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by Camille de Peretti
Language: French
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Language: French
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Née en 1881, la plus riche héritière d’Italie est morte en 1957, fouillant les poubelles de Londres. Luisa Amman, dite « La Casati », n’était pas belle, elle était spectaculaire. Brillante, exhibitionniste, fascinante, imprévisible et prenant l’extravagance très au sérieux, elle voulait...
by Camille de Peretti
Language: French
Release Date: February 6, 2008
Language: French
Release Date: February 6, 2008
Dimanche 1er octobre. Une journée comme les autres aux Bégonias, maison de retraite de la banlieue parisienne. Il est 9h15. Nini la vieille excentrique attend la visite de sa petite Camille, sous l’œil attendri et bienveillant de Josy, l’auxiliaire de vie cartomancienne. Louise Alma ressasse...
by Isabelle Desesquelles
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2010
La narratrice, libraire depuis 15 ans, raconte sa vie vouée aux livres et à la littérature.
by Roger Stéphane, Georges Duby
Language: French
Release Date: December 31, 1985
Language: French
Release Date: December 31, 1985
Mon livre, c'est moi, dit Montaigne. Les Essais sont un miroir où l'auteur se contemple. Mais ce miroir n'est pas objet d'intimité, il est public, tendu devant le lecteur qu'il appelle à mieux discerner ses propres traits, à se découvrir lui-même. Deux regards ainsi convergent. Deux images se...
Glimmers of Hope
Toward the Healing of Painful Life Experiences through Narrative Counseling
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Every individual has a story--painful or happy--and the story will only be complete and meaningful when shared with others willing to listen to it. These are the stories of several people who embarked on a journey toward healing from abortion, adoption, abuse (sexual and spousal), anger, bullying,...
by Tapiwa N. Mucherera
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2017
The coming of Colonization and Christianity to Africa and other indigenous cross-cultural contexts was a "mixed bag" of pros and cons. The impact of the advent of the two has had a lasting effect being felt even today. It created issues of bi-culturalism and bi-religiousness in personal...
The People Paul Admired
The House Church Leaders of the New Testament
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Where did the old social barriers break down at the coming of Christianity? In homes. Where did practice join theology to break down the division between rich and poor or Jew and Greek, so that they ate together? In the hospitality of house church hosts and hostesses. What happened to the barrier...
Food and God
A Theological Approach to Eating, Diet, and Weight Control
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2009
The central thesis of this book is that Western culture, and American culture in particular, needs an immediate change with regard to food and eating. Western over-indulgence is exacerbated by hunger and deprivation in the world. Learning to think theologically, and not just medically or psychologically,...
My So-Called Biblical Life
Imagined Stories from the World’s Best-Selling Book
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2017
My So-Called Biblical Life gives fresh perspectives to stories from the Bible, imbuing them with powerful, honest emotion. The editor's translation of biblical passages grounds twelve original narratives, which engage the reader and invite a personal response. Imagine sending away your precious daughter...
Travels with St. Mark: GPS for the Journey
A Pedagogical Aid
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Not a reference tool, this unique work is a teaching-learning guide to studying the earliest Gospel. The focus is on showing how rather than on telling what. Maps followed by leading questions and statements help both faculty and students to see how the Evangelist adopted and adapted his sacred texts...
Navigating Revelation: Charts for the Voyage
A Pedagogical Aid
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
Not a reference tool, this unique work is a teaching-learning guide to studying the Book of Revelation. The focus is on showing how rather than on telling that. Charts followed by leading questions and statements help both faculty and students to see how St. John adopted and adapted his sacred texts...
Berkeley Street Theatre
How Improvisation and Street Theater Emerged as a Christian Outreach to the Culture of the Time
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Berkeley Street Theatre chronicles Christian World Liberation Front's 1969-1975 ministry to the counterculture. Founded by Jack Sparks, CWLF was featured in the June 1971 Time Magazine's epic "Jesus Revolution" edition. Reverend Billy Graham sponsored the CWLF outreach and referred to CWLF...
Social Science and the Christian Scriptures, Volume 2
Sociological Introductions and New Translation
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Sociologist Anthony Blasi analyzes early Christianity using multiple social scientific theories, including those of Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, Max Scheler, Alfred Schutz, and contemporary theorists. He investigates the canonical New Testament books as representative of early...
Social Science and the Christian Scriptures, Volume 3
Sociological Introductions and New Translation
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Sociologist Anthony Blasi analyzes early Christianity using multiple social scientific theories, including those of Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, Max Scheler, Alfred Schutz, and contemporary theorists. He investigates the canonical New Testament books as representative of early...