Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Beards and Funny Hats: Who Is Worshipped in Religion, and What God Has Got to Do With It
Beards and Funny Hats: Who Is Worshipped in Religion, and What God Has Got to Do With It
Beards and Funny Hats: Who Is Worshipped in Religion, and What God Has Got to Do With It
Ebook1,152 pages18 hours

Beards and Funny Hats: Who Is Worshipped in Religion, and What God Has Got to Do With It

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Religion is … what? A way of thinking, an explanation of things that exist, a code of behaviour and morals, a social network? Perhaps a style of dress, and certain kinds of music. Surely included in it is adoration or fear of someone. Also some things that aren’t normally thought of as religion—works of art and of science —frequently offer such praise, even when the object of this isn’t recognized or identified. There are those who maintain that any religion has as much usefulness and value, or as little, as any other, and that they can be exchanged and combined, and this is probably true. Except for Christianity. But Christianity isn’t so much a religion—it’s more an expression of reality.

This can be seen as a religious book, and even as a statement of religious conservatism. At the same time it is part literary criticism, part ideas history. No doubt there is something in it that almost anyone could disagree with. For those to whom the term will mean something, it may be considered an attempt at a spiritual mapping of culture.

The culture looked at is mainly that of Europe and the west. The things examined are grouped according to the working of those imposing spiritual powers—enemies of man—that are listed in some books of the Bible.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherBookBaby
Release dateJul 23, 2013
ISBN9781922204752
Beards and Funny Hats: Who Is Worshipped in Religion, and What God Has Got to Do With It

Related to Beards and Funny Hats

Related ebooks

History (Religion) For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for Beards and Funny Hats

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Beards and Funny Hats - Michael Ferres

