Veritas - Böcker

Written by the preeminent democratic theorist of our time, this book explains the nature, value, and mechanics of democracy. In a new introduction to this Veritas edition, Ian Shapiro considers how Dahl would respond to the ongoing challenges demo...

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"One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades."-John Gray, New York Times Book Review ¿ "A powerful, and in many [ways] insightful, explanation as to why grandiose programs of social re...

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"A feminist classic."-Judith Shulevitz, New York Times Book Review "A pivotal book, one of those after which we will never think the same again."-Carolyn G. Heilbrun, Washington Post Book World A pathbreaking book of literary criticism is now reis...

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"The Lonely Crowd . . . remains not only the best-selling book by a professional sociologist in American history, but arguably one that has had the widest influence on the nation at large."-Orlando Patterson, New York Times ¿ "As accessible as it ...

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Vid sidan av firandet av den heliga mässan är tidebönen, »Timmarnas liturgi«, katolska kyrkans officiella gudstjänst: dygnets timmar, veckorna och åren är inneslutna i denna ständigt pågående bön. Kyrkans vigda tjänare och ordensfolket har tidebön...

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A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generation This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explo...

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Ekumenik är de kristnas arbete för att nå den enhet Jesus själv bett om »för att världen ska tro«. Den handlar om formella samtal, men framför allt om bön och omvändelse. Med den helige Johannes Paulus II:s ord är ekumenik »ett utbyte av gåvor«, m...

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One of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers presents the results of his lifetime study of man's cultural achievements An Essay on Man is an original synthesis of contemporary knowledge, a unique interpretation of the intellectual crisis o...

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"This is a brilliant and hardheaded book. It will frighten those who prefer not to dwell on the unthinkable and infuriate those who have taken refuge in stereotypes and moral attitudinizing."-Gordon A. Craig, New York Times Book Review ¿ "A grim b...

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A compelling theory on the rationale for the changing fortunes of nations

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The Veritas Series brings to market original volumes all engaging in critical questions of pressing concern to both philosophers, theologians, biologists, economists and more. This volume of essays brings together a star cast of authors discussing...

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Marcus Pound's book develops a specifically theological form of psychotherapy rooted in liturgy and arising from engagement with postmodern psychoanalysis. Jacques Lacan's claim that 'the unconscious is structured like a language' radically challe...

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In recent philosophical discourse, there has been a proliferation of work in the field of philosophy of religion, and in particular at the intersection between epistemology and philosophy of religion. Much of that interest has centred on the emerg...

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The Veritas Series brings to market original volumes engaging in critical questions of pressing concern to theologians as well as philosophers, biologists, economists, and representatives of other disciplines. Transcendence and Phenomenology prese...

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Diagonal Advance shows how the divorce of divine perfection from human perfection undergirds the divorce of theology and philosophy. Anthony D. Baker shows how these discourses were originally joined by the Church Fathers and how they were separat...

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The Veritas Series refuses to accept disciplinary isolation: engaging in critical questions of pressing concern to both philosophers, theologians, biologists, economists and more. The Recalcitrant Imago Dei offers a critical discussion of naturali...

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The publication of the book "Jesus of Nazareth" on 16 April, 2007 was an unprecedented event: never before had a reigning Pope published personal reflections on Jesus. Benedict XVI's book engages not just with New Testament scholarship but also wi...

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The SCM Veritas Series brings to market original volumes engaging in critical questions of pressing concern to theologians as well as philosophers, biologists, economists, and representatives of other disciplines. "The Grandeur of Reason" is the m...

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SCM Veritas engages in critical and original questions of pressing concern to both philosophers and theologians. The major concern of all books in this series is to display a rigorous theological critique of categories not often thought to be theo...

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Phenomenology and the Holy is a study of the holy which attempts to find this both in the ordinary and in the sublime, thus challenging the reduction of the holy to a discrete and separated field of experience. Phenomenology is a key area of twent...

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SCM Veritas, engages in critical and original questions of pressing concern to both philosophers and theologians. The major concern of all books in this series is to display a rigorous theological critique of categories not often thought to be the...

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The Veritas Series refuses to accept disciplinary isolation: engaging in critical questions of pressing concern to both philosophers, theologians, biologists, economists and more. The Recalcitrant Imago Dei offers a critical discussion of naturali...

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The complex and fascinating subject of endocrinology can often seem rather daunting for non-specialists. For practising endocrinologists too, maintaining a broad overview of the subject can be a major task. Laboratory Animal Endocrinology has been...

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