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Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World(2014) RICHARDSON, KRISTINA (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, QUEENS COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK)A revealing portrait of Medieval Arab notions of physical difference, this book uses close analysis of primary sources to bring to light cultural views and lived experiences of disability and difference.Vezava: Mehka46,32 €
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Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours(2020) NAGY, GREGORYThe ancient Greeks’ concept of “the hero” was very different from what we understand by the term today. In 24 installments, based on the Harvard course Nagy has taught and refined since the 1970s, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours explores civilization’sVezava: Mehka38,13 €
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Bear(2011) PASTOUREAU, MICHELFrom antiquity to the Middle Ages, the bear’s centrality in cults and mythologies left traces in European languages, literatures, and legends. Michel Pastoureau considers how this once venerated creature was deposed by Christianity and continued to sink lVezava: Trda39,72 €
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Christian Identity, Piety, and Politics in Early Modern England(2021) STILLMAN, ROBERT E.Vezava: Trda77,52 €
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Faith and Science at Notre Dame(2019) SLATTERY, JOHN P.Charts the rise and fall ofJohn Zahm, examining his ascension to international fame in bridging evolution and Catholicism and shedding new light on his ultimate downfall via censure by the Congregation of the Index of Prohibited Books.Vezava: Trda40,97 €
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Birth of Modern Belief(2021) SHAGAN, ETHAN H.An illuminating history of how religious belief lost its uncontested status in the WestThis landmark book traces the history of belief in the Christian West from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, revealing for the first time how a distinctively modernVezava: Mehka40,39 €
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Battling the Gods(2017) WHITMARSH, TIMHow new is atheism?Long before the Enlightenment sowed seeds of disbelief in a deeply Christian Europe, atheism was a matter of serious public debate in the Greek world.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Blessing and the Curse(2021) KIRSCH, ADAMAn erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts.Vezava: Mehka23,27 €
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Evangelical Theology, Second Edition(2020) BIRD, MICHAEL F.Evangelical Theology, Second Edition is gospel-centered theology that is accessible and balanced. The gospel is the fulcrum of Christian doctrine, so an authentically evangelical theology is the working out of the gospel in the various doctrines of theoloVezava: Trda58,08 €
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Masnavi. Book Four(2017) RUMI, JALAL AL-DINRumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi, written in six books, is his masterpiece. It conveys a message of divine love in entertaining stories and homilies. The focus of Book Four is with the mystical knowledge of theVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Renewal of Buddhism in China(2021) YU, CHUN-FANG (EMERITA PROFESSOR OF RELIGION AND EALAC)First published in 1981, Chün-fang Yü’s The Renewal of Buddhism in China challenged the conventional view that Buddhism had reached its height under the Tang dynasty (618–907) and steadily declined afterward. This fortieth anniversary edition features anVezava: Mehka40,39 €
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Popes(2012) NORWICH, VISCOUNT JOHN JULIUSJohn Julius Norwich expertly examines the history of the oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter to the presentOf the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have unquestionably been saints;Vezava: Mehka23,82 €
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Eternal Light and Earthly Concerns(2021) FOURACRE, PAULThis book investigates how the practice of keeping a light burning in churches was established in the early Middle Ages. It asks what the material consequences of implementing the practice were and why it ceased at the end of the Middle Ages. -- .Vezava: Trda129,20 €
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I Never Knew That About England's Country Churches(2017) WINN, CHRISTOPHERThis charming book takes you through the counties of England, exploring Saxon churches, reflective of simple faith; Norman churches with rugged arches and powerful pillars, stamping their authority, gothic churches with their soaring arches; Decorated andVezava: Mehka23,82 €
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Illness and Authority(2020) TREMBINSKI, DONNAIllness and Authority is the first monograph-length study to examine a well-known medieval saint from the perspective of disability studies.Vezava: Trda77,11 €