Ateo una scelta, tanti motivi
Author: Roberto "Bob" Caprai
Publisher: Lulu.com
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Total Pages: 51
ISBN-13: 1471095118
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The Unnamable Present
Author: Roberto Calasso
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2020-04-23
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780141988016
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTourists, terrorists, secularists, hackers, fundamentalists, transhumanists, algorithmicians- in this book Roberto Calasso considers the tribes that inhabit and inform the world today. A world that feels more elusive than ever before. Yet once contrasted with the period between 1933 and 1945, when the world made a partially successful attempt at self-annihilation, the new millennium begins to take on an unprecedented form. What emerges is something illusory, ever-shifting and occasionally murderous- the unnamable present. This book, the ninth part of a work in progress,is a meditation on the obscure and ubiquitous process of transformation happening in societies today, where distant echoes of Auden's The Age of Anxiety give way to something altogether more unsettling.
After Heaven
Author: Robert Wuthnow
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0520222288
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA consideration of the evolution of American spirituality over the past fifty years.
The House of Others
Author: Silvio D'Arzo
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780810160019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe illegitimate son of a fortune teller, Ezio Comparoni (1920-52) never knew his father, rarely left his home town, and admitted no one to his home. His deliberate obscurity was compounded by his use of many pseudonyms, including Silvio d'Arzo, under which he wrote the remarkable novella and three stories collected in The House of Others. The novella The House of Others is among the rare perfect works of twentieth century fiction. In a desolate mountain village an old woman visits the parish priest, ostensibly to ask about dissolving a marriage. Gradually, as she probes for information on "special cases"--cases in which what is obviously wrong can also be irrefutably right--it becomes clear her true question is whether or not she might take her own life. The question is metaphysical, involving not only the woman's life but the priest's; and to it he has no answer.
On Tyranny
Author: Leo Strauss
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2013-11-15
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 022603352X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn Tyranny is Leo Strauss’s classic reading of Xenophon’s dialogue Hiero, or Tyrannicus, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. Included are a translation of the dialogue from its original Greek, a critique of Strauss’s commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojève, and the complete correspondence between the two. This revised and expanded edition introduces important corrections throughout and expands Strauss’s restatement of his position in light of Kojève’s commentary to bring it into conformity with the text as it was originally published in France.
Da Capo
Author: Graziana Lazzarino
Publisher: Heinle & Heinle Publishers
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780495797623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Seventh Edition of the best-selling intermediate Italian text, DA CAPO, International Edition, reviews and expands upon all aspects of Italian grammar while providing authentic learning experiences (including new song and video activities) that provide students with engaging ways to connect with Italians and Italian culture. Following the guidelines established by the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning, DA CAPO develops Italian language proficiency through varied features that accommodate a variety of teaching styles and goals. The Seventh Edition emphasizes a well-rounded approach to intermediate Italian, focusing on balanced acquisition of the four language skills within an updated cultural framework.
Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes
Author: Nancy Tatom Ammerman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 0199917361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNancy Tatom Ammerman examines the stories Americans tell of their everyday lives, from dinner table to office and shopping mall to doctor's office, about the things that matter most to them and the routines they take for granted, and the times and places where the everyday and ordinary meet the spiritual. In addition to interviews and observation, Ammerman bases her findings on a photo elicitation exercise and oral diaries, offering a window into the presence and absence of religion and spirituality in ordinary lives and in ordinary physical and social spaces. The stories come from a diverse array of ninety-five Americans — both conservative and liberal Protestants, African American Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Mormons, Wiccans, and people who claim no religious or spiritual proclivities — across a range that stretches from committed religious believers to the spiritually neutral. Ammerman surveys how these people talk about what spirituality is, how they seek and find experiences they deem spiritual, and whether and how religious traditions and institutions are part of their spiritual lives.
The Double Bond
Author: Carole Angier
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 944
ISBN-13: 9780374113155
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPerhaps the most important writer to emerge from the death camps, Primo Levi is known for "Survival in Auschwitz, The Reawakening, " and the classic "The Periodic Table." Angier has spent nearly ten years writing this meticulously researched, vivid, and moving biography.
The Spiritual Revolution
Author: Paul Heelas
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2005-01-14
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781405119597
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComparing existing evidence from the USA and Europe, with a UK-based study of religion and spirituality, this fascinating book addresses the most pressing question in the study of religion today: are new forms of spirituality overtaking traditional forms of religion? Based on the detailed study of religion and spirituality in Kendal, UK Compares pioneering findings from Kendal with existing evidence from the USA and Europe Provides a theoretical perspective which explains both secularization and sacralization Offers some startling predictions about the future of religion and spirituality in the west Is written in an accessible and lively style, and will appeal to a broad range of readers interested in the future direction of belief in the western world.
Using Italian Vocabulary
Author: Marcel Danesi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-08-07
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9781139437165
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing Italian Vocabulary provides the student of Italian with an in-depth, structured approach to the learning of vocabulary. It can be used for intermediate and advanced undergraduate courses, or as a supplementary manual at all levels - including elementary level - to supplement the study of vocabulary. The book is made up of twenty units covering topics that range from clothing and jewellery, to politics and environmental issues, with each unit consisting of words and phrases that have been organized thematically and according to levels so as to facilitate their acquisition. The book will enable students to acquire a comprehensive control of both concrete and abstract vocabulary allowing them to carry out essential communicative and interactional tasks. • A practical topic-based textbook that can be inserted into all types of course syllabi • Provides exercises and activities for classroom and self-study • Answers are provided for a number of exercises
