Holiness Book Reviews Samples For Students

Essay on Black Elk's

A developed religion is an integrated system of belief, lifestyle, ritual activities, and social institutions by which individuals give meaning to (or find meaning in) their lives by orienting themselves to what they take to be holy, sacred, or of highest value.

The Black Elk’s religion is a developed religion in that it consists of both various beliefs and ritual activities as well as lifestyles of the followers. This religion consists of various aspects of Christianity and Lakota. This therefore entailed various aspects of healing and curing disease due to the power of the religion. This religion is concerned ...

The purpose of this essay is to analyze and explain the satire of religious thought that Gustave Flaubert has established in the form of Loulou, the parrot, whose body is an incarnation of the Holy Ghost. Through Loulou, Flaubert seems to be mocking all parrotry, and he makes the parrot mindlessly repeat all sorts of clichés. In fact, the parrot’s own name comprises of the repetition of the word “Lou.” There is a scene in the book when visitors to at the house are admiring Loulou. One of the visitors marvels why the parrot is not named ...

Book Review of Knowing the Spirit by Colin Dye

In the book Knowing the Spirit by Colin Dye, it becomes clear that there are people who are still puzzled by the powers of the Holy Spirit and its role in the holy trinity. In as much as the Holy Spirit is always referred to as ‘it’, it is imperative to note that he is an entity that completes the holy trinity. It is for this reason that the Holy Spirit can be known at a personal level and that it can affect a person and how they live.
The spirit is a distinct person who is just as real as ...

Kahlo defines retablo as a compendium of sculpture, paintings and images with religious connotation connected by an architectural frame, which ornamented the backside of the main altar i.e. altar mayor and the capillas meneres i.e. secondary chapels of churches and cathedrals. They were usually painted on wood or canvas. They played a strong edifying purpose and thus contributed to a great extent to the comprehending of the holy texts and honoring holy persons who could sometimes be referred to as painted images. (Maria, 21)
Retablo could also be used to mean the small oil-paintings that could depict a saint, the Virgin Mary, Christ ...

“Holy Mavericks: Evangelical Innovators and the Spiritual Marketplace” by Shayne Lee and Phillip Lukesinitiere

Summary: In their book “Holy Mavericks” Shayne Lee and Phillip Luke provide readers with a description and explanation about the success of evangelical leadership in the competitive American religious arena. The authors take a firm religious economies theoretical approach in their book and provide the readers with a very typical example modern day successful religious innovator. The book contains a study of five particular evangelical leaders that Lee and Sinitiere conducted book in order to put together the essential traits of the example they present in their book. By studying these five evangelical leaders, the authors demonstrate that they possess the ability to ...

BOOK REVIEW ON SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES FOR THE CHRISTIAN LIFE BY DONALD S. WHITNEY

Summary

The book titled Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald S. Whitney deals with religion and how it can be engraved in one’s life. These guidelines can be extremely useful for today’s generation that is finding it a considerable task to make religion a part of their daily lives. A broad statement that covers the entire intention behind this book is; “to naturally express Christ’s character through your own personality”. The sections in this piece of writing are divided on the basis of certain religious practices that are inclusive of prayer, worship and fasting, and are ...

Summary

The book The life you’ve always wanted: The spiritual disciplines for ordinary people was written by John Ortberg and published by Zondervan in 2002. The main topic is the personal transformation in the spiritual terms which only a person willing to make a spiritual progress is capable of. The book opens with the description of personal failure and a willingness to improve oneself by becoming a better person. Ortberg discusses the term morphoo and explains that it is “the inward and real formation of the essential nature of a person” (Ortberg, 2002, p. 23). Morphing means becoming a ...

“Sacred Rice” by Joanna Davidson looks at how people respond to changes in their environment, especially when that change is the loss of a critical resource. For the people of the Jola located in Guinea Bissau that critical resource is rice “our money is rice, rice is our life” (Davidson). Rice was once the most important aspect of their tribes. It was used as food, in ceremonial rituals, clothes were fashioned from the stalks, and it was also used for burial rites. Then it stopped raining as much as it had and the Jola people were unable to grow ...

