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La Dottrina Sociale della Chiesa. Sviluppo Storico

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Il tono che accompagna il commento ai grandi documenti della Dottrina Sociale della Chiesa è, generalmente, celebrativo. Questo testo si allontana da tale atteggiamento quasi obbligato. Ad imporre questa misura è il dovere per il rigore dello studio e per la serietà della ricerca che impegna lo studioso a non sottrarsi al compito di segnalare i punti deboli e i limiti dei testi oggetto di analisi. Con tono distaccato e con sguardo critico vengono, così, passati in rassegna i più noti titoli ‒ dalla Rerum novarum alla Caritas in veritate ‒ che hanno rappresentato gli imprescindibili riferimenti dell’insegnamento sociale della Chiesa cattolica.

Effacement de Dieu

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Pour beaucoup, le moine s'est effacé du monde. On le soupçonne de fuite ou on admire son courage, mais perçoit-on vraiment l'audace de son existence : explorer radicalement l'effacement de Dieu dans le monde. De ce Dieu présent-absent, vivant au coeur des êtres et des choses les plus humbles de la vie, on ne peut littéralement rien dire. C'est pourquoi, depuis les Pères du désert, certains moines ont choisi d'évoquer ce « rien » de Dieu à travers un langage à la limite du dicible : la poésie.Rappelant cette tradition qui interroge en profondeur le christianisme, Gabriel Ringlet en montre l'actualité à travers quelques figures de moines-poètes contemporains de premier plan, souvent méconnus mais toujours étonnants. Ce faisant, il livre sa propre vision d'un Dieu à la fois sensuel et caché, qui reste « inachevé » et toujours en quête de l'Homme.

¿Quién eres, Señor?

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En la historia de la cultura, Jesús ha sido un signo imposible de evitar, un signo con el cual hay que ajustar las cuentas, un signo que hay que aceptar o rechazar. Encontrarlo nunca puede dejar a nadie indiferente: en la relación con él se juega, de hecho, algo significativo para nuestras vidas. ¿Qué significó cruzarse con sus pasos durante su experiencia terrenal o también después del acontecimiento de la resurrección? Desde la fecha de su nacimiento, colocada convencionalmente como línea divisoria entre dos eras, Jesús ha impregnado de su presencia y de su palabra la historia de Occidente, que no puede entenderse sin él. Este libro traza su perfil partiendo de la experiencia bíblica de quien lo encontró y se confrontó con él.

Faith No Fancy

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Another quality eBook from Chapel Library. “Faith is called for, but take not every sort of faith for saving faith. It would make tender hearts bleed to see so many mistaken in the matter of their faith. There are some who say they had faith all their days—that they were convinced of the lamentable deceit and delusion they are under! Learn to distinguish between Faith and Fancy, between historical and temporary faith, and true saving faith. Though historical and temporary faith are not delusions, yet in so far as you rest on the same, and mistake them for saving faith, you are deluded, for saving faith puts you out of yourselves to rest on Jesus Christ; it brings the soul from the covenant of works to a new holding of life by Christ and His righteousness.”

The Secret Science Behind Miracles: Huna Magic and Ho'Opono, Ho'Oponopono Instant Healing

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Max Freedom Long, a life long student of mysticism and spirituality, lived amongst the Hawaiian Hunas in the early part of the 20th Century, and gained first hand knowledge of their practices, miracles and magic. With first hand accounts and more than 2 dozen case histories, the author showcases the mysteries and methods of Hawaiian Shamanism, healing and magic.

