Marcus Bach (1906–1995)
Auteur van Major Religions of the World
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Had You Been Born in Another Faith: The Story of Religion As It Is Lived and Loved by Those Who Follow the Path of… (1961) 37 exemplaren
Questions on the quest : search and discovery in the world within, the world around, and worlds beyond (1978) 9 exemplaren
The wonderful magic of living 7 exemplaren
Try Giving Yourself Away/The Will to Believe (Guideposts Selection, 2 titles in one vol.) (1958) 6 exemplaren
The challenge of change 3 exemplaren
Roger Williams 2 exemplaren
God and the Soviets 2 exemplaren
The quest for spiritual understanding 1 exemplaar
Shoghi Effendi: An Appreciation 1 exemplaar
He Talked With God 1 exemplaar
The Mormon 1 exemplaar
Of faith and learning; the story of the School of Religion at the State University of Iowa 1 exemplaar
Vesper dramas, 1 exemplaar
The Power of Perfect Liberty 1 exemplaar
Miracles Do Happen 1 exemplaar
Because of Christmas 1 exemplaar
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- Geboortedatum
- 1906
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1995-03-26
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Sauk City, Wisconsin, USA
- Opleiding
- University of Iowa (MA, PhD)
Mission House College - Beroepen
- philosopher
teacher
minister - Korte biografie
- Marcus Bach was born in Sauk City, Wisconsin. He trained for the ordained ministry at Mission House College and seminary in Plymouth, Wisconsin. After a pastorate in Kansas City, Missouri, Marcus Bach returned to school to pursue play writing . He received his M.A. (1937) and Ph.D. (1942) from the University of Iowa's prestigious interfaith School of Religion. There he taught about little known religious sects and also presented the course in radio.
Although he always continued to write and publish, in 1961, he resigned from the School of Religion to pursue lecturing and writing full time. He authored twenty-seven books, including Major Religions of the World, Had you Been Born in Another Faith, The Unity Way, The World of Serendipity, and The Power of Total Living. At one point in his life, Dr. Bach set out to meet the five people of his time whom he felt best exemplified the teachings of Jesus Christ in their lives. He travelled 40,000 miles in pursuit of this aim, interviewing Helen Keller, Pope Pius XII, Albert Schweitzer,Therese Neumann, and Shoghi Effendi.
Dr. Bach was founder and director of "The Fellowship for Spiritual Understanding." He has contributed to the Encyclopedia Americana, Theatre Arts, the Reader's Digest, and many other periodicals. and was director of special projects for SFF. The Rockefeller Foundation granted him a fellowship in “research and creative writing” from 1934-36
Marcus Bach is recognized as a leading authority on the world's religions and inter-cultural relations. Among his currently popular works are The World of Serendipity, The Power of Perception and the metaphysical allegory, I, Monty.
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This book is written by and presented from a strong Christian worldview with an underlying tone that disbelief is wrong.
Even as a product of its era, the chapter on Voodoo is super racist.
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- Populariteit
- #46,380
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- 3.1
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- ISBNs
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And yet there was a simple joy of experiencing Affirmative Prayer in action. That same year, I called in to Silent Unity once; I was too far removed from belief in a deity to listen with any openness to the prayer they spoke for me over the phone.
Gnosticism, Kabbalah and Tarot (and Jung's archetypes) continue to appeal to me more, as exercises in esotericism go, as they are practices of the mind and conscious efforts to attain a higher spirituality for oneself by using one own mind. To rely on one's religious viewpoint to provide wealth or health, or to do as Unity does in insisting they exist where all evidence states they are lacking, is to exceed my willingness to play along.… (meer)