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by Anna Piela
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
This booklet has been written as an additional resource for undergraduate religious/Islamic studies students studying religious or media studies who are interested in researching media representations of religious groups. Also, it will be useful for media studies students as it will sensitise them...
by Dana Gould
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
You grew up using the well known black and yellow striped Cliff's Notes to help you grasp everything from great literary works to algebra. Unfortunately, what ""Cliff"" forgot was the greatest literary work in history: the complete Holy Bible. Enjoy the ease of understanding the...
Proslogion d'Anselme de Cantorbéry
Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis
Rédigé par Anselme de Cantorbéry (1033 ou 1034-1109), abbé bénédictin du Bec en Normandie, devenu primat d’Angleterre en 1093, canonisé et déclaré docteur de l’Église en 1720, le Proslogion doit son immense célébrité...
Le Istitutioni harmoniche de Gioseffo Zarlino
Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis
Le compositeur et théoricien italien Gioseffe Zarlino (1517-1590) a joué un rôle fondamental dans ce que l’on peut qualifier de première révolution musicale. Son traité le plus important, Le Istitutioni harmoniche, divise...
by Justin Welby, Dana L. Robert, David Maxwell
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Christianity has transformed many times in its 2,000-year history, from its roots in the Middle East to its presence around the world today. From the mid-twentieth century onward the presence of Christianity has increased dramatically in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and the majority of the world’s...
by Gary Land
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Seventh-Day Adventists covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on key people, cinema, politics and government, sports,...
Catholic Schools in the Public Interest
Past, Present, and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
This book is a study of the contributions of Catholic K12 schools in the United States to the public interest from the 1800’s to the present. It presents seven strategies that have the possibility of leading Catholic schools in positive, new directions. Outsiders often misunderstand the mission,...
by David Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Far more than a dry hagiographical account of the lives of saints, this entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. First published in 1978, the Oxford Dictionary of Saints offers more than 1,700 fascinating and informative entries...
A Dedicant's Guide to First Degree Priesthood
A First Step to Clergy in the Craft of the Wise
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
A first step to Clergy in the Craft of the Wise. A Dedicant's Guide to First Degree Priesthood is the first in a three-part series designed to teach the steps needed to advance to the first level of Priesthood in the Pagan/Wiccan community. This book, in concert with the second and third degree books...
Dictionnaire des Musiciens : les Interprètes
(Les Dictionnaires d'Universalis)
Language: French
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Extrait du monumental Dictionnaire des Musiciens, précédemment paru dans la même collection, ce Dictionnaire des Musiciens : les Interprètes est dédié à la musique classique sous toutes ses formes. Orchestres et chefs, formations de chambre, chanteurs, chanteuses et instrumentistes solistes...
Women in Scripture
A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books and the New Testament
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2000
“This splendid reference describes every woman in Jewish and Christian scripture . . . monumental” (Library Journal).
In recent decades, many biblical scholars have studied the holy text with a new focus on gender*. Women in Scripture* is a groundbreaking work that provides Jews, Christians,...
by Hastings, James
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
The Dictionary of the Bible is a landmark reference work edited by biblical scholar James Hastings. It is a thorough index of all key terms in Scriptures. This edition features two linked tables of contents: one at the beginning of the volume, which takes you to individual chapter, and the other at...
by Margery Post Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
The modern reputation of Friends in the United States and Europe is grounded in the relief work they have conducted in the presence and aftermath of war. Friends (also known as Quakers) have coordinated the feeding and evacuation of children from war zones around the world. They have helped displaced...
Religion 101
From Allah to Zen Buddhism, an Exploration of the Key People, Practices, and Beliefs that Have Shaped the Religions of the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Discover the origins and traditions of world religions!
With so many religions in the world, it isn't always easy to recall each faith's key influences, spiritual figures, and dogmas. Written in easy-to-understand language, Religion 101 offers a fascinating--and memorable--glimpse at the sacred stories,...