selling novel. In this unique study of The Fountainhead, Dr. Robert Mayhew brings together historical, literary, and philosophical essays that analyze the novel's style, its use of humor, and its virtues of productivity, independence, and integrity. The essays make extensive use of previously unpublished material from the Ayn Rand Archives, offering a new collection of material to explore and consider. This book leads through the creation, publication, and reception of the 1943 novel that made Rand famous. Mayhew's collection of essays offers an insightful and critical perspective on the much regarded novel, and is a necessary read for anyone interested in Ayn Rand and great American literature.

Return to the Fountainhead of the Faith: Explore World Ideologies, Church History & Christianity's Jewish Roots: Second Revised Edition

Return to the Fountainhead of the Faith: Explore World Ideologies, Church History & Christianity's Jewish Roots: Second Revised Edition
Author: Shelley Wood Gauld
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2012-06-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1105704904

This illustrated book explores three vital subjects seldom broached from the pulpit: * WORLD IDEOLOGIES: The uniqueness of the Christian message becomes self-evident when viewed in the context of fourteen major world ideologies. * CHURCH HISTORY: An overview of the convoluted history of the Church enables us to come to terms with our Western cultural heritage and face the future with greater confidence. * CHRISTIANITY'S JEWISH ROOTS: Like a magnificent tapestry, the Hebrew tradition delights the senses, feeds the soul, and shines with a compelling ancient beauty. This book provides numerous rejuvenating insights into the New Testament's bedrock "Jewishness." Original line drawings, charts and maps help illuminate fascinating correlations between New Testament principles and the history, worship, customs, calendar, and language of the Jews. "This is not dry academicism, but a work of art that touches both head and heart." Rev. Frank Lenihan, Montana USA: Bridges for Peace

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead
Author: Ayn Rand
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 753
Release: 2005-04-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101137185

The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking philosophy, and brought her immediate worldwide acclaim. This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite...of Dominique Francon, the exquisitely beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but married his worst enemy...and of the fanatic denunciation unleashed by an enraged society against a great creator. As fresh today as it was then, Rand’s provocative novel presents one of the most challenging ideas in all of fiction—that man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress... “A writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly...This is the only novel of ideas written by an American woman that I can recall.”—The New York Times

The Limits of Tolerance

The Limits of Tolerance
Author: C.S. Adcock
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2014
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0199995435

This book provides a critical history of the distinctive tradition of Indian secularism known as Tolerance. Examining debates surrounding the activities of the Arya Samaj - a Hindu reform organization regarded as the exemplar of intolerance - it finds that Tolerance functioned to disengage Indian secularism from the politics of caste.

I Am John Galt

I Am John Galt
Author: Donald Luskin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2011-05-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118100980

Inspired by Ayn Rand's characters in Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, penetrating profiles of both the innovators who move our world forward and those who seek to destroy the achievement of others John Galt, the fictional character from Ayn Rand's bestselling novel, Atlas Shrugged, has come to embody the individualist capitalist who acts in his own enlightened self interest, and in doing so lifts the world around him. Some of today's most successful CEOs, journalists, sports figures, actors, and thinkers have led their lives according to Galt's (i.e., Rand's) philosophy. Now, in I Am John Galt, these inspiring stories are gathered with the keen insight and analysis of well-known market commentator Donald Luskin and business writer Andrew Greta. Filled with exclusive interviews, profiles, and analyses of leading financial, business, and artistic stars who have based their lives, and careers, on the philosophy of the perennially popular Ayn Rand, this book both inspires and enlightens. On the other side are Rand's arch villains?the power-seekers, parasites, and lunatics who would destroy that which the creators and builders make. Who are today's anti-heroes, fighting the creativity of the innovators? Contains insightful interviews, profiles, and analyses of the individuals who have lived by a Randian code to achieve greatness for themselves and others Offers a probing analysis of those who seek to destroy or undo the achievements of others?from academics, pundits, and government bureaucrats to fraudsters who have wreaked havoc on our world Engaging and entertaining, I Am John Galt examines how the inspiration that is Galt thrives more than 50 years after publication of Atlas Shrugged. It will spark the interest of Ayn Rand fans everywhere, as well as those seeking a way to succeed in today's turbulent and confusing times.

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead
Author: Ayn Rand
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Total Pages: 805
Release: 2014-12-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0143194623

When The Fountainhead was first published, Ayn Rand's daringly original literary vision and her groundbreaking philosophy, Objectivism, won immediate worldwide interest and acclaim. This instant classic is the story of an intransigent young architect, his violent battle against conventional standards, and his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him. This edition contains a special afterword by Rand’s literary executor, Leonard Peikoff, which includes excerpts from Ayn Rand’s own notes on the making of The Fountainhead. As fresh today as it was then, here is a novel about a hero—and about those who try to destroy him.

Shinto

Shinto
Author: Jean Herbert
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1046
Release: 2010-10-18
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1136903763

Shinto, the national indigenous religion of Japan has supplied Japan with the basic structure of its mentality and behaviour. Although its classical texts have been translated into English this volume was the first major study of this important religion. The book is a complete picture of Shinto, its history and internal organization, its gods and mythology, its temples and priests, its moral and worship. The volume also describes the metaphysics, mystic and spiritual disciplines and overall is one of the most authentic and authoritative surveys of Shinto of the twentieth century.

The Religion of Chiropractic

The Religion of Chiropractic
Author: Holly Folk
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2017-03-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1469632802

Chiropractic is by far the most common form of alternative medicine in the United States today, but its fascinating origins stretch back to the battles between science and religion in the nineteenth century. At the center of the story are chiropractic's colorful founders, D. D. Palmer and his son, B. J. Palmer, of Davenport, Iowa, where in 1897 they established the Palmer College of Chiropractic. Holly Folk shows how the Palmers' system depicted chiropractic as a conduit for both material and spiritualized versions of a "vital principle," reflecting popular contemporary therapies and nineteenth-century metaphysical beliefs, including the idea that the spine was home to occult forces. The creation of chiropractic, and other Progressive-era versions of alternative medicine, happened at a time when the relationship between science and religion took on an urgent, increasingly competitive tinge. Many remarkable people, including the Palmers, undertook highly personal reinterpretations of their physical and spiritual worlds. In this context, Folk reframes alternative medicine and spirituality as a type of populist intellectual culture in which ideologies about the body comprise a highly appealing form of cultural resistance.