Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Psychology of Religion

Robert H. von Thaden Jr.'s sociorhetorical analysis examines Paul's construction of sexual Christian bodies in 1 Corinthians by utilizing new insights from conceptual integration theory about the embodied processes of meaning making. Paul's teaching about proper sexual behavior in this letter is best viewed as an example of early Christian wisdom discourse. This discourse draws upon apocalyptic and priestly cognitive frames to increase the rhetorical force of the argument. Reading Paul's argument through the lens of rhetorical invention, von Thaden demonstrates that Paul first attempts to...

Love and Death are two major facets of the whole of human existence and in The Drama of Love and Death, Carpenter attempts to analyse the interplay of love and death in everyday life. Originally published in 1912, this study focuses on how love and death are perceived and treated in the history of humankind and how these views evolved up until the early twentieth century. This title will be of interest to students of Sociology and Anthropology.

Robert H. von Thaden Jr.'s sociorhetorical analysis examines Paul's construction of sexual Christian bodies in 1 Corinthians by utilizing new insights from conceptual integration theory about the embodied processes of meaning making. Paul's teaching about proper sexual behavior in this letter is best viewed as an example of early Christian wisdom discourse. This discourse draws upon apocalyptic and priestly cognitive frames to increase the rhetorical force of the argument. Reading Paul's argument through the lens of rhetorical invention, von Thaden demonstrates that Paul first attempts to...

No Other Gods is a wide-ranging analysis of the biblical myth of God and of its impact on culture and human consciousness, from the perspective of the evolution of consciousness that precedes and postdates it.

Phyllis Moore deeply appreciates biblical thought and practice and understands the psychological value of the patriarchal, monotheistic movement. It created a new and distinctive kind of individual ego-consciousness. But it did so at a great price, and Moore is fully aware of this, too.

Those who attend to Moore’s insights will come away from a reading of...

This interdisciplinary volume brings together leading writers and thinkers to provide a critique of a broad range of topics related to Hillsong Church. Hillsong is one of the most influential, visible, and (in some circles) controversial religious organizations/movements of the past thirty years. Although it has received significant attention from both the academy and the popular press, the vast majority of the scholarship lacks the scope and nuance necessary to understand the complexity of the movement, or its implications for the social, cultural, political, spiritual, and religious...

This book contains an original translation, with extended commentary,
of the Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphc scripture known as the myth of
Ra and Isis. Discover the depths of Ancient Egyptian Mystic Wisdom
by reading with the Trilinear Translation Method Developed by
Dr. Muata Ashby.

This is a unique opportunity to partake in guided study of one of
the most important Ancient Egyptian scriptures, especially in these
times of political, economic, environmental instability. Now is the
time to elevate consciousnes and transform life to meet the

In seinem Buch Die Eroberung der Angst behandelt Eugene Halliday die Tatsache, das Angst und Furcht zu einem gewissen Grad in den Gemütern aller Menschen dieser Welt gegenwärtig sind. Hier zeigt er uns einen Weg zur Bewältigung dieses negativen Gemütszustandes, welcher, bewusst oder unbewusst, unsere Beziehung zur Welt und zu unseren Mitmenschen beeinträchtigt. Er legt die grundlegende Logik unseres Problems dar und gibt uns praktische Übungen - einen schrittweisen Prozess - der dem Leser anschaulich erklärt wird. Im heutigen mit allen möglichen...