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The Swedish Evangelical Mission's (SEM) A-plan was to reach the Oromo People in Ethiopia with the Gospel. By the cooperation of evangelical Christians from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sweden this was made possible. Early important pioneers were the previously freed slaves Onesimos Nesib and Aster Ganno Salbana. Their translation of the Bible and a hymnbook into the Oromo language made the Oromo people "to feel at home" in the evangelical faith. Emmanuel Gebre Selassie and Emmanuel Abraham were two later important leaders. Their unity in the Christian faith made differences in ethnic background irrelevant. Step by step, strong relations developed between Ethiopian evangelical Christians and the SEM missionaries in Ethiopia. A decisive step was the founding of the Mekane Yesus Church in 1959 with 20 000 members. This church has now grown to become the largest evangelical Lutheran church in the world with approximately 12 million members. In this book you will follow the longstanding relations between Ethiopian evangelical Christians and the SEM missionaries. The relations survived dramatic external factors such as: the Italian occupation, the two larger famines of the 1970s and the 1980s, the Ethiopian revolution, the "Red terror" with persecution of Christians and closed churches. Rev. Dr. Staffan Grenstedt is a retired senior lecturer at the Johannelund School of Theology in Uppsala. He worked in the Mekane Yesus Church and the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology for ten years.

<p>Should we believe in God? Do we need God in order to explain the existence of the universe? Do we need God in order to be good? In twelve chapters that address some of the most profound questions human beings confront, Dawkins marshals science, philosophy and comparative religion to interrogate the hypocrisies of all the religious systems and explain to readers of all ages how life emerged without a Creator, how evolution works and how our world came into being. For anyone hoping to grapple with the meaning of life and what to believe, Outgrowing God is a challenging, thrilling and revelatory read.</p>

In this landmark modern-day rendition of the ancient Taoist classic, Ursula K. Le Guin presents Lao Tzu's time-honored and astonishingly powerful philosophy like never before. Drawing on a lifetime of contemplation and including extensive personal commentary throughout, she offers an unparalleled window into the text's awe-inspiring, immediately relatable teachings and their inestimable value for our troubled world.

Heart To Heart [Bok / Inbunden]

Ett viktig inslag i ultraortodoxa judars liv är integritet och avskildhet från det omgivande samhället, men hur bevarar de en distinkt religiös och kulturell identitet i en omgivning som propagerar för pluralism och öppenhet? Boken presenterar en tankemodell för att förstå den ultraortodoxa judiska gemenskapen och dess strävan efter avskildhet mitt i västvärldens storstäder.

Artiklar som belyser hur några bibliska gestalter - bl.a. Kain och Abel, Moses och David - omtolkats i den judiska midrashtraditionen. Hur kommer det sig t.ex. att David, som i Bibeln framställs som en kung och krigshjälte, i midrasherna snarare framställs som en from och ödmjuk profet, rabbin, filosof och poet?

<p>In this spellbinding new collection, Charlotte Higgins reinterprets some of the most enduring stories of all time. Here are the myths of Heracles and Theseus, the Trojan war, Thebes and Argos and Athens. They are stories of love and desire, adventure and magic, destructive gods, helpless humans, fantastical creatures and resourceful witches.</p><p>Click to enlarge Greek Myths : A New Retelling, with drawings by Chris Ofili by Charlotte Higgins (Author) Illustrated by:Chris Ofili Format: Paperback / softback  336 pages Publisher:Vintage Publishing Imprint:Vintage ISBN:9781529111118 Published:7 Jul 2022 Classifications: Greece,  Ancient Greece,  Ancient (Classical) Greek,  Myth &amp; legend told as fiction,  Ancient Greek religion &amp; mythology,  Folklore, myths &amp; legends,  Monsters &amp; legendary beings,  Mysticism, magic &amp; ritual Readership: General (US: Trade)  Professional &amp; Vocational  Tertiary Education (US: College) Weight:292g Dimensions:198 x 130 (mm) Pub. Country:United Kingdom Country of Origin:GB Tariff Codes:49019900 For sale in: Sweden,  United Kingdom,  Australia,  Ireland,  Germany,  (See full list) Other Formats  Hardback from £11.00   Electronic book text Description In this spellbinding new collection, Charlotte Higgins reinterprets some of the most enduring stories of all time. Here are the myths of Heracles and Theseus, the Trojan war, Thebes and Argos and Athens. They are stories of love and desire, adventure and magic, destructive gods, helpless humans, fantastical creatures and resourceful witches. In this telling the female characters take centre stage as Athena, Helen, Circe, Penelope and others weave these stories into elaborate imagined tapestries. In Charlotte Higgins's thrilling new interpretation of these ancient stories, their tales combine to form a dazzling, sweeping epic of storytelling. With a series of original drawings by Chris Ofili.</p><p>'A great storyteller' Madeline Miller, author of Circe</p>