1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462555003321

Autore

Kane Brian M. <1962->

Titolo

The blessing of life [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction to Catholic bioethics / / Brian M. Kane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-283-60358-6

9786613916037

0-7391-6934-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Disciplina

174.2

Soggetti

Medical ethics - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Bioethics

Medical ethics

Medicine - Religious aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foundational issues in moral theology -- Professionalism in health care -- The sanctity of life -- The social dimensions of health care -- Invasive medical procedures -- Ethics at the end of life.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an introductory explanation of Catholic theological thinking on bioethics. It differs from the majority of bioethics texts by explaining Catholic theology, and not philosophy.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451514203321

Autore

Anderson Graham

Titolo

Fairytale in the ancient world / / Graham Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

0-203-13245-9

0-203-17035-0

1-280-32798-7

1-134-56046-X

9786610327980

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

292.1/3

Soggetti

Mythology, Roman

Mythology, Greek

Fairy tales - Greece - History and criticism

Fairy tales - Rome - History and criticism

Classical literature - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-227) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; The Cinderella story in antiquity; Snow White and related tales; Cupid and Psyche and Beauty and the Beast; The Obstacle Flight; The 'innocent slandered maid'; Butchering girls: Red Riding Hood and Bluebeard; Magicians and their allies; Between living and dead; Two Homeric tales: The Cyclops and Ares and Aphrodite; Some moral parables: The Pied Piper, The Three Wishes, Rumpelstiltskin, The Singing Bone; Fairytale into romance; Folktales and society: some reflections on ancient evidence; Conclusions

Some difficult casesTwo ancient hero tales; Thrushbeard and The Starmaidens; AT Type 552 and the Orestes story; Notes; Bibliography; Index of folktale types; General index

Sommario/riassunto

In this, the first modern study of the ancient fairytale, Graham Anderson asks whether the familiar children's fairytale of today existed



in the ancient world. He examines texts from the classical period and finds many stories which resemble those we know today, including:* a Jewish Egyptian Cinderella* a Snow White whose enemy is the goddess Artemis* a Pied Piper at Troy.He puts forward many previously unsuspected candidates as classical variants of the modern fairytale and argues that the degree of violence and cruelty in the ancient tales means they must have been meant for

3.

Record Nr.

UNISANNIOMIL0142415

Titolo

1: Central bank functions / edited by Michael Collins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, : Elgar, \1993!

Descrizione fisica

XVIII, 516 p. ; 25 cm.

Collocazione

POZZO LIB.ECON MON                6647

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia