Gods and Devils of Mankind

Gods and Devils of Mankind PDF Author: Frank Stockton Dobbins
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Category : Dummies (Bookselling)
Languages : en
Pages : 802

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Gods and Devils of Mankind

Gods and Devils of Mankind PDF Author: Frank Stockton Dobbins
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Category : Dummies (Bookselling)
Languages : en
Pages : 802

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Luther

Luther PDF Author: Heiko Augustinus Oberman
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300103137
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Written by one of the world's greatest authorities on Martin Luther, this is the definitive biography of the central figure of the Protestant Reformation. “A brilliant account of Luther’s evolution as a man, a thinker, and a Christian. . . . Every person interested in Christianity should put this on his or her reading list.”—Lawrence Cunningham, Commonweal “This is the biography of Luther for our time by the world’s foremost authority.”—Steven Ozment, Harvard University “If the world is to gain from Luther it must turn to the real Luther—furious, violent, foul-mouthed, passionately concerned. Him it will find in Oberman’s book, a labour of love.”—G. R. Elton, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Discovering God

Discovering God PDF Author: Rodney Stark
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006174333X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 605

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An award-winning sociologist’s “fascinating and excellent” history of the origins of the great religions from the Stone Age to the Modern Age (Newsweek). In Discovering God, Rodney Stark surveys the birth and growth of religions around the world—from the prehistoric era of primal beliefs; the history of the pyramids found in Iraq, Egypt, Mexico, and Cambodia; and the great “Axial Age” of Plato, Zoroaster, Confucius, and the Buddha, to the modern Christian missions and the global spread of Islam. He argues for a free-market theory of religion and for the controversial thesis that under the best, unimpeded conditions, the true, most authentic religions will survive and thrive. Many modern biologists and psychologists claim that religion is a primitive survival mechanism that should have been discarded as humans evolved—that in modern societies, faith is a misleading crutch and an impediment to reason. Stark responds to this position, arguing that it is our capacity to understand God that has evolved—that humans now know much more about God than they did in ancient times. Winner of the 2008 Christianity Today Award of Merit in Theology/Ethics

The Origin and the Abstract and Concrete Nature of the Devil. A Lecture, Etc

The Origin and the Abstract and Concrete Nature of the Devil. A Lecture, Etc PDF Author: Gustavus George ZERFFI
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Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Sketches of the History of Man. By Lord Kames. Considerably improved in a second edition

Sketches of the History of Man. By Lord Kames. Considerably improved in a second edition PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 372

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The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark

The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark PDF Author: Dennis Ronald MacDonald
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300080124
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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In this groundbreaking book, Dennis R. MacDonald offers an entirely new view of the New Testament gospel of Mark. The author of the earliest gospel was not writing history, nor was he merely recording tradition, MacDonald argues. Close reading and careful analysis show that Mark borrowed extensively from the Odyssey and the Iliad and that he wanted his readers to recognise the Homeric antecedents in Mark's story of Jesus. Mark was composing a prose anti-epic, MacDonald says, presenting Jesus as a suffering hero modeled after but far superior to traditional Greek heroes. Much like Odysseus, Mark's Jesus sails the seas with uncomprehending companions, encounters preternatural opponents, and suffers many things before confronting rivals who have made his house a den of thieves. In his death and burial, Jesus emulates Hector, although unlike Hector Jesus leaves his tomb empty. Mark's minor characters, too, recall Homeric predecessors: Bartimaeus emulates Tiresias; Joseph of Arimathea, Priam; and the women at the tomb, Helen, Hecuba, and Andromache. And, entire episodes in Mark mirror Homeric episodes, including stilling the sea, walking on water, feeding the multitudes, the Triumphal E

Lucifer and Prometheus

Lucifer and Prometheus PDF Author: R J Z WERBLOWSKY
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136303235
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A brochure listing each title in the "International Library of Psychology" series is available upon request.

Past and Present

Past and Present PDF Author: Thomas Carlyle
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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Complete Works of Thomas Carlyle

Complete Works of Thomas Carlyle PDF Author: Thomas Carlyle
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Languages : en
Pages : 470

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Elinor James

Elinor James PDF Author: Paula McDowell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351941216
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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This volume makes available for the first time the complete surviving works of the London printer-author Elinor James (c.1645-1719). Uniquely in the history of early modern women, James wrote, printed and distributed more than ninety pamphlets and broadsides addressing political, religious and commercial concerns. Written over a period of 35 years, her works provide us with a running commentary on the major national events of a tumultuous period such as the Revolution of 1688, the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, and the Jacobite uprisings in 1715-16. During her lifetime, England saw the succession of six different monarchs. James petitioned all of them and claimed to have obtained audiences with three. In 1689 she was gaoled in Newgate prison, accused of disseminating seditious material condemning William III for accepting the English crown. James's texts address a staggeringly broad range of concerns. She petitioned Parliament concerning legislation affecting the printing trades and petitioned fellow printers concerning labour relations in London printing houses. She petitioned City authorities on issues such as the enforcement of bylaws or who to vote for in City and parliamentary elections. It is hoped that by making available all of James's known works, this volume will inspire the collective efforts of scholars from many different disciplines to decipher her references to contemporary events, issues and persons, as well as prompting further discoveries of as yet unidentified works.