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| Author | : Eboo Patel |
| Publisher | : Beacon Press |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 2012-08-14 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0807077488 |
A “thought-provoking, myth-smashing” exploration of American identity and a passionate call for a more tolerant, interfaith America (Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State) There is no better time to stand up for your values than when they are under attack. Alarmist, hateful rhetoric once relegated to the fringes of political discourse has now become frighteningly mainstream, with pundits and politicians routinely invoking the specter of Islam as a menacing, deeply anti-American force. In Sacred Ground, author and renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel says this prejudice is not just a problem for Muslims but a challenge to the very idea of America. Patel shows us that Americans from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. have been “interfaith leaders,” illustrating how the forces of pluralism in America have time and again defeated the forces of prejudice. And now a new generation needs to rise up and confront the anti-Muslim prejudice of our era. To this end, Patel offers a primer in the art and science of interfaith work, bringing to life the growing body of research on how faith can be a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division and sharing stories from the frontlines of interfaith activism. Patel asks us to share in his vision of a better America—a robustly pluralistic country in which our commonalities are more important than our differences, and in which difference enriches, rather than threatens, our religious traditions. Pluralism, Patel boldly argues, is at the heart of the American project, and this visionary book will inspire Americans of all faiths to make this country a place where diverse traditions can thrive side by side.
| Author | : Barbara A. McGraw |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2012-02-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0791486958 |
Returning to the ideas of John Locke and the Founders themselves, Barbara A. McGraw examines the debate about the role of religion in American public life and unravels the confounded rhetoric on all sides. She reveals that no group has been standing on proper ground and that all sides have misused terminology (religion/secular), dichotomies (public/private), and concepts (separation of church and state) in ways that have little relevance to the original intentions of the Founders. She rediscovers a theology underlying the founding documents of the nation that is neither anyone's particular religion nor one requiring religion. Instead, it justifies freedom of conscience for all and provides a two-tiered public forum—a civic public forum and a conscientious public forum—for the debate itself and the actions that debate inspires. America's Sacred Ground—this theology and its public forum—determines the meaning of freedom and the ways in which Americans can pursue "the good": good government, good communities, good families, good relations between individuals, and good individuals from a plurality of perspectives. By exploring our past, McGraw answers the critical question, Who are we as a people and what do we stand for?
| Author | : Ron Eduard Hassner |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780801448065 |
Hassner investigates the causes and properties of conflicts over religious sites that are both venerated and contested; he also proposes potential means for managing these disputes.
| Author | : Leonard J. Freyer |
| Publisher | : iUniverse |
| Total Pages | : 206 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0595132529 |
The present is always building on the past, whether we know it or not. Losing his wife, and then his father, Mark Racin makes the best of his life. Raising his son Alex alone, he places him above all else in his life. Selling his first novel allows him to quit his job as a teacher and write full time. He will also be able to spend more time with his son. Moving from Baltimore City to Harfor County, MArk hopes to build a new life for both of them. Buying a home, a new school for Alex, New friends for them both, it would be just what they needed. Then forces from the past work to drive Mark and his son from their new home. Will they be killed,if they stay, or will they be driven out? Can the past reach out to them, and get its revenge?
| Author | : Gregory N. Derry |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
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| ISBN | : 9781627200219 |
| Author | : Mercedes Lackey |
| Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
| Total Pages | : 363 |
| Release | : 2020-12-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1250810825 |
From the New York Times bestselling author Mercedes Lackey comes contemporary fantasy Sacred Ground—now back in print! Jennifer Talldeer is Osage and Cherokee, granddaughter of a powerful Medicine Man. She walks a difficult path: contrary to tribal custom, she is learning a warrior's magics. A freelance private investigator, Jennifer tracks down stolen Native American artifacts. The construction of a new shopping mall uncovers fragments of human bone, revealing possible desecration of an ancient burial ground. Meanwhile, the sabotage of construction equipment at the site implicates many activists—particularly Jennifer's old flame, who is more attractive and dangerous than ever. Worst of all, the grave of Jennifer's legendary Medicine Man ancestor has been destroyed, his tools of power scattered, and a great evil freed to walk the land. Jennifer must make peace with the many factions and solve the mystery of her ancestor's grave before the world falls into oblivion. "Skillfully weaving a tale of fantasy, mystery, and Native American folklore, Lackey has written a unique novel sure to appeal to YAs."--School Library Journal At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
| Author | : Ngawang Zangpo |
| Publisher | : Snow Lion |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 2001-11-06 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
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Describes two journeys: a journey outward to specific pilgrimage places in Eastern Tibet and a journey inward, to the sacred world of tantra, accessible through contemplation and meditation.