    5g1^book_preview_excerpt.html۲#u-+:Զ)_M%U>o `HD& zἸ??E_s1Z+Qt$2W˼9ova9M}hqOտ|h|on3a6?`&^3=ڏ9ͬW6Sz暆kg&olv4N?ۼp^؂l%5=optÀg{yHcA[V)m9mN`yŶAkbaWUn=K7<'h[SeS:.s%x_6qlΩ9`m]9vgig0^bӯ`ڻس`oNҁ eSأ{LE)>ծ2ϡ񙉵8vnNjʧvjw-lSnXF` na3}M;jm䧤3-ae3ssummZ4\t9;u~l1-nboRDP\ 9`dp֧3װWl#߭^&|f;?s,zjt8vں˸So;̶6-]|<ڊ!4F-kltjm2fOM%N YڛLs3Νlם{[jb7moc %5&Zk Л8ߘ.g r^!(;?Ƽm7_ޮ-N6]kkv{[y }k+f9 #<ۜ;}ޟlaetѪŽrvF{asm(^^~ۇ`o{{)ۘcCi/a!|6nZم%iC&M\@7mGN[^kqEʧfe b(y. ǣ_^qy>|ߤgnI[晪lP[?8O=ؿjxZ;鳵0Hs:RQ-R7k&T!A}y/MlH&y`[LBkƮ9+(If*~vj =fF:Jc lQ6'0 !!q^igiZ]znpun&}h.Wάɵb{,va-Q8}v/Z+m(BYf]vCǕ4sks{5[6?Tn0`>phMkF*֤ӟG=rӀvIմ"HЙB[C[ێ^C54KMKˤ+ /4HTtTCǃ EW8Eo_ر=_Ldk;$Z]em5ڊ&QDYx+.qlHt>ͽ&~e~I6SVV6ܚ 8MFۣlQ$6()Q~cG~be[wcZiz3hӌִp~L=N`s|5u_Ym1jdQL 4VAf%?f_|[Ͼwz+TilG[_IQZ_ו a֌t~Sֶ?ٜj7KNm] _o!d 5of[=vcoyM$ۊD.Gzg~sq@!OQRz5`#>웝v4\ϸ>6|UjH3k/R`#u}W] o8kHþM^ <`Ӄأ;;2M(Ȏ0zLC4%WERIFx@VZGa;I:9^Y}.Hifɾ>) qczvAܜhvI$}B2pM6I9l4/mዯۼ NYݭO#JY"#ÎپgU~tg_ytijl/vʉގLyʶ?u&(rܢr  &`C@eof2#Qր} x'lj?E4a$=7N}t{`h4L~g(cX&˞<yI6jukkkݬ" iMMN>JIT¶JK6ED!nL>K;-.ml.iVd=>$Tܱ+xᨻԟs>Qv"k{۴lNU?p$7+NOj-}u7`t4JDkfL>jlX?D82wmӒX)f>!!@53d;UtQI Mkl.[5Xwcsn.yNGĆd&IUeEC0V tp6$|^-=Kں${;9JG3vZ; 1ز֝`TsnS68 QqjZ88eHVިIr[8ϛTX97foS`BS^?<=nR7vjyফ9n9|cW? viY8Ow69PL?t#fnecLeb݌|0 5nDP&_RqIR@^olf5@Q>%=%h`R0\vl?{$l8`f rxE4j7ڝh=k0Eq qchZR)#H[\3~`>{&Eyuclؘ:#N[+, n2c$qlEr,û: e"`_oNM_cjfuw%NU ʁN֖*'G煳E9#.ê2װE)%?θa{"Ӳ`;E>S򓽍?Qz@*"ml諙-Ru)1cѢBZ6z 9Bx'<َ~4){gڳh;]^{q>#?Nf5ٲx1'rf%fW!LwX Y>aԚ0iys.|FWd:ء@;fjpa(L4tdj.bMbick(m[AFOG֖l:~tw 1 [H(nv7 3j{ϲ􊚣BM') ~]71Kk܁Y5#u:d(oݽL7Ij?r O[~}i^1Y쟘`fғgQiJU. 2oDxL*7U5`[=nys0B<I^^t]ך#n9I]P4 ˝'9ojk՝N? I&' KP!O{$rӋ.~unv}l7Y$X mx2H=rG;gOT_# 0_'~Xd.bn6 m b,F@$vD~vPe@%-GH nbai[`cHJ=#È_ip_l۰ena(z'YaymjstGGKܯ:EoZmi>p7!ɦ̌Y)E<{EvpCp-wm > .v|V&:Y!X?Rǘit?H6@+jEHX | <_Trɯ~͑ Įdd{ڃ$6Cn^x=7{n͵Vk;G(Aoۺ <sSkVOM05{,یYc0mZ|HEI,2/$!3vlGg,q7]L>[s mpV?7vlF@qZ9 PL.㒺ym!a VF-聥"YWXXl#=Sao1_5폝C ~K<עӍ0K8.m6< 9A{ZGV*p"kᬛw:!km[:oC1c\Nn`ja I,W_̦ain L78hmiz;p@ʾȀT< W@*ϙ30txe녆 ۾^ o^#^>0f H 7}qmڡOTpx@9v@ p*cψوNKsJ$2]/=8&fd|: orh;GK(&@k{E: # Hz@G9O`/WNnlg|TƸ~qܔDUF*z!Bv0lٕ̉ގ)X7A_GgF8aD˜eJk5PE^E*UBl̪-?Y88mhy6[v)#} %ܼ\^Bھ*h JdJ BYcm}R'\ȣƌU3nuti{]uVbi"#!hhP%*Irx (h mt`O%DGo{) PEH_TȉoeFiCw?DOҫ#VǃZ9{JŎ|bbύS(9DߕW 4l$[|s;vzMAAG.|.