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Free Download Shaul Magid, "Piety and Rebellion: Essays in Hasidism "
English | ISBN: 1618117513 | 2019 | 580 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Piety and Rebellion examines the span of the Hasidic textual tradition from its earliest phases to the 20th century. The essays collected in this volume focus on the tension between Hasidic fidelity to tradition and its rebellious attempt to push the devotional life beyond the borders of conventional religious practice. Many of the essays exhibit a comparative perspective deployed to better articulate the innovative spirit, and traditional challenges, Hasidism presents to the traditional Jewish world. Piety and Rebellion is an attempt to present Hasidism as one case whereby maximalist religion can yield a rebellious challenge to conventional conceptions of religious thought and practice.

Free Download Paul and Mark : comparative essays. Part I, Two authors at the beginnings of Christianity By Evangelist Markus; Apostel Heiliger. Paulus; Wischmeyer, Oda
2014 | 708 Pages | ISBN: 3110272792 | PDF | 9 MB
This volume contains a comprehensive evaluation of the hypothesis that the Gospel of Mark has been influenced by the theology of the apostle Paul. It discusses the history of this view from the nineteenth century to the modern day, analyses possible historical connections between the apostle and the evangelist, and compares and contrasts many major theological themes in both the epistles and the Gospel. This important collection of essays will be of major significance in the growing debate over Pauline influence on the Gospel of Mark

Free Download Lee Brandon, "Paragraphs and Essays: With Integrated Readings Ed 13"
English | ISBN: 1305654188 | 2016 | 608 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Did you know that reading and writing skills are connected? They are, and you’ll learn the hows and whys in this book. PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYS WITH INTEGRATED READINGS offers "tell-show" instruction, many examples of good professional and student writing to serve as models for your own work, and interesting and relevant reading-based topics and prompts related to multiple course areas and careers. The reading-based writing presented in this book provides clear guidance experience in critical thinking that enables you to write competently across the disciplines and transition smoothly to the next level of the English program. The technology package includes MindTap, an interactive, online learning experience – built on the texts content – that guides you through the course.

Free Download Robert M. Sapolsky, "Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals"
English | 2005 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 0743260163, 0743260155 | EPUB | 0,2 mb
How do imperceptibly small differences in the environment change one’s behavior? What is the anatomy of a bad mood? Does stress shrink our brains? What does People magazine’s list of America’s "50 Most Beautiful People" teach us about nature and nurture? What makes one organism sexy to another? What makes one orgasm different from another? Who will be the winner in the genetic war between the sexes?

Free Download Mittelalter in der größeren Welt: Essays zur Geschichtsschreibung und Beiträge zur Forschung By Michael Borgolte
2014 | 590 Pages | ISBN: 3050064722 | PDF | 10 MB
Die politische Wende von 1989 und die anscheinend unaufhaltsame Globalisierung lässt die traditionelle Nationalgeschichte hinter europäischer und globaler Geschichte zurücktreten. Den neuen Herausforderungen müssen sich auch die Mediävisten stellen und über das lateinisch und christlich geformte Europa hinaus ihren Blick auch auf Kulturen anderer religiöser Prägungen richten. Michael Borgolte hat sich dieser Aufgabe seit mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten in theoretisch-methodologischen Studien und exemplarischen Forschungen gestellt und die transkulturelle Mittelalterforschung in Deutschland wie kein anderer angeregt und beeinflusst. Der Band mit einigen seiner wichtigsten Beiträge ist weniger eine Bilanz seines Schaffens als eine Grundlage für weitere entsprechende Arbeiten. Er richtet sich aber nicht nur an Fachwissenschaftler, sondern auch an alle historisch Interessierten, die sich über Probleme, Chancen und Perspektiven einer umfassenden europäischen und globalen Mittelalterforschung kundig machen möchten.

Free Download Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma. 20th Anniversary Updated Edition By Castillo, Ana; Estés, Clarissa Pinkola
2014 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 0826353584 | EPUB + PDF | 3 MB
Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human RightsThis new edition of an immensely influential book gives voice to Mexic Amerindian women silenced for hundreds of years by the dual censorship of being female and indigenous. Castillo replaced the term "Chicana feminism" with "Xicanisma" to include mestiza women on both sides of the border. In history, myth, interviews, and ethnography Castillo revisits her reflections on Chicana activism, spiritual practices, sexual attitudes, artistic ideology, labor struggles, and education-related battles. Her book remains a compelling document, enhanced here with a new afterword that reexamines the significance of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Free Download Dean Kramer, "Life on Cripple Creek: Essays On Living with Multiple Sclerosis"
English | ISBN: 1888799684 | 2002 | 128 pages | PDF | 652 KB
How would you pick out a pair of shoes when aesthetics can no longer be the driving force behind your decision, yet you aren’t ready to dress like your elderly neighbor? What would you do if, after boarding your scooter in the morning and making your way to the raspberry patch behind your house, you stumbled upon a hornet’s nest? Discover what it’s like to live with multiple sclerosis, to laugh at MS, to come to terms with a disease that demands so much of your life.

Free Download Adrien Nginamau Ngudiankama, "Kimbanguism 100 Years On: Interdisciplinary Essays on a Socio-Cultural Movement "
English | ISBN: 3031370309 | 2023 | 184 pages | PDF | 3 MB
From its genesis in 1921, Kimbanguism has constituted one of the most fascinating socio-cultural movements of the Kongo region. This interdisciplinary collection covers the socio-cultural dynamics of the Kimbanguist church and its contribution to African studies over the past hundred years. Scholars renowned for their Kongo studies work, such as Wyatt MacGaffey, John M. Janzen, and John K. Thornton, contributed to this collection.

Free Download Beth Lau, "Keats’s Reading / Reading Keats: Essays in Memory of Jack Stillinger"
English | ISBN: 3030795292 | 2022 | 388 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This book explores John Keats’s reading practices and intertextual dialogues with other writers. It also examines later writers’ engagements with Keats’s poetry. Finally, the book honors the distinguished Keats scholar Jack Stillinger and includes an essay surveying his career as well as a bibliography of his major publications. The first section of the volume, "Theorizing Keats’s Reading," contains four essays that identify major patterns in the poet’s reading habits and responses to other works. The next section, "Keats’s Reading," consists of six essays that examine Keats’s work in relation to specific earlier authors and texts. The four essays in the third section, "Reading Keats," consider how Keats’s poetry influenced the work of later writers and became embedded in British and American literary traditions. The final section of the book, "Contemporary Poetic Responses," features three scholar-poets who, in poetry and/or prose commentary, discuss and exemplify Keats’s impact on their work.

Free Download In Defense Of Sanity: The Best Essays of G.K. Chesterton by G. K. Chesterton
English | October 18, 2011 | ISBN: 1586174894 | True EPUB | 405 pages | 0.3 MB
G.K. Chesterton was a master essayist. But reading his essays is not just an exercise in studying a literary form at its finest, it is an encounter with timeless truths that jump off the page as fresh and powerful as the day they were written.