| Author | : Chris Towndrow |
| Publisher | : Valericain Press |
| Total Pages | : 299 |
| Release | : 2012-08-25 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1916891675 |
The long interstellar war between the Placers and the alien Xarrt race is over. Everyone should embrace peace, but warship captain Rakkel is battling his emotions, facing a future that is anxiously unfamiliar. A disgruntled Xarrt warrior holds his ship in ambush, not wanting the war to end. He attacks a defenceless outpost, killing thousands. The news enrages Leader of the Placers, Izah, and he instructs that Rakkel be set to catch this traitor. A religious leader, Ar-Bekan, rallies his followers. The end of the war gives them the opportunity to reach out into space and seek the mythical land of their forefathers. War orphan Mavina has nothing to lose and joins the daring band of stowaways. More than one person holds a secret, more than one seeks a truth, and more than one is in denial. Is this really peace? If it is, how many endings and how many beginnings does it nurture?
| Author | : Adrian J. Ivakhiv |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 350 |
| Release | : 2001-07-26 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780253108388 |
Claiming Sacred Ground Pilgrims and Politics at Glastonbury and Sedona Adrian J. Ivakhiv A study of people and politics at two New Age spiritual sites. In this richly textured account, Adrian Ivakhiv focuses on the activities of pilgrim-migrants to Glastonbury, England and Sedona, Arizona. He discusses their efforts to encounter and experience the spirit or energy of the land and to mark out its significance by investing it with sacred meanings. Their endeavors are presented against a broad canvas of cultural and environmental struggles associated with the incorporation of such geographically marginal places into an expanding global cultural economy. Ivakhiv sees these contested and "heterotopic" landscapes as the nexus of a complex web of interestes and longings: from millennial anxieties and nostalgic re-imaginings of history and prehistory; to real-estate power grabs; contending religious visions; and the free play of ideas from science, pseudo-science, and popular culture. Looming over all this is the nonhuman life of these landscapes, an"otherness" that alternately reveals and conceals itself behind a pagenant of beliefs, images, and place-myths. A significant contribution to scholarship on alternative spirituality, sacred space, and the politics of natural landscapes, Claiming Sacred Ground will interest scholars and students of environmental and cultural studies, and the sociology of religious movements and pilgrimage. Non-specialist readers will be stimulated by the cultural, ecological, and spiritual dimensions of extraordinary natural landscapes. Adrian Ivakhiv teaches in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto, and is President of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada. April 2001 384 pages, 24 b&w photos, 2 figs., 9 maps, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, index, append. cloth 0-253-33899-9 $37.40 s / £28.50 Contents I DEPARTURES 1 Power and Desire in Earth's Tangled Web 2 Reimagining Earth 3 Orchestrating Sacred Space II Glastonbury 4 Stage, Props, and Players of Avalon 5 Many Glastonburys: Place-Myths and Contested Spaces III SEDONA 6 Red Rocks to Real Estate 7 New Agers, Vortexes, and the Sacred Landscape IV ARRIVALS 8 Practices of Place: Nature and Heterotopia Beyond the New Age
| Author | : Edward Tabor Linenthal |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780252061714 |
"Examines how different groups of Americans have competed to control, define, and own cherished national stories relating to events at four battlefields."--Amazon.com.
