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Monasticism by Stephen J. Davis
epub |eng | 2017-11-12 | Author:Stephen J. Davis

Ascetic saints, spiritual combat, and the making of monks Girard’s observations about the relationship between mimesis and violence may be extended further in light of how monastic narratives often portray ...
( Category: Monasticism & Asceticism September 30,2019 )
By the Renewing of Your Minds by Ellen T. Charry
epub |eng | 2014-04-03 | Author:Ellen T. Charry

THE PRACTICAL TASK OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH Bochet points out that Augustine’s own experience structured his understanding of the spiritual quest evident in both the Confessions and De Trinitate.8 Yet ...
( Category: Preaching September 30,2019 )
Prehistory Decoded by Martin Sweatman
epub |eng | 2019-06-02 | Author:Martin Sweatman

Figure 23. Snakes (meteors) emanating from the body of a crane (Pisces) on Pillar 33. They emanate from the body of a fox on the opposite face. Probably, these symbols ...
( Category: Astronomy September 29,2019 )
The Skills by Mishal Husain
epub |eng | 2018-07-22 | Author:Mishal Husain

Keeping Sharp Fright can transform into petrol Judi Dench Back in the real, physical world, there is a question that I used to regularly be asked which had the capacity ...
( Category: Women & Business September 29,2019 )
Hunt the Bismarck by Angus Konstam
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Angus Konstam

Chapter 10 Hood Has Blown Up The fatal blow At that moment, 05.57, Kapitän Lindemann altered five degrees to port, and increased speed to 30 knots.1 He also ordered Brinkmann ...
( Category: History September 29,2019 )
The Olympic Games: The First Thousand Years by M. I. Finley & H. W. Pleket
epub |eng | 2012-05-24 | Author:M. I. Finley & H. W. Pleket [Finley, M. I. & Pleket, H. W.]

PLATE 22 Two scenes of the pankration (from the Greek adjective, pankrates, ‘all-powerful’), the favourite sport of all at Olympia, which may be described as a combination of wrestling and ...
( Category: History of Sports September 29,2019 )
American Still Life by F. Paul Pacult
epub |eng | 2011-02-08 | Author:F. Paul Pacult

By 1940, the positive news of the availability of increased bourbon whiskey stocks was being overshadowed by talk of yet another world war looming across the Atlantic Ocean in Europe. ...
( Category: Business & Money September 29,2019 )
The Look of the Old West: A Fully Illustrated Guide by William Foster-Harris
epub |eng | 2008-09-05 | Author:William Foster-Harris

Conestoga wagon Typically, three teams (that is, six horses) were used with these wagons. The front team was called the lead team, the middle one the swing team, and the ...
( Category: Antiques & Collectibles September 28,2019 )
Memories in Focus by Pinchas Gutter
epub |eng | 2018-04-16 | Author:Pinchas Gutter

* * * There were many women in Skarżysko, in separate barracks, some of whom the Nazis used to do the dangerous work of screwing the explosives onto the two-centimetre ...
( Category: Historical September 28,2019 )
Gleanings in Buddha-Fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East by Lafcadio Hearn
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Lafcadio Hearn [Hearn, Lafcadio]

What a nice thing! Wife has, child has, Good fish eats. It reminded me of those popular criticisms of Buddhist conduct uttered in the time of the Buddha himself, and ...
( Category: History September 28,2019 )
Kokoro: Hints and Echos of Japanese Inner Life by Lafcadio Hearn
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Lafcadio Hearn [Hearn, Lafcadio]

The young convert at Yokohama proved a noteworthy example of missionary failures. Within a few years after having sacrificed a fortune in order to become a Christian,—or rather the member ...
( Category: Japanese September 28,2019 )
Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation by Lafcadio Hearn
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Lafcadio Hearn [Hearn, Lafcadio]

THE RISE OF THE MILITARY POWER Almost the whole of authentic Japanese history is comprised in one vast episode: the rise and fall of the military power…. It has been ...
( Category: Shintoism September 28,2019 )
Out of the East: Reveries and Studies in New Japan by Lafcadio Hearn
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Lafcadio Hearn [Hearn, Lafcadio]

Curiously enough, the people spoke harshly concerning the mother of the boy—holding her to blame for the haunting. I thought it very strange at first, not because I had formed ...
( Category: Essays September 28,2019 )
The Education of Brett Kavanaugh by Robin Pogrebin & Kate Kelly
epub |eng | 2019-09-16 | Author:Robin Pogrebin & Kate Kelly

* * * — Buckling her seat belt, Ford was palpably nervous, given her long-standing fear of planes and other confined spaces. “I’m not going in front of the Judiciary ...
( Category: Political September 27,2019 )
What It Means to Be Moral by Phil Zuckerman
epub |eng | 2019-06-20 | Author:Phil Zuckerman

Morality and the Secular Seven It is clear how empathy and compassion—as constituents of the secular seven—are related to morality. After all, it was empathy and compassion that motivated Dr. ...
( Category: Ethnic Studies September 27,2019 )

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