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Who's Who in the Old Testament

By: Joan Comay

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Who's Who in the Old Testament

By: Joan Comay

Who's Who in the Old Testament brings vividly to life the thousands of characters in the Old Testament, and provides: * nearly 3000 extensive entries covering every character * detailed biographical information on each character, including exactly where to find them in the Bible * the complete historical, geographical and archaeological context of each entry * comprehensive chronology of the times * a section on the Apocrypha - the collection of works that bridges the gap between the Old and New Testaments.

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Routledge

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1000158837

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The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea

By: Joan E. Taylor

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The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea

By: Joan E. Taylor

The mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls remains, over 60 years after their rediscovery. Who hid them and why? This groundbreaking book reinvigorates the contested hypothesis that the Essenes were responsible. Rather than being a marginal esoteric sect, Taylor shows that this group acted as one of the leading legal schools of Judaism.

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Oxford University Press

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019955448X

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Bonds of Imperfection

By: Oliver O'Donovan,Joan Lockwood O'Donovan

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Bonds of Imperfection

By: Oliver O'Donovan,Joan Lockwood O'Donovan

Two of today's leading experts on the Christian political tradition plumb significant moments in premodern Christian political thought, using them in original and adventurous ways to clarify, criticize, and redirect contemporary political perspectives and discussions. Drawing on the Bible and the Western history of ideas, Oliver and Joan Lockwood O'Donovan explore key Christian voices on "the political" -- political action, political institutions, and political society. Covered here are Bonaventure, Thomas, Ockham, Wycliff, Erasmus, Luther, Grotius, Barth, Ramsey, and key modern papal encyclicals. The authors' discussion takes them across a wide range of political concerns, from economics and personal freedom to liberal democracy and the nature of statehood. Ultimately, these insightful essays point to political judgment as the strength of the past theological tradition and its eclipse as the weakness of present political thought.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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080284975X

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Portrait of a Priestess

Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece

By: Joan Breton Connelly

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Portrait of a Priestess

Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece

By: Joan Breton Connelly

In this sumptuously illustrated book, Joan Breton Connelly gives us the first comprehensive cultural history of priestesses in the ancient Greek world. Connelly presents the fullest and most vivid picture yet of how priestesses lived and worked, from the most famous and sacred of them--the Delphic Oracle and the priestess of Athena Polias--to basket bearers and handmaidens. Along the way, she challenges long-held beliefs to show that priestesses played far more significant public roles in ancient Greece than previously acknowledged. Connelly builds this history through a pioneering examination of archaeological evidence in the broader context of literary sources, inscriptions, sculpture, and vase painting. Ranging from southern Italy to Asia Minor, and from the late Bronze Age to the fifth century A.D., she brings the priestesses to life--their social origins, how they progressed through many sacred roles on the path to priesthood, and even how they dressed. She sheds light on the rituals they performed, the political power they wielded, their systems of patronage and compensation, and how they were honored, including in death. Connelly shows that understanding the complexity of priestesses' lives requires us to look past the simple lines we draw today between public and private, sacred and secular. The remarkable picture that emerges reveals that women in religious office were not as secluded and marginalized as we have thought--that religious office was one arena in ancient Greece where women enjoyed privileges and authority comparable to that of men. Connelly concludes by examining women's roles in early Christianity, taking on the larger issue of the exclusion of women from the Christian priesthood. This paperback edition includes additional maps and a glossary for student use.

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Princeton University Press

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1400832691

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Cuneiform Inscriptions in the Collection of the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem

The Old Babylonian Inscriptions

By: Joan Goodnick Westenholz,Aage Westenholz

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Cuneiform Inscriptions in the Collection of the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem

The Old Babylonian Inscriptions

By: Joan Goodnick Westenholz,Aage Westenholz

The cuneiform inscriptions in this volume illuminate the political, juridical, economical, and religious conditions in Babylonia around 1800 B.C.E. In particular, the large document on the daily cult in Larsa (no. 1) is unique.

