Gladney provides a service by seeing and sharing the spiritual side of a seemingly nonspiritual crime.
Gladney explains how to avoid and recover from identity theft, both natural and spiritual.
After the author was victimized by identity theft, leaving her with credit cards and a mortgage loan issued falsely in her name, she asked herself if her spiritual identity could be stolen as well. Looking back, she realized that she had forgotten who she was spiritually and had let other factors in her life, such as career, define her. Gladney poses an intriguing question for Christians by asking if spiritual identity can be stolen, and, if so, how does one recover it? She defines spiritual identity theft as “a deceptive scheme of Satan to rob us of our God-given identity.” The book is broken down into four sections, each representing a step toward overcoming spiritual identity theft. Gladney begins by walking the reader through an assessment of what is missing, and then moves forward through the steps to full recovery. Along the way the reader learns a great deal about “natural” identity theft, as well, providing both a helpful resource and important background for the overarching spiritual discussion. Gladney warns that just like human identity thieves, Satan can be either a pickpocket or a con artist; the reader must be on his or her guard against both kinds of spiritual attack. Once spiritual identity theft has been identified and ascertained, the reader is encouraged to overcome the theft using scripture, prayer and other spiritual disciplines. Gladney’s approach is highly personal and therefore draws heavily upon her individual narrative. She shares not only details of her natural identity theft experience, but also such spiritual experiences as dreams she has had as well as the interpretations of those dreams that she has received from others. Review questions and other study aids add to the value of the text as a practical guidebook.
Gladney provides a service by seeing and sharing the spiritual side of a seemingly nonspiritual crime.Pub Date: Jan. 31, 2011
ISBN: 978-0972422918
Page Count: 252
Publisher: New Horizon
Review Posted Online: Jan. 28, 2011
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
Worthwhile reference stuffed with facts and illustrations.
A compendium of charts, time lines, lists and illustrations to accompany study of the Bible.
This visually appealing resource provides a wide array of illustrative and textually concise references, beginning with three sets of charts covering the Bible as a whole, the Old Testament and the New Testament. These charts cover such topics as biblical weights and measures, feasts and holidays and the 12 disciples. Most of the charts use a variety of illustrative techniques to convey lessons and provide visual interest. A worthwhile example is “How We Got the Bible,” which provides a time line of translation history, comparisons of canons among faiths and portraits of important figures in biblical translation, such as Jerome and John Wycliffe. The book then presents a section of maps, followed by diagrams to conceptualize such structures as Noah’s Ark and Solomon’s Temple. Finally, a section on Christianity, cults and other religions describes key aspects of history and doctrine for certain Christian sects and other faith traditions. Overall, the authors take a traditionalist, conservative approach. For instance, they list Moses as the author of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) without making mention of claims to the contrary. When comparing various Christian sects and world religions, the emphasis is on doctrine and orthodox theology. Some chapters, however, may not completely align with the needs of Catholic and Orthodox churches. But the authors’ leanings are muted enough and do not detract from the work’s usefulness. As a resource, it’s well organized, inviting and visually stimulating. Even the most seasoned reader will learn something while browsing.
Worthwhile reference stuffed with facts and illustrations.Pub Date: Sept. 1, 2005
ISBN: 978-1-5963-6022-8
Page Count: -
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: May 23, 2010
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
This a book of earlier, philosophical essays concerned with the essential "absurdity" of life and the concept that- to overcome the strong tendency to suicide in every thoughtful man-one must accept life on its own terms with its values of revolt, liberty and passion. A dreary thesis- derived from and distorting the beliefs of the founders of existentialism, Jaspers, Heldegger and Kierkegaard, etc., the point of view seems peculiarly outmoded. It is based on the experience of war and the resistance, liberally laced with Andre Gide's excessive intellectualism. The younger existentialists such as Sartre and Camus, with their gift for the terse novel or intense drama, seem to have omitted from their philosophy all the deep religiosity which permeates the work of the great existentialist thinkers. This contributes to a basic lack of vitality in themselves, in these essays, and ten years after the war Camus seems unaware that the life force has healed old wounds... Largely for avant garde aesthetes and his special coterie.
Pub Date: Sept. 26, 1955
ISBN: 0679733736
Page Count: 228
Publisher: Knopf
Review Posted Online: Sept. 19, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1955
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