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Spirituality in the Land of the Noble: How Iran Shaped the World's Religions
ISBN: 9781851683369 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although today associated exclusively with Islam, Iran has in fact played an unparalleled role within all the world religions, injecting Iranian ideas into the Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, and Manichaean traditions of the merchants who passed along the Silk Roads. This concise and readable introduction explores the manner in which Persian culture has interacted with and transformed each world faith, from the migration of the Israelites to Iran thousands of years ago, to the influence of Iranian notions on Mahayana Buddhism and Christian thought. The author also considers Iran's role in...
Although today associated exclusively with Islam, Iran has in fact played an unparalleled role within all the world religions, injecting Iranian ideas...
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108,27 |
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Islam: Faith and History
ISBN: 9781851683505 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Combining the scholarly with the personal, this innovative introduction by an internationally renowned Islamicist gives the reader an insight into the history, traditions and beliefs of Islam. explores all aspects of Islam; from the Qur'an and Islamic law to the epic poetry of the Sufis; from the spread of Islam worldwide to reform movements in the US and Europe.
Combining the scholarly with the personal, this innovative introduction by an internationally renowned Islamicist gives the reader an insight into the...
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66,97 |
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The Liturgy of the Late Anglo-Saxon Church
ISBN: 9781870252218 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume offer the fruits of new research into the liturgical rituals of later Anglo-Saxon England. They include studies of individual rites, the production, adaptation and transmission of texts, vernacular gospel translations, liturgical drama and the influence of the liturgy on medical remedies, poetry and architecture; also covered are the tenth-century Benedictine Reforms and the growth of pastoral care. It will be valuable for anyone interested in later Anglo-Saxon England as well as medieval liturgy and church history.
The essays in this volume offer the fruits of new research into the liturgical rituals of later Anglo-Saxon England. They include studies of individua...
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465,29 |
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The Day-To-Day Life of the Desert Fathers in Fourth-Century Egypt
ISBN: 9781879007345 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Founders of Christian eremitism, these heroes of asceticism and virtue earned a reputation as much by their lifestyle as by their writings which have been translated into all languages and distributed throughout the Christian world.
Founders of Christian eremitism, these heroes of asceticism and virtue earned a reputation as much by their lifestyle as by their writings which have ...
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97,90 |
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Spiritual Manifestos: Young Spiritual Leaders of Many Faiths Share Their Visions for Renewed Religious Life in America
ISBN: 9781893361096 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Young spiritual leaders are beginning to remove the reasons why "Spiritual sagacity does not belong only to seniors like Mother Teresa and Dorothy Day, Martin Buber and Abraham Joshua Heschel, the veteran Desmond Tutu and the aging Dalai Lama. Let's hear from a generation that is marked by new experiences." By transforming our faith traditions in light of today's increasing diversity, the search for community, the Internet and our changing lifestyles, these young, visionary... Young spiritual leaders are beginning to remove the reasons why "Spiritual saga... |
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The Apostles Doctrine
ISBN: 9781894508483 / Angielski / Miękka / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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161,63 |
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A History of the County of Cornwall: II: Religious History to 1560
ISBN: 9781904356127 / Angielski / Twarda / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Religious history is the focus of this volume, which covers the development of Christianity in the county from its Romano-British origins up to the Elizabethan Church Settlement of 1559; it provides the first ever in-depth study of the county's religious history during the Middle Ages and the Reformation. The story it tells is a highly distinctive one, full of interest, covering the uniquely numerous local saints and founders, their legends and the parish churches, chapels, holy wells and religious sites associated with them, as well as the larger religious communities. The Cornish clergy are...
Religious history is the focus of this volume, which covers the development of Christianity in the county from its Romano-British origins up to the El...
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Gruesome Deaths and Celibate Lives: Christian Martyrs and Ascetics
ISBN: 9781904675136 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the ranks of the early Christian faithful emerged colourful personalities who seized the imagination and held the attention of the rest of their community. This they achieved either by their readiness in times of persecution to die for their faith as martyrs or by their sometimes extravagant efforts to subsume their physical desires and needs to spiritual ends as ascetics. Their actions not only inspired contemporaries; they played a key role in the development of the Christian faith and the organisation of the Church. Intriguing in themselves because of their often extreme behaviour,...
From the ranks of the early Christian faithful emerged colourful personalities who seized the imagination and held the attention of the rest of their ...
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144,30 |
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Gender and Apocalyptic Desire
ISBN: 9781904768852 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores both the collusion and the collisions between feminist and apocalyptic thought.
Explores both the collusion and the collisions between feminist and apocalyptic thought.
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710,17 |
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The Mystery of the Historical Jesus
ISBN: 9781906342012 / Angielski / Miękka / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jesus remains one of the most studied characters in history. In the two millennia since his birth, countless writers have published numerous books and articles on every aspect of his life, personality, teachings, and environment. Depending on the backgrounds, goals, and trainings of their respective authors, these works relied on the New Testament, other Christian sources, Jewish writings, or other historical sources, or on combinations of these writings. The Qur'an is rarely mentioned, let alone seriously considered, by the mainly Christian authors of these studies. This explicit or implicit...
Jesus remains one of the most studied characters in history. In the two millennia since his birth, countless writers have published numerous books and...
