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Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), perhaps the most famous European poet of the twentieth century, exemplifies how the «crisis of language» inherent in literary Modernism also constitutes a crisis of religious discourse. In Rilke’s poetry and prose, language replaces God...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2011-12-22
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When Father Almida is summoned to an audience with the parish's principal benefactor, a stand-in is found in Father Matamoros, a drunkard with an angel's voice whose sung mass is mesmerizing to all. But Matamoros hides a darker side, and when the church's residents...
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Maclehose Press
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2011-12-22
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Cruz's classic testimony is still compelling reading more than forty years after its first publication. A childhood overshadowed by spiritualism in his Puerto Rican home preceded a harsh and violent adolescence as the leader of one of New York's toughest street gangs....
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-12-21
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'Our actions are a direct result of our thoughts. If we have a negative mind, we will have a negative life. If, on the other hand, we renew our mind according to God's Word, we will prove out "the good and acceptable and perfect will of God" for our lives.'Worry, doubt,...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-12-21
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When the phenomenal success of GOD'S SMUGGLER made it too dangerous for his contacts in the underground church, Brother Andrew decided he could not return to Eastern Europe. He quietly turned his attention the the Middle East, and for the last thirty-five years he has...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-12-21
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The 1893 Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, presented the Latter-day Saints with their first opportunity to exhibit the best of Mormonism for a national and an international audience after the abolishment of polygamy in 1890.The Columbian...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-12-09
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This book presents the first-ever English translation of the Prison Narratives written by the seventeenth-century French mystic and Quietist, Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717). Although she was marginalized and ignored by French historians for two centuries after her death,...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-12-06
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This interdisciplinary introduction offers students a truly global overview of the worldwide spread and impact of Christianity. It is enriched throughout by detailed historic and ethnographic material, showing how broad themes within Christianity have been adopted and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2011-11-30
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God is not only to be found in majestic cathedrals or supernatural visions, shows best-selling author Yancey, but also and often more powerfully in the unexpected places - the might of a polar bear, the oppression of a Peruvian prison cell or in the broken cry of...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-11-24
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The new writer of Words of Life is Major Beverly Ivany. She received her A.R.C.T. (Piano Performance) and Bachelor degrees in Arts (English) and Music before becoming a Salvation Army officer. Along with her husband David, she has served various appointments in Canada,...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-11-24
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How can we deal with temptation and guilt? Can we hear God speak?How can we share our faith?How do we know what to do with our lives? LIVE THE LIFE doesn't pretend that being a Christian is easy, but points the way to a walk with God that impacts the whole of our lives....
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-11-24
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Multi-award winning spirituality writer Philip Yancey is loved throughout the world for his honest, insightful and inspirational writing. PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? carries all the hallmarks of classic Yancey, a journalist by training. His quest to unravel...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-11-24
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Through a series of remarkable events, Sarah de Carvalho left her glittering career in film promotion and TV production to join a missionary organisation in Brazil. There she met children from the age of seven living on the streets, taking drugs, stealing to survive and...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-11-24
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Jesus said, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your soul, mind and strength; and love your neighbour as yourself.' If you had to choose a single verse in the Bible that is a formula for successful living, this would be the one to live by, says Joyce Meyer. Many...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-11-24
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In previous books respected New York pastor and bestselling author Timothy Keller has looked at such diverse and topical subjects as the existence of God, our need to do justice, the meaning of Jesus' life, and the human temptation to make idols - all through the twin...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-11-24
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This book is the first monograph devoted to the life, work, and thought of Palladius of Helenopolis (ca. 362-420), an important witness of Christianity in late antiquity. Palladius' Dialogue on the Life of St. John Chrysostom and his Lausiac History are key sources for...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-11-17
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How the early Christians rewrote history, turning a Jewish teacher and messiah into a 'Christian' man-deity, bringing eternal life to all who believeWe often forget the undeniable fact that Jesus was Jewish. He lived and died a Jew, teaching the religion of his forbears...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2011-11-10
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What did early twentieth century New Zealanders make of Jesus, and what do their understandings tell us? This study provides the first historical analysis of New Zealand images of Jesus. Using a diverse range of churchly and secular sources it examines key themes and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-11-09
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The Catechism - basically, the "operating instructions" for being a Catholic - isn't just for Catechism class prior to First Communion and Confirmation. It's an amazing collection of Church teachings and rules that cover everything from the basics, like honoring God, to...
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Dk
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2011-11-01
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