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63 produkter
Gnostic Gospels – Sacred Texts
Including the Gospel of Judas, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary Magdalene
Av Alan Jacobs, Vrej Nersessian
Inbunden, 2016
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
113 kr
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The selections made in this volume shed light on these esoteric doctrines revealing intimate conversations between Jesus and his Disciples. The Gospel of Mary Magdalene throws new light on his relationship with this favourite disciple. The Gospel of Thomas contains concentrated mini-parables, …
How To Think
A Guide for the Perplexed
Av Alan Jacobs
Häftad, 2018
121 kr
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How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume - but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life.Most of us don't want to think, writes the American essayist Alan Jacobs. Thinking is trouble. It can force us out of …
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Av Alan Jacobs
Inbunden, 2011
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
215 kr
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Is reading under threat? No, says Alan Jacobs--but people do need help iand encouragemnt to enjoy it to the full. Jacobs's experience as a lecturer and many-time author suggests that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with …
Narnian - Reissue
The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis
Av Alan Jacobs
Häftad, 2026
188 kr
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In Defense of Evangelicalism
A Response to Its Cultured Despisers
Av Bonnie Kristian, Alan Jacobs
Inbunden, 2026
250 kr
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Evangelicalism is a favorite scapegoat of American public life. Christianity Today deputy editor Bonnie Kristian argues that the most common attacks fall apart under scrutiny, issuing a bold call for evangelicals not to be ashamed of their tradition and, instead, to preserve and deepen it. …
Narnian
The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis
Av Alan Jacobs
Ljudbok, 2005
235 kr
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The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil -- these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia. Yet who was the man who created this world? This audio book attempts to unearth the …
Narnian
The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis
Av Alan Jacobs
E-bok, 2009
90 kr
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The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil -- all these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia. Over the past half century, children everywhere have escaped into this world and …
Original Sin
A Cultural History
Av Alan Jacobs
E-bok, 2009
101 kr
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Essayist and biographer Alan Jacobs introduces us to the world of original sin, which he describes as not only a profound idea but a necessary one. As G. K. Chesterton explains, "Only with original sin can we at once pity the beggar and distrust the king."Do we arrive in this world predisposed to …
The Year of Our Lord 1943
Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis
Av Alan Jacobs
Inbunden, 2018
324 kr
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By early 1943, it had become increasingly clear that the Allies would win the Second World War. Around the same time, it also became increasingly clear to many Christian intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic that the soon-to-be-victorious nations were not culturally or morally prepared for …
Year of Our Lord 1943
Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis
Av Alan Jacobs
E-bok, 2018
184 kr
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By early 1943, it had become increasingly clear that the Allies would win the Second World War. Around the same time, it also became increasingly clear to many Christian intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic that the soon-to-be-victorious nations were not culturally or morally prepared for …
Year of Our Lord 1943
Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis
Av Alan Jacobs
E-bok, 2018
189 kr
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By early 1943, it had become increasingly clear that the Allies would win the Second World War. Around the same time, it also became increasingly clear to many Christian intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic that the soon-to-be-victorious nations were not culturally or morally prepared for …
Dorothy L. Sayers
Works and Days
Av Alan Jacobs
Inbunden, 2026
299 kr
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Because Dorothy L. Sayers had such a varied career—first she was a detective novelist, then a dramatist, then an expositor of Christian doctrine, then a translator of Dante, and along the way paused to write influential essays on feminism ("Are Women Human?") and the possibility of using medieval …
Dorothy L. Sayers
Works and Days
Av Alan Jacobs
E-bok, 2026
208 kr
