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Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas offers an introduction and nine original perspectives on religious and cultural traditions emanating from communities in several regions across the Americas.

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Connecting four centuries of political, social, and religious history with fieldwork and language documentation, A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou analyzes Haitian Vodou's African origins, transmission to Saint-Domingue, and promulgation through song in contemporary Haiti. Split into two sections, the African chapters focus on history, economics, and culture in Dahomey, Allada, and Hueda while scrutinizing the role of Europeans in fomen...

Connecting four centuries of political, social, and religious history with fieldwork and language documentation, A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou analyzes Haitian Vodou's African origins, transmission to Saint-Domingue, and promulgation through song in contemporary Haiti. Split into two sections, the African chapters focus on history, economics, and culture in Dahomey, Allada, and Hueda while scrutinizing the role of Europeans in fomen...

The liturgy of the Church of England is primarily located in The Book of Common Prayer (1662), but from the mid-20th century it has been enriched and supplemented by a range of authorized alternative services.

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A new, fully updated edition of the most comprehensive stand-alone guide to Paraguay, an emerging destination where improving tourist facilities are not yet affected by over-consumption. From its colonial capital, Asunción to its eastern counterpart, Ciudad del Este, Jesuit ruins to butterfly-thronged tropical forests, the rolling fields of the campo and the wild wetlands of the Chaco, this is the indispensible guide for a successful trip.

Excerpt from Meadow and Bush: A Book of VersesAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the o...

Excerpt from New Poems of James Hebblethwaite: Supplementary Volume to "the Poems of James Hebblethwaite"Lay, pillowed at my side: his Angel face Of tender curves and blooms, called to my mind Da Vinci's pencillings of babes that haunt The stray leaves of his folios, and keep A sense of ¿owers, as though the Wilding rose, The violet, that neighbour on the page, Had human grown.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands ...

Excerpt from The Poems of James HebblethwaiteIf we have sung of grief 'tis not to daunt But to enlarge the heart with pity's tears, If in the past we've sought each tender haunt, 'tis but to face the future without fears. What gain from Life through which we darkling rush? O hardly got! Be good, be glad, be pure, Live in the might that ¿ows from the soul's hush, Be pitiful, create, learn to endure: Urge headlong through the billowing, boundles...

Beginning with the Old Testament background, Hebblethwaite gives an overview of the Christian hope from the time of Jesus to the present day and a robust defence of belief in life after death. The book dialogues with philosophical criticisms down the ages and in the light of scientific discoveries today.

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Beginning with the Old Testament background, Hebblethwaite gives an overview of the Christian hope from the time of Jesus to the present day and a robust defence of belief in life after death. The book dialogues with philosophical criticisms down the ages and in the light of scientific discoveries today.

Originally published: New York: Paulist Press, 1993.

In Defence of Christianity is a short book of Christian apologetics. Acknowledging that reason is not the basis of faith, Brian Hebblethwaite sets out some of the main reasons that can be advanced in support of the Christian faith. He defends the view that belief in God makes most sense of a world that has come up with moral and creative persons and communities, including all that they have produced in the way of culture, mysticism, and sainth...