The purpose of this assignment is to understand the different religions that have been studied throughout Unit 3. Vedic, Spirit Possession, Hindusim as well as Islam and Judaism will be evaluated. Lessons that have surrounded each of these paradigms suggest that there are considerable core concepts that can be defined throughout religion universally.
Lesson 10 on Christian Hymnody in Uganda explains an important issue relating to song contests. The way that Catholic Identity and African methods of expression have contributed towards observable comparisons in multiple ways.
India is the motherland of not only particular religions, but a unique spirit ...

Three important beliefs of Islam

There three important, basic beliefs of the religion Islam. They include:
Belief in One God
Belief in God’s Revealed Books
Beliefs in the Prophets and Messengers of God
The belief in One God relates to believing in One, incomparable entity who has no son or father and He has the sole right to be worshipped. He is the One, True God and there is no other deity worthy of worship, but Him. Also, the attributes of God cannot be attributed to anyone else, and His divinity is not shared with any other entity as well. This is mentioned ...

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CHAPTER 2: THE LOST WORD (p.17- 43)

God dropped his bombshell in the form of Amos. He came as a prophet of doom for Church and nation. He said that God was going to judge His people, the retribution wheel is already spinning and it would spin faster. Recent disaster like earthquake, drought, and famine, epidemic showed God’s displeasure clearly, but this was just the beginning. As in verse Amos 8:11, because of the many sins of Israel and Judah, and the ‘falling away’ of Church, God sent a famine in the land. Not famine of bread or thirst, but of hearing the words ...

Creation of the Sacred

Across the globe there are many religions with different beliefs and preferences depending on origin and deity of preference. Religion can be defined as set of rules and beliefs that govern a specific group of people based on the control of a deity of god (Bulbulia, 2005). The author further points out that religion define organizations and community settings. Many communities and social organization have beliefs and fears of a certain deity due to the supreme personality there are denoted by (Bulbulia, 2005). In the creation of a religion, the most important factor of consideration is the deity or the Supreme Being denoted ...

PART ONE

THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS
EXODUS
This is a law book, the second book in the Hebrew bible and is also one of the Torah books that are believed to have been authored by Moses himself. The book simply means the act of going out.
The main theme addressed in the book is all about the suffering of the Israelites and their departure from the land of Egypt to their promised land. The theme of salvation and theophany are manifested in this book whereby the meaning of God’s salvation history through actions that give identity to the ...

In October, 2002, the Reverend Billy Graham kicked off his last public crusade, the four-day Metroplex Mission that broke attendance records at Texas Stadium, which at that time also was the home of the Dallas Cowboys. These records should not have been a surprise, because Rev. Graham’s career in ministry has spanned more than six decades, and over 200 million people have heard his sermons1. While many evangelists have been known to preach for as long as an hour – or even longer – once the cavalcade of musicians stopped coming across the stage, Rev. Graham strode to the pulpit. Fifteen ...

The epistolary novel by Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu, the “Persian Letters” gives a reflection of the eighteenth century society. It is therefore a critical primary source in regard to eighteenth century history considering the major changes of historical significance that were taking place at the time. One such change was the dawn of the age of enlightenment also referred to as the age of reason. The historical perspective of the novel may be lost because of Montesquieu’s extensive use of satire. However, it is intended to draw the attention of the reader towards the primary themes ...

A lot of fuss has been raised over this severe penalty for some felonies in many nations around the world. Great debates have been held over the same on whether to legalize it or not. Very strong, convincing reasons have been put across, both at national and international levels, supporting the mentioned topic of discussion and also its discouragement. Capital punishment has quite a number of reasons for its legalization but under well elaborated system of its administration. For crimes such as aggravated murder, there is no other form of punishment that would satisfactorily account for it other than the ultimate ...

‘The Shack’ is a book written by William Young and was first published by Windblown Media in 2007. By 2009, it was one of the New York Times bestsellers having sold over five million copies in form of printed copies. The story starts with few simple characters such as Mackenzie Allen Phillips, Missy, his daughter, Nan, his wife, as well as few family friends. However, the story becomes sinister as Missy is abducted in a routine family vacation. Substantial evidence surfaces bringing into realization the fact that she could have encounter brutal murder in a shack that is otherwise abandoned and located ...

