1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458362203321

Autore

Lewis Wallace G. <1943->

Titolo

In the footsteps of Lewis and Clark [[electronic resource] ] : early commemorations and the origins of the national historic trail / / Wallace G. Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, c2010

ISBN

1-4571-1076-8

1-60732-027-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

917.804/2

Soggetti

Voyages and travels

Electronic books.

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail

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

Monuments -- Tracing the route -- The new explorers -- The 1955 Sesquicentennial -- The National Commission -- Commemoration and authenticity on the trail.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines how public attitudes toward the exploration and the commemorations have changed from the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905 to the Lewis and Clark Trail in 1978 and the bicentennial from 2003-2007.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462060203321

Autore

Grillo Evelio

Titolo

Black Cuban, Black American [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir / / Evelio Grillo ; introduction by Kenya Dworkin y Méndez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houston, Tex., : Arte Público Press, 2000

ISBN

1-61192-037-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic literary heritage

Disciplina

973/.04687291

Soggetti

Cuban Americans

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""Introduction""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part One ""; ""Part Two""; ""Part Three ""



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974992003321

Autore

Abrahamov Binyamin

Titolo

Divine love in Islamic mysticism : the teachings of al-Ghazali and al-Dabbagh / / Binyamin Abrahamov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-12930-8

0-203-03746-4

1-283-96298-5

1-136-12922-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Routledge Sufi series

Classificazione

11.84

Disciplina

297.4/1112

Soggetti

God (Islam) - Worship and love

Sufism - Doctrines

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. 137-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; DIVINE LOVE IN ISLAMIC MYSTICISM; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; I. Introduction; 1. Love in Greek philosophy; 2. Love in Judaism; 3. Love in Christianity; 4. Love in Islam; a. Qur'ân and Hadîth; b. Theology; c. Philosophy; d. Mysticism; II. Al-Ghâzalî's theory of divine love in Kitâb al-Mahabba; 1. Introduction; 2. Definition, principles and causes of love; 3. The causes of the love for God; 4. The way to love God; 5. The signs of love; 6. God's love for man; 7. Summary; III. Al-Dabbâgh's theory of divine love; 1. The definition of love

2. The human aspect in the love for God3. The emanative aspect in the love for God; 4. Perfection, beauty, and pleasure; 5. Affinity as a cause of love; 6. The classification of love; 7. Kinds of lovers; 8. Stations and states of lovers; 9. The relations between the states; 10. Summary; Notes; References and abbreviations; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The two theories of divine love that are examined in this book have their foundations in Greek, Jewish, Christian and Muslim ideas. Al-Ghazâlî (twelfth century) was influenced mainly by Plato and Ibn Sina's teachings, while al-Dabbâgh (thirteenth century), who accepted some Ghazâlîan notions, developed a theory of divine love that can be traced



back to Neoplatonism. Both scholars created complete theories of divine love that include definitions of love, its causes and signs, the ways to love God, God's love for man, and kinds of love. The book will interest students of theology, philosophy and