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BRILL

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9047408381

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To the Glory of Her Sex

Women's Roles in the Composition of Medieval Texts

By: Joan M. Ferrante

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To the Glory of Her Sex

Women's Roles in the Composition of Medieval Texts

By: Joan M. Ferrante

Ferranate (English and comparative literature, Columbia U.) describes medieval women's activities as correspondents, readers, writers, and literary patrons from antiquity through the 14th century. The writings she considers range through virtually every field in historical and literary studies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Indiana University Press

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0253211085

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Who's Who in Jewish History

After the period of the Old Testament

By: New edition revised by Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok,Joan Comay

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Who's Who in Jewish History

After the period of the Old Testament

By: New edition revised by Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok,Joan Comay

From Karl Marx to the Marx brothers, the Routledge Who's Who in Jewish History presents a complete and thoroughly updated reference guide to over a thousand prominent men and women who have shaped Jewish culture. Covering twenty centuries of Jewish history it provides: * detailed biographical information on each leading figure * analysis of their role and significance both in Jewish life and the wider culture * a comprehensive chronological table displaying the history of the Jewish race * a series of maps * a useful glossary giving precise definitions of Jewish words.

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1134509782

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Palmyra

Mirage in the Desert

By: Joan Aruz,Waleed Khaled al-Asa‘ad,Dr. Eleonora Cussini,Lucinda Dirven,Michał Gawlikowski,Maura K. Heyn,Ted Kaizer,Michel Al-Maqdissi,Eva Ishaq,Jørgen Christian Meyer,Dr. Rubina Raja,Andreas Schmidt-Colinet,Judith Weingarten

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Palmyra

Mirage in the Desert

In response to the catastrophic destruction of Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO world heritage site, a group of major international scholars gathered to focus on the art, archaeology, and history of the beleaguered site and present their latest findings. Their papers, given at a symposium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2016, have been collected in this fascinating and important publication. They are accompanied by a moving tribute by Waleed Khaled al-Asa‘ad to his father, Khaled al-Asa‘ad, the Syrian archaeologist and head of antiquities for the ancient city of Palmyra who was brutally murdered in 2015 while defending the site. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana} Palmyra: Mirage in the Desert, published simultaneously in English and Arabic, is the latest volume in the Metropolitan Museum symposium series. It is a major contribution to the knowledge and understanding of this multicultural desert—located at the crossroads of the ancient world—that will help preserve the memory of this extraordinary place for generations to come.

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1588396312

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She Smiled

From the Ashes

By: Joan Hephzibah

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She Smiled

From the Ashes

By: Joan Hephzibah

My heroine is a young beautiful lady, Chloe Blankson. The novel opens with her severe illness on her first birthday in a lonely and secluded part of town. Growing up, Chloe realised the slight deformity that will define her future, however, an encounter with the Saviour redefined her. As Chloe tried to relate with the growing lady she was becoming, she got convinced that finding true love was as complicated as her childhood insecurity. Chloe became increasingly disturbed with the aspects of her life that summon up her own dark and undefined past. Despite her faith and career hopes, Chloe was unfulfilled and unhappy with the shallowness of life and struggled with her relationships. Finally, she realised that she was foolish to give up easily with her choices. Chloe is keen to redefine what love means to her with everyone that walked the shores of her world. Was she able to do so correctly? Did she find true love?

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QuartJC

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1916252508

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Women of the Passion

By: Joan Lynch

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Women of the Passion

By: Joan Lynch

Experience the time after Jesus' death through the eyes of the women who walked with Him: Mary, his mother, Mary Magdalene, Susanna, and Joanna, among others. Who were these women? What were they thinking, doing, and feeling in the months after the Crucifixion? What kept them going despite the efforts to stamp out Jesus' followers? Women of the Passion offers a tantalizing insight into the lives of these women and tells their story in all of its excitement and religious fervor emphasizing their importance to the founding of the new church. The book was inspired by Scripture and deepened by historical research.

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ACTA Publications

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0982964013

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A Passion for Life

Fragments of the Face of God

By: Joan Chittister

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A Passion for Life

Fragments of the Face of God

By: Joan Chittister

Reflections by Joan Chittister with icons by Robert Lentz present over two dozen saints and prophets--from Hildegard of Bingen to Martin Luther King, Jr.,--who speak to the urgent spiritual questions of our time.

