Focusing on the overarching theme of religious satire in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, this study reveals the novel's hidden motive, moral and plot. The author considers generations of criticism spanning the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, along with new textual evidence showing how Twain's...

Author: Loraine Angela DixonISBN-10: 146918012XISBN-13: 9781469180120Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/20/2012Pages: 166Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

God's relationship with us is authenticated in the doctrine of prayer. Prayer maybe defined as follows: Prayer is personal communication with God. This definition is varying board. What we call prayer includes prayers of request for ourselves or others (sometimes called prayers of petition...

Author: Gordon PowellISBN-10: 1450083617ISBN-13: 9781450083614Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/07/2010Pages: 278Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Does your church have a revolving door? Most churches do not have a ministry to establish and maintain authentic personal relationships with inactive members, visitors, or prospective members. Before implementing this ministry, one church failed to stay relationally connected to its members. Is your...

Because each Gospel writer records some stories that are found only in their own account, it is necessary to read all four Gospels to obtain the full story. But because they record some of the same stories this is very difficult. The Chronological Gospel...

Although I most certainly believe in God almighty and in His infallibility, because of what I believe to be false interpolations I've found in the Bible, I no longer believe today's version of the Bible to be flawless and infallible. However, that is entirely...

Over the past twenty years the transition from the late Middle Ages to the early modern era has received increasing attention from experts in the history of philosophy. In part, this new interest arises from claims, made in literature aimed at a less specialist...

Christ Consciousness is the consciousness or awareness of the self in and as the Christ, the attainment of a level of consciousness commensurate with that which was realized by Jesus, Christ consciousness is "the highest state of intellectual development and emotional maturity." "Christ consciousness...

Saqifa authored by famous scholar and historian late Allamah Murtaza provides an in depth analysis of the historical texts regarding the incidences that took place at the Saqifa Bani Saida during the last days of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and immediately after it. The conspiracy...

Perfecting man from lockup shall bring hope to our world where troubled men have dampened our way of life. What God has given me in my assignment is how I can bring this hope to men to change their course of direction. After spending...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Rogue elements within United States' Federal government, along with many State and local jurisdictions have turned against American Main Street "best interests". These order following elements, intentionally or unintentionally are abusing the safety, honor, good faith, and credit of American citizens in service to...

Pyramidos traces the history and development of this fundamental magical ceremony from its earliest origins in the famed Golden Dawn Cipher Documents, through Crowley's first attempts to codify a system of magick in the Order of the Lamp of the Invisible Light to the...

Author: Maximillien De LafayetteISBN-10: 1105032949ISBN-13: 9781105032943Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/31/2011Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d

The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and international titles in a single resource. Its International Law component features works of some of the great legal theorists, including Gentili, Grotius, Selden, Zouche, Pufendorf, Bijnkershoek, Wolff, Vattel,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

These Potatoes Look Like Humans offers a unique understanding of the intersection between land, labour, dispossession and violence experienced by Black South Africans from the apartheid period to the present. In this ground-breaking book, Mbuso Nkosi criticises the historical framing of this debate within...

Simone Weil (1909-1943) is one of the most brilliant and unorthodox religious and philosophical minds of the twentieth century. She was also a political activist, worked in the Renault car factory in France in the 1930s and fought briefly as an anarchist in the...

In Deathlife, Anthony B. Pinn analyzes hip hop to explore how Blackness serves as a framework for defining and guiding the relationship between life and death in the United States. Pinn argues that white supremacy and white privilege operate based on the right to...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have...

Featuring a range of scholars in the field of religion and ecology, over 95 images, and a glossary of key terms, this book provides a survey of the key topics and religious traditions in the study of religion and nature in the North American...

Grace Bubulka's near death experience happened many years ago in childbirth. She nearly died of sepsis, and the ineffable experience changed her life. It took over a decade for her to feel comfortable telling others, but now she shares her experience with universities, medical...

Between the sixth and eighth centuries CE, the image emerged as a rhetorical category in religious literature produced in the Mediterranean basin. The development was not a uniquely Christian phenomenon. Rather, it emerged in the context of broader debates about symbolic forms that took...

Discover the enthralling world of Therianthropy like never before. "Therian Tales: Embracing Our Inner Nature - A Complete Guide to Therianthropy" is the ultimate resource designed for anyone who identifies as a Therian or is curious about the Therian experience. This comprehensive guide explores...

As a young girl, April was taught to obey the rules and play it safe. As an adult, she began to question those very teachings. When her marriage began to fall apart for the second time, the rules became even more blurred. Fighting between...

