Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Holidays - Christian

Stories of the most favorite and beloved seasonal hymns of faith.

Don't look for a dry recounting of boring historical fact, the devotional-style stories in Then Sings My Soul show the emotion and drama behind the hymns of faith that have changed many lives throughout history. Designed to be personally reflective, these stories speak to the soul and add depth to a meaningful worship time with God through song.

Recounted are stories of the people whose faith led them to write these wonderful seasonal hymns and the people whose faith was affected by reading,...

Churches and youth groups like the idea of using drama, but the writing often proves a challenge and there's little time to rehearse.

This richly varied collection includes monologues, duologues, and sketches for several voices which are designed to work like five minute mini radio plays. Needing almost no rehearsal, staging or costume, they are simple to perform, but offer real content and pack a powerful punch.

Many of the pieces cover seasonal themes such as Christmas, New Year, Lent, and Easter -...

Trotz der zahlreichen Publikationen, die in den letzten Jahren der Erforschung der mittelalterlichen Seewege im Mittelmeer, des okonomischen und kulturellen Austausches und des Phanomen der Pilgerfahrt gewidmet waren, bleibt das Thema der spezifischen Andachtsformen, die mit der Seefahrt verbunden waren und zur Herstellung von privilegierten Heiligtumern fur die Seefahrer fuhrten, noch ein Desideratum. Wie viele bis jetzt zu wenig beachtete Urkunden bestatigen, bildete sich im Spatmittelalter ein transmediterranes Netzwerk von Heiligen Orten, die insbesondere von Seefahrern besucht wurden...

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the religious landscape in Russia has undergone a marked transformation: re-sacralization has seen a revival of historic shrines and procession routes, the creation of new sacred places and practices, and the institutional church management of pilgrimage. This has sparked debate about the characteristics of contemporary Russian belief and religiosity, as well as the relation between the sacred and secular.

Orthodox Pilgrimage in Contemporary Russia is a systematic attempt to consider the mixture of piety, politics, and history at...

The Yuletide Factor brilliantly rises to the level of Tim Huff's previous best-selling and award-winning works - Bent Hope and Dancing with Dynamite - challenging a status quo population to look for, and become, "Christmas people," every day of the year. But, make no mistake; this is a book that will be equally at home in a springtime picnic basket or on a summertime dock chair as it will in a December stocking hung by the chimney with care. Beyond its exhilarating collection of seasonal short stories, The Yuletide Factor takes readers on a timeless journey, touching down when and where...