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Approaching God

The Way of Abraham Joshua Heschel

By: John C. Merkle

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Approaching God

The Way of Abraham Joshua Heschel

By: John C. Merkle

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907 '72) is widely regarded as one of the most creative religious thinkers of the twentieth century, and John Merkle is well known as a leading guide to Heschel's thought. In accessible and engaging language, Merkle's Approaching God: The Way of Abraham Joshua Heschel introduces readers to Heschel's life and works in the service of God and to the very heart of his theological perspective. This book clearly explains Heschel's reasons for affirming the reality and revelation of God, what he recommends as ways of responding to God, and why he thinks it is important to accept religious diversity as the will of God. Deeply rooted in tradition, Heschel's message was, in its day, both timely and ahead of its time. This book shows just how relevant his message is for those seeking God 'and an enlightened perspective on God 'in the twenty-first century. John C. Merkle is professor of theology at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Minnesota. His books include The Genesis of Faith: The Depth Theology of Abraham Joshua Heschel (Macmillan,1985) and Faith Transformed: Christian Encounters with Jews and Judaism (Liturgical Press, 2003).

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Liturgical Press

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0814654568

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9780814654569

The Seductiveness of Virtue

Abraham Joshua Heschel and John Paul II on Morality and Personal Fulfillment

By: John J. Fitzgerald

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The Seductiveness of Virtue

Abraham Joshua Heschel and John Paul II on Morality and Personal Fulfillment

By: John J. Fitzgerald

John J. Fitzgerald addresses here one of life's enduring questions - how to achieve personal fulfillment and more specifically whether we can do so through ethical conduct. He focuses on two significant twentieth-century theologians - Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Pope John Paul II - seeing both as fitting dialogue partners, given the former's influence on the Second Vatican Council's deliberations on the Jews, and the latter's groundbreaking overtures to the Jews in the wake of his experiences in Poland before and during World War II. Fitzgerald demonstrates that Heschel and John Paul II both suggest that doing good generally leads us to growth in various components of personal fulfillment, such as happiness, meaning in life, and freedom from selfish desires. There are, however, some key differences between the two theologians - John Paul II emphasizes more strongly the relationship between acting well and attaining eternal life, whereas Heschel wrestles more openly with the possibility that religious commitment ultimately involves anxiety and sadness. By examining historical and contemporary analyses, including the work of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the philosopher Peter Singer, and some present-day psychologists, Fitzgerald builds a narrative that shows the promise and limits of Heschel's and John Paul II's views.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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056766032X

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9780567660329

The Greek Life of Adam and Eve

By: John R. Levison

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The Greek Life of Adam and Eve

By: John R. Levison

The Greek Life of Adam and Eve is a brooding epic that explores experiences of disease, death, and hope through a riveting reinvention of the stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and Seth. Now, for the first time, Jack Levison offers the English-speaking world its first comprehensive commentary on this saga. The introduction offers analyses, sweeping in scope and rich in detail, for which no comparable discussions exist in any language. Chapter one details literary character—narrative flow, characters, and reconstructions of literary growth. With consummate clarity, chapter two brings order to the scholarly chaos surrounding Greek manuscripts, Greek text forms, versions (Latin, Armenian, Georgian, Slavonic), and the history of research. Chapter three investigates provenance: external references to the Greek Life and evidence for either a Jewish or Christian origin; Levison demonstrates that arguments for either a Jewish or Christian provenance cannot bear the weight scholars have laid on them. The commentary is equally comprehensive, with far-reaching discussions of the Greek illuminated by the foreground of Jewish scripture and the milieu of ancient Greek and Hebrew literature. With a fresh translation and bibliography.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110756528

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9783110756524

Cain and Abel in Text and Tradition

Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the First Sibling Rivalry

By: John Byron

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Cain and Abel in Text and Tradition

Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the First Sibling Rivalry

By: John Byron

The Cain and Abel story is riddled with linguistic ambiguities and narrative gaps. Jewish and Christian interpreters often expanded the story in an attempt to fill the gaps and answer questions. This book traces the interpretive history of Genesis 4.

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BRILL

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9004192522

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9789004192522

Risë Stevens

A Life in Music

By: John Pennino

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Risë Stevens

A Life in Music

By: John Pennino

As an American woman who attained the highest rank in her chosen field, she is an example of what can be accomplished through a combination of natural talent and the will to succeed. Rise's career is unique in that it encompassed opera, recordings, radio, films, television, academic, and arts administration. She was a mainstay at the Metropolitan Opera for twenty-three seasons. In the 1940s she had her own radio show, she appeared in a classic film. In the 1950s she was a popular guest on television, her recordings sold in the thousands. The complete Carmen has been in print for over fifty years, the Mannes School of Music survived a bleak period in the 1960s because of her, the Metropolitan Opera National Company was launched under her aegis, she is now a managing director of the Metropolitan Opera. This biography will attempt to show in greater detail a career that extended from Brooklyn to Prague, from Canada to South America, from parts of America where a lied or aria had never been heard to the centers of culture, Paris and Milan. Written in her tenth decade, it objectively reflects on a life well managed. Compared to Callas, Rise has lived a long life and has escaped notoriety.

