wyszukanych pozycji: 32
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Broken For You
ISBN: 9781519411174 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Even before her birth, Karen Armstrong faced crippling adversities-one that left her on the edge of death throughout her entire upbringing. Unwanted by a young prostitute mother, inadequately raised and abused at the hands of an relentless aunt, who's schizophrenia and multiple personalities left Karen lucky to be alive. Karen chronicles a life of molestation, rape, abuse, and moving in and out of girl shelters and foster homes. As a high school drop-out, homelessness, low self-esteem, and continued promiscuity plagued her young adult years. BROKEN FOR YOU is a raw look at one woman's journey...
Even before her birth, Karen Armstrong faced crippling adversities-one that left her on the edge of death throughout her entire upbringing. Unwanted b...
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48,14 zł |
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Islam
ISBN: 9781842125830 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. One of the world's foremost commentators on religious affairs on the history (and destiny) of the world's most misunderstood religion.
One of the world's foremost commentators on religious affairs on the history (and destiny) of the world's most misunderstood religion.
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51,23 zł |
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Buddha
ISBN: 9780143034360 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. With such bestsellers as A History of God and Islam, Karen Armstrong has consistently delivered "penetrating, readable, and prescient" (The New York Times) works that have lucidly engaged a wide range of religions and religious issues. In Buddha she turns to a figure whose thought is still reverberating throughout the world 2,500 years after his death.
Many know the Buddha only from seeing countless serene, iconic images. But what of the man himself and the world he lived in? What did he actually do in his roughly eighty years on earth that spawned one of the greatest... With such bestsellers as A History of God and Islam, Karen Armstrong has consistently delivered "penetrating, readable, and prescient" (The ...
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75,03 zł |
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St Paul: The Misunderstood Apostle
ISBN: 9781782398158 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A fascinating account of the life of St Paul, by the world's foremost religious historian.'Karen Armstrong is a genius' A. N. Wilson
A fascinating account of the life of St Paul, by the world's foremost religious historian.'Karen Armstrong is a genius' A. N. Wilson
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54,23 zł |
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The Great Transformation: The World in the Time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah
ISBN: 9781843540564 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. This work examines this phenomenal period and the connections between a disparate group of philosophers, mystics and theologians.
The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundame...
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76,86 zł |
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A History of God
ISBN: 9780099273677 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The idea of a single divine being - God, Yahweh, Allah - has existed for over 4,000 years. But the history of God is also the history of human struggle. This account of the evolution of belief examines Western society's unerring fidelity to this idea of One God and the many conflicting convictions it engenders.
The idea of a single divine being - God, Yahweh, Allah - has existed for over 4,000 years. But the history of God is also the history of human struggl...
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66,60 zł |
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Through the Narrow Gate: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery
ISBN: 9780312340957 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong's intimate memoir of life inside a Catholic convent. With refreshing honesty and clarity, the book takes readers on a revelatory adventure that begins with Armstrong's decision in the course of her spiritual training offers a fascinating view into a shrouded religious life, and a vivid, moving account of the spiritual coming age of one of our most loved and respected interpreters of religious. Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong's intimate memoir of life inside a Catholic convent. With refreshing honesty and clarity, the boo... |
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79,16 zł |
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Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
ISBN: 9780099564980 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Is humanity on the brink of destroying itself? This book intends to disprove the link between religion and bloodshed. It deals with ancient religious ideas and movements that have promoted peace and reconciliation across millennia of civilization.
Is humanity on the brink of destroying itself? This book intends to disprove the link between religion and bloodshed. It deals with ancient religious ...
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70,52 zł |
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Lives: Buddha
ISBN: 9780753813409 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Buddhism is a faith that commands over 100 million followers throughout the world. Buddha revolutionized the religious ideas of his time to advocate a new way of living. All that is known about him comes from a collection of ancient writings that fuse history, biography and myth. Karen Armstrong distils from these the key events of Buddha's life: his birth as Siddhartha Gotama in the 5th century BC and his abandonment of his wife and son; his attainment of enlightenment under the Banyan tree; his political influence; the divisions among his followers; and his serene death. Armstrong also...
Buddhism is a faith that commands over 100 million followers throughout the world. Buddha revolutionized the religious ideas of his time to advocate a...
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54,23 zł |
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Visions of God: Four Medieval Mystics and Their Writings
ISBN: 9780553351996 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The mystics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were, writes Karen Armstrong, like "the astronauts of our own day. They broke into a new religion, blazed a new trail to God and to the depths of the self, a trail far from the beaten pilgrimage paths of Chaucer and Langland." Mysticism is a spiritual mystery shared in some form by all faiths; it has a supernatural quality that extends beyond the given boundaries of religious creed and may be experienced by any lay person. The thrilling intensity of a mystical experience, as represented in this volume by the writings of four mystics of the...
