BookWyrm

Texas Observer

“Christians have been tempted by—what do we call it?—I guess the siren song of power.”

New today: Francesca D'Annunzio interviews Christian theologian @drdrbrockman about the fresh horrors created under Donald Trump's Christian nationalist government. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-churches-christianity-constitution-trump/

#Trump #DonaldTrump #Immigration #ICE #religion #politics #USpol #news #HumanRights

Regularmente, millones (no es hipérbole) de hindúes se reúnen junto al Ganges en el Kumbh Mela, la mayor reunion religiosa del planeta. Cada 144 años (cada 12 Kumbh Mela) se produce el Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela, una alineación de astros que lleva a aún más gente al estado de Uttar Pradesh. El Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela acaba de empezar y las cifras aquí desafían la lógica: la organización prevé CIEN MILLONES de peregrinos

#India🇮🇳 #religión #noticias
https://flipboard.com/@timesofindia_/india-kmba906cz/-/a-Vbw3y3lqQWGo4sNiQ_zSqA%3Aa%3A3972488315-%2F0

Steve Thompson

Quaker meetings sue DHS over directive to make arrests in 'sensitive' spaces

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/01/28/Quakers-sue-DHS/7451738054093/

A coalition of five Quaker meetings is suing the Trump administration over its move last week to permit federal immigration authorities to make arrests in so-called sensitive spaces, which include places of worship.

#quakers #deportation #sanctuary #religion #press

OCTADE

INFOSTORM FOR BIBLE TRANSLATION AND SWORD MODULE PACKAGING

I seek information and experienced counsel to create a package for sword readers, and secondarily after that for step Bible readers eSword and legacy readers.

I am researching different markup languages and tool chains for Bible translation, Bible preservation, commentaries, lexicons, etc. as well as for creating sword modules and step modules. I will be working with Hebrew, Greek, and English.

I wish to convert hundreds of pages of outlines and notes into a commentary. Then I wish to package said commentary for step readers and sword-based bible readers like Xiphos and Bibletime. The commentary will be authored in English with copious notes about the original languages, culture, and idioms relevant to some passages.

I hope to find experienced people who can give me information to point the way.

Keep in mind that I can only use Linux and not Windows or …

INFOSTORM FOR BIBLE TRANSLATION AND SWORD MODULE PACKAGING

I seek information and experienced counsel to create a package for sword readers, and secondarily after that for step Bible readers eSword and legacy readers.

I am researching different markup languages and tool chains for Bible translation, Bible preservation, commentaries, lexicons, etc. as well as for creating sword modules and step modules. I will be working with Hebrew, Greek, and English.

I wish to convert hundreds of pages of outlines and notes into a commentary. Then I wish to package said commentary for step readers and sword-based bible readers like Xiphos and Bibletime. The commentary will be authored in English with copious notes about the original languages, culture, and idioms relevant to some passages.

I hope to find experienced people who can give me information to point the way.

Keep in mind that I can only use Linux and not Windows or Mac. No Windows or Mac software is any good to me.

I am trying to get information and links for:

- markup schemes (OSIS, USFM, ThML, and anything else, including niche or obscure schemes)
- markup converters
- indexers
- lexers
- module converters / packagers
- repository software
- collaboration software
- step readers
- bible module readers
- citation / reference / bibtex management
- license management
- fonts
- grammars
- translator notes collections and compendiums
- repositories of scanned texts, parchments, scrolls, papyri
- existing public domain or copyleft texts in English, Greek, Hebrew languages, especially plaintext ASCII and UTF8 files
- modern Greek and Hebrew analytical grammars covering especially the more contested and difficult passages of text
- Biblical cultural, ethnology, and philology resources

... and anything else considered relevant by experienced Bible translators, preservationists, publishers and sword module packagers.

If anyone here in the electronic ether is doing any work along these lines please give me links to the resources, tools and schemes you use so I can investigate and start piecing together a machine for the task.

Thank you, and God bless you!

#Bible #eBooks #Books #Translation #Translators #Sword #Xiphos #Bibletime #Diatheke #KJV #HolyWrit #SwordModules #MySword #StepReader #Theology #Religion #Christianity #Dictionaries #Lexicons #Greek #Hebrew #English #Linux #Publishing #Editing #Commentaries

@infostorm@a.gup.pe @translators@a.gup.pe @bookstodon@a.gup.pe @academicchatter@a.gup.pe @theology@a.gup.pe

ꙮ liilliil 🇫🇯🇱🇨🇱🇧

#bookmark: Христианство в искусстве, downloadable https://www.icon-art.info/bibliography.php?abc=1002&sort=date&page=1 #religion #art

Vaſtæus

Not really #newhere but new account about myths & #mythology, #metaphysics & #religion, #fetish & #poetry, #language & #ethics, #longboarding & #cityscape (or sometimes hiking & landscapes), #linguistics & #biology.