Covenant

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As one of the most prominent themes in Scripture, the covenant is crucial to all Christian theological systems, from dispensationalism to covenant theology to theonomy to liberation theology. One would think that by now all controversies have been exhausted, but an issue of this magnitude can never finally be laid to rest. Because disagreements persist, there is room for yet another attempt to study the covenant and improve our understanding of it. This book proposes that the path toward an evangelical consensus is not to be found in building another modified systematic theology, but in a biblical theology approach. Grounded in this approach, John Walton's perspective is that while the covenant is characteristically redemptive, formulated along the lines of ancient treaties, and ultimately soteric, it is essentially revelatory. This view in turn has implications regarding the continuity or discontinuity of the covenant phases, the conditionality of the covenant, and our understanding of the people of God. And this ultimately affects the way the Old Testament is preached and taught. Walton's thesis is an important contribution to the discussion of the covenant and the attempts to find common ground among evangelicals of diverse theological traditions.

The Majesty of God in the Old Testament

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This new book by a trusted Old Testament scholar directs the student and pastor to an aspect of biblical truth often lacking in contemporary preaching and teaching: God's unsurpassed majesty and greatness. Kaiser suggests that a key way to recapture this important doctrine in the pulpit is through the preaching of the Old Testament--itself an oft-neglected or mishandled discipline. By expositing ten great Old Testament passages that are rife with evidence of God's majesty, he shows how today's preacher might address this deficiency. He also shows how such exercises as word studies and historical/archaeological studies can be used to help pastors make the Old Testament relevant to their congregations.

The Kabbalah Unveiled

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The Kabbalah is an esoteric Jewish doctrine adapted by author S.L. MacGregor Mathers to form the Hermetic order of the Golden Dawn, an occult organisation. This volume includes three of the critical books from the Zohar, the fundamental work in Kabbalah, as well as Mathers' introduction explaining the key elements of Jewish mysticism. Mathers' translation from Hebrew originally appeared in 1926, and it continues to be a valuable resource for students interested in Religious Studies, particularly Mysticism and the Occult.

Ouvrir l'espace du christianisme

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Myriam Tonus, laïque dominicaine belge, formée en théologie, a très longtemps accompagné le parcours intellectuel et spirituel de Maurice Bellet (1923-2018). À la disparition de celui-ci, elle a voulu transmettre le caractère unique et génial d'une oeuvre imposante et exigeante, au carrefour de la philosophie, la théologie, la psychanalyse et la littérature. Cette oeuvre pionnière a « jeté les fondements d'un autre christianisme qui, face aux peurs et aux blocages dogmatiques, rendrait aux chrétiens leur confiance et leur joie devant l'avenir » écrit Jean-Claude Guillebaud dans sa préface. Et c'est pourquoi, dit-il, « nous sommes quelques-uns à penser qu'une meilleure place aurait dû lui être faite dans le débat public ».Myriam Tonus y contribue largement avec ce livre passionnant, en nous faisant pénétrer les arcanes d'une pensée qui a bouleversé toute une génération de chrétiens et qui demeure très en avance sur notre temps.

Jerusalem

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Venerated for millennia by three faiths, torn by irreconcilable conflict, conquered, rebuilt, and mourned for again and again, Jerusalem is a sacred city whose very sacredness has engendered terrible tragedy. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong, author of the highly praised A History of God, traces the history of how Jews, Christians, and Muslims have all laid claim to Jerusalem as their holy place, and how three radically different concepts of holiness have shaped and scarred the city for thousands of years.Armstrong unfolds a complex story of spiritual upheaval and political transformation--from King David's capital to an administrative outpost of the Roman Empire, from the cosmopolitan city sanctified by Christ to the spiritual center conquered and glorified by Muslims, from the gleaming prize of European Crusaders to the bullet-ridden symbol of the present-day Arab-Israeli conflict. Written with grace and clarity, the product of years of meticulous research, Jerusalem combines the pageant of history with the profundity of searching spiritual analysis. Like Karen Armstrong's A History of God, Jerusalem is a book for the ages.BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Karen Armstrong's Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life.

