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Brian’s 2024 Year in Books
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Brian Griffith
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The beauty of Chinese popular culture
As popular religion revived in modern China, it mainly grew from the grassroots up, very commonly led by local women. Their home-brewed versions of Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, or Christianity offered healing, vitality, harmonious relationships, good fortune, goddess worship, spirit mediumship, or inner peace. No doubt most of these “new religions” involved beliefs in afterlives, deities, spiri
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"Informative and fun, this history of the Oscars provides insider gossip, politics, and scandals from the creation of the Academy in 1927 to the slap in 2022. Each chapter covers approximately ten years and/or a significant evolution in Hollywood. I p"
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“We’ve probably all heard that traditional Chinese women were basically powerless, and only started to claim their rights with the
dawn of Westernization. But there’s another side of Chinese tradition, where the folklore is rich in goddesses, immortal women, and female heroes.”
― A Galaxy of Immortal Women: The Yin Side of Chinese Civilization
dawn of Westernization. But there’s another side of Chinese tradition, where the folklore is rich in goddesses, immortal women, and female heroes.”
― A Galaxy of Immortal Women: The Yin Side of Chinese Civilization
“It was St. Francis who made the first Christmas menagerie, which portrayed the animals coming to kneel before the baby Jesus. Some people think it’s the most beautiful image Christian civilization ever produced.”
― War and Peace with the Beasts: A History of Our Relationships with Animals
― War and Peace with the Beasts: A History of Our Relationships with Animals
“I remember one exchange that shook me from a daydream, as somebody said that real Christians trust the Bible more than
human reason. “Then why,” another replied, “did Jesus ask ‘Why can’t you decide for yourselves what is right?’” (Luke 12:57) The answer was, “We can’t because we’re sinners.”
― Correcting Jesus: 2000 Years of Changing the Story
human reason. “Then why,” another replied, “did Jesus ask ‘Why can’t you decide for yourselves what is right?’” (Luke 12:57) The answer was, “We can’t because we’re sinners.”
― Correcting Jesus: 2000 Years of Changing the Story
“Pets, he says, are trapped in a state from which there is no escape. “Domestication has essentially created a mentally disabled child bred to be dependent on us. My dogs will never get to the point where they’ll become wolves and live the way they’re supposed to live.” We wonder why our pets are neurotic, he says, why dogs chew themselves raw and cats shred the drapes. “It’s because they’re not supposed to be living with us. They exist in this netherworld between humans and animals.”
― Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs
― Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs
“Whenever you’re filled with attractive energies, the goodness of life will feel pulled in your direction and, in time, will draw near enough to share its blessings with you.”
― Compelling Conversations with Dolphins and Whales in the Wild: Vital Lessons for Living in Joy and Healing Our World
― Compelling Conversations with Dolphins and Whales in the Wild: Vital Lessons for Living in Joy and Healing Our World
“This pattern seemed to offer those being rebuffed an opportunity to become more conscious of what quality in them might be unattractive to the dolphins, a quality they would benefit from correcting.”
― Compelling Conversations with Dolphins and Whales in the Wild: Vital Lessons for Living in Joy and Healing Our World
― Compelling Conversations with Dolphins and Whales in the Wild: Vital Lessons for Living in Joy and Healing Our World
“We have, as human beings, a storytelling problem. We're a bit too quick to come up with explanations for things we don't really have an explanation for.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
“The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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Hi Brian! Thank you for accepting my friend request! Looking forward to reading your book reviews, checking out the books you are reading & reading your own literary accomplishments. We seem to have a very similar taste in books! Have a wonderful weekend! God bless! :)
Colton wrote: "Brian,Thanks so much for your friendship on GR!
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Colton"
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Brian,Thanks so much for your friendship on GR!
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Thank you Brian for wanting to be my Goodreads friend.I look forward to your reviews.
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