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Baskerville Publishers, Inc.

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1880909758

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9781880909751

In the House of the Hangman volume 4

By: John Bloomberg-Rissman

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In the House of the Hangman volume 4

By: John Bloomberg-Rissman

A marathon dance mix consisting of thousands of mashed up text and image samples, In the House of the Hangman tries to give a taste of what life is like there, where it is impolite to speak of the noose. It is the third part of the life project Zeitgeist Spam. If you can't afford a copy ask me for a pdf.

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Lulu.com

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0990776131

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African States and Rulers, 3d ed.

By: John Stewart

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African States and Rulers, 3d ed.

By: John Stewart

Now in its third edition, this is a bigger (more than 11,000 entries), updated version of the 1989 original covering the enormous kaleidoscope of changing political boundaries, names, and rulers of Africa. This exhaustive reference allows the user quickly to determine what happened in or to each country and when--changes of names, political systems, rulers, and so on. The term "state" is loosely defined to embrace, throughout the history of Africa, any area of land with recognized borders and evidence of a continuing governmental structure, almost always with a capital city. Entries give official name of country, dates during which it went by that name, location, capital, alternate names including cross-references to previous and later incarnations, and a list of rulers with dates of power when known. A new table details AIDS in the African states.

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McFarland

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1476617074

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9781476617077

An Ígálá-English Lexicon

A Bilingual Dictionary with Notes on Igala Language, History, Culture and Priest-Kings

By: John Idakwoji

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An Ígálá-English Lexicon

A Bilingual Dictionary with Notes on Igala Language, History, Culture and Priest-Kings

By: John Idakwoji

Ígálá language, which is spoken in parts of Kògí, Énúgu, Ánámbra, Delta and Bénúé States of Nigeria, is one of the world’s increasingly endangered languages. Unless something changes soon, it will be lost forever. John Idakwoji spent more than thirty years researching the language so that he could share with the world its oceanic depth and the sacred, unique but under-exploited culture that it nurtures even in its seldom written, rarely described and sparsely documented state of being. The book takes the bull by the horns, as it equips Igala teachers and students with the tools they need to engage in practical learning and instruction. You’ll find: insights on the properties and characteristics of the language, including its alphabet, tones, grammar, parts of speech, dialects, loan-words, and more. features of the lexicon and how readers can recognize and use vocabulary. over five thousand head-words presented in alphabetical order and bearing diacritical marks, phonetic symbols, and tone marks to enable interested non-Igalas to read the book. Research-based information on Igala’s prehistoric origins and the three successive dynasties that have ruled the land bring a personal touch to the lexicon. There is a desperate need and a vociferous call for Ígáláà to be preserved, and An Ígálá-English Lexicon answers that clarion call with an impressive trove of data, analysis, and documentation.

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Partridge Publishing Singapore

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1482827883

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9781482827880

Management and Economic Development in sub-Saharan Africa

By: John O. Okpara

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Management and Economic Development in sub-Saharan Africa

By: John O. Okpara

One of the major challenges facing Sub-Saharan African organizations today is how to effectively manage their resources. Though the importance of effective management of organizational resources is generally acknowledged, published research on the theme is disappointingly scarce. This book hopes to contribute in filling the lacuna. Contributors to the volume, which is the first in a book series from African Journal of Business and Economic Research (AJBER), a peer-reviewed, triennial publication, discuss various management issues in sub-Saharan Africa such as employee motivation, job satisfaction, compensation, organizational commitment, ethics, social responsibility and export management and the interplay between these and the effective management of an organization's resources. They argue that effective management of organizational resources - whether in the public or private sector - promotes efficiency, which in turn enhances the organization's ability to compete. The contributors also offer valuable insights into why many organizations in sub-Saharan Africa are inefficiently managed and offer desiderata for overcoming such challenges.

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Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd

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1912234807

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9781912234806

An Essay on the Antiquity of Hindoo Medicine: Including an Introductory

By: John Royle

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An Essay on the Antiquity of Hindoo Medicine: Including an Introductory

By: John Royle

Reprint of the original, first published in 1837.

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3385615631

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Book's by John Agada

Approaching God

Approaching God

The Seductiveness of Virtue

The Seductiveness of Virtue

The Greek Life of Adam and Eve

The Greek Life of Adam and Eve

Cain and Abel in Text and Tradition

Cain and Abel in Text and Tradition

Risë Stevens

Risë Stevens

In the House of the Hangman volume 4

In the House of the Hangman volume 4

African States and Rulers, 3d ed.

African States and Rulers, 3d ed.

An Ígálá-English Lexicon

An Ígálá-English Lexicon

Management and Economic Development in sub-Saharan Africa

Management and Economic Development in sub-Saharan Africa

An Essay on the Antiquity of Hindoo Medicine: Including an Introductory

An Essay on the Antiquity of Hindoo Medicine: Including an Introductory

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