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Steeples and stones of fair colors : roadside churches in western North Carolina / by Huffman, Barry Gurley,author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)173907;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-125) and index.Regional history -- Architecture and Richard Upjohn -- Remembrance of a church / Jason S. Clodfelter -- Paintings of roadside churches from thirty-two North Carolina counties -- Faith stories and essays on the evidence of faith. The Reformation in England ; Early Christian settlement in North America ; The decades leading to the Revolutionary War ; Philosophers and political theoreticians ; The founding fathers ; The Declaration of Independence ; The Constitution of the United States ; Concluding thoughts -- Roadside photographs / Allen W. Huffman."Barry Huffman, a self-taught artist, takes an unexpected journey of faith when she paints sixty-five portraits of small, mostly rural, churches in the western counties of North Carolina. She views the churches as the architectural icons that serve as reminders of the role of Christianity in families, in communities, and in the founding of the United States. Courage, perseverance, honesty, and faithfulness - requirements of Christian devotion and of Constitutional nationhood - are themes in her brief history essays that provide insight into the spirituality of the Founding Fathers as they moved toward creating the vital documents that defined and secured the United States of America: the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. Steeples and Stories of Fair Colors is the story of her faith journey, and she includes numerous other faith stories of a living God acting in everyday lives. The overarching theme is love - people loving God, family, and country, and God loving all His people."--Page 4 of cover
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Church buildings; Protestant churches;

The spiritual doorway in the brain : a neurologist's search for the God experience / by Nelson, Kevin.(CARDINAL)502767;
MARCIVE 3/03/11Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: At the foot of the bed -- Pt. 1: The architecture. What is a spiritual experience? : From fear, to pinball, to fields of daisies ; The three states of consciousness : and where spiritual arousal happens ; The fragmented self : how we become our own false witness -- Pt. 2: At the doorway. The varieties of near-death experience : telling stories ; The brain at death's portal : light and blood ; The ancient metronome : the tempo from fear to spiritual bliss ; The borderland of dreams and death : what may come? -- Pt. 3: The other side. The beauty and terror of oneness : deep within the mystic's brain -- Epilogue: A new birth of wisdom.The world's leading neurologist on out-of-body and near-death experiences shows that spirituality is as much a part of our basic biological makeup as our sex drive or survival instinct. In his cutting-edge research, Nelson has discovered that spiritual experiences take place in one of the most primitive areas of the brain. In this eloquent, reverent book, he relates the moving stories of patients and research subjects, brain scan analysis, evolutionary biology, and examples of transcendence from literature to reveal the machinery in our heads that enables us to perceive miracles--whether you are an atheist, Buddhist, or the most devout Catholic. Ultimately he makes clear that spiritual experiences are not the exception in human life, but rather an inescapable and precious part of every one of us.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Psychology, Religious.; Spirituality; Brain.; Neurosciences; Neuropsychology.;

Anthropology, art, and aesthetics / by Coote, Jeremy.(CARDINAL)204897; Shelton, Anthony.(CARDINAL)204898;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Art.; Art and anthropology.; Art and society.;

A Replacement for religion.
A thought-provoking book that explores how the best aspects of religion can have a place in our modern day lives. Many of us find ourselves in the odd situation of not believing in religion--but nevertheless being interested in having a spiritual life. We may enjoy religious art and architecture, music, and community, and even some of the rituals--while being unable to believe in divine commandments or the existence of a higher being. This book is about those feelings and what we might do about them. The School of Life is a secular organization fascinated by the gaps left in modern society by the gradual disappearance of religion. We're interested in how hard it is to find a sense of community, how rituals are dying out, and how much we sometimes crave the solemn quiet you find in religious buildings, as well as the comfort offered by the belief in a deity. This book lays out how we might absorb the best lessons of religion, update them for our times and incorporate them into our daily lives and societies--without taking on the theological or doctrinal elements. This book tries to rescue some of what remains wise and useful from all that no longer seems (to many of us) to be quite true.
Subjects: Secularism.; Religion and sociology.; Humanism, Religious.;

El monte : notes on the religions, magic, and folklore of the Black and Creole people of Cuba / by Cabrera, Lydia,Author(DLC)n 80098243 ; Font-Navarrete, David,1973-Translator(DLC)no2022095187;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-573) and index."First published in Cuba in 1954 and appearing here in English for the first time, Lydia Cabrera's El Monte is a foundational and iconic study of Afro-Cuban religious and cultural traditions. Drawing on conversations with elderly Afro-Cuban priests who were one or two generations away from the transatlantic slave trade, Cabrera combines ethnography, history, folklore, literature, and botany to provide a panoramic account of the multifaceted influence of Afro-Atlantic cultures in Cuba. Cabrera details the natural and spiritual landscape of the Cuban monte (forest, wilderness) and discusses hundreds of herbs and the constellations of deities, sacred rights, and knowledge that envelop them. The result is a complex spiritual and medicinal architecture of Afro-Cuban cultures. This new edition of what is often referred to as "the Santería bible" includes a new foreword, introduction, and translator notes. As a seminal work in the study of the African diaspora that has profoundly impacted numerous fields, Cabrera's magnum opus is essential for scholars, activists, and religious devotees of Afro-Cuban traditions alike"--.
Subjects: Black people; Santeria; Black people; Traditional medicine; Magic; African diaspora.; Folklore;

Rome [videorecording] : Italy's great capital / by International Masters Publishers.; Pilot Film and Television Productions.;
DVD.Rome is an unparalleled treasure house of cultural riches. Steeped in history and tradition, this beautiful, vibrant city is not only home to some of the West's greatest artistic and architectural masterpieces, but is also the spiritual home of the Catholic religion.
Subjects: Video recordings.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.;