Aquinas Ethicus: The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas, Vol. 1

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St. Thomas is not only the king of theologians, but the prince of moralists, and it has seemed a pity that his own words on matters of daily practice should have been so long inaccessible to the English reader. Technical Latin is not attractive to those who are unversed in it, and the student of ethics might be easily bewildered by the large admixture of speculative theology in the Summa. In this translation the separation of ethics from theology has been carried out in the main, and the English has been made as simple as the subject-matter permits. This is volume one out of two and a a translation of the principal portions of the second part of the Summa Theologica including more than three hundred endnotes.

Les secrets de la méthode maçonnique

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Existe-t-il une méthode maçonnique ? A quoi servent les symboles, les mythes et les rituels ? Quels sont les comportements que développe cette méthode : Mieux écouter, changer son regard, apprendre à patienter, transmettre, oser et entreprendre ? Pour chaque thématique abordée, des notes de bas de page réfèrent à des auteurs et des ouvrages pertinents que Jissey - journaliste - a rencontrés et souvent interviewés en vidéo. L'ouvrage constitue, ainsi, un outil de référence pour débuter une recherche dans ces domaine méthodologiques. Cette recherche est illustrée de dessins humoristiques qui constituent un "contrepoint" et un "léger recul" face au sérieux du travail. Ce livre s'adresse autant aux nouveaux apprentis qu'aux seniors de l'initiation. Il peut également éclairer les non initiés qui s'interrogent sur la congruence de cette démarche humaniste qu'est la Franc-Maçonnerie au XXIe siècle.

Why Jesus Christ Had to Die

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Why did Jesus Christ have to die? Not why he died, but why he HAD to die. This book deals with that question directly, completely, singularly, in what may seem to be a new way. Examples and written imagery aid in expressing the points and in broadening the understanding of the direct consequences of what happened when and how he died. Want some hints? Bankruptcy and Jesus as our bad debt expense account.

Abandonment to Divine Providence

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For more than 250 years, this simple classic of inspiration has guided readers of all faiths to the open-hearted acceptance of God's will that is the sure path to serenity, happiness, and spiritual peace."A spiritual classic of the first order... a book for all those who truly seek God." --Dom David Knowles"Father de Caussade has a wonderful way of encouraging the doubtful, of nurturing the personal surrender that is so much a part of the development of faith. The book is a mystery of its own -- and is definitely not for Christians only." --Rabbi Joshua Chasan"Abandonment to Divine Providence is a classic perhaps more necessary now than ever before. It's a little book that rightly rejects the spirituality of fear and trembling (and the modern preoccupation with dreary self-absorption) in favor of an abiding trust in God's active benevolence. This is a work one reads again and again, always with gratitude and astonishment." --Donald Spoto, Author of Blue Angel and The Dark Side of Genius

The Fall of Lucifer (In More Ways Than One)

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“Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding” (Proverbs 4:7). When a person’s life embodies the pursuit of wisdom, it bears among its fruits the deep love and respect of family, friends, and colleagues. Derived from The Way of Wisdom, a book honoring biblical scholar Bruce Waltke, whose personal character and biblical study alike display wisdom, this short piece explores what can be learned about wisdom from the fall of Satan. Displaying a high level of scholarship and broadly useful insights, Ronald Youngblood’s piece both stretches and informs. May you, the reader, benefit.

Il cammino del cuore

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Abate di Mont-des-Cats e poi eremita, padre spirituale dal grande irradiamento, André Louf (1929-2010) è uno di quei maestri il cui lascito è un sapere "trascrizione di un'esperienza". La presente biografia svela la figura luminosa e complessa di questo talentuoso "pittore dell'interiorità", raccontandone l'itinerario esistenziale a partire da fonti inedite, in particolare il diario spirituale, dove il monaco espone, senza artifici, dubbi e aspirazioni, desideri e contraddizioni, sofferenze e slanci. Un racconto appassionante dal quale emergono i temi che caratterizzeranno il suo ricco magistero e il suo fecondo ministero, quelli che hanno segnato le grandi svolte della sua vita: la scoperta dell'uomo interiore, le tappe della vita spirituale, la frantumazione del cuore, l'incontro con la misericordia, la via dell'umiltà; e della tenerezza...