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Orbis Books

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1608334287

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Mary of Bethany's Dream

By: Joan McKenzie

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Mary of Bethany's Dream

By: Joan McKenzie

Mary and Martha of Bethany: two sisters caught up in a message of love. Their brother, Lazarus: torn between his old faith and new convictions. A renewed promise from an unreachable God, presented by the mysterious Y'shua of Nazareth. Y'shua was a puzzling enigma to all three. What was unfolding right before their eyes? The story of Mary of Bethany is inevitably linked to that of Y'shua, the astounding boy from Nazareth. It portrays the young Y'shua through the eyes of the Bethany family. Mary was a complex girl at heart, who had meaningful dreams and visions. Her friendship with Y'shua dramatically changed Mary's life. Y'shua was a serious country boy who could see into the temple in Jerusalem's Holy of Holies. Both young people lived in the Holy Land of Israel, under the dreaded Roman yoke of Caesar's time. Galilee and Judea, provinces of Israel, were being stirred up by the spirit of almighty God, and something tremendous was about to happen! Mary was determined to be a part of the miracle.

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WestBow Press

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1490824537

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My Uncle Fulton Sheen

By: Joan Sheen Cunningham

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My Uncle Fulton Sheen

By: Joan Sheen Cunningham

Joan Sheen Cunningham was happily growing up with her family in Illinois when her uncle Bishop Fulton Sheen offered her the opportunity of a lifetime: to attend a private school in New York City. With the blessing of her parents, she eagerly accepted, and Fulton Sheen became a second father, a role model, and a lifelong friend. In this memoir, Joan describes many formative experiences she had with Fulton Sheen—from shopping for a winter coat to meeting Al Smith, the governor of New York. She fondly recollects how her uncle guided her courtship, helped her and her new husband find an apartment, and baptized their children and grandchildren. Sheen is most known for his popular television show, Life Is Worth Living. The Sheen that Joan presents, however, is not only a polished television personality, but a man of prayer, generosity, and missionary zeal who interacted with count- less people from all walks of life. In one story after another, she illustrates that this great man’s chief concern was sharing the mercy of God with everyone.

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Ignatius Press

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1586178202

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Welcome to the Wisdom of the World and Its Meaning for You

Universal Spiritual Insights Distilled from Five Religious Traditions

By: Joan Chittister

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Welcome to the Wisdom of the World and Its Meaning for You

Universal Spiritual Insights Distilled from Five Religious Traditions

By: Joan Chittister

Chittister, a Benedictine abbess, popular lecturer, and prolific spirituality writer, returns with a helpful guide to life's most pressing questions. Spurred by letters from fans who often pour out their hearts and seek advice from her, each chapter tackles a separate existential question such as "Where is God?" or "What does it mean to be a spiritual person?" (Social Issues)

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802828949

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One Chrysanthemum

By: Joan Itoh Burk

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One Chrysanthemum

By: Joan Itoh Burk

In One Chrysanthemum, it is 1964 and Misako Imai is a young Tokyo housewife with a secret. When she was a child living in her grandfather’s dark, wartime Buddhist temple in the northern prefecture of Niigata, she became aware of a special sensitivity that allowed her to see visions of things that were currently happening—but in another place—or that had happened in the past. Now, after five years of marriage and no children, Misako is living the life of a full-time maid to her husband’s widowed mother, who blames her for not producing a son to carry on the family name. One evening, she has the very clear vision of her husband making love to another woman and realizes that he has taken a mistress. Her marital problems unresolved, Misako is summoned by her grandfather to Niigata when his temple receives the ashes of a young girl’s bones that were found in a nearby garden pond. The old priest remembers his granddaughter playing in that garden as a child and telling him that she saw a girl fall into the pond. At that time there had been no evidence the sighting was anything more than the child’s over-active imagination. But, after meeting a most unusual Zen priest who tells him about something called clairvoyance, he realizes that his own granddaughter may have had such a gift when she was a child. The old priest becomes obsessed with the possible connection between the bones found in the pond and Misako’s childhood vision. Feeling that he can give into a bit of fool-hardiness in his old age, he plans an unorthodox memorial service in the garden where the bones were found and arranges for both the Zen priest and his granddaughter to attend. What he does not realize is that the combination of the two priests’ limited knowledge and his granddaughter’s powerful sensitivity would be a dangerous combination bound to end in disaster.

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Brindle and Glass

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1926972147

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Wellsprings of Grace

Jean-Pierre Médaille, S.J. and the Ignatian Charism of the Sisters of St. Joseph

By: Joan L. Roccasalvo C.S.J.

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Wellsprings of Grace

Jean-Pierre Médaille, S.J. and the Ignatian Charism of the Sisters of St. Joseph

By: Joan L. Roccasalvo C.S.J.

