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Roman Theatres

An Architectural Study

By: Frank Sear

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This book is a definitive architectural study of Roman theatre architecture. In nine chapters it brings together a massive amount of archaeological, literary,and epigraphic information under one cover. It also contains a full catalogue of all known Roman theatres, including a number of odea (concert halls) and bouleuteria (council chambers) which are relevant to the architectural discussion, about 1,000 entries in all. Inscriptional or literary evidence relating to each theatre is listed and there is an up-to-date bibliography for each building. Most importantly the book contains plans of over 500 theatres or buildings of theatrical type, as well as numerous text figures and nearly 200 figures and plates.

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OUP Oxford

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0191518271

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9780191518270

Music in Renaissance Florence: Studies and Documents

By: Frank A. D'Accone

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Music in Renaissance Florence: Studies and Documents

By: Frank A. D'Accone

Based on previously unpublished documents, Frank D'Accone sets the background for the musical efflorescence that occurred in Florence in the later 15th century and the emergence in the early 16th century of a new Florentine school of composers. Tracing the origins and development of musical chapels at the Cathedral and Baptistery, and the growth of musical establishments at several other churches such as the Santissima Annunziata, Santa Trinita and San Lorenzo, D'Accone examines the effect of Medici patronage, on the one hand, and the impact of Savonarola, on the other, and at the careers of individual composers such as Heinrich Isaac.

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357

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Taylor & Francis

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1040250041

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9781040250044

The Formation of Post-classical Philosophy in Islam

By: Frank Griffel

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The Formation of Post-classical Philosophy in Islam

By: Frank Griffel

In recent decades, scholars have come to recognize the importance of classical Islamic philosophy both in its own right and in its preservation of and engagement with Western philosophical ideas. At the same time, the period immediately following the so-called classical period has often been seen as a sort of dark age, in which Islamic thought entered a long period of decline. In this monumental new work, Frank Griffel seeks to overturn this conventional wisdom, arguing that what he calls the "post-classical" period has been unjustly maligned and neglected by previous generations of scholars.The Formation of Post-Classical Philosophy in Islam is a comprehensive study of the far-reaching changes that led to a re-shaping of the philosophical discourse in Islam during the twelfth century. Earlier Western scholars thought that Islam's engagement with the tradition of Greek philosophy ended during that century. More recent analyses suggest that Islamic thinkers instead integrated Greek thought into the genre of rationalist Muslim theology (kalam). Griffel argues that even this view misses a key point. In addition to the integration of Greek ideas into kalam, Muslim theologians picked up the discourse of philosophy in Islam (falsafa) and began to produce books on philosophy. Books in these two genres, kalam and philosophy, argue for opposing teachings on the nature of God, the world's creation, and on the afterlife - even when written by the same authors. Griffel explains the emergence of a new genre of philosophical books called "hikma," works that stand opposed to Islamic theology and at the same wish to complement it. Offering a detailed history of philosophy in Iraq, Iran, and Central Asia during the twelfth century, together with an analysis of the way philosophy was practiced during this time, Griffel shows how works of falsafa, written by major Muslim theologians such as al-Ghazali developed step-by-step into critical assessments of philosophy that try to improve philosophical teachings, and eventually become fully fledged philosophical summas in the work of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi. Griffel's examination of the different methods of kalam and hikma demonstrate both the coherence and ambiguity of a Muslim post-classical philosopher's oeuvre.A work of extraordinary breadth and depth, The Formation of Post-Classical Philosophy in Islam will be essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Philosophy or the history of Islam.

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Oxford University Press

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0190886323

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9780190886325

Peter Martyr Vermigli and Predestination

The Augustinian Inheritance of an Italian Reformer

By: Frank A. James

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Peter Martyr Vermigli and Predestination

The Augustinian Inheritance of an Italian Reformer

By: Frank A. James

This study is an inquiry into the intellectual origins of the Reformed branch of Protestantism generally called Calvinism. It focuses on the early theologian who gave formative shape to Reformed theology, Peter Martyr Vermigli.

