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ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
Book Description
Bastards and Believers
Author: Theodor DunkelgrunPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812251881
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A formidable collection of studies on religious conversion and converts in Jewish history Theodor Dunkelgrün and Pawel Maciejko observe that the term "conversion" is profoundly polysemous. It can refer to Jews who turn to religions other than Judaism and non-Jews who tie their fates to that of Jewish people. It can be used to talk about Christians becoming Muslim (or vice versa), Christians "born again," or premodern efforts to Christianize (or Islamize) indigenous populations of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. It can even describe how modern, secular people discover spiritual creeds and join religious communities. Viewing Jewish history from the perspective of conversion across a broad chronological and conceptual frame, Bastards and Believers highlights how the concepts of the convert and of conversion have histories of their own. The volume begins with Sara Japhet's study of conversion in the Hebrew Bible and ends with Netanel Fisher's essay on conversion to Judaism in contemporary Israel. In between, Andrew S. Jacobs writes about the allure of becoming an "other" in late Antiquity; Ephraim Kanarfogel considers Rabbinic attitudes and approaches toward conversion to Judaism in the Middles Ages; and Paola Tartakoff ponders the relationship between conversion and poverty in medieval Iberia. Three case studies, by Javier Castaño, Claude Stuczynski, and Anne Oravetz Albert, focus on different aspects of the experience of Spanish-Portuguese conversos. Michela Andreatta and Sarah Gracombe discuss conversion narratives; and Elliott Horowitz and Ellie Shainker analyze Eastern European converts' encounters with missionaries of different persuasions. Despite the differences between periods, contexts, and sources, two fundamental and mutually exclusive notions of human life thread the essays together: the conviction that one can choose one's destiny and the conviction that one cannot escapes one's past. The history of converts presented by Bastards and Believers speaks to the possibility, or impossibility, of changing one's life. Contributors: Michela Andreatta, Javier Castaño, Theodor Dunkelgrün, Netanel Fisher, Sarah Gracombe, Elliott Horowitz, Andrew S. Jacobs, Sara Japhet, Ephraim Kanarfogel, Pawel Maciejko, Anne Oravetz Albert, Ellie Shainker, Claude Stuczynski, Paola Tartakoff.
Dios Tiene Sentido
Author: Pete Sui? 1/2 rezPublisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1641919981
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Los temas de los capAtulos no evaden los diferentes momentos por los que el lector debe pasar a dar razA3n de su fe, como son: el sentido de vida, el pecado, los valores, el matrimonio, el sufrimiento, la esperanza, el celibato, la felicidad. Todo dentro del plan de Dios, su Reino, su presencia, la oraciA3n, la comunidad y en general la espiritualidad cristiana, para llegar hasta el SeA+-or de la vida y de la muerte. Todo esto para terminar como mismo bien lo dice que "Dios es el Ser Creador del Universo, de ti y de mi, de todos nosotros que, al ser puro amor decidiA3 verter lo mejor de su poder creativo en un universo y entregA!rnoslo para que mediante esta vida podamos llegar a realizar todas nuestras esperanzas y finalmente reunirnos todos por siempre en su presencia". Available also in English
El Bordon de Tepic Nayarit
Author: Dr Jes MartinezPublisher: Palibrio
ISBN: 1463332238
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Old Spanish Readings
Author: Jeremiah Denis Matthias FordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spanish language
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The New Christians of Spanish Naples 1528-1671
Author: P. MazurPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137295155
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This study reveals the more complex reality of Early Modern Naples than what has commonly been represented, in which royal representatives in the city came to depend on the assistance of a series of merchants, financiers, and bureaucrats who shared a common identity as conversos, descendants of converted Jews.
Aesthetics and Revolution
Author: Greg DawesPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816621460
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Not a primer in aesthetics and revolution nor in Nicaraguan poetry, but rather a theoretical and sociohistorical intervention on aesthetics, revolution, and Marxism revised from its presentation as the author's doctoral dissertation (U. of Washington, 1990). Assumes some familiarity with the histori
The Rimed Chronicle of the Cid (El Cantar de Rodrigo)
Author: CidSouthey's Common-place Book: Choice passages
Author: Robert SoutheyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anecdotes
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Southey's Common-place Book
Author: Robert SoutheyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anecdotes
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description