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The Franciscan custody of the holy land in Cyprus

Its educational, pastoral and charitable work and support for the Maronite community

By: Paolo Pieraccini

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The Franciscan custody of the holy land in Cyprus

Its educational, pastoral and charitable work and support for the Maronite community

By: Paolo Pieraccini

In his latest book Dr. Pieraccini makes a major contribution not only to the annals of the Franciscan Order but also to the history of Cyprus, a Greek-speaking island off the coast of Turkey that had long provided port facilities for trade with the East and that was an important staging post on the sea route for pilgrims to the Holy Land. After the waning of the Crusades at the end of the 13th century it became “the most important Christian outpost in the Mediterranean”. Even so, Catholics – whether Latins or Maronites – never made up more than 1% of the overall population of the island. In essence this is a tale of survival against the odds over the centuries, thanks to the stubborn resilience of the Franciscan friars and the Catholic faithful, especially the Maronites, in the face of great human and natural adversity. Among the perennial challenges the Order faced were those of a shortage of water, barren soil, “bad air” – malaria – a poor climate, and the hostility of the majority population of Greeks and Muslims.

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Edizioni Terra Santa

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8862402686

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9788862402682

Parole nel Vento

By: Paolo Benetti

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Parole nel Vento

By: Paolo Benetti

Il libro Parole nel vento di Paolo Benetti è un'Odissea Patagonica è la storia di un Nostos, un ritorno. Tragico, avventuroso, violento, passionale, ripercorre le tappe dell'Odissea in chiave moderna dove per esempio Polifemo è un nano del circo con un occhio solo, ma altrettanto crudele. Il tono epico, anche nelle sue ripetizioni aediche, ad esempio i roghi in cui bruciano gli eroi, o anche l'immagine della nave/suv nera che fende le pianure patagoniche come fossero onde del àiperion talassa, l'infinito mare omerico, appartengono per diritto al linguaggio epico greco. Anche la natura potente, apparentemente domata dall'onnipresente alambrado, come nell'Odissea, è madre e matrigna e fa ritornare gli uomini della civiltà della polis allo stato ferino. Il novello Odisseo e i sui compagni di sventura finché sono immersi nella natura fanno ecatombi degne dell'esercito argivo ... ma, non appena superate le possenti mura di Itaca, la furia omicida si placa. Riccardo Reisso su www.igiornielenotti.it

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399

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Lulu.com

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1291346813

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9781291346817

St. Paul

A Screenplay

By: Pier Paolo Pasolini

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St. Paul

A Screenplay

By: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Presented here for the first time in English is a remarkable screenplay about the apostle Paul by Pier Paolo Pasolini, legendary filmmaker, novelist, poet, and radical intellectual activist. Written between the appearance of his renowned film Teorema and the shocking, controversial Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, St Paul was deemed too risky for investors. At once a political intervention and cinematic breakthrough, the script forces a revolutionary transformation on the contemporary legacy of Paul. In Pasolini’s kaleidoscope, we encounter fascistic movements, resistance fighters, and faltering revolutions, each of which reflects on aspects of the Pauline teachings. From Jerusalem to Wall Street and Greenwich Village, from the rise of SS troops to the death of Martin Luther King, Jr, here—as Alain Badiou writes in the foreword—‘Paul’s text crosses all these circumstances intact, as if it had foreseen them all’. This is a key addition to the growing debate around St Paul and to the proliferation of literature centred on the current turn to religion in philosophy and critical theory, which embraces contemporary figures such as Alain Badiou, Slavoj Žižek and Giorgio Agamben.

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193

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Verso Books

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1781682895

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9781781682890

Poems

By: Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Poems

By: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Sex, death, political passion, these are the simple objects to which I give my elegiac heart" Winner of the first Renato Poggioli/William Weaver Award of PEN American Center Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), who is best known in this country as an inspired filmmaker, was also the most outspoken and original Italian writer of his generation, the author of distinguished and controversial novels and plays, political and literary criticism, and, above all, poetry. His poems are widely considered the most important contribution to Italian literature since Montale and, along with the work of Brecht and Neruda, represent the most powerful political poetry of the century. This dual-language book presents his major poems as well as an autobiographical essay, which together make for an outstanding introduction to Pasolini's exceptional gifts as a poet.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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0374524696

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9780374524692

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Poet of Ashes

By: Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Pier Paolo Pasolini

Poet of Ashes

By: Pier Paolo Pasolini

In this book, readers will find poems that Pasolini wrote during his brief stay in New York, interviews, and an anthology of statements, reflections, and notes on his films.

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City Lights Publishers

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8872181704

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9788872181706

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The Franciscan custody of the holy land in Cyprus

The Franciscan custody of the holy land in Cyprus

Parole nel Vento

Parole nel Vento

St. Paul

St. Paul

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Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini

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