Posted in Beliefs, Books, History, Religion, tagged Chinuch, Judaism on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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The Chinuch is a 13 th century book of interpretation of the Torah and Jewish laws. In the 19 th century Rabbeinu Yosef of Galicia wrote a commentary on the Sefer ha-Chinuch, Minchat Chinuch, also used for religious study.
New books continue to be written to update and refine interpretation of mitzvot, the Bible commandments.
You must [...]
Posted in Books, Science, Self-help, tagged Religious recovery, Spiritual abuse on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Marlene Winell PhD is a psychotherapist, psychologist, film-maker and writer of the best-selling book Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion
In my opinion, it’s all about how we live, and not what we “believe.”
~ Marlene Winell
Posted in Art, Books, Organisations, People, tagged Book of Hebrews, Christians for Biblical Equality, Priscilla and Aquilla, Ruth Hoppin on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
‘Do not neglect to show kindness to strangers, hereby some have entertained angels unawares.’
~ Bible, Hebrews 13:2
Several religious scholars have argued Paul is not the author of the Letter to the Hebrews in the New Testament , but a compelling 1997 book ‘Priscilla’s Letter: Finding the Author of the Epistle to the Hebrews’ suggesting the [...]
Posted in Beliefs, Books, Film, People, tagged George Lucas, Jediism, Mythology, Star Wars on April 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is the ‘public doctrine’ of the new Church of Jediism, based upon the ideas and values of the Star Wars fiction series by George Lucas:
Everything in the universe is bound by energy, from the mighty power of the sun down to a tiny grain of sand on a beach. All living creatures share a connection [...]
Posted in Books, Current events, Organisations, People, tagged Chinua Achebe, Nigeria on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of Africa’s foremost writers Professor Chinua Achebe travelled from his US home to his Nigerian homeland this week, accompanied by The Royal African Society’s director Richard Dowden who helped film a movie of the return and writes in a BBC article today:
He has lived in America since he suffered a terrible car accident in 1990, [...]
Posted in Beliefs, Books, History, Organisations, People, Science, tagged Charles Darwin, Evolution, Modern Churchpeople's Union on February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week sees the 200 th anniversary of the birth of natural history scientist Charles Darwin, marked by a church conference in Oxford, UK.
One of our aims in holding this conference is to go some way towards redressing the impression that some of the general public have that Christians are anti-science and anti-Darwin.
~ Organiser Rev.Tim Stead
Reverend [...]
Posted in Beliefs, Books, Current events, Places, tagged BBC, Religions on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anglican vicar Peter Owen Jones embarked on year-long a journey to uncover the world’s religions for the BBC to make an eight-part documentary about his experiences.
The BBC UK website has a set of religious discussion message boards for people to discuss these faiths and a religious information section and ethics pages.
A book of the journey is also available.
Religions are very good at [...]
Posted in Beliefs, Books, Conviction, People, tagged Cognitive Therapy, REBT on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Using cognitive behavioural techniques from the Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy of Albert Ellis and Beck’s Cognitive Therapy New Zealand social worker Wayne Froggatt has written a number of books based upon twelve RATIONAL principles:
Self-Knowledge
Self-Acceptance and Confidence
Enlightened Self-Interest
Tolerance for Frustration and Discomfort
Long-Range Enjoyment
Risk-Taking
Moderation
Emotional and Behavioural Responsibility
Self-Direction and Commitment
Flexibility
Objective Thinking
Acceptance of Reality
The idea is to learn to [...]
Posted in Books, tagged Psychology, Religion, Spirituality on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Invisible Church by Pittman McGehee and Damon Thomas is the most provocative understanding of the psychology of religion that I have read since Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving. It speaks to our obvious questions. It awakens our unconscious yearnings.
~ John Shelby Spong
People who have given up organised religion have often been hurt [...]
