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The New Stations of the Cross: The Way of the Cross According to Scripture
ISBN: 9780385508155 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of today s most popular and respected Catholic writers presents the first guide to the new Stations of the Cross, reflecting the revisions made by Pope John Paul II.
A traditional devotion for Catholics for more than four hundred years, the Stations of the Cross commemorates the route Jesus traveled from being sentenced to death, crucified, and then buried in a borrowed tomb on the outskirts of Jerusalem. In the past, the devotion included a number of stations based on popular stories of piety and devotion, but not mentioned in the Gospels. Over the past eight years, however, Pope... One of today s most popular and respected Catholic writers presents the first guide to the new Stations of the Cross, reflecting the revisions made by...
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Spanish Inquisition
ISBN: 9780393002553 / Angielski / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The terrible history of the Inquisition is told here by the distinguished scholar Cecil Roth, who was Reader in Jewish Studies at Oxford University.
The terrible history of the Inquisition is told here by the distinguished scholar Cecil Roth, who was Reader in Jewish Studies at Oxford University.
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Sage, Saint and Sophist: Holy Men and Their Associates in the Early Roman Empire
ISBN: 9780415023726 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Holy men, both pagan and Christian are persistent and puzzling figures in the religious life of the Roman Empire. In this first historical study of Holy Men for more than half a century, Dr Anderson applies techniques of literary analysis to throw light on the lifestyles and behaviour of these figures, from Jesus Christ to Peregrinus Proteus to dio Chrysostom, stressing their individuality as much as their common features.
Sage, Saint and Sophist examines the variety of services, real or imaginary, that these colouful figures had to offer and how they maintained their credibility... Holy men, both pagan and Christian are persistent and puzzling figures in the religious life of the Roman Empire. In this first historical study of Ho...
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The Religions of Oceania
ISBN: 9780415060196 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More than a quarter of the world's religions are to be found in the regions of Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, together called Oceania. The Religions of Oceania is the first book to bring together up-to-date information on the great and changing variety of traditional religions in the Pacific zone. The book also deals with indigenous Christianity and its wide influence across the region, and includes new religious movements generated by the responses of indigenous peoples to colonists and missionaries, the best known of these being the Cargo Cults' of Melanesia.
... More than a quarter of the world's religions are to be found in the regions of Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, together called Oceania...
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190,96 |
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The Growth of Religious Diversity - Vol 1: Britain from 1945 Volume 1: Traditions
ISBN: 9780415083263 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is part of a two-volume set which considers the role and significance of religion in post-war Britian, focusing, in particular, upon the closely inter-related themes of the decline of a specifically Christian society and the emergence of a culturally and religiously plural society. Three core questions are examined in depth: to what extent and in what ways has religion remained a significant factor in British culture and society in the period since 1945?, what role does religion play in interpreting and understanding the development of a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic society in...
This book is part of a two-volume set which considers the role and significance of religion in post-war Britian, focusing, in particular, upon the clo...
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The Growth of Religious Diversity - Vol 2: Britain from 1945 Volume 2: Controversies
ISBN: 9780415083287 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is part of a two-volume set which considers the role and significance of religion in post-war Britain, focusing, in particular, upon the closely inter-related themes of the decline of a specifically Christian society and the emergence of a culturally and religiously plural society. Three core questions are examined in depth: to what extent and in what ways has religion remained a significant factor in British culture and society in the period since 1945?, what role does religion play in interpreting and understanding the development of a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic society in...
This book is part of a two-volume set which considers the role and significance of religion in post-war Britain, focusing, in particular, upon the clo...
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Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries
ISBN: 9780415107488 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume focuses on religion during the period of Roman imperial rule and its significance in women's lives. It discusses the variety of religious expression, from pagan cults and classical mythology to ancient Judaism and early Christianity, and the wide array of religious functions fulfilled by women. The author analyzes examples from each context, creating an image of this crucial period which laid the foundations of western civilization. The study considers the concepts of religion and of women in the light of post-modern critique.
This volume focuses on religion during the period of Roman imperial rule and its significance in women's lives. It discusses the variety of religious ...
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Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries
ISBN: 9780415107495 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume focuses on religion during the period of Roman imperial rule and its significance in women's lives. It discusses the variety of religious expression, from pagan cults and classical mythology to ancient Judaism and early Christianity, and the wide array of religious functions fulfilled by women. The author analyzes examples from each context, creating an image of this crucial period which laid the foundations of western civilization. The study considers the concepts of religion and of women in the light of post-modern critique.
This volume focuses on religion during the period of Roman imperial rule and its significance in women's lives. It discusses the variety of religious ...
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The Suffering Self: Pain and Narrative Representation in the Early Christian Era
ISBN: 9780415113632 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Suffering Self is a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study of the spread of Christianity across the Roman empire. Judith Perkins shows how Christian narrative representation in the early empire worked to create a new kind of human self-understanding - the perception of the self as sufferer. Drawing on feminist and social theory, she addresses the question of why forms of suffering like martyrdom and self-mutilation were so important to early Christians.
This study crosses the boundaries between ancient history and the study of early Christianity, seeing Christian... The Suffering Self is a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study of the spread of Christianity across the Roman empire. Judith Perkins shows ...
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Origen
ISBN: 9780415118354 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Origen was the most influential Christian theologian before Augustine, the founder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian tradition, and a figure with immense influence on the development of Christian spirituality.
This volume presents a comprehensive and accessible insight into Origen's life and writings. An introduction analyzes the principal influences that formed him as a Christian and as a thinker, his emergence as a mature theologian at Alexandria, his work in Caesarea and his controversial legacy. Fresh translations of a representative selection of Origen's... Origen was the most influential Christian theologian before Augustine, the founder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian traditio...