The visual culture of American religions / by Bjelajac, David,contributor.(CARDINAL)765356; Buggeln, Gretchen Townsend,contributor.; Davis, John,1961 September 24-contributor.(CARDINAL)209615; Doss, Erika,1956-contributor.(CARDINAL)342615; Farago, Claire J.,contributor.(CARDINAL)204333; Giggie, John M.(John Michael),1965-contributor.(CARDINAL)855775; Gutjahr, Paul C.,contributor.(CARDINAL)652948; Hoover, Stewart M.,contributor.(CARDINAL)855774; Markowitz, Harvey,contributor.(CARDINAL)363489; Morgan, David,1957-editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)206493; Promey, Sally M.,1953-editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)279125; Schmidt, Leigh Eric,contributor.(CARDINAL)185480; Smith, Ellen,1951-contributor.(CARDINAL)210110; Tweed, Thomas A.,contributor.(CARDINAL)363570; University of California Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)280932;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-382) and index."Contemporary artists have often clashed with conservative American evangelicals in recent years, giving the impression that art and religion are fundamentally at odds. Yet historically, artistic images have played a profound role in American religious life. This superb collection of essays, with its unique assembly of images, challenges the apparent tension between religion and the arts by illustrating and investigating their long-standing and intriguing relationship from the early nineteenth century to the present day. The essays explore such varied topics as Sioux Sun Dance artifacts and paintings, American Jewish New Year postcards, the New Mexican santos tradition, roadside shrines, images of journey in African American pictorial traditions, the public display of religion, and the religious use of nineteenth-century technologies of mass reproduction"--Publisher description.
Subjects: Art and religion;

Born with wings : the spiritual journey of a modern Muslim woman / by Khan, Daisy,author.(CARDINAL)598679;
"Raised in a progressive Muslim family in the shadows of the Himalayan mountains, where she attended a Catholic girls school, Daisy experienced culture shock when her family sent her to the States to attend high school in a mostly Jewish Long Island suburb. Ambitious and talented, she quickly climbed the corporate ladder after college as an architectural designer in New York City. Though she loved the freedom that came with being a career woman, she felt that something was missing from her life. One day a friend suggested that she visit a Sufi mosque in Tribeca. To her surprise, she discovered a home there, eventually marrying the mosque's imam, Feisal Abdul Rauf, and finding herself, as his wife, at the center of a community in which women turned to her for advice. Guided by her faith, she embraced her role as a women's advocate and has devised innovative ways to help end child marriage, fight against genital mutilation, and, most recently, educate young Muslims to resist the false promises of ISIS recruiters"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Khan, Daisy.; Muslim women; Muslim women; Islam.;

The golden age of Spain, 1516-1659. / by Domínguez Ortiz, Antonio.(CARDINAL)151398;
Bibliography: pages 335-344.1. Castile, Spain and the empire -- 2. The dynasty -- 3. The instruments of empire -- 4. Charles V -- 5. The zenith of empire : Philip II -- 6. The precarious equilibrium : 1598-1634 -- 7. Years of disaster : 1635-59 -- 8. The privileged estates : nobles and clergy -- 9. Towns and the urban population -- 10. The rural world and the seignerurial regime -- 11. Social outcasts -- 12. The economy of Hapsburg Spain : I. The structures -- 13. The economy of Habsburg Spain : II. The trends -- 14. Religious life : I. Orthodoxy -- 15. Religious life : II. The inquisition and heterodoxy -- 16. Learning and science -- 17. Literature -- 18. Architecture, painting and sculpture -- 19. The political empire overseas -- 20. The economic empire -- 21. A spiritual empire."Antonio Domínguez Ortiz (October 18, 1909 - January 21, 2003) was a Spanish historian, one of the leading specialists in the history of the Spanish Antiguo Régimen of the 16th through 18th centuries, in particular in social history. He was al expert historian of Andalusia, with a particular emphasis on the history of the Moriscos."--Wikipedia.

Shaker life, art, and architecture : hands to work, hearts to God / by Swank, Scott T.,author.(CARDINAL)147669; Swank, Scott T.,photographer.(CARDINAL)147669;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-229) and index.As the Director of Canterbury Shaker Village, the author has had unlimited access to the Village's archives, resources, and grounds, examining papers and artifacts, exploring the 25 remaining buildings, and experiencing the seasons. He has literally been able to walk in the footpaths of the Canterbury Shakers, whose community remained prominent for 200 years. It is one of the oldest, most typical, and most completely preserved of all the Shaker villages, the only community with an intact first-generation meetinghouse and first dwelling house on their original sites. The result of the author's painstaking research and close observation is this perceptive book, filled with discoveries, presenting the full sweep of Shaker art and architecture in the context of a specific Shaker community in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Two centuries ago, the Shakers established America's most successful communal societies. They lived in isolated, rural villages, pursuing work and worship in communities where religion, social behavior, and environmental design were constructed as a harmonious whole. These utopian communities were regulated by "gospel order" which assured their members that their disciplined lives were in harmony with God's will. In these spiritual havens, they endeavored to accomplish their founder's twin mandates, "Hands to work, hearts to God." Shaker designs have endured long after the communities that created them have passed from the American scene. Shaker style, encompassing all elements of art and architecture, has been greatly esteemed for its craftsmanship, sense of proportion, simplicity, and practicality. The author's well researched text, detailed captions, and excerpts from diaries and letters bring life to the legacy of Shaker objects as well as to the architecture. He also provides a time line, a bibliography, and notes. Accompanying the text are 250 illustrations including 150 in color principally by Bill Finney, who has been photographing Canterbury for over twenty years. There are also historical pictures and maps and newly created plans and diagrams.
Subjects: Shakers; Architecture; Christianity; Religion; Shaker;

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