The Challenge of Homer: School, Pagan Poets and Early Christianity, Paperback - Karl Olav Sandnes

Homer was the gateway to education, to the skills of reading and writing. These skills were necessary for the nascent Church. Knowledge of Homer's ...

Reducere. DescriptionMany years ago, in a lecture on the creation of the Mishnah, the Orthodox Jewish historian, Rabbi Berel Wein discussed the rise of early...

Two verses about Moses in the Bible have been the subject of debate since the first century. In Exodus 33: 20, God tells Moses that no one can see ...

Reducere. What was life like for first-century Christians? Imagine a modest-sized Roman home of a well-to-do Christian household wedged into a thickly settle...

Reducere. This history of the largest block women's organization in the United States is not only the story of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (DST), but also tel...

The first book-length treatment to describe and explain how legal orders can be interwoven and what to do about it. The volume discusses inter-lega...

Key ceramic works by Picasso alongside the ancient pottery that inspired himOver a 25-year span, from 1946 to 1971, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) produ...

A modern classic investigating the reasons for the historical impact and life-changing significance of Jesus - then and now.Publisher: SPCK Publish...

An introduction to Catholic ChristianityPublisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Roderick StrangeNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

Reducere. Not a year goes by without the Pope or another Christian dignitary singing the praises of fecundity and the virtues of family, preferably numerous....

Reducere. Belief in God in the face of suffering is one of the most intractable problems of Christian theology. Many respond to the spiritual challenge of ev...

This book provides a combination of case studies and current action research describing how businesses and civil society organizations are working ...

A landmark work of cultural history that tells the story of how four young poets, John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, James Schuyler, and Kenneth Koch, rei...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Karl RahnerKarl Rahner is one of Catholicism s most influential, and yet difficult to understand, theologians. This remarka...

An introduction to Catholic ChristianityPublisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): Roderick StrangeNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2021Dimension...

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. Having long served as a standard introduction to the world of the early church, Everett Ferguson's Backgrounds of Early Christianity has been expan...

The rise of new powers raises important questions about the persistence and stability of the 'liberal international order'. This book provides a no...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): David (New York University, USA) KonstanNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x ...

In a thoroughly revised and expanded edition that now includes France, this essential text offers a rigorous, systematic comparison of church-state...

The Challenge of Sustainability: Corporate Governance in a Complicated World reviews the evolution of five types of corporate governance and their ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Tom HarpurFor forty years and in nine previous books, scholar and religious commentator Tom Harpur has challenged church or...

Reducere. Oskar Skarsaune makes a fresh contribution to our understanding of the development of the early church in its practice (e.g., worship, baptism and ...

Publisher: Vehicule PressAuthor(s): Daniel SangerNumber of pages: 300Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 142 x 214 x 30Cover type: Paperback / softba...

Through its unique approach of using narratives and stories to convey theories and concepts, this text, now in its fourth edition, gives students a...

Reducere. This book is the first of 12 in the highly acclaimed Walk in the Light Series written by Todd D. Bennett. Restoration examines the pagan influences...

Reducere. DescriptionOffering ecumenical prayer and practices, Matthew Fox and Bishop Marc Andrus reflect on 16 unique and thought-provoking sculptures as th...

Publisher: Westbow PressAuthor(s): Jonas E. AlexisIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsNumber of pages: 640Publication date: 2013Dimensions:...

This Element covers social construction of the ideas of body and gender in Late Antiquity and Early Christianity, Martyrdom and asceticism as Chris...

Who were the Gnostics? And how did the Gnostic movement influence the development of Christianity in antiquity? Is it true that the Church rejected...

Reducere. Deepens and refreshes our view of early Christianity while casting a disturbing light on the evolution of the attitudes passed down to us. How did ...

Reducere. In the midst of many well-publicized and controversial books on Jesus, N. T. Wright's lectures and writings have been widely recognized for providi...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 1 bw illusNumber of pages: 184Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 155 x 235 x 15Cover type: Pape...

This is an interpretative history of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union between 1850 and 1991.Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): David...

DescriptionEffective logistics play a critical role in disaster preparation and response, but how can those working in this field deliver in enviro...

Reducere. DescriptionLa gran novela sobre la rivalidad entre Leonardo da Vinci y Miguel ngel Buonarroti. Dos genios enfrentados. A comienzos del siglo XVI Le...

Reducere. Trim new edition of a modern evangelical classic on preaching Internationally esteemed as an expository preacher and evangelical spokesman, John St...

This book will be required reading for anyone interested in the history of the doctrine of original sin or Christianity and science. It offers a gr...

Publisher: Daraja PressAuthor(s): Ike OkontaNumber of pages: 82Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 8Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

Readers: College, university, and seminary students; New Testament scholars

Reducere. An internationally recognized scholar highlights the important role the North African church played in the development of Christian thought. This a...

How and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional persecution? In this unique...

The benefits of the digital age are huge. Our lives have been transformed, both in the developed and the undeveloped world. However, this transform...

Reducere. DescriptionThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.Th...