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  Revolt Against Theocracy - The...

  Farhad Khosrokhavar

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  This book is the first in-depth account of the uprising in Iran that began on September 16, 2022, when a young woman, Mahsa Amini, was killed by the morality police. In the months that followed, protests and demonstrations erupted across Iran, representing the most serious challenge to the Iranian regime in decades. 
   
   
   
  Women have played a key role in these protests, refusing to wear a hijab and cutting their hair in public to chants of 'Woman, Life, Freedom'. In Farhad Khosrokhavar's account, these protests represent the first truly feminist movement in Iran, and one of the first in the Muslim world, where women have been in the vanguard. There have been many movements in the Muslim world in which women have taken part, but rarely have women—and especially young women—been the driving force. The Mahsa Movement also championed non-Islamic, secularized values, based on the joy of living, the assertion of bodily freedom, and the quest for gender equality and democracy. 
   
   
   
  Khosrokhavar gives a full account of the context of and background to the events triggered by the killing of Mahsa Amini, analyzes the character of the Mahsa Movement and the regime's repressive response to it, and draws out its broader significance as one of the most significant feminist movements and political uprisings in the Islamic world.

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  God's Chosen People - Israel And...

  Leslie Rendell

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  There is a popular, though false belief today that God has had enough of the Israelites and has abandoned them in favour of the Church. This is commonly referred to as "Replacement Theology". What this means is this. God is saying He no longer wants anything to do with those hard-headed, ungrateful, disobedient, unrepentant, Israelite sinners. He will only deal with the hard-headed, ungrateful, disobedient, unrepentant sinners in the church. If this is the case, I would say God is just swapping one group of sinners for another group of sinners. 
  One very important thing that we must consider here is this. If God could break the unconditional promises He made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, then He could just as easily do the same thing to an unworthy church. But He will never abandon Israel. God's gifts and calling are irrevocable as we see in. 
  Rom 11:29 for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. 
  Christians have understood the promises God made to Israel were all irrevocable. The land God promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob always has been the promised land, and it is a perpetual promise that cannot be broken. Unfortunately, there are more and more Christian leaders who are no longer supporting Israel and are turning their backs on them. Governments are demanding Israel give up some of their land into what is referred to as a two-state solution. This would be no solution at all, because the enemies of Israel want more than the land of Israel. It is their plan to completely destroy every Jew in the world.  
  This is a topic that will affect the way we view and understand many important doctrines God has concealed in his bible. This book is an attempt to explain some of the important issues that are at stake and the consequences of believing the lie of "Replacement theology".

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  All She Had - Lent 2022

  Blessed Is She

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  Let’s ponder our interior poverty this Lent and embrace our utter dependence on God. In our new devotional book, you will find yourself gently guided through six poverties: poverty of promise, poverty of desire, poverty of security, poverty of hope, poverty of control, poverty of intimacy, and finally the poverty of everything.

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  All God's Children - How...

  Terence Lester

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  The more you understand someone's history, the better you can see their humanity. This is true for individuals as well as for society at large. Race relations have suffered because of the erasure of important Black history and cultural context. As we fill in the gaps of our collective knowledge, communities can grow in understanding, empathy, and solidarity. 
   
   
   
  Terence Lester shares the buried history of the struggles Black people have faced against unjust systems. He tells powerful stories of courage, injustice, pain, and triumph, including ones from his own history. He also unpacks the sociological and cultural dynamics of unconscious bias and inattentional ignorance that keep us apart, and how they can be overcome. This honest account of what it's like to be Black in America paves the way for the church to move beyond showing support from a distance toward loving one another in long-term solidarity, advocacy, and friendship.

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  A Prophet in the Darkness -...

  Wesley Vander Lugt

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  Many consider Georges Rouault (1871–1958) to be one of the most important religious painters of the last few centuries. Yet both the secular art world and the church have struggled to engage with his work, which is profoundly shaped by his Christian faith and also starkly explores the pain and darkness of human experience.
  In this volume, a group of theologians, artists, and historians seek to bring Rouault out of the shadows. They offer a deeper understanding of the theological impulse of modern art and of Rouault's distinct contributions. Chapters explore how Rouault's unique work was influenced by his historical context, by personal suffering, and by biblical themes, especially the Passion of Christ. Essays are interspersed with original artistic responses to Rouault in the form of images and poetry, with contributions from Sandra Bowden, William A. Dyrness, Thomas Hibbs, Soo Kang, and others.
  Rouault displays our need for mercy within a world of anguish. This book explores how his prophetic creativity continues to inspire artists and thinkers seeking to understand the powerful intersection of lament and hope.
  The Studies in Theology and the Arts  series encourages Christians to thoughtfully engage with the relationship between their faith and artistic expression, with contributions from both theologians and artists on a range of artistic media including visual art, music, poetry, literature, film, and more.

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  Dictionary of Witchcraft

  Collin de Plancy

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  The original and authoritative A-to-Z reference guide to witchcraft, paganism, and magic, compiled by the famed nineteenth-century French occultist.   Following its original publication in 1818, Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal became a landmark study of witchcraft, pagan religions, and the occult. The first reference work to seriously document manifestations, magic, and superstitions, this historical dictionary details beings, characters, books, deeds, and causes that pertain to the manifestations and magic of trafficking with Hell, as well as divinations, occult sciences, grimoires, marvels, errors, prejudices, traditions, folktales, the various superstitions, and all manner of marvelous, surprising, mysterious, and supernatural beliefs.   A significant influence on the Romantic literary movement and notably consulted by author Victor Hugo, it remains an essential text for any student of the dark arts or demonology.

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