Uomo, Terra, Creazione

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Il testo propone una rilettura ecologica che sostituisce il modo tradizionale, antropocentrico, di leggere il racconto della creazione: da questa nuova prospettiva emerge che non è la terra che è stata affidata all’uomo, ma l’uomo che è stato affidato alla terra.L’Autore invita poi a considerare la creazione non “dal principio”, bensì “dalla fine”, in visione escatologica. In conclusione, egli affronta il problema della morte e dell’uccidere, sia nell’ambito degli animali che in quello degli uomini, e il suo superamento nel regno messianico: un mondo senza morte.

Is Critique Secular?

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This volume interrogates settled ways of thinking about the seemingly interminable conflict between religious and secular values in our world today. What are the assumptions and resources internal to secular conceptions of critique that help or hinder our understanding of one of the most pressing conflicts of our times?Taking as their point of departure the question of whether critique belongs exclusively to forms of liberal democracy that define themselves in opposition to religion, these authors consider the case of the “Danish cartoon controversy” of 2005. They offer accounts of reading, understanding, and critique for offering a way to rethink conventional oppositions between free speech and religious belief, judgment and violence, reason and prejudice, rationality and embodied life. The book, first published in 2009, has been updated for the present edition with a new Preface by the authors.

God's Grace Inscribed on the Human Heart

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A collection of essays in honour of James R. Harrison, with contributions from Peter Arzt-Grabner, Richard S. Ascough, Paul Barnett, Stephen C. Barton, Bradley J. Bitner, Darrell L. Bock, Peter G. Bolt, Cilliers Breytenbach, Alan H. Cadwallader, Constantine R. Campbell, Doru Costache, John A. Davies, Kathy Ehrensperger, Joseph D. Fantin, Louise A. Gosbell, Edwin A. Judge, Rosalinde Kearsley, John S. Kloppenborg, Peter Lampe, Stephen Llewelyn and William Robinson, Harry O. Maier, Peter Oakes, Julien M. Ogereau, Neil Ormerod, Mark Reasoner, E. Randolph Richards, Guy MacLean Rogers, Benjamin Schliesser, Isaac T. Soon, Mark Stephens, Michael Trainor, Paul Trebilco, Samuel Vollenweider, and L. L. Welborn.

San Pellegrino tra mito e storia

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Parlare di "pellegrinaggi pellegriniani" può parere uno scherzo, un gioco di parole. Non è così. Certo, l'espressione scelta per qualificare questi aspetti, queste mète santorali, questi culti è scherzosa. Ma comincia col racchiudere un problema che gli studiosi di agiografia ben conoscono. I nomi dei santi non sono tutti e sempre così certi. A volte, santi rimasti anonimi - o magari inesistenti - hanno nomi che in realtà rinviano a una loro caratteristica. Quanti "santi pellegrini", morti anonimi e ignoti sulle vie che solcavano l'Europa, furono oggetto di culti locali prima di cadere nell'oblio o di sopravvivere mutando identità? Non lo sapremo mai. La ricerca in corso, tenacemente voluta e coordinata da Adelaide Trezzini, offre comunque al riguardo un primo, articolato panorama di restituzione del culto pellegriniano lungo le vie francigene, ma in realtà la rete alla quale il nome di Francigena potrebbe estendersi è molto più ampia, e innerva praticamente l'intera Europa. E ci troviamo dinanzi a un culto ch'è, in realtà, un'intricata rete di culti continuamente attraversata dall'insidioso serpente dell'omonimia. Un volume di 176 pagine con 160 illustrazioni, a cura di Adelaide Trezzini e con saggi e contributi di: Anna Benvenuti, Massimo Bonelli, Fabrizio Capanni, Paolo Chiesa, Mauro della Valle, Franco Della Rosa, Carlo dell'Osso, Paolo Ostinelli, Michel Sot, André Vauchez.

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