Book Review: Carl Marshall’s ‘The Light of Innocence’

The Light of Innocence is a spiritual book by Marshall Carl. The author wrote this book with the aim of improving his understanding of God’s testament. This book presents life as a gift and therefore everyone is expected to live a life that is in accordance with Christ’s expectation. Unless we understand Christ’s purpose in our lives, it is very hard to understand God’s gospel1. The main message is that God’s word will never change but our understanding definitely will. Because of God’s appreciation and love, man should follow His words and live a holy life.
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Prayers for Everyone is a prayer book by Joanne Rypma. According to Joanne, this book gives one an opportunity to reflect his relationship with the Lord. The book also helps one know the meaning of life and why God’s presence in one’s life is necessary[1]. There are many prayers that can help one overcome the obstacles facing one’s life[2]. Another important thing with this book is that it has scripture passages lifted from the New and Old Testaments included in the prayers.

The book Prayers for Everyone has several uses in the Christian mission. For ...

First Thessalonians is Paul’s first letter to the church at Thessalonica which he himself founded. This letter was written while Paul was ministering to the church at Corinth in the accompaniment of Timothy and Silas (1 Thessalonians 1:1). It is not clear about exactly how long Paul spent with the Thessalonians before leaving, but scholarly parlances place this period at around three weeks or three months, subject to different scholars (BTM). Being that Paul had received a number of offerings from the church at Philippi serves as enough evidence for having spent three months at Thessalonica (Philippians 4:16). ...

SOCI 221 FINAL PAPER

1. List the main points the Pope discussed in the chapter revolving families.
2. Pick one aspect listed in the document and argue the churches position.

Do you agree with the pope/ or disagree?

Explain your opinion.
Abstract
Amoris Laetitia is in the first place a solidarity manifest to the people who feel lost in the family life. Being an admonishment as a matter of form, it yet bears resemblance to a heart-to-heart talk showing compassion, kindness and affinity for humanity. Referring to Gospel as to an unquestionable doctrine, it emphasizes the cordial closeness with every human including those who are far from being perfect. The document ...

Islam in Saudi Arabia

Introduction.
In his book Islam in Saudi Arabia David Commins takes us through the journey of Islam as a religion in Saudi from the eighteenth century up to the twentieth century. Chapter three is titled Wahhabism and the modern state. Wahhabism rose when Wahhab and Ibn Saud signed a pact giving rise to the state of Saudi Arabia. Having been promised power and religious legitimacy by Wahhab, Ibn Saud then pledged to ensure that the teachings of Wahhabism were carried out in the entire Kingdom. In this chapter, we see how subsequent rulers handled crisis through initiating changes like ...

Book Review. Sor Juana by Octavio Paz.

Octavio Paz, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden,
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988.
547 pp. ISBN o-674-82105-X (alk. paper)
Sor Juana or The Traps of Faith is the comprehensive research on the life and work of Sor Juana, a prominent Mexican poet of the seventeenth century, as well as it is a historical, sociological and cultural account of New Spain and the evolution of the mentality of Mexican people in the times the viceroyalty. This book is an attempt to depict the realities of the seventeenth century and ...

Jocelyn Linnekin’s book, Sacred Queens and Women of Consequence: Rank, Gender, and Colonialism in the Hawaiian Islands is aimed as answering the simple question why there was a statistical inheritance pattern shift that allowed land to come increasing into the hands of women. The women of consequence in the book are the commoner or ordinary women of Hawaii. Her approach seems to hold for a constructionist approach to history, where the contemporary people construct history as opposed to the events that actually transpired.
The first three chapters are a demonstration of her authorship style of her attempt to ...

The Ramayana

The Ramayana is an ancient mythological book written by Narayan R. K. It is a tale that forms an important Hindu Canon and is divided into four parts; the early on life of Rama, his exile, the abduction of Sita, and the defeat of Ravana and Rama’s coronation. It is a story about Rama, an Indian avatar whose wife Sita is abducted by a demon king known as Ravana. The story explores the life in India, human values, and the interaction between humans and the divine world. The Ramayana has become a part of Indian sacred literature that people learn from it ...

Book Review

Tilman Allert the author of “The Hitler Salute: One the Meaning of a Gesture” is a sociology as well as social psychology professor at the UF the (University of Frankfurt). “The Hitler Salute: One the Meaning of a Gesture” is the Tilman’s first book to written in English. In the book, Allert Tilman employs the Nazi transformation, the greeting, one of the ordinary human interactions to reveal how National Socialism initiated submission, as well as conformity of the entire society.