-R%728s(&>22 s~ ʀ QN xfp U̔uU}v[LGMR+ :Sp-_Omcm Q 6o?n`8UpsJ+9j;fR;u4na[QXC$WF9`oE[Rq=Zд֓ro  f7%2f/ca' \ _2Yd+ ZrS88{QK:z8i+d!t"}]% /P z= ' ۘD價W(iq攡:v 3*H!Fhȣ5 kCvB$ ߜ$-WoUQ9$FL]C@S>\ubͤ=A4q94(*Dâ~#dST" iUP%xqCz<aL̞9;GDz9~EkӁ{n. ʼn|2*(@U&.pS߷M aTQy}y*͗ߘrq Hm[L:, oeYqf.& *0B17~:T.߉hr/iƝM'ôS"0N2K4&`5 &]WG4SfnFy/g+>`-uI4U._¢0e `N:-+opf_UFFNH2R6Xa5(-&†8B =EYB-r@.\?!h5)uY),Z|ؼ|j: $Rf+$J(yYI.d˧>Cg¡K)>";Cڮ߄A?FxuBmiw[a+{ Fz@nTA[_x-GnE^DlxI "ljY{GF ej @%H"""^)6x38+JcDyO  WCGxҢoƕyXo/d;~ ÆێvƔJ]ztHB$ԐԑXwb)Qؤ̯lVtXuzGoP7?KJi`@UmU`UDS4cC[j"h2Rj^-jj*ˍEaI4w=^{ l|YrҎHA<ci4Un^3M~W)ۢI^d~+4}]vRoG+IKFDB@|꼈XKyQ5SuBtc1r `2\^weFm[ +wSx %RFf+a1D㻁amvUv\%*vYe=&AԚ)Rm#S$Oa$x @gr4/E9˃d-`bMB }\i1(H5fٰupYQ"\(A!du_Y=߁ ʼ YҐn2Uhj&@%^/)X1F-Vnv7"UTO5%bҰFO)יcA,WUTE=核"h^`>@S܅ŹG]q/(-i Ҭ4z:& TlW k)aY=:K/ 9r ㄴBLpG wٹhڽ@ d3P yZ켮ݱ+H+f +ńFz)̨ؽ`UV8|bf ݬl4'-MD3'MιЗZd#1ˌ@gZaGI`Z`[Xa!S$V%Kw E\BQQWh3I8l.;[s;ұ#C9j *䖇\U"I~d1=ThwE`7n_sWHA Dp!U,`[F6.)#SUM _UE€s #473N .ʪPC(5 !jqhvn=djA(Mr@N"#I#d AE05 1E6[LBRpDWuaYtE) iͤLȗygaCS3Z|/ȺD\xRyUؑ_5k3uu :f"p9nwG-Y1Cu}qFʫWB+d|Ҙ~&Tۦ:7O%Feg]ɼ-!^P! ȍCs;q/A01_jvt) FzЭSGNϑocWjnHa% D 鋛zm"Z ccΗppCX3H/YoE '_cknE~ayFeV*pT/ə}>Y[c:È>#K%yoj6=+$26%7 _˾=*\x"A2]3CE405t7>rZGJ8H(!dvF)ɫN囩%Ʃiɦ HNx D`{RZܻ d n+i#bDcՓzT$Ib_s&|dW9wW|$j(m+H'7RU"6wfYQ RJ3D:@R &MWPNFǩ8`H|uhD5!]йvŐtӼ<`2>;"~%we؄$ʰ:!VfS &6jEhܪORyOBe׭dC ]i SW*E=[UPUD̰r)4pghyϾ Aj?i ֋k@'?Jn;Wٵ V po^pu T.h;ԄJS;c^[!KF W]thڙ[A7VeL!_LN]o6.py =zSH5O`;s4l$cX4`C=SwTTac-RvsF'1-q?Ed~Plga-x^ .%<^4 ~RO c;ąNk}s z6 7.׵_:=4]@vP>JW(@d c$^&ОEb Hrp q (PVu}We/ BUw7M␒t&AU3mUHgz%M(ȣ?@٘:DϸkY+qYH ɝ&[W xxCv\5Jeo ΛWL1؉ (;)ېrIڙyp_<|v#L~$3˶ZLW x $Ƭf6y哄 4$IW޴R)/i~J w蜦XT̿oG۵o6b?4^.H%<Ac8* AtOWo ΰā !q@\FS]L]D= aҦY"ӡPwdAtRt_TH \}QL..,ŇڏKTY@ss,\Jb]Ĥ>Up‘atyV@!!Ϧe(Ü@UF" )zKݫn M͟DLeJUo2tl?ܗjr P[vnta+QQZxTxJ;WL?FB$/24S>xD"G 3N隊 ].RD!n9d۵*_/z6xYzʀ&M5f1~-5 m~iN} Yd!gbDy'{^BAhW(@z|-Csy\9-[zjN2L+7oaJ_6ʲ85Nol`!l,*E>qq pSv0MpWO?{"FԘy?HC\SáIhZni-ɇ>pޜ[ cbO̸a6?yQiG'gzM*WOKuu bB-C8Ӌ75nRv\XHOD8\ Ϝh'X4:|苿8pS5vLj?n7ͧק+?)4GC!m~nWp RD!/$ڶOifh=@Z2Pp)ڟ+&JwJvglF].Wm=+A'[^TnKH׆jBňu#d.PˤEs&"v2y^iĝ`ȃ=:D1*UMie;"Jh|}}.c]-iey ? `,"v Si.DSEtk_E5&fPKixڟ3lӐ "-;%M_+DuMVMުjR&NuKuU VS'}n9sT\ Y}}'Pnc3^TW "QNCwh%5׭x A./+N P{ʛaƞS=nrP5[z `$N4cS$YmB&S+q3R7g"a]a.[вD-sMz\W+,je]n.#j>!ah]H܈r}#c:wjU/^!