Sentences with phrase «historical mysteries in»

One series of cozy historical mysteries in particular I really loved.

And instead of listing Historical Mystery in the category of Mystery & Thrillers it appears under major Literature & Fiction, which, again, is a mystery to me.

Not exact matches

A reality beyond our experience — the embrace of mystery that is postmodernism rightly understood — is revealed in historical and limited circumstances.

the negation of ideology, the political secularization of the doctrine of original sin, the cautious sentiment tempered by prudence, the product of organic, local human organization observing and reforming its customs, the distaste for a priori principle disassociated from historical experience, the partaking of the mysteries of free will, divine guidance, and human agency by existing in but not of the confusions of modern society, no framework of action, no tenet, no theory, and no article of faith, a distrust of the systems and processes of the idol of self and of the lust for power and status, scorn to all approaches of ideology and meta - narrative.

«I think there is some mystery in song,» says Steve Smith, associate director of worship arts at Harvest Bible Chapel in Naperville, Ill. «It's historical, it's biblical, it's bigger than us.

The other possibility, the evocation of the transcendent good — grace, beauty, God — through the hard temporal realities of individuals in action is much harder to carry off, as evidenced in Greene's The Power and the Glory, Charles Williams» Descent into Hell, C. S. Lewis» Out of the Silent Planet, Tolstoy's Resurrection, and perhaps most poignantly in the dismal failure of most literary attempts to portray the central mystery, the life of Jesus — Kazantzakis» The Greek Passion, Faulkner's A Fable, or — most dismal of all, historical novels about Jesus (what could be less hidden?)

Orthodox converts in the U.S. seek many things: stability, mystery, majesty, integrity, historical roots and authenticity.

God, he says, «is to be understood as the underlying reality (whatever it may be)-- the ultimate mystery — expressing itself throughout the universe and thus also in this evolutionary - historical trajectory... which has produced humankind.»

The fourth step goes a bit further, to see «the trajectory eventuating in the creation of human historical existence» not «as a metaphysical surd but rather as grounded in the ultimate nature of things, in the ultimate mystery.»

In the paradoxical formula of Archbishop Nathan Söderblom's Gifford Lectures of 1931, «the uniqueness of Christ as the historical revealer, as the Word made flesh, and the mystery of Calvary,» which are an «essentially unique character of Christianity,» compel the affirmation that «God reveals himself in history; outside the Church as well as in it» (The Living God [Beacon, 1962], pp. 349, 379In the paradoxical formula of Archbishop Nathan Söderblom's Gifford Lectures of 1931, «the uniqueness of Christ as the historical revealer, as the Word made flesh, and the mystery of Calvary,» which are an «essentially unique character of Christianity,» compel the affirmation that «God reveals himself in history; outside the Church as well as in it» (The Living God [Beacon, 1962], pp. 349, 379in history; outside the Church as well as in it» (The Living God [Beacon, 1962], pp. 349, 379in it» (The Living God [Beacon, 1962], pp. 349, 379).

And that, perhaps oddly, is why I am drawn to the mystery of faith in most historical science.

Buber's criterion of the uniqueness of the fact is of especial importance because, as in the concept of the historical mystery, it goes beyond the phenomenological approach which at present dominates the study of the history of religions.

«A historical mystery always means a relation between a super-personal fate and a person, and particularly that which is atypical in a person; that by which the person does not belong to his type.»

We «indwell» these past historical events not to make them absolutes, but in order to look with them into the mystery they anticipate.

The metaphorical response to the saving act of God in history, that subtle and complex instance of attending to ultimacy in our immediacies, to the mystery of the Kingdom in the midst of historical circumstances, is thus seen to be a persisting and unexpendable witness to the very realities that inform and sustain our authentic existence.

In the process, however, the historical particularities of differing commitments to the various gods are washed into the deliberately vague sea of the eternal: the limit, the mystery, the one God, or the ultimate.

What is the relation, if any, between the human sense of mystery and the Christian's belief in a special historical revelation?

But if philosophical inquiry thus discovers contingent aspects in God's full actuality, it also discovers the intrinsic limits of its own inquiry into the mystery of God, for no amount of ingenious argument can deduce the concrete, historical character of that which happens to be, but which could have been otherwise.

The chapter headings give us an overview of the work: Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ: the theological project of Joseph Ratzinger; The critique of criticism: beginning the search for a new theological synthesis; The hermeneutic of faith: critical and historical foundations for a biblical theology; The spiritual science of theology: its mission and method in the life of the church; Reading God's testament to humankind: biblical realism, typology, and the inner unity of revelation; The theology of the divine economy: covenant, kingdom, and the history of salvation; The embrace of salvation: mystagogy and the transformation ofsacrifice; The cosmic liturgy: the Eucharistic kingdom and the world as temple; The authority of mystery: the beauty and necessity of the theologian's task.

The mystery of God's love and promise is always, ontologically speaking, fully present to the world, but in terms of our historical existence, it takes on the character of surprise and unpredictability.)

