wyszukanych pozycji: 7
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Queen of the Chess Cult and Other Stories
ISBN: 9781500733278 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This collection of short stories focuses on the game of chess as a symbol of an incomprehensible world, a means of communication beyond language, an unreachable ideal, a trap, a disease, a salvation. The stories in this baker's dozen are literary, hallucinatory, and mystifying, resisting easy conclusions or explanations. Lovers of writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jorge Luis Borges may find something of interest in this collection.
This collection of short stories focuses on the game of chess as a symbol of an incomprehensible world, a means of communication beyond language, an u...
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40,43 |
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Failed World Order
ISBN: 9781530211852 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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26,30 |
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War in Heaven/Heaven on Earth: Theories of the Apocalyptic
ISBN: 9781904768876 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The apocalypse is a motif that lies behind many religious beliefs and practices. 'War in Heaven/Heaven on Earth' theorizes the apocalyptic as it has arisen in a variety of religious traditions, from Native American religion to Islam in Northern Nigeria and new terrorist movements. Millennial theory and history are explored from the perspective of social psychology, sociology and post-modern philosophy. The volume is unique in applying an analysis of millennial themes to a comparative study of religion.
The apocalypse is a motif that lies behind many religious beliefs and practices. 'War in Heaven/Heaven on Earth' theorizes the apocalyptic as it has a...
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636,71 |
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Arguing the Apocalypse: A Theory of Millennial Rhetoric
ISBN: 9780195121254 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Apocalyptic expectations of Armageddon and a New Age have been a fixture of the American cultural landscape for centuries. With the approach of the year 2000, such millennial visions seem once again to be increasing in popularity. Stephen O'Leary sheds new light on the age-old phenomenon of the End of the Age by proposing a rhetorical explanation for the appeal of millennialism. Using examples of apocalyptic argument from ancient to modern times, O'Leary identifies the recurring patterns in apocalyptic texts and movements and shows how and why the Christian Apocalypse has been used to support...
Apocalyptic expectations of Armageddon and a New Age have been a fixture of the American cultural landscape for centuries. With the approach of the ye...
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396,06 |
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Murder at the Library Conference
ISBN: 9781494320331 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Washington DC is the setting of the Continental Library Association Annual Conference and Ally Derringer is anticipating a magnificent event to cap off her year as president. Many new members have recently joined the association, although it is unclear why. After a rousing keynote speech by a major political figure, the festive atmosphere is interrupted as an unsolved murder threatens to wreck the conference. Strangely, few conventioneers seem sad that the librarian is dead. Is the killer an angry ex-flame? Someone hiding criminal behavior? A political opponent? Or was it an act of terrorism...
Washington DC is the setting of the Continental Library Association Annual Conference and Ally Derringer is anticipating a magnificent event to cap of...
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46,49 |
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War in Heaven/Heaven on Earth: Theories of the Apocalyptic
ISBN: 9781904768883 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The apocalypse is a motif that lies behind many religious beliefs and practices. 'War in Heaven/Heaven on Earth' theorizes the apocalyptic as it has arisen in a variety of religious traditions, from Native American religion to Islam in Northern Nigeria and new terrorist movements. Millennial theory and history are explored from the perspective of social psychology, sociology and post-modern philosophy. The volume is unique in applying an analysis of millennial themes to a comparative study of religion.
The apocalypse is a motif that lies behind many religious beliefs and practices. 'War in Heaven/Heaven on Earth' theorizes the apocalyptic as it has a...
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195,86 |
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Conventional and Ultimate Truth: A Key for Fundamental Theology
ISBN: 9780268037406 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In "Conventional and Ultimate Truth," Joseph Stephen O'Leary completes his trilogy on contemporary fundamental theology, which began with the volumes "Questioning Back "(1985) and "Religious Pluralism and Christian Truth "(1996). Common to all three works are dialogues with European philosophers Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, G. W. F. Hegel, and the Madhyamaka school of Buddhism. In the current volume, O Leary deals with the nature of theological rationality today, recommending the practice of reflective judgment, as opposed to systematic determinative judgment.
Inspired by the... In "Conventional and Ultimate Truth," Joseph Stephen O'Leary completes his trilogy on contemporary fundamental theology, which began with the volumes ...
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156,72 |