wyszukanych pozycji: 39
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In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis
ISBN: 9780345406040 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "KAREN ARMSTRONG IS A GENIUS."
--A. N. Wilson As the foundation stone of the Jewish and Christian scriptures, The Book of Genesis unfolds some of the most arresting stories of world literature--the Creation; Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; the sacrifice of Isaac. Yet the meaning of Genesis remains enigmatic. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong, author of the highly acclaimed bestseller A History of God, brilliantly illuminates the mysteries and profundities of this mystifying work. "A lyrical chronicle of one woman's wrestling with Genesis that can serve as a guide to others .... "KAREN ARMSTRONG IS A GENIUS."
--A. N. Wilson As the foundation stone of the Jewish and Christian scriptures, The Book of Genesis unfolds some ... |
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82,32 zł |
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Buddha
ISBN: 9780143034360 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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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74,09 zł |
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Krótka historia mitu
ISBN: 9788365680945 / Polski / broszurowa / 2021 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. Droga brytyjskiej religioznawczyni Karen Armstrong (ur. 1944) do światowej sławy miała szczególny, a nawet dramatyczny przebieg. Katoliczka irlandzkiego pochodzenia, w wieku 18 lat została mniszką i będąc w zakonie, podjęła studia na Uniwersytecie Oksfordzkim. Jeszcze w trakcie studiów opuściła klasztor, a w pierwszej swojej książce (1982) opisała traumatyczne przeżycia z pobytu w nim. Również kariera akademicka zakończyła się niepowodzeniem, ponieważ londyński uniwersytet odrzucił jej doktorat o Tennysonie. Wykonując zlecenie dla telewizji, odbyła w 1984 roku...
Droga brytyjskiej religioznawczyni Karen Armstrong (ur. 1944) do światowej sławy miała szczególny, a nawet dramatyczny przebieg. Katoliczka irland...
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45,12 zł |
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St Paul: The Misunderstood Apostle
ISBN: 9781782398158 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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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49,93 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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74,91 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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64,92 zł |
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Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
ISBN: 9780307742889 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this important and thought-provoking work, Karen Armstrong one of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world provides an impassioned and practical guide to helping us make the world a more compassionate place. In this important and thought-provoking work, Karen Armstrong one of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world provide... |
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78,20 zł |
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A History of Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths
ISBN: 9780006383475 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In this comprehensive work, Karen Armstrong traces the turbulent history of the city from the prehistoric era to the present day.
In this comprehensive work, Karen Armstrong traces the turbulent history of the city from the prehistoric era to the present day.
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74,91 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. 16-18 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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78,16 zł |
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The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts
ISBN: 9780525431923 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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84,95 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. 8-10 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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64,92 zł |
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Lives: Buddha
ISBN: 9780753813409 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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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49,93 zł |
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The Case for God
ISBN: 9780307389800 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Chinese spiritualities, Armstrong examines the diminished impulse toward religion... A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the ...
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77,99 zł |
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The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism
ISBN: 9780345391698 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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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90,55 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 |
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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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49,93 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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64,92 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. 16-18 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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78,20 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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54,93 zł |
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A Short History Of Myth
ISBN: 9781782118909 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A 'visionary . . . crisp and lucid exploration of myth-making' (DAVID MITCHELL) from the bestselling author of A History of God
A 'visionary . . . crisp and lucid exploration of myth-making' (DAVID MITCHELL) from the bestselling author of A History of God
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49,93 zł |