The mystics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were, writes Karen Armstrong, like "the astronauts of our own day. They broke into a new religion,...
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79,20 zł |
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Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time
ISBN: 9780061155772 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Man Who Inspired the World's Fastest-Growing Religion Muhammad presents a fascinating portrait of the founder of a religion that continues to change the course of world history. Muhammad's story is more relevant than ever because it offers crucial insight into the true origins of an increasingly radicalized Islam. Countering those who dismiss Islam as fanatical and violent, Armstrong offers a clear, accessible, and balanced portrait of the central figure of one of the world's great religions. The Man Who Inspired the World's Fastest-Growing Religion Muhammad presents a fascinating portrait of the founder of a religion th... |
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66,65 zł |
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Angel Eyes: Releasing Fears and Following Your Soul Path
ISBN: 9781638148708 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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70,65 zł |
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Muhammad: Biography of the Prophet
ISBN: 9781842126080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Most people in the West know very little about the prophet Muhammad. Karen Armstrong has written a biography which gives the reader a more profound and accurate understanding of Islam and its followers.
Most people in the West know very little about the prophet Muhammad. Karen Armstrong has written a biography which gives the reader a more profound an...
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51,23 zł |
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The Bible: A Biography
ISBN: 9780802143846 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. As the single work at the heart of Christianity, the world s largest organized religion, the Bible is the spiritual guide for one out of every three people in the world. It is also the world s most widely distributed book and its best-selling, with an estimated six billion copies sold in the last two hundred years. But the Bible is a complex work with a complicated and obscure history. Its contents have changed over the centuries, it has been transformed by translation and, through interpretation, has developed manifold meanings to various religions, denominations, and sects.
In this... As the single work at the heart of Christianity, the world s largest organized religion, the Bible is the spiritual guide for one out of every three p...
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62,32 zł |
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Sacred Nature: How we can recover our bond with the natural world
ISBN: 9781529114799 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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56,35 zł |
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The Lost Art of Scripture
ISBN: 9781784705329 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'An amazingly wide-ranging book, showing that the world's religious texts can be a force for good today' John Barton, author of A History of the BibleIn our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst as an excuse to incite violence, hatred and division.
'An amazingly wide-ranging book, showing that the world's religious texts can be a force for good today' John Barton, author of A History of the Bible...
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70,52 zł |
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The Bible: The Biography
ISBN: 9781782396406 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The Bible is a groundbreaking explanation and interpretation of the single most influential text of all time, by the world's foremost religious historian. 'The best sort of popularizing: there is no sacrifice of integrity and no dumbing down.' Edward Norman, Literary Review
The Bible is a groundbreaking explanation and interpretation of the single most influential text of all time, by the world's foremost religious histor...
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66,60 zł |
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The Case for God: What religion really means
ISBN: 9780099524038 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Here Armstrong argues that historically atheism has rarely been a denial of the sacred itself but has nearly always rejected a particular conception of God. She suggests that if we draw creatively on the insights of the past, we can build a faith that speaks to the needs of our troubled polarized world.
Here Armstrong argues that historically atheism has rarely been a denial of the sacred itself but has nearly always rejected a particular conception o...
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66,60 zł |
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The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism
ISBN: 9780345391698 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In our supposedly secular age governed by reason and technology, fundamentalism has emerged as an overwhelming force in every major world religion. Why? This is the fascinating, disturbing question that bestselling author Karen Armstrong addresses in her brilliant new book The Battle for God. Writing with the broad perspective and deep understanding of human spirituality that won huge audiences for A History of God, Armstrong illuminates the spread of militant piety as a phenomenon peculiar to our moment in history.
Contrary to popular belief, fundamentalism is not a throwback to some... In our supposedly secular age governed by reason and technology, fundamentalism has emerged as an overwhelming force in every major world religion. Wh...
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91,71 zł |
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Budda. Portret człowieka przebudzonego
ISBN: 9788381435703 / Polski / twarda / 2024 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Karen Armstrong, autorka bestsellerów poświęconych historii rozmaitych religii, w Buddzie opisuje postać, której myśli po 2500 latach wciąż poruszają świat.Wielu zna Buddę tylko jako zażywnego, pogodnego mężczyznę z jego ikonicznych wizerunków. Ale kim był naprawdę i w jakim świecie przyszło mu żyć? Co zdołał osiągnąć w ciągu osiemdziesięciu lat, które zrodziły jedną z największych religii świata? Autorka odpowiada na te i wiele innych pytań we wciągającej biografii. Łącząc ze sobą historię, filozofię, kulturę i mitologię, pokazuje fascynujący...
Karen Armstrong, autorka bestsellerów poświęconych historii rozmaitych religii, w Buddzie opisuje postać, której myśli po 2500 latach wciąż po...
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49,99 zł |