1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990003633760203316

Autore

BOOTH, Charlotte

Titolo

Tutankhamon : Il ragazzo dietro la maschera / Charlotte Booth ; traduzione di Maria Grazia Bosetti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Mondadori, 2011

ISBN

978-88-04-60943-8

Descrizione fisica

159 p., [8] carte di tav. : ill. ; 20 cm

Collana

Oscar storia ; 541

Disciplina

932

Soggetti

Tutankhamon <faraone d'Egitto>

Collocazione

IX.2. 206

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781587203321

Autore

Levering Matthew <1971->

Titolo

The betrayal of charity [[electronic resource] ] : the sins that sabotage divine love / / Matthew Levering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-60258-355-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

241'.677--dc22

Soggetti

Charity

Sin - Christianity

Love - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Is charity violent? -- Hatred and the God of Israel -- Sloth and the joy of resurrection -- Envy and God-reliance -- Discord, contention, and ecclesial peace -- Schism and liturgical mediation -- War and the interpretation of Scripture -- Scandal, scapegoats, and spiritual downfall.

Sommario/riassunto

Love was at one time a powerfully unifying force among Christians. In his letters, Paul consistently evokes charity as the avenue to both human and divine communion. If the magnitude of charity was of the upmost importance to early Christians, so were those sins that aimed to distract Christians from acting based on love. Taking seriously the efforts of Paul, and later Thomas Aquinas, to expose and root out the sins against charity, Matthew Levering reclaims the centrality of love for moral, and in fact all, theology.As Levering argues, the practice of charity leads to inner joy