The Hitler salute as made mandatory in the year 1933 and became a daily reflex within few months, quickly the ...

In Peter Berger’s book, The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion, religion is viewed as something that is more of a social development rather than spiritual. Human beings have very little control over their environment, the world around them. They create patterns of doing things, which they make to be the right way of handling situations. Humans create meaning to their life, why things need to be done in a certain way. They also explain the existence of phenomena using the order they have created for themselves. The society creates stability to enable them to predict the environment ...

The book developed from the introductory stages of Muslim taught in the Universities in religious studies lessons. In an attempt to understand the Islamic concepts, it tries to explain the principles in simple and familiar language. Form the onset, Islam has been a difficult subject to present to students especially those who emanate form other cultures. It is harder to teach Islam in learning institutions as a result of the cultural diversity. Sachiko asserts that Islam is best understood by individuals who have been born and raised in Islamic backgrounds.
The book focuses on what Islam has brought of its ...

Introduction

The Song of El Cid is an Epic Spanish poem based on the Story of a medieval warrior from the era of Alfonso II’s reign between 1072 and 1109, Rodrigo de Viva “El Cid,” who lived between 1043 and 1099 as a knight. He fought for the Christians and sometimes for the Muslims during the Spanish Reconquest (Reconquista) and conquered the King of Valencia, which has been in the hands of Arab leaders. This earned him a great reputation, leading to his name as El Cid or “The Lord.” The Story of El Cid lends itself to analysis based on several ...

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In the book Consider Jesus: Waves of Renewal in Christology, Johnson offers insight into the Christian religion by analyzing the origin and understanding of the same. Johnsons writing finds basis on the start of Jesus’ ministry on earth when he asked the gathered audience, “Who do you say I am?” Different answers have been given in response to this question by the religion clerics, scholars in the same field. To give an account of how the question has been answered over the years, Johnson embarks on a thorough research on the subject ...

Introduction 5

Literary Background 6
Core Points of Review 7
Factual Presentation from the Book 9
Example of Religious Paradox in the Book 9
Special Message of the Book 11
Conclusion 11
Personal Suggestion 11

References 13

What the Buddha Never Taught by Tim Ward
Introduction
Religion forms the core of human existence and our lives, principles, values, ethics are highly influenced by the religions we follow; however, man has been questioning the essence of religion ever since he came into being. No matter whether you follow Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Jainism, one never ...

Managing the team is an art rather than a science. There are no specific rules on how to manage a team and how to get the most out of the team. One leader may use different strategies and techniques in order to get the most out from the team, whereas another leader might come up with different style to enhance the productivity of the team. This essay highlights the philosophy of leadership from the perspective of Phil Jackson. The overall essay analyzes leadership and how Jackson built the team as explained by him in his book Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a ...

Wiesel Elie was among the few survivors who escaped death narrowly during the Holocaust World War II. Such names as Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Treblinka remind Elie of nightmares of pains and sufferings the Jews went through in Holocaust. Sometimes a person might wonder about the presence of God in such situations and fail to understand why people are left to suffer and die in pain like those experienced in Holocaust. Elie trusted upon the Lord ever since he was a child, and waited upon God to intervene in every challenging situation. It was not until the outbreak of war in Germany ...

Introduction

Andrew Cherlin’s (2009) account of the ‘Evolution of Marriage’ within the American society in his work Marriage-Go- Round forces readers to stop and contemplate the value of this institution in twenty-first century America; how necessary it is in upholding family values and the effects changing elements has on the institution in determining the way younger America perceive marriage.
In the following pages of this document the writer will offer a book review which will encompass a summary of Cherlin’s work; show how it connects with the course being undertaken in sociology and finally give my personal opinion on ...

A photo1 of the Roman reproduction of the bronze sculpture, Diskobolos, housed in the Glyptothek in Munich helps us imagine how realistic the sculpture might feel upon viewing. The disc thrower’s right foot is flat on the ground indicating a stable connection with the earth so the thrower can push down on his leg for more power and support. His left leg is lifted at a right angle from the knee with the foot maybe two inches above the ground. His left lower leg and foot are turned in a way which is parallel to the right angle formed from the ...