%C>yxO(ֻҽ)}|čiE,"`AdNUH r;a}G;r+ַc;c2MݟsSKR~'238E n q>.Q)GWfD0G0ˎ[mBzqq4ٮ)Ś|QOXu9|7gRۗ)&b?վBZ*TkG= j9E0." χj^'wrKD^D6;YèA@F5GՑmUNaK3*]hqDVDG6+6U%60WF"U*&dMQYbѪNno>䐴6s4Po_8WӣUj~eօz\gj5>V{U~dgͽxCD0h%kp6*2=BE"TG^s8TiFZ N-zC=t8a5sWhF{ K rNބ'̰dCmc8/up=;ArhĕS^&vLxcsh@%\M"e6TSo7g#@!ENpPay1u:8Vmzm[bj b$bj e1nao\qxڿ±N$5UE[Ӻ{IH`s[Di$񐰝U9-\)UsM<ت$l\]Q`+^ ਩Q^693uӥMuu˗T0E{/dŇh?ߨO~3)_Ɲ3 ŝP5dVB=i 5?1U$YY Lg3YWFZAY+Ǔd!g$ۈOQs*MĜ6f@ a( vؼcOrQ".c$fK]$(^1V ޡCU1{E?;^APD+LnQ!'!j1aϑi*j!.z},ڋẖO9q uS%y{wlDzc9cF؋>5Ҁ%s3'cse W0d\(kbaL30v??{ h(ol 'LNÅDuvfyQ=ĸA|J}VW`Y}"3|\U6ۊ9-?hB &WSv(•rw%@X+4±rh̤ʹU}v^!>5Ec4$r4SdJĖmjG v<\ Lު QYYlkWZ[brrR`aioh v* whڨ6tQUhk\kDt@,\??BWTwX>i$Z'>](ۜ Nk Q]oZފ,urُZ2h# uJ0-kKs-.6XI|,QS.: QJaEMODZ竝Ry߱s5|&mc 7l+ `pI`xtZEݼw< fB-7+5| D/dӽ>ҾJ ϙ_A2.fB_+Y]%*(CJndS/@zl#Nkqq~Ռv8Ic50*{gdȂ5&z3kԖөs;cj^ cͽ,v3A$5HZ `S(\Y2tsU!e[ |X z {q2ѳV{ fpEܜHvT{7m-"akޣfQ=I MYAe۝ H=uMW6t:X2>Ux7 6bb+ɥ s2KX baC4mg(Sex<-|oDJ, t2 $*{o6BOXpgnI;lsבJXJ)¸`Ν+n/2S\S[(Y[ ZLt3h7)ĈYBeQZnP6"$2|)8)GLNY<p_ WG$@j3]ZpEBDXt{+uD]Q;t:r%V޲\q_b1(z%zO&iN]NK#7YmςP6ef"p/ET\ 6dhY>RU#tCs{0bi6uV#5]yUbU).u"ih6_BJ9CT./fE[rBxxyC9KL3C(2i( gE)|ܭ]:%yJJMj Rl>s3]1aɥx? 9HpGد]Ed_g6cYvT4vFh=:]:~YUV/C{L,7 Պe߹] !W 0i αUb**OZ4Nlf\vHņj܏(Akwts[S= *QtM;T-79/DfKx)]kM ܱ \Nډ7۱̆h*B. OM'U_+ѭόUݞ.x#S,sNOg0DǥmGw-Gpv#ӑNu=v.dm<ݐR y\=fʁ6mXTɂb&Z-L*Η) k 6Ap.ʻo6OXBW|lRW1q3$ Pt犥rW5Pf²89Lbu5JhĢ"u ]˵qQx^174 ZݮzqSezCa/ڼEUO()i+jgQU-Cl[2gnt,D%:VXS` ww.t_u%.f!1M^k۹NW!* cIY#d l@2qr1W6vDБRI/_v]""$V=CRc/hVS%=]I) מ('T(!F/K*R9S}h;\!ڨZPpkڱ`z 3ٮx#j"h/F6`vɯ1Z,!H;zU{@4;mv,oj8BPV0.Fd绚wT"R&ȴJą@|{P-`.ZrS\ThF<N+Hޔ2bƙ1Ap%+nSX4^^s|[BSwP72Q8W{&|$/I?osh *s;(IoFXVMN2TKZ#ZmC{\Ϙ@ե*sFuKl'^#0( zq]p_~pdlmkRtrƙP`%;orhXO,-iz4j9U*砫LRBjRg(? D:v`ZAOꕪn0~ǻg 5^zttb3 cS>M^7ckpy8y77oms:Рh&-`:ʖJGMafFCv)&1&>պWt.qW):jT,֊-NW`RGA2![lb7:ʗXl*ooͷXv/Lw-l$IΤNNIYdk C`ɓ9ɌpA3"bԿ>kV3iťJRMG#̥Xjc`sic%.Y<#Oك}`,ͮvv= _vu{s̍TФfa&ŭra tS$SHIȵ<5(JfQ,-):!f ^.Ye|w+}٪7?PaAx}IPUXڬ(l{Ir92SYWl `@^;(XScefr9:h fU eߗ>J>txr<]^'^E{6s^(YqGЛAӄ]Mä8֒7JE8}Qt- s@HHhj;;w(Q[I,G)(}NxMf8QvF93+XO++|tZ]wdJ]IJ[WNW%-VXZXkg_IrZTEx,0R>>ٙiEeIEv?mٳ{Yhve%r"Ϯ6+fB`U xiُiS1߬q܁4|;㝃'9 ę|ՇTi7҃"AjG5sOGayjWQPj9\*(+-G]ogǭ?1ySL1b৉PKZW%Q9fڥUk~Ag iUrLF2;I^g#A
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1