1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008434430403321

Autore

Shlaim, Avi

Titolo

The iron wall : Israel and the Arab world / Avi Shlaim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; London : W. W. Norton, c2001

Descrizione fisica

XXV, 670 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Disciplina

956.04

Locazione

FSPBC

Collocazione

XIV B 1953

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457693903321

Autore

Shalev Eran <1970->

Titolo

Rome reborn on western shores [[electronic resource] ] : historical imagination and the creation of the American republic / / Eran Shalev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8139-2839-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Jeffersonian America

Disciplina

973.3/1

Soggetti

Political science - United States - History - 18th century

Political culture - United States - History - 18th century

Civilization, Classical - Study and teaching - United States - History - 18th century

Classical literature - Study and teaching - United States - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Literature and the revolution

United States Civilization Classical influences

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

A revolutionary language: history and the classics in the age of revolution -- Britannia corrupt: the British empire in the revolutionary classical imagination -- "Judge the future by the past": the varieties of historical consciousness in revolutionary America -- Taking the toga: American patriots performing antiquity -- Cato americanus: classical pseudonyms and the ratification of the federal constitution -- "The pen of the historian, or the imagination of the poet": the revolution's history classicized -- Epilogue: from republic to empire: beyond 1776.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453970803321

Autore

Cunningham Lawrence

Titolo

An introduction to Catholicism / / Lawrence S. Cunningham [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009

ISBN

0-511-73813-7

1-107-19576-4

1-283-32971-9

9786613329714

1-139-13422-1

0-511-80082-7

1-139-12918-X

1-139-13107-9

0-511-50502-7

0-511-50716-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 284 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Introduction to religion

Disciplina

282

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The many meanings of Catholicism -- Roman Catholicism -- Being Catholic : some typologies -- Catholicism in place and time -- Catholic



worship -- The rule of faith -- Catholic spirituality -- The missionary character of Catholicism -- Catholic reformation(s) -- The moral life -- The contemporary Catholic Church.

Sommario/riassunto

The Vatican. The Inquisition. Contraception. Celibacy. Apparitions and miracles. Plots and scandals. The Catholic Church is seldom out of the news. But what do its one billion adherents really believe, and how do they put their beliefs into practice in worship, the family, and society? This down-to-earth account goes back to the early Christian creeds to uncover the roots of modern Catholic thinking. It avoids getting bogged down in theological technicalities, and throws light on aspects of the Church's institutional structure and liturgical practice that even Catholics can find baffling: why go to confession? How are people made saints? What is 'infallible' about the Pope? Topics addressed include: • scripture and tradition • sacraments and prayer • popular piety  • personal and social morality • reform, mission, and interreligious dialogue Lawrence Cunningham, a theologian, prize-winning writer and university teacher, provides an overview of Catholicism today which will be indispensable for undergraduates and lay study groups.