Electing Our Bishops: How the Catholic Church Should Choose Its Leaders
ISBN: 9780742558205 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How does one become a bishop in the Catholic Church? Electing our Bishops: How the Catholic Church Should Choose Its Leaders explains how history, politics, and religious tradition converge to produce the episcopacy. The book gives an historical overview from the earliest times when bishops were elected by the clergy and people of the diocese to the present day where they are normally appointed by the pope. In light of the current clergy sexual abuse scandal, many distinguished theologians, canonists, and church historians have called for greater popular participation in the selection of...
How does one become a bishop in the Catholic Church? Electing our Bishops: How the Catholic Church Should Choose Its Leaders explains how history, pol...
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Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition
ISBN: 9780742558236 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Intended for students as well as scholars of religion and violence, Belief and Bloodshed discusses how the relationship between religion and violence is not unique to a post-9/11 world--it has existed throughout all of recorded history and culture. The book makes clear the complex interactions between religion, violence, and politics to show that religion as always innocent or always evil is misguided, and that rationalizations by religion for political power and violence are not new. Chronologically organized, the book shows religiously motivated violence across a variety of historical...
Intended for students as well as scholars of religion and violence, Belief and Bloodshed discusses how the relationship between religion and violence ...
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549,42 zł |
Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition
ISBN: 9780742558243 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Intended for students as well as scholars of religion and violence, Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition discusses how the relationship between religion and violence is not unique to a post-9/11 world_it has existed throughout all of recorded history and culture.
Intended for students as well as scholars of religion and violence, Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition discusses ho...
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204,69 zł |
Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism
ISBN: 9780745319179 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This completely revised edition examines the events of September 11th 2001, Osama bin Laden's role and the complex working of the Al Qa'ida terror network. This is the classic book on the history of the USA's involvement with Afghanistan that explains the devastating consequences of the alliance between the US government and radical Islam. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the roots of the current international crisis. Cooley marshals a wealth of evidence - from the assassination of Sadat, the destabilisation of Algeria and Chechnya and the emergence of the Taliban, to the...
This completely revised edition examines the events of September 11th 2001, Osama bin Laden's role and the complex working of the Al Qa'ida terror net...
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134,61 zł |
Roman Religion
ISBN: 9780748615667 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book introduces students to the complex and foreign world of Roman religion and to major trends in its study. Praised in the Enlightenment for its supposed tolerance, it has been vilified for persecuting the early Christians. It professed a profound conservatism and yet received myths from Greece and Asia and gods from every corner of the Empire.Clifford Ando presents fourteen papers on central topics in the study of Roman religion and its connections with Roman literature, history and culture. Subjects treated include the nature and development of religious authority and religious...
This book introduces students to the complex and foreign world of Roman religion and to major trends in its study. Praised in the Enlightenment for it...
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235,03 zł |
Julian the Apostate
ISBN: 9780748618873 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study of the last pagan Roman emperor provides remarkable insight into the man and his times.
The figure of Julian demands the attention of historians. As the last pagan Roman Emperor, he provides a focus for studying the religious transformations that were taking place in the empire in the fourth century. Further, his secular policies and concerns concentrate attention on other transformations--social and political--within the period. Notably, Julian elicited sharply divided opinion from his contemporaries, which is largely polarised between pagan supporters and Christian... This study of the last pagan Roman emperor provides remarkable insight into the man and his times.
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172,37 zł |
The Genesis of Genocide: Breaking Through to the Heart of the Holocaust
ISBN: 9780759666825 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Genesis of Genocide: Breaking Through to the Heart of the Holocaust
ISBN: 9780759666832 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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166,90 zł |
Africa and Africans in the New Testament
ISBN: 9780761833024 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Africa and Africans in the New Testament is a survey of references to Africa and Africans in the New Testament Bible. It describes in detail the various biblical terminologies and incidents referring to Africa and Africans, including the significant role of Africans in the spreading of Christianity to Jerusalem, Corinth, Rome, and other parts of the world in the biblical Period.
Africa and Africans in the New Testament is a survey of references to Africa and Africans in the New Testament Bible. It describes in detail the vario...
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284,16 zł |
Theosophy, Imagination, Tradition: Studies in Western Esotericism
ISBN: 9780791444368 / Angielski / Miękka / 305 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Not only does this book present the current state of research in esotericism, but it also explores three main aspects of the field from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Previously published in French and now available in English for the first time, Theosophy, Imagination, Tradition traces the history of the theosophical current, its continuity and shifts, against the background of social and cultural events. The book also covers the Paracelsian course, the romantic Philosophies of Nature and the Occultist movement. The book provides glimpses into the notions and practices of the...
Not only does this book present the current state of research in esotericism, but it also explores three main aspects of the field from the Renaissanc...
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145,28 zł |
Alternative Krishnas: Regional and Vernacular Variations on a Hindu Deity
ISBN: 9780791464168 / Angielski / Miękka / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Krishna--widely venerated and adored in the Hindu tradition--is a deity of many aspects. An ancient manifestation of the Supreme God Vishnu, or the Godhead itself, Krishna is the bringer of Yoga philosophy and the creator of the universe, the destroyer of evil tyrants, and the hero of the epic Mahabharata. He is also described in classical Sanskrit texts as having human characteristics and enjoying very human pursuits: Krishna is the butter thief, cowherd, philanderer, and flute player. Yet even these playful depictions are based upon descriptions found in the Sanskrit canon, and mostly...
