books about: primitive     books:       Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity34 reviews Frank Viola David C. Cook, 2008 hungry I have just finished reading Reimagining Church and what I found was that my heart was hungry -- hungry for the kind of fellowship that Frank describes, the kind of freedom from the weight of tradition that does not build my faith, the new kind of witness in the world that the organic church would give. I have always loved "church" so I find myself surprised at the journey this book and Pagan ...             Into The Heart: One Man's Pursuit of Love and Knowledge Among the Yanomami17 reviews Kenneth Good, David Chanoff Prentice Hall, 1997 Into the Heart and Into My Heart Good's work is a participant observation study of a primitive group of Indians who live along the Orinoco river in the Amazon. These people live communally and have a different world view than most of us are familiar with. As a result, the Yanomama normative structure is based on their world and culture. As I tell my sociology students, certain patterns may be considered universal, but the ...             Subway Art28 reviews Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant Holt Paperbacks, 1988 THIS BOOK CHANGED MY LIFE FOR A WHILE BUT NOW I'M 34 Subway Art. What can I say? This, Style Wars, Beat Street, Break Dance... they all had their influence on me (& a whole generation) back in the day. Hip Hop isn't what it used to be, though. Most of what we hear these days is mixed up with R'n'B, commercialised, repackaged and shipped for your dissatisfaction. If you ask me... when it comes to Hip Hop, stick with the old school. I was ...             Echo in the Darkness51 reviews Francine Rivers Topeka Bindery, 2002 The awesome 2nd part of a great trilogy I actually enjoyed this 2nd installment more because by now I had developed a "trust" with the author and allowed myself to invest more in my hopes and dreams for the characters. I enjoyed that I knew these characters as the book opened and started with a depth that allowed a deeper story. The power of love, patience, and allowing God to work even when He makes no sense to us at the time was ...             The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God28 reviews Yale University Press, 2003 a feast of the church fathers In a previous volume called The Christians as the Romans Saw Them (1984), Robert Louis Wilkin, professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Virginia, explored the broad and deep antipathy that developed in the first five centuries toward the Christian movement, at least as that was expressed by the cultured elites. He presented the views of the pagan critics with both sympathy ...             Eusebius: The Church History28 reviews Eusebius Kregel Academic & Professional, 1999 The Cross and Rome Historian Maier Maier also happens to be a gifted author and his translation of "The Church History" by Eusebius is both very readable and informative. The fourth century church historian Eusebius gives readers a glimpse of the church at a time emerging from Diocletian's persecutions through its triumph after the Milvian Bridge. Not only was Eusebius a witness to some of these events but he ...             Nutrition and physical degeneration57 reviews Weston A Price P.B. Hoeber, 1939 How to create a healthy human being with nutrition Would it be crass say this book is the answer to new couples wanting to conceive and raise children who will grow up to have straight teeth, model beautiful cheekbones and manly square jaws? ;) I fear that is the only way we can get past our current culture obsessed with lowfat oversugared fake food. This book changed my life and the life of my son. In a time where vegetables-lowfat-tofu ...             The Untold Story of the New Testament Church: An Extraordinary Guide to Understanding the New Testament22 reviews Frank Viola Destiny Image Publishers, 2005 The Untold Story-It's about REAL people! Brilliant book-Frank does it again! After reading the other reviews there isn't much left to say apart from the fact that after reading this you will find that you understand and empathise with all the people in the New Testament so much more-they literally spring to life as you read through.You will understand WHY they did and said the things that don't seem to make much sense to us in the ...             Retribution (City of God Series #3)28 reviews Randall Ingermanson Zondervan, 2004 I couldn't have been more impressed It's been a few weeks since I finished this book but the message still sticks in my brain. Randy did an incredible job researching the history and comprised a gripping story that glues you to each page. The plot is so intense and twisting that there's no way of knowing what's going to happen next. The messages are powerful and life-changing. Everyone should read the "City of God Series". Now I'm ...             A Voice in the Wind (Mark of the Lion #1)139 reviews Francine Rivers Tyndale House Publishers, 1998 Wonderful on so many levels ... Well written ... check. Historical ... check. Spiritual ... check. Adventure ... check. Romance ... check. Characters you love ... check. Characters you don't ... check. Pondering when you set it down ... check. Today's reality revealed ... check. Lessons for life ... check. Growth in your heart ... check. Inexplicable deep meaning ... check. Wish you read it earlier ... check. A ...             