Pagan Words and Christian Meanings

Pagan Words and Christian Meanings
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 9789004454965
ISBN-13 : 9004454969
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Pagan Words and Christian Meanings by : Richard North

An evolution of attitudes towards pre-Christian custom in , North-West Europe, as shown in early .medieval word-fields and texts in Old English and Old Icelandic literature, is represented in six variously focussed studies. The first three chapters, Pagan Words, form a network of research on pre-Christian concepts of mind and soul as they survived, still active, in Christianized heroic poetry. This was part of. the heathen matrix through which the first expressions of Christianity in Old English and Icelandic literature were possible. The second half of this book, Christian Meanings, shows .how the same Christian literature produced reinterpretations of paganism. The literary range stretches from the earliest epic formulae to the polished genealogical novels of thirteenth-century Iceland- An ancient tradition of augury is invoked by the poet of The Seafarer to illustrate a believer's passage to heaven. In Havamal, an artificially pagan creed of ritual teaching and responses is compiled in Iceland as an antiquarian entertainment, perhaps on a Christian model. The last chapter shows a variety of Christian interpretations of, paganism in four sagas of Icelanders from the early to late thirteenth century. Overall where paganism was concerned, the tendency was first to cast off a way of life, then later, when that life was lost forever, to reinvent it for the imagination.

Book of Shadows

Book of Shadows
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Publisher : CreateSpace
Total Pages : 184
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ISBN-10 : 1501022768
ISBN-13 : 9781501022760
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Book of Shadows by : Gerald Gardner

A Book of Shadows is a book containing religious texts and instructions for magical rituals found within the Neo-pagan religion of Wicca. The first Book of Shadows was created by Gerald B. Gardner, (an author as well as an amateur archaeologist and anthropologist), in the late 1940's or early 1950's, which he used in his Bricket Wood coven and then in later covens which he founded. The concept was adopted by other traditions. The current Book of Shadows is a compilation of manuscripts found in his museum after his death.

ChristoPaganism

ChristoPaganism
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Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780738714677
ISBN-13 : 0738714674
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis ChristoPaganism by : Joyce Higginbotham

The chilling story of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv" Roundup in France comes to the screen in this cautionary historical drama starring Jean Reno and Melanie Laurent. The Weismanns were a typical Montmartre from a tight-knit Jewish neighborhood. But on that fateful morning of July 16, 1942, this family and many others would face the worst horror imaginable when they, and 13,000 other Parisian Jews, were systematically arrested by French police, and corralled into a stadium under the orders of their Nazi occupiers. As the unsuspecting prisoners are prepared for deportation, a Jewish doctor (Reno) and a Protestant nurse (Laurent) attempt to provide adequate care for their patients while bearing witness to one of the most shameful atrocities ever committed by man. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism

Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism
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Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9781465519252
ISBN-13 : 1465519254
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by : Thomas Inman

God Against the Gods

God Against the Gods
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 353
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ISBN-10 : 9781440626586
ISBN-13 : 1440626588
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis God Against the Gods by : Jonathan Kirsch

"Lively… points out that the conflict between the worship of many gods and the worship of one true god never disappeared." —Publishers Weekly "Jonathan Kirsch has written another blockbuster about the Bible and its world." —David Noel Freedman, Editor-in-Chief of the Anchor Bible Project "Kirsch tackles the central issue bedeviling the world today - religious intolerance… A timely book, well-written and researched." —Leonard Shlain, author of The Alphabet and the Goddess and Sex, Time and Power "An intriguing read." —The Jerusalem Report "A timely tale about the importance of religious tolerance in today’s world." —San Francisco Chronicle "Kirsch is a fine storyteller with a flair for rendering ancient tales relevant and appealing." —The Washington Post

Pagan Christianity?

Pagan Christianity?
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Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9781414341651
ISBN-13 : 1414341652
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Pagan Christianity? by : Frank Viola

Have you ever wondered why we Christians do what we do for church every Sunday morning? Why do we “dress up” for church? Why does the pastor preach a sermon each week? Why do we have pews, steeples, and choirs? This ground-breaking book, now in affordable softcover, makes an unsettling proposal: most of what Christians do in present-day churches is rooted, not in the New Testament, but in pagan culture and rituals developed long after the death of the apostles. Coauthors Frank Viola and George Barna support their thesis with compelling historical evidence and extensive footnotes that document the origins of modern Christian church practices. In the process, the authors uncover the problems that emerge when the church functions more like a business organization than the living organism it was created to be. As you reconsider Christ's revolutionary plan for his church—to be the head of a fully functioning body in which all believers play an active role—you'll be challenged to decide whether you can ever do church the same way again.

Against the Christians

Against the Christians
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Publisher :
Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:661934426
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Against the Christians by : Porphyre

Witchcraft Today

Witchcraft Today
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Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 149
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ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547731047
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Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Witchcraft Today by : Gerald Brosseau Gardner

The Meaning of Witchcraft is a non-fiction book written by Gerald Gardner. Gardner, known to many in the modern sense as the "Father of Wicca", based the book around his experiences with the religion of Wicca and the New Forest Coven. He claimed he was allowed to tell more than ever before and cast light on the rituals and beliefs of witches. The book's main message was that neither the practices of witches nor their intents were harmful. The book tells the history of witchcraft in Europe. The author traces back to pre-Christian times, studies the rituals and beliefs of templars, and states that the belief in fairies in ancient, medieval, and early modern Europe was connected with a secretive pygmy race that lived alongside other communities. The preface to this book was Margaret Murray, who stated that witchcraft took its root in the pre-Christian religions and had nothing to do with spell-casting and other evil practices. Instead, Murray proposes to view witchcraft as "the sincere expression of that feeling towards God which is expressed, perhaps more decorously though not more sincerely, by modern Christianity in church services."

Reinventing Jesus

Reinventing Jesus
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Publisher : Kregel Publications
Total Pages : 350
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ISBN-10 : 9780825497568
ISBN-13 : 0825497566
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Reinventing Jesus by : J. Ed Komoszewski

Reinventing Jesus cuts through the rhetoric of extreme doubt to reveal the profound credibility of historic Christianity. Meticulously researched yet eminently readable, this book invites a wide audience to take a firsthand look at the primary evidence for Christianity's origins.

Christianity for Modern Pagans

Christianity for Modern Pagans
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Publisher : Ignatius Press
Total Pages : 350
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ISBN-10 : 0898704529
ISBN-13 : 9780898704525
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Christianity for Modern Pagans by : Peter Kreeft

Peter Kreeft believes that Baise Pascal is the first post-medieval apologist. No writer in history, claims Kreeft, is a more effective Christian apologist and evangelist to today's uprooted, confused, secularized pagans (inside and outside the Church) than Pascal. He was a brilliant man--a great scientist who did major work in physics and mathematics, as well as an inventor--whom Kreeft thinks was three centuries ahead of his time. His apologetics found in his Pensees are ideal for the modern, sophisticated skeptic.