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Author : David I. Kertzer
Publisher : Beacon Press (MA)
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003414278
Il volume descrive il fenomeno dell’abbandono dei figli da parte delle madri nubili in Italia nel XIX secolo.
Author : Jim Stephens
Publisher : RWG Publishing
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9798223813231
Courage, Sacrifice, and Honor: Tales from the Frontline Heroes is a captivating and inspiring book that explores the experiences of frontline soldiers and the impact of war on individuals and societies. Through a collection of compelling stories and interviews, readers will gain insight into the struggles and triumphs of soldiers who have risked their lives to serve their country and defend their values. From the call to duty that inspired them to join the military, to the challenges they faced on the frontline and the memories that will stay with them forever, this book provides a comprehensive and nuanced view of the experiences of frontline soldiers. Readers will gain a deeper understanding of the evolution of soldiers from rookies to veterans, the bonds of brotherhood that are formed in times of war, and the different leadership styles that can make or break a military operation. The book also explores the impact of war on society, from the struggle for equality to the lasting legacy of conflict. It examines the cost of war in terms of lives lost and families left behind, as well as the resilience and strength of soldiers who have been injured but not defeated. Throughout the book, readers will be inspired by the courage, selflessness, and sacrifice of frontline soldiers, and will gain a greater appreciation for their contributions to society. This book is a must-read for anyone who is interested in military history, social justice, or the human experience in times of conflict. It is a powerful tribute to the heroes among us who have risked everything to defend our freedoms and way of life.
Author : Nam Le
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781742535791
A young Vietnamese-Australian named Nam, in his final year at the famed Iowa Writers' Workshop, is trying to find his voice on the page. When his father, a man with a painful past, comes to visit, Nam's writing and sense of self are both deeply changed. Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice is a deeply moving story of identity, family and the wellsprings of creativity, from Nam Le's multi-award-winning collection The Boat. 'A tight and densely emotional journey that sucked me in and contained as much power as the lengthy title.' Killings, the Kill Your Darlings blog
Author : Ralph Christopher
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467830812
For two-thousand years, the Chinese, French, Japanese and Republic of Vietnam forces tried to pacify the Mekong Delta and failed. The United States Ninth Infantry Division, and U.S. Naval Forces of Vietnam, did it in a little over three years, but at a high cost. They fought for freedom, they fought with honor, but in the end they fought for each other.
Author : Robert Lofthouse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1646634748
Author : Michael Müller
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385252592
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author : Fr. Michael Mueller
Publisher : TAN Books
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781505104240
Written to give Catholics an appreciation of the value of the Mass. Considers it from every conceivable angle, showing it to be the central aspect of our faith, and in the process he touches on virtually every important facet of our faith, explaining how it is tied to this supreme sacrifice. Contains a wealth of Catholic traditions, Biblical facts, and enthralling, true stories from history and the lives of the Saints. Impr.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442998155
Author : Margo Kitts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190656485
Suicide in the forms of martyrdom, self-sacrifice, or self-immolation is perennially controversial: Should it rightly be termed suicide? Does religion sanction it? Should it be celebrated or anathematized? At least some idealization of such self-chosen deaths is found in every religious tradition treated in this volume, from ascetic heroes who conquer their passions to save others by dying, to righteous warriors who suffer and die valiantly while challenging the status quo. At the same time, there are persistent disputes about the concepts used to justify these deaths, such as altruism, heroism, and religion itself. In this volume, renowned scholars bring their literary and historical expertise to bear on the contested issue of religiously sanctioned suicide. Three examine contemporary movements with disputed classical roots, while eleven look at classical religious literatures which variously laud and disparage figures who invite self-harm to the point of death. Overall, the volume offers an important scholarly corrective to the axiom that religious traditions simply and always embrace life at any cost.
Author : Michael MUELLER (Priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023288797
Author : J. C. Heesterman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226922553
In this book, J. C. Heesterman attempts to understand the origins and nature of Vedic sacrifice—the complex compound of ritual practices that stood at the center of ancient Indian religion. Paying close attention to anomalous elements within both the Vedic ritual texts, the brahmanas, and the ritual manuals, the srautasutras, Heesterman reconstructs the ideal sacrifice as consisting of four moments: killing, destruction, feasting, and contest. He shows that Vedic sacrifice all but exclusively stressed the offering in the fire—the element of destruction—at the expense of the other elements. Notably, the contest was radically eliminated. At the same time sacrifice was withdrawn from society to become the sole concern of the individual sacrificer. The ritual turns in on the individual as "self-sacrificer" who realizes through the internalized knowledge of the ritual the immortal Self. At this point the sacrificial cult of the fire recedes behind doctrine of the atman's transcendence and unity with the cosmic principle, the brahman. Based on his intensive analysis Heesterman argues that Vedic sacrifice was primarily concerned with the broken world of the warrior and sacrificer. This world, already broken in itself by the violence of the sacrificial contest, was definitively broken up and replaced with the ritrualism of the single, unopposed sacrificer. However, the basic problem of sacrifice—the riddle of life and death—keeps breaking too surface in the form of incongruities, contradictions, tensions, and oppositions that have perplexed both the ancient ritual theorists and the modern scholar.
Author : David Janzen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110904819
This work uses anthropological theory and field studies to investigate the social function and meaning of sacrifice. All rituals, including sacrifice, communicate social beliefs and morality, but these cannot be determined outside of a study of the social context. Thus, there is no single explanation for sacrifice - such as those advanced by René Girard or Walter Burkert or late-19th and early-20th century scholars. The book then examines four different writings in the Hebrew Bible - the Priestly Writing, the Deuteronomistic History, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Chronicles - to demonstrate how different social origins result in different social meanings of sacrifice.
Author : Jennifer Wright Knust,Zsuzsanna Varhelyi,Zsuzsanna Várhelyi
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199738960
An investigation of the multiple meanings and functions of sacrifice in diverse religious texts and practices from the late Hellenistic and Roman imperial periods.
Author : J. B. Rives
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197648919
For over a thousand years, the practice of animal sacrifice held a central place in ancient Graeco-Roman culture as a means of both demonstrating piety to the gods and structuring social relationships. As Christianity took root in Rome in the third century CE, the cultural role of this practice changed dramatically. In Animal Sacrifice in the Roman Empire (31 BCE-395 CE), J. B. Rives explores the shifting socio-economic, political, and cultural significance of animal sacrifice in this crucial period of change. Drawing on literary, epigraphic, archaeological, art historical, philosophical, and scriptural evidence, this volume provides a comprehensive and detailed study of the central role of animal sacrifice in the ancient Mediterranean world and traces the changes in its social function and cultural significance during the period when that world became Christianized. By focusing on the evolution of this specific cultural practice, Rives illustrates the larger phenomenon of the religious and cultural transformation taking place in the Graeco-Roman world in the third and fourth centuries CE, providing a unique perspective which will appeal to scholars across religious and classical studies.
Author : Reginald M. Lynch O.P.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780192874788
A study of the reception history of Thomas Aquinas's account of eucharistic sacrifice during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
