Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
"Freie Kirche im freien Staat" "Freie Kirche im freien Staat" Tabea Mariga Esch Mit dem FDP-Kirchenpapier "Freie Kirche im freien Staat" stellte erstmals seit Bestehen der BRD eine regierungsverantwortliche Partei das bestehende Verhältnis von Staat und Kirche in Frage. Kaum ein… OL15962650W
Reconsidering John Calvin Reconsidering John Calvin Randall C. Zachman "Randall C. Zachman places Calvin in conversation with theologians such as Pascal, Kierkegaard, Ezra the Scribe, Julian of Norwich and Karl Barth, and attends to themes in Calvin's theology which are… OL16152809W
The Classical Tradition The Classical Tradition Glenn W. Most,Anthony Grafton,Salvatore Settis "In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, … OL16227539W
Vinegar Girl Vinegar Girl Anne Tyler Anne Tyler's retelling of the Shakespeare play "The taming of the shrew." OL17710858W
Nostradamus Nostradamus Stéphane Gerson Presents a portrait of the astrologer, evaluating how his prophecies have been interpreted, transformed, and analyzed while exploring the ways in which people believe his predictions have been proven… OL17871042W
The Hobbits The Hobbits Lynnette R. Porter For generations of entranced readers, and now a new generation of filmgoers, Tolkien is synonymous with his most famous creation - the hobbit. Written for all those who are interested in Tolkien's wo… OL17888352W
Harold Bloom's Shakespeare Harold Bloom's Shakespeare Robert Sawyer,Christy Desmet "Harold Bloom is one of the most influential and controversial of contemporary Shakespeare critics. These essays examine the sources and impact of Bloom's Shakespearean criticism from a variety of th… OL18222555W
Thriving on a riff Thriving on a riff David Murray - undifferentiated,Graham Lock This text explores the influence of jazz and blues in two key areas of cultural expression, literature and film, where these musics have often been inextricably linked with notions of racial identity… OL18784718W
Jesus incognito Jesus incognito M. E. Brinkman Explores Christic themes in films: Babette's Feast, The Communicants, A Short Film About Love and Breaking the Waves ; in fiction and poetry: The Blood of the Lamb, Disgrace, The Jewish Messiah, "Eas… OL20956451W
Light from the Gentiles Light from the Gentiles Abraham J. Malherbe Rather than viewing the Graeco-Roman world as the "background" against which early Christian texts should be read, Abraham J. Malherbe saw the ancient Mediterranean world as a rich ecology of diverse… OL20957469W