The phrase, “wellsprings of grace,” aptly describes the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the focus of this study as it applies to the Sisters of St. Joseph. According to Thomas Corbishley, S.J., few books, apart from the Bible, have influenced Christians more than these Exercises, transforming an exercitant into a steadfast companion and disciple of the Lord. Their success lies in the simple fact that ‘they do what they set out to do.’ The individual becomes a power of one. Those who generously cooperate with their graces are charged with a mandate to become ambassadors for Christ (Rom. 1:17). They build up a culture of love one person at a time in the sacrament of the present moment. This fact cannot be overstated. Mary Gordon, the well-known writer and occasional critic of the Catholic Church, notes that “even if Jesuits had disappeared, Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises, which he wrote to help the members focus their inner lives, would be a monument in discernment and insight.” As a reference book, Wellsprings of Grace systematically traces the influence of the Ignatian Exercises on the Sisters of St. Joseph in their identity and mission. No research prior to Wellsprings of Grace has identified and studied the sources from which the foundational texts of the Sisters of St. Joseph have emerged. These Ignatian Exercises have become the distinguishing mark of the Jesuits themselves: “When all is said and done,” writes Simon Ditchfield, “it is the Spiritual Exercises that encapsulate the distinctiveness of the Jesuits. It is not the only reason but the main reason.” Those who do these Exercises are likewise distinguished as new creations in Christ” (2 Cor. 5:17).

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Hannah's Desire, God's Design

Early Interpretations of the Story of Hannah

By: Joan E. Cook

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Hannah's Desire, God's Design

Early Interpretations of the Story of Hannah

By: Joan E. Cook

This study analyses the biblical personage Hannah as a literary entity, to illustrate her uniquely significant place in the traditions of Israel as the mother of Samuel and thus of the reform of the priesthood, the creation of the monarchy, and the teacher of all Israel. There are three interweaving themes: first, the literary issue of the barren mother type scene; second, the theological theme of divine guidance and human initiative; and third, the perspectives of early biblical interpretation. The study develops around four works: the Hannah narrative in 1 Samuel 1-2, Pseudo-Philo's Biblical Antiquities, the Targum of the Prophets, and the Infancy Narrative in Luke 1-2.

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A&C Black

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0567298469

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Sex and Secularism

By: Joan Wallach Scott

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Sex and Secularism

By: Joan Wallach Scott

How secularism has been used to justify the subordination of women Joan Wallach Scott’s acclaimed and controversial writings have been foundational for the field of gender history. With Sex and Secularism, Scott challenges one of the central claims of the “clash of civilizations” polemic—the false notion that secularism is a guarantee of gender equality. Drawing on a wealth of scholarship by second-wave feminists and historians of religion, race, and colonialism, Scott shows that the gender equality invoked today as a fundamental and enduring principle was not originally associated with the term “secularism” when it first entered the lexicon in the nineteenth century. In fact, the inequality of the sexes was fundamental to the articulation of the separation of church and state that inaugurated Western modernity. Scott points out that Western nation-states imposed a new order of women’s subordination, assigning them to a feminized familial sphere meant to complement the rational masculine realms of politics and economics. It was not until the question of Islam arose in the late twentieth century that gender equality became a primary feature of the discourse of secularism. Challenging the assertion that secularism has always been synonymous with equality between the sexes, Sex and Secularism reveals how this idea has been used to justify claims of white, Western, and Christian racial and religious superiority and has served to distract our attention from a persistent set of difficulties related to gender difference—ones shared by Western and non-Western cultures alike.

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Princeton University Press

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1400888581

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Hear, O Heavens and Listen, O Earth

An Introduction to the Prophets

By: Joan E. Cook

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Hear, O Heavens and Listen, O Earth

An Introduction to the Prophets

By: Joan E. Cook

2007 Catholic Press Association Award Winner! In Hear, O Heavens and Listen, O Earth, Joan E. Cook guides students of theology, Scripture, and ministry in reading the prophetic books according to the current methodologies for biblical study. She encourages readers to apply the messages of the prophets to contemporary religious and social concerns. Cook focuses on how to read the Old Testament books of the prophets and addresses the pastoral implications. The study proceeds chronologically and biblical quotations and references are based on the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Cook encourages students to engage the biblical text and suggests points for reflection and questions for thought and action based on each of the prophetic books. Chapters are Introductory Topics, The Early Prophets, The Eighth Century Prophets in the Northern Kingdom, The Seventh Century Prophets Zephaniah, Nahum, and Habakkuk, Jeremiah, Lamentations, and Baruch, Ezekiel and Obadiah, Exile: Isaiah of Babylon, The Second Temple Period: Third Isaiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Joel and Jonah, and Conclusion. Joan E. Cook, SC, teaches Scripture at Georgetown University. She is the author of Hannah's Desire, God's Design: Early Interpretation of the Story of Hannah as well as numerous articles on biblical women and biblical prayer.

