1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462633003321

Autore

Chittick William C

Titolo

The Sufi path of knowledge [[electronic resource] ] : Ibn al-ʻArabi's metaphysics of imagination / / William C. Chittick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, N.Y., : State University of New York Press, c1989

ISBN

0-7914-9898-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (507 p.)

Disciplina

297/.4/0924

Soggetti

Sufism

Imagination - Religious aspects - Islam

Creative ability - Religious aspects - Islam

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. [414]-417) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""Introduction ""; ""1 Overview ""; ""2 Theology ""; ""3 Ontology ""; ""4 Epistemology""; ""5 Hermeneutics ""; ""6 Soteriology ""; ""7 Consummation ""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Indexes""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453495203321

Autore

Parker R. A (Roy Alfred), <1931->

Titolo

Uprooted : The Shipment of Poor Children to Canada, 1867-1917 / / Roy Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Portland, Ore. : , : Policy Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4473-0414-4

1-281-77324-7

9786611773243

1-84742-290-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Disciplina

305.23086

305.23086/9450971

Soggetti

Orphans

Immigrant children

Home children (Canadian immigrants)

Emigration and immigration

British

British - Canada - History

Orphans - Canada - History

Immigrant children - Canada - History

History

Electronic books.

Great Britain

Canada

Great Britain Emigration and immigration History

Canada Emigration and immigration History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously published in hardcover: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Uprooted; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1. The Background; 2. Early Initiatives; 3. Checks and Balances; 4. The Issue of Inspection; 5. The Second Wave of Organised Protestant Child



Emigration; 6. The Catholic Response; 7. The 'Unorganised' Emigrationists; 8. Canadian Demand for Child Labour; 9. Canadian Opposition to Child Immigration; 10. The Management of the Opposition in Canada; 11. The Reformatories and Industrial Schools; 12. What Befell the Children; 13. Parents' Rights, Consent and Legislation; 14. Into the Twentieth Century

15. Explanation and AssessmentNotes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the economic, religious, political and personal forces that led to some 80,000 British children being sent to Canada between 1867 and 1915 and provides a vivid look at one aspect of the history of child welfare practices.