Passionaries

Author : Tonya Hurley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442429567

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Passionaries by Tonya Hurley Pdf

Three modern-day teens have been reincarnated as saints—or so they’ve been told. Kirkus Reviews calls this dark, thrilling follow-up to Precious Blood that blends the gritty with the miraculous “a terrific second volume.” As we learned in Precious Blood, Agnes, Cecilia, and Lucy “may be saints, [but] they are definitely not angels” (Kirkus Reviews). They watched as Sebastian sacrificed himself for what he believed in, and now they have choices to make of their own. Will the girls trust in their destinies as saints and martyrs and perform the miracles as Sebastian instructed? Or will they lose faith in themselves and each other in his absence? Time is running out for them to make a decision, and the fate of the world lies in the balance.

Author : Barbara R. Metzler
Publisher : Templeton Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1599471051

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"The inspiring stories behind 35 world-impacting nonprofits"--Cover.

Author : Leslie D. Ross
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1994-05-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9798216154693

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Text, Image, Message by Leslie D. Ross Pdf

Ross provides a broad survey of pictures and texts concerning saints, from the Early Christian through the late Gothic period. Both Western and Byzantine material is included. Beginning with the earliest pictures of and stories about saints, the book traces the evolution of hagiographic imagery primarily in manuscript contexts. Because of its cross-disciplinary nature, it will be of interest to audiences interested in Early Christian, Byzantine, and Western medieval culture: religion, society, politics, and art. No other book to date is organized similarly in providing detailed descriptions for the identification of medieval manuscripts with hagiographic texts and illustrations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004501447

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Re-ethnicizing the Minds? by Anonim Pdf

The predominance and global expansion of homogenizing modes of production, consumption and information risks alienating non-Western and Western people alike from the intellectual and moral resources embedded in their own distinctive cultural traditions. In reaction to the erosion of traditional cultures and civilizations, we seem to be witnessing the re-emergence of a tendency to “re-ethnicize the mind” through renewed and more or less systematic cultural revivals worldwide (e.g., “hinduization,” “ivoirization,” “sinofication,” “islamicization,” “indigenization,” etc.). How do and should philosophers understand and assess the significance and impact of this phenomenon? Authors acquainted with the contemporary situation in Africa, Asia, the Middle-East, South-America, and Europe try to answer this question. In the final analysis, the authors of this original and groundbreaking collection of essays plead for a full critical engagement with one’s own particularity while at the same time rejecting any form of cultural, national or regional chauvinism. They consider various ways in which local and global conceptions as well as practices can and already do judiciously inform and positively fertilize each other. At this juncture of history, they argue, societies and peoples must articulate their self-identity by looking critically at their respective cultural resources, and beyond them at the same time.

Author : Tonya Hurley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442429536

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The Blessed by Tonya Hurley Pdf

"Three girls who have lost their way are brought together by a mysterious young man"--

Author : Carmela Vircillo Franklin,Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Publisher : PIMS
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0888441479

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The Latin Dossier of Anastasius the Persian by Carmela Vircillo Franklin,Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Pdf

Author : Mark Bassin,Gonzalo Pozo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786601636

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The Politics of Eurasianism by Mark Bassin,Gonzalo Pozo Pdf

This collection explores Eurasianism and its interactions with and effects on political discourses, identity debates, and popular culture.

Author : Ann Rosemary Christys
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136127304

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Christians in Al-Andalus 711-1000 by Ann Rosemary Christys Pdf

Our current image of the Christian population of al-Andalus after AD711 reflects the way history has been written. The Christians almost disappeared from the historical record as the historians of the conquering Muslims concentrated on the glories of the Ummayads.This book reconsiders, through their own words, the fate of the Christians of al-Andalus. The texts discusses two chronicles in Latin on the fate of Hispania, the problematic accounts of Christian martyrs in Cordoba, a Muslim historian's account of how his Christian ancestors survived the conquest and other texts reflecting the acculturation of Christians into Islamic society.

