wyszukanych pozycji: 15
The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century: A Comprehensive World History
ISBN: 9780824524142 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the Catholic martyrs at Auschwitz to Oscar Romero; from Ita Ford and her companions to the recent murders of Christians in India, it is estimated that more than one million Christians died for their faith in the "century of progress" we have just experienced. In The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century, Robert Royal presents a wide-ranging history of these martyrs. The book traces the specific situation of each incident and studies the political system and the reason for confrontation. Regions and topics include the Calvary of Romania, the death of Edith Stein, Miguel Pro and the...
From the Catholic martyrs at Auschwitz to Oscar Romero; from Ita Ford and her companions to the recent murders of Christians in India, it is estimated...
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162,23 zł |
A Deeper Vision: The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9781586179908 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 619 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this wide-ranging and ambitious volume, Robert Royal, a prominent participant for many years in debates about religion and contemporary life, offers a comprehensive and balanced appraisal of the Catholic intellectual tradition in the twentieth century. The Catholic Church values both Faith and Reason, and Catholicism has given rise to extraordinary ideas and whole schools of remarkable thought, not just in the distant past but throughout the troubled decades of the twentieth century. Royal presents in a single volume a sweeping but readable account of how Catholic thinking... In this wide-ranging and ambitious volume, Robert Royal, a prominent participant for many years in debates about religion and contemporary life, of... |
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119,13 zł |
The God That Did Not Fail: How Religion Built and Sustains the West
ISBN: 9781594035173 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Secular humanists and other "progressives" have been predicting the demise of religion for the past 250 years. But they keep running into a problem: those who were supposed to be liberated by the secular gospel that God is Dead aren't buying it. Except for some parts of western Europe and in countries culturally destroyed by Communism, secularization in the radical sense has not occurred. While it has not obliterated the religious impulse, however, the drive towards "progressive irreligion" has, Robert Royal believes, encouraged ignorance of religion's central role in the development of...
Secular humanists and other "progressives" have been predicting the demise of religion for the past 250 years. But they keep running into a problem: t...
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74,93 zł |
Dante Alighieri: Divine Comedy, Divine Spirituality
ISBN: 9780824516048 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the course of exploring the human pilgrimage on Earth, Dante charts a vivid path through the canticles of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven in his legendary poems.
In the course of exploring the human pilgrimage on Earth, Dante charts a vivid path through the canticles of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven in his legend...
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115,80 zł |
Pope's Army
ISBN: 9780824520588 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. With the recent elections of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, the world witnessed the pomp and honor of the Swiss Guard, the Pope s Army. Now bestselling author Robert Royal takes us through the colorful 500-year history of the military guard that has witnessed every major Vatican event for half a millennium. Topics include the guard s origins, the Medici Popes, the sack of Rome, the Napoleonic War, the unification of Italy, the Pope s imprisonment; World Wars I and II; and the Nazi occupation of Rome. Perfect for those seeking a greater understanding of the Vatican's inner-workings,...
With the recent elections of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, the world witnessed the pomp and honor of the Swiss Guard, the Pope s Army. Now bests...
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115,80 zł |
The Catholic Thing: Five Years of a Singular Website
ISBN: 9781587311055 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Catholic thing the concrete historical reality of Catholicism as a presence in human history is the richest cultural tradition in the world. It values both faith and reason, and therefore has a great deal to say about politics and economics, war and peace, manners and morals, children and families, careers and vocations, and many other perennial and contemporary questions. In addition, it has inspired some of the greatest art, music, and architecture, while offering unparalleled human solidarity to tens of millions through hospitals, soup kitchens, schools, universities, and relief...
The Catholic thing the concrete historical reality of Catholicism as a presence in human history is the richest cultural tradition in the world. It va...
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88,54 zł |
Saderingrad Productions Ancient Wisdom Series: The Gospel of Thomas
ISBN: 9781387432509 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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99,02 zł |
The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: Legacies and Consequences of the Fight for Independence
ISBN: 9780755643615 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The 1919 Egyptian revolution was the founding event for modern Egypt’s nation state. So far there has been no text that looks at the causes, consequences and legacies of the 1919 Egyptian Revolution. This book addresses that gap, with Egyptian and non-Egyptian scholars discussing a range of topics that link back to that crucial event in Egyptian history. Across nine chapters, the book analyzes the causes and course of the 1919 revolution; its impacts on subsequent political beliefs, practices and institutions; and its continuing legacy as a means of regime legitimation. The chapters reveal...
