Jesús, nacido en el año 6 «antes de cristo» y crucificado en el año 30 (una aproximación histórica)
Jesús, nacido en el año 6 «antes de cristo» y crucificado en el año 30 (una aproximación histórica)

Author: Guido Pagliarino

Publisher: Tektime

Published: 2020-06-11

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 8835407362

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He aquí algunas afirmaciones que el autor ha oído por televisión y en otras ocasiones: «Con seguridad, el budismo es superior: no tiene la ingenuidad del cristianismo»; «¿Cristo? Un mito, como Osiris o Dionisio»; «Jesús es un personaje histórico, pero solo fue un buen rabino»; «El Apocalipsis, como el resto de los Evangelios, se escribió como mínimo en el siglo II o III»; «La estrella de Belén habría quemado el portal; más aún, habría destruido el mundo: ¡Son invenciones cristianas anteriores a Galileo!»: carta de un licenciado en física a un periódico; «¿El bautismo? Un rito mágico-supersticioso»: una voz en la sala en la presentación de un libro; «¿El cristianismo? ¡Mitos repetidos!»: sentencia de un estudiante de ciencias de la comunicación después de haber leído un ensayo sobre mitos y no haber leído nada sobre cristianismo (quién sabe qué doctos artículos escribirá). Podría continuar durante un buen rato. (…) Creo que si todavía estuviera entre nosotros el agnóstico Croce vacilaría, él y su breve ensayo «Por qué no podemos no calificarnos como cristianos» (cristianos en sentido cultural), él que, en polémica con Bertrand Russell, a su vez no creyente, no expresaba opiniones superficiales y consideraba la civilización y la ética occidentales fruto, en parte notable, del cristianismo, de ese cristianismo que no se estudia, pero sobre el que tantas veces se juzga. También el autor, como tantos, tenía en la cabeza solo algunas astillas del cristianismo, pero luego, gracias a encuentros personales y bibliográficos, se ha informado por fin. Pero, si el lector está de acuerdo, está dispuesto a transmitir lo que ha aprendido hasta ahora. No tiene intención de convertir a nadie: es cristiano responder (en lo poco que se cree saber) a quien quiere saber, no imponer. Dios es también libertad absoluta y nos ha creado libres. No hay que confundir el catecismo con el estudio del cristianismo: el primero es para el creyente que desea profundizar en su fe, el segundo es indispensable para la cultura de todos. Translator: Mariano Bas PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Divination on stage
Divination on stage

Author: Folke Gernert

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-02-08

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 3110695758

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Magicians, necromancers and astrologers are assiduous characters in the European golden age theatre. This book deals with dramatic characters who act as physiognomists or palm readers in the fictional world and analyses the fictionalisation of physiognomic lore as a practice of divination in early modern Romance theatre from Pietro Aretino and Giordano Bruno to Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca and Thomas Corneille.

Cecilia Valdés or El Angel Hill
Cecilia Valdés or El Angel Hill

Author: Cirilo Villaverde

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-09-29

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 0199725233

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Cecilia Valdés is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Originally published in New York City in 1882, Cirilo Villaverde's novel has fascinated readers inside and outside Cuba since the late 19th century. In this new English translation, a vast landscape emerges of the moral, political, and sexual depravity caused by slavery and colonialism. Set in the Havana of the 1830s, the novel introduces us to Cecilia, a beautiful light-skinned mulatta, who is being pursued by the son of a Spanish slave trader, named Leonardo. Unbeknownst to the two, they are the children of the same father. Eventually Cecilia gives in to Leonardo's advances; she becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. When Leonardo, who gets bored with Cecilia after a while, agrees to marry a white upper class woman, Cecilia vows revenge. A mulatto friend and suitor of hers kills Leonardo, and Cecilia is thrown into prison as an accessory to the crime. For the contemporary reader Helen Lane's masterful translation of Cecilia Valdés opens a new window into the intricate problems of race relations in Cuba and the Caribbean. There are the elite social circles of European and New World Whites, the rich culture of the free people of color, the class to which Cecilia herself belonged, and then the slaves, divided among themselves between those who were born in Africa and those who were born in the New World, and those who worked on the sugar plantation and those who worked in the households of the rich people in Havana. Cecilia Valdés thus presents a vast portrait of sexual, social, and racial oppression, and the lived experience of Spanish colonialism in Cuba.

