wyszukanych pozycji: 36
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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48,03 zł |
Muhammad: Biography of the Prophet
ISBN: 9781842126080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 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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52,76 zł |
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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78,96 zł |
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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47,49 zł |
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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70,48 zł |
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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50,76 zł |
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
ISBN: 9781847921581 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Drawing on a wide range of material, from the spiritualities of world religions to the findings of contemporary neuroscience, Karen Armstrong argues that compassion is hardwired into our brains, yet is constantly pushed back by our more primitive instincts for selfishness and survival.
Drawing on a wide range of material, from the spiritualities of world religions to the findings of contemporary neuroscience, Karen Armstrong argues t...
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79,17 zł |
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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65,99 zł |
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
ISBN: 9780307742889 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 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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79,00 zł |
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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79,00 zł |
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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66,49 zł |
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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55,83 zł |
The Lost Art of Scripture
ISBN: 9781784705329 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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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65,99 zł |
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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68,61 zł |
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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50,76 zł |
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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62,16 zł |
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 |
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. 30 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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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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65,99 zł |
A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
ISBN: 9780345384560 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD In this stunningly intelligent book, Karen Armstrong, one of Britain's foremost commentators on religious affairs, traces the history of how men and women have perceived and experienced God, from the time of Abraham to the present. From classical philsophy and medieval mysticism to the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the modern age of skepticism, Karen Armstrong performs the near miracle of distilling the intellectual history of... "An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers."
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91,48 zł |