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Using story, scripture, reflection, and prayer, this book offers readers a taste of the living water that refreshed the ancient Celts. The author invites readers to imitate the Celtic saints who were aware of God as a living presence in everybody and everything. This ancient perspective gives radical new alternatives to modern faith practices, ones that are both challenging and constructively positive. This is a Christianity big enough to embr...

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I have a hidden meaning. I was portrayed in a thousand different ways in the past, and I keep sprouting again and again down through the centuries. Don't you want to know who I am?The Green Man is an ancient symbol that has gained new popularity, and yet his origins and meaning remain a mystery. Kenneth McIntosh, author of Water from an Ancient Well: Celtic Spirituality for Modern Life, offers a seldom-heard theory on the original significance...

Notes on the Constitutional History of the United States is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1877.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques o...

Excerpt from The Evolution of Planetary Motion: A New Synthesis of Familiar Facts and Assumptions, Embracing an Analysis of Some Current Views on TidesThe vortex above referred to. Which seems so fascinating to his youthful mind, is so Simple and so inevitable withal. That its absence under the circumstances stated, uould indeed be passing strange. For in order that it should be absent, we. Should have to conceive of a condition in which the f...

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Excerpt from Notes on the Constitutional History of the United StatesThe opinions expressed on disputed questions which arose in our history, I think, are not par tisan. The student can investigate and judge for himself of their correctness.I must express my gratitude to my honored teacher, Professor Henry 7. Torrey, of Har vard College, for the interest he gave me in this study, and to the Honorable R. B. Carnahan, of Pittsburgh, for informat...

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Women have made tremendous strides toward equal treatment with men in the twenty-first century, yet some churches, synagogues, and mosques refuse women positions of leadership and other roles allowed to men. This book examines such topics as Mary Magdalene, alleged in "The Da Vinci Code" to be the wife of Jesus and the appeal of Wicca.

Hispanic Americans are the fastest growing minority in the United States. Without a doubt, their influence in the coming years will be immense. But who are Latino Americans? Where did they come from? How did they get here? How are they contributing to America's growth and culture? Reader will find the answers to these questions in the various volumes included in HISPANIC HERITAGE.

Sacred relics continue to play an important role in modern culture. Most relics are not authentic. This book combines history, science, myth, and religion to examine the facts and fantasies surrounding sacred relics. It studies literature, history, and religion, and reviews archaeology in the Holy Land, focusing on ancient mysteries and myths.

Explains the meaning and importance of religious pluralism. This book covers the major religions in Canada and the United States, examining their history in North America and the ways they have changed the Western world-and been changed by it. It presents a perspective that acts as an informational bridge between these different religions.

Freedom of religion is a cherished right in the United States and Canada. Can public schools celebrate Christmas? Should the Ten Commandments be posted in public places? Is animal sacrifice a protected religious right? This book provides information on these and other issues of religious freedom.

North American Indians are not merely a historical topic. Instead, today's Native Americans are living, productive members of North American society. The contributions of the various Indian cultures enrich our lives in countless ways. For instance, "Indians have the strongest sense of place of anyone in the world, " says Amy Mossett, a Native scholar (quoted in the New York Times). This sense of place is reflected in American Indians' connecti...

Hispanic Americans are the fastest growing minority in the United States. Without a doubt, their influence in the coming years will be immense. But who are Latino Americans? Where did they come from? How did they get here? How are they contributing to America's growth and culture? Reader will find the answers to these questions in the various volumes included in HISPANIC HERITAGE.

North American Indians are not merely a historical topic. Instead, today's Native Americans are living, productive members of North American society. The contributions of the various Indian cultures enrich our lives in countless ways. For instance, "Indians have the strongest sense of place of anyone in the world, " says Amy Mossett, a Native scholar (quoted in the New York Times). This sense of place is reflected in American Indians' connecti...

End-time speculations are one of the most influential aspects of modern American belief. This book considers ancient prophecies that inspire end-time beliefs from Christian, Native American, and other sources, showing how such beliefs have become popular. It presents a wide variety of prophetic religious beliefs objectively.

At the start of the twenty-first century, evangelicals may be the most influential religious movement in North America. This book looks at evangelical and charismatic believers, and does so in a way that goes beyond the typical surface approach, allowing readers to sense the heart and soul of evangelicals.

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