[PDF] Straying From The Straight Path eBook

Author : Daan Beekers
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 48,91 MB
Release : 2017-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1785337149

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If piety, faith, and conviction constitute one side of the religious coin, then imperfection, uncertainty, and ambivalence constitute the other. Yet, scholars tend to separate these two domains and place experiences of inadequacy in everyday religious life – such as a wavering commitment, religious negligence or weakness in faith – outside the domain of religion ‘proper.’ Straying from the Straight Path breaks with this tendency by examining how self-perceived failure is, in many cases, part and parcel of religious practice and experience. Responding to the need for comparative approaches in the face of the largely separated fields of the anthropology of Islam and Christianity, this volume gives full attention to moral failure as a constitutive and potentially energizing force in the religious lives of both Muslims and Christians in different parts of the world.

Author : Richard Katz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 28,47 MB
Release : 1999-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1594775168

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The inspiring story of one man's exploration of indigenous healing in a culture fighting to preserve its spiritual health. • A firsthand account of a little-known healing tradition. • A dramatic story of self-transformation by a well-respected Harvard-educated anthropologist. In the late 1970s Richard Katz, a clinical psychologist trained in anthropology, spent two years living in a remote island community in Fiji, hoping to record the practices of its healers. At the foundation of their healing, he discovered, was the concept of the straight path, a journey through life whose truth is revealed only to the extent that it is searched for with honesty and faith. It is a way of healing that in its very essence is a way of living, a path that emphasizes the spiritual dimensions of health and the relevance of these to the community. But while interviewing healers at work, Katz was drawn into an increasingly suspenseful drama. Unexplained deaths, rumors and suspicions, and the intrusion of a zealous evangelist rocked the village and soon revealed to the author the dangerous alternative to the straight path: the misuse of power that some call witchcraft. The Straight Path of the Spirit is an engrossing story of indigenous healers and a dramatic account of cultures in collision. Through the story of his own self-transformation, Katz reveals not only those aspects of life essential for the Fijians as they struggle to hold onto their identity, but also what is of importance to all of us who seek to retain our humanity.

Author : Ali Ünal
Publisher : Tughra Books
Page : 1418 pages
File Size : 39,77 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Qurʼan
ISBN : 1597841447

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A timely addition to the literature on the holy book of Islam, this translation provides both the original Arabic verse as well as extensive explanations and interpretations in modern English. Additional commentary is offered on the social and historical aspects of Islam, as well as the existence and unity of God, the concept of resurrection, and other theological complexities. Several special glossaries detailing the names of God and Qur'an vocabulary are also included.

Author : Richard Katz
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 14,39 MB
Release : 1993-09-20
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780201608670

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Anthropologist/clincial psychologist Katz spent two years on a remote Fijian island in his search for the moral, psychological, and spiritual wisdom known as the Straight Path, an ancient healing tradition with tremendous relevance for health and psychology in the West. Photos.

Author : Abu Sud’an Ditshego
Publisher : Partridge Africa
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 12,38 MB
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1482826011

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This read suggests we start reading from within, the novel of life authored by the characters themselves, our journal of being enchantingly imprinted on paper thin, passing memories of the fleeting now. Life is beautiful when we succeed to live than when we live to succeed.

Author : Shaik Kadir
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 29,9 MB
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9814779954

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Shaik Kadir Shaik Maideen holds a Master of Education degree from the University of Sheffield, UK. He received training in teaching and journalism both locally and overseas, and has years of experience as an educator and journalist. Formerly a senior lecturer at the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore, he has now retired from service. His numerous writings have been published in various periodicals and magazines in Singapore and in other countries, including local newspapers such as The Straits Times and Berita Harian. His other books on aspects of Islam include Read! The Islamic inspiration on guidance, wisdom and progress (1986), The Straight Way: Answers to questions put forward by non-Muslims (1993), The Haj: The annual pilgrimage of Islam (1995), Commanding a dynamic Islamic Personality (2000), Inside Islam: 101 questions and answers (2004), Islam Explained (2006) which has been translated into Malay, and Allah: Understanding God in Islam (2016).

Author : Anton Wessels
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 16,36 MB
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532607989

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Abraham, the father of all believers, plays host to three strangers, one of whom is God, and thus sets an example for others to follow. Jews, Christians, and Muslims often treat each other as strangers. Their Holy Books are not the cause of their conflicts and enmity but rather show the way to solve them. They tell a common story of the lifelong journey of the human being to the promised city, the promised land, and the promised world where justice and righteousness reign.