I’m potentially going to post in English & French, and may quote anything in Romance, Indic, Sinitic or Semitic languages.

(He/him. Transpolytheist. Chaotic individualist, but inclusive idealist.)

#introduction

ZhiZhu

Bishop Marianne Edgar Budde, the one who asked Trump to show mercy to people living in the US, has written several books, including one titled, "How We Learn to Be Brave"

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705987/how-we-learn-to-be-brave-by-mariann-edgar-budde/

A lot of people are buying it currently.

#BishopBudde #MarianneBudde #Budde #Book #Books #Politics #USPol #Religion #Christian #Trump #DonaldTrump

Book cover:
How we learn to be brave:
Decisive moments in life and faith

by Mariann Edgar Budde
Episcopal Bishop of Washington

myactualbrain

This city was full of temples. The pictures here are from the various temples that were scattered all around the city. I is truly amazing how well they are maintained and how beautiful each one is.

Normally, I think I would get tired of seeing temple after temple, but not here. They were all so ornate and intricate. They also all smelled so nice inside.

#taiwan #taipei #temple #religion

Another close up of the wall of the shine in its courtyard. The wall is red and has large golden intricately carved decorations along the wall.

Close up picture of the roof of the temple.

Shrine ornately decorated in gold. There are three statures dressed in red and gold sitting in the center of the shrine.

Traditional Chinese style temple modern buildings are in the background.

Picture of the ceiling as the wooden poles used for structure are painted with scenes of ancient times

Ceiling picture with a chandelier. The ceiling has a intricate pattern carved from wood.

Shrine with some fruit offerings and gold decorations

The wall of the shine in its courtyard. The wall is red and has large golden intricately carved decorations along the wall.

Close up of the wall of the shine in its courtyard. The wall is red and has large golden intricately carved decorations along the wall.

A simple shrine that is the least decorated. I am not sure if this shrine pays respect to something less important or maybe it is a shrine that had a lower budget. It is still beautiful.

Lisa

Fellow demoralized US friends, please know the name of Episcopal Bishop, Mariann Edgar Budde, a brave and decent human being who took a very public stand for the vulnerable against a rising tide of ugly, hateful, corrupt monsters. She is a hero.
#USA #Religion #uspol

https://substack.com/@aaronrupar/note/c-87649623?r=73vlo&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

Dr. Michael Blume

Mit Dank an @Mela für den Hinweis stelle ich hier die aktuelle Befragungsstudie aus Nature Human Behaviour zum weltweiten Vertrauen in #Wissenschaft vor. Und, Überraschung: Weder die USA 🇺🇸 noch Europa 🇪🇺 einschließlich Deutschland 🇩🇪 können sich einfach mit „dem Fortschritt“ identifizieren. #Religion #Wissenschaft #Vertrauen #Evolution #Demografie https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/befragungsbefund-weltweit-vertrauen-religioese-staerker-der-wissenschaft/

Nils Wilcke

Trump tient un discours d'investiture terrifiant, en répétant qu'il veut annexer le canal de Panama, dresse la liste des ennemis de l'intérieur aux Etats-Unis mais aussi de l'extérieur, veut faire main basse sur la justice fédérale, et se prend pour un élu de "Dieu". On se croirait vraiment dans les années 30 en Allemagne ou plus récemment, chez Poutine ou Kim Jong-un. Des jours sombres nous attendent.

#Politique #Trump #Panama #Environnement #LGBTQIA #Religion #Racisme #Investiture #USA

ResearchBuzz

#religion #Catholicism #SocialMedia

'Among the traditional religious activities that can earn one an indulgence – such as pilgrimage to holy sites, acts of charity and saying special prayers – Pope Francis introduced a new option: a call to fast from the internet and social media.'

https://theconversation.com/tool-of-faith-or-digital-distraction-catholic-church-offers-indulgences-to-faithful-who-fast-from-social-media-246932

Børge A. Roum

Are there any books/stories where religion is actually real, and people do experiments to find out how things really work?

Like for example which exact words to use in prayers to get your intended results, the structural changes happening when angels interacts with physics, and stuff like that? A world where religious knowledge actually progresses over time, just like scientific knowledge of the material world?

I think that would be really interesting.

#books #religion