1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154937403321

Autore

Shea Therese

Titolo

Vikings / / Therese Shea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services, , 2017

ISBN

1-5081-0360-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits

Collana

Warriors Around the World

Disciplina

948/.022

Soggetti

Vikings

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Vikings at home -- A warrior people -- Invasions of England -- Marauders on the move -- The legacy of the Vikings -- Glossary -- For further reading.

Sommario/riassunto

This book illuminates the facts about the rich Viking culture, revealing their lives beyond warfare, such as their art, craft, and trade. Readers will also find myths clarified, with stories from the perhaps biased accounts of Viking-conquered people set straight with the facts about their complex civilization.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821961003321

Autore

Sheldrake Philip

Titolo

The spiritual city : theology, spirituality, and the place of the city / / Philip Sheldrake

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014

2014

ISBN

1-118-83051-2

1-118-83047-4

1-118-83049-0

1-118-83050-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

New York Academy of Sciences

Classificazione

318.7

361.78

191

261.8

Disciplina

261.8

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The city in Christian thought -- Augustine?s two cities -- Monasticism and utopian visions -- The city as sacred -- The city after the reformations -- Michel de Certeau: everyday practices & the city -- Theological reflection and the city -- Place and the sacred -- The art of community -- Reconciliation and hospitality -- Urban virtues -- A spiritual vision of the human city.

Sommario/riassunto

A Spiritual City provides a broad examination of the meaning and importance of cities from a Christian perspective. Contains thought-provoking theological and spiritual reflections on city-making by a leading scholarUnites contemporary thinking about urban space and built environments with the latest in urban theologyAddresses the long-standing anti-urban bias of Christianity and its emphasis on inwardness and pilgrimagePresents an important religious perspective on the potential of cities to create a strong human community and sense of sacred sp