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Liturgical Press

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0814682545

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The Transformation of Hera

A Study of Ritual, Hero, and the Goddess in the Iliad

By: Joan V. O'Brien

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The Transformation of Hera

A Study of Ritual, Hero, and the Goddess in the Iliad

By: Joan V. O'Brien

...an exciting and meticulously detailed exploration of this most enigmatic of Olympian goddesses'-Richard Martin, Princeton University

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0847678083

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Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements

From Void to Hope

By: Joan Braune

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Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements

From Void to Hope

By: Joan Braune

This book is based on the premise that understanding fascism is crucial for defeating it. Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements suggests fascism must be understood according to two “dimensions.” First, fascism is a social movement seeking power, always already connected to sources of power. Hence, fascism cannot be defeated by policing it as a crime problem, nor therapeutically treating it as a pathology of mental health. Second, fascists have cognitive and emotional needs they are seeking to fulfill through their participation in the movement, but the presence of these motivations must be held in tension with the fact that fascists are responsible for their choices and that these individual motivations also exist in a wider social context of capitalism and systems of supremacy. The book opens by examining some psychological elements of recruitment and disengagement from fascist movements, before addressing broader social narratives, concluding with the limitations of an approach that is grounded in the national security state that relies on individualized, perpetrator-centered interventions. Rejecting centrist paradigms that see fascism as “extremism” or “accelerationism,” Braune argues that fascism must be addressed in its specificity and uniqueness as an ideology and movement. Ultimately, she argues, fascism can only be defeated by countervailing social movements that not only demand radical social change but offer alternative spaces of belonging, community care, and the search for meaning. Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements is a philosophical contribution to antifascist theory and practice that will be appreciated by academics, students, and activists concerned about fascism today.

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Taylor & Francis

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1003831133

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Visualizing the Nation

Gender, Representation, and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France

By: Joan B. Landes

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Visualizing the Nation

Gender, Representation, and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France

By: Joan B. Landes

Popular images of women were everywhere in revolutionary France. Although women's political participation was curtailed, female allegories of liberty, justice, and the republic played a crucial role in the passage from old regime to modern society. In her lavishly illustrated and gracefully written book, Joan B. Landes explores this paradox within the workings of revolutionary visual culture and traces the interaction between pictorial and textual political arguments. Landes highlights the widespread circulation of images of the female body, notwithstanding the political leadership's suspicions of the dangers of feminine influence and the seductions of visual imagery. The use of caricatures and allegories contributed to the destruction of the masculinized images of hierarchic absolutism and to forging new roles for men and women in both the intimate and public arenas. Landes tells the fascinating story of how the depiction of the nation as a desirable female body worked to eroticize patriotism and to bind male subjects to the nation-state. Despite their political subordination, women too were invited to identify with the project of nationalism. Recent views of the French Revolution have emphasized linguistic concerns; in contrast, Landes stresses the role of visual cognition in fashioning ideas of nationalism and citizenship. Her book demonstrates as well that the image is often a site of contestation, as individual viewers may respond to it in unexpected, even subversive, ways.

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Cornell University Press

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1501727532

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Listen with the Heart

Sacred Moments in Everyday Life

By: Joan Chittister

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Listen with the Heart

Sacred Moments in Everyday Life

By: Joan Chittister

This book is a profound, personal invitation to savor the sacred in everyday life.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1580511392