Krishna--widely venerated and adored in the Hindu tradition--is a deity of many aspects. An ancient manifestation of the Supreme God Vishnu, or the Go...
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137,41 zł |
Bible in Christian North Afric
ISBN: 9780800628802 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In today's demands for moral absolutes, the puritanism of early Christian Donatists is reflected. Maureen A. Tilley's study gives new insight into the Donatist church by focusing attention on the surviving Donatist controversies. She persuasively shows how Donatist interpretations of Scripture correlate with changes in the social setting of their church.
In today's demands for moral absolutes, the puritanism of early Christian Donatists is reflected. Maureen A. Tilley's study gives new insight into the...
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195,14 zł |
Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece: Religion, Politics, and Culture
ISBN: 9780800635916 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Israelites and the Greeks formed "the first free societies, cultivating rain-watered fields around a fortified citadel, recording their words about the human situation in a widely-accessible alphabetic script." With a keen eye for both comparisons and contrasts, John Pairman Brown investigates relationships between ancient Israel and Greece. In this intriguing and engaging work, he addresses historical, religious, linguistic, and cultural connections between these Mediterranean cultures. With erudition and humility, the author illuminates both Israelite and Greek writings and cultures. He...
The Israelites and the Greeks formed "the first free societies, cultivating rain-watered fields around a fortified citadel, recording their words abou...
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166,45 zł |
Magic and Paganism in Early Christianity: The World of the Acts of the Apostles
ISBN: 9780800636357 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Readers: College, university, and seminary students; New Testament scholars
Readers: College, university, and seminary students; New Testament scholars
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Monks and Nuns, Saints and Outcasts: Religion in Medieval Society
ISBN: 9780801434457 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new generation of historians today is borrowing from cultural anthropology, post-modern critical theory, and gender studies to understand the social meanings of medieval religious movements, practices, figures, and cults. In this volume Sharon Farmer and Barbara H. Rosenwein bring together essays all hitherto unpublished that combine some of the best of these new approaches with rigorous research and traditional scholarship. Some of these essays re-envision the professionals of religion: the monks and nuns who carried out crucial social functions as mediators between living and dead,...
A new generation of historians today is borrowing from cultural anthropology, post-modern critical theory, and gender studies to understand the social...
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593,60 zł |
The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife
ISBN: 9780801485152 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ancient Egyptians held a rich and complex vision of the afterlife and codified their beliefs in books that were to be discovered more than two millennia later in royal tombs. Erik Hornung, the world's leading authority on these religious texts, surveys what is known about them today.The contents of the texts range from the collection of spells in the Book of the Dead, which was intended to offer practical assistance on the journey to the afterlife, to the detailed accounts of the hereafter provided in the Books of the Netherworld. Hornung looks closely at these latter works, while summarizing...
Ancient Egyptians held a rich and complex vision of the afterlife and codified their beliefs in books that were to be discovered more than two millenn...
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138,12 zł |
Brethren Society: The Cultural Transformation of a Peculiar People
ISBN: 9780801849053 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the first book ever written on the subject, Carl Bowman examines how and why members of the Church of the Brethren--historically known as -Dunkers- after their method of baptism--were assimilated faster and earlier than their Amish, Mennonite, or even Hutterite cousins. In the first book ever written on the subject, Carl Bowman examines how and why members of the Church of the Brethren--historically known as -Dunke... |
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Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits
ISBN: 9780801878053 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Amish culture has been rooted in the soil since its beginnings in 1693. But what happens when members of America's oldest Amish community enter non-farm work in one generation? How will hundreds of cottage industries and micro-enterprises reshape the heart of Amish life? Will traditional eighth grade education still prove adequate? What about gender roles, child-rearing practices, leisure activities, and growing ties with outsiders? Amish Enterprise was the first book to discuss these dramatic changes that are transforming Amish communities across North America. Based on interviews... Amish culture has been rooted in the soil since its beginnings in 1693. But what happens when members of America's oldest Amish community enter non... |
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123,89 zł |
Exploring the Religious Life
ISBN: 9780801878442 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though religion is for most people one of the most important aspects of their lives, social scientists and other observers of human society too often misunderstand and misrepresent the nature and role of religion in history and in daily life. From the supposed decline of religious attitudes in Western Europe and the venal motivations attributed to the Christian Crusaders to the very definition of religion, personal biases and an inadequate grasp of relevant data have led to the formulation and propagation of unsupportable views on the sacred. In Exploring the Religious Life, Rodney... Though religion is for most people one of the most important aspects of their lives, social scientists and other observers of human society too oft... |
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The Western Construction of Religion: Myths, Knowledge, and Ideology
ISBN: 9780801887567 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, anthropologist and historian of religion Daniel Dubuisson contests Mircea Eliade's theory of the existence of a universal Homo Religiosus and argues that -religion- as a discrete concept is a Western construct, an invention of nineteenth-century scholars who created it as a field of scientific study. Before that time, there was little attempt to step outside religious experience and objectify it. In fact, the difference between -secular- and -religious- as understood in the West is meaningless in many non-Western cultures. While Dubuisson still regards the study... In this book, anthropologist and historian of religion Daniel Dubuisson contests Mircea Eliade's theory of the existence of a universal Homo Rel... |
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150,82 zł |