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En este ensayo, que se ha convertido en referencia obligada, Joseph Roth perfila el dibujo íntimo, no siempre exento de ironía, de los judíos del Este de Europa, un pueblo que a la sazón se convirtió, a través de sus dolorosas migraciones, en uno de los fermentos constitutivos de lo que hoy llamamos Occidente.

This iconoclastic study was one of the most widely debated books of 2000. Finkelstein indicts with vigor and honesty those who exploit the tragedy of the Holocaust for their own personal political and financial gain. This new edition includes updated material discussing the initial reception to the book's publication. In a controversial new study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in American culture to a disturbing examination of recent Holocaust compensation agreements.

Inspired by the resounding success of its cinematic counterpart, Portrait of a Radical / The Jesus Movement reveals the often-overlooked radical nature of Jesus' mission, showing how his transformative message remains a beacon of hope for many and a threat to the powerful. Originally introduced to audiences through a highly acclaimed documentary film that aired on Hallmark and the Discovery Channel. Portrait of a Radical, the book, includes all of the uncut interviews not contained in the film, building upon the captivating narrative that captured viewers.

Raël-bevægelsen er ikke en hvilken som helst sekt. Den vokser sig nemlig stor. Sammenlignet med andre nyreligiøse ufo-begejstrede sekter og grupper, som opstår i 1970’erne, så bliver den langt større end de andre. Og den findes i dag. Sektens leder Claude Vorhilon Raël er en tidligere popsanger, journalist og racerkører, som får skabt en gigantisk personkult omkring sig. En sexgal-mand, som har brugt sin position og magt til at forføre hundredevis, måske tusindvis af kvinder. Sekten kaldes af gode grunde også for verdens største sexkult med orgier, seksuel manipulation, udnyttelse og tvang.

When the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was engaged in the practice of the deep Prajnaparamita, he perceived that there are the five Skandhas; and these he saw in their self-nature to be empty. "O Sariputra, form is here emptiness, emptiness is form; form is no other than emptiness, emptiness is no other than form; that which is form is emptiness, that which is emptiness is form."

This runaway best seller shows both the basic logic of the Enneagram and its harmony with the core truths of Christian thought from the time of the early Church forward. Experience author Richard Rohr's expertise and advanced thought on the subject, easily laid out for all audiences.

In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Richard Holloway retells the entire history of religion - from the dawn of religious belief to the 21st century - with deepest respect and a keen commitment to accuracy. Writing for those with faith and those without, and especially for young listeners, he encourages curiosity and tolerance, accentuates nuance and mystery and calmly restores a sense of the value of faith.

The Eightfold Path is the most widely known formulation of the Buddha's teaching. It is ancient, reaching back to the Buddha's very first discourse, and it is highly venerated as a unique treasury of wisdom and practical guidance. The teaching of the Eightfold Path challenges us to grasp the implications of that vision, and asks us to transform ourselves in its light. Like the teaching itself, this work covers every aspect of life.

Who was among the last at the cross and the first at the empty tomb? Mary Magdalene. Her role in Jesus's ministry as told in all four Gospels was pivotal in many ways. Yet her story is often overlooked, confused, or scandalized by the church. In The Mary We Forgot, award-winning church historian and theologian Jennifer Powell McNutt unpacks Scripture and church history to reveal the real Mary Magdalene as a model of discipleship for all Christians today—women and men alike.

¿Puede existir Dios en una era de escepticismo como la actual? ¿Qué deberíamos hacer para lograr una vida espiritual más poderosa En este libro valiente y decidido Deepak Chopra nos muestra el camino para retomar nuestra fe más profunda. Para muchos, la divinidad está pasada de moda. ¿Qué habría que hacer para lograr una mayor vida espiritual? Deepak Chopra nos muestra el camino con elocuencia y profundidad. Asegura que Dios está en el origen de la conciencia humana y que, por lo tanto, todos podemos transformar nuestro día a día.

Benno Neuburger, a modest land investor from Munich, and Anna Einstein, daughter of a cattle dealer from Laupheim, marry in 1907. They begin their lives together with great hope. It is a relatively prosperous time and a very optimistic one for German Jews who are enjoying a social renaissance in the industrializing, urbanizing rising star that is Germany. It’s not clear that this good fortune might begin to unravel.

Just as with the liberation fighters, socialists, and anarchists of previous volumes, these historical figures lived under great threat, attacking vast forces with little more than courage and the certainty of their beliefs. They stand as the bridge over the cultural change between the middle ages and the renaissance.

¿Qué creencias había sobre el más allá en tiempos de Jesús? ¿Dónde fue enterrado? ¿Cómo era su tumba? ¿Hubo testigos del entierro? ¿Robaron el cuerpo los discípulos de Jesús? ¿O lo hicieron desaparecer sus enemigos del Sanedrín? ¿Pudo haber sido bajado de la cruz todavía vivo? ¿Qué papel tuvieron las mujeres en los acontecimientos del Domingo de Resurrección?

En "La última semana de Jesús", Javier Alonso repasa minuciosamente y con el máximo rigor histórico a la vista de las últimas novedades deparadas por la investigación histórica y arqueológica todos aquellos hechos que recogen las diversas fuentes que dan cuenta de la Pasión de Cristo, los evangelios, la literatura clásica y judía de la época, y que han acabado integrando uno de los relatos fundamentales para la cultura cristiana y occidental.

A History of the Papacy From the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome by Mandell Creighton. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1909 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

In these symbolic prophecies the history of twelve or thirteen centuries is written in advance. Compare them with anything else in the entire circle of literature, and you will realize that they stand apart as a thing unique, like a living man in a gallery of statues. The miracle of the existence of these prophecies in the book, and of their fulfillment in the facts of history, is so great that few minds can grasp it.

The Conflict over the Conflict chronicles one of the most divisive and toxic issues on today’s college and university campuses: Israel/Palestine.

The growth of Christianity in the early centuries of the Common Era is one of the most extraordinary stories in world history. What began with a preaching day laborer and his dozen or so disciples soon grew to be the largest religion in the world, eventually taking over the entire Roman Empire. How did that happen? How was such a movement possible?

When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published. In A Book Forged in Hell, Steven Nadler tells the fascinating story of this extraordinary book: its radical claims and their background in the philosophical, religious, and political tensions of the Dutch Golden Age, as well as the vitriolic reaction these ideas inspired.

A deathbed promise leads a daughter on an incredible journey to write about her grandfather who was a famous war hero. But this journey had a terrible destination: the discovery that he was a Nazi war criminal.