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Pride v. Prejudice

A Claire Malloy Mystery

By: Joan Hess

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Pride v. Prejudice

A Claire Malloy Mystery

By: Joan Hess

Claire Malloy, for as long as she can remember, has been the local bookseller and owner of the Book Depot and the widowed mother of teenage Caron, who frequently speaks in ALL CAPS. But her life has changed dramatically in recent years. Claire has married her longtime beau, Deputy Police Chief Peter Rosen. Still the owner of the Book Depot, Claire has passed the day-to-day running of it on to her very efficient employees. With Caron inching ever closer to college, there's but one thing that remains steadfastly unchanged—Claire's astonishing ability to attract, find, or even just randomly stumble across trouble. Summoned for jury duty, the prosecutor on a murder case, harboring a grudge against her husband, decides to humiliate Claire and dismiss her. Having done so in spectacular enough fashion to make the local news, Claire decides that revenge will be the next dish she serves. She hunts down the defendant in the case, a woman accused of murdering her husband, and offers to help prove her innocence. And not just because Claire wants to humiliate the prosecutor. There are only two problems. One—the defendant is looking guiltier by the minute. And two—the worst day imaginable has finally come: Claire's dreaded new mother-in-law is coming to visit and life in prison is starting to look good.

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Minotaur Books

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1250029996

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Ecocritical Theology

Neo-Pastoral Themes in American Fiction from 1960 to the Present

By: Joan Anderson Ashford

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Ecocritical Theology

Neo-Pastoral Themes in American Fiction from 1960 to the Present

By: Joan Anderson Ashford

The literary field of ecocriticism appraises texts from the perspective of the natural world, its biosystems, its animals (human and otherwise), and its ecological interconnections. Exploring a range of contemporary American novelists whose narratives resonate with numerous ecological challenges, this work examines humankind's relationship with the environment in the context of Judeo-Christian theological views. It demonstrates how characters from novels such as John Updike's Rabbit Run, DeLillo's White Noise, Toni Morrison's Paradise, and Cormac McCarthy's The Road take neopastoral journeys to rediscover an innovative relationship with nature and religion. While some are successful, others turn away from the landscape's spirituality, retreating into technological inventions. The journeys of these fictional American heroes, this volume shows, mirror ongoing, theological, nuclear age convictions.

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McFarland

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0786490721

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Genesis, Part One

By: Joan E. Cook

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Genesis, Part One

By: Joan E. Cook

A study of the book of Genesis is an invitation not only to contemplate the creation story, but to remember with the Israelites their ancestors in faith. Part One of this study covers Genesis 1:1–25:18 (the "pre-history" of Israel including the creation accounts, the stories of the fall and the great flood, as well as the story of Abraham and Sarah). Commentary, study and reflection questions, prayer and access to online lectures are included. 5 lessons.

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Liturgical Press

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0814663702

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9780814663707

The Book of Pendulum Healing

Charting Your Healing Course for Mind, Body, and Spirit

By: Joan Rose Staffen

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The Book of Pendulum Healing

Charting Your Healing Course for Mind, Body, and Spirit

By: Joan Rose Staffen

The Book of Pendulum Healing, suitable for beginners and adepts alike, offers clear, concise instructions for using ancient dowsing techniques, a modern pendulum, and 30 interrelated intuitive healing charts as a spiritual guidance system. The lessons provided are practical--the dowsing process provides concrete, visible-to-the-eye answers and solutions--and other easy-to-learn healing techniques such as communication with the angelic realm, affirmative prayer, meditation, and aura clearing are also included. This profound system opens one's mind to inner intuition and wisdom and addresses many key intellectual, emotional, physical, and spiritual issues.

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266

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Weiser Books

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1578636361

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9781578636365

The Aztecs

By: Joan D. Barghusen

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The Aztecs

By: Joan D. Barghusen

Discusses the Aztec civilization including daily life, customs, societal structure, art, religion, and conquest by the Spanish.

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118

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1560067543

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9781560067542

The Way We Were

A Story of Conversion and Renewal

By: Joan Chittister

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The Way We Were

A Story of Conversion and Renewal

By: Joan Chittister

Drawing on the story of her own monastic community, a best-selling author shoes how to redfine the essentials of faith in a time when old ways and formulas no longer serve.

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256

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Orbis Books

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157075778X

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9781570757785

Essential Supplements for Women

What Every Woman Should Know about Vitamins, Minerals, Enzymes & Amino Acids

By: Carolyn Reuben,Joan Priestly

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Essential Supplements for Women

What Every Woman Should Know about Vitamins, Minerals, Enzymes & Amino Acids

By: Carolyn Reuben,Joan Priestly

This groundbreaking guide explains how vitamin and mineral supplements are useful for combating common female ailments, for preventing major diseases, and enhancing good health. Contains information on the most suitable dosages for many specific health conditions.

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Perigee Trade

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0399514376

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9780399514371

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