St. Gregory the Great tells us that more men are drawn towards Heaven by the force of example than by the effects of argument. If this be true in reference to mankind in general, it is especially so with regard to the child. The...

Penciled Purpose, by Jonquette Sanders-White, is her captivating memoir that records the harrowing events of one Thanksgiving in 2022, where Jonquette experiences a life-threatening ordeal that tests her and her husband's faith, strength, and resilience.Jonquette, a meticulous planner, believes her scheduled c-section will go...

This book is a collection of sermons from Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen where he speaks about seven different groups of people found at the foot of the cross at Calvary over 2,000 years ago and how these groups are still present today.There are millions...

"It is Finished." (John 19:30)Meditations on the Sixth Word from the Cross by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen "The perfectly sized meditation book (5.5 x 8.5") for use at home or church." (Special 'JMJ' Edition)For years, Archbishop Sheen gave a series of powerful presentations on...

"The Religion of Ancient Rome" is a complete painting by means of Cyril Bailey, a distinguished classicist and scholar, that offers treasured insights into the religious ideals, practices, and rituals of ancient Rome. Published in the early 20th century, Bailey's book stays a seminal...

What's stopping you from being truly happy and at peace? Could it be your wandering mind that constantly revisits painful thoughts and bad habits? Scientists now have a name for the wandering mind-the default mode network (DMN), a barrier that can prevent you from...

It is no mere ideal father that is described in The Christian Father, aspiring after unattainable or fanciful saintliness. It is a father such as God intended all fathers to be, such as should and might be found at the head of every Christian...

To some extent, most people have reasons to feel depressed; the thoughts of the future, illnesses, struggles to make ends meet, especially in these unstable economic conditions. Many are facing mountains of problems, others are shattered after losing a loved one, and they question...

"Book for the Dead" it is dedicated to all of our loved ones who have crossed the veil. It is a journey to the afterlife. If you have lost a loved one and you want to keep their souls and sense of spirit alive...

We all need someone to talk to, and who could be better than talking to your very own personal Bloodhound? Bloodhounds are reportedly wise, and certainly can keep a good secret Is your Bloodhound quiet when it is needful, but not afraid to enter...

We all need someone to talk to, and who could be better than talking to your very own personal Airedale Terrier? Airedale Terriers are reportedly wise, and certainly can keep a good secret Is your Airedale Terrier quiet when it is needful, but not...

In 1865 a French priest was visited by a small group of Japanese at his newly built church in Nagasaki. They were descendants of Japan's first Christians, the survivors of brutal religious persecution under the Tokugawa government. The Kakure Kirishitan, or "hidden Christians," had...

Ruth Stein's pioneering study explains suicidal terrorism from a psychoanalytic perspective. She argues that most Islamic extremists undertake destructive and self-destructive actions not out of blind hatred, nor even for political gain, but to achieve an explosive merger with a transcendent awesome Father, God....

In this early work from "one of the defining theologians of American Lutheranism" (James Arne Nestingen, Dialog), Gerhard O. Forde provides a superlative interpretation of more than 150 years of modern law-gospel debate. In presenting this history, he examines the positions of such outstanding...

Harold Coward is Professor Emeritus of History and Founding Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria. He is the author and editor of many books, including Religion and Peacebuilding (with Gordon S. Smith) and Yoga and...

Religion is evil. It doesn't bring you closer to GodHistory confirms that religion is murderous. It has killed millions - even billions - of people. It choked the life out of the fledgling Christian church.For the last 2000 years believers wanting friendship with Jesus...

We are often pressed to forgive or in need of forgiveness: Wrongdoing is common. Even after a perpetrator has been taken to court and punished, forgiveness still has a role to play. How should a victim and a perpetrator relate to each other outside...

St. Robert Bellarmine's work in defense of the saints, their place in heaven, their canonization and veneration, etc., ranks like all of his works among the classical works of Catholic Theology. In this work, Bellarmine meets the attack of Protestantism against Catholic teaching on...

Nowhere is the claim to desire freedom so thoroughly denied by people's actions than in the sphere of religion. All religions, while claiming to set people free, instead multiply rules and restrictions. For this reason, almost all sermons on the believer's freedom spend more...

This is a book of sermons about several courageous women in the Bible, which I have identified from the Old and New Testament scriptures. I developed or created these sermons because of the bold example from my Mother, Elizabeth Murphy-Clayton. As a single parent,...

Your prayers are worth praying for.The world needs prayer.People need prayer.You need prayer.What if YOU could be the reason for someone else's miracle?God is on the move and He is awakening your spirit to pray.In The ONE Prayer, faith fueled transformation coach and speaker...