Author: Sangkeun Kim Publisher: Peter Lang ISBN: 9780820471303 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 344
Book Description
One of the most precarious and daunting tasks for sixteenth-century European missionaries in the cross-cultural mission frontiers was translating the name of «God» (Deus) into the local language. When the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) introduced the Chinese term Shangti as the semantic equivalent of Deus, he made one of the most innovative cross-cultural missionary translations. Ricci's employment of Shangti was neither a simple rewording of a Chinese term nor the use of a loan-word, but was indeed a risk-taking «identification» of the Christian God with the Confucian Most-High, Shangti. Strange Names of God investigates the historical progress of the semantic configuration of Shangti as the divine name of the Christian God in China by focusing on Chinese intellectuals' reaction to the strangely translated Chinese name of God.
Author: Anjali Sachdeva Publisher: ISBN: 0399593004 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 274
Book Description
"A haunting, diverse debut story collection that explores the isolation we experience in the face of the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our lives, Anjali Sachdeva's debut collection spans centuries, continents, and a diverse set of characters but is united by each character's epic struggle with fate: A workman in Andrew Carnegie's steel mills is irrevocably changed by the brutal power of the furnaces; a fisherman sets sail into overfished waters and finds a secret obsession from which he can't return; an online date ends with a frightening, inexplicable dissapearance. Her story "Pleiades" was called "a masterpiece" by Dave Eggers. Sachdeva has a talent for creating moving and poignant scenes, following her highly imaginative plots to their logical ends, and depicting how one small miracle can affect everyone in its wake"--
Author: Ann Spangler Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 0310309174 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 353
Book Description
Names have power--and knowing God's name is to enjoy a kind of privileged access to him. Join bestselling author Ann Spangler as she invites you to experience God's love and power by exploring the Hebrew names of God. Names in the ancient world did more than simply distinguish one person from another. In fact, they often conveyed the essential nature and character of a person. This is especially true when it comes to the names of God recorded in the Bible: El Shaddai, Elohim, Adonai, Abba, El Elyon. Praying the Names of God is a twenty-six-week devotional study that explores the most prominent names of God in the Old Testament to reveal the deeper meanings behind them and to teach you how to pray through them. Each name or title is broken down into three sections each week: Monday: Study a portion of Scripture that reveals a specific name of God Tuesday through Thursday: Pray specific Scripture passages related to the name Friday: Pray Scripture promises connected to the name As you journey through this devotional, you'll gain a more intimate understanding of who God is and how he can be relied upon in every circumstance of your life, enabling you to echo the psalmist's prayer: "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God."
Author: Win Green Publisher: Tate Publishing ISBN: 161739016X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 216
Book Description
'Surveys show that many today have a deep hunger for God. Win's book speaks directly and clearly to this spiritual condition. It will clarify and buttress your faith.' George Gallup Jr., pollster, author, and founding chairman, The George H. Gallup International Institute 'With clear prose and compelling insight, The Ten Loves of God takes the reader into the very heart of God's perfect plan for our lives.' Yolanda Pierce, associate professor, Princeton Theological Seminary. Moses received God's Ten Commandments atop a mountain, and ever since they've served as the moral/spiritual foundation for the Judeo/Christian world. But are they still relevant in today's high tech, religiously diverse, sexually aggressive world? Of course they are! In this book, The Ten Loves of God, Win Green celebrates the gift that each command offers.
Author: Marilyn Hickey Publisher: Whitaker House ISBN: 1603743510 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
Tapping Into God’s Infinite Supply Each of God’s names reveals a wonderful aspect of His nature that can meet your deepest needs, comfort you in times of personal tragedy, and release you to new heights of praise in times of joy. God is so vast that the heavens cannot contain Him. Likewise, His personality is so complex that one name cannot adequately describe Him. Throughout the Bible, God revealed Himself to His people through His various names. When the Israelites were fearful, God revealed Himself as Jehovah Shalom, meaning “the Lord my Peace.” When they were uncertain of His will, He revealed Himself as Jehovah Rohi, meaning “the Lord my Shepherd.” He is also Jehovah Jireh, “the Lord our Provider,” and Jehovah Rophe, “the Lord our Healer.” Marilyn Hickey’s practical teaching on nineteen different names of God will whet your appetite to pursue fully God’s love and purpose for your life.
Author: David William Kim Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 1498569196 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 297
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This volume focuses on the various phenomena of religious encounters in a transcultural society where religion or religious traditions play a significant role in a multi-cultural concept. Religious Encounters in Transcultural Society is divided into three parts: Islamic encounters with regional religions, East Asian religious encounters, and alternative religious encounters. This book evokes the fact that religious encounters exist in every transcultural society even though they often remain hidden behind socio-cultural issues. The situation can be changed, but one culture cannot harmoniously and always contain two or multi-beliefs. The issue of religious encounters mostly arises in the transnational process of religious globalization.
Author: Clinton Cruickshank Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: 1664272887 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 261
Book Description
In October of 2007, author Clinton Cruickshank began to receive a series of revelations of unaccustomed clarity. Because of the content, he understood these were revelations from God. In The Mystery of God, Cruickshank shares these revelations, telling how the Lord reveals himself to us. In it, he provides the answers to an array of questions that have tantalized humankind for centuries. To explain some of God’s puzzling works and acts, Cruickshank created and drew on a variety of new terms and expressions, such as the Hologram Principle, the Inverse Hologram Principle, the Infinite Infrastructure, the Primary Receiving Channel (PRC) and the Secondary Receiving Channel (SRC) and many more. The Mystery of God also addresses more than three dozen essential questions with answers that reveal his purpose or designs for us and for his kingdom. God explained why he is the alpha and the omega and defines the difference between himself as God the alpha and himself as God the omega while remaining the same one and only God. Cruickshank uncovers the surprising glimpses and tantalizing tastes of a divine view that allows us an extraordinary peek into God’s mystery.
Author: John Piper Publisher: Multnomah ISBN: 1601422911 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 401
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The author of Desiring God reveals the biblical evidence to help us see and savor what the pleasures of God show us about Him. Includes a study guide for individual and small-group use. Isn’t it true—we really don’t know someone until we understand what makes that person happy? And so it is with God! What does bring delight to the happiest Being in the universe? John Piper writes, that it’s only when we know what makes God glad that we’ll know the greatness of His glory. Therefore, we must comprehend “the pleasures of God.” Unlike so much of what is written today, this is not a book about us. It is about the One we were made for—God Himself. In this theological masterpiece—chosen by World Magazine as one of the 20th Century’s top 100 books, John Piper reveals the biblical evidence to help us see and savor what the pleasures of God show us about Him. Then we will be able to drink deeply—and satisfyingly—from the only well that offers living water. What followers of Jesus need now, more than anything else, is to know and love—behold and embrace—the great, glorious, sovereign, happy God of the Bible. “This is a unique and precious book that everybody should read more than once.” —J.I. PACKER, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia
Author: Sangkeun Kim
Author: Anjali Sachdeva
Author: Ann Spangler
Author: Win Green
Author: Marilyn Hickey
Author: David William Kim
Author: Clinton Cruickshank
Author: Philip Schaff
Author: John Piper
Author: Augustin Calmet