The 1919 Egyptian revolution was the founding event for modern Egypt’s nation state. So far there has been no text that looks at the causes, consequ...
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473,12 zł |
The Man Who Rode Sharks
ISBN: 9780595003891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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79,35 zł |
Ethiopian Campaign and French Political Thought
ISBN: 9780268041304 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "While it is true that Yves R. Simon did not intend this to be a history book, "The Ethiopian Campaign and French Political Thought "is an important historical work well deserving of a close reading by students of twentieth-century European history and international relations. This book, which finds a worthy English translation after too many years, was Simon's first serious foray into the public square on the side of justice and the common good. Simon's analysis is wide-ranging, incisive, and brimming with far-sighted political acumen." --Robert Ventresca, King's University College "The... "While it is true that Yves R. Simon did not intend this to be a history book, "The Ethiopian Campaign and French Political Thought "is an importan... |
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105,08 zł |
Cooperation and Prosocial Behaviour
ISBN: 9780521399999 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this book, prominent authors from disciplines as diverse as biology, philosophy, and the social sciences have assembled to consider the nature of cooperation and prosocial behavior at levels of social complexity ranging from the individual to the international. Successive sections cover key topics such as the relations between cooperation in animals and humans, the development of prosocial propensities in humans, aspects of the situation and of personality that increase the probability that individuals will behave prosocially, the relationships among trust, cooperation, and commitment, and...
In this book, prominent authors from disciplines as diverse as biology, philosophy, and the social sciences have assembled to consider the nature of c...
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344,90 zł |
The Cambridge Companion to Rilke
ISBN: 9780521705080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Often regarded as the greatest German poet of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 1926) remains one of the most influential figures of European modernism. In this Companion, leading scholars offer informative and thought-provoking essays on his life and social context, his correspondence, all his major collections of poetry including most famously the Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus, and his seminal novel of Modernist anxiety, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. Rilke's critical contexts are explored in detail: his relationship with philosophy and the visual arts, his...
Often regarded as the greatest German poet of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 1926) remains one of the most influential figures of Eur...
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205,11 zł |
The Cambridge Companion to Rilke
ISBN: 9780521879439 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Often regarded as the greatest German poet of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 1926) remains one of the most influential figures of European modernism. In this Companion, leading scholars offer informative and thought-provoking essays on his life and social context, his correspondence, all his major collections of poetry including most famously the Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus, and his seminal novel of Modernist anxiety, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. Rilke's critical contexts are explored in detail: his relationship with philosophy and the visual arts, his...
Often regarded as the greatest German poet of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 1926) remains one of the most influential figures of Eur...
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379,82 zł |
Contemporary Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780199609260 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Contemporary fiction is a wide and diverse field, now global in dimension, with an enormous range of novels and writers that continues to grow at a fantastic speed.
In this Very Short Introduction, Robert Eaglestone provides a clear and engaging exploration of the major themes, patterns, and debates of contemporary fiction. From genre, form, and experimentalism to the legacies of modernism and postmodernism, the relationship between globalization and terrorism, and the impact of technology, Eaglestone examines how works both reflect the world in which we live and the artistic... Contemporary fiction is a wide and diverse field, now global in dimension, with an enormous range of novels and writers that continues to grow at a fa...
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46,53 zł |
Remaking Management: Between Global and Local
ISBN: 9780521861519 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Debates about the consequences for work practices posed by the rapidly growing transnationalisation of business have become increasingly central to management studies, sociology, political science, geography and other disciplines. Remaking Management brings together a range of international contributors from different sub-disciplines in management to examine current theories of change or continuity of work practices in the context of fashionable claims about unstoppable globalisation or unmoveable national business systems. It provides theoretical and empirical challenges to both of these...
Debates about the consequences for work practices posed by the rapidly growing transnationalisation of business have become increasingly central to ma...
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628,82 zł |