Author : Peter Turchin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400889310

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Historical Dynamics by Peter Turchin Pdf

Many historical processes are dynamic. Populations grow and decline. Empires expand and collapse. Religions spread and wither. Natural scientists have made great strides in understanding dynamical processes in the physical and biological worlds using a synthetic approach that combines mathematical modeling with statistical analyses. Taking up the problem of territorial dynamics--why some polities at certain times expand and at other times contract--this book shows that a similar research program can advance our understanding of dynamical processes in history. Peter Turchin develops hypotheses from a wide range of social, political, economic, and demographic factors: geopolitics, factors affecting collective solidarity, dynamics of ethnic assimilation/religious conversion, and the interaction between population dynamics and sociopolitical stability. He then translates these into a spectrum of mathematical models, investigates the dynamics predicted by the models, and contrasts model predictions with empirical patterns. Turchin's highly instructive empirical tests demonstrate that certain models predict empirical patterns with a very high degree of accuracy. For instance, one model accounts for the recurrent waves of state breakdown in medieval and early modern Europe. And historical data confirm that ethno-nationalist solidarity produces an aggressively expansive state under certain conditions (such as in locations where imperial frontiers coincide with religious divides). The strength of Turchin's results suggests that the synthetic approach he advocates can significantly improve our understanding of historical dynamics.

Author : Samad Seyidov
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781481787406

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Phenomenology of Creativity by Samad Seyidov Pdf

The book presents a contrasting study of the views of ancient Indian, Chinese, Greek, Middle Eastern, and Russian philosophers on creativity. It also discusses the subject of creativity as viewed by Freud, Jung, Adler, the Gestalt school, and other prominent Western psychologists. A special place is provided for an overview of the history of Soviet psychology, and of the revival of psychology in Azerbaijan after the fall of the Soviet Union. The author emphasizes the importance of the social environment in determining the development of the personality. He states that most personal activity is directed at serving the values of the surrounding society, not the values of the person himself. The author considers that creativity is a psychic defense mechanism which people use to solve everyday problems in order to restore their inner and outer equilibrium. Samad Seyidovs study of creativity comes at the right time and from the right place. Not only are we passing through a period of rapid change, particularly in such fields as nanotechnology, neuroscience, physiological psychology, and genetics, but also the participants in this change are no longer limited to a small group of western countries, but are increasingly appearing in different parts of the world. If the social upheaval that these changes are having in established societies is great, it is even greater in newly emerging societies. Are we equipped to manage these changes, and can the creative arts and sciences join to interpret them, drawing on their varied traditions in order to do so? That is surely the vital question that we carry away from Professor Seyidovs important study of personality and creativity. Prof. Eleni Karamalengu, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Author : Peter W. Van Arsdale
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478633822

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Global Human Rights by Peter W. Van Arsdale Pdf

Peter Van Arsdale’s four decades of worldwide applied research and community outreach as a cultural anthropologist have involved water resource development, mental health, refugee resettlement, humanitarian assistance, and human rights. With one foot in the university, he always has kept the other foot in the field. In this brief, well-crafted volume, he synthesizes and grapples with key rights debates as well as human rights injustices on four continents. Thoughtful, original, and pragmatic, Van Arsdale opens with a “Tree of Rights” metaphor to demonstrate that rights are continually growing and evolving. From its branches come new rights, changes in the perception of rights, and the reframing of rights crossculturally. Following chapters focus on fundamental human rights: the right to clean water, sanitation, and food security; the right to be free from violence, genocide, and ethnic cleansing; and the right to dignity and respect. At-risk groups covered in the book include LGBT communities, children, refugees, and victims of war. Throughout, praxis—the meaningful intersection of theory, ethics, and practice—is emphasized. Chapter coverage is enhanced by complementary and compelling “Agency Action” and “Champion” sidebars. In closing, Van Arsdale challenges readers to embrace his “Theory of Obligation,” which maintains that one must assist those whose rights have been abused, when requested and when expertise and resources permit.