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153,70 |
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6th and 7th Books of Moses
ISBN: 9781930097742 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses is an 18th- or 19th-century magical text allegedly written by Moses, and passed down as hidden (or lost) books of the Christian Old Testament it purports to instruct the reader in the spells used to create the miracles portrayed in the Bible. The work was printed with annexes of reputed Talmudic magic names, words and incantation, many taken from Christian biblical passages. It shows diagrams of "Seals" magical drawings accompanied by incantations intended to perform various tasks, from controlling weather or people to contacting the... The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses is an 18th- or 19th-century magical text allegedly written by Moses, and passed down as hidde... |
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61,66 |
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George Gifford & the Reformati
ISBN: 9781931112406 / Angielski / Twarda / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This careful study explores puritan attitudes through the life and works of Elizabethan minister George Gifford. He was on the frontlines of religious controversies in a time when the English church was being shaped by Protestant evangelicals who felt compelled to carry their understanding of 'true religion' to all corners of England. Known among themselves as 'the godly' or 'gospellers' and to their enemies as 'puritans' or 'precisionists', these ministers believed the Church of England was only partially reformed. Gifford tried to convert the many parishioners who he believed to be...
This careful study explores puritan attitudes through the life and works of Elizabethan minister George Gifford. He was on the frontlines of religious...
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190,96 |
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George Gifford and the Reformation of the Common Sort: Puritan Priorities in Elizabethan Religious Life
ISBN: 9781931112413 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This careful study explores puritan attitudes through the life and works of Elizabethan minister George Gifford. He was on the frontlines of religious controversies in a time when the English church was being shaped by Protestant evangelicals who felt compelled to carry their understanding of 'true religion' to all corners of England. Known among themselves as 'the godly' or 'gospellers' and to their enemies as 'puritans' or 'precisionists', these ministers believed the Church of England was only partially reformed. Gifford tried to convert the many parishioners who he believed to be...
This careful study explores puritan attitudes through the life and works of Elizabethan minister George Gifford. He was on the frontlines of religious...
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151,78 |
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Luther's Lectures on Genesis and the Formation of Evangelical Identity
ISBN: 9781931112758 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Martin Luther's lectures on Genesis, delivered at the University of Wittenberg during the last decade of his life and later published by his students, allow modern readers to view a sixteenth-century professor engaging his students with the text of scripture and using that text to form them spiritually. The lectures show how Luther attempted to form in his students a new identity, an Evangelical identity, enabling them to make sense of the rapidly changing society and church in which they were being prepared to serve, primarily as pastors in the developing territorial churches of the...
Martin Luther's lectures on Genesis, delivered at the University of Wittenberg during the last decade of his life and later published by his students,...
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The Infancy of Religion
ISBN: 9781931541619 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can religion legitimately be called an instinct of human nature? Is it as much of the essence of man as, for example, the gift of speech? The author attempts to answer these questions.
Can religion legitimately be called an instinct of human nature? Is it as much of the essence of man as, for example, the gift of speech? The author a...
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105,00 |
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The Old Syriac Gospels, Studies and Comparative Translations (Vol 1)
ISBN: 9781931956178 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a comparative translation of the two earliest versions of the Syriac (or Aramaic) Gospels, with some interesting differences between the Aramaic and traditional Greek texts. This work is useful for theologians, interested laymen and students of Syriac.
This is a comparative translation of the two earliest versions of the Syriac (or Aramaic) Gospels, with some interesting differences between the Arama...
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759,15 |
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Wisdom at Qumran: A Form-Critical Analysis of the Admonitions in 4qinstruction
ISBN: 9781931956369 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study identifies the wisdom forms found in the admonition sections of the Dead Sea Scroll. Jeffries groups the admonitions by topic, and considers their structure, form, setting, and intention in light of biblical wisdom and the sectarian texts.
This study identifies the wisdom forms found in the admonition sections of the Dead Sea Scroll. Jeffries groups the admonitions by topic, and consider...
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540,39 |
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After Life in Roman Paganism
ISBN: 9781931956376 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through the course of eight lectures, Franz Cumont gives a thorough investigation of after life in Roman pagan thought. He covers topics such as after life in the bomb, celestial immortality, untimely death, the journey to the beyond, and more.
Through the course of eight lectures, Franz Cumont gives a thorough investigation of after life in Roman pagan thought. He covers topics such as after...
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347,74 |
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Comparative Edition of the Syriac Gospels: Aligning the Old Syriac (Sinaiticus, Curetonianus), Peshitta and Harklean Versions (Volume 1, Matthew)
ISBN: 9781931956406 / Angielski / Miękka / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new edition provides the text of the Old Syriac, Peshitta, and Harklean texts of the Syriac New Testament, drawn from the best sources and carefully aligned so that their interrelationship can immediately be seen and studied.
This new edition provides the text of the Old Syriac, Peshitta, and Harklean texts of the Syriac New Testament, drawn from the best sources and carefu...
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632,11 |
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Comparative Edition of the Syriac Gospels: Aligning the Old Syriac (Sinaiticus, Curetonianus), Peshitta and Harklean Versions (Volume 2, Mark)
ISBN: 9781931956413 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new edition provides the text of the Old Syriac, Peshitta and Harklean texts of the Syriac New Testament, drawn from the best sources and carefully aligned so that their inter-relationship can immediately be seen and studies.
This new edition provides the text of the Old Syriac, Peshitta and Harklean texts of the Syriac New Testament, drawn from the best sources and careful...
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632,11 |