Still in his book on the Trinity (1986), Boff holds that the Church is, in reference to Lumen Gentium 1.48 where it is considered as «sign and instrument» of salvation, revealing (sign) and realizing (instrument) of the «mystery of the love of God towards Man», the «historical sacrament» of the Trinity, it later loses this prominent place in Boff's writings.

If they are taken as completely timeless — in the sense of being immune to the conditional character of historical existence — they then become idols themselves instead of pointers to the mystery that transcends history and culture.

Schweitzer's first published work to deal with this theme was The Secret of Jesus» Messiahship and Passion, now more commonly known as The Mystery of the Kingdom of God, which appeared in 1901.2 However, his far more influential work appeared in 1906, The Quest of the Historical Jesus, 3 which is still read and quoted.

Although Bultmann agrees fully with Bousset that the concepts Paul used in his christology were taken over from the mystery religions rather than handed down from Jesus, he is not misled by this fact into ignoring the decisive role Jesus» historicity plays in the theology of Paul: «The historical person of Jesus makes Paul's preaching gospel.»

Because it constantly portrays mystery in the form of a gracious promise, the Bible forbids our searching for meaning, salvation, or fulfillment completely apart from historical existence.

Fundamentalism in all its forms, traditionalist and sectarian, affirms the ontological and the historical, but repudiates the category of the mythological, thus manifesting either insensitiveness to the vastness of the mystery of God's being and purpose, or else ignorance of the true nature and the necessary limits of history.

In terms of the long human search for adequate representations of the universally intuited dimension of mystery we may now gain more understanding of what Christian theology means by a «special» historical revelation.

In our present historical situation it is most urgent for the sake of preventing the shrivelling of the emerging pluralistic sense of the mystery of reality that religions resist the temptation to such retrenchment.

In the history of Israel, as we saw earlier, the ultimate mystery of the universe is grasped primarily by way of the narration of historical events that promise future fulfillment.

It is conceivable that there was an historical Abram who experienced mystery in the mode of a future promise.

[20] Historical man «should find again the dignity and holiness of the conjugal union «in the body» on the basis of the mystery of redemption.»

Solve puzzles, hunt for clues and investigate the mystery of milling with real historical artifacts inside the only remaining water - powered gristmill in Wake County.

This year's books had something for everyone with mysteries, historical fiction and non-fiction, books in a series and books that have been made into films.

While my taste in books ranges from YA to historical fiction to chick lit, I've found myself gravitating toward mysteries & thrillers lately.

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Part historical epic and part fantasy / mystery, the storyline weaves itself back and forth between the present and past, ultimately merging in an unlikely showdown that, like so many of Jackie's features, becomes an immersive, extended fight sequence.

Loosely adapted from David Grann's nonfiction book, James Gray's ambiguous and lyrically orchestrated historical epic turns the story of the early 20th - century British explorer Percival Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam, in a revelatory performance) and his search for a lost civilization in the wilds of Brazil into a symphony of mystery, obsession, and transcendence.

An original story Genres: - Adventure and Mystery, Story with historical setting, Stories with dilemmas 16 page workbook in black and white Text Evidence: - Comprehension questions Grammar: - Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives Drawing Conclusions Making Predictions Dictionary and vocabulary work Creative Writing Story reviews

Built in Elucidat, this rich interactive historical game gets learners taking on the role of detective to solve a historical mystery.

I surrounded the octopus with titles of the genres that my students will be reading: fantasy, mystery, adventure, science fiction, realistic fiction, historical fiction, biography, and nonfiction (these large titles are hard to see in this photograph).

She is seeking: In fiction, she's currently looking for character - driven novels that fall under the following genres: historical fiction, mainstream fiction, literary fiction, mystery, suspense, science fiction, fantasy, middle grade, and young adult.

Jill is interested in: commercial fiction, with an emphasis on mysteries, thrillers, romantic suspense and horror, women's commercial fiction and historical fiction.

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She is actively building her client list, and is interested in adult and teen horror, mystery novels, thriller novels, historical fiction, science fiction novels, fantasy novels, and general fiction (both YA and adult).

She is actively building her client list, and is interested in adult and teen horror, mystery novels, thrillers, historical fiction, science fiction novels, fantasy novels, and general fiction (both YA and adult).

In fiction, she seeks women's fiction, chick lit, psychological thriller, crime, commercial mainstream fiction, literary fiction, mystery, historical, suspense, and romance.

With the frenetic speed of a start - up, Amazon Publishing had in a few years launched a series of imprints devoted to different niches: mystery, romance, historical fiction, science fiction, and more.

Allium Press was founded in 2009 as a small, independent press and publishes literary fiction, historical fiction, mysteries, thrillers, middle grade, and young adult fiction — all with a Chicago connection.

In middle grade, she's seeking fantasy, contemporary, action / adventure, humor, mystery, SciFi, and historical fiction.

Jodie Renner is a freelance editor specializing in thrillers, romantic suspense, mysteries, and other crime fiction, as well as mainstream, YA and historical fiction.