In the Fullness of Time: A Historian Looks at Christmas, Easter, and the Early Church9 reviews Paul L. Maier Kregel Publications, 1998 A Must read. Pail Maier, a expert in ancient history, has written a great book. from my understanding is that, this book was three different books now put into one. If you are a new Christian, you need this book. If you read this book as a new believer, you will have a better grasp of the background of the NT in reading this book, than going to a expositional preaching church for two years. It will lay a ...             Treatise on the gods9 reviews H. L Mencken A.A. Knopf, 1930 Hard Headed Skeptic of the Theological Arts H. L. Mencken was a rare man indeed. He was a hard headed skeptic of the theological arts, but took an intense, scholarly interest in it, and it was a boon to the universe of thoughtful men when he decided to report back to them on what he found there. The book he wrote will stand for a long while as the best of its kind--at once dispassionate and informative, with more than a little of his ...             Reality Isn't What It Used to Be: Theatrical Politics, Ready-to-Wear Religion, Global Myths, Primitive Chic, ...10 reviews Walter Truett Anderson HarperOne, 1992 AMAZING, PROPHETIC, STIMULATING !! I first stumbled upon this book by accident, read a few pages, and was amazed, amused, aghast and (forgive me) agog! Written in 1993, the author's observations and predictions (although he wasnt trying to be prophetic) were accurate and correct -- especially the section about whatit would "take" to get Americans to support a war - and how long (or short) the govt. could keep the people from ...             Kabloona: Among the Inuit (Graywolf Rediscovery Series)13 reviews Gontran De Poncins, Lewis Galantiere Graywolf Press, 1996 Haunting and wonderful My good friend and I were talking a while back after I had watched the movie The Fast Runner, which he had recommended. Talk got around to my deciding to send him my old childhood copy (out of print, I believe) of Peter Freuchen's Book of the Eskimos, and his deciding to send me his old childhood copy of Kabloona. Neither of us had ever heard of the other's book. I must say, as much as I've ...             The Codex Borgia: A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript9 reviews Gisele Diaz, Alan Rodgers Dover Publications, 1993 A Gem This is a very strange and beautiful book in pictures. It reads like a dream if you tune in to it, and reveals very deep meanings about the relation between life and death, the human relation to the forces of nature, and time. Even though there are no words, it is possible to understand. If you get into it the symbols become more and more recognizable, and they begin to speak. the calendrical ...             Painted Ponies10 reviews William Manns, Peggy Shank, ... ZON International Publishing, 1986 Painted Ponies Awesome book! An absolute must for anyone interested in American Carousel Art! Loaded with close up photos of all the love of labor that went into these beautiful animals! Brings back many memories of the Great Danbury Fair in Danbury, CT which now unfortunately is a shopping mall.             We, the navigators: The ancient art of landfinding in the Pacific9 reviews David Henry Lewis Australian National University Press, 1975 Oceanic navigation classic The most complete study of early navigation I have come across. The author does a fantastic job of comparing the different styles of landfinding as used by the Pacific islanders. Lewis brings the knowledge and experience of an accomplished western sailor and navigator to his studies, and in doing so is able compare and contrast ancient and modern techniques. A scholarly study of primitive ...             In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianity9 reviews Oskar Skarsaune InterVarsity Press, 2002 A must read for all Christians or students of Christianity Everyone knows that Christianity started out as just another Jewish sect. Interesting historical fact, but its implications for modern thinking and practice around Christianity are seldom addressed by the average layeperson (or clergy!). Oskar Skarsaune leads the reader to address this, and whether reading this from an aspiritual historical perspective or from a faith perspective, the reading is ...             Tristes Tropiques (Modern Library)10 reviews Claude Levi-Strauss Modern Library, 1997 Idea overload and totally interesting Tristes Tropiques, surely one of the great books of the twentieth century, is Levi-Strauss at his intoxicating, idea-overloaded best and an elegy for a world that colonialism and then globalisation have doen their rational best to annihilate. Levi-Strauss, like most thinkers who come up with new ways of describing the world-- those who Richard Rorty calls "inventors of philosophical ...             Lost Letters of Pergamum, The: A Story from the New Testament World11 reviews Bruce W. Longenecker, Ben Witherington Baker Academic, 2002 Fascinating Longenecker certainly came up with a creative idea when he wrote this book. Two New Testament figures predominate - Luke the famous (at least in our day) physician and author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles exchanges correspondence with a lesser known NT individual Antipas (the faithful witness of Revelation Chapter 2). The only perhaps more creative "what if and maybe so" ...              search for books christian, christianity, christmas, degeneration, extraordinary, full-color, fullness, graywolf, historian, influences, kabloona, knowledge, landfinding, manuscript, navigators, nutrition, postmodern, primitive, pursuing, ready-to-wear, rediscovery, reimagining, restoration, retribution, testament, theatrical, treatise, tropiques, understanding, yanomami books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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