Dispensationalism
Dispensationalism

Author: Charles C. Ryrie

Publisher: Moody Publishers

Published: 2007-02-01

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1575674262

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Dispensationalism continues to provoke heated debate within the Christian world. Highly acclaimed theologian, Dr. Charles C. Ryrie, addresses this crucial issue from the perspective of classic dispensationalism. He confronts the views of covenant theology, historical premillennialism, ultradispensationalism, and, in this revised edition, the increasingly popular progressive dispensationalism. In his best-selling book, Dispensationalism Today, written more than thirty years ago, Dr. Ryrie made this complex subject more understandable for thousands worldwide. This revised and expanded version of that book will prove to be an invaluable reference tool for your library.

Three Treatises
Three Treatises

Author: Martin Luther

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 1970-01-01

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9781451414295

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Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses on the church door at Wittenberg in 1517. In the three years that followed, Luther clarified and defended his position in numerous writings. Chief among these are the three treatises written in 1520. In these writings Luther tried to frame his ideas in terms that would be comprehensible not only to the clergy but to people from a wide range of backgrounds. To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation is an attack on the corruption of the church and the abuses of its authority, bringing to light many of the underlying reasons for the Reformation. The second treatise, The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, contains Luther's sharp criticism of the sacramental system of the Catholic church. The Freedom of a Christian gives a concise presentation of Luther's position on the doctrine of justification by faith. The translations of these treatises are all taken from the American edition of Luther's Works. This new edition of Three Treatises will continue to be a popular resource for individual study, church school classes, and college and seminary courses.

The Meaning of the Millennium
The Meaning of the Millennium

Author: Robert G. Clouse

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 1977-04-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780877847946

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Robert G. Clouse brings together four scholars to debate various views on the millennium: George Eldon Ladd, Herman A. Hoyt, Loraine Boettner and Anthony A. Hoekema.

The Caste War of Yucatán
The Caste War of Yucatán

Author: Nelson A. Reed

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780804740012

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This is the classic account of one of the most dramatic episodes in Mexican history--the revolt of the Maya Indians of Yucatán against their white and mestizo oppressors that began in 1847. Within a year, the Maya rebels had almost succeeded in driving their oppressors from the peninsula; by 1855, when the major battles ended, the war had killed or put to flight almost half of the population of Yucatán. A new religion built around a Speaking Cross supported their independence for over fifty years, and that religion survived the eventual Maya defeat and continues today. This revised edition is based on further research in the archives and in the field, and draws on the research by a new generation of scholars who have labored since the book's original publication 36 years ago. One of the most significant results of this research is that it has put a human face on much that had heretofore been treated as semi-mythical. Reviews of the First Edition "Reed has not only written a fine account of the caste war, he has also given us the first penetrating analysis of the social and economic systems of Yucatán in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." --American Historical Review "In this beautifully written history of a little-known struggle between several contending forces in Yucatán, Reed has added an important dimension to anthropological studies in this area." --American Anthropologist "Not only is this exciting history (as compelling and dramatic as the best of historical fiction) but it covers events unaccountably neglected by historians. . . . This is a brilliant contribution to history. . . . Don't miss this book." --Los Angeles Times "One of the most remarkable books about Latin America to appear in years." --Hispanic American Report

The Israel of God in Prophecy
The Israel of God in Prophecy

Author: Hans K. LaRondelle

Publisher:

Published: 1983-01-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9780943872148

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LaRondelle allows the Bible to act as its own expositor by pointing to the New Testament as the basis for prophetic interpretation. Attention is given to the Old Testament prophecies concerning Israel and how the New Testament prophecies do not support the dispensationalist view.

Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification

Author: Lutheran World Federation

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780802847744

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This volume presents in English the official Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, confirmed by the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church in Augsburg, Germany, in October 1999. The result of decades of Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue, this primary document represents an ecumenical event of historical significance. Included in the volume are the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification and the Official Common Statement with its Annex. These texts are recommended for careful study in seminaries and parishes and for reading by individual Christians. It is hoped that the Joint Declaration will deepen understanding of the biblical message of justification and also serve to further reflection within the wider ecumenical movement.

Memory, Myth, and Time in Mexico
Memory, Myth, and Time in Mexico

Author: Enrique Florescano

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2014-03-19

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0292786549

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In Memory, Myth, and Time in Mexico, noted Mexican scholar Enrique Florescano’s Memoria mexicana becomes available for the first time in English. A collection of essays tracing the many memories of the past created by different individuals and groups in Mexico, the book addresses the problem of memory and changing ideas of time in the way Mexicans conceive of their history. Original in perspective and broad in scope, ranging from the Aztec concept of the world and history to the ideas of independence, this book should appeal to a wide readership.