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Oxford University Press

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0198269692

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9780198269694

The Future of the Sacrament of Penance

By: Frank O'Loughlin

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The Future of the Sacrament of Penance

By: Frank O'Loughlin

Calls for a change in attitude toward, and a renewal in, understanding the use of the sacrament of penance

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210

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Paulist Press

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0809145561

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9780809145560

A Return to the Heart

St. Bernard of Clairvaux and John Calvin on the Knowledge of God and Self

By: Frank L. Bartoe

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A Return to the Heart

St. Bernard of Clairvaux and John Calvin on the Knowledge of God and Self

By: Frank L. Bartoe

When we approach such men as St. Bernard of Clairvaux and John Calvin, we are approaching two men who were not only significant figures of their time but figures standing on opposite shorelines of the influence and impact of Scholasticism, as well as a tumultuous decline in orthodoxy. Despite this reality, what is most compelling about these two men is the continuity of their developed thought, even though they were worlds apart, separated by time. This continuity is most assuredly grounded in their historical sources, and, more importantly, their faithful handling of God’s word. That continuity, although not point for point, was rather for the significant part of the structure and content—sum and substance—of the twofold knowledge of God and self. For both of these men, this doctrine was fundamental, permeating the whole of their world and life philosophy. Bernard and Calvin clearly saw the implications of this twofold knowledge. These implications manifest in the realm of various doctrines and the network of their system of thought. This book seeks to explore those various components of their twofold knowledge of God and self, as well as the implications in the realm of experiential Christianity.

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137

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666756377

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9781666756371

A Concise History of the Common Law

By: Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett

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A Concise History of the Common Law

By: Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett

Originally published: 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1956.

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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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1584771372

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9781584771371

Learning Activities from the History of Mathematics

By: Frank J. Swetz

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Learning Activities from the History of Mathematics

By: Frank J. Swetz

Biographies of 23 important mathematicians span many centuries and cultures. Historical Learning Tasks provide 21 in-depth treatments of a variety of historical problems.

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Walch Publishing

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0825122643

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9780825122644

The Cloud

By: Frank Palescandolo

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The Cloud

By: Frank Palescandolo

As prophecy, it is Force Majeure, to state one day Man will be arrayed shoulder to shoulder to face a tribunal of a natural justice. Warnings have been dire this century in literary Jeremiads such as George Orwells Animal Farm, and others, to scarify the conscience of Man, its criminal sordidness, and loutish life of murderer. A novelized framework of a plot, to stir an otherwise sanguine reader. The plot of the Cloud involves the daily Latin and South American drug wars, massacres, willful wars by despots and legal bandits in fiendish power plays. A void of human law. Protesters hit the street in civil disobedience who no longer see a political representation in civil government. Conditions in the world at large are hopeless until the Cloud appears, disguised as an asteroid, actually a host of the billions of unwanted babies, mauled, maimed and slaughtered in the abattoir of sanctioned clinics. The Cloud, charges man with condemnation and extinction if man does not redeem his soul. A trial is in order on the behavior of an ignoble animal. Mans fate lies in the lap of an animal tribunal. An animal court will judge whether Man deserves a merciful reprieve, a chance to better himself. A home, where Man will not be Wolf to Man and no poisonous spiritless ideologies will rule the people. The children have never understood abandonment to medical waste cans; have a lingering credulous mayhap faith in love of parenthood. If Man fails the demands of the loveless, lovelorn infants of the Cloud, who will judge? And what judgment? If Orwell, or Dean Swift spot a tear of grace in the docile eyes of a Dalmation firehouse or carriage house, then so be it. Let the gavel fall! If magical solutions, so? Frank Palescandolo December 1, 2011 Copyright

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iUniverse

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1469735725

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9781469735726

Pagan Christianity?

Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices

By: Frank Viola,George Barna

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Pagan Christianity?

Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices

By: Frank Viola,George Barna

Have you ever wondered why we Christians do what we do for church every Sunday morning? Why do we “dress up” for church? Why does the pastor preach a sermon each week? Why do we have pews, steeples, and choirs? This ground-breaking book, now in affordable softcover, makes an unsettling proposal: most of what Christians do in present-day churches is rooted, not in the New Testament, but in pagan culture and rituals developed long after the death of the apostles. Coauthors Frank Viola and George Barna support their thesis with compelling historical evidence and extensive footnotes that document the origins of modern Christian church practices. In the process, the authors uncover the problems that emerge when the church functions more like a business organization than the living organism it was created to be. As you reconsider Christ's revolutionary plan for his church—to be the head of a fully functioning body in which all believers play an active role—you'll be challenged to decide whether you can ever do church the same way again.

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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1414341652

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Subjectivity, Realism, and Postmodernism

The Recovery of the World in Recent Philosophy

By: Frank B. Farrell

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Subjectivity, Realism, and Postmodernism

The Recovery of the World in Recent Philosophy

By: Frank B. Farrell

This unusually accessible account of recent Anglo-American philosophy focuses on how that philosophy has challenged deeply held notions of subjectivity, mind, and language. The book is designed on a broad canvas in which recent arguments are placed in a historical context (in particular they are related to medieval philosophy and German idealism). The author then explores such topics as mental content, moral realism, realism and antirealism, and the character of subjectivity. Much of the book is devoted to an investigation of Donald Davidson's philosophy, and there is also a sustained critique of the position of Richard Rorty. A final chapter defends the realist position against objections from postmodern thought. As a rigorous and historically sensitive account of recent philosophy, this book should enjoy a wide readership among philosophers of many different persuasions, literary theorists, and social scientists who have been influenced by postmodern thought.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521568323

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9780521568326

The Western Heritage to 1715

By: Donald Kagan,Steven Ozment,Frank M. Turner,A. Daniel Frankforter

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The Western Heritage to 1715

By: Donald Kagan,Steven Ozment,Frank M. Turner,A. Daniel Frankforter

For one-quarter/semester introductory-level survey courses in Western Civilization and European History and Civilization; or a supplemental text in Art History or other basic cultural history surveys. This concise survey of Western civilization (based on the best-selling The Western Heritage, Seventh Edition), provides an exceptionally balanced survey of the political, social, and cultural development of Western civilization its strengths and weaknesses, and the controversies surrounding it. This brief edition condenses the central narrative without compromising on vocabulary or conceptual level to make it more fully accessible to today's students, and to allow instructors greater opportunity to supplement the course with extensive outside readings, if desired.

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Prentice Hall

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0130415766

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9780130415769

The Western Heritage

By: Donald Kagan,Steven E. Ozment,Frank Miller Turner

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The Western Heritage

By: Donald Kagan,Steven E. Ozment,Frank Miller Turner

Present a strong, clear narrative account of the central developments in Western history. The book calls attention to certain critical themes -- the development of political freedom and constitutional government; the shifting relations among religion, society, and the state; the development of science and technology and their impact on thought and social institutions; and the major religious and intellectual currents that have shaped Western culture.

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0136173837

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Book's by Frank Summa

Roman Theatres

Roman Theatres

Music in Renaissance Florence: Studies and Documents

Music in Renaissance Florence: Studies and Documents

The Formation of Post-classical Philosophy in Islam

The Formation of Post-classical Philosophy in Islam

Peter Martyr Vermigli and Predestination

Peter Martyr Vermigli and Predestination

The Future of the Sacrament of Penance

The Future of the Sacrament of Penance

A Return to the Heart

A Return to the Heart

A Concise History of the Common Law

A Concise History of the Common Law

Learning Activities from the History of Mathematics

Learning Activities from the History of Mathematics

The Cloud

The Cloud

Pagan Christianity?

Pagan Christianity?

Subjectivity, Realism, and Postmodernism

Subjectivity, Realism, and Postmodernism

The Western Heritage to 1715

The Western Heritage to 1715

The Western Heritage

The Western Heritage

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