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Sace

Religious Literacy | Stephen Prothero

I decided I needed to read this book again. Unfortunately I gave away my copy years ago. #ThriftBooks to the rescue!

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bibliothecarivs

Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them | Robert A. Orsi

Recent acquisitions:

📖 Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them by Robert A. Orsi
📖 The Hiding Places of God: A Personal Journey into the World of Religious Visions, Holy Objects, and Miracles by John Cornwell

#UniteAgainstBookBans #LetUtahRead

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Graywacke

Paganism in the Roman Empire | Ramsay MacMullen

I‘ve been really scattered brained. So I decided to find the most boring book on my shelves, from my 1994 undergraduate class on the Roman Empire. (Yeah, I was supposed to read it then. Oops) Well, i‘ve been reading it. Not sure how far i will get.

Suet624 Is this supposed to help with your scatter brained issue? 10mo

Graywacke @Suet624 yes. Boring and demands concentration. Sometimes that works 10mo

Suet624 Interesting! 10mo

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batsy That actually sounds fascinating! But I guess it all depends on how it's written 😆 10mo

Graywacke @batsy well, hopefully eventually. But there is some oddness about it. It‘s focused only on 100-300 ad (ce) and cites mainly Eusebius and Origen, two Christians known for describing pagan rituals. So…. he might just be presenting the ancient propaganda. Not sure yet. 10mo

batsy @Graywacke I absolutely do not know enough about this topic to be able to comment, but I get how that's a perspective that's going to be biased. I will keep an eye out for your review. 10mo

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tokorowilliamwallace

Myth and Reality | Mircea Eliade

Florida springs bog reading themes, anyone? Cultural criticism and socioanthropological psychospiritual monomyth. Probably my favorite little secret spot at the end of the property's trail now. Huge love oaks and blooming irises makes for such an aesthetic.

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Kristelh

God: A Human History | Reza Aslan

#bookspin #april2022,

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y

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JenniferEgnor

The Politics of Women's Spirituality: Essays on the Rise of Spiritual Power Within the Feminist Movement | Charlene Spretnak

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So glad I found this book! The first part discusses the matriarchal societies that existed 25,000 years before the patriarchy of abrahamic religions; the second, how to take back our power through consciousness, rituals and community; the third, and biggest: politics. It is past time for womxn to be at the front. They (patriarchy) only have as much power over us as we let them. Think about what we need to do…to be, and stay—FREE.

JenniferEgnor Shown: myself (left) and another fellow pink vest clinic escort volunteer/intern at the SC Statehouse, for a day of action against anti-abortion bills, anti-trans and anti-queer bills, and more. February 2022 (edited) 3y

Amiable Fellow clinic escort/volunteer here -- love this photo! 3y

JenniferEgnor @Amiable I want to thank you for the work that you do! Where are you located? 3y

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JenniferEgnor @Come-read-with-me I think you‘d like this book. 3y

Amiable @JenniferEgnor Three cheers to you as well! I volunteer in Providence, Rhode Island. 3y

JenniferEgnor @Amiable I hope your state cares about its peoplx more than mine does. It‘s looking pretty grim here for bodily autonomy. 3y

Amiable @JenniferEgnor I actually live in CT, which codified expanded access years ago. Abortion rights will remain here no matter what happens at the federal level. RI just passed legislation in 2019 to protect abortion rights. But I drive an hour to volunteer in RI because the clinic there was/is in greater need of volunteers. The politics in Providence are heavily influenced by the Catholic Church and the protestors are more vitriolic there. 😖 3y

Amiable To be brutally frank, what‘s going on in states like yours are the reason why I will never live further south than Maryland/Delaware-ish. My heart hurts for you guys. Keep up the good fight! 💪🏼I‘d love to chat more about how all of it is going to shake out nationally if you‘re game —email me at AmyBF45 at gmail.com (edited) 3y

JenniferEgnor @Amiable I have a friend who used to escort with me that moved to CO last year. She wanted to live where it‘s safe to make choices. They are about to pass their own WHPA there, Vermont is writing it into their state constitution. Us in the south…we are fucked and there is virtually no democracy at all. Emailing you tonight! If you look through my previous posts, you‘ll see some photos of our protestors. And more great books for choice💕🌻 (edited) 3y

JenniferEgnor @Amiable I tried emailing you, it just came back to me. 3y

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JenniferEgnor

The Politics of Women's Spirituality: Essays on the Rise of Spiritual Power Within the Feminist Movement | Charlene Spretnak

…Patriarchy creates a culture that is destructive and death-oriented.

Just look around at all the laws they are creating right now. Laws that are literally designed to get peoplx killed. Too many politicians for one photo. Dominoes begin to fall. #fascism

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JenniferEgnor

The Politics of Women's Spirituality: Essays on the Rise of Spiritual Power Within the Feminist Movement | Charlene Spretnak

Religion in the common understanding of the Judeo-Christian-Muslim monopoly emphasizes sin, guilt, authoritarianism, fear, and promises of future well-being rather than self-knowledge, love of self and other, and integration of inner power with outer power. In addition, these religions as institutionalized exclude women, the Earth, and the body, and separate the emotions from the spirit, thus denying any chance of wholeness. —Hallie Iglehart

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