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Error's Chains: How Forged and Broken, a Complete, Graphic, and Comparative History of the Many Strange Beliefs, Superstitious Practices, Domestic Peculiarities, Sacred Writings, Systems of Philosophy, Legends and Traditions, Customs and Habits of Mankind
by Frank Stockton Dobbins Samuel Wells Williams Isaac Hollister HallEvery nation has its God, or gods, and its corresponding forms of worship. Nothing lies so close to the heart of mankind as its religious faith. Religion in some form is interwoven with the entire fabric of human history. It concerns mans dearest pleasures, his fondest hopes, and his highest aspirations. Man must worship. It is part of his nature to worship. Hence, from the most civilized European to the half-civilized Chinaman, and even down to the degraded Hottentot; in all stages of mans existence, among all races and classes, some form of worship is found. Nothing surely can interest us more than the story of that faith in which our fellow-creatures have lived and died.
The Varieties of Religious Experience
by William JamesHarvard philosopher William James's compiled lectures on religion, considered to be among the most brilliant studies of mankind's relation to the divine <P><P> William James's Varieties of Religious Experience brings together twenty lectures on the nature of religion, delivered at the University of Edinburgh between 1901 and 1902. Renowned at the time for their practical and even-handed approach to the human experience of religion, the lectures form a sympathetic and analytical portrait not of the church, but of the personalized experiences of religious life. James examines the words of writers and philosophers from Immanuel Kant to Plato to Ralph Waldo Emerson to Marcus Aurelius in his investigations of faith, the soul, and systems of belief. Praised by philosopher Charles Pierce for its "penetration into the hearts of people" and by the New York Times for its ability to stir the sympathies of readers, The Varieties of Religious Experience is a lucid and thought-provoking examination of man's encounters with God.<P> Chosen for Mark Zuckerberg's "A Year of Books"
The Upanishads
by Swami ParamanandaThe Upanishads represent the loftiest heights of ancient Indo-Aryan thought and culture.
Carta sobre la tolerancia
by John Locke"La tolerancia de aquellos que disienten de otros en materia de religión se aviene tanto al Evangelio y a la razón que parece monstruoso que haya hombres tan ciegos en medio de una luz tan clara." LOCKE, John, Carta sobre la tolerancia. Locke es considerado el fundador del empirismo inglés y se estima que el Ensayo sobre el entendimiento humano(1690) es su obra capital. Pero no sólo fueron absorvidos sus esfuerzos en la teoría del conocimiento. También fue crucial su influencia en la filosofía política y en la teoría de la educación. La polémica desatada por su Carta sobre la tolerancia(1689) nos remite a un entorno sacudido por las luchas políticas y religiosas que, quizás, en algún momento, desesperaron a nuestro autor. Su antídoto es claro: la separación neta y radical entre Estado e Iglesia. Al primero le corresponde el velar por el bienestar de los ciudadanos; la Iglesia, por su parte, debe dedicarse al cuidado de las almas de sus fieles. Tolerancia en materia relgiosa y delimitación estricta del origen y funciones del poder político, establecidas en Dos tratados sobre el gobierno civil(1690). Por ellos se le colocará también en la cuna del liberalismo clásico.
Holy Bible - New Testament - Part VI Jacob, Peter 1-2, John 1-3, Jude & Revelation
by Jacob Peter John JudeJacob: Twentieth book contains five chapters Peter 1. Twenty first book contains five chapters Peter 2. Twenty second book contains three chapters John 1. Twenty third book contains five chapters John 2. Twenty fourth book contains one chapter John 3. Twenty fifth book contains one chapter Jude: Twenty sixth book contains one chapter Revelation: The Twenty seventh book of the ‘Revelation of John’ is the last in the collection of documents which constitute the New Testament which contains twenty two chapters.
Holy Bible - New Testament - Part V: Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, Thessalonians1 & 2, Philemon, Hebrews, Timothy 1 & 2
by Galatians Ephesians Colossians Thessalonians Philemon Hebrews TimothyGalatians- The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians is the ninth book of the New Testament-contains six chapters; Ephesians- The Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians, usually referred to simply as Ephesians, is the tenth book of the New Testament and contains six chapters; Colossians- The Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, usually referred to simply as Colossians, is the twelveth book of the New Testament contains four chapters; Thessalonians1- The First Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians, usually referred to simply as First Thessalonians, is the thirteenth book of the New Testament contains five chapters; Thessalonians2- The Second Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians, often referred to as Second Thessalonians, is the fourteenth book of the New Testament contains three chapters; Philemon- The Epistle of Paul to Philemon, usually referred to simply as Philemon, is the eighteenth book contains one chapter; Hebrews- The Epistle of Paul to Hebrews is the Nineteenth book which contains nine chapters; Timothy 1: The first Epistle of Paul to Timothy is the fifteenth book containing six chapters. Timothy 2: The second Epistle of Paul to Timothy is the sixteenth book containing four chapters.