A Vanished World: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain, Paperback - Chris Lowney

Reducere. In a world torn by religious antagonism, lessons can be learned from medieval Spanish villages where Muslims, Christians, and Jews rubbed shoulders...

Reducere. In its last decade, the Ottoman Empire underwent a period of dynamic reform, and the 1908 revolution transformed the empire's 20 million subjects i...

Reducere. Across centuries, the Islamic Middle East hosted large populations of Christians and Jews in addition to Muslims. Today, this diversity is mostly a...

The shocking massacre of the Jews in York, 1190, is here re-examined in its historical context along with the circumstances and processes through w...

Examines faith as one might examine a gem, gazing at different facets in turn. In this process, Patrick Ryan, a Jesuit who has lived for decades in...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Richard E. RubensteinEurope was in the long slumber of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek lang...

Reducere. Abraham's God is the incredible story of the origin of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and how they came to the shared faith in the God of Abraha...

Between 1935 and 1938 the celebrated photographer Roman Vishniac explored the cities and villages of Eastern Europe, capturing life in the Jewish s...

Reducere. This book reveals a hidden period in history, slowly emerging after the fall of an isolationist communist regime. It shows the compassionate side o...

Reducere. Many Christians today tend to view the story of medieval faith as a cautionary tale. Too often, they dismiss the Middle Ages as a period of corrupt...

Reducere. Each of us has a special purpose in life do you know what yours is? In Heroic Living, best-selling author and former investment banker Chris Lowney...

Amid so much twenty-first-century talk of a "Christian-Muslim divide"--and the attendant controversy in some Western countries over policies toward...

Reducere. The history of the Jews of Spain is a remarkable story that begins in the remote past and continues today. For more than a thousand years, Sepharad...

When did the Arab-Israeli conflict begin? Some discussions focus on the 1967 war, some go back to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, and ...

When did the Arab-Israeli conflict begin? Some discussions focus on the 1967 war, some go back to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, and ...

Reducere. In Enemies and Neighbors, Ian Black, who has spent four decades studying and covering the Middle East, offers a major new history of the Arab-Zioni...

A Black-Jewish dialogue lifts a veil on these groups' unspoken history, shedding light on the challenges and promises facing American democracy fro...

In late 2007 Muslim leaders from around the world together issued in the pages of The New York Times an open letter to Christian leaders inviting c...

Reducere. This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordabl...

Reducere. Explore the wisdom and traditions of the Jewish faith and examine what they mean for Christians. "In this extraordinary book, Rabbi Evan Moffic tak...

Reducere. Jews lived in Egypt for centuries, since biblical times; nevertheless, Jewish life in medieval Islamic Egypt was for many years an obscure and unde...

The millennia-old port of Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv, was once known as the "Bride of Palestine, " one of the truly cosmopolitan cities of the Med...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This book seeks to elucidate the concept of justice, not so much as it is expressed in law courts (retributive and procedural justice) or in state ...

For a long time, American Christians have been hearing a story about Islam. Its a story about conflict and hostility, about foreigners and stranger...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat would happen if Christians and a Muslim at a university talked and disagreed, but really tried to understand each other? What would...

Reducere. Questions Muslims Ask Christians by Joseph P. Knight is an indispensable guide for Muslims learning about the Christian faith and Christians sharin...

The Mishnaic Moment describes a remarkable encounter between Jews and Christians in seventeenth-century northern Europe, where scholars from both c...

Reducere. The primary goal of this book is to solve a two-thousand-year-old puzzle: if Jesus lived a totally Jewish life and became the founder of Christiani...

Are Islam and Christianity the same religion, at their heart - part of the one family of Abrahamic faiths?Are Islam and Christianity essentially th...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

During the Second World War, Christians from many nations and denominations stepped forward with courage, ingenuity and determination to protect an...

Indispensable to the Western observer for a full understanding of the complexities of the conflicts in the Middle East, this study analyzes and doc...

Reducere. The WHO, WHAT, and HOW of Responding to Those Who Want to Silence You You've based your understanding of today's sensitive social issues on the Bib...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Jeffrey A. EngelEditor: Mark Atwood LawrenceEditor: Andrew PrestonHow should America wield its enormous power beyond its bo...

Reducere. A Different Perspective is written for travelers to Spain and Portugal who find history part of the pleasure of the trip. In cities where the cathe...

In this transnational history of World War II, Kelly Hammond places Sino-Muslims at the centre of imperial Japan's challenges to Chinese nation-bui...

Reducere. Discover the untold stories of one of the world's most popular coastlines.Part sporting travelogue, part political history, (Just As Well) It's Not...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Cecil ReidIllustration(s): 1 Line drawings, black and white; 8 Halftones, black and white; 5 Tables, blac...

The essays and lectures colleced in this volume focus on the relationship of the Catholic Church with the other "Abrahamic" faiths, primarily Islam...

DescriptionWinner of the J. Russell Major Prize, American Historical Association Winner of the David H. Pinkney Prize, Society for French Historica...

This book presents specific cases of companies and entrepreneurs that have had their role throughout the history of Spain. The intention is to show...