The virgin martyr vitae in Ãlfrics Old English Lives of Saints recount the stories of young women who renounce marriage and sex to devote their lives to Christian service. In this volume, Alison Gulley explores how the context of the Benedictine Re...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1957 and forming a companion volume to The Balavariani, this volume provides valuable research into the biography of Gautama Buddha and its influence on medieval Christian thought....Loe edasi...
This work demonstrates that Swami Vivekananda was no simplistic pluralist, as portrayed in hagiographical texts, nor narrow exclusivist, as portrayed by some modern Hindu nationalists, but a thoughtful, complex inclusivist....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jul-2019, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9780429299216)
This book traces the journey of Mahatma Gandhi, from being a simple and truth-seeking human being, a satyarthi, to a committed, conscious and social human being, a satyagrahi. It shows how he consolidated his orientation with an emphasis on praxis,...Loe edasi...
The Purpose of this history of Cardinal Richelieu is to show the living personality of the man - to show it evolving, reacting to and acted on by other personalities - and to portray the conditions in France as he found them and transformed them....Loe edasi...
This book is an accessible follow up to Intellectual Shamans. It takes shamanistic teachings and uses them to outline the ways in which individuals can find meaning in their work, no matter what their occupation or set of interests....Loe edasi...
This title, first published in 1925, are based on a series of lectures delivered in the University of London. The chapters explore the nature of the caliphate, its origin and history, and the situation and trend of development in the early twentieth...Loe edasi...
Sari: Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Oct-2013, Kirjastus: Walter de Gruyter & Co, ISBN-13: 9783110318487)
This volume brings together historical, archaeological and religious studies approaches to offer a fresh survey of current trends in the analysis of the social and political role of priests and priestesses of civic cults from the Hellenistic period...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Aug-2011, Kirjastus: Walter de Gruyter & Co, ISBN-13: 9783110262032)
In medieval Europe, the death of a king could not only cause a dispute about the succession, but also a severe crisis. In times of a vacant throne particular responsibility fell to the bishops - whose general importance for the time around the first...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2006, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780195305708)
Dogen (1200-1253) was the founder of Soto Zen Buddhism in Japan and one of the most notable figures in Japanese religious history. This book attempts to clarify how and when Dogens various works were composed and compiled in relation to the unfoldi...Loe edasi...
This interdisciplinary volume, the first on the subject, constitutes a major step forward in our understanding of Clement VIIs pontificate. Looking beyond Clements failures, it provides fascinating insight into one of the most pivotal periods of p...Loe edasi...
This text describes the many facets of the ancient practice of shaministic healing which are useful and relevant to the modern practice of analytical psychology....Loe edasi...