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Origen
ISBN: 9780415118361 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Origen was the most influential Christian theologian before Augustine, the founder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian tradition, and a figure with immense influence on the development of Christian spirituality.
This volume presents a comprehensive and accessible insight into Origen's life and writings. An introduction analyzes the principal influences that formed him as a Christian and as a thinker, his emergence as a mature theologian at Alexandria, his work in Caesarea and his controversial legacy. Fresh translations of a representative selection of Origen's... Origen was the most influential Christian theologian before Augustine, the founder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian traditio...
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Maximus the Confessor
ISBN: 9780415118453 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is part of a series making available translations of key selected texts by the major early church Fathers, for the use of all students of the early church. Each volume contains a long introduction setting the subject in his historical and philosphical context, as well as a brief introduction and notes on the translations. St Maximus the Confessor, the greatest of Byzantine theologians, lived through the most catastrophic period the Byzantine Empire was to experience before the Crusades. This book introduces the reader to the times and upheavals during which Maximus lived. It...
This volume is part of a series making available translations of key selected texts by the major early church Fathers, for the use of all students of ...
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759,15 |
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Maximus the Confessor
ISBN: 9780415118460 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is part of a series making available translations of key selected texts by the major early church Fathers, for the use of all students of the early church. Each volume contains a long introduction setting the subject in his historical and philosphical context, as well as a brief introduction and notes on the translations. St Maximus the Confessor, the greatest of Byzantine theologians, lived through the most catastrophic period the Byzantine Empire was to experience before the Crusades. This book introduces the reader to the times and upheavals during which Maximus lived. It...
This volume is part of a series making available translations of key selected texts by the major early church Fathers, for the use of all students of ...
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205,65 |
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European Paganism: The Realities of Cult from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
ISBN: 9780415120340 / Angielski / Twarda / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text outlines and analyzes the diverse aspects of pagan ritual and culture from human sacrifice and pilgrimage to lunar festivals and tree worship. It includes: a timeline chart to help students with chronology; several large-scale maps to help students with geography; many quotations from sources ancient and modern, frequently translated from the original language, to make the sources accessible to students; a guide to further reading provides a comprehensive overview of ancient pagan religions throughout the European continent.
This text outlines and analyzes the diverse aspects of pagan ritual and culture from human sacrifice and pilgrimage to lunar festivals and tree worshi...
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759,15 |
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The Suffering Self: Pain and Narrative Representation in the Early Christian Era
ISBN: 9780415127066 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Suffering Self is a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study of the spread of Christianity across the Roman empire. Judith Perkins shows how Christian narrative representation in the early empire worked to create a new kind of human self-understanding - the perception of the self as sufferer. Drawing on feminist and social theory, she addresses the question of why forms of suffering like martyrdom and self-mutilation were so important to early Christians.
This study crosses the boundaries between ancient history and the study of early Christianity, seeing Christian... The Suffering Self is a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study of the spread of Christianity across the Roman empire. Judith Perkins shows ...
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205,65 |
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The Israelites: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780415180955 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Antony Kamm presents an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the people of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah from earliest times up to AD 135. Charting the history of the Israelites, Kamm discusses their origins, land, society, culture and religion, as well as their relationship to the Roman world and their legacy. An appendix provides: * a chronology Antony Kamm presents an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the people of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah from earliest times up to AD 135.<... |
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710,17 |
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Augustine and His Critics
ISBN: 9780415200639 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430) is arguably the most controversial Christian thinker in history. His positions on philosophical and theological concerns have been the subjects of intense scrutiny and criticism from his lifetime to the present.
Augustine and his Critics gathers twelve specialists' responses to modern criticisms of his thought, covering: personal and religious freedom; the self and God; sexuality, gender and the body; spirituality; asceticism; cultural studies; and politics. Stimulating and insightful, the collection offers forceful arguments for neglected... Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430) is arguably the most controversial Christian thinker in history. His positions on philosophical and theological concer...
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Orientalism and Religion: Post-Colonial Theory, India and the Mystic East
ISBN: 9780415202572 / Angielski / Twarda / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Orientalism and Religion offers us a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary post-colonial theory for the study of religion. Richard King examines the way in which notions such as mysticism, religion, Hinduism and Buddhism are taken for granted. He shows us how religion needs to be reinterpreted along the lines of cultural studies. Drawing on a variety of post-structuralist and post-colonial thinkers, such as Foucault, Gadamer, Said, and Spivak, King provides us with a challenging series of reflections on the nature of Religious Studies and Indology.
Orientalism and Religion offers us a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary post-colonial theory for the study of religion. Ri...
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759,15 |
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Orientalism and Religion: Post-Colonial Theory, India and the Mystic East
ISBN: 9780415202589 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Orientalism and Religion offers us a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary post-colonial theory for the study of religion. Richard King examines the way in which notions such as mysticism, religion, Hinduism and Buddhism are taken for granted. He shows us how religion needs to be reinterpreted along the lines of cultural studies. Drawing on a variety of post-structuralist and post-colonial thinkers, such as Foucault, Gadamer, Said, and Spivak, King provides us with a challenging series of reflections on the nature of Religious Studies and Indology.
Orientalism and Religion offers us a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary post-colonial theory for the study of religion. Ri...
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205,65 |
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Comparative History of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian Religions : Vol I - History of the Egyptian Religion
ISBN: 9780415244619 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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1077,50 |
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