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The Very Reverend Dr. Milan G. Popovich was born in Banat, Serbia, in 1896 and emigrated to the United States in the late 1920s. With degrees from Oxford University and the University of Pittsburgh, Father Popovich was a pillar of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was a priest, educator, builder, and musician. The industry and determination of the late Father Popovich are impressed deeply in the memories of the Orthodox faithful. Although well known among many of the Serbian Orthodox Church, he is far less known outside that sector. The Conception of Eternal Life is an in-depth look at spirituality and eternal life written by Father Popovich in 1922, while he was a young student of theology at Oxford University. You will learn how Father Popovich's experiences at Oxford helped formulate his faith. Father Popovich died in 1975, but his legacy continues. The Conception of Eternal Life can strengthen the faith of all who believe in God.
The Very Reverend Dr. Milan G. Popovich was born in Banat, Serbia, in 1896 and emigrated to the United States in the late 1920s. With degrees from Oxford University and the University of Pittsburgh, Father Popovich was a pillar of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was a priest, educator, builder, and musician. The industry and determination of the late Father Popovich are impressed deeply in the memories of the Orthodox faithful. Although well known among many of the Serbian Orthodox Church, he is far less known outside that sector. The Conception of Eternal Life is an in-depth look at spirituality and eternal life written by Father Popovich in 1922, while he was a young student of theology at Oxford University. You will learn how Father Popovich's experiences at Oxford helped formulate his faith. Father Popovich died in 1975, but his legacy continues. The Conception of Eternal Life can strengthen the faith of all who believe in God.
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After the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 and the destruction of Serbian nationhood, 500 years of Ottoman slavery ensued in the Balkans with the inevitable decline of the Serbian Orthodox faith and music. During this Turkish occupation, Serbs were forbidden to own property, to learn to read and write and were even denied the use of musical instruments. The Serbs however were tenacious and maintained an oral history through folk poems and songs. The only defenders of Serbian art and culture in these difficult centuries were the peasants who played the Gusle, a one-stringed instrument. As their punishment for playing a musical instrument many of these musicians were blinded by their oppressors result...
The corpus coranicum eludes familiar categories and resists strict labels. No doubt the threads woven into the fabric are exceptionally textured, varied, and complex. Accordingly, the introductory chapter of this book demonstrates the application of form criticism to the text. Chapter two then presents a form-critical study of the prayer genre. It identifies three productive formulae and addresses distinct social settings and forms associated with them. The third chapter begins by defining the liturgy genre vis-à-vis prayer in the Qurʾān. Drawing a line between the hymn and litany forms, this chapter treats each in turn. Chapter four considers the genre classified as wisdom literature. It...
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