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Because Dorothy L. Sayers had such a varied career-first she was a detective novelist, then a dramatist, then an expositor of Christian doctrine, then a translator of Dante, and along the way paused to write influential essays on feminism ("e;Are Women Human?"e;) and the possibility of …
Dorothy L. Sayers
Works and Days
Av Alan Jacobs
E-bok, 2026
208 kr
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Because Dorothy L. Sayers had such a varied career-first she was a detective novelist, then a dramatist, then an expositor of Christian doctrine, then a translator of Dante, and along the way paused to write influential essays on feminism ("e;Are Women Human?"e;) and the possibility of …
Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Av Alan Jacobs
E-bok, 2011
155 kr
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In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in …
Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Av Alan Jacobs
E-bok, 2011
155 kr
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In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in …
Theology Of Reading
The Hermeneutics Of Love
Av Alan Jacobs
Inbunden, 2019
2517 kr
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If the whole of the Christian life is to be governed by the ?law of love??the twofold love of God and one's neighbor?what might it mean to read lovingly? That is the question that drives this unique book. Jacobs pursues this challenging task by alternating largely theoretical, theological …
Wisdom of Balsekar (16pt Large Print Edition)
Av Ramesh S Balsekar, Alan Jacobs
Häftad, 2013
271 kr
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Theology Of Reading
The Hermeneutics Of Love
Av Alan Jacobs
E-bok, 2018
1036 kr
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If the whole of the Christian life is to be governed by the "law of love"—the twofold love of God and one''s neighbor—what might it mean to read lovingly? That is the question that drives this unique book. Through theological reflection interspersed with readings of literary texts (Shakespeare and …
Theology Of Reading
The Hermeneutics Of Love
Av Alan Jacobs
E-bok, 2018
1036 kr
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If the whole of the Christian life is to be governed by the "law of love"—the twofold love of God and one''s neighbor—what might it mean to read lovingly? That is the question that drives this unique book. Through theological reflection interspersed with readings of literary texts (Shakespeare and …
Age of Anxiety
A Baroque Eclogue
Inbunden, 2011
251 kr
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When it was first published in 1947, The Age of Anxiety--W. H. Auden's last, longest, and most ambitious book-length poem--immediately struck a powerful chord, capturing the imagination of the cultural moment that it diagnosed and named. Beginning as a conversation among four strangers in a barroom …
For the Time Being
A Christmas Oratorio
Inbunden, 2013
224 kr
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For the Time Being is a pivotal book in the career of one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. W. H. Auden had recently moved to America, fallen in love with a young man to whom he considered himself married, rethought his entire poetic and intellectual equipment, and reclaimed the …
Book of Common Prayer
A Biography
Av Alan Jacobs
Häftad, 2019
240 kr
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How The Book of Common Prayer became one of the most influential works in the English languageWhile many of us are familiar with such famous words as “Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . .” or “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” we may not know that they originated in The Book of Common …
Shield of Achilles
Inbunden, 2024
243 kr
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Back in print for the first time in decades, Auden’s National Book Award–winning poetry collection, in a critical edition that introduces it to a new generation of readersThe Shield of Achilles, which won the National Book Award in 1956, may well be W. H. Auden’s most important, intricately …
Paradise Lost
A Biography
Av Alan Jacobs
Inbunden, 2025
277 kr
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The life and times of Milton’s epic poem about Satan’s revolt against God and humanity’s expulsion from paradiseJohn Milton’s Paradise Lost has secured its place in the pantheon of epic poems, but unlike almost all other works in the pantheon, it is intimately associated with religious doctrine and …
Paradise Lost
A Biography
Av Alan Jacobs
E-bok, 2025
328 kr
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The life and times of Milton’s epic poem about Satan’s revolt against God and humanity’s expulsion from paradise John Milton’s Paradise Lost has secured its place in the pantheon of epic poems, but unlike almost all other works in the pantheon, it is intimately associated with religious doctrine …
Shield of Achilles
E-bok, 2024
225 kr
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Back in print for the first time in decades, Auden’s National Book Award–winning poetry collection, in a critical edition that introduces it to a new generation of readers The Shield of Achilles , which won the National Book Award in 1956, may well be W. H. Auden’s most important, intricately …