Author : Gianmarco de Angelis,Francesco Veronese
Publisher : Firenze University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9788855186223

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Networks of bishops, networks of texts by Gianmarco de Angelis,Francesco Veronese Pdf

This volume is the first one in a collection connected to the PRIN project on Ruling in hard times. Patterns of Power and practices of government in the making of Carolingian Italy. Its focus lays on bishops and their networks of relationships in late-8th and 9th-century Italy. The episcopal contribution to the inclusion of the Lombard kingdom in the Carolingian social and political landscape is especially analyzed from the perspective of the cultural exchanges (of ideas, texts, and manuscripts) that bishops created or used to carry out their public and pastoral duties. Each paper focuses on a specific episcopal figure or area, reconstructing the scope and extent of the relationships of which they were the pivot. The aim is to provide as comprehensive a picture as possible of the cultural networks that crossed Carolingian Italy and the ways in which bishops shaped and made use of them.

Author : Edward B. Garrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts
ISBN : UOM:39015017056360

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Studies in the History of Mediaeval Italian Painting by Edward B. Garrison Pdf

Author : Edward B. Garrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts
ISBN : UCSD:31822031538275

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Studies in the History of Medieval Italian Painting by Edward B. Garrison Pdf

The four volumes of Edward Garrison's Studies, published between 1953 and 1962, represented a landmark in the study of medieval Italian painting. They made available for the first time photographs of all miniatures of the region and period concerned - principally the former Papal States and Tuscany in the twelfth century - which the author was able to track down, along with a generous selection of ornamental initials from almost every decorated manuscript he examined. The contemporary wall-paintings and panels from these regions are also illustrated and discussed. They represent one of the most valuable sources of information about twelfth-century painting in existence, and everyone interested in European art of that period has at some time found himself gratefully using them. A serious attempt has been made to get all this material into order, and the general lines of development have been set out. Together with the author's two volumes already published in our Selected Studies Series (Early Italian Painting: Selected Studies, Vols. I & II) these four volumes make available the complete corpus of Edward Garrison's work on medieval Italian painting. The two principal studies are concerned with 'Twelfth-Century Initial Styles of Central Italy' (serialized here in eleven sections) and 'Twelfth-Century Umbro-Roman painting' (serialized in six sections). Most of the non-serialized items are studies of individual manuscripts, but one should note the presence here of Supplements IV-VI to Garrison's Italian Romanesque Panel-painting: an index (Nos. I-III are available in Early Italian Painting: Selected Studies. Vol. I). The reprinting of these four volumes should be particularly welcome to art-historians, since they were originally issued in fascicule form, and many art-historical libraries lack copies.

Author : Alexander Dugin
Publisher : Arktos
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781910524114

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Putin vs Putin by Alexander Dugin Pdf

According to Prof Alexander Dugin, Vladimir Putin stands at a crossroads. Throughout his career as the President of Russia, Putin has attempted to balance two opposing sides of his political nature: one side is a liberal democrat who seeks to adopt Western-style reforms in Russia and maintain good relations with the United States and Europe, and the other is a Russian patriot who wishes to preserve Russia's traditions and reassert her role as one of the great powers of the world. According to Dugin, this balancing act cannot go on if Putin wishes to enjoy continuing popular support among the Russian people. Putin must act to preserve Russia's unique identity and sovereignty in the face of increasing challenges, both from Russian liberals at home and from foreign powers. Russia is no longer strong enough to stand on her own, he writes. In order to do this, Russia must cooperate with other dissenting powers who oppose the new globalist order of liberalism to bring about a multipolar world, in which no single nation wields supreme power, but rather several major powers keep each other in balance. Russia is crucial to this effort, in Dugin's view, and indeed, its own survival as a unique and independent civilisation is dependent on a geopolitical shift away from the unipolar world represented by America's unchecked supremacy. This fascinating book, written by an informal advisor to Putin and a Kremlin insider, is the first of its kind in English.