wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Clothes Make the Man: Female Cross Dressing in Medieval Europe
ISBN: 9780815337713 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this book, the author explores medieval society's fascination with the cross-dressed woman, examining a wide variety of religious, literary, and historical sources that recordedinterpretations of sartorial attempts to overcome gender hierarchy and also illustrate, mainly through the device of inversion, a remarkabley sustained desire to examine an reexamine the nature of social gender identities. Included in the study are investigations of the symbolism underlying the lives of popular transvestite saints; the confluence of hagiography and biography in the historical case of Hildegund von...
In this book, the author explores medieval society's fascination with the cross-dressed woman, examining a wide variety of religious, literary, and hi...
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191,87 zł |
The Melody of Theology: A Philosophical Dictionary
ISBN: 9781625646453 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Endorsements:
""This is the ultimate bedside book. Replete with sinuous, compact discussions of first and last things--sin, faith, grace, and John Henry Newman--it reflects Jaroslav Pelikans lifelong commitment to what he calls the great new fact of Christianity . . . This book works like a tuning fork for the mind. With it, the harmony of Pelikans thought and life has itself become part of the great Christian tradition."" --Christian Science Monitor ""This is a rewarding and exciting book from beginning to end. It shows the reflection of a master of his work, where the work continually... Endorsements:
""This is the ultimate bedside book. Replete with sinuous, compact discussions of first and last things--sin, faith, grace, and John... |
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156,11 zł |
Historical Theology: Continuity and Change in Christian Doctrine
ISBN: 9781625646477 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Description:
Change is a universal phenomenon that commands the attention of the historian. For Christian theology, change raises special difficulties. How are we to reconcile the notion of the revelation of an unchanging God, who is abiding truth, with the notion of the pervading mutability of all human affairs? This problem, which is as old as religion, is intensified by the Christian belief in the fullness and finality of the revelation made through Jesus Christ. Professor Pelikan begins his study of historical theology with this basic problem and traces the origins of the difficulties... Description:
Change is a universal phenomenon that commands the attention of the historian. For Christian theology, change raises special difficul... |
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138,77 zł |
The Excellent Empire: The Fall of Rome and the Triumph of the Church
ISBN: 9781625646460 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 133 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Description:
This remarkable account by an award-winning historian details the responses to the fall of Rome by the church fathers, who set the pattern for interpreting this momentous event for all succeeding centuries. ""To speak about the decline and fall of the Roman empire as the social triumph of the ancient church is to look at the events associated with that memorable revolution . . . through the eyes of the victors,"" writes the author. ""The thoroughness of the victors has often seen to it that there remains no other way for us to view those events. Not only are we--for this period... Description:
This remarkable account by an award-winning historian details the responses to the fall of Rome by the church fathers, who set the pa... |
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95,40 zł |
The Reformation of the Bible/The Bible of the Reformation
ISBN: 9780300066678 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. It is equally true that the Reformation was inspired and defined by the Bible and that the Bible was reshaped by the intellectual, political, and cultural forces of the Reformation. In this book, a distinguished scholar--whose contributions to the field of religious studies have won him wide renown--explores this relationship, examining both the role of the Bible in the Reformation and the effect of the Reformation on the text of the Bible, Biblical studies, preaching and exegesis, and European culture in general.
Jaroslav Pelikan begins by discussing the philological foundations of the... It is equally true that the Reformation was inspired and defined by the Bible and that the Bible was reshaped by the intellectual, political, and cult...
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388,78 zł |
English in Print from Caxton to Shakespeare to Milton
ISBN: 9780252075537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. English in Print from Caxton to Shakespeare to Milton examines the history of early English books, exploring the concept of putting the English language into print with close study of the texts, the formats, the audiences, and the functions of English books. Lavishly illustrated with more than 130 full-color images of stunning rare books, this volume investigates a full range of issues regarding the dissemination of English language and culture through printed works, including the standardization of typography, grammar, and spelling; the appearance of popular literature; and the...
English in Print from Caxton to Shakespeare to Milton examines the history of early English books, exploring the concept of putting the Engl...
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160,80 zł |